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2 at an angle to the street
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3 house at an angle to the street
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4 street
street [stri:t]1 nounrue f;∎ a street of houses une rue résidentielle;∎ the whole street knows about it toute la rue est au courant;∎ to put or to turn sb out into the street mettre qn à la rue;∎ to be on the street or streets (as prostitute) faire le trottoir; (homeless person) être à la rue;∎ to take to the streets (protestors) descendre dans la rue;∎ to walk the streets (as prostitute) faire le trottoir ou familiar le tapin; (from idleness) battre le pavé, flâner dans les rues; (in search) faire les rues;∎ they walked the streets looking for her ils ont parcouru la ville à pied à sa recherche;∎ humorous that'll keep him off the streets! ça l'empêchera de faire des bêtises!;∎ that's right up his street! (competence) c'est tout à fait son rayon ou dans ses cordes!; (interest) c'est tout à fait son truc!(noises) de la rue; (musician) des rues∎ familiar to be streets ahead of sb dépasser qn de loin□ ;∎ she's streets ahead of the rest of the class elle dépasse largement ou de loin le reste de la classe, elle est largement en tête de la classe;∎ they're streets apart in the way they think ils ne partagent pas du tout les mêmes opinions►► British old-fashioned street Arab gamin(e) m,f ou gosse mf des rues;street art peintures fpl murales (dans la rue);street atlas plan m de la ville;British street café café m avec terrasse;∎ we had breakfast at a street café nous avons pris le petit déjeuner à la terrasse d'un café;familiar street cred, street credibility image f cool ou branchée;∎ she thinks that the leather jacket gives her more street cred elle trouve que son blouson en cuir fait très branché ou lui donne l'air encore plus cool;∎ this won't do much for my street cred ça va craindre pour mon image de marque;street cry cri m de colporteur;∎ the street cries of old Paris le cri des colporteurs du vieux Paris;Stock Exchange street dealing transactions fpl hors Bourse;street directory plan m de la ville;street door porte f (qui donne) sur la rue, porte f d'entrée;street fighting combats mpl de rue;street furniture mobilier m urbain;street guide plan m de la ville;street hawker colporteur(euse) m,f;street level rez-de-chaussée m inv;∎ below street level au sous-sol;street lighting éclairage m public;∎ the street lighting comes on at sunset on allume la lumière dans les rues au coucher du soleil;street map plan m de la ville;street market marché m en plein air ou à ciel ouvert; Stock Exchange marché m hors Bourse;street musician musicien(enne) m,f des rues;street organ orgue m de Barbarie;street party = fête de rue organisée pour célébrer un événement;street person SDF mf;street photographer photostoppeur(euse) m,f;street plan plan m de la ville;Stock Exchange street price cours m hors Bourse; (of drugs) prix m à la revente;street theatre théâtre m de rue ou de foire;street trader marchand(e) m,f ambulant(e);street trading vente f ambulante;old-fashioned street urchin gamin(e) m,f ou gosse mf des rues;street value (of drugs) valeur f marchande;American street vendor marchand(e) m,f ambulant(e) -
5 street
street [stri:t]1. nouna. rue f• to take to the streets [demonstrators] descendre dans la rue• to be out on the streets ( = homeless) être à la rue2. compounds[noises] de la rue ; [singer] des rues• this will do wonders for your street cred c'est excellent pour ton image de marque ► street directory noun plan m de la ville* * *[striːt] 1.noun rue fin ou on the street — dans la rue
across ou over GB the street — de l'autre côté de la rue
2.to take to the streets — [rioters] descendre dans la rue
••it's right up your street — (colloq) ( taste) c'est exactement ce qui te plairait; (ability, dexterity etc) c'est ton rayon
to be streets ahead of — (colloq) GB être bien meilleur que
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6 street
A n rue f ; in ou on the street dans la rue ; across ou over GB the street de l'autre côté de la rue ; to go down/go across the street descendre/traverser la rue ; to put ou turn sb out on the street mettre or jeter qn à la rue ; to be on the ou walk the streets [homeless person] être à la rue ; [prostitute] faire le trottoir ; to keep people off the streets éviter que les gens ne se retrouvent à la rue ; to keep trouble off the streets maintenir l'ordre dans la rue ; to take to the streets [population, rioters] descendre dans la rue ; [prostitute] faire le trottoir ; the man in the street l'homme de la rue.B modif1 [accident] de la circulation ; [directory, plan, musician] des rues ;2 [style, drug, culture] de la rue.it's right up my/your street ○ c'est exactement ce qu'il me/vous faut ; they are streets apart GB un abîme les sépare ; to be in Queer Street ○ † GB être dans la panade ◑ ; to be streets ahead of ○ GB être bien meilleur que. -
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[stri:t]1) (a road with houses, shops etc on one or both sides, in a town or village: the main shopping street; I met her in the street.) rue2) ((abbreviated to St when written) used in the names of certain roads: Her address is 4 Shakespeare St.) rue•- street directory - be streets ahead of / better than - be up someone's street - not to be in the same street as -
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9 the high street
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11 Fleet Street
= rue de Londres, dont le nom sert à désigner les grands journaux britanniques;∎ the Fleet Street papers les journaux m pl nationauxBut Morgan said: " The Sun can bluster away about it being a war, and glory in their Lara Logan bazooka exposés selling better than our famine in Malawi investigations, but we're not interested in what they say or what they do. They, like the rest of Fleet Street, do not have a clue what we are up to and that's the way I like it."
