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prévoyance [pʀevwajɑ̃s]feminine noun* * *pʀevwajɑ̃snom féminin foresight* * *pʀevwajɑ̃s nf* * *prévoyance nf foresight; manque de prévoyance lack of foresight.[prevwajɑ̃s] nom féminin -
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ɛ̃pʀevwajɑ̃snom féminin lack of foresight* * *ɛ̃pʀevwajɑ̃s nf* * *imprévoyance nf lack of foresight.[ɛ̃prevwajɑ̃s] nom féminin[généralement] lack of foresight[financière] improvidence -
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imprévoyant, e [ɛ̃pʀevwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective* * *
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imprévoyante ɛ̃pʀevwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif improvident
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nom masculin, féminin improvident person* * *ɛ̃pʀevwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj imprévoyant, -e(face aux événements) lacking in foresight, (en matière d'argent) improvident* * *A adj improvident.B nm,f improvident person.( féminin imprévoyante) [ɛ̃prevwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif[généralement] lacking (in) foresight[financièrement] improvident————————, imprévoyante [ɛ̃prevwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t] nom masculin, nom féminin -
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pʀesjɑ̃s1) ( connaissance de l'avenir) foresight, prescience2) ( intuition) premonition3) Religion prescience* * *pʀesjɑ̃s nf1) (= anticipation) prescience2) RELIGION prescience* * *prescience nf liter1 ( connaissance de l'avenir) foresight, prescience;2 ( intuition) premonition;3 Relig prescience.[presjɑ̃s] nom féminin -
6 visée avant
ffore observation, foresightDictionnaire d'ingénierie, d'architecture et de construction > visée avant
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guidon [gidɔ̃]masculine noun• avoir le nez or la tête dans le guidon to keep one's nose to the grindstone* * *gidɔ̃nom masculin (de bicyclette, moto) handlebars (pl)* * *ɡidɔ̃ nmhandlebars pl* * *guidon nm1 (de bicyclette, moto) handlebars (pl);2 ( de pistolet) front sight;3 ( drapeau) guidon.[gidɔ̃] nom masculin1. [d'un vélo] handlebars -
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nez [ne]masculine nouna. nose• où est mon sac ? -- sous ton nez ! where's my bag? -- right under your nose!• se trouver nez à nez avec qn to find o.s. face to face with sbb. ( = flair) il a du nez he has good instincts• en affaires, il a le nez fin he has a flair for business• montrer le bout de son nez ( = se manifester) to make an appearance* * *nɛnom masculin noseça sent le parfum à plein nez — (colloq) there's a strong smell of perfume
je n'ai pas mis le nez dehors — (colloq) I didn't set foot outside
mettre le nez à la fenêtre — (colloq) to show one's face at the window
tu as le nez dessus — (colloq) it's staring you in the face
••mener quelqu'un par le bout du nez — (colloq) ( dans un couple) to have somebody under one's thumb; ( plus général) to have somebody wrapped round one's little finger
avoir quelqu'un dans le nez — (colloq) to have it in for somebody
avoir un coup or verre dans le nez — (colloq) to have had one too many (colloq)
faire quelque chose au nez (et à la barbe) de quelqu'un — to do something right under somebody's nose
filer or passer sous le nez de quelqu'un — to slip through somebody's fingers
avoir le nez creux — (colloq) to be canny
se casser le nez — (colloq) ( trouver porte close) to find nobody at home; ( échouer) to fail, to come a cropper (colloq)
* * *ne nmavoir du nez — to have flair, to have foresight
* * *nez ⇒ Le corps humain nm1 Anat nose; nez droit/aquilin or en bec d'aigle straight/aquiline nose; nez en trompette or en pied de marmite turned-up nose; avoir le nez bouché/qui coule to have a blocked/runny nose; respirer par le nez to breathe through one's nose; se boucher le nez to hold one's nose; tu saignes du nez your nose is bleeding; ça sent le parfum à plein nez○ there's a strong smell of perfume; regarder qn sous le nez to stare rudely at sb; mettre qch sous le nez de qn○ to put sth right under sb's nose; mettre○ or fourrer◑ son nez partout/dans qch to poke one's nose into everything/into sth; je n'ai pas mis le nez dehors I didn't set foot outside; il fait un froid à ne pas mettre le nez dehors it's freezing cold; mettre le nez à la fenêtre to show one's face at the window; montrer or pointer le bout du nez