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  • 101 Silk Fabrics

    The Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland, Inc., has formulated the following definitions of " Silks ": - (1) Silk means the natural product of the silkworm, whether net, spun, or schappe silk. (2) Woven or knitted textiles and articles made therefrom. Silk goods may only be so called if they contain no other fibre than silk. They may be further qualified as pure silk goods if they contain no tin weighting and no added weight of any kind other than that which is an essential part of dyeing and finishing. (3) The word silk may be used for articles containing silk and other fibres provided it is clearly qualified, as for example, silk warp taffeta, silk warp poplin, silk pile velvet, silk mixture, silk union, etc. (4) Smallwares, certain smallwares containing silks in combination with other fibres (such as Paris bindings, gimps, eyeglass cords, etc.), have been by long established custom known as "silks." Only where there is a clear long established custom may they continue to be described as silk, otherwise the general principles set forth above will apply. The more generally known silk fabrics are as given below: - Armures - Barathea, Loisine, Natte, Ottoman, Roy ale. Repp. Figured Silks - Arras, Broche, Brocatelle, Brocades, Chevron, Chine warp prints. Cote-line, Damassin, Foulard, Lampas, Matelasse, Striped tabaret. Satins - Duchesse, Meteor, Mervelleux, Peau de Soie, Radyimar, Raadames, Radium, Satin mousseline. Satin messaline. Satin lus-mineaux. Satin charmeuse. Satin de Lyon, Satin chine. Satin lumiere, Soleil, Soie de Devil. Twills - Serge, Surah, Sarcenat. Velvet, or pile weaves - Terry velvet frese, Utrecht, Velours de nord. Velours de chiffon, Velours de sabre. Silk warp, wool weft - Bengaline, Cotele, Crepon, Irish poplin, Popeline, Poplinette, Sultane, Sicilienne, Velours Victoria, Veloa-tine. Silk warp, cotton weft - Moirette, Polonaise, Satins, Satinet, Striped linings. Taffetas, plain weaves - Bengaline de Soie, Epingle, Faille Francaise, Glace, Gros grain, Gros de Tours, Gros de Naples, Gros de Suez, Lustring, Pongee, Poult de Soie, Royale, Tabaret, Taffeta mousseline. Taffeta chiffon. Crepe de chine, Ninon, tulle, voile, Marquisette, Moire onde. Moire Faconne, Moire Francaise, Moire Antique.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Silk Fabrics

  • 102 hose

    [həuz] 1.
    1) ((also hosepipe) a rubber, plastic etc tube which bends and which is used to carry water etc: a garden hose; a fireman's hose.) buyau (d'arrosage); lance (d'incendie)
    2) (an older word for stockings or socks: woollen hose.) bas
    2. verb
    (to apply water to by means of a hose: I'll go and hose the garden/car.) arroser au jet
    - hose reel - hose down

    English-French dictionary > hose

  • 103 refer

    [rə'fə:] 1. past tense, past participle - referred; verb
    1) (to talk or write (about something); to mention: He doesn't like anyone referring to his wooden leg; I referred to your theories in my last book.) faire allusion à
    2) (to relate to, concern, or apply to: My remarks refer to your last letter.) renvoyer à
    3) (to send or pass on to someone else for discussion, information, a decision etc: The case was referred to a higher law-court; I'll refer you to the managing director.) envoyer à
    4) (to look for information (in something): If I'm not sure how to spell a word, I refer to a dictionary.) consulter
    2. verb
    (to act as a referee for a match: I've been asked to referee (a football match) on Saturday.) arbitrer
    - reference book - reference library

    English-French dictionary > refer

  • 104 hose

    [həuz] 1.
    1) ((also hosepipe) a rubber, plastic etc tube which bends and which is used to carry water etc: a garden hose; a fireman's hose.) mangueira
    2) (an older word for stockings or socks: woollen hose.) meia
    2. verb
    (to apply water to by means of a hose: I'll go and hose the garden/car.) regar com mangueira
    - hose reel - hose down

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  • 105 refer

    [rə'fə:] 1. past tense, past participle - referred; verb
    1) (to talk or write (about something); to mention: He doesn't like anyone referring to his wooden leg; I referred to your theories in my last book.) referir-se
    2) (to relate to, concern, or apply to: My remarks refer to your last letter.) referir(-se)
    3) (to send or pass on to someone else for discussion, information, a decision etc: The case was referred to a higher law-court; I'll refer you to the managing director.) encaminhar
    4) (to look for information (in something): If I'm not sure how to spell a word, I refer to a dictionary.) consultar
    2. verb
    (to act as a referee for a match: I've been asked to referee (a football match) on Saturday.) arbitrar
    - reference book - reference library

