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1 think
think [θɪŋk](verb: preterite, past participle thought)1. nouna. ( = consider) réfléchir, penser• what are you thinking about? à quoi pensez-vous ?• think about it! pensez-y !• I wouldn't think of such a thing! ça ne me viendrait jamais à l'idée !• would you think of letting him go alone? vous le laisseriez partir seul, vous ?• sorry, I wasn't thinking pardon, je n'ai pas réfléchi• I didn't think to ask or of asking if you... je n'ai pas pensé à te demander si tu...c. ( = remember) penser (of à)d. ( = imagine) to think (of) imaginer• just think! imagine un peu !e. ( = devise) to think of avoir l'idée de• what will he think of next? qu'est-ce qu'il va encore inventer ?f. ( = have as opinion) penser• to think well or a lot of sb/sth penser le plus grand bien de qn/qch• to think nothing of doing sth ( = do as a matter of course) trouver tout naturel de faire qch ; ( = do unscrupulously) n'avoir aucun scrupule à faire qch• think nothing of it! mais pas du tout !a. ( = be of opinion, believe) penser, croire• I think so/not je crois que oui/non• what do you think? qu'est-ce que tu (en) penses ?• what do you think I should do? que penses-tu que je doive faire ?• I thought so or as much! je m'en doutais !• what do you think of him? comment le trouves-tu ?• who do you think you are? pour qui te prends-tu ?b. ( = conceive, imagine) (s')imaginer• think what we could do with that house! imagine ce que nous pourrions faire de cette maison !• who would have thought it! qui l'aurait dit !c. ( = reflect) penser à• just think what you're doing! pense un peu à ce que tu fais !4. compounds[+ problem, proposition] réfléchir sérieusement à ; [+ plan] élaborer[+ offer, suggestion] (bien) réfléchir à[+ plan, proposal] examiner en détail* * *[θɪŋk] 1.2.to have a think about something — GB réfléchir à quelque chose
transitive verb (prét, pp thought)1) (hold view, believe) croireI don't think so —
‘is he reliable?’ - ‘I'd like to think so but...’ — ‘peut-on lui faire confiance?’ - ‘j'espère bien mais...’
to think it best to do/that — penser qu'il serait préférable de faire/que
him, a millionaire? I don't think! — iron lui un millionnaire? sans blague!
2) ( imagine) imaginer, croireI can't think how/why etc — je n'ai aucune idée comment/pourquoi etc
who do you think you are? — ( indignantly) pour qui vous prenez-vous?
and to think that I believed him! — GB et dire que je le croyais!
3) (have thought, idea) penserI was just thinking: suppose we sold the car? — je me posais la question: si nous vendions la voiture?
we're thinking sex here — (colloq) c'est de sexe qu'il s'agit
let's think Green! — (colloq) pensons écolo! (colloq)
4) (rate, assess)to think a lot/not much of — penser/ne pas penser beaucoup de bien de
5) ( remember) penser3.to think where/how — se rappeler où/comment
intransitive verb (prét, pp thought)1) gen penser; ( before acting or speaking) réfléchirto think clearly ou straight — avoir les idées claires
I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking — je m'excuse, je ne sais pas où j'avais la tête
let's think: three people at £170 each... — voyons: trois personnes à 170 livres sterling chacune...
come to think of it... — maintenant que j'y pense...
