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(a) (permit) permis m; (for marriage) certificat m de publication des bans; (for trade, bar) licence f; (for TV, radio) redevance f; (for pilot) brevet m; (for driver) permis m (de conduire);∎ do you have a TV licence? avez-vous payé la redevance (télé)?;∎ a licence to sell alcoholic drinks une licence de débit de boissons∎ to manufacture sth under licence fabriquer qch sous licence;∎ to marry by special licence ≃ se marier sans publication de bans;∎ figurative that job's a licence to print money! ce travail est une sinécure!∎ the biographer has allowed himself a certain licence in his interpretation le biographe s'est permis certaines libertés d'interprétation;∎ artistic licence licence f artistique(d) (immoral behaviour) licence f, débordements mpl;∎ sexual licence débordements mpl sexuels►► Computing licence agreement licence f;British licence fee redevance f télévisuelle;licence number (on vehicle) numéro m d'immatriculation; (on driving licence) numéro m de permis de conduire;licence plate plaque f minéralogique ou d'immatriculation -
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A pron1 (of series, group) premier/première m/f (to do à faire) ; Beethoven's first Mus la première de Beethoven ; she'd be the first to complain/to admit it elle serait la première à se plaindre/à l'admettre ; she was one of ou among the first to arrive elle est arrivée parmi les premiers/-ières ;2 ( of month) the first (of May) le premier (mai) ;4 ( initial moment) the first I knew about his death was a letter from his wife c'est par une lettre de sa femme que j'ai appris qu'il était mort ; that's the first I've heard of it! première nouvelle! ;5 ( beginning) début m ; from the (very) first dès le début ; from first to last du début jusqu'à la fin ;6 ( new experience) a first for sb/sth une première pour qn/qch ; another first for Germany! une autre première pour l'Allemagne! ;8 GB Univ ( degree) ≈ mention f très bien ; to get a first in history ou a history first avoir sa licence d'histoire avec mention très bien.B adj1 (of series, group) premier/-ière (before n) ; the first three pages/people or the three first pages/people les trois premières pages/personnes ; the first few minutes les toutes premières minutes ; the first person to do la première personne à faire ; the first person that did ( first of several) la première personne qui a fait ; ( first ever) la première personne qui ait fait ;2 ( in phrases) at first glance ou sight à première vue ; for the first time pour la première fois ; I warned him not for the first time that ce n'était pas la première fois que je le prévenais que ; for the first and last time une fois pour toutes ; I'll ring first thing tomorrow/in the morning je vous appellerai demain au plus tôt/en tout début de matinée ; I'll do it first thing je le ferai dès que possible ;3 ( slightest) he doesn't know the first thing about politics il ne connaît absolument rien à la politique ; I don't know the first thing about him je ne sais absolument rien à son sujet or de lui ; she didn't have the first idea what to do/where to go elle ne savait absolument pas quoi faire/où aller.C adv1 ( before others) [arrive, leave] le premier/la première ; Louise left first Louise est partie la première ; to get there first lit, fig arriver le premier/la première ; you go first! après vous!, passez devant! ; ladies first! les dames d'abord! ; women and children first les femmes et les enfants d'abord ;2 ( at top of ranking) to come first Games, Sport terminer premier/première (in à) ; fig passer avant tout ; his career comes first with him sa carrière passe avant tout pour lui ; to put sb/sth first fig faire passer qn/qch avant tout ; put your family first faites passer votre famille avant tout ;3 ( to begin with) d'abord ; first of all tout d'abord ; first we must decide nous devons d'abord décider ; first mix the eggs and sugar mélanger d'abord les œufs et le sucre ; first she tells me one thing, then something else elle commence par me dire une chose puis elle me dit le contraire ; there are two reasons: first… il y a deux raisons: d'abord… ; at first au début ; when we were first married tout au début de notre mariage ; when he first arrived quand il est arrivé ; he was a gentleman first and last c'était avant tout un gentleman ;4 ( for the first time) pour la première fois ; I first met him in Paris je l'ai rencontré pour la première fois à Paris ;5 ( rather) plutôt ; move to the country? I'd die first! déménager à la campagne? plutôt mourir!first come first served les premiers arrivés sont les premiers servis ; there are only a few tickets: it's first come first served il n'y a que quelques billets: les premiers arrivés seront les premiers servis ; seats are allocated on a first come first served basis les places sont allouées sur la base des premiers arrivés, premiers servis ; first things first chaque chose en son temps ; to put first things first penser aux choses importantes d'abord.
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