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  • 106 put

    put
    A n Fin = put option.
    B vtr ( p prés - tt- ; prét, pp put)
    1 ( place) mettre [object] ; put them here please mettez-les ici s'il vous plaît ; to put sth on/under/around etc mettre qch sur/sous/autour de etc ; to put a stamp on a letter mettre un timbre sur une lettre ; to put a lock on the door/a button on a shirt mettre une serrure sur la porte/un bouton sur une chemise ; to put one's arm around sb mettre son bras autour de qn ; to put one's hands in one's pockets mettre les mains dans ses poches ; to put sth in a safe place mettre qch en lieu sûr ; to put sugar in one's tea mettre du sucre dans son thé ; to put more sugar in one's tea ajouter du sucre dans son thé ; to put more soap in the bathroom remettre du savon dans la salle de bains ;
    2 ( cause to go or undergo) to put sth through glisser qch dans [letterbox] ; passer qch par [window] ; faire passer qch à [mincer] ; to put one's head through the window passer la tête par la fenêtre ; to put one's fist through the window casser la fenêtre d'un coup de poing ; to put sth through the books Accts faire passer qch dans les frais généraux ; to put sth through a test faire passer un test à qch ; to put sth through a process faire suivre un processus à qch ; to put sb through envoyer qn à [university, college] ; faire passer qn par [suffering, ordeal] ; faire passer [qch] à qn [test] ; faire suivre [qch] à qn [course] ; after all you've put me through après tout ce que tu m'as fait subir ; to put sb through hell faire souffrir mille morts à qn ; to put one's hand/finger to porter la main/le doigt à [mouth] ;
    3 ( cause to be or do) mettre [person] ; to put sb in prison/on a diet mettre qn en prison/au régime ; to put sb on the train mettre qn dans le train ; to put sb in goal/in defence GB mettre qn dans les buts/en défense ; to put sb in a bad mood/in an awkward position mettre qn de mauvaise humeur/dans une situation délicate ; to put sb to work mettre qn au travail ; to put sb to mending/washing sth faire réparer/laver qch à qn ;
    4 (devote, invest) to put money/energy into sth investir de l'argent/son énergie dans qch ; if you put some effort into your work, you will improve si tu fais des efforts, ton travail sera meilleur ; to put a lot into s'engager à fond pour [work, project] ; sacrifier beaucoup à [marriage] ; to put a lot of effort into sth faire beaucoup d'efforts pour qch ; she puts a lot of herself into her novels il y a beaucoup d'éléments autobiographiques dans ses romans ;
    5 ( add) to put sth towards mettre qch pour [holiday, gift, fund] ; put it towards some new clothes dépense-le en nouveaux vêtements ; to put tax/duty on sth taxer/imposer qch ; to put a penny on income tax GB augmenter d'un pourcent l'impôt sur le revenu ;
    6 ( express) how would you put that in French? comment dirait-on ça en français? ; how can I put it? comment dirai-je? ; it was-how can I put it-unusual c'était-comment dire-original ; that's one way of putting it! iron on peut le dire comme ça! ; as Sartre puts it comme le dit Sartre ; to put it simply pour le dire simplement ; to put it bluntly pour parler franchement ; let me put it another way laissez-moi m'exprimer différemment ; that was very well ou nicely put c'était très bien tourné ; to put one's feelings/one's anger into words trouver les mots pour exprimer ses sentiments/sa colère ; to put sth in writing mettre qch par écrit ;
    7 ( offer for consideration) présenter [argument, point of view, proposal] ; to put sth to soumettre qch à [meeting, conference, board] ; to put sth to the vote mettre qch au vote ; I put it to you that Jur j'ai la présomption que ;
    8 (rate, rank) placer ; where would you put it on a scale of one to ten? où est-ce que tu placerais cela sur une échelle allant de un à dix? ; to put sb in the top rank of artists placer qn au premier rang des artistes ; I put a sense of humour before good looks je place le sens de l'humour avant la beauté ; I put a sense of humour first pour moi le plus important c'est le sens de l'humour ; to put children/safety first faire passer les enfants/la sécurité avant tout ; to put one's family before everything faire passer sa famille avant tout ;
    9 ( estimate) to put sth at évaluer qch à [sum] ; to put the value of sth at estimer la valeur de qch à [sum] ; I'd put him at about 40 je lui donnerais à peu près 40 ans ;
    10 Sport lancer [shot] ;
    11 Agric ( for mating) to put a heifer/mare to amener une génisse/jument à [male].
    C v refl ( p prés - tt- ; prét, pp put) to put oneself in a strong position/in sb's place se mettre dans une position de force/à la place de qn.
    I didn't know where to put myself je ne savais pas où me mettre ; I wouldn't put it past him! je ne pense pas que ça le gênerait! (to do de faire) ; I wouldn't put anything past her! je la crois capable de tout! ; put it there ! ( invitation to shake hands) tope là! ; to put it about a bit péj coucher à droite et à gauche ; to put one over ou across GB on sb faire marcher qn .
    put about:
    put about Naut virer de bord ;
    put [sth] about, put about [sth]
    1 ( spread) faire circuler [rumour, gossip, story] ; to put (it) about that faire courir le bruit que ; it is being put about that le bruit court que ;
    2 Naut faire virer de bord [vessel].
    put across [sth], put [sth] across communiquer [idea, message, concept, case, point of view] ; mettre [qch] en valeur [personality] ; to put oneself across se mettre en valeur.
    put aside:
    put aside [sth], put [sth] aside mettre [qch] de côté [money, article, differences, divisions, mistrust].
