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41 go
go [gəʊ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. modal verb4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = move) aller• where are you going? où allez-vous ?• there he goes! le voilà !• you can go next allez-y(, je vous en prie) !► to go + preposition• the train goes at 90km/h le train roule à 90 km/h• where do we go from here? qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?• to go to France/to London aller en France/à Londres• to go up the hill monter la colline► to go + -ing• to go swimming (aller) nager► go and...• go and get me it! va me le chercher !• now you've gone and broken it! (inf) ça y est, tu l'as cassé !• when does the train go? quand part le train ?• after a week all our money had gone en l'espace d'une semaine, nous avions dépensé tout notre argent• he'll have to go [employee] on ne peut pas le garder• there goes my chance of promotion! je peux faire une croix sur ma promotion !• going, going, gone! une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé, vendu !► to let sb go ( = allow to leave) laisser partir qn ; ( = make redundant) se séparer de qn ; ( = stop gripping) lâcher qn• let go! lâchez !• to let go of sth/sb lâcher qch/qn• eventually parents have to let go of their children tôt ou tard, les parents doivent laisser leurs enfants voler de leurs propres ailes► to let sth goc. ( = start) [car, machine] démarrer ; ( = function) [machine, watch, car] marcher• how do you make this go? comment est-ce que ça marche ?• to be going [machine, engine] être en marche► to get going [person] ( = leave)• once he gets going... une fois lancé...• to get things going activer les choses► to keep going ( = continue) [person] continuer ; [business] se maintenir• the police signalled her to stop but she kept going la police lui a fait signe de s'arrêter mais elle a continué son chemin• a cup of coffee is enough to keep her going all morning elle réussit à tenir toute la matinée avec un caféd. ( = begin) there he goes again! le voilà qui recommence !• here goes! (inf) allez, on y va !e. ( = progress) aller, marcher• how's it going? (comment) ça va ?• all went well for him until... tout s'est bien passé pour lui jusqu'au moment où...• add the sugar, stirring as you go ajoutez le sucre, en remuant au fur et à mesuref. ( = turn out) [events] se passer• how did your holiday go? comment se sont passées tes vacances ?• that's the way things go, I'm afraid c'est malheureux mais c'est comme çag. ( = become) devenir• have you gone mad? tu es devenu fou ?h. ( = fail) [fuse] sauter ; [bulb] griller ; [material] être usé ; [sight] baisser ; [strength] manqueri. ( = be sold) how much do you think the house will go for? combien crois-tu que la maison va être vendue ?• it went for $550 c'est parti à 550 dollarsj. ( = be given) [prize, reward, inheritance] revenir (to à)k. ( = be accepted) the story goes that... le bruit court que...l. ( = apply) that goes for you too c'est valable pour toi aussi• that goes for me too ( = I agree with that) je suis aussi de cet avis• as far as your suggestion goes... pour ce qui est de ta suggestion...• this explanation is fine, as far as it goes cette explication vaut ce qu'elle vautm. ( = available) are there any jobs going? y a-t-il des postes vacants ?• is there any coffee going? est-ce qu'il y a du café ?n. [tune] the tune goes like this voici l'airo. ( = make sound or movement) faire ; [bell, clock] sonnerp. ( = serve) the money will go to compensate the victims cet argent servira à dédommager les victimes► as... go• he's not bad, as estate agents go il n'est pas mauvais pour un agent immobilier2. modal verb► to be going to + infinitive allera. ( = travel) [+ distance] faireb. ( = make sound) faire• he went "psst" « psst » fit-il4. noun(plural goes)a. ( = motion) (inf) it's all go! ça n'arrête pas !