General Engineering Department

1) General subject: back-room (и т.п.), development laboratory

2) Naval: design bureau

3) Engineering: construction department, design office, drafting department, drawing office, engineering department

4) Law: construction design office

5) Economy: design center, design department

6) Sociology: engineering bureau

7) Astronautics: construction office

8) Mechanics: design room, drafting room

9) EBRD: design bureau (КБ), design office (КБ)

10) Automation: design engineering bureau, design-engineering department, designing department, drawing room, engineering office, projects division

11) Quality control: design engineering department

12) Combustion gas turbines: board

1) General subject: Production Technology Department, production and technical department

2) Construction: operation and technical department (ПТО не на производстве как таковом)

3) Management: technical engineering department

4) Real estate: production & technical department

5) Automation: industrial engineering department

6) Chemical weapons: industrial engineering section

1) General subject: adjusting shop, fitting-shop

2) Aviation: wiring shop

3) Engineering: assembling department, assembly department, assembly plant, assembly room, assembly shop, assembly workshop, fitting shop

4) Automobile industry: assemblage department, engineering department

5) Metallurgy: erecting shop, fitter's shop, rigger's shop

6) TV: cutting room, editing room, film editing room

7) Photo: film-editing room

8) Advertising: cutting department

9) Makarov: wiring shop (монтажа электропроводки)

1) General subject: department, gild, guild, section, shop, shop floor (на заводе), workshop, house, manufactory, production facility

2) Naval: erecting shop

3) Military: ( work) department, (work) section, (work) shop, (work) unit

4) Engineering: floor, plant, production unit, room, shopfloor, unit

5) Agriculture: area

6) Chemistry: shed

7) Economy: operation, process (с непрерывным процессом производства), producing authority

8) Accounting: process, segment

9) Gastronomy: shop (холодный, горячий, мясной, рыбный, кулинарный, овощной и тд)

10) Textile: works

11) Mechanic engineering: production department

12) Polymers: work

13) Quality control: work shop

14) Robots: shockproof

15) Makarov: craft (ремесленный), floor (завода), shop (з-да), station

1) General subject: Department of Energy( DOE)

2) Economy: Department of Energy (Великобритания)

3) Oil: Department of Energy (США; Великобритания)

4) Astronautics: Department of Energy( USA) DoE

5) Business: Energy Department

6) Oil&Gas technology DOE (США; Великобритания, Department of Energy)

7) Electrical engineering: Department of Energy (США)

1) General subject: Department of Energy( DOE)

2) Economy: Department of Energy (Великобритания)

3) Oil: Department of Energy (США; Великобритания)

4) Astronautics: Department of Energy( USA) DoE

5) Business: Energy Department

6) Oil&Gas technology DOE (США; Великобритания, Department of Energy)

7) Electrical engineering: Department of Energy (США)

1) General subject: engineering department

2) Aviation: engineering office

3) Military: technical division

4) Engineering: technical resource

5) Railway term: draughtsman's office

6) Patents: technical department

7) Automation: technical office

SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping, Steam and internal combustion engines

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John was the third son of David Elder. The father came from a family of millwrights and moved to Glasgow where he worked for the well-known shipbuilding firm of Napier's and was involved with improving marine engines. John was educated at Glasgow High School and then for a while at the Department of Civil Engineering at Glasgow University, where he showed great aptitude for mathematics and drawing. He spent five years as an apprentice under Robert Napier followed by two short periods of activity as a pattern-maker first and then a draughtsman in England. He returned to Scotland in 1849 to become Chief Draughtsman to Napier, but in 1852 he left to become a partner with the Glasgow general engineering company of Randolph Elliott \& Co. Shortly after his induction (at the age of 28), the engineering firm was renamed Randolph Elder \& Co.; in 1868, when the partnership expired, it became known as John Elder \& Co. From the outset Elder, with his partner, Charles Randolph, approached mechanical (especially heat) engineering in a rigorous manner. Their knowledge and understanding of entropy ensured that engine design was not a hit-and-miss affair, but one governed by recognition of the importance of the new kinetic theory of heat and with it a proper understanding of thermodynamic principles, and by systematic development. In this Elder was joined by W.J.M. Rankine, Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at Glasgow University, who helped him develop the compound marine engine. Elder and Randolph built up a series of patents, which guaranteed their company's commercial success and enabled them for a while to be the sole suppliers of compound steam reciprocating machinery. Their first such engine at sea was fitted in 1854 on the SS Brandon for the Limerick Steamship Company; the ship showed an improved performance by using a third less coal, which he was able to reduce still further on later designs.

Elder developed steam jacketing and recognized that, with higher pressures, triple-expansion types would be even more economical. In 1862 he patented a design of quadruple-expansion engine with reheat between cylinders and advocated the importance of balancing reciprocating parts. The effect of his improvements was to greatly reduce fuel consumption so that long sea voyages became an economic reality.