    put away:
    put away [sth], put [sth] away
    1 ( tidy away) ranger [toys, dishes] ;
    2 ( save) mettre [qch] de côté [money] ;
    3 ( consume) avaler [food] ; descendre [drink] ;
    put away [sb] , put [sb] away
    1 ( in mental hospital) enfermer ; he had to be put away il a fallu l'enfermer ;
    2 ( in prison) boucler [person] (for pour).
    put back:
    put back [sth], put [sth] back
    1 (return, restore) remettre [object] ; to put sth back where it belongs remettre qch à sa place ;
    2 ( postpone) remettre, repousser [meeting, departure] (to à ; until jusqu'à) ; repousser [date] ;
    3 retarder [clock, watch] ; remember to put your clocks back an hour n'oubliez pas de retarder votre pendule d'une heure ;
    4 ( delay) retarder [project, production, deliveries] (by de) ;
    5 ( knock back) descendre [drink, quantity].
    put by GB:
    put [sth] by, put by [sth] mettre [qch] de côté [money] ; to have a bit (of money) put by avoir un peu d'argent de côté.
    put down:
    put down ( land) [aircraft] atterrir (on sur) ;
    put [sth] down, put down [sth]
    1 (on ground, table) poser [object, plane] (on sur) ; mettre [rat poison etc] ;
    2 ( suppress) réprimer [uprising, revolt, opposition] ;
    3 ( write down) mettre (par écrit) [date, time, name] ; put down whatever you like mets ce que tu veux ;
    4 ( ascribe) to put sth down to mettre qch sur le compte de [incompetence, human error etc] ; to put sth down to the fact that imputer qch au fait que ;
    5 ( charge) to put sth down to mettre qch sur [account] ;
    6 Vet ( by injection) piquer ; ( by other method) abattre ; to have a dog put down faire piquer un chien ;
    7 (advance, deposit) to put down a deposit verser des arrhes ; to put £50 down on sth verser 50 livres d'arrhes sur qch ;
    8 (lay down, store) mettre [qch] en cave [wine] ; affiner [cheese] ;
    9 ( put on agenda) inscrire [qch] à l'ordre du jour [motion] ;
    put [sb] down, put down [sb]
    1 ( drop off) déposer [passenger] ; to put sb down on the corner déposer qn au coin de la rue ;
    2 ( humiliate) rabaisser [person] ;
    3 gen Sch ( into lower group) faire descendre [pupil, team] (from de ; to, into à) ;
    4 (classify, count in) to put sb down as considérer qn comme [possibility, candidate, fool] ; I'd never have put you down as a Scotsman! je ne t'aurais jamais pris pour un Écossais! ; to put sb down for ( note as wanting or offering) compter [qch] pour qn [contribution] ; ( put on waiting list) inscrire qn sur la liste d'attente pour [school, club] ; put me down for a meal compte un repas pour moi ; to put sb down for £10 compter 10 livres pour qn ; to put sb down for three tickets réserver trois billets pour qn.
    put forth [sth], put [sth] forth
    1 présenter [shoots, leaves, buds] ;
    2 fig émettre [idea, theory].
    put forward [sth], put [sth] forward
    1 ( propose) avancer [idea, theory, name] ; soumettre [plan, proposal, suggestion] ; émettre [opinion] ;
    2 ( in time) avancer [meeting, date, clock] (by de ; to à) ; don't forget to put your clocks forward one hour n'oubliez pas d'avancer votre pendule d'une heure ;
    put [sb] forward, put forward [sb] présenter la candidature de (for pour) ;
    put sb forward as présenter qn comme [candidate] ; to put oneself forward présenter sa candidature, se présenter ; to put oneself forward as a candidate présenter sa candidature ; to put oneself forward for se présenter pour [post].
    put in:
    put in
    1 [ship] faire escale (at à ; to dans ; for pour) ;
    2 ( apply) to put in for [person] postuler pour [job, promotion, rise] ; demander [transfer, overtime] ;
    put in [sth], put [sth] in
    1 (fit, install) installer [central heating, shower, kitchen] ; to have sth put in faire installer qch ;
    2 ( make) faire [request, claim, offer, bid] ; to put in an application for déposer une demande de [visa, passport] ; poser sa candidature pour [job] ; to put in a protest protester ; to put in an appearance faire une apparition ;
    3 ( contribute) passer [time, hours, days] ; contribuer pour [sum, amount] ; they are each putting in £1 m chacun apporte une contribution d'un million de livres ; to put in a lot of time doing consacrer beaucoup de temps à faire ; to put in a good day's work avoir une bonne journée de travail ; to put in a lot of work se donner beaucoup de mal ; thank you for all the work you've put in merci pour tout le mal que tu t'es donné ;
    4 ( insert) mettre [paragraph, word, reference] ; to put in that mettre que ; to put in how/why expliquer comment/pourquoi ;
    5 ( elect) élire ; that puts the Conservatives in again les conservateurs ont donc été élus encore une fois ;
    put [sb] in for présenter [qn] pour [exam, scholarship] ; poser la candidature de [qn] pour [promotion, job] ; recommander [qn] pour [prize, award] ; to put oneself in for poser sa candidature pour [job, promotion].
    put off:
    put off Naut partir ;
    put off from s'éloigner de [quay, jetty] ;
    put off [sth], put [sth] off
    1 (delay, defer) remettre [qch] (à plus tard) [wedding, meeting] ; to put sth off until June/until after Christmas remettre qch à juin/à après Noël ; I should see a doctor, but I keep putting it off je devrais voir un médecin, mais je remets toujours ça à plus tard ; to put off visiting sb/doing one's homework remettre à plus tard une visite chez qn/ses devoirs ;
    2 ( turn off) éteindre [light, radio] ; couper [radiator, heating] ;
    put off [sb], put [sb] off
    1 (fob off, postpone seeing) décommander [guest] ; dissuader [person] ; to put sb off coming with an excuse trouver une excuse pour dissuader qn de venir ; to be easily put off se décourager facilement ;
