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61 lop
∎ farmers have to lop and top all trees and hedges les agriculteurs doivent tailler tous les arbres et toutes les haies(b) figurative (budget) élaguer, faire des coupes sombres dans; (sum of money, item of expenditure) retrancher, supprimer∎ they could easily lop another 10 percent off fares ils pourraient facilement baisser le prix des billets de 10 pour cent;∎ the new motorway will lop 30 minutes off travelling time la nouvelle autoroute va raccourcir le trajet de 30 minutes -
62 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) goutte2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) goutte3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) baisse, chute4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) descente2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) laisser tomber2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) (re)tomber3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonner4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) déposer, débarquer5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) écrire/envoyer (un petit mot)•- droplet- droppings - drop-out - drop a brick / drop a clanger - drop back - drop by - drop in - drop off - drop out -
63 pile
A n1 ( untidy heap) tas m (of de) ; ( stack) pile f (of de) ; to be in a pile être en tas or en pile ; to leave sth in a pile laisser qch en tas ; to sort sth into piles trier qch en tas ; put those books into piles mettez ces livres en piles ;2 (of fabric, carpet) poil m ; deep-pile carpet tapis m au poil épais ; to brush sth with the pile/against the pile brosser qch dans le sens du poil/à rebrousse-poil ;3 ○ ( large amount) a pile ou piles of un tas or des tas de ; to have piles of money être plein aux as ○ ;C vtr ( in a heap) entasser (on sur) ; ( in a stack) empiler (on sur) ; to be piled with [surface] être recouvert de piles de [books, objects] ; the room was piled high with boxes il y avait une montagne de cartons dans la pièce ; a plate piled high with cakes une assiette avec une montagne de gâteaux ; to pile luggage into a car empiler des bagages dans une voiture.D vi ○1 ( board) to pile on/off monter dans [qch]/sortir de [qch] en se bousculant [bus, train] ; to pile into s'engouffrer dans [vehicle] ;2 ( crash) to pile into [vehicle] rentrer dans [other vehicle] ; the bus piled into them le bus leur est rentré dedans.to be at the top/bottom of the pile être en haut/bas de l'échelle ; to make one's pile ○ faire son beurre ○.■ pile in ○ monter en se serrant ; the bus came and we all piled in le bus est arrivé et nous y sommes montés en nous serrant.■ pile on ○: to pile on the charm en faire un peu trop pour séduire ; to pile it on mettre le paquet ○.■ pile up [leaves, snow, rubbish] s'entasser ; [money] s'amasser ; [debts, evidence, problems, work] s'accumuler ; [cars] ( in accident) se rentrer dedans ;▶ pile [sth] up, pile up [sth]1 lit ( in a heap) entasser ; ( in a stack) empiler ; to be piled up [books, plates] s'empiler (on sur) ;2 fig accumuler [debts, evidence, problems, work]. -
64 form
form [fɔ:m]forme ⇒ 1 (a)-(d), 1 (f)-(m), 1 (r), 1 (s) silhouette ⇒ 1 (b) formulaire ⇒ 1 (e) classe ⇒ 1 (n) former ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (e), 2 (f) façonner ⇒ 2 (a) se former ⇒ 2 (c), 3 (a), 3 (b) créer ⇒ 2 (d) composer ⇒ 2 (e)1 noun∎ in the form of a heart en forme de cœur;∎ her plan began to take form son projet a commencé à prendre tournure ou forme(b) (body, figure) forme f, silhouette f;∎ a slender form appeared at the door une silhouette élancée apparut à la porte;∎ the human form la forme humaine(c) (aspect, mode) forme f;∎ it's written in the form of a letter c'est écrit sous forme de lettre;∎ the Devil appeared in the form of a goat le diable apparut sous la forme d'une chèvre;∎ the same product in a new form le même produit présenté différemment;∎ what form should my questions take? comment devrais-je formuler mes questions?;∎ the interview took the form of an informal