His yard soon reached dimensions then unequalled on the Clyde where he employed over 4,000 workers; Elder also was always interested in the social welfare of his labour force. In 1860 the engine shops were moved to the Govan Old Shipyard, and again in 1864 to the Fairfield Shipyard, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west on the south bank of the Clyde. At Fairfield, shipbuilding was commenced, and with the patents for compounding secure, much business was placed for many years by shipowners serving long-distance trades such as South America; the Pacific Steam Navigation Company took up his ideas for their ships. In later years the yard became known as the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd, but it remains today as one of Britain's most efficient shipyards and is known now as Kvaerner Govan Ltd.

In 1869, at the age of only 45, John Elder was unanimously elected President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland; however, before taking office and giving his eagerly awaited presidential address, he died in London from liver disease. A large multitude attended his funeral and all the engineering shops were silent as his body, which had been brought back from London to Glasgow, was carried to its resting place. In 1857 Elder had married Isabella Ure, and on his death he left her a considerable fortune, which she used generously for Govan, for Glasgow and especially the University. In 1883 she endowed the world's first Chair of Naval Architecture at the University of Glasgow, an act which was reciprocated in 1901 when the University awarded her an LLD on the occasion of its 450th anniversary.

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1) General subject: department store, store, stores, general store

2) Colloquial: emporium

3) Engineering: supermarket

4) Architecture: multiple store( s)

1) General subject: поставщик технологического оборудования

2) Military: AT protection, anti-mechanized defense, antimechanized protection, antivehicular defense, armor defense, defense against armor

3) Religion: Прибавления к творениям отцов (М. 1843-91)

4) Abbreviation: пункт технического обслуживания вагонов

5) Oilfield: SM (Scheduled Maintenance) (плановое техническое обслуживание)

6) Production: подъёмно-транспортное оборудование

7) Management: technical engineering department

8) Chemical weapons: производственно-технический отдел

1) General subject: atelier, shop, studio, workroom (художника, фотографа и т.п.), workshop, manufactory, working shop, association, school

2) Naval: work-shop

3) Military: ( repair) shop, workshop unit

4) Engineering: department, house, job shop, plant, workroom

5) History: workhouse

6) Construction: loft, repair room, studio (художника), working room, workshop (здание или отдельное помещение)

7) Accounting: work

8) Architecture: work-room

9) Textile: room

10) Jargon: hole in the wall

11) Oil: shed

12) Mechanics: job-shop

13) Business: works

14) Oilfield: repair shop

15) Automation: (ремонтная) jobbing plant

16) Quality control: work shop

17) Robots: shockproof

1) General subject: Department for material and technical support

2) Chemical weapons: engineering and monitoring office

3) Logistics: provision branch

1) General subject: administration (делами), authority, authority (Oblast Health Authority) (учреждение), board, bureau, conduct, control, (объектом) control (процесс выработки и осуществления управляющих воздействий: 1) выработка управляющих воздействий включает сбор, передачу и обработку необходимой информации, принятие решений, обязательно включающее определение управляющи), dep., direction (to work under the direction of somebody - работать под руководством кого-либо), directorate, directorate (учреждение), drive, governance, helm, intendance, leadership, leading, management, manipulating, office, operation (предприятием и т. п.), overlordship, presidence, regimen, ruling, steerage, superintendence, superintendency, supervisory authority, government, stewardship (of the country/company, etc.), division (учреждение)

2) Naval: conning (кораблём), helming, triggering

3) Medicine: control (напр. функцией), monitoring, regulation

4) Military: administration, command, (командование и) command and control, controllerate, division, driving (танком, БМП и т.д.), exercise of command, headquarters, overhead, (кораблём с помощью рулевого устройства) steering

5) Engineering: Board of Control, agency, driving (автомобилем, поездом), guidance, manipulation, handling (чем-либо), steering, vectoring

6) Agriculture: handling (машиной)

7) Mathematics: control circuit

8) Religion: stewardship

9) Railway term: administration office, driving (машиной)

10) Law: direction (ребёнком), ministry, regency

11) Economy: management practice, managing, operating

12) Accounting: lead, management (планирование, регулирование, контроль), management (компании), mgmt (компании)

13) Linguistics: regime

14) Automobile industry: driving (автомобилем), handling (за механизмом), running

15) Dutch: kantoor

16) Mining: steering (машиной)

17) Diplomatic term: dispensation

18) Forestry: dispatching

19) TV: control track pulse

20) Information technology: controlling, governing, guidance( дистанционное) (дистанционное), manipulation (механизмом), administratorship

21) Oil: mgmt, supervision

22) Sociology: branch of administration

23) Astronautics: commanding, guiding, headquarters

24) Patents: operation (предприятием)

25) Business: department, disposal, head office, managerial control

26) Household appliances: guidance control

27) American English: administration (civilian), directorate (mil)

28) EBRD: administration

29) Automation: maneuvering (напр. станком), (ручное) manning, manual data input control (от УЧПУ), pilot operation, piloting, (диспетчерское) supervision