    2 ( repel) [appearance, smell, colour] dégoûter ; [manner, person] déconcerter ; to put sb off sth dégoûter qn de qch ; don't be put off by the colour-it tastes delicious! ne te laisse pas dégoûter par la couleur-c'est délicieux! ;
    3 GB ( distract) distraire ; stop trying to put me off! arrête de me distraire! ; you're putting me off my work tu me distrais de mon travail ;
    4 ( drop off) déposer [passenger].
    put on:
    put on [sth], put [sth] on
    1 mettre [garment, hat, cream, lipstick] ;
    2 (switch on, operate) allumer [light, gas, radio, heating] ; mettre [record, tape, music] ; to put the kettle on mettre de l'eau à chauffer ; to put the brakes on freiner ;
    3 ( gain) prendre [weight, kilo] ;
    4 ( add) rajouter [extra duty, tax] ;
    5 ( produce) monter [play, exhibition] ;
    6 (assume, adopt) prendre [air, accent, look, expression] ; he's putting it on il fait semblant ;
    7 (lay on, offer) ajouter [extra train, bus service] ; proposer [meal, dish] ;
    8 ( put forward) avancer [clock] ;
    9 Turf ( bet) parier [amount] ; to put a bet on faire un pari ;
    put [sb] on
    1 Telecom ( connect) passer ; I'll put him on je vous le passe ;
    2 US faire marcher [person] ;
    3 ( recommend) to put sb on to sth indiquer qch à qn ; who put you on to me? qui vous a envoyé à moi? ;
    4 ( put on track of) to put sb on to mettre qn sur la piste de [killer, criminal, runaway].
    put out:
    put out
    1 Naut partir (from de) ; to put out to sea mettre à la mer ;
    2 US péj coucher avec n'importe qui ;
    put out [sth], put [sth] out
    1 ( extend) tendre [hand, arm, foot, leg] ; to put out one's tongue tirer la langue ;
    2 ( extinguish) éteindre [fire, cigarette, candle, light] ;
    3 ( take outside) sortir [bin, garbage] ; faire sortir [cat] ;
    4 ( issue) diffuser [description, report, warning] ; faire [statement] ; propager [rumour] ;
    5 (make available, arrange) mettre [food, dishes, towels etc] ;
    6 ( sprout) déployer [shoot, bud, root] ;
    7 ( cause to be wrong) fausser [figure, estimate, result] ;
    8 ( dislocate) se démettre [shoulder, ankle] ;
    9 ( subcontract) confier [qch] en sous-traitance [work] (to à) ;
    put [sb] out
    1 ( inconvenience) déranger ; to put oneself out se mettre en quatre (to do pour faire) ; to put oneself out for sb se donner beaucoup de mal pour qn ; don't put yourself out for us ne vous dérangez pas pour nous ;
    2 ( annoy) contrarier ; he looked really put out il avait l'air vraiment contrarié ;
    3 ( evict) expulser.
    put [sth] through, put through [sth]
    1 ( implement) faire passer [reform, bill, amendment, plan, measure] ;
    2 Telecom ( transfer) passer [call] (to à) ; she put through a call from my husband elle m'a passé mon mari ;
    put [sb] through Telecom passer [caller] (to à) ; I'm just putting you through je vous le/la passe ; I was put through to another department on m'a passé un autre service.
    put [sb/sth] together, put together [sb/sth]
    1 ( assemble) assembler [pieces, parts] ; to put sth together again, to put sth back together reconstituer qch ; more/smarter than all the rest put together plus/plus intelligent que tous les autres réunis ;
    2 ( place together) mettre ensemble [animals, objects, people] ;
    3 ( form) former [coalition, partnership, group, team, consortium] ;
    4 (edit, make) constituer [file, portfolio, anthology] ; rédiger [newsletter, leaflet] ; établir [list] ; faire [film, programme, video] ;
    5 ( concoct) improviser [meal] ;
    6 ( present) constituer [case] ; construire [argument, essay].
    put up:
    put up
    1 ( stay) to put up at sb's se faire héberger par qn ; to put up in a hotel descendre à l'hôtel ;
    2 to put up with ( tolerate) supporter [behaviour, person] ; to have a lot to put up with avoir beaucoup de choses à supporter ;
    put up [sth] opposer [resistance] ; to put up a fight/struggle combattre ; to put up a good performance [team, competitor] bien se défendre ;
    put [sth] up, put up [sth]
    1 ( raise) hisser [flag, sail] ; relever [hair] ; to put up one's hand/leg lever la main/la jambe ; put your hands up! ( in class) levez le doigt! ; put 'em up ! ( to fight) bats-toi! ; ( to surrender) haut les mains! ;
    2 ( post up) mettre [sign, poster, notice, plaque, decorations] ; afficher [list] ; to put sth up on the wall/on the board afficher qch sur le mur/au tableau ;
    3 (build, erect) dresser [fence, barrier, tent] ; construire [building, memorial] ;
    4 (increase, raise) augmenter [rent, prices, tax] ; faire monter [temperature, pressure] ;
    5 ( provide) fournir [money, amount, percentage] (for pour ; to do pour faire) ;
    6 ( present) soumettre [proposal, argument] ; to put sth up for discussion soumettre qch à la discussion ;
    7 ( put in orbit) placer [qch] en orbite [satellite, probe] ;
    put [sb] up, put up [sb]
    1 ( lodge) héberger ;
    2 ( as candidate) présenter [candidate] ; to put sb up for proposer qn comme [leader, chairman] ; proposer qn pour [promotion, position] ; to put oneself up for se proposer comme [chairman] ; se proposer pour [post] ;
    3 ( promote) faire passer [qn] au niveau supérieur [pupil] ; to be put up [pupil, team] monter (to dans) ;
    4 ( incite) to put sb up to sth/to doing pousser [qn] à/à faire ; somebody must have put her up to it quelqu'un a dû l'y pousser.
    put upon:
    put upon [sb] abuser de [person] ; to be put upon se faire marcher sur les pieds ; to feel put upon avoir l'impression de se faire marcher sur les pieds ; I won't be put upon any more je ne me ferai plus jamais avoir .

