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limite [limit]1. feminine nounlimit ; [de pays, jardin] boundary• ma patience a des limites ! there's a limit to my patience!• la bêtise a des limites ! you can only be so stupid!• il dépasse les limites ! he's going too far!• à la limite, j'accepterais 500 €, mais pas moins at a pinch, I'd take 500 euros but no less• jusqu'à la limite de ses forces to the point of exhaustion► dans + limite(s)• « dans la limite des stocks disponibles » "while stocks last"• dans les limites du possible/du sujet within the limits of what is possible/of the subject• l'entrée est gratuite dans la limite des places disponibles admission is free subject to availability2. adjectivea. ( = extrême) cas limite borderline case• âge/hauteur limite maximum age/heightb. ( = juste) (inf) elle a réussi son examen, mais c'était limite she passed her exam, but only just• ils ne se sont pas battus, mais c'était limite they didn't actually come to blows but they came fairly close3. adverb* * *limit
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1) ( ligne de séparation) border2) ( partie extrême) (de domaine, terrain) boundary; (de forêt, village) edge3) ( borne) limitvraiment, il dépasse les limites! — he's really going too far!
à la limite, je préférerais qu'il refuse — I'd almost prefer it if he refused
4) ( bord)5) ( cadre)dans une certaine limite — up to a point, to a certain extent
dans la limite de, dans les limites de — within the limits of
accepter des spectateurs dans la limite des places disponibles — to admit spectators subject to the availability of seats
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(-)limite (in compounds)Phrasal Verbs:* * *limit1. nf1) [terrain] boundary2) (= partie ou point extrême) limitsans limites (bêtise, richesse, pouvoir) — limitless, boundless
"dans la limite des stocks disponibles" — "while stocks last"
à la limite (= au pire) — at a pinch
À la limite, on pourrait prendre le bus. — At a pinch we could go by bus.
2. adjdate limite de consommation — best-before date, use-before date
2) (tout juste acceptable ou possible) (comportement) barely tolerableJ'ai trouvé son comportement plutôt limite. — I thought his behaviour was barely tolerable.
On s'en est tirés mais c'était limite. — We got out of it but it was touch and go., We got out of it but it was a close thing.
* * *limite verb table: aimerA ○adv tes plaisanteries sont limite your jokes are bordering on the offensive; ça a été limite mais j'ai eu mon avion I managed to catch my plane but it was a close thing.B nf1 ( ligne de séparation) border; la ligne noire représente la limite entre les deux États the black line shows the border between the two states;2 ( partie extrême) (de domaine, terrain) boundary; (de mer, forêt) edge; les limites du village the boundaries of the village;3 ( borne) aussi Math limit; aller jusqu'à la limite de ses forces to push oneself to the limit; ma patience a des limites there are limits to my patience; connaître ses limites to know one's (own) limitations; tout de même, il y a des limites ! there are limits, you know!; s'imposer des limites to set oneself limits; franchir les limites de la décence to go beyond the bounds of decency; leur générosité/bêtise est sans limite their generosity/stupidity knows no bounds; leur énergie semble sans limite their energy seems boundless; faire reculer les limites du possible to push back the bounds of possibility; il a montré ses limites dans cette affaire his limitations became evident in this affair; vraiment, il dépasse les limites! he's really going too far!; à la limite, j'ai envie de démissionner I almost feel like resigning; à la limite, je préférerais que tu ne viennes pas I'd sooner you didn't come really; à la limite, je préférerais qu'il refuse I'd almost prefer it if he refused; à la limite je peux te prêter 100 euros at a pinch GB ou in a pinch US, I can lend you 100 euros; à la limite je pourrais aller le chercher à la gare if it comes to it, I could go and pick him up at the station;4 ( bord) à la limite de on the verge of; elle était à la limite de la crise de nerfs she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown; peinture/plaisanterie à la limite du mauvais goût painting/joke bordering on bad taste; activités à la limite de la légalité activities bordering on the illegal; un spectacle à la limite du supportable an almost unbearable sight;5 ( cadre) dans une certaine limite up to a point, to a certain extent; dans la limite de, dans les limites de within the limits of; ils font ce qu'ils peuvent, dans la limite de leurs ressources they do what they can, within the limits of their resources; nous vous aiderons dans la limite de nos moyens we will help you in as far as our means allow; accepter des spectateurs dans la limite des places disponibles to accept spectators subject to the availability of seats; dans la limite du possible as far as possible.C (-)limite ( in compounds) âge limite maximum age; cas limite Méd, Psych borderline case; date limite ( pour une inscription) deadline, closing date; ( pour remettre un travail) deadline; date limite de vente sell-by date; hauteur/largeur/poids limite Transp maximum height/width/weight; vitesse limite maximum speed.[limit] nom féminin1. [maximum ou minimum] limitil veut mon article demain dernière limite (familier) he wants my article by tomorrow at the (very) latestfixer une limite à quelque chose to set a limit to something, to limit somethingla limite a été fixée à 30 participants the number of participants has been limited ou restricted to 30‘entrée gratuite dans la limite des places disponibles’ ‘free admission subject to availability’nos dépenses sont restées dans les limites du raisonnable our expenses stayed within reasonable bounds[d'un terrain de sport]4. [en boxe]avant la limite inside ou within the distance————————[limit] adjectif1. [maximal]âge/vitesse limite maximum age/speed2. (familier) [juste]j'ai réussi l'examen, mais c'était limite I passed the exam, but it was a close ou near thing3. (familier) [grivois]————————limites nom féminin pluriel[physiques, intellectuelles] limitations————————à la limite locution adverbialeà la limite, on peut toujours dormir dans la voiture if the worst comes to the worst we can always sleep in the carà la limite de locution prépositionnellec'était à la limite du mauvais goût/de l'insolence it was verging on bad taste/on impertinence
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