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1 restitution
[resti'tju:ʃən](the act of giving back to a person etc what has been taken away, or the giving of money etc to pay for damage, loss or injury.) restitution -
2 offering
offering [ˈɒfərɪŋ]* * *['ɒfərɪŋ], US ['ɔːf-]1) ( act of giving) offre f2) ( gift) cadeau mthe band's latest offering — iron, péj le dernier album du groupe
3) Religion collecte4) ( sacrifice) offrande f -
3 childbirth
noun (the act of giving birth to a child: She died in childbirth.) accouchement -
4 nutrition
noun ((the act of giving or getting) nourishment, or the scientific study of this.) nutrition -
5 sale
[seil]1) (the act of giving something to someone in exchange for money: the sale of a house; Sales of cars have increased.) vente2) (in a shop etc, an offer of goods at lowered prices for a short time: I bought my dress in a sale.) solde3) (an event at which goods are sold: an auction sale; a book sale.) vente•- saleroom- salesman - salesmanship - for sale - sale of work -
6 thanksgiving
noun (the act of giving thanks, especially to God, eg in a church service: a service of thanksgiving.) action de grâce(s) -
7 offering
1 ( act of giving) offre f ; the offering of bribes is unethical l'offre de pots-de-vin est immorale ;2 ( gift) cadeau m ; I heard the band's latest offering yesterday iron, péj j'ai écouté le dernier album du groupe hier ; -
8 public
public ['pʌblɪk](a) (of, by the state → education, debt) public;∎ built at public expense construit aux frais du contribuable;∎ to hold public office avoir des fonctions officielles(b) (open or accessible to all → place, meeting) public;∎ was it a public trial? le public pouvait-il assister au procès?;∎ let's talk somewhere less public allons discuter dans un endroit plus tranquille;∎ these gardens are public property! ces jardins appartiennent à tout le monde!(c) (of, by the people) public;∎ the public interest or good le bien ou l'intérêt m public;∎ in the public interest dans l'intérêt du public;∎ public interest in the matter was flagging le public manifestait de moins en moins d'intérêt pour cette affaire;∎ to make a public protest protester publiquement;∎ the increase in crime is generating great public concern la montée de la criminalité inquiète sérieusement la population;∎ to restore public confidence regagner la confiance de la population;∎ a public outcry un tollé général;∎ it created a public scandal ça a provoqué un scandale retentissant;∎ public awareness of the problem has increased le public est plus sensible au problème maintenant;∎ the bill has public support l'opinion publique est favorable au projet de loi(d) (publicly known, open) public;∎ to make sth public rendre qch public;∎ to make a public appearance paraître en public;∎ to go into public life se lancer dans les affaires publiques;∎ she's active in public life elle prend une part active aux affaires publiques;∎ the contrast between his public and his private life le contraste entre sa vie publique et sa vie privée;∎ his first public statement sa première déclaration publique;∎ he made a public denial of the rumours il a démenti publiquement les rumeurs, il a apporté un démenti public aux rumeurs;∎ it's public knowledge that… il est de notoriété publique que…2 adverb∎ the company is going public la société va être cotée en Bourse;∎ to go public with the story raconter toute l'histoire3 nounpublic m;∎ the (general) public le (grand) public;∎ in public en public, publiquement;∎ the public is or are tired of political scandals la population est lasse des scandales politiques;∎ Finance to issue shares to the public placer des actions dans le public;∎ her books reach a wide public ses livres touchent un public très large;∎ the movie-going public les amateurs de ou les gens qui vont au cinéma;∎ the viewing public les téléspectateurs;∎ your public awaits or await you votre public vous attenden public►► American Television public access channel = chaîne du réseau câblé sur laquelle des particuliers peuvent diffuser leurs propres émissions;American Television public access television = chaînes télévisées câblées non commerciales;public affairs affaires fpl publiques;American public assistance aide f sociale;public authorities pouvoirs mpl publics;British public bar salle f de bar (dans un "pub" qui contient deux bars séparés, l'expression désigne le plus populaire des deux);public baths bains