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41 tame
tame [teɪm]1. adjectivea. [animal, bird] apprivoiséb. ( = unexciting) insipide* * *[teɪm] 1.1) [animal] apprivoiséto become ou grow tame — [animal] s'apprivoiser
2) ( unadventurous) [story, party] sans relief; [reform] timide; [reply, ending of book, film] plat2.transitive verb gen apprivoiser; dompter [lion, tiger]; fig soumettre [person]; contenir [opposition] -
42 termination
termination [‚tɜ:mɪˈneɪ∫ən]* * *[ˌtɜːmɪ'neɪʃn]1) ( ending) ( of contract) résiliation f; ( of service) interruption f; (of discussion, relations, scheme) fin f2) Medicine interruption f de grossesse3) Linguistics terminaison f -
43 wish
wish [wɪ∫]a. ( = desire) souhaiter• I only wish I'd known about that before! si seulement j'avais su ça avant !• I wish I could! si seulement je pouvais !b. ( = desire for sb else) souhaiter• I wish you well in what you're trying to do je vous souhaite de réussir dans ce que vous voulez faire• wish me luck! souhaite-moi bonne chance !• I wish you every happiness! je vous souhaite d'être très heureux !• I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy c'est quelque chose que je ne souhaiterais pas à mon pire ennemi• what more could you wish for? que pourrais-tu souhaiter de plus ?3. nouna. ( = desire, will) désir mb. ( = specific desire) vœu mc. ( = greeting) he sends his best wishes il vous fait ses amitiés• (with) best wishes for your future happiness tous mes (or nos) vœux de bonheur• (with) best wishes for Christmas and the New Year (nos) meilleurs vœux pour Noël et la nouvelle année4. compounds* * *[wɪʃ] 1.2.to grant somebody's wish — gen accéder au désir de quelqu'un; [fairy] exaucer le souhait de quelqu'un
wishes plural noun vœux mpl3.good ou best wishes — meilleurs vœux; ( ending letter) bien amicalement
transitive verb1) ( expressing longing)2) (express congratulations, greetings) souhaiterto wish somebody joy ou happiness — souhaiter à quelqu'un d'être heureux
4.to wish somebody joy of something/somebody — iron souhaiter bien du plaisir à quelqu'un avec quelque chose/quelqu'un
1) (desire, want) vouloirto wish for — souhaiter, espérer
what more could one wish for? — qu'est-ce qu'on pourrait espérer or souhaiter de plus?
2) ( in fairy story) faire un vœu•Phrasal Verbs:- wish on -
44 work
work [wɜ:k]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun• work has begun on the new bridge ( = building it) on a commencé la construction du nouveau pont• good work! ( = well done) bravo !b. ( = employment, place of employment) travail m► at work ( = at place of work) au travail• an increase in the numbers out of work une augmentation du nombre des demandeurs d'emploi► off workc. ( = product) œuvre f━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For work + preposition/adverb combinations see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (gen) travailler• have you solved the problem? -- we're working on it avez-vous résolu le problème ? -- on y travaille• I've been working on him but haven't yet managed to persuade him j'ai bien essayé de le convaincre, mais je n'y suis pas encore parvenu► to work towards sth œuvrer pour qchb. ( = function) [machine, car, scheme] marcher ; [medicine] agira. ( = cause to work) [+ person, staff] faire travailler ; [+ lever, pump] actionner ; [+ machine] faire marcher► to work o.s.b. ( = bring about) to work wonders [person] faire des merveilles ; [drug, medicine] faire merveillec. ( = arrange for) (inf) can you work it so she can come too? pouvez-vous faire en sorte qu'elle vienne aussi ?d. ( = manoeuvre) he worked his hands free il est parvenu à libérer ses mains• rescuers are working their way towards the trapped men les sauveteurs se fraient un passage jusqu'aux hommes qui sont bloqués• he worked his way up from office boy to managing director il est devenu PDG après avoir commencé comme garçon de bureaue. ( = shape) [+ metal, wood, dough, clay] travailler4. compounds► work outa. [plan, arrangement] marcherb. [amount] it works out at $50 per child il faut compter 50 dollars par enfantc. ( = exercise) faire de la musculation• I can't work him out (inf) je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment il fonctionne► work through inseparable transitive verb( = resolve emotionally) assumer► work up• the book works up to a dramatic ending le roman s'achemine progressivement vers un dénouement spectaculaire• I thought he was working up to asking me for a divorce je croyais qu'il préparait le terrain pour demander le divorceb. ( = develop) [+ trade, business] développer• he worked this small firm up into a major company il a réussi à faire de cette petite société une grande entreprise• I worked up an appetite/thirst carrying all those boxes ça m'a mis en appétit/m'a donné soif de porter toutes ces caisses* * *[wɜːk] 1.1) ( physical or mental activity) travail m (on sur)to go ou set ou get to work — se mettre au travail
to put a lot of work into — travailler [essay, speech]; passer beaucoup de temps sur [meal, preparations]
to put ou set somebody to work — faire travailler quelqu'un
to make short ou light work of something — expédier quelque chose
it's hot/thirsty work — ça donne chaud/soif
2) ( occupation) travail mto be in work — avoir du travail or un emploi
place of work — lieu m de travail
to be off work — ( on vacation) être en congé
3) ( place of employment) ( office) bureau m; ( factory) usine f4) (building, construction) travaux mpl (on sur)5) ( papers)to take one's work home — lit emporter du travail chez soi; fig ramener ses soucis professionnels à la maison
6) (achievement, product) (essay, report) travail m; (artwork, novel, sculpture) œuvre f (by de); ( study) ouvrage m (by de; on sur)7) ( research) recherches fpl (on sur)8) ( effect)2.to go to work — [drug, detergent] agir
works plural noun1) ( factory) usine fworks canteen — cantine f de l'usine
2) ( building work) travaux mpl3) (colloq) ( everything)3. 4.the (full ou whole) works — toute la panoplie (colloq)
transitive verb1) ( drive)2) ( labour)to work days/nights — travailler de jour/de nuit
to work one's way through a book — lire péniblement un livre, venir à bout (colloq) d'un livre
3) ( operate) se servir de4) ( exploit commercially) exploiter5) ( have as one's territory) couvrir [region]6) ( consume)to work one's way through — ( use) utiliser [amount, quantity]
7) ( bring about)to work wonders — lit, fig faire des merveilles
8) ( use to one's advantage)I've worked things so that... — j'ai arrangé les choses de sorte que...
