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1 informal
informal [ɪn'fɔ:məl]∎ he's very informal for a prime minister il est très décontracté pour un premier ministre;∎ British offices tend to be more informal than German ones en Grande-Bretagne l'ambiance dans les bureaux tend à être plus décontractée qu'en Allemagne∎ his dress was informal il était habillé simplement;∎ informal or evening dress? tenue de ville ou tenue de soirée?∎ I had an informal chat with the boss j'ai discuté un peu avec le patron;∎ they had informal talks with the Russians ils ont eu des entretiens non officiels avec les Russes(d) (colloquial → speech, language, words) familier►► Economics informal economy travail m au noir;Australian informal vote bulletin m nul -
2 informal
informal [ɪnˈfɔ:məl]a. ( = relaxed) décontractéb. [language, expression] familierc. ( = unceremonious) [party, meal, visit] sans cérémonie ; [clothes] décontracté• "dress informal" « tenue de ville »d. ( = unofficial) non officiel* * *[ɪn'fɔːml]1) ( unaffected) [person] sans façons; [manner, style] simple2) ( casual) [language] familier/-ièreinformal clothes — vêtements mpl de tous les jours
‘dress informal’ — ( on invitation) ‘tenue f de ville’
3) ( relaxed) [mood] décontracté; [group] informel/-elle4) ( unofficial) [announcement] officieux/-ieuse; [visit] privé; [invitation] verbal; [discussion, interview] informel/-elle -
3 informal economy
ECONOMICS travail m au noirThe European Commission estimates 7-16 percent of the European economy is informal, giving a range of approximately EUR500 billion-1.1 trillion ($448.8 billion to $987 billion) that is effectively a cash economy. The smallest informal economies are estimated to be in Scandinavia, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands, each at around a very honest, and modest, 5 percent of GDP. But that balloons to over 20 percent in Italy and Greece.
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4 picnic
['piknik] 1. noun(a very informal meal eaten in the open air, usually as part of a trip, outing etc: We'll go to the seaside and take a picnic; Let's go for a picnic!; ( also adjective) a picnic lunch.) pique-nique2. verb(to have a picnic: We picnicked on the beach.) pique-niquer -
5 bitty
( informal) adjective (made up of small, unrelated pieces: We had a very bitty conversation; His essay was rather bitty.) décousu -
6 Usage note : you
In English you is used to address everybody, whereas French has two forms: tu and vous. The usual word to use when you are speaking to anyone you do not know very well is vous. This is sometimes called the polite form and is used for the subject, object, indirect object and emphatic pronoun:would you like some coffee?= voulez-vous du café?can I help you?= est-ce que je peux vous aider?what can I do for you?= qu’est-ce que je peux faire pour vous?The more informal pronoun tu is used between close friends and family members, within groups of children and young people, by adults when talking to children and always when talking to animals ; tu is the subject form, the direct and indirect object form is te (t’ before a vowel) and the form for emphatic use or use after a preposition is toi:would you like some coffee?= veux-tu du café?can I help you?= est-ce que je peux t’aider?there’s a letter for you= il y a une lettre pour toiAs a general rule, when talking to a French person use vous, wait to see how they address you and follow suit. It is safer to wait for the French person to suggest using tu. The suggestion will usually be phrased as on se tutoie? or on peut se tutoyer?Note that tu is only a singular pronoun and vous is the plural form of tu.Remember that in French the object and indirect object pronouns are always placed before the verb:she knows you= elle vous connaît or elle te connaîtIn compound tenses like the present perfect and the past perfect, the past participle agrees in number and gender with the direct object:I saw you on Saturday(to one male: polite form)= je vous ai vu samedi(to one female: polite form)= je vous ai vue samedi(to one male: informal form)= je t’ai vu samedi(to one female: informal form)= je t’ai vue samedi(to two or more people, male or mixed)= je vous ai vus samedi(to two or more females)= je vous ai vues samediWhen you is used impersonally as the