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rise [raɪz]1. noun[of sun] lever m ; ( = increase) (in temperature, prices) hausse f ; (British in wages) augmentation f• there has been a rise in the number of people looking for work le nombre des demandeurs d'emploi a augmenté► to give rise to [+ trouble] provoquer ; [+ speculation] donner lieu à ; [+ fear, suspicions] suscitera. ( = get up) se lever• rise and shine! allez, lève-toi !b. ( = go up, ascend) monter ; [balloon] s'élever ; [curtain, sun] se lever ; [dough] lever ; [hopes, anger] grandir ; [prices] être en hausse ; [cost of living] augmenter• to rise to the surface [swimmer, object, fish] remonter à la surfacec. (in society, rank) s'éleverd. ( = rebel also rise up se soulever* * *[raɪz] 1.1) ( increase) (in amount, number, inflation, rates) augmentation f (in de); (in prices, pressure) hausse f (in de); ( in temperature) élévation f (in de); ( in standards) amélioration f (in de)3) ( progress) ( of person) ascension f; ( of empire) essor m; ( of ideology) montée f4) ( slope) montée f5) ( hill) butte f6)2.to give rise to — fig donner lieu à [rumours, speculation]; susciter [resentment, frustration]; causer [problem, unemployment]
1) ( become higher) [water] monter; [price, temperature] augmenter; [voice] devenir plus fortto rise above — [temperature, amount] dépasser
3) ( get up) [person] se lever; ( after falling) se relever‘rise and shine!’ — ‘debout!’
4) ( meet successfully)to rise to — se montrer à la hauteur de [occasion, challenge]
5) ( progress) [person] réussirto rise to — devenir [director, manager]; s'élever à [rank]
6) ( slope upwards) [road] monter; [cliff] s'élever7) ( appear over horizon) [sun, moon] se lever8) Geography ( have source)to rise in — [river] prendre sa source dans [area]
9) Culinary [cake] lever10) [committee, parliament] lever la séance•Phrasal Verbs:- rise up••to get a rise out of somebody — (colloq) faire enrager quelqu'un
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62 scene
scene [si:n]a. ( = part of play) scène fc. ( = place) lieu m• the scene of the crime/accident le lieu du crime/de l'accident• to appear or come on the scene faire son apparitione. ( = sphere of activity) monde m* * *[siːn]1) (in play, film, novel) scène ffirst, let's set the scene: a villa in Mexico — situons le décor d'abord: une villa au Mexique
the scene was set for a major tragedy — fig tous les éléments étaient réunis pour qu'une grande tragédie se produise
2) Theatre décor mbehind the scenes — lit, fig dans les coulisses fpl
3) ( location) lieu mthese streets have been the scene of violent fighting — ces rues ont été le théâtre de violents affrontements
to come on the scene — [police, ambulance] arriver sur les lieux; fig arriver
4) (sphere, field) scène fthe jazz/fashion scene — le monde du jazz/de la mode
it's not my scene — (colloq) ce n'est pas mon genre
5) ( emotional incident) scène f6) (image, sight) image f7) ( view) vue f, tableau m; Art scène f -
63 sell
sell [sel](preterite, past participle sold)a. vendre ; [+ stock] écouler• to sell sth for $25 vendre qch 25 dollars• he sold it to me for $10 il me l'a vendu 10 dollars• he was selling them for £10 a dozen il les vendait 10 livres la douzaine• to sell o.s. short ne pas se mettre en valeur• these books sell for $10 each ces livres se vendent 10 dollars pièce3. compounds► sell outb. ( = be used up)c. [shopkeeper] to sell out of sth (temporarily) être à court de qch ; ( = use up supply of) épuiser son stock de qch* * *[sel] 1.(colloq) noun (deception, disappointment) déception f2.transitive verb (prét, pp sold)1) gen, Commerce vendreto sell something at ou for £5 each — vendre quelque chose 5 livres sterling pièce
‘stamps sold here’ — ‘ici on vend des timbres’
2) ( promote sale of) faire vendre3) ( put across) faire accepter, vendre pej [idea, image, policy, party]4) (colloq) ( cause to appear true)to sell somebody something —
to sell something to somebody — faire avaler (colloq) quelque chose à quelqu'un [lie, story, excuse]
5) ( betray) trahir3.intransitive verb (prét, pp sold)1) [person, shop, dealer] vendre‘sell by June 27’ — ‘date limite de vente: 27 juin’
2) [goods, product, house, book] se vendre4.the new model is/isn't selling (well) — le nouveau modèle se vend bien/mal
reflexive verb (prét, pp sold)1) ( prostitute oneself)to sell oneself — lit, fig se vendre (to à; for pour)
2) ( put oneself across)to sell oneself — se vendre (colloq)
•Phrasal Verbs:- sell off- sell out- sell up••to be sold on — être emballé (colloq) par [idea, person]
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64 silently
