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21 take to
take to [somebody/something]1) ( develop liking for) se prendre de sympathie pour [person]2) ( begin)3) (go) se réfugier dans [forest, hills] -
22 trough
trough [trɒf]* * *[trɒf], US [trɔːf]1) ( for drinking) abreuvoir m; ( for animal feed) auge f2) ( depression) (between waves, hills, on graph) also Economics creux m3) Meteorology zone f dépressionnaire -
23 weather
weather [ˈweðər]1. nountemps m• what's the weather (like)? quel temps fait-il ?• in hot/cold/stormy weather par temps chaud/froid/orageux• in good/bad weather par beau/mauvais temps3. compounds[knowledge, map, prospects] météorologique ; [conditions, variations] atmosphérique► weather-beaten adjective [person, face] hâlé ; [building] dégradé par les intempéries ; [stone] érodé par les intempéries• to keep a weather eye on sth surveiller qch ► weather forecast noun prévisions fpl météorologiques* * *['weðə(r)] 1.noun temps min hot/cold weather — quand il fait chaud/froid
2.whatever the weather — lit par tous les temps; fig qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente
noun modifier [ chart, check, conditions, map, satellite, station] météorologique; [ centre] de météorologie3.transitive verb1) ( withstand) lit essuyer; fig se tirer deto weather the storm — fig surmonter la crise
2) éroder [rocks, stone]; battre [landscape, hills]; hâler [face]4.intransitive verb [rocks, landscape] s'éroder5.he has not weathered well — fig il n'a pas bien vieilli
weathered past participle adjective [stone] patiné; [face] hâlé••to keep a weather eye on somebody/something — avoir quelqu'un/quelque chose à l'œil
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24 with
with [wɪð, wɪθ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. avec• come with me! viens avec moi !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The pronoun is not translated in the following, where it and them refer to things.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• these gloves, I can't drive with them on ces gants-là, je ne peux pas conduire avec━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note the verbal construction in the following example.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I'm with you ( = understand) je vous suis• sorry, I'm not with you désolé, je ne vous suis pas• I'll be with you in a minute ( = attend to) je suis à vous dans une minute• I'm with you all the way ( = support) je suis à fond avec vous► to be with it (inf) ( = fashionable) être dans le vent (inf)get with it! ( = pay attention) réveille-toi !, secoue-toi ! ; ( = face facts) redescends sur terre !b. ( = on one's person) surc. ( = in the house of, working with) chez• I've been with this company for seven years cela fait sept ans que je travaille pour cette sociétéf. ( = in spite of) malgré• with all his intelligence, he still doesn't understand malgré toute son intelligence, il ne comprend toujours pas• with so much happening it was difficult to... il se passait tellement de choses qu'il était difficile de...• with that, he closed the door sur ce, il a fermé la porte* * *[wɪð, wɪθ]Note: If you have any doubts about how to translate a phrase or expression beginning with with ( with a vengeance, with all my heart, with a bit of luck, with my blessing etc) you should consult the appropriate noun entry (vengeance, heart, luck, blessing etc)with is often used after verbs in English ( dispense with, part with, get on with etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (dispense, part, get etc)This dictionary contains usage notes on such topics as the human body and illnesses, aches and pains which use the preposition with. For the index to these notesFor further uses of with, see the entry below1) ( in descriptions)2) (involving, concerning) aveca treaty/a discussion with somebody — un traité/une discussion avec quelqu'un
3) ( indicating an agent) avec4) (indicating manner, attitude)with difficulty/pleasure — avec difficulté/plaisir
‘OK,’ he said with a smile/sigh — ‘d'accord,’ a-t-il dit en souriant/soupirant
5) ( according to)6) (accompanied by, in the presence of) avecshe's got her brother with her — ( on one occasion) elle est avec or accompagnée de son frère; ( staying with her) son frère est chez elle
to live with somebody — ( in one's own house) vivre avec quelqu'un; ( in their house) vivre chez quelqu'un
7) (owning, bringing)8) (in relation to, as regards)what's up with Amy? —
what's with Amy? — US qu'est-ce qui ne va pas avec Amy?
9) (showing consent, support)I'm with you 100% ou all the way — je suis tout à fait d'accord avec toi
10) ( because of)sick with worry — malade or mort d'inquiétude
11) ( remaining)with only two days to go before the election — alors qu'il ne reste plus que deux jours avant les élections
12) ( suffering from)people with Aids/leukemia — les personnes atteintes du sida/de la leucémie
13) ( in the care or charge of)14) ( against) avec15) ( showing simultaneity)with that, he left — sur ce, il est parti
16) (employed by, customer of)17) ( in the same direction as)••to be with it — (colloq) ( on the ball) être dégourdi; ( trendy) être dans le vent
I'm not really with it today — (colloq) j'ai l'esprit ailleurs aujourd'hui
get with it! — (colloq) ( wake up) réveille-toi!; ( face the facts) redescends sur terre!
I'm not with you, can you repeat? — je ne te suis pas, tu peux répéter?
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25 rolling
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26 networking
(b) (making contacts) établissement m d'un réseau de contactsDaimler-Chrysler has 13,000 people working in its Auburn Hills, Michigan headquarters. Kathryn Lee, staff labor programs administrator, is proud that her company supports a Women's Network Group and provides a number of opportunities for after-hours networking, including guest speakers and presentations.
