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actor ['æktə(r)]acteur(trice) m,f, comédien(enne) m,f;∎ I'm a terrible actor je suis un piètre comédien►► Cinema, Theatre & Television Actors' Studio = école d'art dramatique fondée à New York en 1947 -
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feminine also - actress; noun (a performer in a play.) acteur/-trice -
4 method actor
noun adepte mf de ‘l'Actor's Studio’ -
5 character actor
noun acteur m de genre -
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character [ˈkærɪktər]1. nouna. caractère mc. of good/bad character de bonne/mauvaise réputationd. (in film, play) personnage me. (Computing) caractère m2. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]character is not always translated by caractère.* * *['kærəktə(r)]1) ( personality) caractère mto act in/out of character — agir de façon habituelle/surprenante
his remarks are totally in character/out of character — ces remarques ne me surprennent pas/me surprennent de sa part
2) ( reputation) réputation f3) Literature, Theatre, Television personnage m ( from de)4) ( person) individu ma real character — un sacré numéro (colloq)
5) Computing caractère m ( also in printing) -
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noun méthode f Stanislavski, jeu m ‘Actor's Studio’ -
8 artist
1) (a person who paints pictures or is a sculptor or is skilled at one of the other arts.) artiste2) (a singer, dancer, actor etc; an artiste: He announced the names of the artists who were taking part in the show.) artiste•- artistic- artistically - artistry -
9 blackout
1) (a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights: Accidents increase during a blackout.) panne de courant2) (a ban (on news etc): a blackout of news about the coup.) black-out3) (a period of unconsciousness: He has had several blackouts during his illness.) syncope4) (a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.)5) ((also outage) a period of a general power failure.)6) ((in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.) -
10 filmstar
noun (a famous actor or actress in films.) étoile de cinéma -
11 judg(e)ment
1) (the decision of a judge in a court of law: It looked as if he might be acquitted but the judgement went against him.) jugement2) (the act of judging or estimating: Faulty judgement in overtaking is a common cause of traffic accidents.) jugement3) (the ability to make right or sensible decisions: You showed good judgement in choosing this method.) jugement4) ((an) opinion: In my judgement, he is a very good actor.) (à mon) avis -
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1) (the decision of a judge in a court of law: It looked as if he might be acquitted but the judgement went against him.) jugement2) (the act of judging or estimating: Faulty judgement in overtaking is a common cause of traffic accidents.) jugement3) (the ability to make right or sensible decisions: You showed good judgement in choosing this method.) jugement4) ((an) opinion: In my judgement, he is a very good actor.) (à mon) avis -
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noun plural (the words an actor has to say: He had difficulty remembering his lines.) texte, rôle -
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noun (a book with blank pages on which to stick pictures etc: The actor kept a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about his career.) album (de découpures, etc.) -
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star [stα:r]1. noun• you can thank your lucky stars that... (inf) tu peux remercier le ciel de ce que...• the stars ( = horoscope) l'horoscope m• three-/five-star hotel hôtel m trois/cinq étoilesb. ( = famous person) vedette f[+ actor] avoir pour vedette• starring Mel Gibson as... avec Mel Gibson dans le rôle de...4. compounds► star-studded adjective [cast, premiere] prestigieux ; [show, event] à la distribution prestigieuse* * *[stɑː(r)] 1.1) ( in sky) étoile f2) ( celebrity) vedette f, star f3) ( asterisk) astérisque m5) Military ( mark of rank) étoile f2.stars plural noun horoscope m3.- star combining form Tourism4.three-/four-star hotel — hôtel (à) trois/quatre étoiles
transitive verb (p prés etc - rr-)1) [film, play] avoir [quelqu'un] pour vedette [actor]2) ( mark with star) (gén au passif) marquer [quelque chose] d'un astérisque5.intransitive verb (p prés etc - rr-) [actor] jouer le rôle principal (in dans)•• -
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play [pleɪ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun• there was some good play in the second half on a assisté à du beau jeu pendant la deuxième mi-temps• to bring or call sth into play faire intervenir qchb. ( = movement) jeu mc. ( = drama) pièce f (de théâtre)• to be in a play [actor] jouer dans une piècea. [+ game, sport] jouer à• what position does she play? à quelle place joue-t-elle ?• don't play games with me! ne vous moquez pas de moi !• to play ball with sb ( = cooperate) coopérer avec qn• to play the game ( = play fair) jouer le jeu• he gave up playing the field and married a year ago il a cessé de papillonner et s'est marié il y a un anb. [+ opponent] rencontrerc. [+ chess piece, card] jouerf. ( = direct) [+ hose, searchlight] dirigera. jouer► play + preposition• what's he playing at? (inf) à quoi il joue ?• how much time do we have to play with? (inf) combien de temps avons-nous ?4. compounds► play-off noun (after a tie) ≈ match m de barrage (départageant des concurrents à égalité) ; (US) (for championship) match m de qualification[+ tape] réécouter( = minimize importance of) [+ significance] minimiser ; [+ situation, attitude] dédramatiser[+ sb's emotions, good nature] jouer sur( = give trouble) the engine is playing up le moteur fait des siennesa. ( = give trouble to) his leg is playing him up sa jambe le tracasseb. ( = magnify importance of) exagérer (l'importance de)* * *[pleɪ] 1.2) (amusement, recreation)3) Sport, Gamesthe ball is out of play/in play — la balle est hors jeu/en jeu
4) fig (movement, interaction) jeu m2.transitive verb1) jouer à [game, match, cards]; jouer [card]to play goal — ( in football) être gardien de but
to play the ball to somebody — ( in basketball) passer la balle à quelqu'un
2) Music jouer de [instrument]; jouer [tune, symphony, chord]3) ( act out) Theatre interpréter, jouer [role]4) Audio mettre [tape, video, CD]5) Finance3.to play the stock market — boursicoter (colloq)
1) [children] jouer ( with avec)2) figwhat does he think he's playing at? — GB (colloq) qu'est-ce qu'il fabrique (colloq)?
