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1 death
death n ( of person) mort f, décès m ; ( of animal) mort f ; fig (of hopes, plans, dreams, civilization, democracy) anéantissement m ; at (the time of) his death à sa mort ; a death in the family un décès dans la famille ; death by hanging/drowning mort par pendaison/noyade ; to starve/freeze to death mourir de faim/de froid ; to burn to death mourir carbonisé ; to put sb to death exécuter qn ; to sentence sb to death Jur condamner qn à mort ; death to the king! mort au roi! ; a fight to the death un combat à mort ; they fought to the death ils se sont battus à mort ; to drink oneself to death se tuer en buvant ; to work oneself to death se tuer au travail or à la tâche ; she's working herself to death! elle se tue au travail! ; she fell to her death elle s'est tuée en tombant ; she jumped to her death elle s'est tuée en sautant dans le vide ; he met his death in a skiing accident il a trouvé la mort dans un accident de ski ; to come close to death friser la mort ; he remains a controversial figure in death as in life il reste un personnage controversé aussi bien mort que vivant ; to die a violent death mourir de mort violente ; to do sb to death assassiner qn ; that excuse/joke has been done to death fig cette excuse/blague est éculée or est vieille comme le monde ; that play has been done to death cette pièce a été jouée tant de fois qu'on finit par s'en lasser ; they were united in death ils ont été unis dans la mort ; till death do us part jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare ; ‘Deaths’ Journ ‘Rubrique Nécrologique’ ; a fall would mean ou spell death une chute serait fatale ; this means ou spells the death of the old industries cela va être la mort des vieilles industries.to die a ou the death [fashion] disparaître complètement ; [entertainer, play] faire un bide ○ ; he died the death il aurait voulu rentrer sous terre ; those children will be the death of me! ces enfants me tueront! ; that thesis/car will be the death of her! cette thèse/voiture la tuera! ; don't tell him, it will be the death of him ne le lui dis pas, ça l'achèvera ; it's a matter of life or death c'est une question de vie ou de mort ; to look like death warmed up avoir l'air d'un cadavre ambulant ; I feel like death (warmed up)! je ne me sens pas bien du tout! ; to be at death's door être à (l'article de) la mort ; to be worried to death ○ se ronger les sangs (about au sujet de) ; to be frightened to death ○ être mort de peur ; to frighten ou scare sb to death faire une peur bleue à qn ○ ; to be bored to death ○ s'ennuyer à mourir ; I'm sick ou tired to death ○ of this! j'en ai par-dessus la tête!, j'en ai ras le bol ○ ! ; you'll catch your death (of cold) ○ tu vas crever ○ or mourir de froid ; ⇒ thousand.
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