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27 blanket
['blæŋkit] 1. noun1) (a warm covering made of wool etc: a blanket on the bed.) couverture2) (something which covers like a blanket: a blanket of mist.) manteau2. adjective(covering all of a group of things: a blanket instruction.) général3. verb(to cover, as if with a blanket: The hills were blanketed in mist.) recouvrir -
28 cloud
1.1) (a mass of tiny drops of water floating in the sky: white clouds in a blue sky; The hills were hidden in cloud.) nuage2) (a great number or quantity of anything small moving together: a cloud of flies.) nuée3) (something causing fear, depression etc: a cloud of sadness.) nuage2. verb1) ((often with over) to become cloudy: The sky clouded over and it began to rain.) s'ennuager2) (to (cause to) become blurred or not clear: Her eyes were clouded with tears.) (s')embuer3) (to (cause to) become gloomy or troubled: His face clouded at the unhappy news.) (s')assombrir•- cloudy - cloudburst - under a cloud -
29 compass
( noun)1) (an instrument with a magnetized needle, used to find directions: If he had carried a compass he would not have lost his way on the hills.) boussole2) ((in plural) an instrument with two movable legs, for drawing circles etc.) compas3) (scope or range.) portée, étendue• -
30 descend
[di'send]1) (to go or climb down from a higher place or position: He descended the staircase.) descendre2) (to slope downwards: The hills descend to the sea.) descendre3) ((with on) to make a sudden attack on: The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers.) se jeter (sur)•- descent - be descended from -
31 echo
['ekəu] 1. plural - echoes; noun(the repeating of a sound caused by its striking a surface and coming back: The children shouted loudly in the cave so that they could hear the echoes.) écho2. verb1) (to send back an echo or echoes: The cave was echoing with shouts; The hills echoed his shout.) renvoyer2) (to repeat (a sound or a statement): She always echoes her husband's opinion.) faire écho à -
32 gentle
['‹entl]1) ((of people) behaving, talking etc in a mild, kindly, pleasant way: a gentle old lady; The doctor was very gentle.) doux2) (not strong or rough: a gentle breeze.) doux3) ((of hills) rising gradually: a gentle slope.) doux•- gently- gentleness -
33 granite
['ɡrænit]noun, adjective((of) a type of hard usually grey or red rock used for building: buildings of granite: granite hills.) (de) granit -
34 hilly
adjective (having many hills: hilly country.) montagneux -
35 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) travail2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) main-d'oeuvre3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) (en) travail4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) travailliste2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) travailler2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) peiner•- laboriously - laboriousness - labourer - labour court - labour dispute - labour-saving -
36 low
I 1. [ləu] adjective1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) bas2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) bas3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) bas4) (small: a low price.) bas5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) bas6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) bas2. adverb(in or to a low position, manner or state: The ball flew low over the net.) bas- lower- lowly - lowliness - low-down - lowland - lowlander - lowlands - low-lying - low-tech 3. adjectivelow-tech industries/skills.)- be low on II [ləu] verb(to make the noise of cattle; to moo: The cows were lowing.) meugler -
37 mist
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38 patrol
[pə'trəul] 1. past tense, past participle - patrolled; verb(to watch or protect (an area) by moving continually around or through it: Soldiers patrolled the streets.) patrouiller2. noun1) (a group of people etc who patrol an area: They came across several army patrols in the hills.) patrouille2) (the act of watching or guarding by patrolling: The soldiers went out on patrol; ( also adjective) patrol duty.) (de) patrouille -
39 ridge
[ri‹]1) (a long narrow piece of ground etc raised above the level of the ground etc on either side of it.) crête2) (a long narrow row of hills.) chaîne3) (anything like a ridge in shape: A ridge of high pressure is a long narrow area of high pressure as shown on a weather map.) ligne4) (the top edge of something where two sloping surfaces meet, eg on a roof.) arête, faîte -
40 rise
1. past tense - rose; verb1) (to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase: Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.) augmenter; monter; lever2) (to move upwards: Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.) s'élever; se lever3) (to get up from bed: He rises every morning at six o'clock.) se lever4) (to stand up: The children all rose when the headmaster came in.) se lever5) ((of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) se lever6) (to slope upwards: Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.) s'élever, monter7) (to rebel: The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.) se soulever contre8) (to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc: He rose to the rank of colonel.) s'élever9) ((of a river) to begin or appear: The Rhône rises in the Alps.) prendre sa source10) ((of wind) to begin; to become stronger: Don't go out in the boat - the wind has risen.) se lever11) (to be built: Office blocks are rising all over the town.) s'élever12) (to come back to life: Jesus has risen.) ressusciter2. noun1) ((the) act of rising: He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.) ascension, montée2) (an increase in salary or wages: She asked her boss for a rise.) augmentation3) (a slope or hill: The house is just beyond the next rise.) côte4) (the beginning and early development of something: the rise of the Roman Empire.) essor•- rising3. adjectivethe rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.) levant; en hausse; montant- early- late riser - give rise to - rise to the occasion
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