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1 Weight measurement
Note that French has a comma where English has a decimal point.1 oz= 28,35 g* (grammes)1 lb†= 453,60 g1 st= 6,35 kg (kilos)1 cwt= 50,73 kg1 ton= 1014,60 kg* There are three ways of saying 28,35 g, and other measurements like it: vingt-huit virgule trente-cinq grammes, or (less formally) vingt-huit grammes virgule trente-cinq, or vingt-huit grammes trente-cinq.For more details on how to say numbers ⇒ Numbers.† English a pound is translated by une livre in French, but note that the French livre is actually 500 grams (half a kilo).Peoplewhat’s his weight?= combien pèse-t-il?how much does he weigh?= combien pèse-t-il?he weighs 10 st (or 140 lbs)= il pèse 63 kg 500 (soixante-trois kilos et demi)he weighs more than 20 st= il pèse plus de 127 kilosThingswhat does the parcel weigh?= combien pèse le colis?how heavy is it?= quel poids fait-il?it weighs ten kilos= il pèse dix kilosabout ten kilos= environ dix kilosit was 2 kilos overweight= il pesait deux kilos de tropA weighs more than B= A pèse plus lourd que BA is heavier than B= A est plus lourd que BB is lighter than A= B est plus léger que AA is as heavy as B= A est aussi lourd que BA is the same weight as B= A a le même poids que BA and B are the same weight= A et B ont le même poids6 lbs of carrots= six livres de carottes2 kilos of butter= deux kilos de beurre11/2 kilos of tomatoes= un kilo cinq cents de tomatessold by the kilo= vendu au kilothere are about two pounds to a kilo= il y a à peu près deux livres anglaises dans un kiloNote the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:a 3-lb potato= une pomme de terre de trois livresa parcel 3 kilos in weight= un colis de trois kilos -
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A n1 ( heaviness) poids m ; to lose/put on weight perdre/prendre du poids ; to be under/over 1 kilo in weight avoir un poids inférieur/supérieur à 1 kilo ; by weight au poids ; what is your weight? combien pesez-vous? ; to be twice sb's weight peser deux fois plus que qn ; they're the same weight ils font le même poids ; to put one's full weight on/against sth appuyer de tout son poids sur/contre qch ; to put one's full weight behind a blow frapper de toutes ses forces ; he's quite a weight! il est drôlement lourd! ;3 ( object of a fixed heaviness) poids m ; a 25 gramme weight un poids de 25 grammes ; to lift weights soulever des poids ; what a weight! quel poids! the weight of responsibility le poids des responsabilités ; to sink under the weight of sth fig crouler sous le poids de qch ; to carry weight [horse] être handicapé ;4 fig (credibility, influence) poids m ; of some intellectual weight d'un certain poids intellectuel ; to add ou give ou lend weight to sth ajouter or donner du poids à qch ; not to carry much weight ne pas peser lourd (with pour) ; what she says carries weight elle a du poids or de l'influence (with auprès de) ; to add one's weight to sth faire jouer son influence en faveur de qch ; to throw one's weight behind sth soutenir qch à fond ;5 fig (importance, consideration) to give due weight to a proposal accorder à une proposition l'importance qu'elle mérite ; to give equal weight to accorder une importance égale à ;6 ( in statistics) coefficient m pondérateur.B vtr1 ( put weight(s) on) lester [net, hem, dart, arrow, boat] ;2 ( bias) to weight sth against sb/sth faire jouer qch contre qn/qch ; to weight sth in favour of sb/sth faire jouer qch en faveur de qn/qch ;3 ( in statistics) pondérer [index, variable, average, figure].by (sheer) weight of numbers par la force du nombre ; to be a weight off one's mind être un grand soulagement ; to pull one's weight faire sa part de travail ; to take the weight off one's feet s'asseoir, se reposer ; to throw one's weight about ou around faire l'important/-e m/f.■ weight down:▶ weight down [sth], weight [sth] down retenir [qch] avec un poids [paper, sheet] (with avec) ; lester [body]. -