more informal form of one, it is translated by on for the subject form and by vous or te for the object form, depending on whether the comment is being made amongst friends or in a more formal context:you can do as you like here= on peut faire ce qu’on veut icithese mushrooms can make you ill= ces champignons peuvent vous rendre malade or ces champignons peuvent te rendre maladeyou could easily lose your bag here= on pourrait facilement perdre son sac iciNote that your used with on is translated by son/sa/ses according to the gender and number of the noun that follows.For verb forms with vous, tu and on see the French verb tables.For particular usages see the entry you. -
7 you
you [ju:]a.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When you is the subject of a sentence, the translation is tu or vous in the singular and vous in the plural. vous is used as the polite form in the singular. When you is the object of a sentence te replaces tu in the singular, but vous remains unchanged. toi is used instead of tu after a preposition and in comparisons. toi is also used when you is stressed.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I'll see you soon je te or je vous verrai bientôt• this book is for you ce livre est pour toi or vous• you two wait here! attendez ici, vous deux !• now you say something maintenant à toi or à vous de parler• you and I will go together toi or vous et moi, nous irons ensemble• if I were you à ta or votre place• you fool (you)! espèce d'imbécile !• I like the uniform, it's very you (inf) j'aime bien ton uniforme, c'est vraiment ton styleb. ( = one, anyone)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When you is the subject of a sentence the translation is either on or the passive form. When you is the object of a sentence or is used after a preposition, the direct translation of you is te or vous.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how do you switch this on? comment est-ce que ça s'allume ?* * *[juː, jʊ]1) ( addressing somebody)I saw you on Saturday — ( one person) ( polite) je vous ai vu samedi; ( informal) je t'ai vu samedi; ( more than one person) je vous ai vus samedi
you would never do that — ( polite) vous, vous ne feriez jamais cela; ( informal) toi, tu ne ferais jamais ça
there's a manager for you! — (colloq) iron ça c'est un patron!
you idiot! — (colloq) espèce d'imbécile! (colloq)
2) ( as indefinite pronoun) ( subject) on; (object, indirect object) vous, te -
8 casual
casual ['kæʒʊəl]∎ they're very casual about the way they dress ils attachent très peu d'importance à leurs vêtements ou à la façon dont ils s'habillent;∎ I tried to appear casual when talking about it j'ai essayé d'en parler avec désinvolture;∎ they were very casual about the danger ils ne se sont pas souciés du danger(c) (superficial) superficiel;∎ I took a casual glance at the paper j'ai jeté un coup d'œil (rapide) au journal;∎ to make casual conversation parler de choses et d'autres, parler à bâtons rompus;∎ it was just a casual suggestion c'était seulement une suggestion en passant;∎ she's just a casual acquaintance of mine c'est quelqu'un que je connais très peu;∎ a casual love affair une aventure2 noun(a) (farmworker → for one day) journalier(ère) m,f; (→ for harvest, season) (travailleur(euse) m,f) saisonnier(ère) m,f; (in construction work) ouvrier(ère) m,f temporaire(b) British familiar (football supporter) jeune supporter m de foot (soucieux de sa mise et souvent responsable de violences)(clothing) vêtements mpl sport; (shoes) chaussures fpl sport►► British casual labourer (for one day) journalier(ère) m,f; (for harvest, season) (travailleur(euse) m,f) saisonnier(ère) m,f; (in construction work) ouvrier(ère) m,f temporaire;casual sex rapports mpl sexuels de rencontre;casual water (in golf) flaque d'eau -
9 casual
casual [ˈkæʒjʊl]1. adjectivea. [person] désinvolte ; [chat, conversation] informel• he said, trying to sound casual dit-il, sur un ton faussement désinvolteb. ( = occasional) occasionnelc. [remark] fait en passant ; [meeting] fortuitd. [clothes, shoes] décontractée. [work, job, worker] temporaire2. noun* * *['kæʒʊəl] 1.noun ( temporary worker) travailleur/-euse m/f temporaire; ( occasional worker) travailleur/-euse m/f occasionnel/-elle2. 3.1) ( informal) décontractéto have a casual chat — bavarder, causer (colloq)
