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tune [tju:n]1 noun(melody) air m, mélodie f;∎ give us a tune on the mouth organ joue-nous un petit air d'harmonica;∎ the band played some old Irish tunes l'orchestre joua de vieilles mélodies irlandaises;∎ they marched to the tune of the Marseillaise ils défilèrent aux accents de la Marseillaise;∎ it's got no tune to it ça manque de mélodie, ce n'est pas mélodieux;∎ British familiar figurative to call the tune faire la loi;∎ figurative to change one's tune changer de discours(a) (musical instrument) accorder;∎ the strings are tuned to the key of G les cordes sont en sol(b) (regulate → engine, machine) mettre au point, régler(c) (radio, television) régler;∎ the radio is tuned to BBC4 la radio est réglée sur "BBC4";∎ we can't tune our TV to Channel 5 nous ne pouvons pas capter "Channel 5" sur notre télé;∎ stay tuned! restez à l'écoute!∎ politicians always tune their remarks to suit their audience les hommes politiques se mettent toujours au diapason de leur auditoire, les hommes politiques adaptent toujours leurs commentaires à leur auditoire3 in tune(instrument) accordé, juste; (singer) qui chante juste;∎ the violins are not in tune with the piano les violons ne sont pas accordés avec le piano;∎ figurative to be in tune with être en accord avec;∎ he is completely in tune with current political thinking il est complètement en accord avec la pensée politique actuelle2 adverbjuste;∎ to play/to sing in tune jouer/chanter juste(instrument) faux (fausse), désaccordé; (singer) qui chante faux;∎ figurative to be out of tune with être en désaccord avec;∎ the MP was out of tune with the rest of his party le député n'était pas sur la même longueur d'onde que les autres membres de son parti ou était en désaccord avec les autres membres de son parti2 adverbfaux;∎ to play/to sing out of tune jouer/chanter faux∎ they were given grants to the tune of £100,000 on leur a accordé des subventions qui s'élevaient à 100 000 livres➲ tune inRadio & Television se mettre à l'écoute;∎ don't forget to tune in again tomorrow n'oubliez pas de nous rejoindre ou de vous mettre à l'écoute demain;∎ I tuned in to Radio Ultra je me suis mis sur Radio Ultra(a) (radio, television) régler sur∎ to be tuned in to sth être branché sur qch(refuse to listen) faire la sourde oreille; (stop listening) décrocher➲ tune up
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