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1 ( in weight) GB ( also gross ou long ton) ≈ 1 016 kg ; US ( also net ou short ton) ≈ 907 kg ; metric ton tonne f, 1000 kg ; a three-ton truck un camion de trois tonnes ; to weigh a ton ou be a ton weight GB fig peser une tonne ;2 Naut ( in volume) tonneau m ; freight/register ton tonneau m d'affrètement/de jauge ; displacement ton tonne f de déplacement ;3 ○ ( a lot) a ton of plein de ○, un tas de ○ [books, papers etc] ; tons of des tas de ○, plein de ○ [food, paper, bands] ; we've tons left il nous en reste plein ○ ; her new car is tons better than the other one sa nouvelle voiture est mille fois mieux que l'autre.they'll come down on us like a ton of bricks ils vont nous tomber dessus ○ ; to do a ton ○ GB faire du cent soixante à l'heure ○. -
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measure ⇒ Length measurement, Surface area measurements, Capacity measurement, Volume measurement, Weight measurement, SizesA n1 ( unit) unité f de mesure ; weights and measures les poids mpl et mesures fpl ; a measure of length une unité de longueur ; liquid measure mesure f de capacité pour les liquides ; to make sth to measure faire qch sur mesure ; it's made to measure ( garment) c'est fait sur mesure, c'est du sur mesure ;2 (standard amount, container) mesure f ; a double measure of vodka une double mesure de vodka ; he gave me short measure, I got short measure il a triché sur la quantité ;3 ( device for measuring) instrument m de mesure ;4 fig (qualified amount, extent) some ou a certain measure of un/-e certain/-e ; a measure of respect/success/change un certain respect/succès/changement ; to receive only a small measure of support ne recevoir qu'un soutien limité ; a good ou wide measure of autonomy une grande autonomie ; in large measure dans une large mesure ; she despised them and envied them in equal measure elle les méprisait autant qu'elle les enviait ; to distribute praise and blame in equal measure faire autant de compliments que de critiques ; in full measure [feel, possess, fulfil, contribute] pleinement ; [repay] entièrement ; [suffer] profondément ;5 (way of estimating, indication) ( of price rises) mesure f ; (of success, anger, frustration etc) mesure f, indication f ; (of efficiency, performance) critère m ; to be the measure of donner la mesure de ; to give some measure of donner une idée de [delight, failure, talent, arrogance etc] ; to use sth as a measure of utiliser qch pour mesurer [effects, impact, success] ; this is a measure of how dangerous it is ceci montre à quel point c'est dangereux ; this is a measure of how seriously they are taking the situation ceci montre à quel point ils prennent la situation au sérieux ; that is a measure of how well the company is run cela mesure la qualité de la gestion de la société ;6 ( assessment) beyond measure [change, increase] énormément ; [anxious, beautiful, difficult] extrêmement ; it has improved beyond measure il y a eu d'énormes progrès ; to take the measure of sb jauger qn ; I have the measure of them je sais ce qu'ils valent ;7 (action, step) mesure f (against contre ; to do pour faire) ; to take measures prendre des mesures ; safety ou security measure mesure de sécurité ; measures aimed at doing des mesures destinées à faire ; to do sth as a precautionary/an economy measure faire qch par mesure de précaution/d'économie ; as a preventive measure à titre préventif ; as a temporary measure provisoirement ; the measure was defeated Pol Jur la mesure a été rejetée ;B vtr1 ( by standard system) [person, instrument] mesurer [length, rate, depth, person, waist] ; to measure sth in mesurer qch en [metres, inches] ; to get oneself measured for faire prendre ses mesures pour ; over a measured kilometre Sport sur un kilomètre (délimité par des balises) ; to measure sth into mesurer qch dans [container] ;2 ( have a measurement of) mesurer ; to measure four by five metres mesurer quatre mètres sur cinq ; a tremor measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale une secousse de 5,2 sur l'échelle de Richter ;3 ( assess) mesurer [performance, ability, success, popularity] ; they measure their progress by the number of ils mesurent leur progrès au nombre de ;C vi [person, instrument] mesurer.for good measure pour faire bonne mesure ; to do things by half-measures se contenter de demi-mesures ; there can be no half-measures il ne saurait être question de demi-mesures.