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1 expédient
expédient [εkspedjɑ̃]masculine noun• vivre d'expédients [personne] to live by one's wits* * *ɛkspedjɑ̃nom masculin expedient* * *ɛkspedjɑ̃ nm* * *A adj m il est expédient de faire it is expedient to do.B nm expedient; user d'expédients to resort to expedients; vivre d'expédients to live by one's wits.( féminin expédiente) [ɛkspedjɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectifexpédient nom masculin1. [moyen] expedient2. (locution)user ou vivre d'expédients to live by one's wits -
2 opportun
expedient, opportune, timely -
3 palliatif
palliatif [paljatif]masculine nounpalliative (à to, for)* * *
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- ive paljatif, iv adjectif palliative
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nom masculin palliative* * *paljatif, iv (-ive)1. adj(mesures) stopgap2. nm1) MÉDECINE palliativeSee:2) (= expédient) stopgap measure* * *A adj1 gén [mesure] palliative;2 Méd [soin] palliative; unité de soins palliatifs ( établissement) hospice; ( service hospitalier) unit for terminally ill patients.( féminin palliative) [paljatif, iv] adjectif————————nom masculin -
4 recourir
recourir [ʀ(ə)kuʀiʀ]➭ TABLE 111. intransitive verb* * *ʀ(ə)kuʀiʀverbe transitif indirectrecourir à — to use, to have recourse to [remède, technique]; to resort to [expédient, stratagème, violence]; to turn to [parent, ami]; to go to [agence, expert]
* * *ʀ(ə)kuʀiʀ vi1) (= avour recours)recourir à [ami, agence] — to turn to, to appeal to, [force, ruse, emprunt] to resort to, to have recourse to
2) (= courir de nouveau) to race again* * *recourir verb table: courirA recourir à vtr ind recourir à to use, to have recourse to [remède, technique]; to resort to [expédient, stratagème, violence]; to turn to [parent, ami]; to go to [agence, expert]; recourir à la justice to go to court.B vi1 Sport to run again;2 Jur to lodge an appeal (contre against).[rəkurir] verbe transitif————————[rəkurir] verbe intransitifSPORT to run ou to race again————————recourir à verbe plus préposition1. [personne]recourir à quelqu'un to appeal ou to turn to somebodyen cas de désaccord, il faudra recourir à un expert in case of disagreement you will have to turn to ou to seek the help of an expert2. [objet, méthode etc.] -
5 recours
recours [ʀ(ə)kuʀ]1. masculine noun2. compounds► recours en grâce ( = remise de peine) plea for pardon ; ( = commutation de peine) plea for clemency* * *ʀ(ə)kuʀnom masculin invariable1) ( moyen quelconque) recourse; ( moyen extrême) resortavoir recours à — to have recourse to [remède, technique]; to resort to [expédient, stratagème]; to turn to [parent, ami]; to go to [agence, expert]
2) Droit appeal* * *ʀ(ə)kuʀ1. vbSee:2. nmsans recours — final, DROIT appeal
* * *recours nm inv1 ( moyen quelconque) recourse; ( moyen extrême) resort; le recours à qch resorting to sth, recourse to sth; sans autre recours que with no other way out but; avoir recours à to have recourse to [remède, technique]; to resort to [expédient, stratagème]; to turn to [parent, ami]; to go to [agence, expert]; en dernier recours as a last resort; c'est sans recours there's no way out;2 Jur appeal; déposer un recours auprès d'un or devant un tribunal to lodge an appeal (contre against); recours en annulation application ou motion for annulment; recours en révision application to reopen proceedings; recours en grâce petition for reprieve.[rəkur] nom masculina. [moyen] to resort tob. [personne] to turn toa. [pour une remise de peine] petition for pardonb. [pour une commutation de peine] petition for clemency ou remissionen dernier recours locution adverbiale -
6 accommodement
accommodement [akɔmɔdmɑ̃]masculine noun(literary = arrangement) compromise* * *akɔmɔdmɑ̃ nm1) (= compromis) compromise2) [aliment] preparation* * *1 ( transaction) arrangement; parvenir à un accommodement avec qn to come to an arrangement with sb (à propos de about);2 ( expédient) hum agreement; trouver des accommodements avec sa conscience/avec le Ciel to come to terms with one's conscience/with God.[akɔmɔdmɑ̃] nom masculin1. [accord] arrangement -
7 imaginer
imaginer [imaʒine]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. to imagine• tu imagines la scène ! you can imagine the scene!b. ( = inventer) [+ système, plan] to devise• qu'est-il encore allé imaginer ? (inf) now what has he dreamed up?2. reflexive verb• si tu t'imagines que je vais te laisser faire ! don't think I'm going to let you get away with that!* * *imaʒine
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1) ( se représenter) to imagine, to picture [personne, chose, scène]imagine sa tête quand... — just picture his/her face when...
