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121 place
place [pleɪs]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. endroit m• we came to a place where... nous sommes arrivés à un endroit où...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► A more specific word is often used to translate place.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• it's a small place ( = village) c'est un village━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note adjective + place translated by adjective alone.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► place of + noun• place of birth/work lieu m de naissance/de travail• he'll go places all right! ( = make good) il ira loin !• we're going places at last ( = make progress) nous avançons enfin• your place or mine? on va chez moi ou chez toi ?• his business is growing, he needs a bigger place son affaire s'agrandit, il lui faut des locaux plus grandsd. ( = position) place f• (if I were) in your place... (si j'étais) à votre place...• to take the place of sb/sth prendre la place de qn/qch• to fit into place ( = become clear) devenir clair• the moment I changed jobs everything fell into place ( = turned out well) il a suffi que je change de travail pour que tout s'arrangee. (in competition) place f• Paul won the race with Robert in second place Paul a gagné la course et Robert est arrivé deuxième• my personal life has had to take second place to my career ma vie privée a dû passer après ma carrière• he has risen to second place in the opinion polls il occupe maintenant la deuxième place dans les sondagesf. ( = job) place fg. (for student, player) place f• I've looked for him all over the place je l'ai cherché partout► to be in place [object] être à sa place ; [measure, policy, elements] être en place ; [conditions] être rassemblé ; [law, legislation] être en vigueur► in places ( = here and there) par endroits• the snow is very deep in places la neige est très profonde par endroits► in place of à la place de• in the first place, it will be much cheaper d'abord, ça sera beaucoup moins cher• we need to consider why so many people are in prison in the first place nous devons d'abord nous demander pourquoi tant de gens sont en prison• he shouldn't have been there in the first place d'abord, il n'aurait même pas dû être là► in the second place ensuite► out of place [object, remark] déplacéa. ( = put) mettre• events have placed the president in a difficult position les événements ont mis le président en mauvaise posture• we are now well placed to... nous sommes maintenant bien placés pour...b. ( = rank) placer• he places good health among his greatest assets il considère sa bonne santé comme l'un de ses meilleurs atouts• to place local interests above those of central government placer les intérêts locaux avant ceux de l'Étatc. ( = classify) classerd. ( = make) [+ order, contract] passer ; [+ bet] engagere. ( = find job for) trouver un emploi pour• we have so far placed 28 people in permanent jobs jusqu'à présent nous avons réussi à trouver des emplois permanents à 28 personnes• the agency is trying to place him with a building firm l'agence essaie de lui trouver une place dans une entreprise de constructionf. ( = identify) situer• he looked familiar, but I couldn't immediately place him sa tête me disait quelque chose mais je n'arrivais pas à le situer3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] The French word [b]place is not the commonest translation for place.* * *[pleɪs] 1.1) (location, position) endroit msame time, same place — même heure, même endroit
in places — [hilly, damaged, worn] par endroits
in several places — ( in region) dans plusieurs endroits; ( on body) à plusieurs endroits
place of birth/work — lieu m de naissance/travail
in Oxford, of all places! — à Oxford, figure-toi!
to lose/find one's place — ( in book) perdre/retrouver sa page; (in paragraph, speech) perdre/retrouver le fil
he had no place to go — (colloq) surtout US il n'avait nulle part où aller
some place — (colloq) surtout US quelque part
2) (town, hotel etc) endroit ma little place called... — un petit village du nom de...
all over the place — ( everywhere) partout; fig (colloq) [speech, lecture] complètement décousu; [hair] en bataille
3) ( home)4) (seat, space) (on bus, at table, in queue) place f; ( setting) couvert mto keep a place — garder une place ( for pour)
to lay ou set a place for somebody — mettre un couvert pour quelqu'un
5) (on team, with firm) place f (on dans); (on committee, board) siège m (on au sein de)a place as — une place comme [au pair, cook, cleaner]
6) GB University place f (at à)to get a place on — obtenir une place dans [course]
7) (in competition, race) place fto finish in first place — terminer premier/-ière or à la première place
to take second place — fig ( in importance) passer au deuxième plan
in the first place — fig ( firstly) en premier lieu; ( at the outset) pour commencer
8) (in order, correct position)in place — [law, system, scheme] en place
to put somebody in his/her place — remettre quelqu'un à sa place
9) ( role)to have no place in — n'avoir aucune place dans [organization, philosophy]
10) ( situation)in my/his place — à ma/sa place
11) ( moment) moment m2.in places — [funny, boring, silly] par moments
out of place adjectival phrase déplacé3.to look out of place — [building, person] détonner
in place of prepositional phrase à la place de [person, object]4.transitive verb1) ( put) placer, mettre [object]; mettre [advertisement]to place something back on — remettre quelque chose sur [shelf, table]
2) ( locate) placer3) ( rank) ( in competition) classer; ( in exam) GB classerto be placed third — [horse, athlete] arriver troisième
4) ( identify) situer [person]; reconnaître [accent]5) Administration (send, appoint) placer [student, trainee] (in dans); ( find home for) placer [child]••that young man is really going places — (colloq) voilà un jeune homme qui ira loin
to fall ou fit into place — devenir clair; take place
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122 put down