• at one or a go d'un seul coup► to have a go ( = try) essayerc. ( = success) to make a go of sth réussir qch5. compounds• to give sb the go-ahead (to do) (inf) donner le feu vert à qn (pour faire) ► go-between noun intermédiaire mf► go-karting noun = go-carting► go abouta. allerb. [rumour] courira. [+ task, duties] he went about the task methodically il s'y est pris de façon méthodique• how does one go about getting seats? comment fait-on pour avoir des places ?( = cross) traverser• she went across to Mrs. Smith's elle est allée en face chez Mme Smith[+ river, road] traverser( = follow) suivre ; ( = attack) attaquer• go after him! suivez-le !a. ( = prove hostile to) [vote, judgement, decision] être défavorable àb. ( = oppose) aller à l'encontre de• conditions which went against national interests des conditions qui allaient à l'encontre des intérêts nationaux• it goes against my principles c'est contre mes principes► go ahead intransitive verb passer devant ; [event] avoir (bien) lieu ; [work] avancer• go ahead! allez-y !• why don't you go along too? pourquoi n'iriez-vous pas aussi ?• I can't go along with that at all je ne suis pas du tout d'accord là-dessus► go around intransitive verba. = go about ; go roundb. what goes around comes around tout finit par se payer► go away intransitive verb partir ; (on holiday) partir (en vacances) ; [pain] disparaître• we need to go away and think about this nous devons prendre le temps d'y réfléchir► go back intransitive verba. ( = return) retourner• it's getting dark, shall we go back? il commence à faire nuit, on rentre ?b. ( = retreat) reculerd. ( = revert) revenir (to à)e. ( = extend) s'étendre• the cave goes back 300 metres la grotte fait 300 mètres de long► go back on inseparable transitive verb[+ decision, promise] revenir sur( = happen earlier)[person] passer ; [period of time] (se) passerb. ( = be swallowed) it went down the wrong way j'ai (or il a etc) avalé de traversc. ( = be accepted) I wonder how that will go down with her parents je me demande comment ses parents vont prendre ça• to go down well/badly être bien/mal accueillid. [value, price, standards] baissere. ( = be relegated) être reléguéf. [stage curtain] tomber ; [theatre lights] s'éteindreg. ( = go as far as) allerh. [balloon, tyre] se dégonfler• my ankle's OK, the swelling has gone down ma cheville va bien, elle a désenflé► go down as inseparable transitive verb( = be regarded as) être considéré comme ; ( = be remembered as) passer à la postérité comme• the victory will go down as one of the highlights of the year cette victoire restera dans les mémoires comme l'un des grands moments de l'année► go down with (inf) inseparable transitive verb[+ illness] attrapera. ( = attack) attaquerc. ( = strive for) essayer d'avoir ; ( = choose) choisir• the theory has a lot going for it cette théorie a de nombreux mérites► go forward intransitive verba. ( = move ahead) avancer ; [economy] progresserb. ( = take place) avoir lieuc. ( = continue) maintenir• if they go forward with these proposals s'ils maintiennent ces propositions► go in intransitive verba. ( = enter) entrerb. ( = attack) attaquera. [+ examination] se présenter à ; [+ position, job] poser sa candidature à ; [+ competition, race] prendre part àb. [+ sport] pratiquer ; [+ hobby] se livrer à ; [+ style] affectionner ; [+ medicine, accounting, politics] faire• he doesn't go in for reading much il n'aime pas beaucoup lire► go into inseparable transitive verba. [+ profession, field] he doesn't want to go into industry il ne veut pas travailler dans l'industrieb. ( = embark on) [+ explanation] se lancer dansc. ( = investigate) étudierd. ( = be devoted to) être investi dansa. ( = leave) partirb. [alarm clock] sonner ; [alarm] se déclencherc. [light, radio, TV] s'éteindre ; [heating] s'arrêtere. [event] se passer• I used to like him, but I've gone off him lately je l'aimais bien mais depuis un certain temps il m'agace► go off with inseparable transitive verb partir aveca. ( = proceed on one's way) (without stopping) poursuivre son chemin ; (after stopping) continuer sa route ; (by car) reprendre la route• go on trying! essaie encore !