2) ( supposer) to suppose3) ( inventer) to devise, to think up [méthode, moyen]
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s'imaginer verbe pronominal1) ( se représenter) to imagine, to picture [chose, personne]2) ( se voir) to picture oneself* * *imaʒine vt(= se représenter) to imagine1) (= croire)2) (= supposer) to suppose, to imagineJ'imagine qu'il plaisantait. — I suppose he was joking.
3) (= inventer) [expédient, mesure] to devise, to think upimaginer de faire (= avoir l'idée de) — to have the idea of doing
* * *imaginer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( se représenter) to imagine, picture [personne, chose, scène]; je l'imaginais plus grand I imagined him to be taller; je l'imaginais comme un héros I imagined him as a hero; tu n'imagines pas comme c'est douloureux/beau you can't imagine how painful/beautiful it is; imagine sa tête quand on lui a annoncé qu'il allait être père! just picture his face when he was told he was going to be a father!; on imagine difficilement qu'il puisse être élu it's hard to believe that he will be elected; j'imagine mal comment il pourrait gagner maintenant I can't see how he could win now;2 ( supposer) to suppose; imagine qu'il ne soit pas d'accord… suppose he doesn't agree…;3 ( inventer) to devise, think up [méthode, moyen]; il avait imaginé un moyen de s'enrichir rapidement he had devised ou thought up a way of getting rich quickly; que vas-tu imaginer? how can you think such a thing?B s'imaginer vpr1 ( se représenter) to imagine, picture [chose, personne]; elle s'imaginait une plage bordée de cocotiers she imagined ou pictured a beach bordered with coconut palms; imaginez-vous qu'il est resté trois jours sans manger! just imagine, he didn't eat for three days!;2 ( se voir) to picture oneself; s'imaginer à 60 ans/au volant d'une superbe voiture to picture oneself at 60/at the wheel of a superb car;3 ( croire) to think (que that); elle s'imagine qu'elle peut réussir sans travailler she thinks that she can succeed without doing any work.[imaʒine] verbe transitif1. [concevoir] to imaginetu imagines sa tête quand je lui ai dit ça! you can imagine ou picture his face when I told him that!tu n'imagines tout de même pas que je vais céder? you don't really think ou imagine I'm going to give in, do you?tu veux de l'argent, j'imagine! you want some money, I suppose!3. [inventer - personnage] to create, to imagine ; [ - gadget, mécanisme] to devise, to think up (separable)————————s'imaginer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)j'ai du mal à m'imaginer grand-mère I have a hard job picturing ou seeing myself as a grandmother————————s'imaginer verbe pronominal transitifs'imaginer que to imagine ou to think thattu t'imagines bien que je n'ai pas vraiment apprécié as you can imagine, I wasn't too pleased -
8 pis-aller
pis-aller [pizale]invariable masculine noun* * *pizalenom masculin invariable lesser evil* * *pizale nm inv* * *pis-aller nm inv lesser evil; considérer qn/qch comme un pis-aller to consider sb/sth as the lesser evil; ces matériaux sont des pis-aller we'll have to make do with these materials.[pizale] nom masculin invariable[expédient] last resortdisons lundi, mais ce serait un pis-aller let's say Monday, but that's if the worst comes to the worst -
9 trou
n. m.1. 'Dump', dead-end of a place. Il est allé se terrer dans un trou perdu: He's gone to ground in some godforsaken place. (The word does not always have this near-pejorative connotation; the expression un petit trou pas cher, in the lingo of tourists, refers to that inexpensive holiday place we always search for and seldom find.)2. 'Clink', 'nick', prison. Aller au trou: To 'go down', to do time. (In the film of the 60s, Le Trou, the title gained a deeper meaning in that the plot was all about prisoners trying to burrow their way to freedom.)3. Etre dans le trou: To be 'six foot under', to be dead.4. Trou de balle: Arse-hole, anal sphincter. Se dévisser (also: se décarcasser) le trou: To 'try one's darnedest', to nearly break onc's back doing something.5. Boire comme un trou: To have 'a sloping gullet', to drink like a fish.6. Boucherun trou: To 'make do with something', to use an expedient for want of something better. On l'a pris au bureau pour boucher un trou: We just took him on in the office as a stop-gap.7. En boucher un trou à quelqu'un: To leave someone speechless, to astound someone (with an unexpected action, some surprising information, etc.).8. Faire son trou: To 'make one's way in the world', to elbow oneself into a position of prominence. (There is a certain hint of'fmding one's niche' in this expression.)9. Ne pas avoir les yeux en face des trous: To have a cock-eyed view of things, to be unable to see things as they are. (The expression often occurs in a context of drunken stupor.)
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