■ measure off:▶ measure off [sth] mesurer [fabric, ribbon etc].■ measure out:▶ measure out [sth] mesurer [land, flour, liquid] ; doser [medicine] ; compter [drops].■ measure up:▶ measure up [person] avoir les qualités requises ; [product] être de qualité ; to measure up against sb être l'égal de qn ; to measure up to être à la hauteur de [expectations] ; soutenir la comparaison avec [achievement] ;▶ measure up [sth] mesurer [room etc]. -
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6 The human body
When it is clear who owns the part of the body mentioned, French tends to use the definite article where English uses a possessive adjective:he raised his hand= il a levé la mainshe closed her eyes= elle a fermé les yeuxshe ran her hand over my forehead= elle a passé la main sur mon frontFor expressions such as he hurt his foot or she hit her head on the beam, where the owner of the body part is the subject of the verb, i.e. the person doing the action, use a reflexive verb in French:she has broken her leg= elle s’est cassé la jambe( literally she has broken to herself the leg - there is no past participle agreement because the preceding reflexive pronoun se is the indirect object).he was rubbing his hands= il se frottait les mainsshe was holding her head= elle se tenait la têteNote also the following:she broke his leg= elle lui a cassé la jambe( literally she broke to him the leg)the stone split his lip= le caillou lui a fendu la lèvre( literally the stone split to him the lip)Describing peopleFor ways of saying how tall someone is ⇒ Length measurement ; of stating someone’s weight ⇒ Weight measurement ; and of talking about the colour of hair and eyes ⇒ Colours.Here are some ways of describing people in French:his hair is long= il a les cheveux longshe has long hair= il a les cheveux longsa boy with long hair= un garçon aux cheveux longsa long-haired boy= un garçon aux cheveux longsthe boy with long hair= le garçon aux cheveux longsher eyes are blue= elle a les yeux bleusshe has blue eyes= elle a les yeux bleusshe is blue-eyed= elle a les yeux bleusthe girl with blue eyes= la fille aux yeux bleusa blue-eyed girl= une fille aux yeux bleushis nose is red= il a le nez rougehe has a red nose= il a le nez rougea man with a red nose= un homme au nez rougea red-nosed man= un homme au nez rougeWhen referring to a temporary state, the following phrases are useful:his leg is broken= il a la jambe casséethe man with the broken leg= l’homme à la jambe casséebut notea man with a broken leg= un homme avec une jambe cassée -
7 Usage note : of
In almost all its uses the preposition of is translated by de. Exceptions to this are substances ( made of gold), uses with a personal pronoun (that’s kind of you), proportions (some of us, of the 12 of us…) and time expressions ( of an evening). For translations of these, see the entry of. Remember that de + le always becomes du and that de + les always becomes des.To find translations for phrases beginning with of (of course, of all, of interest, of late, of old) you should consult the appropriate noun etc. entry (course, all, interest, late, old etc.).of also often appears as the second element of a verb (consist of, deprive of, die of, think of). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry.of is used after certain nouns, pronouns and adjectives in English (a member of, a game of, some of, most of, afraid of, capable of, ashamed of). For translations, consult the appropriate noun, pronoun or adjective entry.there’s a lot of it= il y en a beaucoupthere are several of them= il y en a plusieursNote, however, the following expressions used when referring to people:there are six of them= ils sont sixthere were several of them= ils étaient plusieursFor particular usages see the entry of.This dictionary contains usage notes on such topics as Age, Capacity measurement, Dates, Illnesses, Length measurement, Quantities, Towns and cities, and Weight measurement, many of which use of. -