30) Quality control: operation (машиной)

31) leg.N.P. administration (as administration building), authority (as an organ or body, e.g., port authority), seat

32) General subject: direction steering (поворотом), directional steering (поворотом)

33) Aviation medicine: adjustment, administration (учреждение)

34) Public law: rulership (см. rulership в en. wiktionary. org)

35) Makarov: administration (чем-л.), arm, carriage, control (технической системой. производством), ctrl (control), cueing, department (структурное подразделение, административный орган), directing, disposition, drive (автомобилем или поездом), driving (движением, работой), handling (использование рулевого устройства), management (планирование, контроль, регулирование), management (экономическое, административное), manning (ручное), move, movement, op (operation), ordering, steer (напр. колёсами трактора или самоходной машины), steering (использование рулевого устройства)

36) Taboo: mastering

37) SAP.tech. ctrl

38) Logistics: administering

39) Electrical engineering: operation (оборудованием)

40) General subject: control (водным режимом)

SUBJECT AREA: Automotive engineering, Electricity, Electronics and information technology, Metallurgy, Steam and internal combustion engines

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Kettering gained degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering from Ohio State University. He was employed by the National Construction Register (NCR) of Dayton, Ohio, where he devised an electric motor for use in cash registers. He became Head of the Inventions Department of that company but left in 1909 to form, with the former Works Manager of NCR, Edward A. Deeds, the Dayton Engineering Laboratories (later called Delco), to develop improved lighting and ignition systems for automobiles. In the first two years of the new company he produced not only these but also the first self-starter, both of which were fitted to the Cadillac, America's leading luxury car. In 1914 he founded Dayton Metal Products and the Dayton Wright Airplane Company. Two years later Delco was bought by General Motors. In 1925 the independent research facilities of Delco were moved to Detroit and merged with General Motors' laboratories to form General Motors Research Corporation, of which Kettering was President and General Manager. (He had been Vice-President of General Motors since 1920.) In that position he headed investigations into methods of achieving maximum engine performance as well as into the nature of friction and combustion. Many other developments in the automobile field were made under his leadership, such as engine coolers, variable-speed transmissions, balancing machines, the two-way shock absorber, high-octane fuel, leaded petrol or gasoline, fast-drying lacquers, crank-case ventilators, chrome plating, and the high-compression automobile engine. Among his other activities were the establishment of the Charles Franklin Kettering Foundation for the Study of Chlorophyll and Photosynthesis at Antioch College, and the founding of the Sloan- Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York City. He sponsored the Fever Therapy Research Project at Miami Valley Hospital at Dayton, which developed the hypertherm, or artificial fever machine, for use in the treatment of disease. He resigned from General Motors in 1947.

1) General subject: production department (киностудии)

2) Engineering: functional department, production department, operations department

3) Economy: manufacturing department (в обрабатывающей промышленности), manufacturing division (главной администрации корпорации), operating division, producing department

4) Cinema: production arm

5) Astronautics: fabrication division

6) Business: operational department, problem department

7) SAP. production

8) Automation: production control department, production team

9) Tengiz: Operations

conseil [kɔ̃sεj]

1. masculine noun

   a. ( = recommandation) piece of advice

• donner des conseils à qn to give sb some advice

• demander conseil à qn to ask sb's advice

• c'est un conseil d'ami it's just a friendly piece of advice

• il est de bon conseil he gives good or sound advice

   b. ( = profession) consultancy

• cabinet or société de conseil firm of consultants

   c. ( = personne) consultant (en in)

• conseil juridique legal consultant or adviser

• conseil en communication communications or media consultant

• ingénieur-conseil engineering consultant

   d. ( = assemblée) board

2. compounds

► conseil d'administration [de société anonyme] board of directors ; [d'hôpital, école] board of governors

► conseil de classe staff meeting (to discuss the progress of individual members of a class)

► Conseil constitutionnel Constitutional Council

► conseil de discipline (School) disciplinary committee

► conseil d'établissement (School) ≈ governing board (Brit), ≈ board of education (US)

► Conseil économique et social Economic and Social Council

► Conseil d'État Council of State

► Conseil de l'Europe Council of Europe

► Conseil européen European Council

► Conseil fédéral (en Suisse) Federal Council

► conseil général (French) departmental council ≈ county council (Brit), ≈ county commission (US)

► Conseil des ministres council of ministers

► conseil municipal town council

► conseil régional regional council

► Conseil de sécurité Security Council

► Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel French broadcasting regulatory body

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In France, the « Conseil constitutionnel » is an official body that ensures that the constitution is respected in matters of legislation and during elections. The « Conseil d'État » examines bills before they are submitted to the « Conseil des ministres », a weekly meeting which some or all ministers attend. → ARRONDISSEMENT  COMMUNE  DÉPARTEMENT  RÉGION

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Each « département » of France is run by a Conseil général, whose remit covers transport, housing, secondary schools, social welfare, and cultural and economic development. The council is made up of « conseillers généraux », each of whom represents a « canton » and is elected for a six-year term. Half of the council's members are elected every three years.

