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1 pistol
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2 late
A adj1 ( after expected time) [arrival, rains, publication, implementation] tardif/-ive ; in case of late delivery en cas de retard de livraison ; late essays will not be marked les dissertations rendues en retard ne seront pas corrigées ; to have a late lunch déjeuner plus tard que d'habitude ; to make a late start ( getting up) se lever tard ; ( setting off) partir tard ; to get off to a late start [meeting, event] commencer tard ; sorry I'm late désolé d'être en retard ; the secretary/her application form was late la secrétaire/sa demande est arrivée en retard ; to be late for être en retard pour [work, school, appointment] ; to make sb late retarder qn ; to be late leaving partir en retard ; to be late with the rent payer son loyer avec du retard ; dinner will be a bit late le dîner sera retardé ; Easter is late this year Pâques tombe tard cette année ; if the payment is more than three days late si le paiement a plus de trois jours de retard ;2 (towards end of day, season, life etc) [hour, supper, date, pregnancy] tardif/-ive ; [plant, variety] Bot tardif/-ive ; to have a late lecture on Mondays avoir un cours tard le lundi ; to take a late holiday GB ou vacation US prendre des vacances tard en saison ; to keep late hours se coucher tard ; to have a late night (aller) se coucher tard ; you've had too many late nights this week tu t'es couché trop tard toute la semaine ; to watch the late film on television regarder le dernier film à la télévision ; in later life plus tard dans la vie ; to be in one's late fifties approcher de la soixantaine ; a man in his late thirties un homme proche de la quarantaine ; to be a late starter commencer tard ; at this late stage à ce stade avancé ; in late January (à la) fin janvier ; in the late 50's/18th century à la fin des années 50/du XVIIIe siècle ; late Renaissance art l'art de la fin de la Renaissance ; late Victorian [architecture etc] de la fin de l'époque victorienne ; in the late Middle Ages au bas moyen âge ; it will be late afternoon when I arrive j'arriverai en fin d'après-midi ; the latest appointment is at 4 pm le dernier rendez-vous est à 16 h ; the latest date you can apply la date limite de dépôt des candidatures ;3 ( towards end of series) in one of her later films dans un de ses derniers films ; Shakespeare's later plays les dernières pièces de Shakespeare ; in later editions of the newspaper dans les dernières éditions du journal ; in a later novel dans un roman postérieur ; later models are fully automatic les modèles postérieurs sont entièrement automatiques ; her later experiments ses expériences ultérieures ; at a later meeting à une réunion ultérieure ; have you a later recording? avez-vous un enregistrement plus récent? ; the latest fashions la dernière mode ;4 ( deceased) the late President feu le Président fml, le défunt Président ; my late husband mon pauvre mari.B adv1 ( after expected time) [arrive, leave, start, finish] en retard ; to be running late [person] être en retard ; [train, bus] avoir du retard ; to start three months late commencer avec trois mois de retard ;2 ( towards end of time period) [get up, go to bed, open, close, end] tard ; it's late, let's go to bed il est tard, allons nous coucher ; late last night/in the evening tard hier soir/dans la soirée ; late last week à la fin de la semaine dernière ; to work late travailler tard ; to work late into the night travailler tard dans la nuit ; as late as that aussi tard (que cela) ; later on plus tard ; it's a bit late in the day to do fig c'est un peu tard pour faire ; too late! trop tard! ; don't leave it too late! n'attendez pas trop (longtemps)! ; as late as possible aussi tard que possible ; to leave no later than 6 am partir au plus tard à 6 h ; to marry late se marier sur le tard ; to learn Italian late in life apprendre l'italien sur le tard ; he left for Italy six months later il est parti pour l'Italie six mois après ; see you later! à tout à l'heure! ;
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