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1 man
1 ( adult male) homme m ; middle-aged/married man homme d'âge mûr/marié ; as one man to another entre hommes ; he's not a man to do ce n'est pas le genre d'homme à faire ; a blind man un aveugle ; an old man un vieillard ; a single man un célibataire ; a ladies' man un homme à femmes ; a beer/whisky man un buveur de bière/de whisky ; a leg/bum man ○ un amateur de belles jambes/de derrières ; a man of God/the people un homme de Dieu/du peuple ; a man of iron ou steel un homme de fer ; they've arrested the right man on a arrêté le vrai coupable ; he's your man c'est l'homme qu'il te faut ; he has worked for the party, man and boy GB il a travaillé pour le parti toute sa vie ; man of the match héros m du match ; good man! ( well done) bravo mon gars! ; my good man! mon vieux ○ ! ; my little man ○ mon petit ;2 (husband, partner) homme m ; her man son homme ; he is the right man for her c'est l'homme qu'il lui fallait ; her young man† son fiancé ; man and wife mari et femme ; to live as man and wife vivre maritalement ;3 ( person) homme m ; no man could have done more personne n'aurait pu faire davantage ; as good as the next man aussi bien que n'importe qui ; the common man l'homme du commun ; primitive Man l'homme primitif ;4 ( person of courage) homme m ; be a man sois un homme ; to make a man of sb faire un homme de qn ;B men npl Mil ( subordinates) hommes mpl ; to address the men s'adresser aux hommes ; ‘now men…’ ‘soldats…’ ; officers and men Mil officiers et hommes ; ( in Navy) officiers et matelots.C excl1 ○ ( expressing surprise) mince, alors ○ ! ;2 ( addressing somebody) hey man! eh mec ○ !1 gen tenir [switchboard, desk] ; will the telephone be manned? est-ce qu'il y aura quelqu'un pour répondre au téléphone? ;2 Mil armer [qch] en hommes [ship] ; assigner des hommes à [barricade, gun] ; who is manning the barricades? qui est assigné aux barricades? ; to man the pumps mettre des hommes aux pompes.E manned pp adj Aerosp [flight, spacecraft, base] habité ; fully manned ( of ship) avec un équipage complet.every man for himself chacun pour soi ; Man proposes, God disposes l'homme propose et Dieu dispose ; to a man sans exception ; as one man comme un seul homme ; to sort out the men from the boys séparer les hommes des mauviettes ○ ; he took it like a man il a pris ça en homme ; to be man enough to do avoir le courage de faire ; to be a man's man aimer être entre hommes ; to be one's own man être son propre maître ; to be the man of the moment être l'homme du jour. -
2 steer
A nB vtr2 ( guide) lit diriger, guider [person] ; fig orienter [person, conversation] ; conduire [team, country] ; to steer one's way through/towards lit, fig se frayer un passage à travers/vers ; to steer a course through/between fig manœuvrer délicatement à travers/entre ; to steer a company out of its difficulties sortir une société de ses difficultés ; to steer a bill through parliament faire aboutir un projet de loi.C vi1 gen to steer towards sth se diriger vers qch ; to steer away from sth s'écarter de qch ; the car steers well/badly la direction (de la voiture) répond bien/mal ;2 Naut gouverner ; to steer towards ou for mettre le cap sur ; to steer by the stars se guider sur les étoiles.to steer clear of sth/sb se tenir à l'écart de qch/qn ; to steer a middle course adopter une position médiane. -
3 skid
∎ the car skidded across the junction la voiture a traversé le carrefour en dérapant;∎ I skidded into the truck j'ai dérapé et percuté le camion;∎ to skid to a halt s'arrêter en dérapant;∎ his glasses went skidding across the table ses lunettes ont glissé jusqu'à l'autre bout de la table(b) (slide → person, object) déraper, glisser;∎ I skidded on the wet floor j'ai dérapé ou glissé sur le sol mouillé;∎ the plates skidded off the tray les assiettes ont glissé du plateau∎ (vehicle) he skidded the truck into the ditch il a perdu le contrôle du camion qui est parti dans le fossé3 noun∎ Cars to go into a skid partir en dérapage, déraper;∎ Cars to get out of or to correct a skid redresser ou contrôler un dérapage∎ to put the skids on or under sb mettre des bâtons dans les roues à qn;∎ to hit the skids (company, sales, prices) dégringoler;∎ to be on the skids (company, marriage) battre de l'aile►► skid mark (on road) trace f de pneus (après un dérapage); familiar humorous (on underpants, nappy) trace f;American skid road(a) (for logs) voie f faite de troncs d'arbres, ≃ chemin m de schlitte∎ you'll end up on skid row! tu es sur une mauvaise pente!;∎ a skid-row bum un clochard
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