3) Sport, Games jouer5) Cinema, Theatre [play] se jouer; [film] passer; [actor] jouershe's playing opposite him in ‘Macbeth’ — elle lui donne la réplique dans ‘Macbeth’
6) [fountain, water] couler; Music [record] jouer•Phrasal Verbs:- play off- play on- play out- play up••all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) — Prov il n'y a pas que le travail dans la vie
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best [best]1. adjective• the best thing about Spain is... ce qu'il y a de mieux en Espagne, c'est...• the best thing about her is... sa plus grande qualité c'est...• best before... (on product) à consommer de préférence avant...2. noun• do the best you can! faites de votre mieux !• to get the best out of sb/sth tirer le maximum de qn/qch• the best of it is that... le plus beau de l'affaire c'est que...• to the best of my ability/knowledge/recollection autant que je puisse/que je sache/que je me souvienne• he's not very patient at the best of times but... il n'est jamais particulièrement patient mais...3. adverb• I like apples best ce que je préfère, ce sont les pommes4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Choisi parmi les amis ou les proches parents du marié, le best man est à la fois le témoin et le garçon d'honneur. Responsable du bon déroulement de la journée, il lui revient de lire les messages de félicitations, d'annoncer les orateurs, de prononcer le discours humoristique d'usage et de porter un toast aux nouveaux mariés.* * *[best] 1.1)the best — le/la meilleur/-e m/f
to sound the best — avoir le meilleur son, sonner le mieux
it's not her best — (of book, play) ce n'est pas le/la meilleur/-e qu'elle ait écrit/-e
only the best is good enough for me/my son — je veux ce qu'il y a de mieux pour moi/mon fils
she is the best at physics/at tennis — c'est la meilleure en physique/au tennis
it's for the best — ( recommending course of action) c'est la meilleure solution; ( of something done) c'est tant mieux
2) ( most favourable)to get the best of — avoir la part du lion dans [deal, bargain]; gagner dans [arrangement]
3) (peak, apogee)4) ( greatest personal effort)to do one's best to do — faire de son mieux or faire (tout) son possible pour faire
to get the best out of — obtenir le meilleur de [pupil, worker]
to bring out the best in somebody — [crisis, suffering] inciter quelqu'un à donner le meilleur de lui-même
5) ( good wishes)all the best! — ( good luck) bonne chance!; ( cheers) à ta santé!
2.all the best, Ellie — ( in letter) amitiés, Ellie
adjective (superl of good)1) ( most excellent) meilleurthe best thing about something/about doing — ce qu'il y a de mieux dans quelque chose/lorsqu'on fait
‘best before end May’ — ‘à consommer de préférence avant fin mai’
2) ( most competent) [teacher, poet, actor] meilleurto be best at — être le/la meilleur/-e en [subject]; être le/la meilleur/-e à [instrument, game, sport]
3) ( most suitable) [tool, way, time, idea] meilleur3.the best thing would be to do, it would be best to do — le mieux serait de faire
adverb (superl of well) le mieuxto behave/fit best — se comporter/aller le mieux
4.to like something best — aimer quelque chose le mieux or le plus
transitive verb littér ( in argument) avoir le dessus sur [person]; ( in struggle) vaincre [opponent]•• -
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ham [hæm]1. nouna. jambon mc. ( = radio enthusiast) (inf) radioamateur m2. compounds[+ part, speech] forcer* * *[hæm]1) Culinary jambon m2) ( of animal) cuisse f3) (colloq) ( poor actor) cabotin/-e m/f4) (also radio ham) radioamateur m••to ham it up — (colloq) jouer de façon exagérée
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comeback [ˈkʌmbæk]* * *['kʌmbæk] 1.1) (of musician, actor, boxer) come-back m; ( of politician) rentrée fto make ou stage a comeback — [person] faire un come-back or une rentrée; [style] revenir à la mode
2) ( redress) recours m2.comeback bid — (of singer, actor) come-back m; ( of politician) rentrée f
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travelling, traveling (US) [ˈtrævlɪŋ]1. noun2. adjective[actor, circus, exhibition] itinérant3. compounds[bag, scholarship] de voyage ; [expenses, allowance] de déplacement* * *1. 2.1) [actor, company, circus] itinérant; [bank] mobile2) [companion, rug] de voyage; [conditions] ( on road) de route3) [scholarship] de voyage; [allowance, expenses] de déplacement
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