• go on! continuez !• if you go on doing that, you'll get into trouble si tu continues, tu vas avoir des ennuis• don't go on about it! ça va, j'ai compris !• she's always going on at him about doing up the kitchen elle n'arrête pas de le harceler pour qu'il refasse la cuisinee. ( = proceed) passer• he went on to say that... puis il a dit que...• he retired from football and went on to become a journalist il a abandonné le football et est devenu journaliste• how long has this been going on? depuis combien de temps est-ce que ça dure ?• what's going on here? qu'est-ce qui se passe ici ?• as the day went on he became more and more anxious au fil des heures, il devenait de plus en plus inquiet• what a way to go on! en voilà des manières !i. ( = progress) [person, patient] aller• how is he going on? comment va-t-il ?( = be guided by) we don't have much to go on yet nous n'avons pas beaucoup d'indices pour l'instant► go on for inseparable transitive verba. ( = leave) sortirb. [fire, light] s'éteindrec. ( = travel) aller (to à)d. [sea] se retirer ; [tide] descendref. [invitation] être envoyé ; [radio programme, TV programme] être diffusé• an appeal has gone out for people to give blood un appel a été lancé pour encourager les dons de sanga. ( = cross) allerb. ( = be overturned) se retournera. ( = examine) [+ accounts, report] vérifierb. ( = review) [+ speech] revoir ; [+ facts, points] récapituler• let's go over the facts again récapitulons les faits► go over to inseparable transitive verb passer àa. ( = turn) tournerc. ( = be sufficient) suffire (pour tout le monde)d. ( = circulate) [document, story] circuler• there's a rumour going round that... le bruit court que...e. = go about► go through( = be agreed) [proposal] être accepté ; [business deal] être conclua. ( = suffer, endure) endurerb. ( = examine) [+ list] examiner ; [+ book] parcourir ; [+ mail] regarder ; [+ subject, plan] étudier ; [+ one's pockets] fouiller dans• I went through my drawers looking for a pair of socks j'ai cherché une paire de chaussettes dans mes tiroirsc. ( = use up) [+ money] dépenser ; ( = wear out) userd. ( = carry out) [+ routine, course of study] suivre ; [+ formalities] accomplir ; [+ apprenticeship] faire► go through with inseparable transitive verb( = persist with) [+ plan, threat] mettre à exécution• in the end she couldn't go through with it en fin de compte elle n'a pas pu le faire► go together intransitive verb[colours, flavours] aller (bien) ensemble ; [events, conditions, ideas] aller de paira. ( = sink) [ship, person] coulerb. ( = fail) [person, business] faire faillite► go upa. monter[+ hill] gravira. [circumstances, event, conditions] aller (de pair) avec• mothers feed their children and go without themselves les mères nourrissent leurs enfants et se privent elles-mêmes de tout* * *[gəʊ] 1.1) (move, travel) aller ( from de; to à, en)to go to Wales/to California — aller au Pays de Galles/en Californie
to go to town/to the country — aller en ville/à la campagne
to go up/down/across — monter/descendre/traverser
to go by bus/train — voyager en bus/train
to go by ou past — [person, vehicle] passer
there he goes again! — ( that's him again) le revoilà!; fig ( he's starting again) le voilà qui recommence!
where do we go from here? — fig et maintenant qu'est-ce qu'on fait?
2) (on specific errand, activity) allerto go on a journey/on holiday — partir en voyage/en vacances
3) ( attend) allerto go to school/work — aller à l'école/au travail
5) ( depart) partir7) ( disappear) partir8) (be sent, transmitted)9) ( become)to go mad — devenir fou/folle
10) ( change over to new system)to go Labour — Politics [country, constituency] voter travailliste
11) (be, remain)12) (weaken, become impaired)13) ( of time)14) ( be got rid of)six down and four to go! — six de faits, et encore quatre à faire!
