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1 late
late [leɪt]1. adjectivea. ( = after scheduled time) to be late [person] être en retard• we apologize for the late arrival of flight XY 709 nous vous prions d'excuser le retard du vol XY 709c. ( = after usual time) [crop, flowers] tardif ; [booking] de dernière minuted. ( = at advanced time of day) tard• to have a late meal/lunch manger/déjeuner tard• the late film tonight is... (on TV) le film diffusé en fin de soirée est...• there's a late show on Saturdays (at theatre) il y a une seconde représentation en soirée le samedie. ( = near end of period or series) the latest edition of the catalogue la toute dernière édition du catalogue• in late June/September fin juin/septembre2. adverba. ( = after scheduled time) [arrive] en retard ; [start, finish, deliver] avec du retard• to arrive late for sth (meeting, dinner, film) arriver en retard à qchb. ( = after usual time) tard• she had started learning German quite late in life elle avait commencé à apprendre l'allemand assez tardc. ( = at advanced time of day) [work, get up, sleep, start, finish] tardd. ( = near end of period) late in 1992 fin 1992• it wasn't until relatively late in his career that... ce n'est que vers la fin de sa carrière que...e. ( = recently) as late as last week pas plus tard que la semaine dernière► of late ( = lately) ces derniers temps3. compounds• there's late-night shopping on Thursdays le magasin ouvre en nocturne le jeudi ► late riser noun lève-tard (inf) mf* * *[leɪt] 1.1) ( after expected time) [arrival, rains, publication, implementation] tardif/-ive2) (towards end of day, season etc) [hour, supper, date, pregnancy] tardif/-iveto take a late holiday GB ou vacation US — prendre des vacances en fin de saison
3) ( deceased)2.1) ( after expected time) [arrive, start, finish] en retardto be running late — [person] être en retard; [train, bus] avoir du retard
2) ( towards end of time period) [get up, open, close] tardlate last night/in the evening — tard hier soir/dans la soirée
it's a bit late (in the day) to do — fig c'est un peu tard pour faire
3) Administration ( formerly)3.Miss Stewart, late of 48 Temple Rd — Mlle Stewart, autrefois domiciliée au 48 Temple Rd
of late adverbial phrase dernièrement, ces jours-ci -
2 Seasons
French never uses capital letters for names of seasons as English sometimes does.spring= le printempssummer= l’été mautumn or fall= l’automne mwinter= l’hiver min spring= au printempsin summer= en étéin autumn or fall= en automnein winter= en hiverIn the following examples, summer and été are used as models for all the season names. French normally uses the definite article, whether or not English does.I like summer or I like the summer= j’aime l’étéduring the summer= pendant l’été or au cours de l’étéin early summer= au début de l’étéin late summer= à la fin de l’étéfor the whole summer= pendant tout l’ététhroughout the summer= tout au long de l’étélast summer= l’été derniernext summer= l’été prochainthe summer before last= il y a deux ans en ététhe summer after next= dans deux ans en étéHowever, words like chaque, ce etc. may replace the definite article:every summer= tous les ans en ététhis summer= cet étéThere is never any article when en is used:in summer= en étéuntil summer= jusqu’en étéSeasons used as adjectives with other nounsDe alone, without article, is the usual form, e.g.summer clothes= des vêtements d’ététhe summer collection= la collection d’ététhe summer sales= les soldes d’étéa summer day= une journée d’étéa summer evening= un soir d’étéa summer landscape= un paysage d’étésummer weather= un temps d’été -
3 mind
mind [maɪnd]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = brain) esprit m• at the back of my mind I had the feeling that... je sentais confusément que...• what's on your mind? qu'est-ce qui vous préoccupe ?b. ( = opinion) to my mind à mon avis• to have a mind of one's own [person] savoir ce qu'on veutc. ( = inclination) envie f• nothing is further from my mind! (bien) loin de moi cette pensée !► in + mind• have you (got) anything particular in mind? avez-vous quelque chose de particulier en tête ?• nobody in their right mind would do that aucun être sensé ne ferait cela► to be/go out of one's mind• to be/go out of one's mind with worry être/devenir fou d'inquiétude• you must be out of your mind! tu es complètement fou !a. ( = pay attention to) faire attention à ; ( = beware of) prendre garde à ; (US = listen to) écouter• mind you don't fall! prenez garde de ne pas tomber !• mind the step! attention à la marche !• mind your language! surveille ton langage !b. ( = object to) I don't mind ironing ça ne me dérange pas de faire le repassage• cigarette? -- I don't mind if I do une cigarette ? -- ce n'est pas de refus ! (inf)► would you mind + gerund• would you mind opening the door? cela vous ennuierait d'ouvrir la porte ?c. ( = look after) [+ children, animals] garder ; [+ shop] tenir( = object) do you mind if I take this book? -- I don't mind at all ça ne vous ennuie pas que je prenne ce livre ? -- mais non, je vous en prie• he can't walk, never mind run (inf) il ne peut pas marcher, encore moins courirmind you, it won't be easy cela dit, ce ne sera pas facile• mind you, he could be right peut-être qu'il a raison après tout4. compounds• I'm not a mind reader! (inf)* * *[maɪnd] 1.1) (centre of thought, feelings) esprit mthat's a load ou weight off my mind — ça me soulage beaucoup
2) ( brain) intelligence f3) ( way of thinking) esprit m4) ( opinion) avis mto make up one's mind about/to do — se décider à propos de/à faire
5) ( attention) esprit mto concentrate ou keep one's mind on something — se concentrer sur
to give ou put one's mind to something — accorder son attention à quelque chose
6) ( memory) esprit mit went right ou clean ou completely out of my mind — cela m'est complètement sorti de la tête
7) ( sanity) raison fare you out of your mind? — (colloq) tu es fou/folle? (colloq)
8) ( person as intellectual) esprit m2.in mind adverbial phrasewith this in mind,... — avec cette idée en tête,...
3.to put somebody in mind of somebody/something — rappeler quelqu'un/quelque chose à quelqu'un
transitive verb1) ( pay attention to) faire attention à [hazard]; surveiller [manners, language]don't mind me — gen ne faites pas attention à moi; iron ne vous gênez pas!
mind how you go — GB faites bien attention à vous
it's a secret, mind — (colloq) c'est un secret, n'oublie pas
mind you (colloq), it won't be easy — remarque, ce ne sera pas facile
2) ( object to)I don't mind cats, but I prefer dogs — je n'ai rien contre les chats, mais je préfère les chiens
‘today or tomorrow?’ - ‘I don't mind’ — ‘aujourd'hui ou demain?’ - ‘ça m'est égal’
if you don't mind my asking... — si ce n'est pas une question indiscrète...
‘like a cigarette?’ - ‘don't mind if I do’ — (colloq) ‘une cigarette?’ - ‘c'est pas de refus’ (colloq)
3) ( care) se soucier dedo you mind! — iron non mais!
never mind — ( don't worry) ne t'en fais pas; ( it doesn't matter) peu importe
he can't afford an apartment, never mind a big house — il ne peut pas se permettre un appartement encore moins une grande maison
4) ( look after) s'occuper de [animal, children]; tenir [shop]•Phrasal Verbs:- mind out••I gave him a piece of my mind! — (colloq) je lui ai dit ma façon de penser!
to have a good mind ou half a mind to do — GB avoir bien envie de faire
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