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A ○ nB adj1 gen, Phys ( having weight) [weight, person, load, bag, parcel] lourd ; to be too heavy to lift être trop lourd à soulever or pour qu'on puisse le soulever ; to make sth heavier alourdir qch ; he's 5 kg heavier than me il pèse 5 kilos de plus que moi ; how heavy are you? combien pèses-tu? ; to be heavy with young [animal] être pleine ;2 ( thick) [fabric, coat] lourd ; [shoes, frame] gros/grosse (before n) ; [line, feature, face] épais/épaisse ; in heavy type en caractères gras ; of heavy build solidement bâti, de forte carrure ; to wear heavy make-up se maquiller beaucoup, être très maquillé ;3 Mil, Ind [machinery] gros/grosse (before n), lourd ; [artillery] lourd ; ‘heavy plant crossing’ ‘traversée d'engins’ ;4 fig (weighty, ponderous) [movement, step] pesant, lourd ; [irony, humour, responsibility, sigh] lourd ; my legs feel heavy j'ai les jambes lourdes ; his eyelids began to get heavy ses paupières devenaient lourdes ; with a heavy heart le cœur gros ; to be a heavy sleeper avoir le sommeil lourd ; a heavy thud un bruit sourd ; a heavy blow un coup violent ; ‘you told me,’ he said with heavy emphasis ‘c'est toi qui me l'a dit,’ dit-il en insistant lourdement ; the going is heavy le terrain est lourd ; the interview was heavy going (slow, hard work) l'interview était laborieuse ;5 ( abundant) [traffic] dense ; [gunfire] nourri ; [bleeding, period] abondant ; [charge, investment] important ; to be a heavy drinker/smoker boire/fumer beaucoup ; security was heavy d'importantes mesures de sécurité avaient été prises ; heavy trading on the stock market beaucoup de transactions à la Bourse ; to have a heavy workload avoir beaucoup de travail ; to be heavy on ( use a lot of) [person] avoir la main lourde sur [ingredient, perfume] ; [machine] consommer beaucoup de [fuel] ; ( contain a lot of) comporter beaucoup de [humour, ingredient] ;6 ( severe) [defeat, loss, debt] lourd ; [attack, bombing] intense ; [prison sentence, penalty, fine] sévère ; [cuts, criticism] fort (before n) ; [cold] gros/grosse (before n) ; heavy casualties un nombre élevé de victimes ; heavy fighting de violents combats ;8 Meteorol [rain, frost] fort ; [fog, mist] épais/épaisse ; [snow, dew] abondant ; [cloud] lourd ; [sky] chargé, lourd ; it's very heavy today il fait très lourd aujourd'hui ; to capsize in heavy seas chavirer par grosse mer ;10 (busy, packed) [day, month, timetable, programme] chargé ;11 (difficult, serious) [book, paper, film, lecture] ardu ; this article is ou makes heavy reading cet article n'est pas d'une lecture facile ;12 ( loaded) to be heavy with [air, branch, atmosphere] être chargé de [perfume, flowers, resentment] ; a remark heavy with meaning une remarque lourde de sens.things started to get heavy ○ ( threatening) ça a commencé à mal tourner ; (serious, intellectual) ça a commencé à devenir un peu ardu ; ( sexual) ça a commencé à devenir lourd ○. -
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A n1 Meas ⇒ Weight measurement livre f (de 453,6 g) ; two pounds of apples ≈ un kilo de pommes ; pears are 80 pence a ou per pound ≈ les poires sont à 80 pence la livre ; pound for pound chicken is better value than pork tout comparé le poulet revient moins cher que le porc ; to lose ten pounds in weight ≈ perdre quatre kilos et demi ;2 ( unit of currency) ⇒ Currencies and money livre f ; the British/Irish/Maltese pound la livre sterling/irlandaise/maltaise ; £500 worth of traveller's cheques, spoken) five hundred pounds' worth of traveller's cheques 500 livres sterling en chèques de voyage ; I'll match your donation pound for pound je donnerai