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41 pound
pound [paʊnd]1. nouna. ( = weight) livre f ( = 453,6 grammes)• $3 a pound 3 dollars la livre → IMPERIAL SYSTEMb. ( = money) livre fc. (for dogs, cars) fourrière f* * *[paʊnd] 1.1) ( weight measurement) livre f (de 453,6g)two pounds of apples — ≈ un kilo de pommes
pears are 80 pence a ou per pound — ≈ les poires sont à 80 pence la livre
pound for pound chicken is better value than pork — tout comparé le poulet revient moins cher que le porc
2) ( unit of currency) livre f3) ( compound) (for dogs, cars) fourrière f2.transitive verbto pound something to — réduire quelque chose en [powder, paste, pieces]
2) ( beat) [waves] battre [shore]3) ( bombard) [artillery] pilonner [city]4) ( tread heavily)3.1) ( knock loudly)to pound on — marteler [door, wall]
2) ( beat) [heart] battreto pound on — [waves] battre contre [beach, rocks]
3) ( run noisily)to pound up/down the stairs — monter/descendre l'escalier d'un pas lourd
4) ( throb)•Phrasal Verbs: -
42 quiver
quiver [ˈkwɪvər]* * *['kwɪvə(r)] 1.1) ( trembling) (of voice, part of body) tremblement m; ( of leaves) frémissement m; ( of excitement) frémissement m2) ( for arrows) carquois m2.intransitive verb [voice, lip, animal] trembler ( with de); [leaves] frémir; [wings] battre; [flame] vaciller -
43 run
run [rʌn]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = act of running) course fb. ( = outing) tour md. ( = series) série fe. ( = period of performance) her new series begins a run on BBC1 sa nouvelle série d'émissions va bientôt passer sur BBC1• the decisive goal arrived, against the run of play le but décisif a été marqué contre le cours du jeuh. ( = type) he didn't fit the usual run of petty criminals il n'avait pas le profil du petit malfaiteur ordinairei. ( = track for skiing) piste fj. ( = animal enclosure) enclos mk. (in tights) échelle f• things will sort themselves out in the long run les choses s'arrangeront avec le temps► on the runa. courir• to run down/off descendre/partir en courant• it runs in the family [characteristic] c'est de familleb. ( = flee) prendre la fuite• run for it! sauvez-vous !• to run into the sea [river] se jeter dans la mer► to run with ( = be saturated)d. ( = be candidate) être candidate. ( = be) I'm running a bit late je suis un peu en retard• inflation is running at 3% le taux d'inflation est de 3 %g. [bus, train, coach, ferry] assurer le service• the buses are running early/late/on time les bus sont en avance/en retard/à l'heureh. ( = function) [machine] marcher ; [factory] être en activité• but if it really happened he'd run a mile (inf) mais si ça se produisait, il aurait vite fait de se débiner (inf)b. ( = transport) [+ person] conduirec. ( = operate) [+ machine] faire marcher ; [+ computer program] exécuterd. ( = organize) [+ business] diriger ; [+ shop] tenir• the company runs extra buses at rush hours la société met en service des bus supplémentaires aux heures de pointe• the school is running courses for foreign students le collège organise des cours pour les étudiants étrangerse. ( = put, move) to run one's finger down a list suivre une liste du doigtf. ( = publish) publierg. ( = cause to flow) faire couler4. compounds• he gave me the run-around il s'est défilé (inf) ► run-down adjective [person] à plat (inf) ; [building, area] délabré► run-off noun [of contest] ( = second round) deuxième tour m ; ( = last round) dernier tour m ; [of pollutants] infiltrations fpl( = find) [+ object, quotation, reference] tomber sur• run along! sauvez-vous !► run away intransitive verb partir en courant ; ( = flee) [person] se sauver• he ran away with the funds ( = stole) il est parti avec la caisse► run away with inseparable transitive verba. ( = win easily) [+ race, match] gagner haut la mainb. you're letting your imagination run away with you tu te laisses emporter par ton imagination► run down separable transitive verba. ( = knock over) renverser ; ( = run over) écrasera. ( = meet) rencontrer par hasard• to run into difficulties or trouble se heurter à des difficultésb. ( = collide with) rentrer dansc. ( = amount to) s'élever à• the cost will run into thousands of euros le coût va atteindre des milliers d'euros► run out intransitive verba. [person] sortir en courantb. ( = come to an end) [lease, contract] expirer ; [supplies] être épuisé ; [period of time] être écoulé[+ supplies, money] être à court de ; [+ patience] être à bout de• to run out of petrol or gas (British, US) tomber en panne d'essence► run out on (inf) inseparable transitive verb[+ person] laisser tomber (inf)► run over( = recapitulate) reprendre• could you run that past me again? est-ce que tu pourrais m'expliquer ça encore une fois ?► run through inseparable transitive verba. ( = read quickly) parcourirb. ( = rehearse) [+ play] répéter• if I may just run through the principal points once more si je peux juste récapituler les points principaux► run to inseparable transitive verba. ( = seek help from) faire appel à ; ( = take refuge with) se réfugier dans les bras dec. ( = amount to) the article runs to several hundred pages l'article fait plusieurs centaines de pages► run up( = climb quickly) monter en courant ; ( = approach quickly) s'approcher en courantb. [+ bills] accumuler[+ problem, difficulty] se heurter à* * *[rʌn] 1.1) ( act of running) course fto give somebody a clear run — fig laisser le champ libre à quelqu'un ( at doing pour faire)