mpl publics;public body corporation f de droit public;British public call box cabine f (téléphonique) publique;public company ≃ société f anonyme;British public convenience toilettes fpl publiques;British & French Canadian public corporation entreprise f publique;Finance public debt dette f publique ou de l'État;Finance public deposits = avoirs des différents services du gouvernement britannique à la Banque d'Angleterre;public domain domaine m public;∎ to be in the public domain (publication) être dans le domaine public;Computing public domain software logiciel m (du domaine) public, French Canadian publiciel m;public enemy ennemi m public;∎ public enemy number one ennemi m public numéro un;public examination examen m national de l'enseignement public;public expenditure dépenses fpl publiques;public figure personnalité f très en vue;public finance finances fpl publiques;British public footpath sentier m public;public funds fonds mpl publics;public gallery tribune f réservée au public;public health santé f publique;the public health authorities = administration régionale des services publics de santé;public health clinic centre m d'hygiène publique;public health hazard risque m pour la santé publique;old-fashioned public health inspector inspecteur(trice) m,f sanitaire;public health official représentant(e) m,f de la santé publique;public holiday jour m férié, fête f légale;American public housing logements mpl sociaux, ≃ HLM f inv;American Public Housing Administration = services du logement social aux États-Unis;American public housing project ≃ cité f HLM;Law public indecency outrage m public à la pudeur;∎ to be arrested for public indecency se faire arrêter pour outrage public à la pudeur;public inquiry enquête f officielle;∎ to hold a public inquiry faire une enquête officielle;British public lavatory toilettes fpl publiques;public law droit m public;public lending right = droits que touche un auteur ou un éditeur pour le prêt de ses livres en bibliothèque;public liability responsabilité f civile;public liability insurance assurance f responsabilité civile;public library bibliothèque f municipale;public limited company ≃ société f anonyme;public loan emprunt m public;public money deniers mpl ou fonds mpl publics;public monies deniers mpl de l'État;public nuisance (person) fléau m public, empoisonneur(euse) m,f;∎ the pub's late opening hours were creating a public nuisance (act) les heures d'ouverture tardives du pub portaient atteinte à la tranquillité générale;Stock Exchange public offering offre f publique;public official fonctionnaire mf;public opinion opinion f publique;public opinion poll sondage m (d'opinion);public ownership nationalisation f, étatisation f;∎ most airports are under public ownership la plupart des aéroports appartiennent à l'État;public park jardin m public;Law public prosecutor ≃ procureur m général, ≃ ministère m public;British the public purse le Trésor (public);British Public Record Office ≃ Archives fpl nationales;public relations relations fpl publiques;∎ giving them a free meal was great public relations en leur offrant le repas, nous avons fait un excellent travail de relations publiques;public relations agency, public relations consultancy agence f conseil en communication;public relations consultant conseil m en relations publiques, conseil m en communication;public relations exercise opération f de relations publiques;∎ it was a good public relations exercise ce fut une réussite pour ce qui est des relations publiques;public relations manager directeur(trice) m,f des relations publiques;public relations officer responsable mf des relations publiques;British public schoolboy = élève d'une "public school";British public schoolgirl = élève d'une "public school";public sector secteur m publique;British Finance public sector borrowing requirement = besoins d'emprunt du secteur public non couverts par les rentrées fiscales;Finance public sector deficit déficit m du secteur public;Finance public sector earnings revenus mpl du secteur public;public servant fonctionnaire mf;public service (amenity) service m public ou d'intérêt général; British (civil service) fonction f publique;∎ she's in public service elle est fonctionnaire;∎ Administration our organization performs a public service notre association assure un service d'intérêt général;Stock Exchange public share offer offre f publique de vente;public