exactement la même somme que toi ;B modif [weight] d'une livre, de 453,6 grammes ; [coin, note] d'une livre ; a £200,000 house, spoken) a two hundred thousand pound house une maison de 200 000 livres sterling ; a two million pound fraud/robbery une escroquerie/un hold up de deux millions de livres ; a five/ten pound note un billet de cinq/dix livres.C vtr1 Culin ( crush) piler [spices, grain, salt] ; aplatir [meat] ; to pound sth to réduire qch en [powder, paste, pieces] ;2 ( beat) [waves] battre [shore] ; to pound one's chest se frapper la poitrine ; to pound sth with one's fists frapper sur qch avec ses poings [door, table] ; to pound a stake into the ground enfoncer un pieu dans la terre ;4 ( tread heavily) to pound the streets battre le pavé ; to pound the beat [policeman] faire sa ronde.D vi3 ( run noisily) to pound up/down the stairs monter/descendre l'escalier d'un pas lourd ; to come pounding down ou along the street descendre la rue d'un pas lourd ;■ pound away:▶ pound away at [sth]1 ( strike hard) taper à tour de bras sur [piano, typewriter] ;2 ( work doggedly) travailler d'arrache-pied sur [novel, report].■ pound out:▶ pound out [music] retentir ;▶ pound [sth] out, pound out [sth]1 ( play) faire ressortir [rhythm, tune] ;2 ○ ( produce) pondre ○ [qch] sur une machine à écrire [script] ;■ pound up:▶ pound [sth] up, pound up [sth] concasser [rocks, pepper]. -
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pound [paʊnd]1. nouna. ( = weight) livre f ( = 453,6 grammes)• $3 a pound 3 dollars la livre → IMPERIAL SYSTEMb. ( = money) livre fc. (for dogs, cars) fourrière f* * *[paʊnd] 1.1) ( weight measurement) livre f (de 453,6g)two pounds of apples — ≈ un kilo de pommes
pears are 80 pence a ou per pound — ≈ les poires sont à 80 pence la livre
pound for pound chicken is better value than pork — tout comparé le poulet revient moins cher que le porc
2) ( unit of currency) livre f3) ( compound) (for dogs, cars) fourrière f2.transitive verbto pound something to — réduire quelque chose en [powder, paste, pieces]
2) ( beat) [waves] battre [shore]3) ( bombard) [artillery] pilonner [city]4) ( tread heavily)3.1) ( knock loudly)to pound on — marteler [door, wall]
2) ( beat) [heart] battreto pound on — [waves] battre contre [beach, rocks]
3) ( run noisily)to pound up/down the stairs — monter/descendre l'escalier d'un pas lourd
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19 light
A n1 ( brightness) lumière f ; a beam of light un faisceau de lumière ; by the light of à la lumière de [fire] ; à la clarté de [moon] ; in a good light sous une bonne lumière ; to read in a poor light lire avec peu de lumière ; in full light en pleine lumière ; in the light of day lit, fig au grand jour ; I'd like to drive back in the light j'aimerais rentrer avant la nuit ; to cast ou throw ou shed light on lit projeter or répandre de la lumière sur ; fig éclaircir ; to hold sth up to the light tenir qch à la lumière ; against the light à contre-jour ; with the light behind her le dos tourné à la lumière ; the light was failing la nuit tombait ;2 (gleam, bright point) lumière f ; ( in eye) lueur f ; a light on the horizon une lumière à l'horizon ; the city lights les lumières de la ville ;3 ( electrical appliance) (in building, on machine, in oven) lumière f ; ( in street) réverbère m ; ( on ship) feu m ; to put ou switch ou turn a light on allumer une lumière ; to put ou switch ou turn a light off éteindre une lumière ; to leave a light on laisser une lumière allumée ; are all the lights off ou out? est-ce que toutes les lumières sont éteintes? ; a light came on/went out une lumière s'est allumée/s'est éteinte ; to turn a light up/down augmenter/réduire une lumière ; the lights went up/down Theat les lumières se sont allumées/éteintes ; shine the light over here! éclaire par ici! ;4 (part of gauge, indicator, dashboard) voyant m (lumineux) ; a red light comes on/goes off un voyant rouge s'allume/s'éteint ;5 Aut ( headlight) phare m ; ( rearlight) feu m arrière ; ( inside