2) ( take into account)to think about ou of somebody/something — penser à quelqu'un/quelque chose
3) ( consider)4) ( have in mind)5) ( imagine)a million pounds, think of that! — un million de livres, t'imagines! (colloq)
6) ( tolerate idea) (tjrs nég)7) ( remember)•Phrasal Verbs:- think up••to have another think coming — (colloq) GB se tromper lourdement
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2 think
1. II think therefore I am я мыслю, следовательно я существую; are animals able to think? мыслят ли животные?; don't act without thinking ничего не делай /не предпринимай/, не подумав; let me (give me time to) think дайте мне (время) подумать /собраться с мыслями, поразмыслить, сосредоточиться/; I know what you are thinking я знаю, что /о чем/ вы думаете2. IIthink in some manner think logically (creatively, constructively, shrewdly, idly, etc.) мыслить /думать/ логично и т.д.; think so /as much, this way/ думать определенным образом; he thinks [in] this way он мыслит таким образом; I thought as much я так и думал; no two minds think alike все мы думаем по-разному; you must learn to think clearly вам надо учиться ясно мыслить; think harder подумай получше; think much /а lot/ много думать; if you were to think a little less and act a little more it would be better for all для всех было бы лучше, если бы вы немного меньше размышляли и немного больше делали; is he going to come? I don't think so он собирается приехать? think не думаю; just think! подумать только! think for some time let me think a moment дайте мне немного подумать /сосредоточиться/3. IIIthink smth.1) think great (sad, evil, base, pleasant, etc.) thoughts быть полным великих и т.д. дум /мыслей/; think business постоянно думать о делах2) think no harm /no evil/ не думать /не иметь в виду, не предполагать/ чего-л. дурного; one would not have thought it никто бы об этом не подумал, это никому не пришло бы в голову4. Vthink smth., smb. smth. think it a shame (it a most interesting book, her a clever young lady, him an impolite fellow, etc.) считать, что это позор /это позорным/ и т.д.; think oneself a hero считать себя героем; he doesn't think it any trouble at all он не считает это затруднительным, он считает, что это совсем нетрудно5. VIthink smth., smb. as having some quality think smth. strange (the lecture interesting, the matter very important, the affair unlawful, his success probable, the girl pretty, him right, etc.) считать что-л. странным и т.д.; do you think it likely? вы считаете это вероятным?; think him very powerful (them clever, oneself important, etc.) считать его очень могущественным и т.д.; think smth. as being of some quality to do smth. think it proper (unusual, necessary, strange, etc.) to say this (to go there, to take it, etc.) считать приличным и т.д. сказать это и т.д.; I don't think it wise to go there я считаю неблагоразумным идти туда; I thought it better to stay away (not to try, etc.) я считал, что лучше держаться подальше и т.д.6. VIIthink smb., smth. [to be] smth. think him to be a fool (him to be more straightforward, the girl more intelligent, the matter to be more delicate, etc.) считать его дураком и т.д.; do you think him very much to blame? вы считаете его очень виноватым?; I think it to correspond to facts я думаю /считаю/, что это соответствует фактам7. XI1) be thought about /of/ smth. it must (should, etc.) be thought about /of/ об этом нужно (следует и т.д.) (подумать; there are a number of things to be thought of before we come to a decision прежде, чем мы примем какое-либо решение, надо подумать /поразмыслить/ о ряде вещей /надо учесть ряд вещей/2) be thought of a new house (a motor саг, а winter holiday in the south, etc.) is not to /cannot/ be thought of о новом доме и т.д. думать нечего /и подумать нельзя/; such a thing is not to be thought of о таких вещах и мечтать нечего3) be thought [to be] in some state be thought dead (mad, richt, to be fair, to be lost, etc.) считаться умершим и т.