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nom masculin

1) ( avis) advice [U]

2) ( assemblée) council

3) ( conseiller) consultant

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- conseil d'administration

- conseil de classe

- conseil de discipline

- conseil de famille

- conseil général

- conseil de guerre

- conseil des ministres

- conseil de révision

- conseil de surveillance

- conseil d'université

- Conseil d'État

- Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel

- Conseil supérieur de la magistrature

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1. nm

1) (= avis) piece of advice, advice no pl

2) (= assemblée) council

3) (= expert) consultant

2. adj

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conseil nm

1 ( avis) advice ¢; un conseil a piece of advice; des conseils some advice; beaucoup de conseils a lot of advice; donner un conseil à qn to give sb advice; demander conseil à qn to ask (for) sb's advice; suivre/écouter les conseils de qn to follow/to listen to sb's advice; un petit conseil a little piece of advice; un bon conseil a piece of good advice; conseil d'ami piece of friendly advice; un conseil gratuit a piece of free advice; quelques conseils de prudence a few words of caution ou warning; sur les conseils de qn on sb's advice; donner à qn le conseil de faire to advise sb to do; il est de bon conseil he always gives good advice; conseils d'entretien cleaning ou care instructions; ⇒ nuit;

2 ( assemblée) council; réunir le conseil to convene the council; tenir conseil to hold a meeting;

3 ( conseiller) consultant; conseil en gestion management consultant.

conseil d'administration Entr board of directors; conseil de classe Scol staff meeting (for all those teaching a given class); conseil de discipline Admin, Mil, Scol disciplinary committee; conseil de famille Jur Board of Guardians; ( non officiel) family meeting ou gathering; conseil général Pol council of a French department; conseil de guerre Mil council of war; conseil des ministres Pol gén council of ministers; ( au Royaume-Uni) Cabinet meeting; conseil municipal Pol town council; conseil régional Pol regional council; conseil de révision Mil medical board (assessing fitness for military service); conseil de surveillance Entr supervisory board; conseil d'université Univ senate; Conseil constitutionnel Jur Constitutional Council; Conseil économique et social Pol Economic and Social Council; Conseil d'État Pol Council of State (advising government on administrative matters); Conseil de l'Europe, CE Pol Council of Europe; Conseil de sécurité (de l'ONU) Pol (UN) Security Council; Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, CSA Radio, TV body which monitors broadcasting; Conseil supérieur de la langue française body responsible for the regulation and advancement of the French language; Conseil supérieur de la magistrature, CSM Jur High Council for the Judiciary.

ⓘ Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel The body which appoints the heads of the public broadcasting systems, licenses private contractors, monitors advertising and oversees all matters concerning impartiality, freedom of speech, quality and the promotion of French language and culture in the broadcast media.

[kɔ̃sɛj] nom masculin

1. [avis] piece of advice, counsel (soutenu)

a. [d'ami] advice

b. [trucs] tips, hints

2. [conseiller] adviser, consultant

3. [assemblée] board

[réunion] meeting

a. [d'une société] board of directors

b. [d'une organisation internationale] governing body

a. [réunion] war council ≃ War Cabinet

b. [tribunal] court-martial

a. [en ville] ≃ town council, ≃ local (urban) council

b. [à la campagne] ≃ parish council (UK), ≃ local (rural) council

4. ÉDUCATION

Conseil d'Université ≃ university Senate (UK), ≃ Board of Trustees (US)

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de bon conseil locution adjectivale

The Conseil constitutionnel, which ensures that new laws do not contravene the constitution, has nine members appointed for a nine-year period; it also includes the surviving former Presidents of France. The President of the Republic and any member of parliament can refer laws to the Conseil Constitutionnel for scrutiny.

The French Council of State acts both as the highest court to which the legal affairs of the state can be referred, and as a consultative body to which bills and rulings are submitted by the government prior to examination by the Conseil des ministres. It has 200 members.

The President himself presides over the Conseil des ministres, which traditionally meets every Wednesday morning; strictly speaking, when ministers assemble in the sole presence of the Prime Minister, this is known as le Conseil du cabinet.

The body responsible for the administration of a département. Members are elected for a six-year term, with one councillor per canton, and are headed by the président du conseil général.

The committee body for the administration of a région. Members are elected for a six-year term and are headed by the président du conseil régional. They decide on matters of planning, construction, regional development and education.

This state body advises on the appointment of members of the magistrature, and on specific points of law concerning the judiciary. It is also consulted when the president wishes to exercise his official pardon. It has ten members: the Minister of Justice and nine others appointed by the President of the Republic.

The town council is elected during the municipales (local elections). Elected members, or conseillers municipaux, oversee the administration of a commune in conjunction with the mayor.

What should I do? Qu'est-ce que je dois faire ?