car) veilleuse f ; to put one's lights on/off allumer/éteindre ses phares ; to have/leave one's lights on avoir/laisser ses phares allumés ; to check one's lights vérifier les phares ; to flash one's lights at sb faire un appel de phares à qn ;6 ( flame) to put a light to allumer [fire, gas] ; to set light to mettre le feu à ; to give sb a light offrir du feu à qn ; have you got a light? tu as du feu? ;7 fig ( aspect) jour m ; to see sth in a good/bad /new light voir qch sous un bon/mauvais/ nouveau jour ; I hadn't thought of it in that light je n'y avais pas pensé sous cet angle-là ; looking at it in that light… vu sous cet angle… ; to appear in a bad light apparaître sous un jour défavorable ; in the light of compte tenu de ; to review sth in the light of réexaminer qch à la lumière de [evidence, experience] ; to see sb/sth in a different light voir qn/qch sous un jour différent ;8 fig ( exposure) to bring to light découvrir [fact, evidence, truth, crime] ; to come to ou be brought to light être découvert ;1 Transp feu m, feux mpl ; the lights are red/green le feu est au rouge/au vert ; to stop at the lights s'arrêter au feu ; cross at the lights traversez aux feux ; the lights aren't working les feux ne marchent pas ; to shoot ○ ou jump ○ the lights griller ○ un feu rouge ;2 ( decorative display) illuminations fpl ;3 Culin mou m.D adj1 ( bright) [evening, room, house] clair ; it is light enough to do il fait assez clair pour faire ; to get ou grow lighter [sky] s'éclaircir ; it was getting ou growing light il commençait à faire jour ; while it's still light pendant qu'il fait encore jour ;2 ( pale) [colour, fabric, wood, skin] clair ; [hair] blond ; light blue/grey bleu/gris clair inv ; light blue socks des chaussettes bleu clair ;3 ( not heavy) [material, substance, mist, snow, wind, clothing, plane, sleep, meal, beer, cake] léger/-ère ; [rain] fin ; [drinker] modéré ; [business, trading] peu actif/-ive ; to have a light touch [pianist] avoir un toucher léger ; [writer, cook] avoir une certaine légèreté ; a light sprinkling ou dusting un saupoudrage ; a light soprano une soprano légère ; to be a light sleeper avoir le sommeil léger ; she is 2 kg lighter elle pèse 2 kg de moins ; this sack of coal is 5 kg light il manque 5 kg à ce sac de charbon ;4 ( not severe) [damage, punishment, sentence] léger/-ère ;5 ( delicate) [knock, tap, footsteps] léger/-ère ; [kiss, movement] délicat ; to be light on one's feet avoir la démarche légère ;6 ( not tiring) [work] peu fatigant ; [exercise, training] léger/-ère ; light duties petits travaux mpl ; light housework petits travaux ménagers ; to make light work of sth faire qch sans peine ;7 ( not intellectually demanding) [music, verse] léger/-ère ; a bit of light relief un peu de divertissement ; some light reading for the beach quelque chose de facile à lire pour la plage ;8 ( not important) [affair] pas sérieux/-ieuse ; it is no light matter c'est une chose sérieuse ; to make light of traiter [qch] à la légère [rumour, problem] ; ne pas attacher d'importance à [injury] ;9 ( cheerful) [mood, laugh] enjoué ;1 ( set fire to) allumer [candle, gas, oven, cigarette] ; enflammer [wood, paper] ; tirer [firework] ; craquer [match] ; to light a fire faire un or du feu ; to light the fire allumer le feu ; a lighted match une allumette enflammée ;2 ( illuminate) [torch, lamp, sun] éclairer.the light of sb's life le rayon de soleil de qn ; many hands make light work Prov à plusieurs la besogne va vite ; to do sth according to one's lights sout faire qch comme on l'entend ; to go light on ○ sth y aller mollo ◑ avec qch ; to go out like a light s'endormir tout de suite ; to see the light comprendre.■ light on:▶ light on [sth] [eyes, person] tomber sur.■ light up ○:▶ light up1 ( light cigarette) allumer une cigarette ; ( light pipe) allumer une pipe ;2 [lamp] s'allumer ;▶ light up [sth], light [sth] up1 [smoker] allumer [cigarette, cigar, pipe] ;■ light upon = light on. -
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