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  • 107 rub

    rub
    A n
    1 ( massage) friction f ; to give [sth] a rub frictionner [back] ; bouchonner [horse] ;
    2 ( polish) coup m de chiffon ; to give [sth] a rub donner un coup de torchon à [spoon] ; donner un coup de chiffon à [table] ; frotter [stain] ;
    3 ( liniment) baume m pour les muscles ;
    4 ou hum ( drawback) hic m, inconvénient m ; there's the rub voilà le hic .
    1 ( touch) se frotter [chin, eyes, nose] ; to rub noses ( in greeting) se frotter le nez ; to rub one's hands with glee se frotter les mains de joie ;
    2 ( polish) frotter [stain, surface] ; to rub sth dry sécher qch avec un torchon ; to rub sth away faire disparaître qch [stain] ; to rub a hole in sth faire un trou dans qch ;
    3 ( massage) frictionner [back, shoulders] ; she rubbed my back elle m'a frictionné le dos ;
    4 ( apply) to rub sth on to the skin appliquer qch sur la peau ; to rub sth into the skin faire pénétrer qch dans la peau ;
    5 ( incorporate) to rub sth into Culin incorporer qch à [flour] ; rub the cream into your skin faire pénétrer la pommade en massant ; rub the shampoo into your hair bien répartir le shampooing en massant ;
    6 ( chafe) [shoe] blesser [heel] ; [wheel] frotter contre [mudguard].
    C vi ( p prés etc - bb-)
    1 ( scrub) frotter ;
    2 ( chafe) these shoes rub ces chaussures me blessent.
    D v refl ( p prés etc - bb-) to rub oneself se frotter (against contre) ; se frictionner (with avec) ; to rub oneself dry se frictionner pour se sécher.
    E rubbed pp adj [furniture] patiné ; [book cover] usé.
    to rub salt into sb's wounds remuer le couteau dans la plaie ; to rub sb up the wrong way prendre qn à rebrousse-poil ; to rub shoulders with sb côtoyer or fréquenter qn ; to rub sb's nose in it mettre à qn son nez dans son caca .
    rub along : to rub along with s'entendre assez bien avec [person].
    rub down:
    rub [sb] down, rub down [sb] frictionner [athlete] ;
    rub [sth] down, rub down [sth]
    1 ( massage) bouchonner [horse] ; to rub oneself down se frictionner ;
    2 ( smooth) poncer [plaster, wood].
    rub in:
    rub [sth] in, rub in [sth] Culin incorporer [butter] ; faire pénétrer [lotion] ; there's no need to rub it in ! fig inutile d'en rajouter ! ; he's always rubbing it in how rich he is il nous rebat les oreilles avec sa richesse .
    rub off:
    rub off
    1 ( come off) [dye, ink] déteindre ; the ink rubbed off on my hands l'encre a déteint sur mes mains ; I hope your integrity rubs off on him j'espère que ton honnêteté déteindra sur lui ;
    2 ( wipe off) the chalk/the pencil rubs off easily la craie/le crayon s'efface facilement ;
    rub [sth] off, rub off [sth] effacer, faire disparaître [stain, pattern].
    rub out:
    rub out [chalk, pencil] s'effacer ;
    rub [sth] out, rub out [sth] effacer [word, drawing] ;
    rub [sb] out US fig liquider qn.