2) ( flight)to have somebody on the run — lit mettre quelqu'un en fuite; fig réussir à effrayer quelqu'un
to make a run for it — fuir, s'enfuir
3) ( series) série f4) Theatre série f de représentations5) ( trend) (of events, market) tendance fthe run of the cards/dice was against me — le jeu était contre moi
6) ( series of thing produced) ( in printing) tirage m; ( in industry) série f7) Finance ( on Stock Exchange) ruée f (on sur)8) (trip, route) trajet m9) (in cricket, baseball) point m10) (for rabbit, chickens) enclos m11) (in tights, material) échelle f12) ( for skiing etc) piste f13) ( in cards) suite f2.1) ( cover by running) courir [distance, marathon]2) ( drive)3) (pass, move)4) ( manage) dirigera well-/badly-run organization — une organisation bien/mal dirigée
5) ( operate) faire fonctionner [machine]; faire tourner [motor]; exécuter [program]; entretenir [car]6) (organize, offer) organiser [competition, course]; mettre [quelque chose] en place [bus service]7) ( pass) passer [cable]8) ( cause to flow) faire couler [bath]; ouvrir [tap]9) ( publish) publier [article]10) ( pass through) franchir [rapids]; forcer [blockade]; brûler [red light]11) ( smuggle) faire passer [quelque chose] en fraude12) ( enter) faire courir [horse]; présenter [candidate]3.1) ( move quickly) [person, animal] courirto run across/down something — traverser/descendre quelque chose en courant
to run for ou to catch the bus — courir pour attraper le bus
to come running — courir ( towards vers)
2) ( flee) fuir, s'enfuirrun for your life! —
run for it! — (colloq) sauve qui peut!, déguerpissons! (colloq)
3) (colloq) ( rush off) filer (colloq)4) ( function) [machine] marcherto run off — fonctionner sur [mains, battery]
to run fast/slow — [clock] prendre de l'avance/du retard
5) (continue, last) [contract, lease] courirto run from... to... — [school year, season] aller de... à...
7) ( pass)to run past/through — [frontier, path] passer/traverser
the road runs north for about ten kilometres — la route va vers le nord sur une dizaine de kilomètres
8) ( move) [sledge, vehicle] glisser; [curtain] coulisserto run through somebody's hands — [rope] filer entre les mains de quelqu'un
9) ( operate regularly) circuler10) ( flow) coulerthe streets will be running with blood — fig le sang coulera à flots dans les rues
11) ( flow when wet or melted) [dye, garment] déteindre; [makeup, butter] couler12) ( as candidate) se présenterto run for — être candidat/-e au poste de [mayor, governor]
to run for president — être candidat/-e à la présidence
13) ( be worded)the telex runs... — le télex se présente or est libellé comme suit...
14) ( snag) filer•Phrasal Verbs:- run at- run away- run down- run in- run into- run off- run on- run out- run over- run to- run up•• -
44 scream
scream [skri:m]1. noun• "shut up" he screamed « taisez-vous » hurla-t-il• to scream o.s. hoarse s'enrouer à force de crier* * *[skriːm] 1.1) (of person, animal) cri m (perçant); ( stronger) hurlement m; ( of brakes) grincement m; ( of tyres) crissement mscreams of laughter — éclats mpl de rire
2) (colloq)2.to be a scream — être tordant (colloq)
transitive verb lit crier; fig [headline] annoncer (en titre)3.intransitive verb [person, animal, bird] crier; ( stronger) hurler; [brakes] grincer; [tyres] crisser; fig [colour] crierto scream with — hurler de [fear, pain, rage]; pousser des cris de [excitement, pleasure]
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45 sensation
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46 simmer
simmer [ˈsɪmər][+ soup, stew] faire mijoter* * *['sɪmə(r)] 1.transitive verb faire cuire [quelque chose] à feu doux [soup]; laisser frémir [water]2.1) [soup] cuire à feu doux, mijoter; [water] frémir2) fig [person] ( with discontent) bouillonner ( with de); (with passion, excitement) frémir ( with de); [revolt, violence] couver•Phrasal Verbs: -
47 spice
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48 subdued
subdued [səbˈdju:d]a. ( = morose) [person, mood] sombre ; [voice] qui manque d'entrainb. ( = restrained) [reaction, response] prudentc. ( = quiet, dim) [colour] doux ( douce f) ; [lighting] tamisé ; [voice] bas ( basse f) ; [conversation] à voix basse* * *[səb'djuːd], US [-'duːd]adjective [person, mood] silencieux/-ieuse; [voice] terne; [excitement, reaction] contenu; [lighting] tamisé; [colour] atténué -
