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1 ill
ill [ɪl]1. adjectivea. ( = unwell) maladeb. ( = bad) mauvais• as ill luck would have it, he... le malheur a voulu qu'il... + subj• no ill feeling! sans rancune !• just to show there's no ill will, I'll do it je vais le faire pour bien montrer que je ne suis pas rancunier2. nounmal m3. plural noun4. adverb5. compounds• you would be ill-advised to do that vous auriez tort de faire cela ► ill-at-ease adjective mal à l'aise• to be ill-equipped to do sth [person] être mal armé pour faire qch ► ill-fated adjective malchanceux• ill-fitting shoes des chaussures qui ne vont pas bien ► ill-founded adjective [belief, argument] mal fondé ; [rumour] sans fondement► ill-informed adjective [person] mal informé ; [comment, criticism] mal fondé ; [essay, speech] plein d'inexactitudes* * *[ɪl] 1.noun mal m2.adjective maladeto be ill with something — ( serious illness) être atteint de quelque chose; ( less serious) souffrir de quelque chose
3.to be taken ill —
adverb sout1) ( badly)to bode ou augur ill for something — littér être de mauvais augure pour quelque chose
2) ( scarcely)••it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good) — Prov à quelque chose malheur est bon Prov
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2 afford
1 ( have money for) to be able to afford sth avoir les moyens d'acheter qch ; if I can afford it, I'll buy a car si j'ai les moyens, je vais acheter une voiture ; to be able to afford to do sth ( as necessary expense) être en mesure de faire qch ; ( as chosen expense) pouvoir se permettre de faire qch ; I can't afford to pay the rent je ne suis pas en mesure de payer le loyer ; I can't afford a new dress je ne peux pas me permettre une nouvelle robe ; how can he afford to buy such expensive clothes? comment est-ce qu'il fait pour acheter des vêtements aussi chers? ; please give what you can afford donnez ce que vous pouvez ;3 ( risk) to be able to afford sth/to do se permettre qch/de faire ; the government can't afford the risk/to lose le gouvernement ne peut pas se permettre ce risque/de perdre ; he can afford/can ill afford to wait il peut/ne peut guère se permettre d'attendre ;4 sout to afford sb sth offrir qch à qn [protection, support, view] ; fournir qch à qn [opportunity] ; procurer qch à qn [pleasure, satisfaction]. -
3 afford
afford [əˈfɔ:d]b. ( = provide) [+ opportunity] fournir* * *[ə'fɔːd]transitive verb1) ( have money for)to be able to afford to do something — ( as necessary expense) être en mesure de faire quelque chose; ( as chosen expense) pouvoir se permettre de faire quelque chose
how can he afford to buy such expensive clothes? — comment est-ce qu'il fait pour acheter des vêtements aussi chers?
2) ( spare)to be able to afford — disposer de [space, time]
3) ( risk)to be able to afford something/to do — se permettre quelque chose/de faire
4) soutto afford somebody something — offrir quelque chose à quelqu'un [protection]; fournir quelque chose à quelqu'un [opportunity]; procurer quelque chose à quelqu'un [satisfaction]
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