What would you do, if you were me? Qu'est-ce que tu ferais si tu étais moi ?

What would you do in my place? Qu'est-ce que tu ferais à ma place ?

Do you think I should tell him? Tu crois que je devrais le lui dire ?

I could do with ou I need some advice. J'aurais besoin d'un conseil

Why don't you (just) tell her? Pourquoi ne pas le lui dire (carrément) ?

Take my advice and say nothing to her. Je te conseille de ne rien lui dire

If I were you, I'd phone him. Si j'étais toi, je l'appellerais

If you ask me, I think you should resign. Si tu veux mon avis, je pense que tu devrais démissionner

Perhaps ou Maybe you should warn him. Peut-être que tu devrais le prévenir

I'd think twice about going. Je réfléchirais à deux fois avant d'y aller

You could always try writing to him. Ce serait peut-être pas mal de lui écrire

It might be better to do it yourself. Ce serait peut-être mieux que tu le fasses toi-même

Now listen to me: you really must go and see a doctor. Écoute, il faut absolument que tu ailles voir un médecin

If you want my advice, you'll pretend it never happened. Si tu veux mon avis, fais comme si rien ne s'était passé

I hope you won't take this the wrong way, but... Ne le prends pas mal, mais...

It's not really any of my business, but... Je sais que ça ne me regarde pas, mais...

grand, e [gʀɑ̃, gʀɑ̃d]

1. adjective

   a. ( = de haute taille) tall

   b. ( = plus âgé) son grand frère his older or big (inf) brother

• ils ont deux grands enfants they have two grown-up children

• quand il sera grand [enfant] when he grows up

• il est assez grand pour savoir he's old enough to know

• tu es grand/grande maintenant you're a big boy/girl now

   c. (en dimensions) big, large ; [bras, distance, voyage, enjambées] long ; [avenue, marge] wide

• ouvrir de grands yeux to open one's eyes wide

• l'amour avec un grand A love with a capital L

   d. (en nombre, en quantité) [vitesse, poids, valeur, puissance] great ; [nombre, quantité] large ; [famille] large, big

• la grande majorité des gens the great majority of people

   e. ( = intense) [bruit, cri] loud ; [froid, chaleur] intense ; [vent] strong ; [danger, plaisir, pauvreté] great

• avec un grand rire with a loud laugh

• à ma grande surprise to my great surprise

   f. ( = riche, puissant) [pays, firme, banquier, industriel] leading

   g. ( = important) great ; [ville, travail] big

• je t'annonce une grande nouvelle ! I've got some great news!

• c'est un grand jour pour nous this is a great day for us

   h. ( = principal) main

• c'est la grande nouvelle du jour it's the main news of the day

• la grande difficulté consiste à... the main difficulty lies in...

   i. (intensif) [travailleur, collectionneur, ami, rêveur] great ; [buveur, fumeur] heavy ; [mangeur] big

• un grand verre d'eau a large glass of water

• les grands malades the very ill

• un grand invalide a seriously disabled person

   j. ( = remarquable) great

• un grand vin a great wine

• une grande année a vintage year

• c'est du grand jazz (inf) it's jazz at its best

   k. ( = de gala) [réception, dîner] grand

• en grande pompe with great pomp

   l. ( = noble) [âme] noble ; [pensée, principe] lofty

   m. ( = exagéré) faire de grandes phrases to voice high-flown sentiments

• tous ces grands discours all these high-flown speeches

   n. ( = beaucoup de) cela te fera (le plus) grand bien it'll do you the world of good

• grand bien vous fasse ! much good may it do you!

2. adverb

   a. (en taille) ces sandales chaussent grand these sandals are big-fitting (Brit) or run large (US)

   b. ( = largement) ouvrir (en) grand [+ porte] to open wide ; [+ robinet] to turn full on

• la fenêtre était grand(e) ouverte the window was wide open

• voir grand to think big

• il a vu trop grand he was over-ambitious

• il fait toujours les choses en grand he always does things on a large scale

3. masculine noun

   a. ( = élève) senior boy

• jeu pour petits et grands game for old and young alike

   b. (terme d'affection) viens, mon grand come here, son

   c. ( = personne puissante) les grands de ce monde men in high places

• Alexandre le Grand Alexander the Great

4. feminine noun

grande

   a. ( = élève) senior girl

• elle parle comme une grande she talks like a much older child

   b. (terme d'affection) ma grande (my) dear

5. compounds

► la grande Bleue or bleue the Med (inf)

► grande personne grown-up

► la grande vie the good life

• mener la grande vie to live the good life

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The grandes écoles are competitive-entrance higher education establishments where engineering, business administration and other subjects are taught to a very high standard. The most prestigious include « l'École Polytechnique » (engineering), the three « Écoles normales supérieures » (arts and sciences), « l'ÉNA » (the civil service college), and « HEC » (business administration).

