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academic [‚ækəˈdemɪk]1. adjectiveb. ( = theoretical) théorique2. noun3. compounds* * *[ˌækə'demɪk] 1.noun universitaire mf2.1) University [career, post] universitaire; [year] académique2) ( scholarly) [achievement, reputation] intellectuel/-ellenot very academic — [person] pas très doué pour les études
3) ( educational) [book, publishing] universitaire4) ( theoretical) théorique5) Art [painter] académique -
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academic [‚ækə'demɪk](a) School & University (related to formal study → of school) scolaire; (→ of university) universitaire;∎ we aim for academic excellence notre objectif est l'excellence de notre enseignement;∎ her academic achievements are impressive elle a fait de brillantes études;∎ the first academic study of… la première étude faite par un universitaire de…(b) (intellectual → standard, style, work) intellectuel; (→ person) studieux, intellectuel; (→ subjects) d'enseignement général(c) Philosophy (theoretical) théorique, spéculatif; (not practical) sans intérêt pratique, théorique;∎ their speculations were purely academic leurs spéculations étaient purement théoriques;∎ out of academic interest par simple curiosité;∎ whether he comes or not is all academic qu'il vienne ou pas, cela n'a pas d'importance(d) (conventional) académique;∎ Art an academic painter un peintre académique2 noun►► American academic advisor directeur(trice) m,f d'études;academic dress toge f d'étudiant;academic freedom liberté f d'enseignement;American academic rank grade m;academic year année f universitaire -
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A n universitaire mf.1 (in college, university) [career, life, post, teaching, work] universitaire ; [year] académique ; academic adviser directeur/-trice m/f des études ; academic freedom liberté f d'enseignement ;2 ( scholarly) [achievement, background, child, reputation] intellectuel/-elle ; [school] bien coté ; she's not very academic elle n'est pas très douée pour les études ; academic course ≈ cours m d'enseignement général ;4 ( theoretical) [debate, exercise, question] théorique ; to be a matter of academic interest être d'un intérêt théorique ; -
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[ə'kædəmi] 1. plural - academies; noun1) (a higher school for special study: Academy of Music.) académie2) (a society to encourage science, art etc: The Royal Academy.) académie3) (a type of senior school.) collège•- academic2. noun(a university or college teacher.) universitaire- academically -
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start [stα:t]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = beginning) [of book, film, career] début m ; [of negotiations] ouverture f ; [of race] départ m• the start of the academic year (at university) la rentrée universitaire ; (at school) la rentrée des classes• let's make a start on that washing-up allez, on se met à la vaissellec. ( = sudden movement) sursaut m• you gave me such a start! ce que vous m'avez fait peur !a. ( = begin) commencer (to do sth, doing sth à faire qch ) ; [+ task] entreprendre ; [+ bottle, jar, loaf of bread] entamer• to start life as... débuter dans la vie comme...• don't start that again! tu ne vas pas recommencer !• let's get started! allons-y !b. ( = originate, initiate) [+ discussion] commencer ; [+ conversation] engager ; [+ quarrel, reform, series of events] déclencher ; [+ fashion] lancer ; [+ phenomenon, institution] donner naissance à ; [+ custom, policy] inaugurerc. ( = cause to start) [+ engine, vehicle] mettre en marche ; [+ race] donner le signal du départ de• he started the ball rolling by saying... pour commencer, il a dit...• if you start him (off) on that subject... si tu le lances sur ce sujet...a. ( = begin) commencer• let's start! allons-y !• well, to start at the beginning... eh bien, pour commencer par le commencement...• do start before it gets cold! ( = begin to eat) commencez avant que ça ne refroidisse• to start with, there were only three of them, but later... au début ils n'étaient que trois, mais après...• we only had $100 to start with nous n'avions que 100 dollars pour commencer► to start (off) with sth commencer par qch• he started off with the intention of writing a thesis au début son intention était d'écrire une thèseb. ( = leave) [person, ship] partir• ten horses started and only three finished dix chevaux ont pris le départ mais trois seulement ont fini la coursec. ( = get going) [car, engine, machine] démarrerd. ( = jump nervously) [person] sursauter ; [animal] tressaillir4. compounds• to be fast/slow off the starting blocks (figurative) être rapide/lent à démarrer ► starting gate noun starting-gate ma. ( = return) repartirb. ( = recoil) [person, horse] faire un bond en arrière► start off intransitive verb, separable transitive verb→ starta. ( = begin) commencer• I started on the job last week (employment) j'ai commencé à travailler la semaine dernière ; (task) je m'y suis mis la semaine dernière→ start► start up intransitive verb, separable transitive verb→ start* * *[stɑːt] 1.1) ( beginning) début mto make an early start — ( on journey) partir tôt
that's a good start — lit c'est un bon début; iron ça commence bien
to make a fresh ou new start — prendre un nouveau départ
2) ( advantage) avantage m; (in time, distance) avance f3) Sport ligne f de départ4) ( movement)2.transitive verb1) ( begin) commencer [day, activity]; entamer [bottle, packet]to start doing ou to do — commencer à faire, se mettre à faire
2) (cause, initiate) déclencher [quarrel, war]; instaurer [custom]; mettre [fire]; être à l'origine de [trouble, rumour]; lancer [fashion, enterprise]3) ( activate) faire démarrer [car]; mettre [quelque chose] en marche [machine]3.to start with adverbial phrase1) ( firstly) d'abord, premièrement2) ( at first) au début3) ( at all)4.I should never have told her to start with — pour commencer, je n'aurais jamais dû lui en parler
to start again ou afresh — recommencer
to start on — commencer [memoirs, journey]
don't start on me — ( in argument) ne recommence pas avec moi
starting Wednesday... — à compter de mercredi...
2) ( depart) partir3) ( jump nervously) sursauter (in de)4) Automobile, Technology [car, engine, machine] démarrer•Phrasal Verbs:- start up•• -
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beginning [bɪ'gɪnɪŋ]1 noun(a) (start → of book, career, project) commencement m, début m;∎ in or at the beginning au début, au commencement;∎ from the beginning dès le commencement ou le début;∎ this is just the beginning of our troubles nos ennuis ne font que commencer;∎ let's start again from the beginning reprenons depuis le début;∎ at the beginning of the academic year au début de l'année universitaire;∎ from beginning to end du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre;∎ it's the beginning of the end c'est le début de la fin(b) (early part, stage → of book, career, war) commencement m, début m; (→ of negotiations) début m, ouverture f;∎ the day had a good beginning la journée avait bien commencé;∎ the beginning of the world l'origine ou le commencement du monde;∎ since the beginning of time depuis la nuit des temps;∎ I have the beginnings of a cold je couve un rhume, j'ai un début de rhume(c) (origin → of event) origine f, commencement m;∎ Protestantism had its beginnings in Germany le protestantisme a pris naissance en Allemagne;∎ his assassination signalled the beginning of the war son assassinat a marqué le déclenchement de la guerre∎ beginning student débutant(e) m,f
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