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12 high-street
►► British the high-street banks les grandes banques fpl;high-street fashion prêt-à-porter m;high-street shops commerces mplUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > high-street
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14 high street
A n ( in town) rue f principale ; ( in village) grand-rue f ; you won't find these clothes in the high street vous ne trouverez pas ces vêtements dans une boutique appartenant à une chaîne. -
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16 side-street
noun (a small, minor street: The man ran down a side-street and disappeared.) petite rue -
17 high street
((with capital when used as a name) the main street of a town etc, usually with shops etc.) rue principale -
18 Chancellor of the Exchequer
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19 not to be in the same street as
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20 down
I.down1 [daʊn]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverba. ( = to lower level) en bas ; ( = down to the ground) par terre• down! (said to a dog) couché !• down with traitors! à bas les traîtres !• to come or go down descendreb. ( = at lower level) en basc. (from larger town, the north, university) he came down from London yesterday il est arrivé de Londres hier• I'm £20 down on what I expected j'ai 20 livres de moins que je ne pensais• we are down to our last $5 il ne nous reste plus que 5 dollars• did you get down what he said? as-tu noté ce qu'il a dit ?• our success is all down to him ( = attributable to) c'est à lui seul que nous devons notre succès2. prepositionb. ( = at a lower part of) she lives down the street elle habite plus bas dans la ruec. ( = along) le long de• looking down this street, you can see... si vous regardez dans cette rue, vous verrez...3. adjective5. compoundsII.down2 [daʊn]( = fluff, feathers) duvet m* * *Note: down often occurs as the second element in verb combinations in English ( go down, fall down, get down, keep down, put down etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (go, fall, get, keep, put etc)When used to indicate vague direction, down often has no explicit translation in French: to go down to London = aller à Londres; down in Brighton = à BrightonFor examples and further usages, see the entry belowI 1. [daʊn]to go ou come down — descendre
‘down’ — ( in crossword) ‘verticalement’
down below — en bas; ( when looking down from height) en contrebas
3) ( from upstairs)4) ( indicating direction)they live down south — (colloq) ils habitent dans le sud
5) (in a range, scale, hierarchy)profits are well down on last year's — les bénéfices sont nettement inférieurs à ceux de l'année dernière
I'm £10 down — il me manque 10 livres sterling
7) ( indicating reduction)that's seven down, three to go! — en voilà sept de faits, il n'en reste plus que trois à faire!
8) (on list, schedule)I've got you down for next Thursday — ( in appointment book) vous avez rendez-vous jeudi prochain
9) ( incapacitated)to be two sets down — [tennis player] avoir deux sets de retard
11) ( as deposit)to pay £40 down — payer 40 livres sterling comptant
12) ( downwards)2.2) ( at lower part of)3) ( along)4) ( throughout)3.down the ages ou centuries — à travers les siècles
1) (colloq)2) [escalator] qui descend; [train] descendant3) Computing en panne4.(colloq) transitive verb1) abattre [person]; descendre [plane]2) descendre (colloq) [drink]••II [daʊn]
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