Pupils prepare for entrance to the grandes écoles after their « baccalauréat » in two years of « classes préparatoires ». → CLASSES PRÉPARATOIRES  CONCOURS  ÉCOLE NATIONALE D'ADMINISTRATION

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grande gʀɑ̃, gʀɑ̃d adjectif

1) ( de dimensions importantes) ( en hauteur) tall; (en longueur, durée) long; ( en largeur) wide; (en étendue, volume) big

2) (nombreux, abondant) large, big

3) ( à un degré élevé) [rêveur, collectionneur, ami] great; [tricheur, joueur] big; [buveur, fumeur] heavy

4) ( important) [découverte, expédition, nouvelle] great; [date] important; [rôle] major; [problème, décision] big

5) ( principal) main

6) ( de premier plan) [société, marque] leading

7) (brillant, remarquable) [peintre, vin, cause] great; [cœur, âme] noble

8) ( âgé) [frère, sœur] elder; [élève] senior GB, older; ( adulte)

9) ( qualifiant une mesure) [hauteur, longueur, distance, valeur] great; [pointure, quantité, étendue] large; [vitesse] high

10) (extrême, fort) [bonté, amitié, danger, intérêt] great; [bruit] loud; [froid] severe; [chaleur] intense; [vent] strong, high; [tempête] big, violent

11) ( de rang social élevé) [famille, nom] great

12) ( grandiose) [réception, projet] grand

13) ( emphatique) [mot] big; [phrase] high-sounding

nom masculin, féminin ( enfant) big boy/girl; École senior GB ou older pupil

adverbe wide

nom masculin

en grand locution adverbiale

- grand banditisme

- grand bassin

- grand couturier

- grand duc

- grand écart

- le grand écran

- grand ensemble

- grand invalide civil

- grand invalide de guerre

- le grand large

- grand magasin

- grand maître

- grand mât

- le grand monde

- le Grand Nord

- grand panda

- Grand Pardon

- grand patron

- grand prêtre

- le grand public

- grand quotidien

- grand teint

- grand tourisme

- la grande banlieue

- la grande cuisine

- grande distribution

- grande école

- la Grande Guerre

- grande gueule

- la grande muraille de Chine

- grande personne

- la grande presse

- grande puissance

- grande roue

- grande série

- grande surface

- grandes eaux

- grandes lignes

- grandes marées

- grandes ondes

- grands espaces

- grands fauves

- grands fonds

- Grands Lacs

- grands singes

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1. adj

1) (= de haute taille) tall

2) (= aîné)

3) (= adulte)

4) (= gros, vaste, large) big, large

5) (importance, stature) great

6) (ampleur, degré)

7) (intensif)

2. adv

3. nm/f

1) (= élève, enfant) big boy, big girl

2) (= personnage)

4. nm

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grand, grande

A adj

1 ( de dimensions importantes) ( en hauteur) [personne, arbre, tour, cierge] tall; (en longueur, durée) [bras, enjambée, promenade, voyage] long; ( en largeur) [angle, marge] wide; (en étendue, volume) [lac, ville, salle, trou, édifice, paquet] large, big; [tas, feu] big; ( démesuré) [pied, nez, bouche] big; un homme (très) grand a (very) tall man; un grand homme brun, un homme grand et brun a tall dark man; plus grand que nature larger than life; ouvrir de grands yeux to open one's eyes wide;

2 (nombreux, abondant) [famille, foule] large, big; [fortune] large; grande braderie big sale; pas grand monde not many people; faire de grandes dépenses to spend a lot of money; il fait grand jour it's broad daylight; laver à grande eau to wash [sth] in plenty of running water [légumes]; to wash [sth] down [sol]; à grand renfort de publicité with much publicity;

3 ( à un degré élevé) [rêveur, collectionneur, travailleur, ami, ennemi, pécheur] great; [tricheur, joueur, lâcheur, idiot] big; [buveur, fumeur] heavy; grand amateur de ballet great ballet lover; c'est un grand timide he's very shy; les grands malades very sick people; c'est un grand cardiaque he has a serious heart condition;

4 ( important) [découverte, migration, expédition, événement, nouvelle, honneur] great; [date] important; [rôle] major; [problème, décision] big; ( principal) main; c'est un grand jour pour elle it's a big day for her; une grande partie de la maison a large part of the house; une grande partie des habitants many of the inhabitants; la grande majorité the great ou vast majority; ⇒ scène;

5 ( principal) main; le grand escalier the main staircase; le grand problème/obstacle the main ou major problem/obstacle; les grands axes routiers the main ou trunk GB roads; les grands points du discours the main points of the speech; les grandes lignes d'une politique the broad lines of a policy;

6 ( de premier plan) Écon, Pol [pays, société, industriel, marque] leading; les grandes industries the big industries;