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  • 108 loosely

    loosely ['lu:slɪ]
    (a) (not firmly → pack, fit, hold, wrap) sans serrer; (not closely → knit, weave) lâchement;
    the dress was loosely gathered at the waist la robe était peu ajustée à la taille;
    the rope hung loosely (unattached) la corde pendait; (slackly) la corde était lâche
    (b) (apply, interpret) mollement;
    loosely translated (freely) traduit librement; (inaccurately) mal traduit;
    loosely speaking, I'd say... en gros, je dirais...;
    the word is often used loosely le mot est souvent employé de façon imprécise
    (c) (vaguely → connect, relate) vaguement;
    the book is only loosely based on my research le livre n'a qu'un rapport lointain avec mes recherches;
    the exhibition is loosely organized around four themes l'exposition tourne autour de quatre grands thèmes

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  • 109 spread

    spread [spred] (pt & pp spread)
    1 noun
    (a) (diffusion, growth → of epidemic, fire) propagation f, progression f; (→ of technology, idea) diffusion f, dissémination f; (→ of religion) propagation f;
    they are trying to prevent the spread of unrest to other cities ils essaient d'empêcher les troubles d'atteindre ou de gagner d'autres villes
    (b) (range → of ages, interests) gamme f, éventail m;
    spread in interest rates différentiel m de taux d'intérêt;
    the commission represented a broad spread of opinion la commission représentait un large éventail d'opinions;
    maximum May temperatures show a ten-point spread les températures maximales du mois de mai montrent une variation de dix degrés
    (c) (of wings) envergure f
    (d) (of land) étendue f
    (e) (period) période f;
    growth occurred over a spread of several years la croissance s'étala sur une période de plusieurs années
    (f) (cover → for bed) couvre-lit m (tablecloth) nappe f; (dustcover) housse f
    (g) Cookery (paste) pâte f à tartiner; (jam) confiture f; (butter substitute) margarine f;
    salmon spread beurre m de saumon;
    chocolate spread chocolat m à tartiner
    (h) Press & Typography (two pages) double page f; (two-page advertisement) double page f publicitaire;
    the event was given a good spread l'événement a été largement couvert par la presse
    (i) familiar (meal) festin m;
    the hotel lays on a decent spread l'hôtel propose des repas tout à fait convenables ;
    cold spread repas m froid
    (j) American familiar (farm) ferme f; (ranch) ranch m;
    nice spread you've got here! belle propriété que vous avez là!
    (k) Stock Exchange spread m
    (a) (arms, fingers, legs) écarté
    (b) Linguistics (vowel) non arrondi
    (a) (apply → paint, jam, icing, plaster, glue) étaler; (→ asphalt) répandre; (→ manure) épandre;
    I spread mustard on the ham, I spread the ham with mustard j'ai étalé de la moutarde sur le jambon;
    he spread butter on a slice of toast or a slice of toast with butter il a tartiné de beurre une tranche de pain grillé;
    to spread ointment on a burn appliquer ou mettre de la pommade sur une brûlure;
    to spread the paint evenly étendre ou étaler la peinture en couches égales
    (b) (open out, unfold → wings, sails) étendre, déployer; (→ arms, legs, fingers) écarter; (→ map, napkin, blanket) étaler; (→ rug) étendre; (→ fan) ouvrir;
    he spread his handkerchief over his face il étala son mouchoir sur son visage;
    she lay on her back, her arms spread elle était allongée sur le dos, les bras écartés;
    a bird with its wings spread un oiseau aux ailes déployées;
    figurative it's time you spread your wings il est temps que vous voliez de vos propres ailes
    (c) (disseminate → disease, fire) propager, répandre; (→ news, idea, faith) propager; (→ rumour) répandre, faire courir; (→ lies) colporter; (→ terror, panic) répandre;
    the disease is spread by rats la maladie est propagée par les rats;
    the wind will spread the fire to the fields le vent va propager l'incendie jusque dans les champs;
    trade helped to spread the new technology to Asia le commerce a facilité la diffusion ou la dissémination de cette nouvelle technologie en Asie;
    the attack is at noon, spread the word! l'attaque est pour midi, faites passer ou passez le mot!;
    to spread the gospel prêcher ou répandre l'Évangile; figurative répandre la bonne parole
    (d) (distribute over an area → photos, cards, possessions) étaler; (sand, straw) répandre;
    he spread his papers on the desk il étala ses papiers sur le bureau;
    her hair was spread over the pillow ses cheveux s'étalaient sur l'oreiller;
    we spread the contents of the bag over the floor nous étalâmes le contenu du sac sur le sol;
    the floor was spread with straw le sol était recouvert de paille;
    take your shoes off, you're spreading dirt everywhere! enlève tes chaussures, tu salis tout!;
    the explosion had spread debris over a large area l'explosion avait dispersé des débris sur une grande superficie;
    their troops are spread too thinly to be effective leurs troupes sont trop dispersées pour être efficaces;
    figurative to spread oneself too thinly se disperser
    (e) (space out over a period of time) échelonner, étaler;
    the tourist season is now spread over six months la saison touristique s'étale maintenant sur six mois;
    the payments are spread over several months les paiements sont échelonnés ou étalés ou répartis sur plusieurs mois;
    to spread the losses over five years répartir les pertes sur cinq ans
    (f) (divide up → tax burden, work load) répartir;
    a policy designed to spread wealth more evenly une mesure qui vise à distribuer plus équitablement les richesses
    (g) Music (chord) arpéger
    (a) (stain) s'élargir; (disease, fame, suburb) s'étendre; (fire, desert, flood) gagner du terrain, s'étendre; (rumour, ideas, faith, terror, crime, suspicion) se répandre;
    panic spread through the crowd la panique a envahi ou gagné la foule;
    the epidemic is spreading to other regions l'épidémie gagne de nouvelles régions;
    the cancer had spread through her whole body le cancer s'était généralisé;
    the suburbs are spreading further everyday les banlieues s'étendent chaque jour un peu plus;
    the flood waters have spread across or over the whole plain l'inondation a gagné toute la plaine;
    the species spread throughout Africa l'espèce s'est répandue à travers toute l'Afrique
    (b) (extend → over a period of time, a range of subjects) s'étendre;
    their correspondence spreads over twenty years leur correspondance s'étend sur vingt ans
    (c) (butter, glue) s'étaler;
    the icing should spread easily le glaçage devrait s'étaler facilement
    (d) Stock Exchange spéculer sur les différentiels de cours
    ►► spread betting = système de paris portant sur le résultat d'un événement sportif ou autre, où les gains sont proportionnels à la justesse des prédictions, selon une fourchette de résultats préétablie;
    (a) Heraldry aigle f éployée
    (b) (in skating) grand aigle m;
    to do a spread eagle faire un grand aigle
    (rumour) répandre;
    have you been spreading it about that I…? est-ce que tu as été raconter partout que je…?
    (a) (disperse) disperser, éparpiller;
    the buildings are spread out among the trees les bâtiments sont dispersés parmi les arbres;
    the runners are now spread out (along the course) les coureurs sont maintenant éparpillés le long du parcours;
    the population is very spread out la population est très dispersée;
    in a city as spread out as Los Angeles dans une ville aussi étendue que Los Angeles
    (b) (space out in time → deliveries, payments) échelonner;
    to spread out over several financial years étaler sur plusieurs exercices;
    to spread out the losses over five years répartir les pertes sur cinq ans
    (c) (open out, unfold → wings) étendre, déployer; (→ arms, legs, fingers) écarter; (→ map, napkin, blanket) étaler; (→ rug) étendre; (→ fan) ouvrir; (lay out → photos, cards, possessions) étaler;
    she lay on her back, her arms spread out elle était allongée sur le dos, les bras écartés;
    a bird with its wings spread out un oiseau aux ailes déployées;
    to spread oneself out (on sofa etc) s'étendre, s'allonger;
    the plain lay spread out in front of us la plaine s'étalait ou se déployait devant nous;
    he spread his papers out on the desk il étala ses papiers sur le bureau;
    their troops are spread out too thinly to be effective leurs troupes sont trop dispersées pour être efficaces
    (a) (town, forest) s'étendre
    (b) (disperse) se disperser; (in formation) se déployer;
    the search party had spread out through the woods l'équipe de secours s'était déployée à travers les bois
    (c) (open out → sail) se déployer, se gonfler
    (d) (make oneself at ease) s'installer confortablement;
    I need an office where I can spread out j'ai besoin d'un bureau où je puisse étaler mes affaires