1) poser [object, plane]; mettre [rat poison etc]2) ( suppress) réprimer3) ( write down) mettre (par écrit)4) ( ascribe)5) ( charge)6) ( destroy) ( by injection) piquer; ( by other method) abattre [animal]7) ( deposit)to put £50 down on something — verser 50 livres d'arrhes sur quelque chose
8) ( store) mettre [quelque chose] en cave [wine]; affiner [cheese]9) ( put on agenda) inscrire [quelque chose] à l'ordre du jourput [somebody] down, put down [somebody]10) déposer [passenger]11) (colloq) ( humiliate) rabaisser13) (classify, count in)to put somebody down as — considérer quelqu'un comme [possibility, candidate, fool]
to put somebody down for — ( note as wanting or offering) compter [quelque chose] pour quelqu'un [contribution]; ( put on waiting list) inscrire quelqu'un sur la liste d'attente pour
to put somebody down for £10 — compter 10 livres pour quelqu'un
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123 rain
rain [reɪn]1. nounpluie f• heavy/light rain pluie f battante/fine• come in out of the rain ne reste pas sous la pluie, rentre[+ blows] faire pleuvoir4. compoundsI'll take a rain check (on that) ça sera pour une autre fois ► rain cloud noun nuage m chargé de pluie* * *[reɪn] 1.noun Meteorology pluie f2.steady/driving/pouring rain — pluie régulière/battante/diluvienne
rains plural noun saison f des pluies3.transitive verb4.1) Meteorology pleuvoir•Phrasal Verbs:- rain off••to be (as) right as rain — GB [person] se porter comme un charme
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124 full
1 noun(a) (complete, whole)∎ to pay in full payer intégralement;∎ we paid the bill in full nous avons payé la facture dans son intégralité;∎ they refunded my money in full ils m'ont entièrement remboursé∎ he gave us a full report il nous a donné un rapport détaillé;∎ I asked for full information j'ai demandé des renseignements completsfull container load conteneur m chargé complètement;full cost accounting (method) méthode f du coût de revient complet;full costing méthode du coût complet;INSURANCE full cover garantie f totale;full demand demande f soutenue;FINANCE full discharge quitus m;full employment plein emploi m;full fare (in air travel) plein tarif m;STOCK EXCHANGE full listing = description d'une société qui apparaît à la cote officielle de la Bourse de Londres;full load chargement m complet;full pay paie f entière;full payment paiement m intégral;LAW full power of attorney procuration f générale;full price prix m fort;full rate plein tarif;full stop (punctuation mark) point m;full time temps m complet;full warranty garantie totale;full weight poids m justeTenon Group, the AIM-listed accountancy consolidator, has said it will move up to a full listing on the London Stock Exchange - but not until September 2003 at the earliest, writes Philip Smith. The original intention had been for the company to make the switch this year, but chief executive Ian Buckley admitted that would no longer be possible and could be as late as March 2004.
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125 rate
1 noun(a) (of inflation, tax, interest) taux m;∎ the rate is 20p in the pound le taux est de 20 pence par livre;∎ to strike for higher rates of pay faire la grève pour obtenir une augmentation de salaireMARKETING rate of adoption (of product) taux d'adoption; MARKETING rate of awareness (of product) taux de notoriété;rate band fourchette f de taux;MARKETING rate of churn taux de clients passés à la concurrence;rate of depreciation taux d'amortissement;rate of exchange cours m ou taux du change;rate of growth taux d'accroissement ou de croissance;rate of increase taux d'accroissement ou de croissance;ECONOMICS rate of inflation taux d'inflation;MARKETING rate of penetration taux de pénétration;rate of production taux de production;MARKETING rate of renewal taux de renouvellement;rate of return (on investment) taux de rendement;rate of return analysis analyse f du rendement;rate of return pricing fixation f de prix au taux de rendement établi;rate of taxation taux d'imposition;rate of turnover taux de rotation des stocks;rate of uptake taux de succès(b) (price, charge) tarif m;∎ the going rate le tarif courant;∎ the hourly rate is going to be increased le taux horaire va être augmenté∎ rates impôts m pl locauxBritish (fix rateable value of) fixer la valeur locative imposable de"While most in telecom are quite aware of the high rate of churn and the resulting consequences, what is surprising is the increasing rate of this dynamic," says Mary Ellen Smith, Faulkner director of research services. "It is only the expanding number of services and technologies that allow some organizations to remain profitable."
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126 spin
1 noun∎ to put the right spin on a story présenter une affaire sous un angle favorable;∎ the government has been criticized for indulging in too much spin on a reproché au gouvernement de trop manipuler les informations fournies au publicspin doctor = chargé des relations publiques d'un parti politique(of spin doctor) présenter les choses sous un angle favorableMeanwhile, the former royal spin doctor, Simon Lewis, has been reflecting on his time trying to cast Britain's leading dysfunctional family in a better light. On his first day he turned up at the Buckingham Palace gates … and was asked by a policeman who he was. "I'm the Queen's new director of communications," said Lewis proudly. The reply: "Does that mean you're here to fix the telephones?"
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127 derrick
['derik]1) (an apparatus like a mechanical crane for lifting weights: The ship was unloaded, using the large derricks on the quay.) mât de charge2) (a tower-like structure that holds the drill over an oil well.) -
128 director
noun (a person or thing that directs, eg one of a group of persons who manage the affairs of a business or a person who is in charge of the making of a film, play etc: He is on the board of directors of our firm; The producer and the director quarrelled about the film.) directeur, trice, réalisateur, trice, guide
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