д.; be thought to be smth. he is thought to be a scholar его считают ученым; it is thought to be a fraud считают, что это обман; be thought that it was thought that he would accept the position полагали /считали/, что он согласится на этот пост; be thought of in some manner he is well (highly) thought of о нем хорошо отзываются; it was thought of as impossible это считалось невозможным8. XIIIthink to do smth. think to deceive us (to escape punishment, to help you, to find a home with his daughter, to get a special favour, etc.) надеяться /собираться/ обмануть нас и т.д.; I never thought to find you here (to see you, to meet him again, etc.) я не подумал /никогда не думал/, что могу вас здесь застать и т.д.; think what to do next (how to help, etc.) думать о том, что делать дальше и т.д.9. XVthink as having some quality think fit (proper, good, etc.) считать удобным и т.д.; do as you think best делайте, как вам кажется /вы считаете/ лучше; do not think ill of me не думайте обо мне плохо10. XVI1) think in smth. think in German (in a foreign language, etc.) думать /мыслить/ по-немецки и т.д.; think about /of/ smth. think about /of/ the matter (about that question, about /of/ everything, of many things, about smb.'s suggestion, about the problem, about /of/ the proposal, of such a possibility, etc.) (по)думать об этом деле и т.д., обдумывать это дело и т.д.; why don't you " about my offer before you make up your mind? вам не мешало бы взвесить /продумать/ мое предложение прежде, чем решать; what are you thinking about /of/? о чем вы думаете?; it is not worth thinking about об этом не стоит думать; when I least thought of it когда я меньше всего об этом думал; think (up)on smth. think on life (on the matter, upon life and death, on love, etc.) думать /размышлять/ о жизни и т.д.; there is one thing you ought to think on вам следует подумать об одной вещи2) think of /about/ smth., smb. think of old times (of home, about one's childhood days, about life in the mountains, of the accident, of her, etc.) думать /вспоминать/ о прошлом /о прежних временах/ и т.д.; I can't think of his name at the moment (of his address, of the right phrase, of the name of this place, etc.) я не могу сразу вспомнить его имя и т.д.; I can't think of the figures цифры /числа/ выпали у меня из памяти, я сейчас забыл цифры; I can't think of the right word мне не приходит в голову нужное слово3) think about /of/ smb. think about /of/ his mother (about one's friends, about the friends one has lost, of others, of other people first, etc.) думать /беспокоиться/ о своей матери и т.д.; I have my wife and family to think of мне надо подумать /позаботиться, побеспокоиться/ о жене и всей семье; he thinks only (too much) of himself, he thinks of no one but himself он думает только о себе; think about /of/ smth. think about /of/ smb. think feelings (of smb.'s plight, of their welfare, etc.) думать о чьих-л. чувствах и т.д., считаться с чьими-л. чувствами и т.д.; they think about nothing but clothes (about hair styles, about nothing but sport and pleasure, etc.) у них на уме только платья и т.д., они ни о чем другом, кроме платьев и т.д. не думают4) think of smth., smb. think of a way out of the difficulty (of some excuse to give them, of a word beginning with В, of a good plan, of an amusing way to spend the evening, of such a thing, of a good place for a week-end holidays, etc.) придумать выход из тяжелого положения и т.д.; I just didn't think of it мне это просто не пришло в голову, об этом-то я и не подумал; think of a number задумайте число; think of the danger (of the people who risk their lives, of the nerve of that fellow, of that man being there, etc.) подумать об опасности и т.д., представить /вообразить/ себе опасность и т.д.; I would never have thought of this possibility мне эта возможность не приходила в голову5) think of /about/ smth., smb. what do you think of this plan (of the idea, of my new dress. of our new car, of this man, about me, etc.)? что вы думаете /какого вы мнения/ об этом плане и т.д.?; what do you "think of his speech? как вам понравилась его речь?; I told him what I thought of him я высказал /сказал/ ему [все], что я о нем думаю; think of her as a friend (of her as still a child, of you as a replacement for the man who quit, of him as being tall, of golf as waste of time, etc.) считать ее другом и т.д., думать о ней, как о друге и т.д.; think well (highly, harshly, meanly, etc.) of smth., smb. быть хорошего и т.