speaker orateur(trice) m,f;∎ he's a very good public speaker c'est un excellent orateur;public speaking art m oratoire;∎ humorous unaccustomed as I am to public speaking bien que je n'aie pas l'habitude de prendre la parole en public;School public speaking contest concours m d'éloquence;Finance public spending (UNCOUNT) dépenses fpl publiques ou de l'État;public spirit sens m civique, civisme m;American public television (télévision f du) service m public;public transport (UNCOUNT) transports mpl en commun;public transport users usagers mpl des transports en commun;public utility American (company) = société privée assurant un service public et réglementée par une commission d'État; British (amenity) service m public;British public utility company société f d'utilité publique;public works travaux mpl publicsⓘ PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION Aux États-Unis, on appelle "public access television" les chaînes télévisées câblées non commerciales mises à la disposition d'organisations à but non lucratif et des citoyens. En 1984, le Congrès adopta le "Cable Communications Policy Act" afin de faire face au problème de la monopolisation des chaînes par un nombre réduit de cablo-opérateurs. Cette loi exige des propriétaires de chaînes câblées qu'ils mettent une chaîne à la disposition des communautés locales ainsi qu'un studio et du matériel d'enregistrement, et qu'ils fournissent également une assistance technique si nécessaire.ⓘ PUBLIC SCHOOL En Angleterre et au pays de Galles, le terme "public school" désigne une école privée de type traditionnel. Certaines de ces écoles (Eton et Harrow, par exemple) sont très prestigieuses et élitistes. Les "public schools" sont censées former l'élite de la nation. Aux États-Unis et parfois en Écosse, le terme désigne une école publique. -
9 double
double [ˈdʌbl]1. adjectivea. double━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► This French adjective usually comes before the noun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = for two people) pour deux personnesc. (with numbers, letters) double oh seven ( = 007) zéro zéro sept• my name is Bell, B E double L mon nom est Bell, B, E, deux L• spelt with a double "p" écrit avec deux « p »2. adverba. ( = twice) deux fois• to cost/pay double coûter/payer le double• her salary is double what it was five years ago son salaire est le double de ce qu'il était il y a cinq ansb. ( = in two) to fold sth double plier qch en deux3. nouna. double mb. ( = exactly similar person) sosie m4. plural noun• ladies'/men's doubles double m dames/messieurs7. compounds• it's actually a double bluff il (or elle etc) dit la vérité en faisant croire que c'est du bluff ► double boiler noun casserole f à double fond► double-book intransitive verb [hotel, airline] faire de la surréservation transitive verb [+ room, seat] réserver pour deux personnes différentes• in double-quick time en deux temps trois mouvements (inf) ► double-sided adjective [computer disk] double face• to do a double take devoir y regarder à deux fois ► double white lines plural noun lignes fpl blanches continues[person] revenir sur ses pas ; [road] faire un brusque crocheta. ( = bend over sharply) se plierb. ( = share room) partager une chambre* * *['dʌbl] 1.1)a double please — ( drink) un double, s'il vous plaît
2) ( of person) sosie m; Cinema, Theatre doublure f2.3.ladies'/mixed doubles — double dames/mixte
1) ( twice as much) [portion, dose] double (before n)2) (when spelling, giving number)Anne is spelt GB ou spelled US with a double ‘n’ — Anne s'écrit avec deux ‘n’
3) (dual, twofold) double4) ( intended for two people or things) [sheet, garage etc] double; [ticket, invitation] pour deux4.1) ( twice) deux fois2) [fold, bend] en deux5.transitive verb1) ( increase twofold) doubler [amount, rent, dose etc]; multiplier [quelque chose] par deux [number]2) (also double over) ( fold) plier [quelque chose] en deux [blanket etc]3) ( in spelling) doubler [letter]4) ( in bridge) contrer6.1) [sales, prices, salaries etc] doubler2)to double for somebody — Cinema, Theatre doubler quelqu'un
3) ( serve dual purpose)•Phrasal Verbs:••on ou at the double — fig au plus vite; Military au pas redoublé
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10 return