15) (operate, function) [vehicle, machine, clock] marcher, fonctionnerto set [something] going — mettre [quelque chose] en marche
to get going — [engine, machine] se mettre en marche; fig [business] démarrer
to keep going — [person, business, machine] se maintenir
16) ( start)here goes! —
once he gets going, he never stops — une fois lancé, il n'arrête pas
17) ( lead) aller, conduire (to à)the road goes down/goes up — la route descend/monte
18) ( extend in depth or scope)a hundred pounds doesn't go far these days — on ne va pas loin avec cent livres sterling de nos jours
you can make £5 go a long way — on peut faire beaucoup de choses avec 5 livres sterling
19) (belong, be placed) aller20) ( fit) gen rentrer22) ( be accepted)23) ( be about to)24) ( happen)how's it going? — (colloq)
how are things going? — comment ça va? (colloq)
how goes it? — hum comment ça va? (colloq)
25) ( be on average)it's old, as Australian towns go — c'est une ville assez vieille pour une ville australienne
it wasn't a bad party, as parties go — c'était une soirée plutôt réussie par rapport à la moyenne
26) ( be sold)the house went for over £100,000 — la maison a été vendue à plus de 100000 livres
‘going, going, gone!’ — ‘une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé!’
27) ( be on offer)I'll have some coffee, if there's any going — je prendrai bien un café, s'il y en a
28) ( contribute)29) ( be given) [award, prize] aller (to à); [estate, inheritance, title] passer (to à)30) ( emphatic use)then he had to go and lose his wallet — comme s'il ne manquait plus que ça, il a perdu son portefeuille
31) ( of money) (be spent, used up)32) (make sound, perform action or movement) gen faire; [bell, alarm] sonnerthe cat went ‘miaow’ — le chat a fait ‘miaou’
33) (resort to, have recourse to)to go to war — [country] entrer en guerre; [soldier] partir à la guerre
to go to law GB ou to the law US — aller en justice
34) (break, collapse etc) [roof] s'effondrer; [cable, rope] se rompre; [light bulb] griller35) ( take one's turn)you go next — c'est ton tour après, c'est à toi après
36) ( be in harmony)37) ( in takeaway)2. 3.whose go is it? — gen à qui le tour?; ( in game) à qui de jouer?
2) (colloq) ( energy)to be full of go —
•Phrasal Verbs:- go about- go after- go ahead- go along- go at- go away- go back- go below- go by- go down- go for- go in- go into- go off- go on- go on at- go out- go over- go round- go under- go up- go with••all systems are go! — Aerospace tout est paré pour le lancement!
he's all go! — (colloq) il n'arrête pas!
that's how it goes! —
there you go! — (colloq) voilà!
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42 him
him [hɪm]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► le precedes the verb, except in positive commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• look at him! regardez-le !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Some French verbs take an indirect object. This means they are either followed by à + noun, or require an indirect pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► lui precedes the verb, except in positive commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are you going to say to him? qu'est-ce que tu vas lui dire ?c. (emphatic) luid. ► preposition + him lui* * *[hɪm]Note: When used as a direct object pronoun, him is translated by le (l' before a vowel). Note that the object pronoun normally comes before the verb in French: I know him = je le connais; I've already seen him = je l'ai déjà vuIn imperatives, the direct object pronoun is translated by le and comes after the verb: catch him! = attrape-le! (note the hyphen)When used as an indirect object pronoun, him is translated by lui: I've given him the book = je lui ai donné le livre; I've given it to him = je le lui ai donnéIn imperatives, the indirect object pronoun is translated by lui and comes after the verb: phone him! = téléphone-lui!; give it to him = donne-le-lui (note the hyphens)After prepositions and after the verb to be the translation is lui: she did it for him = elle l'a fait pour lui; it's him = c'est lui1) ( direct object) le, l'2) (indirect object, after prep) lui -
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marking [ˈmα:kɪŋ]1. nouna. [of animals, goods] marquage mc. (Football) marquage m2. plural noun* * *['mɑːkɪŋ]1) ( on animal) tache f; ( on aircraft) marque froad markings — signalisation f horizontale
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44 thought