д. мнения о чем-л., ком-л.; I will not think so poorly of her я не хочу о ней так плохо думать; it depends how you think of it все зависит от того, как к этому отнестись || we thought better of it мы передумали /раздумали/11. XVII1) think before doing smth. think before answering (before making a decision, before accepting, before refusing, etc.) сначала подумать /взвесить/, а потом отвечать и т.д., подумать, прежде чем ответить и т.д.2) think about /of/ doing smth. think about moving to another house (about buying a new piano, about taking her to dinner, about emigrating to Canada, about getting a job, of going tomorrow, of going to Spain for our holiday, of marrying, etc.) подумывать о переезде /собираться переехать, строить планы о том, чтобы переехать/ в другой дом и т.д.; а girl thinks more of "looking nice" than a boy does девушки больше заботятся /думают/ о своей внешности, чем молодые люди; he would not (never) think of letting her go (of allowing it, of inviting them, of going unless he were invited, of saying such things about a lady, of doing such a thing, of allowing my children to stay out until this late hour, etc.) ему бы (никогда) не пришло в голову /он бы и не подумал/ отпустить ее и т.д.; the price is so high that I cannot think of buying it цена так высока, что я и мечтать не могу [, чтобы] купить это3) think about /of/ doing smth. what do you think about going to Spain (of going to the movies tonight, etc.)? как вы /что вы думаете/ насчет поездки в Испанию и т.д.?; what did they think of his playing (of her painting, of our singing, etc.)? что они думают /какого они мнения/ о его игре /о том, как он играет/ и т.д.?12. XVIIIthink to oneself he is not telling the truth, I thought to myself он лжет, подумал я про себя; he was thinking to himself how strange the children were он отметил про себя, какими странными были дети; think for oneself you must think for yourself ты должен решать сам; think oneself into some state think oneself silly довести себя раздумьями до отупения; he thought himself into a fever он так много думал, что заболел13. XXI1think smth. of (about) smb., smth. think unjust things of her думать о ней несправедливо; he thought the world of her он о ней был очень высокого мнения; I think very little of his work (of his abilities, about the new novel, of the teacher, etc.) я очень невысокого мнения о его работе и т.д.; I don't think much of him as a teacher я не высоко ставлю /ценю/ его как преподавателя || think it beneath one (smb.) to do smth. считать ниже своего (чьего-л.) достоинства что-л. сделать14. XXV1) think what... (why..., how..., etc.) think what she would do next (why he came, how to help, etc.) думать о том, что ей делать дальше и т.д.2) think how... (what...., where..., etc.) you can't think how pleased I was (how surprised he was, how glad I am, what he means, what a sharp tongue she has, why she left, where he is, etc.) вы не можете себе представить, как я был доволен и т.д.; think that... I never thought that he himself would come я никогда не думал /не ожидал/, что он сам придет; [only] to think that he is twenty (that I should be let off so early, etc.) подумать только, что ему всего двадцать и т.д.3) think [that] think [that] you are clever (that he is ready, that the earth is flat, you can do it, you are acting foolishly, etc.) думать /полагать, считать/, что вы умны и т.д.; what do you think I ought to do? как вы думаете, что мне следует делать?; I think I'll go now я, пожалуй, пойду; ну, я пошел; it is going to rain, I think мне кажется, будет дождь; it will be better, don't you think, to start early? не лучше ли выехать пораньше, как вы полагаете?; think before you do smth. think carefully before you answer (before you begin, before you accept, etc.) хорошенько подумай, прежде чем отвечать и т.д.15. XXVII1think of what... think of what I've said (of what I told you, of what this means, etc.) подумай о том /над тем/, что я сказал и т.д.; think of what might have happened думать о том, что могло случиться -
3 mind