silently [ˈsaɪləntlɪ]( = without speaking) en silence ; ( = without making any noise) silencieusement* * *['saɪləntlɪ]adverb [appear, leave, move] silencieusement; [listen, pray, stare, work] en silence -
65 so
so [səʊ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverb2. conjunction3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverb• so easy/quickly si facile/rapidement• is it really so tiring? est-ce vraiment si fatigant ?• do you really need so long? vous faut-il vraiment autant de temps ?► so... (that) si... que• he was so nervous (that) he could hardly write il était si nerveux qu'il pouvait à peine écrire► so... as to do sth assez... pour faire qch• he was so stupid as to tell her il a été assez stupide pour lui raconter► not so... as pas aussi... queb. ( = very, to a great extent) tellement• I'm so tired! je suis tellement fatigué !• Elizabeth, who so loved France Elizabeth, qui aimait tant la Francec. (unspecified amount) how tall is he? -- oh, about so tall (accompanied by gesture) quelle taille fait-il ? -- oh, à peu près comme çad. ( = thus, in this way) ainsi• so it was that... c'est ainsi que...• it so happened that... il s'est trouvé que...• how long will it take? -- a week or so combien de temps cela va-t-il prendre ? -- une semaine environ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note that pour que is followed by the subjunctive.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• he arranged the timetable so that the afternoons were free il a organisé l'emploi du temps de façon à laisser les après-midi libresf. (used as substitute for phrase, word) so I believe c'est ce que je crois• is that so? ah bon !• if that is so... s'il en est ainsi...• I told you so! je te l'avais bien dit !• so it seems! apparemment !• he said they would be there and so they were il a dit qu'ils seraient là, et en effet ils y étaient• so do I!• so have I!• so am I! moi aussi !• if you do that so will I si tu fais ça, j'en ferai autant• it's raining -- so it is! il pleut -- en effet !• I didn't say that! -- you did so! (inf) je n'ai pas dit ça ! -- mais si, tu l'as dit !• I'm not going, so there! je n'y vais pas, là !2. conjunctiona. ( = therefore) donc• he was late, so he missed the train il est arrivé en retard et a donc manqué le train• the roads are busy so be careful il y a beaucoup de circulation, alors fais bien attentionb. (exclamatory) so there he is! le voilà donc !• so you're selling it? alors vous le vendez ?• so he's come at last! il est donc enfin arrivé !• and so you see... alors comme vous voyez...3. compounds(plural so-and-sos)• Mr/Mrs So-and-so Monsieur/Madame Untel* * *[səʊ] 1.1) ( so very) si, tellementnot so (colloq) thin as — pas aussi maigre que
I'm not feeling so good — (colloq) je ne me sens pas très bien
2) ( to limited extent)3) ( in such a way)just as in the 19th century, so today — tout comme au XIXe siècle, aujourd'hui
4) ( for that reason)5) ( true)6) ( also) aussiif they accept so do I — s'ils acceptent, j'accepte aussi
7) (colloq) ( thereabouts) environ8) ( as introductory remark)9) ( avoiding repetition)he's conscientious, perhaps too much so — il est consciencieux, peut-être même trop
he dived and as he did so... — il a plongé et en le faisant...
I'm afraid so — j'ai bien peur que oui or si
10) sout ( referring forward or back)if you so wish you may... — si vous le souhaitez, vous pouvez...
11) ( reinforcing a statement)‘I thought you liked it?’ - ‘so I do’ — ‘je croyais que ça te plaisait’ - ‘mais ça me plaît’
‘it's broken’ - ‘so it is’ — ‘c'est cassé’ - ‘je le vois bien!’
‘I'm sorry’ - ‘so you should be’ — ‘je suis désolé’ - ‘j'espère bien’
12) (colloq) ( refuting a statement)‘he didn't hit you’ - ‘he did so!’ — ‘il ne t'a pas frappé?’ - ‘si, il m'a frappé’
I can so make waffles — si, je sais faire les gaufres
13) (colloq) ( as casual response) et alors‘I'm leaving’ - ‘so?’ — ‘je m'en vais’ - ‘et alors?’
2.so why worry! — et alors, il n'y pas de quoi t'en faire!
so (that) conjunctional phrase1) ( in such a way that) de façon à ce queshe wrote the instructions so that they'd be easily understood — elle a rédigé les instructions de façon à ce qu'elles soient faciles à comprendre
2) ( in order that) pour que3.so as conjunctional phrase pour4.so much adverbial phrase, pronominal phrase1) (also so many) ( such large quantity) tant de2) (also so many) ( limited amount)3) ( to such an extent) tellement4) ( in contrasts)5.so much as adverbial phrase ( even) même6.so much for prepositional phrase1) ( having finished with)so much for that problem, now for... — assez parlé de ce problème, parlons maintenant de...