return [rɪˈtɜ:n]• have they returned? sont-ils revenus ?• she returned the $50 to him elle lui a remboursé les 50 dollarsb. ( = declare) to return a verdict of guilty on sb déclarer qn coupable3. nouna. ( = coming, going back) [of person, illness, seasons] retour m• many happy returns! bon anniversaire !• investors are looking for better returns les investisseurs recherchent des placements plus rentables4. plural noun5. compounds► return flight noun (British) ( = journey back) vol m (de) retour ; ( = two-way journey) vol m aller et retour• it is hoped that a return visit by our German friends can be arranged on espère que nos amis allemands pourront nous rendre visite à leur tour━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]retourner is not the most common translation for to return.* * *[rɪ'tɜːn] 1.2) ( recurrence) retour m (of de)3) (restitution, bringing back) (of law, practice) retour m (of de); ( of object) restitution f (of de)4) ( sending back) renvoi m (of de)6) ( travel ticket) aller-retour m inv7) Theatre billet m rendu à la dernière minute8) ( unsold book) invendu m2.returns plural noun Politics résultats mpl3. 4.transitive verb2) (bring back, take back) rapporter (to à)3) ( put back) remettre4) ( send back) renvoyer‘return to sender’ — ‘retour à l'expéditeur’
5) (give, issue in return) rendre [greeting]6) ( reciprocate) répondre à [love]7) Military riposter à [fire]8) Sport renvoyer [ball]9) ( rejoin) répliquer10) Law prononcer [verdict]11) Finance rapporter [profit]12) Politics élire [candidate]5.2) ( go back) retourner (to à)3) ( get back from abroad) rentrer ( from de)4) ( get back home) rentrer chez soi5) ( resume)to return to — reprendre [activity]
6) ( recur) [symptom, doubt] réapparaître; [days, times] revenir•• -
11 warning
warning [ˈwɔ:nɪŋ]• gale/storm warning avis m de grand vent/de tempête* * *['wɔːnɪŋ] 1.2.a warning about ou on something — une mise en garde à propos de quelque chose
noun modifier1) ( giving notice of danger) [ siren, bell, light] d'alarme; [ notice] d'avertissementwarning shot — lit, fig coup m de semonce
warning sign — lit panneau m d'avertissement; fig signe m annonciateur
2) ( threatening) [ gesture, tone] de mise en garde; ( stronger) menaçant -
12 would
would [wʊd]1. modal verba.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When would is used to form the conditional, the French conditional is used.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I wouldn't worry, if I were you à ta place, je ne m'inquiéterais pas• to my surprise, he agreed -- I never thought he would à ma grande surprise, il a accepté -- je ne l'aurais jamais pensé• who would have thought it? qui l'aurait pensé ?• I said I'd go, so I'm going j'ai dit que j'irais, alors j'y vais• I said I'd go, so I went j'avais dit que j'irais, alors j'y suis allé━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• if you would come with me, I'd go to see him si vous vouliez bien m'accompagner, j'irais le voir━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━would you wait here please! attendez ici s'il vous plaît !• would you close the window please voulez-vous fermer la fenêtre, s'il vous plaît► would you like ( = do you want)would you like some tea? voulez-vous du thé ?• would you like to go for a walk? est-ce que vous aimeriez faire une promenade ?• 50 years ago the streets would be empty on Sundays il y a 50 ans, les rues étaient vides le dimanche• I saw him come out of the shop -- when would this be? je l'ai vu sortir du magasin -- quand ?d. (inevitability) you would go and tell her! évidemment tu es allé le lui dire !• it would have to rain! évidemment il fallait qu'il pleuve !e. (conjecture) it would have been about 8 o'clock when he came il devait être 8 heures à peu près quand il est venu2. modifier* * *[wʊd, wəd]Note: When would is used with a verb in English to form the conditional tense, would + verb is translated by the present conditional of the appropriate verb in French and would have + verb by the past conditional of the appropriate verb: I would do it if I had time = je le ferais si j'avais le temps; I would have done it if I had had time = je l'aurais fait si j'avais eu le temps; he said he would fetch the car = il a dit qu'il irait chercher la voitureFor more examples, particular usages and all other uses of would see the entry below1) (in sequence of past tenses, in reported speech)if we'd left later we would have missed the train — si nous étions partis plus tard nous aurions raté le train
wouldn't it be nice if... — ce serait bien si...
