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fortnight ['fɔ:tnaɪt]British quinzaine f, quinze jours mpl;∎ for a fortnight pour quinze jours;∎ a fortnight ago il y a quinze jours;∎ a fortnight tomorrow demain en quinze;∎ a fortnight's holiday quinze jours de vacances;∎ it's been postponed for a fortnight cela a été remis à quinzaine -
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fortnight ⇒ Time units n GB quinze jours mpl, deux semaines fpl ; a fortnight's holiday quinze jours de vacances ; the first fortnight in August la première quinzaine d'août, les deux premières semaines d'août. -
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5 Friday
Friday ['fraɪdɪ]vendredi m;∎ it's Friday today nous sommes ou on est vendredi aujourd'hui;∎ I'll see you (on) Friday je te verrai vendredi;∎ the cleaning woman comes on Fridays la femme de ménage vient le vendredi;∎ I work Fridays je travaille le vendredi;∎ there's a market each Friday or every Friday il y a un marché tous les vendredis ou chaque vendredi;∎ every other Friday, every second Friday un vendredi sur deux;∎ the first/last Friday of every month le premier/dernier vendredi de chaque mois;∎ we arrive on the Friday and leave on the Sunday nous arrivons le vendredi et repartons le dimanche;∎ the programme's usually shown on a Friday généralement cette émission passe le vendredi;∎ the following Friday le vendredi suivant;∎ she saw the doctor last Friday elle a vu le médecin vendredi dernier;∎ I have an appointment next Friday j'ai un rendez-vous vendredi prochain;∎ the Friday after next vendredi en huit;∎ the Friday before last l'autre vendredi;∎ British a fortnight on Friday, Friday fortnight vendredi en quinze;∎ a week/fortnight ago Friday il y a eu huit/quinze jours vendredi;∎ Friday morning vendredi matin;∎ Friday afternoon vendredi après-midi;∎ Friday evening vendredi soir;∎ we're going out (on) Friday night nous sortons vendredi soir;∎ she spent Friday night at her friend's house elle a passé la nuit de vendredi chez son amie;∎ we caught the Friday morning boat nous avons pris le bateau du vendredi matin;∎ Friday 26 February vendredi 26 février;∎ they were married on Friday 12 June ils se sont mariés le vendredi 12 juin;∎ Friday the thirteenth vendredi treize -
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Saturday [ˈsætədɪ]samedi m• the Saturday before last pas ce samedi, celui d'avant━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ Days of the week in French are not spelt with a capital letter.* * *['sætədeɪ, -dɪ]noun samedi mhe has a Saturday job — GB il a un petit boulot (colloq) le samedi
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adjective, adverb (every fortnight: a fortnightly visit; He is paid fortnightly.) bimensuel; bimensuellement -
8 jump at
(to take or accept eagerly: He jumped at the chance to go to Germany for a fortnight.) sauter (sur) -
9 laid up
(ill in bed: When I caught flu, I was laid up for a fortnight.) alité -
10 stay
[stei] 1. verb1) (to remain (in a place) for a time, eg while travelling, or as a guest etc: We stayed three nights at that hotel / with a friend / in Paris; Aunt Mary is coming to stay (for a fortnight); Would you like to stay for supper?; Stay and watch that television programme.) rester2) (to remain (in a particular position, place, state or condition): The doctor told her to stay in bed; He never stays long in any job; Stay away from the office till your cold is better; Why won't these socks stay up?; Stay where you are - don't move!; In 1900, people didn't realize that motor cars were here to stay.) rester2. noun(a period of staying (in a place etc): We had an overnight stay / a two days' stay in London.) séjour- stay in - stay out - stay put - stay up -