mind [maɪnd]esprit ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (e)-(g) attention ⇒ 1 (c) avis ⇒ 1 (h) faire attention à ⇒ 2 (a)-(c) déranger ⇒ 1 (d) garder ⇒ 2 (e) faire attention ⇒ 3 (c)1 noun∎ the power of mind over matter le pouvoir de l'esprit sur la matière;∎ to be strong in mind and body être physiquement et mentalement solide;∎ to be of sound mind être sain d'esprit;∎ to be/to go out of one's mind être/devenir fou(folle);∎ are you out of your mind?, you must be out of your mind! est-ce que tu as perdu la tête?;∎ he was out of his mind with worry il était fou d'inquiétude;∎ he isn't in his right mind il n'a pas tous ses esprits;∎ no one in their right mind would do such a thing aucune personne sensée n'agirait ainsi;∎ to be bored out of one's mind mourir d'ennui∎ such a thought had never entered his mind une telle pensée ne lui était jamais venue à l'esprit;∎ there's something on her mind il y a quelque chose qui la tracasse;∎ I have a lot on my mind j'ai beaucoup de soucis;∎ what's going on in her mind? qu'est-ce qui se passe dans son esprit ou sa tête?;∎ at the back of one's mind au fond de soi-même;∎ at the back of my mind was the fear that we would arrive too late au fond de moi-même, je craignais que nous n'arrivions trop tard;∎ to put sth to the back of one's mind chasser qch de son esprit;∎ I just can't get him out of my mind je n'arrive absolument pas à l'oublier;∎ to have sb/sth in mind penser à qn/qch de précis;∎ the person I have in mind la personne à laquelle je pense;∎ who do you have in mind for the role? à qui songez-vous pour le rôle?, qui avez-vous en vue pour le rôle?;∎ what kind of holiday did you have in mind? qu'est-ce que tu voulais ou voudrais faire pour les vacances?;∎ I had something smaller in mind je pensais à quelque chose de plus petit;∎ you must put the idea out of your mind tu dois te sortir cette idée de la tête;∎ put it out of your mind n'y pensez plus;∎ to set one's mind on doing sth se mettre en tête de faire qch;∎ to have one's mind set on sth vouloir qch à tout prix;∎ a drink will take your mind off the accident bois un verre, ça te fera oublier l'accident;∎ to put or set sb's mind at rest rassurer qn;∎ to see things in one's mind's eye bien se représenter qch;∎ it's all in your mind! tu te fais des idées!;∎ it's all in the mind tout ça, c'est dans la tête∎ to give one's whole mind to sth accorder toute son attention à qch;∎ I can't seem to apply my mind to the problem je n'arrive pas à me concentrer sur le problème;∎ I'm sure if you put your mind to it you could do it je suis sûr que si tu essayais vraiment, tu pourrais le faire;∎ keep your mind on the job ne vous laissez pas distraire;∎ your mind is not on the job tu n'as pas la tête à ce que tu fais;∎ she does crosswords to keep her mind occupied elle fait des mots croisés pour s'occuper l'esprit;∎ American don't pay him any mind ne fais pas attention à lui∎ my mind has gone blank j'ai un trou de mémoire;∎ it brings to mind the time we were in Spain cela me rappelle l'époque où nous étions en Espagne;∎ Churchill's words come to mind on pense aux paroles de Churchill;∎ it went clean or right out of my mind cela m'est complètement sorti de l'esprit ou de la tête;∎ to put sb in mind of sb/sth rappeler qn/qch à qn;∎ it puts me in mind of Japan cela me fait penser au Japon, cela me rappelle le Japon;∎ to bear or keep sth in mind (think about) songer à qch; (take into account) tenir compte de qch; (not forget) ne pas oublier qch, garder qch à l'esprit;∎ we must bear in mind that she is only a child il ne faut pas oublier que ce n'est qu'une enfant;∎ I'll bear it in mind (what you suggested) je prends note;∎ it must have slipped my mind j'ai dû oublier;∎ familiar to have a mind like a sieve avoir (une) très mauvaise mémoire□ ;∎ British time out of mind I've warned him not to go there cela fait une éternité que je lui dis de ne pas y aller(e) (intellect) esprit m;∎ she has an outstanding mind elle est d'une très grande intelligence;∎ he has the mind of a child il a l'esprit d'un enfant(f) (intelligent person, thinker) esprit m, cerveau m;∎ the great minds of our century les grands esprits ou cerveaux de notre siècle;∎ proverb great minds think alike(, fools seldom differ) les grands esprits se rencontrent;∎ humorous how about a drink? - great minds think alike! si on prenait une verre? - les grands esprits se rencontrent!