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1 four-cycle
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2 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) quart2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) vingt-cinq cents3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) quartier4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) de toutes parts5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grâce6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) quartier7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) quartier8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) quart9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trimestre2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) couper en quatre2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) diviser en quatre3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) cantonner•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) trimestriellement4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) publication trimestrielle- quarters- quarter-deck - quarter-final - quarter-finalist - quartermaster - at close quarters -
3 Colleges
Aux États-Unis, on emploie ce terme pour divers types d'établissements d'enseignement supérieur qui proposent des études en deux ans ( community college, technical college, junior college), ou en quatre ans ( four-year college, university) qui préparent au Bachelor's Degree puis à un diplôme de troisième cycle. L'admission dans ces établissements se fait en fonction du dossier scolaire des élèves, des matières qu'ils ont étudiées en high school, et de leurs résultats aux examens de fin d'études secondaires. High school -
4 length
length [leŋ(k)θ]a. (in space) longueur f► to go to the length/to... lengths• I didn't think he would go to such lengths to get the job je n'aurais pas cru qu'il serait allé jusque-là pour avoir le poste• the length of time needed to... le temps nécessaire pour...► at length ( = at last) enfin ; ( = for a long time) fort longuement ; ( = in detail) dans le détail* * *[leŋθ] 1.1) longueur fto be 15 cm/50 km in length — faire 15 cm/50 km de long
there was a ladder running the (whole) length of her stocking — son bas était filé sur toute sa hauteur
2) ( duration) (of book, list, syllable) longueur f; (of event, activity, prison sentence) durée fa film three hours in length — un film de trois heures or qui dure trois heures
he can't concentrate for any length of time — il n'arrive pas à se concentrer pendant (très) longtemps
3) ( piece) (of string, carpet, wood) morceau m; ( of fabric) ≈ métrage m; (of piping, track) tronçon mdress/skirt length — hauteur f de robe/de jupe
4) Sport longueur f2.lengths plural noun3. 4.- length combining formfloor-length curtains — des rideaux qui descendent jusqu'au sol; full-length
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5 wheel
wheel [wi:l]1. noun[+ barrow, cycle] pousser ; [+ child] pousser (dans un landau etc)3. compounds[person] se retourner (brusquement)* * *[wiːl], US [hwiːl] 1.1) ( on vehicle) roue f; ( on furniture) roulette f2) ( for steering) volant m; Nautical roue f (de gouvernail)to be at ou behind the wheel — être au volant
3) ( in mechanism) rouage m also fig2.(colloq) wheels plural noun bagnole (colloq) f3.have you got wheels? — (colloq) tu es motorisé? (colloq)
transitive verb pousser4.they wheeled me into the operating theatre — ils m'ont emmené dans la salle d'opération sur un chariot
1) (also wheel round) ( circle) [bird] tournoyer2) ( turn sharply) [person, regiment] faire demi-tour; [car, motorbike] braquer fortement; [ship] virer de bord5.- wheeled combining forma three-/four-wheeled vehicle — un véhicule à trois/quatre roues
Phrasal Verbs:- wheel in••to wheel and deal — magouiller (colloq)
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6 college
A n1 Sch, Univ ( place of tertiary education) établissement m d'enseignement supérieur ; (school, part of university) collège m ; US Univ faculté f ; to live in/out of college GB vivre au/hors du collège ; to go to college, to be at ou in US college faire des études supérieures ; to enter/leave college commencer/terminer ses études supérieures ; to put a child through college payer des études supérieures à un enfant ; to drop out of college, to be a college dropout abandonner ses études ;2 ( professional body) (of arms, cardinals) collège m ; (of doctors, surgeons) académie f ; (of midwives, nurses) association f ;to give sth the old college try US essayer de tout son cœur.ⓘ Colleges Aux États-Unis, on emploie ce terme pour divers types d'établissements d'enseignement supérieur qui proposent des études en deux ans ( community college, technical college, junior college), ou en quatre ans ( four-year college, university) qui préparent au Bachelor's Degree puis à un diplôme de troisième cycle. L'admission dans ces établissements se fait en fonction du dossier scolaire des élèves, des matières qu'ils ont étudiées en high school, et de leurs résultats aux examens de fin d'études secondaires. ⇒ high school -
7 solar
solar ['səʊlə(r)](b) (using the sun's power → energy, heating) solaire►► solar battery batterie f solaire;solar cell pile f solaire, photopile f;solar eclipse éclipse f solaire;solar flare éruption f solaire;solar furnace four m solaire;solar panel panneau m solaire;Anatomy solar plexus plexus m solaire;solar power énergie f solaire;solar system système m solaire;solar wind vent m solaire
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