they couldn't find anyone who would take the job — ils n'arrivaient pas à trouver quelqu'un qui accepte le poste
5) (expressing desire, preference)switch off the radio, would you? — éteins la radio, tu veux bien?
8) ( when giving advice)9) ( expressing exasperation)‘he denies it’ - ‘well he would, wouldn't he?’ — ‘il le nie’ - ‘évidemment!’
‘she put her foot in it (colloq)’ - ‘she would!’ — ‘elle a mis les pieds dans le plat (colloq)’ - ‘tu m'étonnes!’
10) ( expressing an assumption)let's see, that would be his youngest son — voyons, ça doit être son plus jeune fils
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13 clearance
1) (the act of clearing or removing: The clearance of these trees from the front of the window will give you more light.) enlèvement2) (the empty space between two objects: You can drive the lorry under the bridge - there's a clearance of half a metre.) dégagement3) ((a certificate) giving permission for something to be done.) autorisation -
14 control
[kən'trəul] 1. noun1) (the right of directing or of giving orders; power or authority: She has control over all the decisions in that department; She has no control over that dog.) pouvoir; autorité2) (the act of holding back or restraining: control of prices; I know you're angry but you must not lose control (of yourself).) contrôle, maîtrise de soi3) ((often in plural) a lever, button etc which operates (a machine etc): The clutch and accelerator are foot controls in a car.) commande(s)4) (a point or place at which an inspection takes place: passport control.) contrôle2. verb1) (to direct or guide; to have power or authority over: The captain controls the whole ship; Control your dog!) être maître de2) (to hold back; to restrain (oneself or one's emotions etc): Control yourself!) (se) maîtriser3) (to keep to a fixed standard: The government is controlling prices.) contrôler•- control-tower - in control of - in control - out of control - under control -
15 exchange
[iks' ein‹] 1. verb1) (to give, or give up, in return for something else: Can you exchange a dollar note for two 50-cent pieces?) changer2) (to give and receive in return: They exchanged amused glances.) échanger2. noun1) (the giving and taking of one thing for another: He gave me a pencil in exchange for the marble; An exchange of opinions is helpful.) échange2) (a conversation or dispute: An angry exchange took place between the two brothers when their father's will was read.) échange de mots3) (the act of exchanging the money of one country for that of another.) change4) (the difference between the value of money in different countries: What is the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and the yen?) change5) (a place where business shares are bought and sold or international financial dealings carried on.) bourse6) ((also telephone exchange) a central telephone system where lines are connected.) central• -
16 instruction
[-ʃən]1) (the act of instructing (especially in a school subject or a skill) or the process of being instructed: She sometimes gives instruction in gymnastics.) enseignement, instruction2) (an order or direction: You must learn to obey instructions.) instruction(s)3) ((in plural) (a book etc giving) directions, eg about the use of a machine etc: Could I look at the instructions, please?) instructions -
17 philanthropic
[filən'Ɵropik]adjective (giving money or other help etc to others: a philanthropic person; a philanthropic act.) philantropique -
18 release