thought [θɔ:t]1. verbpast tense, past participle of think2. noun• further thought needs to be given to these problems ces problèmes exigent une réflexion plus approfondie• what a thought! quelle idée !• what a horrifying thought! (inf) quel cauchemar !• that's a thought! c'est une idée !3. compounds* * *[θɔːt] 1. 2.1) ( idea) idée f, pensée f2) [U] ( reflection) pensée f3) ( consideration) considération f4) ( intention)3.thoughts plural nounto collect ou gather one's thoughts — rassembler ses esprits
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45 understand
understand [‚ʌndəˈstænd](preterite, past participle understood)a. [+ person, meaning] comprendre• I can't understand it! je ne comprends pas !• do you understand why? est-ce que vous comprenez pourquoi ?• to make o.s. understood se faire comprendre• I quite understand that you don't want to come je comprends très bien que vous n'ayez pas envie de venir• we were given to understand that... on nous a fait comprendre que...c. ( = assume) to be understood [arrangement, price, date] ne pas être spécifié• it was understood that he would pay ( = it was assumed) on supposait qu'il paierait ; ( = it was agreed) il était entendu qu'il paierait• he was a widower, I understand il était veuf, si j'ai bien compris* * *[ˌʌndə'stænd] 1.(prét, pp - stood) transitive verb1) ( intellectually) comprendreto understand that/how — comprendre que/comment
2) ( emotionally) comprendre3) ( interpret) comprendreI understood him to say ou as saying that... — j'ai compris qu'il disait que...
4) ( believe)5) ( accept mutually)6) Linguistics ( imply)2.to be understood — [subject] être sous-entendu
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46 notice
(a) (notification) avis m, notification f;∎ until further notice jusqu'à nouvel ordrenotice of receipt accusé m de réception;notice of withdrawal avis de retrait de fonds∎ to give in or hand in one's notice donner sa démission, démissionner;∎ fifty people have been given their notice cinquante personnes ont été licenciées;∎ what notice do you require? quel est le terme du congé?;∎ to give sb notice (of sth) prévenir ou avertir qn (de qch); (of resignation, redundancy) donner un préavis à qn (de qch);∎ employees must give three months' notice les employés doivent donner trois mois de préavis;∎ can be delivered at three days' notice livrable dans un délai de trois jours;notice of dismissal préavis de licenciement∎ notice (to quit) (avis m de) congé m;∎ to be under notice (to quit) avoir reçu son congé;The toughest part came when a meeting that took two months to schedule with a director of e-business for a large manufacturer didn't go the way she hoped it would. The official told Kovacs and York that he had given his notice to quit because he was fed up. He'd wasted 18 months setting up a Web storefront only to hear from management that it was being scrapped.
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47 recognized premium financing institution
société accréditée de financement des primes (2e) recommendations concerning the computation of the capitalized value of pension entitlements on marriage breakdown recommandations pour les calcul de la valeur capitalisée des rentes à verser en cas de rupture de mariage (TT) recommendations for actuarial advice given with respect to self-insured and administrative services only benefit plans recommandations pour les conseils actuariels relatifs aux régimes d'autoassurance et aux prestations de service administratifs seulement (TT) recommendations for actuarial advice given with respect to self-insured employee benefit plans recommandations pour les conseils actuariels relatifs aux régimes d'autoassurance (TT)English-French insurance dictionari > recognized premium financing institution
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48 antidote
['æntidout](a medicine etc which is given to prevent a poison acting on a person etc: If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, you have to be given an antidote.) antidote -
49 change
