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21 get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
(to have or win an advantage over: Our team managed to get the upper hand in the end.) prendre/avoir le dessus (sur)English-French dictionary > get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
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22 get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
(to have or win an advantage over: Our team managed to get the upper hand in the end.) prendre/avoir le dessus (sur)English-French dictionary > get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
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23 in the event
(in the end, as it happened/happens / may happen: In the event, I did not need to go to hospital.) en fin de compte -
24 deep end
to go off at the deep end ○ sortir de ses gonds ○ ; to go ou jump in at the deep end fig prendre le taureau par les cornes ; to throw sb in at the deep end fig forcer qn à prendre le taureau par les cornes. -
25 front-end
(a) front-end fee frais m pl d'entrée;front-end loading = système de prélèvement des frais sur les premiers versementsfront-end processor processeur m frontalThe charges for buying into a trust are usually at the standard rate. Dunedin, however, has no front-end fee for its share plan other than stamp duty.
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26 deep end
['diːpend]noun grand bassin m••to go off the deep end — (colloq) sortir de ses gonds (colloq)
to jump in at the deep end — fig prendre le taureau par les cornes
to throw somebody in at the deep end — fig forcer quelqu'un à prendre le taureau par les cornes
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27 back-end
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28 year-end
Accountancy de fin d'année, de fin d'exercice2 noun∎ at the year-end à la fin de l'année, en fin d'année►► year-end accounts compte m de résultats;year-end audit vérification f comptable de fin d'exercice;year-end closing of accounts clôture f annuelle des livres;year-end loss perte f de fin d'exercice;year-end profits bénéfices mpl de fin d'exercice;year-end report rapport m annuel -
29 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) debout, hérissé2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) d'affilée -
30 tail-end
noun (the very end or last part: the tail-end of the procession.) queue -
31 tail end
tail end n1 ( last piece) (of joint, roast) dernier morceau m ; (of film, conversation) fin f ; to catch the tail end of the film voir les toutes dernières minutes du film ;2 ○ ( buttocks) derrière ○ m. -
32 fag-end
noun (the small, useless piece of a cigarette that remains after it has been smoked: The ashtray was full of fag-ends; the fag-end of the conversation.) mégot -
33 West End
West End pr n GB the West End le West End m (quartier de théâtres et de boutiques chic au centre ouest de Londres). -
34 West End
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35 be-all and end-all
∎ it's not the be-all and end-all if it doesn't work ce n'est pas la fin du monde si ça ne marche pasUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > be-all and end-all
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36 at a loose end
(with nothing to do: He went to the cinema because he was at a loose end.) ne pas trop savoir quoi faire -
37 put an end to
(to cause to finish; to stop: The government put an end to public execution.) mettre fin à -
38 high-end
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39 to the last
(until the very end: He kept his courage to the last.) jusqu'au bout -
40 keep one's end up
(to perform one's part in something just as well as all the others who are involved.) faire sa part (d'une tâche)
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