∎ the Western mind la pensée occidentale;∎ I haven't got a scientific mind je n'ai pas l'esprit scientifique;∎ you've got a dirty mind! tu as l'esprit mal placé!;∎ she has a nasty mind elle voit le mal partout;∎ he has a suspicious mind il est soupçonneux de nature;∎ it's probably just my suspicious mind but I don't trust him c'est probablement que je suis trop suspicieux ou soupçonneux, mais je n'ai pas confiance en lui∎ to be of the same or of like or of one mind être du même avis;∎ they're all of one or the same mind ils sont tous d'accord ou du même avis;∎ to know one's own mind savoir ce qu'on veut;∎ you've got a mind of your own tu peux décider toi-même;∎ the car seemed to have a mind of its own la voiture semblait faire ce que bon lui semblait;∎ to my mind,… à mon avis,…, selon moi,…;∎ I'm in two minds about where to go for my holidays je ne sais pas très bien où aller passer mes vacances;∎ I'm in two minds about going je ne sais pas si je vais y aller;∎ to make up one's mind se décider, prendre une décision;∎ make up your mind! décidez-vous!;∎ I can't make up your mind for you je ne peux pas décider à ta place;∎ my mind is made up ma décision est prise;∎ to make up one's mind about sth décider qch;∎ to make up one's mind to do sth se décider à faire qch;∎ she's made up her mind to move house elle s'est résolue à déménager∎ I've half a mind to give up j'ai presque envie de renoncer;∎ I've a good mind to tell him what I think j'ai bien envie de lui dire ce que je pense∎ nothing was further from my mind je n'en avais nullement l'intention;∎ I've had it in mind for some time now j'y songe depuis un moment(a) (pay attention to) faire attention à;∎ he didn't mind my advice il n'a pas fait attention à ou n'a pas écouté mes conseils;∎ mind your own business! occupe-toi de ce qui te regarde!, mêle-toi de tes oignons!;∎ mind your language! surveille ton langage!;∎ to mind one's manners se surveiller;∎ mind the step (sign) attention à la marche;∎ mind the cat! attention au chat!;∎ mind what you say (pay attention) réfléchissez à ou faites attention à ce que vous dites; (don't be rude) mesurez vos paroles;∎ mind what you're doing! regarde ce que tu fais!;∎ would you mind where you're putting your feet, please? est-ce que tu peux faire attention où tu mets les pieds, s'il te plaît?;(b) (be sure that) faire attention à;∎ mind you write to him! n'oubliez pas de lui écrire!;∎ mind you don't fall! faites attention de ne pas tomber!;∎ mind you don't forget n'oubliez surtout pas;∎ mind you don't break it fais bien attention de ne pas le casser;∎ mind you're not late! faites en sorte de ne pas être en retard!;∎ mind you post my letter n'oubliez surtout pas de poster ma lettre(c) (concern oneself with) faire attention à, s'inquiéter de ou pour;∎ don't mind me, I'll just sit here quietly ne vous inquiétez pas de moi, je vais m'asseoir ici et je ne dérangerai personne;∎ don't mind him, he's always like that ne fais pas attention à lui, il est toujours comme ça;∎ ironic don't mind me, I only live here! je t'en prie, fais comme chez toi!;∎ I really don't mind what he says/thinks je me fiche de ce qu'il peut dire/penser∎ I don't mind him il ne me dérange pas;∎ I don't mind the cold le froid ne me gêne pas;∎ I don't mind trying je veux bien essayer;∎ you don't mind me using the car, do you? - I mind very much cela ne te dérange pas que je prenne la voiture? - cela me dérange beaucoup;∎ do you mind going out when the weather's cold? est-ce que cela vous ennuie de sortir quand il fait froid?;∎ do you mind me smoking? cela ne vous ennuie ou dérange pas que je fume?;∎ did you mind me inviting her? tu aurais peut-être préféré que je ne l'invite pas?, ça t'ennuie que je l'aie invitée?;∎ would you mind turning out the light, please? est-ce que tu peux éteindre la lumière, s'il te plaît?;∎ how much do you earn, if you don't mind my or me asking? combien est-ce que vous gagnez, sans indiscrétion?;∎ I wouldn't mind having his salary ça ne me dérangerait pas de gagner autant que lui;∎ I wouldn't mind a cup of tea je prendrais bien ou volontiers une tasse de thé(e) (look after → children) garder; (→ bags, possessions) garder, surveiller; (→ shop, business) garder, tenir; (→ plants, garden) s'occuper de, prendre soin de;∎ can you mind the house for us while we're away? (watch) pouvez-vous surveiller la maison pendant notre absence?; (look after) pouvez-vous vous occuper de la maison pendant notre absence?