[ ein‹] 1. verb1) (to make or become different: They have changed the time of the train; He has changed since I saw him last.) changer2) (to give or leave (one thing etc for another): She changed my library books for me.) échanger3) ((sometimes with into) to remove (clothes etc) and replace them by clean or different ones: I'm just going to change (my shirt); I'll change into an old pair of trousers.) (se) changer, mettre4) ((with into) to make into or become (something different): The prince was changed into a frog.) (se) changer (en)5) (to give or receive (one kind of money for another): Could you change this bank-note for cash?) changer2. noun1) (the process of becoming or making different: The town is undergoing change.) changement2) (an instance of this: a change in the programme.) changement3) (a substitution of one thing for another: a change of clothes.) changement4) (coins rather than paper money: I'll have to give you a note - I have no change.) monnaie5) (money left over or given back from the amount given in payment: He paid with a dollar and got 20 cents change.) monnaie6) (a holiday, rest etc: He has been ill - the change will do him good.) changement•- change hands - a change of heart - the change of life - change one's mind - for a change -
50 christian name
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51 commandment
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52 handout
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53 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) soulagement2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) (de) secours3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) (de) relève4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) relève5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relief•- relieve- relieved -
54 reward
[rə'wo:d] 1. noun1) (something given in return for or got from work done, good behaviour etc: He was given a gold watch as a reward for his services to the firm; Apart from the salary, teaching children has its own particular rewards.) récompense2) (a sum of money offered for finding a criminal, lost or stolen property etc: A reward of $100 has been offered to the person who finds the diamond brooch.) récompense2. verb(to give a reward to someone for something: He was rewarded for his services; His services were rewarded.) récompenser -
55 trust
1. verb1) (to have confidence or faith; to believe: She trusted (in) him.) avoir confiance (en)2) (to give (something to someone), believing that it will be used well and responsibly: I can't trust him with my car; I can't trust my car to him.) confier (qqch. à qqn)3) (to hope or be confident (that): I trust (that) you had / will have a good journey.) espérer2. noun1) (belief or confidence in the power, reality, truth, goodness etc of a person or thing: The firm has a great deal of trust in your ability; trust in God.) confiance2) (charge or care; responsibility: The child was placed in my trust.) charge3) (a task etc given to a person by someone who believes that they will do it, look after it etc well: He holds a position of trust in the firm.) charge4) (arrangement(s) by which something (eg money) is given to a person to use in a particular way, or to keep until a particular time: The money was to be held in trust for his children; ( also adjective) a trust fund) (en) fiducie5) (a group of business firms working together: The companies formed a trust.) trust•- trustee- trustworthy - trustworthiness - trusty - trustily - trustiness -
56 after
after, US [transcription]["_ft\@r"]❢ As both adverb and preposition, after is translated in most contexts by après: after the meal = après le repas ; H comes after G = H vient après G ; day after day = jour après jour ; just after 3 pm = juste après 15 heures ; three weeks after = trois semaines après. When after is used as a conjunction it is translated by après avoir (or être) + past participle where the two verbs have the same subject: after I've finished my book, I'll cook dinner = après avoir fini mon livre je vais préparer le dîner ; after he had consulted Bill ou after consulting Bill, he decided to accept the offer = après avoir consulté Bill, il a décidé d'accepter l'offre. When the two verbs have different subjects the translation is après que + indicative: I'll lend you the book after Fred has read it = je te prêterai le livre après que Fred l'aura lu. For more examples and particular usages see the entry below. See also the usage note on time units ⇒ Time units.A adv1 ( following time or event) après ; before and after avant et après ; soon ou shortly ou not long after peu après ; for weeks after pendant des semaines après ; straight after GB, right after US tout de suite après ;2 ( following specific time) the week/year after la semaine/l'année suivante or d'après ; the day after le lendemain.B prep1 ( later in time than) après ; after the film après le film ; immediately after the strike aussitôt après la grève ; after that date ( in