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  • 110 Carlson, Chester Floyd

    [br]
    b. 8 July 1906 Seattle, Washington, USA
    d. 19 September 1968 New York, USA
    [br]
    [br]
    Carlson studied physics at the California Institute of Technology and in 1930 he took a research position at Bell Telephone Laboratories, but soon transferred to their patent department. To equip himself in this field, Carlson studied law, and in 1934 he became a patent attorney at P.R.Mallory \& Co., makers of electrical apparatus. He was struck by the difficulty in obtaining copies of documents and drawings; indeed, while still at school, he had encountered printing problems in trying to produce a newsletter for amateur chemists. He began experimenting with various light-sensitive substances, and by 1937 he had conceived the basic principles of xerography ("dry writing"), using the property of certain substances of losing an electrostatic charge when light impinges on them. His work for Mallory brought him into contact with the Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest non-profit research organization; their subsidiary, set up to develop promising ideas, took up Carlson's invention. Carlson received his first US patent for the process in 1940, with two more in 1942, and he assigned to Battelle exclusive patent rights in return for a share of any future proceeds. It was at Battelle that selenium was substituted as the light-sensitive material.
    In 1946 the Haloid Company of Rochester, manufacturers of photographic materials and photocopying equipment, heard of the Xerox copier and, seeing it as a possible addition to their products, took out a licence to develop it commercially. The first Xerox Copier was tested during 1949 and put on the market the following year. The process soon began to displace older methods, such as Photostat, but its full impact on the public came in 1959 with the advent of the Xerox 914 Copier. It is fair to apply the overworked word "revolution" to the change in copying methods initiated by Carlson. He became a multimillionaire from his royalties and stock holding, and in his last years he was able to indulge in philanthropic activities.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1968, New York Times, 20 September.
    R.M.Schaffert, 1954, "Developments in xerography", Penrose Annual.
    J.Jewkes, 1969, The Sources of Invention, 2nd edn, London: Macmillan, pp. 405–8.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Carlson, Chester Floyd

  • 111 paragraph mark

    The nonprinting ¶ character that Microsoft Office Word inserts when you press ENTER to end a paragraph. The paragraph mark stores the formatting you apply to the paragraph.