to show one's face; lever à peine le nez barely to look up; ne pas lever le nez de qch never to lift one's head from sth; elle travaille le nez sur son ordinateur/sa feuille she works hunched over her computer/her sheet of paper; tu as le nez dessus it's staring you in the face; se retrouver nez à nez avec qn to find oneself face to face with sb; avoir du nez, avoir le nez fin ( odorat) to have a good sense of smell; ( intuition) to be shrewd; rire/fermer la porte au nez de qn to laugh/shut the door in sb's face; ⇒ lait, moutarde, ver;3 Géog ( promontoire) headland;ça se voit or c'est gros comme le nez au milieu du visage or de la figure○ it's as plain as the nose on your face; mener qn par le bout du nez○ ( dans un couple) to have sb under one's thumb; ( plus général) to have sb wrapped round one's little finger○; ton nez bouge or remue you're telling a lie; avoir qn dans le nez○ to have it in for sb; avoir un coup or un verre dans le nez○ to have had one too many○; se manger○ or bouffer◑ le nez to be at each other's throats; ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez to see no further than the end of one's nose; faire qch au nez (et à la barbe) de qn to do sth right under sb's nose; filer or passer sous le nez de qn to slip through sb's fingers; avoir le nez creux○ to be canny; se casser le nez○ ( trouver porte close) to find nobody at home; ( échouer) to fail, to come a cropper○.[ne] nom masculinavoir le nez bouché to have a stuffed up ou blocked noseavoir le nez qui saigne, saigner du nez to have a nosebleedparler du nez to talk ou to speak through one's nose2. [jugement] flair (substantif non comptable), good judgment (substantif non comptable), intuition (substantif non comptable)j'ai eu du nez ou le nez fin ou le nez creux my intuition was goodtu vois, j'ai eu le nez fin de partir avant minuit you see, I was right to trust my instinct and leave before midnight3. [flair d'un chien] nose4. [en parfumerie] perfume tester5. AÉRONAUTIQUE nose10. TECHNOLOGIE shank11. (locution)sans lever le nez de son travail without looking up from his/her workmontrer (le bout de) son nez to show one's face, to put in an appearancele voisin/soleil n'a pas montré son nez de la semaine the man next door/sun hasn't come out all weekfermer/claquer la porte au nez à quelqu'un to shut/to slam the door in somebody's faceau nez (et à la barbe) ou sous le nez de quelqu'un under somebody's nosetu as le nez dessus!, il est sous ton nez! it's right under your nose!mettre ou fourrer son nez dans les affaires de quelqu'un (familier) to poke ou to stick one's nose in somebody's businessje vais lui mettre le nez dans son caca (très familier) ou sa merde (vulgaire) , moi! I'm going to rub his nose right in it!————————à plein nez locution adverbiale -
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n. m.1. Avoir du nez (also: avoir bon nez): To be well-inspired where making a decision is concerned. On peut dire que tu as eu du nez de ne pas y aller: You certainly made the right choice in keeping away!2. Avoir le nez creux: To have an uncanny knack at guessing right first time. (When uttered, this expression is often accompanied by the 'bodyspeak' gesture of tapping the side of one's nose with the index finger.)3. Avoir quelqu'un dans le nez: To be unable to 'stomach' someone, to have a strong antipathy towards someone. Depuis sa vacherie je l'ai dans le nez: I can't stand the sight of him since he did the dirty on me!4. Avoir un verre dans le nez: To have had 'one over the eight', to be 'tipsy', to be slightly drunk.5. Se piquer le nez: To get 'pickled', to get drunk as a matter of habit.6. A vue de nez: At a rough guess. A vue de nez, je dirais qu'elle a la cinquantaine: My guesstimate is she's well into her fifties!7. Tirer les vers du nez à quelqu'un: To 'pump' someone, to extract information from a reluctant party.8. Se casser le nez:a To find no-one at home.b To 'come a cropper', to fail.9. Se bouffer le nez: To 'squabble', to quarrel.10. Ça va nous tomber sur le nezl We're sure to 'cop it'—We're certainly in for some trouble!11. Ça lui pend au nez! He's got it coming to him! (The expression is quite often used in the past tense as if to prove the foresight of the speaker in a 'He had it coming to him!' stance.)12. Les doigts dans le nez: With the greatest of ease. Il a gagné la course les doigts dans le nez: He romped home to victory.
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