future) au-delà de cette date ; ( in past) après cette date ; shortly after 10 pm peu après 22 h ; it was after six o'clock il était six heures passées, il était plus de six heures ; after that après (cela) ; the day after tomorrow après-demain ; a ceremony after which there was a banquet une cérémonie après laquelle il y a eu un banquet ; he had breakfast as usual, after which he left il a pris son petit déjeuner comme d'habitude, après quoi il est parti ;2 ( given) après ; after my attempt at milking, I was nervous après ma tentative de traire les vaches je n'étais pas très sûr de moi ; after the way he behaved après la façon dont il s'est conduit ; after all we did for you! après tout ce que nous avons fait pour toi! ;3 ( in spite of) malgré, après ; after all the trouble I took labelling the package, it got lost malgré tout le mal que je me suis donné à étiqueter le paquet, il s'est perdu ; after what she's been through, she's still interested? malgré or après ce qu'elle a subi, ça l'intéresse toujours? ;4 ( expressing contrast) après ; the film was disappointing after all the hype ○ après tout le battage ○ le film était décevant ; it's boring here after Paris après Paris, on s'ennuie ici ;5 ( behind) to run ou chase after sb/sth courir après qn/qch ; please shut the gate after you refermez la grille derrière vous s'il vous plaît ;6 ( following in sequence) après ; your name comes after mine on the list ton nom vient après le mien sur la liste ; the adjective comes after the noun l'adjectif vient après le nom ;7 (following in rank, precedence) après ; she's next in line after Bob for promotion elle sera la prochaine après Bob à avoir une promotion ; he was placed third after Smith and Jones il est arrivé troisième après Smith et Jones ; after you! ( letting someone pass ahead) après vous! ;8 ( in the direction of) to stare after sb regarder qn s'éloigner ; ‘don't forget!’ Mimi called after her ‘n'oublie pas!’ lui a crié Mimi ;9 ( in the wake of) derrière ; I'm not tidying up after you! je n'ai pas l'intention de ranger derrière toi! ;10 ( in pursuit of) to be after sth chercher qch ; that's the house they're after c'est la maison qu'ils veulent acheter ; the police are after him il est recherché par la police ; to come ou go after sb poursuivre qn ; he'll come after me il va essayer de me retrouver ; it's me he's after ( to settle score) c'est à moi qu'il en veut ; I wonder what she's after? je me demande ce qu'elle veut? ; I think he's after my job je pense qu'il veut (me) prendre ma place ; to be after sb ○ ( sexually) s'intéresser à qn ;11 ( beyond) après ; about 400 metres after the crossroads environ 400 mètres après le carrefour ;12 (stressing continuity, repetitiveness) day after day jour après jour ; generation after generation génération après génération ; time after time maintes et maintes fois ; mile after mile of bush des kilomètres et des kilomètres de brousse ; it was one disaster after another on a eu catastrophe sur catastrophe ;13 ( about) to ask after sb demander des nouvelles de qn ;14 ( in honour or memory of) to name a child after sb donner à un enfant le nom de qn ; named after James Joyce [monument, street, institution, pub] portant le nom de James Joyce ; we called her Kate after my mother nous l'avons appelée Kate comme ma mère ;15 ( in the manner of) ‘after Millet’ ‘d'après Millet’ ; it's a painting after Klee c'est un tableau fait à la manière de Klee ; ⇒ fashion A 1 ;C conj1 ( in sequence of events) après avoir or être (+ pp), après que (+ indic) ; don't go for a swim too soon after eating ne va pas nager trop tôt après avoir mangé ; after we had left we realized that après être partis nous nous sommes rendu compte que ; after she had confessed to the murder, he was released après qu'elle a avoué le meurtre, il a été relâché ; we return the bottles after they have been washed nous retournons les bouteilles après qu'elles ont été lavées ;2 ( given that) after hearing all about him we want to meet him après tout ce que nous avons entendu sur lui nous voulons le rencontrer ; after you explained the situation they didn't call the police une fois que tu leur as expliqué la situation ils n'ont pas appelé la police ;3 ( in spite of the fact that) why did he do that after we'd warned him of the consequences? pourquoi a-t-il fait ça alors que nous l'avions prévenu des conséquences?1 ( when reinforcing point) après tout ; after all, nobody forced you to leave après tout personne ne t'a obligé à partir ;2 (when reassessing stance, opinion) après tout, finalement ; it wasn't such a bad idea after all après tout or finalement ce n'était pas une si mauvaise idée ; he decided not to stay after all finalement il a décidé de ne pas rester. -