49 subside
subside [səbˈsaɪd][land, building] s'affaisser ; [flood, river] baisser ; [wind, anger] se calmer ; [threat] s'éloigner* * *[səb'saɪd]1) ( die down) [storm, wind, applause, noise] s'apaiser; [emotion] se calmer; [laughter, fever, excitement] retomber; [threat] diminuer; [flames] reculer2) ( sink) [water] se retirer; [building, land] s'affaisser3) ( sink down) [person] s'effondrer -
50 suppress
suppress [səˈpres][+ crime] mettre fin à ; [+ revolt, one's feelings] réprimer ; [+ facts, truth] étouffer ; [+ evidence] faire disparaître* * *[sə'pres]transitive verb contenir [anger, excitement]; refouler [sexuality]; supprimer [evidence, information]; interdire [newspaper]; abolir [party, group]; réprimer [smile, urge, opposition, rebellion]; étouffer [criticism, scandal, yawn]; dissimuler [truth]; mettre fin à [activity]; retenir [tears]; empêcher [growth]; affaiblir [immune system]; inhiber [symptom, reaction] -
51 tremble
tremble [ˈtrembl]trembler ; (with excitement, passion) frémir ; [voice] (with fear, anger) trembler ; (with age) chevroter ; (with passion) vibrer2. noun* * *['trembl]intransitive verb trembler -
52 tremulous
tremulous [ˈtremjʊləs]* * *['tremjʊləs]adjective [voice] ( with emotion) tremblant; ( from weakness) tremblotant; ( with excitement) frémissant; [smile] timide -
53 wear
wear [wεər]1. noun• there is still some wear left in it (garment, shoe, carpet, tyre) cela fera encore de l'usage• to show signs of wear [clothes, shoes] commencer à être défraîchi ; [carpet, tyres] commencer à être usé ; [machine] commencer à être fatiguéa. ( = have on) porter ; [+ beard, moustache] avoir• he was wearing nothing but a pair of socks il n'avait pour tout vêtement qu'une paire de chaussettes• what shall I wear? qu'est-ce que je vais mettre ?b. [+ smile] arborer ; [+ look] afficher• the committee won't wear another £100 on your expenses vous ne ferez jamais avaler au comité 100 livres de plus pour vos frais (inf)a. ( = deteriorate with use) [garment, fabric, stone, wood] s'user• that excuse has worn thin! cette excuse ne prend plus !• that joke is starting to wear a bit thin! cette plaisanterie commence à être éculée !b. ( = last) a theory/friendship that has worn well une théorie/amitié qui a résisté à l'épreuve du tempsc. to wear to its end or to a close [day, year, sb's life] tirer à sa fin[heels, pencil] s'user ; [resistance, courage] s'épuiser[+ materials, patience, strength] user ; [+ courage, resistance] miner• the unions managed to wear the employers down les syndicats ont réussi à faire céder les employeurs[colour, design, inscription] s'effacer ; [pain] disparaître ; [anger, excitement] passer ; [effects, anaesthetic, magic] se dissiper[day, year, winter] avancer ; [battle, war, discussions] se poursuivre[clothes, material, machinery] s'user ; [patience, enthusiasm] s'épuisera. [+ shoes, clothes] user ; [+ one's strength, reserves, materials, patience] épuiserb. ( = exhaust) [+ person, horse] épuiser* * *[weə(r)] 1.noun [U]1) ( clothing) vêtements mplsports wear — tenue f de sport
2) ( use)3) ( damage) usure f (on de)wear and tear — usure f
to look the worse for wear — ( damaged) être abîmé
2.to be somewhat the worse for wear — ( drunk) être ivre; ( tired) être épuisé
1) ( be dressed in) porter2) (put on, use) mettre3) ( display)his face ou he wore a puzzled frown — il fronçait les sourcils d'un air perplexe
4) ( damage by use) user5) (colloq) ( accept) tolérer [behaviour]; accepter [excuse]3.1) ( become damaged) s'user2) ( withstand use)he's worn very well — fig il est encore bien pour son âge
•Phrasal Verbs:- wear off- wear on- wear out -
54 all over
1) (over the whole of (a person, thing etc): My car is dirty all over.) d'un bout à l'autre2) (finished: The excitement's all over now.) terminé3) (everywhere: We've been looking all over for you!) partout -
55 anticipation
noun I'm looking forward to the concert with anticipation (= expectancy, excitement).) plaisir anticipé -
56 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 -
57 be beside oneself (with)
(to be in a state of very great, uncontrolled emotion: She was beside herself with excitement as her holiday approached.) ne plus se tenir (de) -
58 be beside oneself (with)
(to be in a state of very great, uncontrolled emotion: She was beside herself with excitement as her holiday approached.) ne plus se tenir (de) -
59 be/get carried away
(to be overcome by one's feelings: She was/got carried away by the excitement.) être emporté -
60 be/go on the rampage
['ræmpei‹] (to rush about angrily, violently or in excitement, often causing great destruction.) être déchaîné
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