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1 winter
winter ['wɪntə(r)]1 nounhiver m;∎ it never snows here in (the) winter il ne neige jamais ici en hiver;∎ she was born in the winter of 1913 elle est née pendant l'hiver 1913;∎ we spent the winter in Nice nous avons passé l'hiver à Nice;∎ a cold winter's day une froide journée d'hiver;∎ literary a man of seventy-five winters un homme qui a vu passer soixante-quinze hivers;∎ the winter of discontent = l'hiver 1978-79, marqué en Grande-Bretagne par de graves conflits sociaux(clothing, holiday) d'hiverformal (spend winter) passer l'hiver, hiverner(farm animals) hiverner►► Botany winter aconite aconit m d'hiver;winter barley escourgeon m;Botany winter cherry alkékenge f, coqueret m;winter corn semis m d'hiver;Botany winter cress barbarée f;winter depression dépression f hivernale ou saisonnière;winter garden (conservatory) jardin m d'hiver;the Winter Olympics les jeux mpl Olympiques d'hiver;winter resort station f de sports d'hiver;winter season saison f d'hiver;winter solstice solstice m d'hiver;winter sports sports mpl d'hiver;winter wheat blé m d'hiver;Ornithology winter wren roitelet mⓘ THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT Cette allusion à la première phrase de la pièce Richard III de Shakespeare désigne souvent l'hiver 1978-79 en Grande-Bretagne, marqué par de graves conflits sociaux qui amenèrent le gouvernement travailliste à tenir des élections qu'il perdit. L'expression est parfois utilisée pour désigner des hivers plus récents présentant les mêmes caractéristiques. -
2 Age
Note that where English says to be X years old, French says avoir X ans (to have X years).How old?how old are you?= quel âge as-tu?what age is she?= quel âge a-t-elle?The word ans (years) is never dropped:he is forty years oldor he is forty= il a quarante ansshe’s eighty= elle a quatre-vingts ansthe house is a hundred years old= la maison a cent ansa man of fifty= un homme de cinquante ansa child of eight and a half= un enfant de huit ans et demiI feel sixteen= j’ai l’impression d’avoir seize anshe looks sixteen= on lui donnerait seize ansNote the use of de after âgé and à l’âge:a woman aged thirty= une femme âgée de trente ansat the age of forty= à l’âge de quarante ansMrs Smith, aged forty= Mme Smith, âgée de quarante ansDo not confuse que and de used with plus and moins:I’m older than you= je suis plus âgé que toishe’s younger than him= elle est plus jeune que luiAnne’s two years younger= Anne a deux ans de moinsMargot’s older than Suzanne by five years= Margot a cinq ans de plus que SuzanneRobert’s younger than Thomas by six years= Robert a six ans de moins que ThomasX-year-olda forty-year-old= quelqu’un de quarante ansa sixty-year-old woman= une femme de soixante ansan eighty-year-old pensioner= un retraité de quatre-vingts ansthey’ve got an eight-year-old= ils ont un enfant de huit ansand a five-year-old= et un autre de cinq ansNote the various ways of saying these in French:he is about fifty= il a environ cinquante ansor il a une cinquantaine d’annéesor (less formally) il a dans les cinquante ans(Other round numbers in -aine used to express age are dizaine (10), vingtaine (20), trentaine (30), quarantaine (40), soixantaine (60) and centaine (100).)she’s just over sixty= elle vient d’avoir soixante ansshe’s just under seventy= elle aura bientôt soixante-dix ansshe’s in her sixties= elle a entre soixante et soixante-dix ansshe’s in her early sixties= elle a entre soixante et soixante-cinq ansshe’s in her late sixties= elle va avoir soixante-dix ansor (less formally) elle va sur ses soixante-dix ansshe must be seventy= elle doit avoir soixante-dix anshe’s in his mid forties= il a entre quarante et cinquante ansor (less formally) il a dans les quarante-cinq anshe’s just ten= il a tout juste dix anshe’s barely twelve= il a à peine douze ansgames for the under twelves= jeux pour les moins de douze ansonly for the over eighties= seulement pour les plus de quatre-vingts ans -
3 active
['æktiv]1) (energetic or lively; able to work etc: At seventy, he's no longer very active.) actif2) ((busily) involved: She is an active supporter of women's rights.) actif3) (causing an effect or effects: Yeast is an active ingredient in bread-making.) actif4) (in force: The rule is still active.) en vigueur5) ((of volcanoes) still likely to erupt.) en activité6) (of the form of a verb in which the subject performs the action of the verb: The dog bit the man.) actif•- actively - activity -
4 span
[spæn] 1. noun1) (the length between the supports of a bridge or arch: The first span of the bridge is one hundred metres long.) travée, portée2) (the full time for which anything lasts: Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.) durée2. verb(to stretch across: A bridge spans the river.) traverser
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