57 ample
1 ( plenty) [provisions, resources] largement suffisant (for pour) ; [illustration] ample ; [evidence] écrasant ; there's ample room for five people il y a largement la place pour cinq personnes ; there is ample parking il y a largement assez de places de parking ; to have ample opportunity/time to do avoir largement la possibilité/le temps de faire ; he was given ample warning il a été largement prévenu ; he's been given ample opportunity to apologize on lui a donné toutes les chances de s'excuser ; to be more than ample suffire plus que largement ; thank you that's more than ample! ( when offered food) merci c'est plus qu'assez! ; -
58 consideration
1 (thought, deliberation) considération f, réflexion f ; after careful consideration après mûre réflexion ; to give consideration to sth réfléchir à qch ; to give sth careful/serious consideration réfléchir longuement/sérieusement à qch ; to submit sth for sb's consideration soumettre qch à l'examen de qn ; consideration is being given to… on examine actuellement… ; further consideration will be given to… on examinera de plus près… ; to take sth into consideration prendre qch en considération ; in consideration of en considération de fml, compte tenu de ; to be under consideration [matter] être à l'étude ; she's under consideration for the job on est en train d'étudier sa candidature ;2 (thoughtfulness, care) considération f (for envers) ; to show consideration montrer de la considération ; to do sth out of consideration faire qch par considération ; with no consideration for others sans aucune considération envers les autres ;3 (factor, thing to be considered) considération f ; ( concern) (objet m de) souci m ; commercial/political considerations considérations commerciales/politiques ; it outweighs any consideration of cost/risk cela l'emporte sur toute considération de coût/risque ; safety is the overriding consideration la sécurité constitue le souci dominant ; my family is my only consideration je ne me soucie que de ma famille ;4 ( fee) for a consideration moyennant finance ; for a small consideration moyennant une petite somme en contrepartie. -
59 him
❢ When used as a direct object pronoun, him is translated by le (l' before a vowel). Note that the object pronoun normally comes before the verb in French: I know him = je le connais ; I've already seen him = je l'ai déjà vu.In imperatives, the direct object pronoun is translated by le and comes after the verb: catch him! = attrape-le (note the hyphen). When used as an indirect object pronoun, him is translated by lui: I've given him the book = je lui ai donné le livre ; I've given it to him = je le lui ai donné. In imperatives, the indirect object pronoun is translated by lui and comes after the verb: phone him! = téléphone-lui ; give it to him = donne-le-lui (note the hyphens). After prepositions and after the verb to be the translation is lui: she did it for him = elle l'a fait pour lui ; it's him = c'est lui. pron2 (indirect obj, after prep) lui. -
60 Usage note : her
When used as a direct object pronoun, her is translated by la (l’ before a vowel). Note that the object pronoun normally comes before the verb in French and that, in compound tenses like perfect and past perfect, the past participle agrees with the pronoun:I know her= je la connaisI’ve already seen her= je l’ai déjà vueIn imperatives, the direct object pronoun is translated by la and comes after the verb:catch her!= attrape-la!(note the hyphen)I’ve given her the book= je lui ai donné le livreI’ve given it to her= je le lui ai donnéIn imperatives, the indirect object pronoun is translated by lui and comes after the verb:phone her= téléphone-luigive them to her= donne-les-lui(note the hyphens)he did it for her= il l’a fait pour elleit’s her= c’est elleWhen translating her as a determiner ( her house etc.) remember that in French possessive adjectives, like most other adjectives, agree in gender and number with the noun they qualify ; her is translated by son + masculine singular noun ( son chien), sa + feminine singular noun ( sa maison) BUT son + feminine noun beginning with a vowel or mute ‘h’ ( son assiette), and ses + plural noun ( ses enfants).For her used with parts of the body ⇒ The human body.
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