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A n1 ( extending movement) ( in gymnastics) extension f ; to have a stretch s'étirer ; to give sth a stretch étirer [arm, leg] ; tirer sur [elastic] ; to be at full stretch lit ( taut) [rope, elastic] être tendu au maximum ; fig ( flat out) [factory, office] être à plein régime ; to work at full stretch [factory, machine] travailler à plein régime ; [person] travailler au maximum de ses capacités ; at a stretch à la rigueur ;2 ( elasticity) élasticité f ;3 ( section) (of road, track) tronçon m ; (of coastline, river) partie f ; a clear/dangerous stretch of road un tronçon de route dégagé/dangereux ; the stretch of track/road between Oxford and Banbury le tronçon de voie/route entre Oxford et Banbury ; to be on the home ou finishing stretch [athlete, racehorse] être sur la ligne d'arrivée ;5 ( period) période f ; a short/long stretch une longue/courte période ; he was often left alone for long stretches on le laissait souvent seul des heures durant ; a three-hour stretch trois heures ; I did an 18-month stretch in Tokyo j'ai travaillé 18 mois à Tokyo ; to work for 12 hours at a stretch travailler 12 heures d'affilée ;6 ○ ( prison sentence) peine f ; a five-year stretch une peine de cinq ans ; to do a long stretch servir une longue peine.C vtr1 ( extend) tendre [rope, net] (between entre) ; to stretch one's neck/arms/legs lit s'étirer le cou/les bras/les jambes ; to stretch one's legs fig se dégourdir or se dérouiller les jambes ; to stretch one's wings lit, fig déployer ses ailes ; the fabric was stretched tight across his shoulders/buttocks le tissu lui moulait les épaules/les fesses ;2 ( increase the size) lit tendre [spring] ; étirer [elastic] ; tirer sur [fabric] ; ( deliberately) élargir [shoe] ; ( distort) déformer [garment, shoe] ; fig they stretched their lead to 5-0 ils ont conforté leur position de leader en menant 5-0 ;3 ( bend) déformer [truth] ; contourner [rules, regulations] ; to stretch a point ( make concession) faire une exception ; ( exaggerate) aller trop loin ;4 ( push to the limit) abuser de [patience, tolerance] ; utiliser [qch] au maximum [budget, resources] ; pousser [qn] au maximum de ses possibilités [pupil, employee, competitor] ; to be fully stretched [person, company] être à son maximum ; the system is stretched to the limit le système est exploité au maximum de ses possibilités ; you're stretching my credulity to the limit n'abuse pas trop de ma crédulité ; I need a job that stretches me j'ai besoin d'un travail qui me motive à fond ; she isn't stretched at school l'école ne la pousse pas assez ; isn't that stretching it a bit ○ ? vous ne poussez pas un peu ○ ? ;D vi1 ( extend one's limbs) s'étirer ;2 ( spread) [road, track] s'étaler (for sur) ; [forest, water, beach, moor] s'étendre (for sur) ; the road stretches for 200 km la route s'étale sur 200 km ; to stretch over [empire] couvrir [Europe] ; [festivities, course] s'étaler sur [fortnight, month] ; to stretch to ou as far as sth [flex, string] aller jusqu'à qch ; how far does the queue/traffic jam stretch? jusqu'où va la queue/l'embouteillage? ; the weeks stretched into months les semaines devenaient des mois ;3 ( become larger) [elastic] s'étendre ; [shoe] s'élargir ; [fabric, garment] se déformer ; this fabric stretches ce tissu se déforme ;4 ○ ( afford) I think I can stretch to a bottle of wine je pense que je peux me permettre une bouteille de vin ; the budget won't stretch to a new computer le budget ne peut pas supporter l'achat d'un nouvel ordinateur.■ stretch back: the queue stretches back for 100 metres la queue s'étend sur 100 mètres ; to stretch back for centuries [tradition] remonter à plusieurs siècles ; to stretch back to [problem, tradition] remonter à [1970, last year] ; [traffic jam, queue] remonter à [place, corner].■ stretch out:1 ( lie down) s'étendre, s'allonger ;2 ( extend) [plain, countryside, road] s'étaler, s'étendre ;▶ stretch out [sth], stretch [sth] out ( extend) tendre [hand, foot] (towards vers) ; étendre [arm, leg] ; étaler [nets, sheet] ; I stretched my speech out to an hour j'ai fait durer mon discours pendant une heure. -
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ambitious [æm'bɪʃəs]ambitieux;∎ she's very ambitious for her children elle a de grandes ambitions pour ses enfants;∎ an ambitious film un film ambitieux;∎ our holidays were nothing more ambitious than a fortnight in Brighton nos ambitions de vacances se sont bornées à aller passer quinze jours à Brighton
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