2) (colloq) ( used disparagingly)7.so long as (colloq) conjunctional phrase long••so long! — (colloq) à bientôt!
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67 summon
summon [ˈsʌmən][+ energy, strength] rassembler* * *['sʌmən]transitive verb1) ( call for) gen faire venir; convoquer [ambassador]to summon reinforcements/a taxi — appeler des renforts/un taxi
2) Law citer3) ( convene) convoquer•Phrasal Verbs: -
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69 vision
vision [ˈvɪʒən]1. nounb. (in dream, trance) vision f* * *['vɪʒn] 1.1) (idea, mental picture, hallucination) vision f2) ( imaginative foresight) sagacité f3) ( ability to see) vue f4) ( visual image) image f2.transitive verb US imaginer -
70 IPO
Over in the US, Wit Capital appeared to be on to a good thing. It offered Internet subscribers first bite of the cherry on IPOs, as Americans call flotations. This would allow them to get the share of a float usually reserved for institutional investors and, as Wit had access to all those lovely technology IPOs, which appear to go to an astonishing premium, this would be lucrative for all concerned.
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71 globalize
globaliser, mondialiserJudith Robertson knows a thing or two or three about transitions: She's one of a new breed of people in the investment management business who appear able to glide effortlessly from posting to posting in the globalized economy, making the transition from Toronto to Vancouver to San Francisco to London to San Francisco and back to Toronto.
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72 abstract
['æbstrækt] 1. adjective1) ((of a noun) referring to something which exists as an idea and which is not physically real: Truth, poverty and bravery are abstract nouns.) abstrait2) ((of painting, sculpture etc) concerned with colour, shape, texture etc rather than showing things as they really appear: an abstract sketch of a vase of flowers.) abstrait2. noun(a summary (of a book, article etc).) résumé -
73 at fever pitch
(at a level of great excitement: The crowd's excitement was at fever pitch as they waited for the filmstar to appear.) paroxysme -
74 at the expense of
1) (being paid for by; at the cost of: He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work.) aux frais de; aux dépens de2) (making (a person) appear ridiculous: He told a joke at his wife's expense.) aux dépens de -
75 break out
1) (to appear or happen suddenly: War has broken out.) éclater2) (to escape (from prison, restrictions etc): A prisoner has broken out (noun breakout).) (s')évader; évasion -
76 clash
[klæʃ] 1. noun1) (a loud noise, like eg swords striking together: the clash of metal on metal.) choc métallique2) (a serious disagreement or difference: a clash of personalities.) conflit3) (a battle: a clash between opposing armies.) affrontement4) ((of two or more things) an act of interfering with each other because of happening at the same time: a clash between classes.) coïncidence fãcheuse2. verb1) (to strike together noisily: The cymbals clashed.) s'entrechoquer2) (to fight (in battle): The two armies clashed at the mouth of the valley.) s'affronter3) (to disagree violently: They clashed over wages.) ètre en désaccord (sur)4) (to interfere (with something or each other) because of happening at the same time: The two lectures clash.) tomber en mème temps5) ((of colours) to appear unpleasant when placed together: The (colour of the) jacket clashes with the (colour of the) skirt.) jurer (avec) -
77 come on
1) (to appear on stage or the screen: They waited for the comedian to come on.) entrer en scène2) (hurry up!: Come on - we'll be late for the party!) allons!3) (don't be ridiculous!: Come on, you don't really expect me to believe that!) allons! -
78 court
[ko:t] 1. noun1) (a place where legal cases are heard: a magistrates' court; the High Court.) tribunal2) (the judges and officials of a legal court: The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.) cour3) (a marked-out space for certain games: a tennis-court; a squash court.) court4) (the officials, councillors etc of a king or queen: the court of King James.) cour5) (the palace of a king or queen: Hampton Court.) cour6) (an open space surrounded by houses or by the parts of one house.) cour2. verb1) (to try to win the love of; to woo.) courtiser2) (to try to gain (admiration etc).) solliciter3) (to seem to be deliberately risking (disaster etc).) aller au-devant de•- courtier- courtly - courtliness - courtship - courthouse - court-martial - courtyard -
79 dawn
[do:n] 1. verb((especially of daylight) to begin to appear: A new day has dawned. See also dawn on below.) poindre2. noun1) (the very beginning of a day; very early morning: We must get up at dawn.) aube2) (the very beginning of something: the dawn of civilization.) naissance•- dawning- dawn on -
80 dwarf
[dwo:f] 1. plurals - dwarfs; noun1) (an animal, plant or person much smaller than normal.) nain, naine2) (in fairy tales etc, a creature like a tiny man, with magic powers: Snow White and the seven dwarfs.) nain, naine2. verb(to make to appear small: The cathedral was dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers.) écraser
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