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expédier [εkspedje]➭ TABLE 7 transitive verba. [+ lettre, paquet] to send• je l'ai expédié en vacances chez sa grand-mère (inf) I sent him off to his grandmother's for the holidaysb. [+ client, visiteur] to dismiss* * *ɛkspedje1) gén to send; ( par la poste) to post GB, to mail US [lettres, colis]; ( faire partir) to dispatch [marchandises, commande]expédier quelque chose à quelqu'un — to send somebody something, to send something to somebody
expédier par bateau — to send [something] by surface mail [lettre, colis]; to ship [marchandises]
2) ( envoyer) to send, to dispatch [personne] (à to)3) (colloq) ( se débarrasser de) to get rid of [importun]; ( bâcler) to polish off [travail, repas]expédier un entretien en une heure — pej to get an interview over within one hour
4) ( régler) to deal withexpédier les affaires courantes — to deal with ou dispatch daily business
* * *ɛkspedje vt1) [lettre, paquet] to send2) [troupes, renfort] to dispatch3) péjoratif, [travail] to dispose of, to dispatch* * *expédier verb table: plier vtr1 gén to send; ( par la poste) to post GB, to mail US [lettres, colis]; ( faire partir) to dispatch [marchandises, commande]; expédier qch à qn to send sb sth, to send sth to sb; expédier qch par avion/par bateau to send sth by air mail/by surface mail [lettre, colis]; expédier des marchandises par bateau to ship goods; expédier des marchandises par train to send goods by rail;2 ( envoyer) to send, dispatch [personne, estafette, messager] (à to); on l'a expédié○ en prison pour cinq ans he was sent to jail for five years; ils ont expédié○ leurs trois enfants en colonie de vacances they packed○ their three children off to a holiday GB ou summer US camp; expédier○ qn dans l'au-delà or au cimetière to do sb in○, to kill sb;3 ( se débarrasser de)○ to get rid of [client, importun]; ( bâcler)○ to polish off [travail, repas]; expédier un procès/entretien en une heure pej to get a trial/an interview over within one hour;[ɛkspedje] verbe transitifa. [lettre, paquet] to send surface mail2. [personne] to send off (separable)expédier quelqu'un dans l'autre monde (familier) ou au cimetière (familier) to send somebody off to meet their maker3. [bâcler, finir sans soin - dissertation, lettre] to dash off (separable) ; [ - corvée, travail] to make short work of, to dispatch6. (locution)a. [employé] to deal with day-to-day matters (only)b. [président] to be a caretaker president
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