7 (brillant, remarquable) [peintre, œuvre, civilisation, vin, cause] great; [cœur, âme] noble; c'est un grand homme he's a great man; les grands écrivains great authors; un grand nom de la musique a great musician; un grand monsieur du théâtre a great gentleman of the stage; Louis/Pierre le Grand Louis/Peter the Great; les grands noms du cinéma/de la littérature indienne the big names of the cinema/of Indian literature; de grande classe [produit] high-class; [exploit] admirable; ⇒ esprit;

8 ( âgé) [frère, sœur] elder; [élève] senior GB, older; ( adulte) grown-up; mon grand frère my elder brother; les grandes classes Scol the senior forms GB, the upper classes US; quand il sera grand when he grows up; mes enfants sont grands my children are quite old; une grande fille comme toi! a big girl like you!; 12 ans! tu es assez grand pour te débrouiller 12 years old! you're old enough to cope;

9 ( qualifiant une mesure) [hauteur, longueur, distance, poids, valeur, âge] great; [dimensions, taille, pointure, quantité, nombre, étendue] large; [vitesse] high; [kilomètre, mois, heure] good; il est grand temps que tu partes it's high time you were off ou you went;

10 (intense, extrême, fort) [bonté, lâcheté, pauvreté, amitié, chagrin, faim, danger, différence, intérêt] great; [bruit] great, loud; [froid] severe; [chaleur] intense; [vent] strong, high; [tempête] big, violent; avec grand plaisir with great ou much pleasure; dans le plus grand secret in great secrecy; d'une grande bêtise/timidité very ou extremely stupid/shy; à ma grande honte/surprise much to my shame/surprise; sans grand espoir/enthousiasme without much hope/enthusiasm; sans grande importance not very important; il n'y a pas grand mal à cela/à faire there isn't much harm in that/in doing; avoir grand faim/soif to be very hungry/thirsty; avoir grand besoin de to be badly in need of; ça te ferait le plus grand bien it would do you a world of good; à grands cris loudly; ⇒ cas, remède;

11 ( de rang social élevé) [famille, nom] great; grande dame great lady; la grande bourgeoisie the upper middle class;

12 ( grandiose) [réception] grand; grands projets grand designs; avoir grande allure, avoir grand air to look very impressive;

13 ( emphatique) [mot] big; [phrase] high-sounding; un grand merci a big thank you; faire de grands gestes to wave one's arms about; et voilà, tout de suite les grands mots there you go, straight off the deep end.

B nm,f

1 ( enfant) big boy/girl; Scol senior GB ou older pupil; il a fait ça tout seul comme un grand he did it all by himself like a big boy; il fait le ménage comme un grand he does the housework like a grown-up; pour les grands et les petits for old and young alike;

2 ( terme d'affection) mon grand, ma grande my darling.

C adv wide; ouvrir grand la bouche to open one's mouth wide; ouvrir tout grand les bras to throw one's arms open; les fenêtres sont grand(es) ouvertes the windows are wide open; ouvrir la porte toute grande to open the door wide; ouvrir grand ses oreilles fig to prick up one's ears; ouvrir tout grand son cœur fig to open one's heart; les bottes chaussent grand the boots are large-fitting; leurs vêtements taillent grand their clothes are cut on the large side; voir grand fig to think big.

D nm ( pays) big power; ( entreprise) leader, big name; les grands de ce monde the great and the good; Pol the world's leaders; les cinq grands Pol the Big Five; les grands de l'automobile the top car manufacturers; c'est un grand de la publicité he's big in advertising.

E en grand loc adv [ouvrir] wide, completely; faire de l'élevage en grand to breed animals on a large scale; quand ils reçoivent, ils font les choses en grand when they entertain they do things on the grand scale or they really go to town○.