[rə'li:s] 1. verb1) (to set free; to allow to leave: He was released from prison yesterday; I am willing to release him from his promise to me.) libérer2) (to stop holding etc; to allow to move, fall etc: He released (his hold on) the rope.) lâcher3) (to move (a catch, brake etc) which prevents something else from moving, operating etc: He released the handbrake and drove off.) desserrer4) (to allow (news etc) to be made known publicly: The list of winners has just been released.) autoriser la publication de5) (to offer (a film, record etc) to the general public: Their latest record will be released next week.) sortir2. noun1) (the act of releasing or being released: After his release, the prisoner returned to his home town; the release of a new film; ( also adjective) the release catch.) libération; sortie; de déclenchement2) (something that is released: This record is their latest release; The Government issued a press release (= a statement giving information about something, sent or given to newspapers, reporters etc).) nouveauté; communiqué -
19 double
A n1 I'll have a double please ( drink) je prendrai un double, s'il vous plaît ;4 Games ( in bridge) contre m ; ( in dominoes) double m, doublet m ; to throw a double (in darts, board game) faire un double.B doubles npl ( in tennis) double m ; ladies'/men's/mixed doubles double dames/messieurs/mixte ; to play a game of doubles faire un double.C adj1 ( twice as much) [portion, dose] double (before n) ; he was given a double helping of strawberries on lui a servi une double portion de fraises or deux fois plus de fraises ; a double vodka une double vodka, une vodka double ;2 (when spelling, giving number) Anne is spelt GB ou spelled US with a double ‘n’ Anne s'écrit avec deux ‘n’ ; eight double five four (8554) quatre-vingt cinq, cinquante-quatre ; two double four (244) deux cent quarante-quatre ;3 (dual, twofold) double advantage double avantage m ; to serve a double purpose avoir une double fonction ; a remark with a double meaning une remarque à double sens ; double murder double meurtre m ; double-page advertisement publicité f sur double page ;4 ( intended for two people or things) [sheet, blanket, garage etc] double ; [ticket, invitation] pour deux ;5 Bot double.D adv1 ( twice) deux fois ; she earns double what I earn elle gagne deux fois plus que moi ; I need double this amount j'en ai besoin de deux fois plus ; it'll take double the time ça va prendre le double de temps ; she's double his age elle a deux fois son âge, elle a le double de son âge ; unemployment is double what it was last year le chômage est deux fois plus important que l'année dernière ; double three is six deux fois trois égale six ;2 [fold, bend] en deux ; to bend double se plier en deux ; to be bent double with pain/laughter être plié en deux de douleur/rire ; to see double voir double.E vtr1 ( increase twofold) doubler [amount, price, rent, dose etc] ; multiplier [qch] par deux [number] ;2 ( also double over) (fold, bend) plier [qch] en deux or en double [blanket, dressing etc] ; doubler [thread] ;3 ( in spelling) doubler [letter] ;5 Mus doubler ; to double a part doubler une partie ;6 Naut doubler [cape].F vi1 [sales, prices, salaries etc] doubler ; to double in value doubler de valeur ;2 ( in bridge) contrer ;4 ( serve dual purpose) the sofa doubles as a bed le canapé fait aussi lit ; the study doubles as a bedroom le bureau sert aussi de chambre ; the gardener doubles as a chauffeur le jardinier a aussi la fonction de chauffeur ; this actor doubles as the king in Act II cet acteur joue aussi le rôle du roi dans le deuxième acte.on ou at the double fig au plus vite ; Mil au pas redoublé, au pas de gymnastique ; double or quits! ( in gambling) quitte ou double!■ double back [person, animal] rebrousser chemin, faire demi-tour ; [road, track etc] former un demi-tour.■ double over = double E 2.■ double up:1 ( bend one's body) se plier en deux ; to double up in pain/with laughter être plié en deux de douleur/de rire ;2 ( share sleeping accommodation) partager la même chambre ;3 GB ( in betting) parier sur deux chevaux (dans deux courses consécutives) ;▶ to be doubled up [person, audience] être plié en deux (with de). -
20 referee
A n1 Sport arbitre m ;2 GB ( giving job reference) personne f pouvant fournir des références ; to act as a referee for sb fournir des références sur qn.
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