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1 ought
ought [ɔ:t]* * *[ɔːt]Note: In virtually all cases, ought is translated by the conditional tense of devoir: you ought to go now = tu devrais partir maintenant; they ought to arrive tomorrow ils devraient arriver demainThe past ought to have done/seen etc is translated by the past conditional of devoir: he ought to have been more polite = il aurait dû être plus poli. For further examples, including negative sentences, see the entry belowThe French verb devoir is irregular. For its conjugation see the French verb tablesmodal auxiliary1) (expressing probability, expectation) -
2 like
like [laɪk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. preposition3. adverb4. conjunction5. noun6. plural noun8. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective( = similar) semblable2. prepositiona. ( = in comparisons) comme• I never saw anything like it! je n'ai jamais rien vu de pareil !• can't you just accept it like everyone else? tu ne peux pas simplement l'accepter comme tout le monde ?• to be like sb/sth ( = look like) ressembler à qn/qch• that's just like him! c'est bien de lui !• it's not like him to be late ça ne lui ressemble pas d'être en retard(PROV) like father, like son(PROV) tel père, tel fils• that's more like it! (inf) voilà qui est mieux !• it happened like this... ça s'est passé comme ça...• it was like this, I'd just got home... voilà, je venais juste de rentrer chez moi...► something/nothing like• it cost something like £100 cela a coûté dans les 100 livres• that's nothing like it! ça n'est pas du tout ça !b. (asking for descriptions) what's he like? comment est-il ?• what's he like as a teacher? que vaut-il comme professeur ?• what was the film like? comment as-tu trouvé le film ?• what's the weather like in Paris? quel temps fait-il à Paris ?3. adverb• he asked her to do it -- ordered her, more like! (inf) il lui a demandé de le faire -- il le lui a ordonné, plutôt !4. conjunction• it's not like she's poor, or anything ce n'est pas comme si elle était pauvre5. noun( = similar thing) you're not comparing like with like ce sont deux choses (complètement) différentes• oranges, lemons and the like les oranges, les citrons et autres fruits de ce genre• did you ever see the like of it? (inf) a-t-on jamais vu une chose pareille ?6. plural nouna. [+ person] aimer bien• how do you like him? comment le trouvez-vous ?b. [+ object, food, activity] aimer (bien)• which do you like best? lequel préfères-tu ?• how do you like Paris? est-ce que Paris vous plaît ?• how do you like it here? ça vous plaît ici ?c. ( = want, wish) vouloir• I can do it when/where/as much as/how I like je peux le faire quand/où/autant que/comme je veux• he can say what he likes, I won't change my mind il peut dire ce qu'il veut, je ne changerai pas d'avis► would + like (in offers, requests)would you like a drink? voulez-vous boire quelque chose ?• would you like me to go and get it? veux-tu que j'aille le chercher ?• when would you like breakfast? à quelle heure voulez-vous votre petit déjeuner ?• which one would you like? lequel voudriez-vous ?• how do you like your steak? comment voulez-vous votre steak ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When would like has conditional meaning, the conditional of aimer is used.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• would you like to go to Paris? aimerais-tu aller à Paris ?• how would you like to go to Paris? est-ce que cela te plairait d'aller à Paris ?8. compounds• it was nice to be with like-minded people c'était agréable d'être en compagnie de gens qui ont la même vision des choses* * *I 1. [laɪk]1) ( in the same manner as) commeto act like a professional — agir comme un professionnel or en professionnel
like the liar that she is, she... — en bonne menteuse, elle...
2) (similar to, resembling) commeto be like somebody/something — être comme quelqu'un/quelque chose
so this is what it feels like to be poor — maintenant je sais (or on sait etc) ce que c'est d'être pauvre!
3) ( typical of)it's not like her to be late — ça ne lui ressemble pas or ce n'est pas son genre d'être en retard
4) ( expressing probability)5) ( close to)2.it cost something like £20 — cela a coûté dans les 20 livres or environ 20 livres
adjective sout pareil/-eille, semblable, du même genre3.1) ( in the same way as) commelike I said, I wasn't there — (colloq) comme je vous l'ai déjà dit, je n'étais pas là
2) (colloq) ( as if) comme si4.adverb (akin to, near)it's nothing like as nice as... — c'est loin d'être aussi beau que...
5.‘the figures are 10% more than last year’ - ‘20%, more like!’ — (colloq) ‘les chiffres sont de 10% supérieurs à l'année dernière’ - ‘20%, plutôt!’
fires, floods and the like — des incendies, des inondations et autres catastrophes de ce genre
6.she won't even speak to the likes of us! — (colloq) elle refuse même de parler à des gens comme nous!
- like combining form••like enough —
II [laɪk]like father like son — Prov tel père tel fils Prov
transitive verb1) aimer bien [person]; aimer (bien) [artist, food, music, style]to like A better than B — préférer A à B, aimer mieux A que B
2)what I like about him/this car is... — ce que j'aime (bien) chez lui/dans cette voiture, c'est...
I don't like the look of her, call the doctor — elle a une drôle de mine, appelle le médecin
I like cheese but it doesn't like me — (colloq) j'aime le fromage mais ça ne me réussit pas
I like doing —
3) ( wish) vouloir, aimerI would ou should like a ticket — je voudrais un billet
I would ou should like to do — je voudrais or j'aimerais faire
we'd like her to do — nous voudrions or aimerions qu'elle fasse
say what you like, I think it's a good idea — tu peux dire ce que tu veux, je pense que c'est une bonne idée
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3 ought
❢ In virtually all cases, ought is translated by the conditional tense of devoir: you ought to go now = tu devrais partir maintenant ; they ought to arrive tomorrow ils devraient arriver demain.The past ought to have done/seen etc is translated by the past conditional of devoir: he ought to have been more polite = il aurait dû être plus poli. For further examples, including negative sentences, see the entry below.1 (expressing probability, expectation) that ought to fix it ça devrait arranger les choses ; things ought to improve by next week la situation devrait s'améliorer d'ici la semaine prochaine ; the train ought not to have left yet le train ne devrait pas encore être parti ; he ought to be back by now il devrait être rentré depuis longtemps maintenant ;2 ( making polite but firm suggestion) oughtn't we to consult them first? ne devrions-nous pas les consulter d'abord? ; you ought to be in bed tu devrais être au lit ; she ought to see a doctor elle devrait consulter un médecin ;3 ( indicating moral obligation) we really ought to say something nous devrions vraiment dire quelque chose ; you ought not to say things like that tu ne devrais pas dire des choses pareilles ; someone ought to have accompanied her quelqu'un aurait dû l'accompagner ; I ought not to have been so direct je n'aurais pas dû être aussi direct ; he felt he ought not to be wasting time il se disait qu'il n'avait pas de temps à perdre ;4 ( when prefacing important point) I ought to say perhaps that je devrais peut-être préciser que ; I think you ought to know that je pense qu'il vaudrait mieux que tu saches que.
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