chat l'entrevue prit la forme d'une discussion informelle;∎ her anxiety showed itself in the form of anger son inquiétude se manifesta par de la colère(d) (kind, type) forme f, sorte f;∎ one form of cancer une forme de cancer;∎ we studied three different forms of government nous avons examiné trois systèmes de gouvernement ou trois régimes différents;∎ all forms of sugar le sucre sous toutes ses formes;∎ she sent some flowers as a form of thanks elle a envoyé des fleurs en guise de remerciements∎ to fill in or out a form remplir un formulaire;∎ printed form imprimé m(f) (condition) forme f, condition f;∎ in good form en pleine forme, en excellente condition;∎ John was British on or American in good form at lunch John était en forme ou plein d'entrain pendant le déjeuner;∎ British on or American in their current form they're unlikely to win étant donné leur forme actuelle ils ont peu de chances de gagner;∎ to study (the) form (in horse racing) examiner le tableau des performances des chevaux∎ form and content la forme et le fond;∎ his writing lacks form ce qu'il écrit n'est pas clair;∎ her ideas lack form ses idées sont confuses(h) (standard practice) forme f, règle f;∎ to do sth as a matter of form faire qch pour la forme;∎ what's the usual form in these cases? que fait-on d'habitude ou quelle est la marche à suivre dans ces cas-là?;∎ Law in due form en bonne et due forme∎ it's bad form cela ne se fait pas;∎ it's good form c'est de bon ton, cela se fait;∎ it is bad form to ask a lady her age ce n'est pas poli de demander son âge à une dame∎ form of address formule f de politesse;∎ the correct form of address for a senator la manière correcte de s'adresser à un sénateur;∎ it's only a form of speech ce n'est qu'une façon de parler;∎ the form of the marriage service les rites mpl du mariage∎ the masculine form la forme du masculin, le masculin∎ she's in the first/sixth form ≃ elle est en sixième/première∎ has he got form? est-ce qu'il a un casier judiciaire?(a) (shape) former, construire; (character, mind) former, façonner; (sentence) construire; Metallurgy former, façonner;∎ he formed the model out of or from clay il a sculpté ou façonné le modèle dans l'argile;∎ form the dough into a ball pétrissez la pâte en forme de boule;∎ she has trouble forming certain words elle a du mal à prononcer certains mots;∎ it was certainly a character-forming experience c'est sans aucun doute une expérience qui forme ou façonne le caractère(b) (take the shape of) former, faire;∎ the coastline forms a series of curves la côte forme une série de courbes;∎ the children formed a circle les enfants formèrent un cercle;∎ form a line please faites la queue s'il vous plaît;∎ the applicants formed a queue les candidats firent la queue∎ he's wary of forming friendships il hésite à nouer des amitiés;∎ to form an impression avoir une impression(d) (organize → association, club) créer, fonder; (→ committee, government) former; Commerce (→ company) fonder, créer;∎ they formed themselves into a committee ils se constituèrent en comité(e) (constitute) composer, former;∎ to form the basis of sth constituer la base de ou servir de base à qch;∎ to form (a) part of sth faire partie de qch;∎ the countries forming the alliance les pays qui constituent l'alliance∎ how to form the past tense comment former le passé composé(a) (materialize) se former, prendre forme;∎ doubts began to form in his mind des doutes commencèrent à prendre forme dans son esprit, il commença à avoir des doutes(b) (take shape) se former;∎ form into a line! alignez-vous!;∎ we formed into groups nous nous sommes mis en groupes, nous avons formé des groupes►► Linguistics form class catégorie f grammaticale;Computing form document document m canevas;Computing form feed avancement m du papier;form letter lettre f circulaire;British School form teacher, form tutor ≃ professeur m principal;Linguistics form word mot-outil m, mot m faisant fonction de désinenceBritish se mettre en ligne, s'aligner
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