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  • 112 custom phrase

    A word or phrase that the administrator sets for the Content Filter agent to evaluate the content of an e-mail message and apply appropriate filter processing.
    عِبارة مخصصة

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  • 113 Mind

       It becomes, therefore, no inconsiderable part of science... to know the different operations of the mind, to separate them from each other, to class them under their proper heads, and to correct all that seeming disorder in which they lie involved when made the object of reflection and inquiry.... It cannot be doubted that the mind is endowed with several powers and faculties, that these powers are distinct from one another, and that what is really distinct to the immediate perception may be distinguished by reflection and, consequently, that there is a truth and falsehood which lie not beyond the compass of human understanding. (Hume, 1955, p. 22)
       Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white Paper, void of all Characters, without any Ideas: How comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless Fancy of Man has painted on it, with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of Reason and Knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from Experience. (Locke, quoted in Herrnstein & Boring, 1965, p. 584)
       The kind of logic in mythical thought is as rigorous as that of modern science, and... the difference lies, not in the quality of the intellectual process, but in the nature of things to which it is applied.... Man has always been thinking equally well; the improvement lies, not in an alleged progress of man's mind, but in the discovery of new areas to which it may apply its unchanged and unchanging powers. (Leґvi-Strauss, 1963, p. 230)
       MIND. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with. (Bierce, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 55)
       [Philosophy] understands the foundations of knowledge and it finds these foundations in a study of man-as-knower, of the "mental processes" or the "activity of representation" which make knowledge possible. To know is to represent accurately what is outside the mind, so to understand the possibility and nature of knowledge is to understand the way in which the mind is able to construct such representation.... We owe the notion of a "theory of knowledge" based on an understanding of "mental processes" to the seventeenth century, and especially to Locke. We owe the notion of "the mind" as a separate entity in which "processes" occur to the same period, and especially to Descartes. We owe the notion of philosophy as a tribunal of pure reason, upholding or denying the claims of the rest of culture, to the eighteenth century and especially to Kant, but this Kantian notion presupposed general assent to Lockean notions of mental processes and Cartesian notions of mental substance. (Rorty, 1979, pp. 3-4)
       Under pressure from the computer, the question of mind in relation to machine is becoming a central cultural preoccupation. It is becoming for us what sex was to Victorians-threat, obsession, taboo, and fascination. (Turkle, 1984, p. 313)
       7) Understanding the Mind Remains as Resistant to Neurological as to Cognitive Analyses
       Recent years have been exciting for researchers in the brain and cognitive sciences. Both fields have flourished, each spurred on by methodological and conceptual developments, and although understanding the mechanisms of mind is an objective shared by many workers in these areas, their theories and approaches to the problem are vastly different....
       Early experimental psychologists, such as Wundt and James, were as interested in and knowledgeable about the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system as about the young science of the mind. However, the experimental study of mental processes was short-lived, being eclipsed by the rise of behaviorism early in this century. It was not until the late 1950s that the signs of a new mentalism first appeared in scattered writings of linguists, philosophers, computer enthusiasts, and psychologists.
       In this new incarnation, the science of mind had a specific mission: to challenge and replace behaviorism. In the meantime, brain science had in many ways become allied with a behaviorist approach.... While behaviorism sought to reduce the mind to statements about bodily action, brain science seeks to explain the mind in terms of physiochemical events occurring in the nervous system. These approaches contrast with contemporary cognitive science, which tries to understand the mind as it is, without any reduction, a view sometimes described as functionalism.
       The cognitive revolution is now in place. Cognition is the subject of contemporary psychology. This was achieved with little or no talk of neurons, action potentials, and neurotransmitters. Similarly, neuroscience has risen to an esteemed position among the biological sciences without much talk of cognitive processes. Do the fields need each other?... [Y]es because the problem of understanding the mind, unlike the wouldbe problem solvers, respects no disciplinary boundaries. It remains as resistant to neurological as to cognitive analyses. (LeDoux & Hirst, 1986, pp. 1-2)
       Since the Second World War scientists from different disciplines have turned to the study of the human mind. Computer scientists have tried to emulate its capacity for visual perception. Linguists have struggled with the puzzle of how children acquire language. Ethologists have sought the innate roots of social behaviour. Neurophysiologists have begun to relate the function of nerve cells to complex perceptual and motor processes. Neurologists and neuropsychologists have used the pattern of competence and incompetence of their brain-damaged patients to elucidate the normal workings of the brain. Anthropologists have examined the conceptual structure of cultural practices to advance hypotheses about the basic principles of the mind. These days one meets engineers who work on speech perception, biologists who investigate the mental representation of spatial relations, and physicists who want to understand consciousness. And, of course, psychologists continue to study perception, memory, thought and action.
    ... [W]orkers in many disciplines have converged on a number of central problems and explanatory ideas. They have realized that no single approach is likely to unravel the workings of the mind: it will not give up its secrets to psychology alone; nor is any other isolated discipline-artificial intelligence, linguistics, anthropology, neurophysiology, philosophy-going to have any greater success. (Johnson-Laird, 1988, p. 7)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Mind

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