9) ( fashion) travailler [clay, metal]10) ( embroider) broder11) ( manœuvre)to work something into — introduire quelque chose dans [slot, hole]
12) ( exercise) faire travailler [muscles]13) ( move)to work one's way along — avancer le long de [ledge]
5.it worked its way ou itself loose — cela s'est desserré peu à peu
1) ( engage in activity) travailler ( doing à faire)to work in oils — [painter] travailler à l'huile
to work towards — se diriger vers [solution]; s'acheminer vers [compromise]; négocier [agreement]
3) ( function) fonctionnerto work on electricity — marcher or fonctionner à l'électricité
4) (act, operate)it doesn't ou things don't work like that — ça ne marche pas comme ça
to work in somebody's favour —
to work against somebody —
5) ( be successful) [treatment] avoir de l'effet; [detergent, drug] agir; [plan] réussir; [argument] tenir debout6) [face, features] se contracter6.1) ( labour)2)•Phrasal Verbs:- work in- work off- work on- work out- work to- work up•• -
45 w/e
w/e( ABBR OF week ending) w/e 28 Oct semaine terminant le 28 octobre -
46 payroll
(a) (list of employees) liste f du personnel;∎ to be on the payroll faire partie du personnel;∎ how many do you have on the payroll? combien d'employés avez-vous?;∎ she's been on our payroll for over twenty years elle fait partie de notre personnel depuis plus de vingt ans;∎ they've added five hundred workers to their payroll ils ont embauché cinq cents travailleurs supplémentaires;∎ to do the payroll faire la paieACCOUNTANCY payroll ledger journal m ou livre m de paie(b) (money paid) masse f salarialepayroll tax impôt m sur la masse salarialeIn the 12-month period ending in January 1998, turnover at the Space Coast Credit Union was a horrifying 62 percent. Of 250 employees on the payroll that year, the Florida credit union lost 155.
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47 standard
1 noun∎ to be up to/below standard être du/en dessous du niveau requis;∎ most of the goods are up to standard la plupart de marchandises sont de qualité satisfaisantestandard of living niveau m de vie∎ to make a product comply with standards adapter un produit aux normes;∎ to set standards for a product fixer des normes pour un produitstandards commission commission f de normalisation(design, size) standardstandard allowance (in taxation) déduction f forfaitaire; standard assessment system régime m du forfait;standard cost coût m standard;standard cost accounting méthode f des coûts standards;standard costing méthode des coûts standards;standard deviation écart m type;standard document document m type;standard ending (of letter) formule f de politesse;standard letter lettre f type;standard opening (of letter) formule de politesse;standard operating procedure = marche à suivre normale;INSURANCE standard policy police f (d'assurance) type;standard practice pratique f courante;standard price prix m standard;standard rate (of tax) taux m standard;standard sample échantillon m modèle;standard weight poids m normal -
48 anticlimax
(a dull or disappointing ending to a play, activity etc after increasing excitement: After the weeks of preparation, the concert itself was a bit of an anticlimax.) déception -
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50 end
[end] 1. noun1) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) bout, extrémité; dernier2) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) fin, conclusion, bout3) (death: The soldiers met their end bravely.) mort4) (an aim: What end have you in view?) but5) (a small piece left over: cigarette ends.) bout2. verb(to bring or come to an end: The scheme ended in disaster; How does the play end?; How should I end (off) this letter?) finir- ending- endless - at a loose end - end up - in the end - make both ends meet - make ends meet - no end of - no end - on end - put an end to - the end -
51 ill-fated
adjective (ending in, or bringing, disaster: an ill-fated expedition.) malheureux -
52 satisfying
adjective (pleasing: The story had a satisfying ending.) satisfaisant -
53 showdown
noun (an open, decisive quarrel etc ending a period of rivalry etc.) épreuve de force -
54 timeless
1) (not belonging to, or typical of, any particular time: timeless works of art.) intemporel2) (never-ending: the timeless beauty of Venice.) éter- nel -
55 wicket
['wikit]1) (a hoop through which the balls are driven in the game of croquet or at which the ball is bowled in cricket.)2) (the ground between two sets of these rods: The wicket has dried out well.)3) (the ending of a batsman's period of batting: They scored fifty runs for (the loss of) one wicket.)• -
56 Yours faithfully
(a polite way of ending a formal (usually business) letter which starts with `Dear Sir` or `Dear Madam`. In American English `Sincerely yours` or `Truly yours` is used.) -
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58 affectionately
affectionately adv [smile, speak, recall] affectueusement ; yours affectionately ( ending letter) bien affectueusement ; affectionately known as ( of person) répondant au surnom affectueux de. -
59 contrived
1 [incident, meeting] manigancé ;2 ( forced) [plot, ending] tiré par les cheveux ;3 ( artificial) [style, effect, behaviour] étudié. -
60 corpuscle
1 Anat, Biol (blood) corpuscle globule m sanguin ; red/white (blood) corpuscle globule m rouge/blanc ;3 Phys particule f.
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