2) ( occasional) [acquaintance, relationship] de passagecasual sex — relations fpl sexuelles non suivies
3) ( nonchalant) désinvolte4) péj [cruelty, violence] ordinaire; [remark, assumption] désinvolte5) [glance, onlooker] superficiel/-ielle6) ( chance) [encounter] fortuit7) [worker, labour] ( temporary) temporaire; ( occasional) occasionnel/-elle -
10 hear
hear [hɪər](preterite, past participle heard)a. entendre• did you hear what he said? avez-vous entendu ce qu'il a dit ?• I heard him say that... je l'ai entendu dire que...• to make o.s. heard se faire entendre• to hear him talk you'd think he was an expert à l'entendre, on dirait que c'est un expert• I have heard it said that... j'ai entendu dire que...• let's hear it for... (inf) un grand bravo pour...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• can you hear him? vous l'entendez ?• I can't hear you! je ne vous entends pas !b. ( = learn) have you heard the news? connaissez-vous la nouvelle ?• have you heard the one about the Scotsman who... tu connais l'histoire de l'Écossais qui...• did you hear if she's accepted the job? savez-vous si elle a accepté le poste ?c. ( = listen to) [+ lecture] assister à• to hear a case [judge] entendre une cause• the court has been hearing evidence that he was... le tribunal a entendu des témoignages selon lesquels il aurait été...a. entendreb. ( = get news) avoir des nouvelles• to hear about or of sb/sth entendre parler de qn/qch• I've never heard of him! je ne le connais pas !• I've never heard of such a thing! je n'ai jamais entendu parler d'une chose pareille !• no! I won't hear of it! non, je ne veux pas en entendre parler !3. exclamation• hear, hear! bravo !* * *[hɪə(r)] 1.(prét, pp heard) transitive verb1) entendreto hear her talk, you'd think (that) — à l'entendre, on croirait que
we haven't heard the end ou last of it — on n'a pas fini d'en entendre parler
to make oneself ou one's voice heard — lit se faire entendre; fig faire entendre sa voix
2) ( learn) apprendre [news, rumour]have you heard the one about...? — ( joke) tu connais celle de...?
so I hear —
to hear whether/why/how — savoir si/pourquoi/comment
3) ( listen to) écouter [lecture, broadcast]; [judge] entendre [case, evidence]2.to hear Mass — sout assister à la messe
intransitive verb entendrePhrasal Verbs:- hear of- hear out•• -
11 whopping
['wopiŋ]((informal) (also whopping great) huge; very large or big: a whopping lie; a whopping great deficit.) -
12 Usage note : will
When will is used to express the future in French, the future tense of the French verb is generally used:he’ll come= il viendraIn spoken and more informal French or when the very near future is implied, the present tense of aller + infinitive can be used:I’ll do it now= je vais le faire tout de suiteIf the subject of the modal auxiliary will is I or we, shall is sometimes used instead of will to talk about the future. For further information, consult the entry shall in the dictionary.Tag questionsFrench has no direct equivalent of tag questions like won’t he? or will they? There is a general tag question n’est-ce pas? which will work in many cases:you’ll do it tomorrow, won’t you?= tu le feras demain, n’est-ce pas?In cases where an opinion is being sought, non? meaning is that not so? can be useful:that will be easier, won’t it?= ce sera plus facile, non?In many other cases the tag question is simply not translated at all and the speaker’s intonation will convey the implied question.Short answersAgain, there is no direct equivalent for short answers like no she won’t, yes they will etc. Where the answer yes is given to contradict a negative question or statement, the most useful translation is si:‘they won’t forget’ ‘yes they will’= ‘ils n’oublieront pas’ ‘si’ or (for more emphasis) bien sûr que siWhere the answer no is given to contradict a positive question or statement, the most useful translation is bien sûr que non:‘she’ll post the letter, won’t she?’ ‘no she won’t’= ‘elle va poster la lettre?’ ‘bien sûr que non’In reply to a standard enquiry the tag will not be translated:‘you’ll be ready at midday then?’ ‘yes I will’= ‘tu seras prêt à midi?’ ‘oui’For more examples and other uses, see the entry will. -
13 dear