∎ mind (you), I'm not surprised remarque ou tu sais, cela ne m'étonne pas;∎ mind you, he's a bit young ceci dit, il est un peu jeune;∎ mind you, I've always thought he was a bit strange remarquez, j'ai toujours trouvé qu'il était un peu bizarre;∎ but, mind you, it was late mais, voyez-vous, il était tard;∎ never mind that now (leave it) ne vous occupez pas de cela tout de suite; (forget it) ce n'est plus la peine de s'en occuper;∎ never mind the consequences ne vous préoccupez pas des conséquences, peu importent les conséquences;∎ never mind what people say/think peu importe ce que disent/pensent les gens;∎ never mind his feelings, I've got a business to run! je me moque de ses états d'âme, j'ai une entreprise à diriger!;∎ never mind him, just run for it! ne t'occupe pas de lui, fonce!(a) (object → in requests)∎ do you mind if I open the window? cela vous dérange si j'ouvre la fenêtre?;∎ would you mind if I opened the window? est-ce que cela vous dérangerait si j'ouvrais la fenêtre?;∎ do you mind if I smoke? est-ce que cela vous gêne ou dérange que je fume?;∎ I don't mind in the least cela ne me dérange pas le moins du monde;∎ if you don't mind si vous voulez bien, si vous n'y voyez pas d'inconvénient;∎ I can't say I really mind je ne peux pas dire que cela m'ennuie ou me dérange vraiment;∎ do you mind if I take the car? - of course I don't mind est-ce que cela vous ennuie que je prenne la voiture? - bien sûr que non;∎ familiar I don't mind if I do (in reply to offer) je ne dis pas non, ce n'est pas de refus(b) (care, worry)∎ I don't mind if people laugh at me - but you should mind! je ne me soucie guère que les gens se moquent de moi - mais vous devriez!;∎ if you don't mind, I haven't finished si cela ne vous fait rien, je n'ai pas terminé;∎ do you mind? (politely) vous permettez?;∎ ironic do you mind! (indignantly) non mais!;∎ never you mind! (don't worry) ne vous en faites pas!; (mind your own business) ce n'est pas votre affaire!;∎ never mind about the money now ne t'en fais pas pour l'argent, on verra plus tard∎ mind when you cross the road fais attention en traversant la route;∎ mind! attention!►► mind reader voyant(e) m,f;∎ he must be a mind reader il lit dans les pensées comme dans un livre;∎ I'm not a mind reader je ne suis pas devin;Marketing mind share part f de notoriétéBritish faire attention;∎ mind out! attention!;∎ mind out for the rocks! attention aux rochers! -
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what [wɒt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. pronoun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective• what time is it? quelle heure est-il ?• what flavours do you want? quels parfums voulez-vous ?• what subjects did you choose? quelles matières as-tu choisies ?b. ( = all the) I gave him what money I had je lui ai donné tout l'argent que j'avais• I will give you what information we have je vais vous donner toutes les informations dont nous disposonsc. (exclamations) what a nice surprise! quelle bonne surprise !• what a ridiculous suggestion! quelle suggestion ridicule !• what a nightmare! quel cauchemar !• what a nuisance! quelle barbe ! (inf)• what a lot of people! que de monde !• what lovely hair you've got! quels jolis cheveux tu as !2. pronouna. (used alone, or in emphatic position) quoi• what? I didn't get that quoi ? je n'ai pas compris• I've forgotten something -- what? j'ai oublié quelque chose -- quoi ?• he's getting married -- what! il se marie -- quoi !• what! you expect me to believe that! quoi ! et tu penses que je vais croire ça !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► quoi is used with a preposition, if the French verb requires one.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I've just thought of something -- what? je viens de penser à quelque chose -- à quoi ?• I've just remembered something -- what? je viens de me souvenir de quelque chose -- de quoi ?• what's happened? qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?• what's bothering you? qu'est-ce qui te préoccupe ?• what's for dinner? qu'est-ce qu'il y a pour dîner ?• what is his address? quelle est son adresse ?• what's the French for "pen"? comment dit-on « pen » en français ?