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41 wise
wise [waɪz]1. adjectivea. ( = prudent) [person, decision] sage ; [choice, investment] judicieux• I'm none the wiser ( = don't understand) ça ne m'avance pas beaucoup• nobody will be any the wiser ( = won't find out) personne n'en saura rien• to be or get wise to sb voir clair dans le jeu de qn• get wise! réveille-toi !2. compounds* * *[waɪz] 1.sout (dated) noun façon f2.1) ( prudent) gen sage; [choice] judicieux/-ieuse2) ( learned) pertinentto be none the wiser — ( understand no better) ne pas être plus avancé; ( not realize) ne s'apercevoir de rien
3) (colloq) ( aware)to get wise to — prendre le coup de [situation]
3.to get wise to somebody — saisir (colloq) à qui on a affaire
- wise combining form1) ( direction) dans le sens de2) ( with regard to)••a word to the wise:... — en tout cas un conseil:...
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42 date
1 noun∎ date as postmark date de la postedate of birth date de naissance;date of delivery date de livraison;date of invoice date de facturation;date of issue date d'émission;date of signature date de signature;I'm up to date with my work mon travail est à jour;∎ to bring/keep sb up to date (on sth) mettre/tenir qn au courant (de qch);∎ to bring/keep sth up to date mettre/tenir qch à jour∎ interest to date intérêts m pl à ce jour∎ three months after date, at three months' date à trois mois de date ou d'échéance;∎ date of maturity (date f d') échéance(letter, cheque) dater;∎ the cheque is dated 24 March le chèque est daté du 24 mars -
43 stock
A n1 ¢ (in shop, warehouse) stock m ; to have sth in stock ( in shop) avoir qch en magasin ; ( in warehouse) avoir qch en stock ; to be out of stock [product, model] être épuisé ; [shop, warehouse] être en rupture de stock ; the smaller size is out of stock il n'y a plus de petites tailles ;2 (supply, store, accumulation) ( on large scale) stock m (of de) ; ( on domestic scale) provisions fpl ; a massive stock of unsold homes un grand stock de maisons invendues ; stocks of coal/fish des stocks de charbon/poisson ; stocks are running low les stocks sont presque épuisés ; we need to replenish our stocks il faut renouveler les stocks ; to get in ou lay in a stock of provisions s'approvisionner or faire des provisions ; while stocks last jusqu'à épuisement des stocks ; a stock of knowledge un réservoir de connaissances ;4 ( descent) souche f, origine f ; to be of/from peasant/immigrant stock être de souche or d'origine paysanne/immigrée ; to come from farming stock venir d'une famille d'agriculteurs ; only the paternal stock concerns us seule la branche or lignée paternelle nous intéresse ;7 ( of gun) fût m ;8 Bot giroflée f d'hiver ;11 Agric, Zool, Bot (+ v pl) ( cattle) bétail m, cheptel m bovin ; ( bloodstock) chevaux mpl de race ; ( young plants) porte-greffe(s) m ; stock rearing élevage du bétail.2 Fin valeurs fpl, titres mpl ; short/medium/long-dated stock titres à courte/moyenne/longue échéance ; government stock fonds mpl d'État ; stocks closed higher/lower la Bourse a clôturé en hausse/en baisse ; stocks and shares valeurs fpl mobilières ;D vtr1 Comm ( sell) avoir, vendre ; I'm sorry, we don't stock it je suis désolé, mais nous n'en faisons pas or nous ne vendons pas cela ;2 ( fill with supplies) remplir [larder, fridge] ; garnir [shelves] ; approvisionner [shop] ; to stock a lake with fish peupler un lac de poissons ; well-stocked [garden, library] bien fourni.fig to take stock faire le point (of sur).■ stock up s'approvisionner (with, on en).
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