dear [dɪə(r)]∎ he is a dear friend of mine c'est un ami très cher;∎ she's such a dear girl elle est tellement gentille;∎ Margot dearest ma chère Margot;∎ he/the memory is very dear to me il/ce souvenir m'est très cher;∎ all that I hold dear (in life) tout ce qui m'est cher;∎ my dearest wish is that… mon vœu le plus cher est que…;∎ to run for dear life courir à toute vitesse;∎ to hang on for dear life s'accrocher désespérément;∎ my dear fellow mon cher ami;∎ my dear girl ma chère;∎ my dear Mrs Stevens chère madame Stevens;∎ what a dear little child/cottage/frock! quel enfant/quel cottage/quelle robe adorable!∎ Dear Sir Monsieur;∎ Dear Madam Madame;∎ Dear Sir or Madam Madame, Monsieur;∎ Dear Sirs Messieurs;∎ Dear John Smith Cher Monsieur Smith;∎ Dear Henry Cher Henry;∎ Dear Mum and Dad Chers Maman et Papa;∎ Dear Alan and Avril Chers Alan et Avril;∎ My dear Clare Ma chère Clare;∎ Dearest Richard Très cher Richard∎ esp British things are getting dearer la vie augmente∎ oh dear! (worry) mon Dieu!;∎ oh dear no! (oh) que non!3 noun∎ my dearest mon (ma) chéri(e);∎ she's such a dear elle est tellement gentille;∎ poor dear pauvre chéri(e);∎ be a dear and answer the phone, answer the phone, there's a dear sois gentil ou un amour, réponds au téléphone;∎ familiar dear knows! va savoir!4 adverb(sell, pay, cost) cher►► American Press dear Abby = la rubrique courrier du cœur d'Abigail Van Buren, publiée dans de nombreux journaux américains;familiar Dear John (letter) lettre f de rupture;Finance dear money argent m cher -
14 dress
dress [dres]1 noun∎ a cotton/summer dress une robe de coton/d'été(b) (clothing) habillement m, tenue f(c) (style of dress) tenue f, toilette f;∎ formal/informal dress tenue f de cérémonie/de ville;∎ in Indian dress en tenue indienne;∎ to wear Western dress s'habiller à l'occidentale;∎ in full dress (of men) en grande tenue; (of women) en grande toilette; Military en grande tenue, en uniforme de parade;∎ to have good dress sense savoir s'habiller;∎ she's got no dress sense elle ne sait pas s'habiller∎ she dressed herself or got dressed elle s'est habillée;∎ to be dressed in black/silk être vêtu de noir/soie;∎ dressed in rags vêtu ou couvert de haillons;∎ dressed as a clown/a witch (for a party) déguisé en clown/en sorcière(b) (arrange → gen) orner, parer; (→ shop window) faire la vitrine de; (→ ship) pavoiser; (groom → horse) panser; (→ hair) coiffer∎ he dressed my wound il a fait mon pansement∎ dressed chicken poulet m prêt à cuire;∎ dressed crab crabe m tout préparé pour la table(e) (treat → cloth, skins) préparer, apprêter; (→ leather) corroyer; (→ stone) tailler, dresser; (→ metal) polir; (→ timber) dégrossir∎ to dress ranks se mettre en rangs(i) (neuter → animal) dresser(a) (get dressed, wear clothes) s'habiller;∎ she always dresses very smartly elle s'habille toujours avec beaucoup d'élégance;∎ to dress for dinner (gen) se mettre en tenue de soirée; (man) se mettre en smoking; (woman) se mettre en robe du soir;∎ do we have to dress for dinner? est-ce qu'il faut s'habiller pour le dîner?►► dress coat habit m, queue-de-pie f;dress code code m vestimentaire;Theatre dress circle premier balcon m, corbeille f;dress designer modéliste mf, dessinateur(trice) m,f de mode; (famous) couturier m;dress shield dessous-de-bras m inv;dress shirt chemise f de soirée;dress suit habit m, tenue f de soirée;Military dress uniform tenue f de cérémonies'habiller simplement➲ dress up(a) (put on best clothes) s'habiller, se mettre sur son trente et un;∎ he was all dressed up il était tout endimanché(b) (put on disguise) se déguiser, se costumer;∎ she dressed up as a clown elle s'est déguisée en clown;∎ children love dressing up les enfants adorent se déguiser(a) (put on best clothes) habiller;∎ to be all dressed up, to be dressed up to the nines être sur son trente et un;∎ familiar humorous she's all dressed up with nowhere to go elle s'est mise sur son trente et un mais elle n'a personne avec qui sortir(b) (disguise) déguiser;∎ his mother had dressed him up as a soldier sa mère l'avait déguisé en soldat(d) (embellish) orner;∎ you could dress up the outfit with a nice scarf tu pourrais rendre la tenue plus habillée avec un joli foulard;∎ it's the same old clichés dressed up as new ideas c'est toujours les mêmes clichés, mais présentés comme des idées novatrices
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