• what is this called? comment ça s'appelle ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When asking for a definition or explanation, c'est quoi is often used in spoken French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are capers? c'est quoi, les câpres ?• what's that noise? c'est quoi, ce bruit ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The object pronoun que is more formal than qu'est-ce que and requires inversion of verb and pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what did you do? qu'avez-vous fait ?• what can we do? qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire ? que peut-on faire ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The French preposition cannot be separated from the pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what does he owe his success to? à quoi doit-il son succès ?• what were you talking about? de quoi parliez-vous ?• what's the best time to call? quel est le meilleur moment pour vous joindre ?• what are the advantages? quels sont les avantages ?e. ( = how much) combien• what will it cost? ça va coûter combien ?• what does it weigh? ça pèse combien ?• what do 2 and 2 make? combien font 2 et 2 ?• what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut bien faire ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━g. (in relative clauses) ( = that which) (subject of verb) ce qui ; (object of verb) ce que ; (object of verb taking "de") ce dont ; (object of verb taking "à") ce à quoi• what I don't understand is... ce que je ne comprends pas c'est...• what I need is... ce dont j'ai besoin c'est...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When what means the ones which, the French pronoun is generally plural.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► and what...are you coming or what? tu viens ou quoi ? (inf)tell you what, let's stay here another day j'ai une idée: si on restait un jour de plus ?► what about• what about people who haven't got cars? et les gens qui n'ont pas de voiture ?• what about going to the cinema? si on allait au cinéma ?► what for? pourquoi ?• what did you do that for? pourquoi avez-vous fait ça ?• what if this doesn't work out? et si ça ne marchait pas ?• what if he says no? et s'il refuse ?► what of• but what of the country's political leaders? et les dirigeants politiques du pays ?• I've done this job long enough to know what's what je fais ce travail depuis assez longtemps pour savoir de quoi il retourne► what with• what with the stress and lack of sleep, I was in a terrible state entre le stress et le manque de sommeil, j'étais dans un état lamentable3. compounds* * *[wɒt], US [hwɒt] 1.1) ( what exactly) ( as subject) qu'est-ce qui; ( as object) que, qu'est-ce que; ( with prepositions) quoiwhat for? — ( why) pourquoi?; ( concerning what) à propos de quoi?
what's this called in Flemish? —
2) ( in rhetorical questions)what's the use? — ( enquiringly) à quoi bon?; ( exasperatedly) à quoi ça sert?
3) ( whatever)4) ( in clauses) ( as subject) ce qui; ( as object) ce que, (before vowel) ce qu'this is what is called a ‘monocle’ — c'est ce qu'on appelle un ‘monocle’
and what's worse ou better — et en plus
5) (colloq) ( when guessing)it'll cost, what, £50 — ça coutera, quoi, dans les 50 livres?
6) ( inviting repetition)2.what's that? —
1) ( which) quel/quelle/quels/quelles2) ( in exclamations) quel/quellewhat use is that? — lit, fig à quoi ça sert?
3) ( the amount of)what money he earns he spends — tout ce qu'il gagne, il le dépense
3.what little she has — le peu qu'elle a, tout ce qu'elle a
what about prepositional phrase1) ( when drawing attention)what about the letter they sent? — et la lettre qu'ils ont envoyée, alors?
2) ( when making suggestion)3) ( in reply)4.‘what about your sister?’ - ‘what about her?’ — ‘et ta sœur?’ - ‘quoi ma sœur?’
what if prepositional phrase et si5.what with prepositional phrase6.exclamation quoi!, comment!••to give somebody what for — (colloq) GB passer un savon (colloq) à quelqu'un
well, what do you know — iron tout arrive
what do you think I am! — (colloq) tu me prends pour quoi!
what's it to you? — (colloq) en quoi ça vous regarde?
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