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1 else
else [els](a) (after indefinite pronoun) d'autre;∎ anybody or anyone else (at all) n'importe qui d'autre, toute autre personne; (in addition) quelqu'un d'autre;∎ anyone else would have phoned the police n'importe qui d'autre aurait appelé la police;∎ is there anybody else? y a-t-il quelqu'un d'autre?;∎ I couldn't find anyone else to help me je n'ai pu trouver personne d'autre pour m'aider;∎ he's no cleverer than anybody else il n'est pas plus intelligent qu'un autre;∎ it couldn't be anyone else's ça ne pouvait être celui de personne d'autre;∎ would you like or will there be anything else? (in shop) vous fallait-il autre chose?; (in restaurant) désirez-vous autre chose?;∎ he wouldn't accept anything else il n'a rien voulu accepter d'autre;∎ I couldn't do anything else but or except apologize je ne pouvais (rien faire d'autre) que m'excuser;∎ anywhere else ailleurs;∎ I haven't got anywhere else or I've got nowhere else to go je n'ai nulle part ailleurs où aller;∎ everybody else tous les autres;∎ everything else tout le reste;∎ everywhere else partout ailleurs;∎ everywhere else was shut (other shops) tous les autres magasins étaient fermés;∎ there is little else we can do nous ne pouvons pas faire grand-chose d'autre;∎ and much else (besides) et beaucoup de choses encore;∎ there isn't much else to be done il ne reste pas beaucoup à faire; (we've no choice) il n'y a pas grand chose d'autre à faire;∎ nobody or no one else personne d'autre;∎ nothing else rien d'autre;∎ we're alive, nothing else matters nous sommes vivants, c'est tout ce qui compte;∎ there's nothing else for it il n'y a rien d'autre à faire;∎ nowhere else nulle part ailleurs;∎ there's nowhere else I'd rather be but here c'est ici et nulle part ailleurs que je veux être;∎ somebody or someone else quelqu'un d'autre;∎ this is somebody else's c'est à quelqu'un d'autre;∎ something else autre chose, quelque chose d'autre;∎ somewhere or American someplace else ailleurs, autre part;∎ if all else fails en dernier recours;∎ it'll teach him a lesson, if nothing else au moins, ça lui servira de leçon;∎ familiar he's/she's/it's something else! il est/elle est/c'est incroyable!;∎ familiar the price of petrol is something else! bonjour le prix de l'essence!(b) (after interrogative pronoun) (in addition) d'autre;∎ what/who else? quoi/qui d'autre?;∎ what else can I do? que puis-je faire d'autre?;∎ who else but Frank? qui d'autre que Frank?;∎ you think they'll give the prize to Jameson? - who else? tu crois qu'ils attribueront le prix à Jameson? - à qui d'autre veux-tu qu'ils le donnent?;∎ how/why else would I do it? comment/pourquoi le ferais-je sinon?;∎ where else would he be? où peut-il être à part là?;∎ so we're all meeting at Cleo's - where else? alors, on se retrouve tous chez Cleo - où d'autre?∎ come tomorrow or else it will be too late venez demain, autrement il sera trop tard;∎ he must be joking, or else he's mad il plaisante, ou bien alors il est fou;∎ do what I tell you or else! fais ce que je te dis, sinon! -
2 besides
besides [bɪˈsaɪdz]1. adverba. ( = in addition) de plus• he wrote a novel and several short stories besides il a écrit un roman ainsi que plusieurs nouvellesb. ( = moreover) d'ailleurs2. preposition( = in addition to) en plus de• besides which he was unwell en plus de cela, il était souffrant* * *[bɪ'saɪdz] 1.1) ( moreover) d'ailleurs2) ( in addition) en plus, aussi2.she has a car and a motorbike besides — elle a une voiture et en plus or aussi une moto
preposition ( apart from) en plus de, à partbesides being an artist, she's also a poet — en plus d'être une artiste, elle est aussi poète
everyone besides me/you — tout le monde sauf moi/toi
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3 besides
A adv1 ( moreover) d'ailleurs ;2 ( in addition) en plus, aussi ; she has a car and a motorbike besides elle a une voiture et une moto en plus, elle a une voiture et aussi une moto ; and much else besides et bien d'autres choses encore ; and a few more besidess et bien d'autres encore.B prep ( apart from) en plus de, à part ; they need other things besides money ils ont besoin d'autre chose que d'argent ; besides John they're all teachers à part John ils sont tous professeurs ; besides having a headache, I've got a temperature à part un mal de tête, j'ai aussi de la fièvre ; besides waiting there's not a lot we can do à part attendre, nous ne pouvons pas faire grand-chose ; besides being an artist, she also writes poetry c'est une artiste et en plus, elle fait de la poésie ; nobody knows besides Mary personne n'est au courant sauf or à part Mary ; everyone besides me/you tout le monde sauf moi/toi ; besides which d'ailleurs, de toute façon.
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