grand argentier Hist royal treasurer; hum keeper of the nation's purse, Finance minister; le grand art alchemy; grand banditisme organized crime; grand bassin ( de piscine) main pool; Anat upper pelvis; grand cacatois main royal sail; grand caniche standard poodle; le grand capital Écon big money, big investors pl; grand commis de l'État top civil servant; grand coq de bruyère capercaillie; grand corbeau raven; grand couturier couturier; grand débutant absolute beginner; grand duc Zool eagle owl; grand écart Danse, Sport splits (sg); faire le grand écart to do the splits; le grand écran the big screen; grand électeur ( en France) elector who votes in the elections for the French Senate; ( aux États-Unis) presidential elector; grand ensemble high-density housing complex; la vie dans les grands ensembles high-rise living; grand d'Espagne Spanish grandee; grand foc outer jib; grand frais Météo moderate gale; grand hunier main topsail; grand hunier fixe lower main topsail; grand hunier volant upper main topsail; grand invalide civil, GIC civilian who is registered severely disabled; grand invalide de guerre, GIG Prot Soc ex-serviceman who is registered severely disabled; le grand large Naut the high seas (pl); grand magasin Comm department store; grand maître ( aux échecs) grand master; grand maître de l'ordre des Templiers Hist Grand Master of the Knights Templar; grand mât Naut mainmast; le grand monde high society; le Grand Nord Géog the Far North; Grand Œuvre Great Work; grand officier de la Légion d'Honneur high-ranking officer of the Legion of Honour^GB; le Grand Orient the Grand Lodge of France; grand panda giant panda; Grand Pardon Day of Atonement; grand patron Méd senior consultant GB, head doctor US; grand perroquet Naut main topgallant sail; grand prêtre Relig, fig high priest; grand prix Courses Aut, Sport grand prix; le grand public the general public; Comm produit grand public consumer product; grand quart Naut six-hour watch; Grand quartier général, GQG Mil General Headquarters, GHQ; grand quotidien Presse big national daily; grand roque Jeux ( aux échecs) castling long; le Grand Siècle Hist the 17th century (in France); grand teint colourfast^GB; grand tétras capercaillie; grand tourisme Courses Aut, Aut GT, gran turismo; le Grand Turc the Sultan; grand veneur Chasse master of the hounds; grande Armée Hist Grande Armée (Napoleon's army); grande Baie Australienne Géog Great Australian Bight; la grande banlieue the outer suburbs (pl); Grande Barrière (de Corail) Géog Great Barrier Reef; la grande bleue the sea; la grande cuisine Culin haute cuisine; grande distribution Écon volume retailing; grand école higher education institution; la Grande Guerre Hist the First World War; grande gueule○ loud mouth○; grande hune Naut maintop; la grande muette the army; la grande muraille de Chine Géog the Great Wall of China; grande personne grown-up, adult; la grande presse Presse the popular dailies (pl); grande puissance Pol superpower; grande roue ( de foire) big wheel GB, Ferris wheel US; grande série Comm mass production; fabriqué en grande série mass-produced; grande surface Comm supermarket; grandes eaux fountains; fig ( pleurs) waterworks; dès qu'on la gronde, ce sont les grandes eaux the minute you tell her off, she turns on the waterworks; grandes lignes Rail main train routes; grandes marées spring tides; grandes ondes Radio long wave (sg); Grandes Plaines Géog Great Plains; les grands blessés the seriously injured; grands corps de l'État Admin senior branches of the civil service; grands espaces Écol open spaces; grands fauves Zool big cats; grands fonds Naut ocean depths; les grands froids the cold of winter; Grands Lacs Géog Great Lakes; grands singes Zool great apes; ⇒ école, voyage.

ⓘ Grande école A prestigious third-level institution where admission is usually by competitive entrance examination or concours. Places are much sought after as they are widely considered to guarantee more promising career prospects than the standard university institutions. Many grandes écoles specialize in particular disciplines or fields of study, e.g. ENA, Sciences Po, etc.

( féminin grande) [grɑ̃, grɑ̃d] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [grɑ̃t]) adjectif

A.[ASPECT QUANTITATIF]

1. [de taille élevée - adulte] tall ; [ - enfant] tall, big

2. [de grandes dimensions - objet, salle, ville] big, large ; [ - distance] long

3. [d'un certain âge - être humain] big

[aîné - frère, sœur] big

[au terme de sa croissance - personne] grown-up ; [ - animal] fully grown, adult

4. [qui dure longtemps] long

5. [intense, considérable] great

6. [pour qualifier une mesure] large, great

7. [entier]

B.[ASPECT QUALITATIF]

1. [important] great, major

2. [acharné, invétéré] great, keen

3. [puissant, influent - banque] top ; [ - industriel] top, leading, major ; [ - propriétaire, famille] important ; [ - personnage] great

4. [dans une hiérarchie]

5. [noble]

6. [généralementéreux]

7. [exagéré] big

8. [fameux, reconnu] great

10. [omnipotent, suprême] great

C.[EN INTENSIF]

il est grand temps que tu le lises it's high time you read it

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, grande [grɑ̃, grɑ̃d] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [grɑ̃t]) nom masculin, nom féminin

1. [enfant - d'un certain âge]

[en appellatif]

2. [adulte - généralement] grown-up, adult

[en appellatif]

[personne de grande taille]

pour la photo, les grands se mettront derrière for the photo, tall people ou the taller people will stand at the back

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adverbe

1. [vêtement]

2. (locution)

3. [largement]

4. ART

représenter quelque chose plus grand que nature to enlarge something

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nom masculin

1. PHILOSOPHIE → link=infiniment infiniment

2. [entrepreneur, industriel]

les grands de l'automobile the major ou leading car manufacturers

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grands nom masculin pluriel

les grands [les puissants] the rich (and powerful)

les deux Grands POLITIQUE the two superpowers

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en grand locution adverbiale

[complètement] on a large scale

grande école nom féminin

grand ensemble nom masculin

grande surface nom féminin

The grandes écoles are relatively small and highly respected higher education establishments. Admission is usually only possible after two years of intensive preparatory studies and a competitive entrance examination. Most have close links with industry. The grandes écoles include l'École des hautes études commerciales or HEC (management and business), l'École polytechnique or l'X (engineering) and l'École normale supérieure (teacher training).