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A n1 ( beginning) début m ; at the start of the war/season au début de la guerre/saison ; (right) from the start dès le début ; it would be a start ce serait déjà un début ; to make a start on doing se mettre à faire ; to make a start on the gardening/one's homework/the dinner aller faire le jardinage/faire ses devoirs/préparer le dîner ; to make an early start ( on journey) partir tôt ; ( on work) commencer tôt ; that's a good start lit c'est un bon début ; iron ça commence bien ; it was a bad start to the day la journée commençait mal ; to make a fresh ou new start prendre un nouveau départ ; from start to finish d'un bout à l'autre ; for a start pour commencer ; the start of a new school year la rentrée scolaire ; the ‘Start’ button le bouton ‘Marche’ ;2 Sport, gen ( advantage) avantage m ; (in time, distance) avance f ; you have a 20 metre/five minute start vous bénéficiez d'une avance de 20 mètres/de cinq minutes d'avance ; to give sb a start in business aider qn à démarrer dans les affaires ;4 ( movement) (of surprise, fear) to give a start of surprise sursauter ; to give sb a start faire sursauter qn ; with a start en sursaut.B vtr1 ( begin) commencer [day, exercise, activity] ; entamer [bottle, packet] ; to start doing ou to do commencer à faire, se mettre à faire ; he's just started a new job il vient juste de changer de travail ; the butterfly starts life as a caterpillar le papillon est d'abord une chenille ; to start a new page prendre une nouvelle page ; don't start that again! ne recommence pas! ;2 ( put to work) mettre [qn] au travail [person] ; to start sb on, to get sb started on mettre qn à [typing, cleaning etc] ;3 (cause, initiate) déclencher [quarrel, war] ; instaurer [custom] ; mettre [fire] ; être à l'origine de [trouble, rumour] ; lancer [fashion, enterprise] ; to start a family avoir des enfants ;1 ( firstly) d'abord, premièrement ;2 ( at first) au début ; I didn't understand to start with au début je n'ai pas compris ;3 ( at all) I should never have told her to start with pour commencer, je n'aurais jamais dû lui en parler.D vi1 ( begin) gen commencer ; ( in job) débuter (as comme) ; to start at 8 o'clock/with the living room commencer à huit heures/avec le salon ; to start again ou afresh recommencer ; to start with smoked salmon commencer par du saumon fumé ; it all started when… tout a commencé quand… ; prices start at around 50 dollars les prix commencent autour de 50 dollars ; she started up the stairs/down the corridor elle s'est mise à monter l'escalier/longer le couloir ; to start by doing commencer par faire ; to start on commencer [memoirs, journey] ; to start on a high salary commencer avec un salaire élevé ; let's get started ( on work) allez, on commence ; ( on journey) allez, on y va ; let's get started on the washing-up allez! on fait la vaisselle ; he got started in the clothes trade il a débuté dans la vente de vêtements ; don't start on me ( in argument) ne recommence pas avec moi ; the day will start cloudy il fera nuageux en début de journée ; starting Wednesday… à compter de mercredi… ;2 ( depart) partir ; to start in good time partir de bonne heure ;3 ( jump nervously) sursauter (in de) ; she started at the sudden noise le bruit soudain l'a fait sursauter ;4 ( bulge) her eyes almost started out of her head les yeux lui sont presque sortis de la tête ;6 Tech ( work loose) jouer.start as you mean to go on prenez tout de suite les choses en main ; the start of something big un début prometteur ; to start something ○ semer la zizanie ○.1 ( begin to return) prendre le chemin du retour ;2 ( step back) faire un bond en arrière.■ start off:2 ( begin) [person] commencer (by doing par faire ; with par) ; [matter, business, employee] débuter (as comme ; in dans) ; he started off thinking he could convince them à l'origine il croyait pouvoir les convaincre ;▶ start off for se mettre en route pour [place] ;▶ start [sb/sth] off, start off [sb/sth]2 ○ GB ( cause to do) don't start her off laughing/crying ne la fais pas rire/pleurer ; don't let anybody start you (off) smoking ne laisse personne t'entraîner à fumer ; don't start him off ne le provoque pas ;3 ( put to work) mettre [qn] au travail [worker] ; mettre [qch] en marche [machine] ; start them off in the factory mettez-les au travail à l'usine ; we'll start you off on simple equations on va commencer avec les équations simples ;4 Sport faire partir [competitors].1 ( set off) ( on journey) partir ; he started out with the aim of… fig il avait d'abord pour but de… ;2 ( begin) [matter, business, employee] débuter (as comme ; in dans).■ start over recommencer (à zéro).■ start up:▶ start up [engine] démarrer ; [noise] retentir ; [person] débuter ; he's started up on his own il a débuté tout seul ;▶ start [sth] up, start up [sth] faire démarrer [car] ; ouvrir [shop] ; créer [business].
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