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1 would-be
['wʊdbiː]would-be intellectuals — péj des soi-disant intellectuels pej; ( having intended to be)
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2 would-be
1 ( desirous of being) would-be emigrants/investors des émigrés/investisseurs en puissance ; would-be intellectuals péj des soi-disant or prétendus intellectuels pej ;2 ( having intended to be) the would-be thieves were arrested les voleurs ont été arrêtés avant qu'ils aient pu passer à l'acte. -
3 individual
[indi'vidjuəl] 1. adjective1) (single; separate: Put price labels on each individual item.) individuel; séparé2) (intended for, used by etc one person etc: Customers in shops should be given individual attention.) particulier3) (special to one person etc, showing or having special qualities: Her style of dress is very individual.) personnel2. noun1) (a single person in contrast to the group to which he belongs: the rights of the individual in society.) individu2) (a person: He's an untidy individual.) personne•- individually -
4 short
[ʃo:t] 1. adjective1) (not long: You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?) court2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) petit3) (not lasting long; brief: a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.) court4) (not as much as it should be: When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.) manquant5) ((with of) not having enough (money etc): Most of us are short of money these days.) à court de6) ((of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.) brisé2. adverb1) (suddenly; abruptly: He stopped short when he saw me.) net2) (not as far as intended: The shot fell short.) ne pas atteindre•- shortage - shorten - shortening - shortly - shorts - shortbread - short-change - short circuit - shortcoming - shortcut - shorthand - short-handed - short-list 3. verb(to put on a short-list: We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.) retenir la candidature- short-range - short-sighted - short-sightedly - short-sightedness - short-tempered - short-term - by a short head - for short - go short - in short - in short supply - make short work of - run short - short and sweet - short for - short of -
5 this
A det this paper is too thin ce papier est trop mince ; this man is dangerous cet homme est dangereux ; this lamp doesn't work cette lampe ne marche pas ; all these books belong to Josephine tous ces livres appartiennent à Josephine ; do it this way not that way fais-le comme ça et pas comme ça ; this woman came up to me ○ une femme est venue vers moi ○.B pron what's this? qu'est-ce que c'est? ; who's this? gen qui est-ce?, c'est qui? ; ( on telephone) qui est à l'appareil? ; whose is this? à qui appartient ceci?, ceci est à qui? ; this is the dining room voici la salle à manger ; where's this? ( on photo) c'est où? ; after this we'll have lunch après ceci nous allons déjeuner ; perhaps he'll be more careful after this peut-être qu'il fera plus attention maintenant ; before this he'd never been out of France avant cela il n'était jamais sorti de France ; you should have told me before this tu aurais dû me le dire avant ; this is my sister Pauline ( introduction) voici ma sœur Pauline ; ( on photo) c'est ma sœur, Pauline ; this is the book I was talking about c'est or voici le livre dont je parlais ; this is not the right one ce n'est pas le bon ; what did you mean by this? qu'est-ce que tu voulais dire par là? ; this was not what she had intended ce n'était pas ce qu'elle avait prévu ; who did this? qui a fait ça? ; we'll need more than this il nous en faudra plus (que ça) ; it happened like this ça s'est passé comme ça ; what's all this about? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire? ; what's all this about Frank resigning? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire, il paraît que Frank démissionne ; at this he got up and left en entendant cela il s'est levé et il est parti ; hold it like this tiens-le comme ça ; I never thought it would come to this je ne pensais pas qu'on en arriverait là ; this is what happens when you press the red button voilà ce qui se passe quand on appuie sur le bouton rouge ; this is what happens when you disobey your parents! voilà ce qui arrive quand on désobéit à ses parents!C adv it's this big c'est grand comme ça ; when she was only this high quand elle était haute comme ça ; having got this far it would be a pity to stop now lit, fig maintenant qu'on est arrivé jusque-là ce serait dommage de s'arrêter ; I can't eat this much je ne peux pas manger tout ça ; I didn't realize it was this serious/difficult je ne m'étais pas rendu compte que c'était sérieux/difficile à ce point-là ; ⇒ much.we talked about this, that and the other on a parlé de choses et d'autres ; we sat around talking about this and that nous avons parlé de tout et de rien ; ‘what have you been up to?’-‘oh, this and that’ ‘qu'est-ce que tu as fait?’-‘pas grand-chose’ ; to run this way and that courir dans tous les sens.
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