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1. preposition1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) (au)près de2) (past: going by the house.) (en passant) devant3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) par4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) par5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) par, en6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) par7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) (...) au plus tard8) (during the time of.) de9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) de10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) sur11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) au/à la/aux12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) de2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) près, à proximité2) (past: A dog ran by.) par là3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) de côté•- bypass 3. verb(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) contourner- bystander - by and by - by and large - by oneself - by the way -
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I.A n1 (instance, example) cas m ; in several cases dans plusieurs cas ; a case of mistaken identity un cas d'erreur sur la personne ; on a case by case basis au cas par cas ; in which case, in that case en ce cas, dans ce cas-là ; in such ou these cases dans un cas pareil ; in 7 out of 10 cases 7 fois sur 10, dans 7 cas sur 10 ; a case in point un cas d'espèce, un exemple typique ; it was a case of making a quick decision il s'agissait de prendre une décision rapide ; it's a case of substituting X for Y il s'agit de substituer X à Y ; it's simply a case of waiting il n'y a plus qu'à attendre ;2 (state of affairs, situation) cas m ; that's not the case here ce n'est pas le cas ici ; such ou this being the case en ce cas, dans ce cas-là ; is it the case that…? est-il vrai que…? ; as ou whatever the case may be selon le(s) cas ; should this be the case ou if this is the case, contact your doctor si c'est le cas, consultez votre médecin ; in no case will customers be refunded en aucun cas les clients ne pourront être remboursés ;3 ( legal arguments) the case for the Crown GB, the case for the State US l'accusation f ; the case for the defence la défense ; to state the case exposer les faits ; to put the case for the prosecution représenter le ministère public ; to put the case for the defence assurer la défense du prévenu ; the case against Foster les faits qui sont reprochés à Foster ; there is a case to answer il y a assez de preuves ; the case is closed Jur, fig l'affaire or la cause est entendue ; ⇒ rest ;4 ( convincing argument) arguments mpl ; to put the case for sth trouver des arguments en faveur de qch ; to make a good case for sth donner des arguments convaincants en faveur de qch ; to argue the case for privatization donner des arguments en faveur de la privatisation ; there's a strong case against it il y a beaucoup d'arguments contre cela ; there's a strong case for/against doing il y a de bonnes raisons pour/pour ne pas faire ;5 ( trial) affaire f, procès m ; criminal/civil case affaire criminelle/civile ; divorce case procès en divorce ; murder case procès pour meurtre ; to win one's case gagner son procès, avoir gain de cause ; to lose/plead a case plaider/perdre une cause ; the case before the court l'affaire en jugement ; his case comes up next week il passe en jugement la semaine prochaine ; to decide a case rendre un jugement ; famous cases causes fpl célèbres ;6 ( criminal investigation) the Burgess case l'affaire Burgess ; to work ou be on a case enquêter sur une affaire ; a murder/blackmail case une affaire de meurtre/de chantage ; the cases of Sherlock Holmes les enquêtes de Sherlock Holmes ;7 Med ( instance of disease) cas m ; ( patient) malade mf ; 30 cases of chickenpox 30 cas de varicelle ; he's a psychiatric case c'est un malade mental ;8 Soc Admin ( client) cas m ; to deal with a lot of difficult cases avoir affaire à des cas difficiles ; a problem case un cas à problème ;9 ○ ( person) he's a real case! c'est vraiment un cas! ; a hopeless case un cas désespéré ; a hard case un dur ; ⇒ head case ;B in any case adv phr (besides, anyway) de toute façon ; ( at any rate) en tout cas ; and in any case, I've no intention of staying et de toute façon, je n'ai pas l'intention de rester ; the effect of the recession, or in any case of high inflation, is that… l'effet de la récession, ou en tout cas de la forte inflation, est que…C in case conj phr au cas où (+ conditional) ; in case it rains au cas où il pleuvrait ; take the street map just in case prends le plan au cas où ; your report, in case you've forgotten, was due yesterday votre rapport, au cas où vous l'auriez oublié, était pour hier.get off my case ○ ! fiche-moi la paix ○ !II.A n1 ( suitcase) valise f ;4 ( protective container) (for spectacles, binoculars, cartridge, weapon) étui m ; ( for jewels) écrin m ; (of camera, watch) boîtier m ; (of piano, clock) caisse f ;6 ( bookcover) couverture f.
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