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1 instead
instead [ɪnˈsted]• if you don't like orange juice, have some mineral water instead si vous n'aimez pas le jus d'orange, prenez plutôt de l'eau minérale• his brother came instead ( = instead of him) son frère est venu à sa place• I didn't go to the office, I went to the cinema instead au lieu d'aller au bureau, je suis allé au cinéma• we decided to have dinner at 8 o'clock instead of 7 nous avons décidé de dîner à 8 heures au lieu de 7* * *[ɪn'sted] 1.we didn't go home, we went to the park instead — au lieu de rentrer nous sommes allés au parc
2.she didn't go to London, instead she decided to go to Oxford — au lieu d'aller à Londres elle a décidé d'aller à Oxford
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2 instead
A adv we didn't go home-we went to the park instead au lieu de rentrer nous sommes allés au parc ; forget the theory and concentrate instead on the practice laisse tomber la théorie et concentre-toi plutôt sur la pratique ; next time try camping instead la prochaine fois essaie plutôt le camping ; I don't feel like walking-let's take a taxi instead je n'ai pas envie de marcher-prenons plutôt un taxi ; she didn't go to London. Instead she decided to go to Oxford au lieu d'aller à Londres elle a décidé d'aller à Oxford ; I was going to phone but wrote instead j'allais téléphoner mais finalement j'ai écrit ; we have no tea-will you take coffee instead? nous n'avons pas de thé-voudriez-vous du café à la place? ; she couldn't attend so her son went instead elle ne pouvait pas y assister alors son fils est allé à sa place ; to choose instead to do préférer faire.B instead of prep phr instead of doing au lieu de faire ; you should be helping us instead of moaning! au lieu de râler ○ tu devrais nous aider! ; instead of sth au lieu de qch ; why not visit several castles instead of just one? pourquoi ne pas visiter plusieurs châteaux au lieu d'un seul? ; the interest was 30% instead of 23% l'intérêt était de 30% au lieu de 23% ; use oil instead of butter utilisez de l'huile à la place du beurre ; instead of sb à la place de qn ; you can go instead of me tu peux y aller à ma place. -
3 instead
instead [ɪn'sted]1 adverb∎ he didn't go to the office, he went home instead au lieu d'aller au bureau, il est rentré chez lui;∎ I don't like sweet things, I'll have cheese instead je n'aime pas les sucreries, je prendrai plutôt du fromage;∎ since I'll be away, why not send Eva instead? puisque je ne serai pas là, pourquoi ne pas envoyer Eva à ma place?au lieu de, à la place de;∎ instead of reading a book au lieu de lire un livre;∎ her son came instead of her son fils est venu à sa place;∎ I had an apple instead of lunch j'ai pris une pomme en guise de déjeuner -
4 instead
[in'sted](as a substitute; in place of something or someone: I don't like coffee. Could I please have tea instead?) à la place -
5 instead of
(in place of: Please take me instead of him; You should have been working instead of watching television.) à la place, au lieu de -
6 giving away works of art instead of paying the inheritance tax
Fisc. dation d'oeuvres d'art en paiement des droits de successionEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > giving away works of art instead of paying the inheritance tax
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7 in place of
(instead of: We advise discussion in place of argument; John couldn't go, so I went in his place.) au lieu de, à (sa) place -
8 affirm, to
affirmer solennellement, faire une affirmation solennelle;(decision, lower judgment)confirmer -
9 functional
functional [ˈfʌŋk∫nəl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ fonctionnel is spelt with an o instead of a u, has a double n and ends in -el instead of -al.* * *['fʌŋkʃənl]adjective [design] fonctionnel/-elle; ( in working order) opérationnel/-elle -
10 punctual
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11 punctually
punctually [ˈpʌŋktjʊəlɪ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *['pʌŋktʃʊəlɪ]adverb [start, arrive, leave] à l'heure -
12 mark
1. noun1) ((also Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark) the standard unit of German currency before the euro.)2) (a point given as a reward for good work etc: She got good marks in the exam.)3) (a stain: That spilt coffee has left a mark on the carpet.)4) (a sign used as a guide to position etc: There's a mark on the map showing where the church is.)5) (a cross or other sign used instead of a signature: He couldn't sign his name, so he made his mark instead.)6) (an indication or sign of a particular thing: a mark of respect.)2. verb1) (to put a mark or stain on, or to become marked or stained: Every pupil's coat must be marked with his name; That coffee has marked the tablecloth; This white material marks easily.)2) (to give marks to (a piece of work): I have forty exam-papers to mark tonight.)3) (to show; to be a sign of: X marks the spot where the treasure is buried.)4) (to note: Mark it down in your notebook.)5) ((in football etc) to keep close to (an opponent) so as to prevent his getting the ball: Your job is to mark the centre-forward.)•- marked- markedly - marker - marksman - marksmanship - leave/make one's mark - mark out - mark time -
13 Colours
Not all English colour terms have a single exact equivalent in French: for instance, in some circumstances brown is marron, in others brun. If in doubt, look the word up in the dictionary.Colour termswhat colour is it?= c’est de quelle couleur? or (more formally) de quelle couleur est-il?it’s green= il est vert or elle est verteto paint sth green= peindre qch en vertto dye sth green= teindre qch en vertto wear green= porter du vertdressed in green= habillé de vertColour nouns are all masculine in French:I like green= j’aime le vertI prefer blue= je préfère le bleured suits her= le rouge lui va bienit’s a pretty yellow!= c’est un joli jaune!have you got it in white?= est-ce que vous l’avez en blanc?a pretty shade of blue= un joli ton de bleuit was a dreadful green= c’était un vert affreuxa range of greens= une gamme de vertsMost adjectives of colour agree with the noun they modify:a blue coat= un manteau bleua blue dress= une robe bleueblue clothes= des vêtements bleusSome that don’t agree are explained below.Words that are not true adjectivesSome words that translate English adjectives are really nouns in French, and so don’t show agreement:a brown shoe= une chaussure marronorange tablecloths= des nappes fpl orangehazel eyes= des yeux mpl noisetteOther French words like this include: cerise ( cherry-red), chocolat ( chocolate-brown) and émeraude ( emerald-green).Shades of colourExpressions like pale blue, dark green or light yellow are also invariable in French and show no agreement:a pale blue shirt= une chemise bleu pâledark green blankets= des couvertures fpl vert foncéa light yellow tie= une cravate jaune clairbright yellow socks= des chaussettes fpl jaune vifFrench can also use the colour nouns here: instead of une chemise bleu pâle you could say une chemise d’un bleu pâle ; and similarly des couvertures d’un vert foncé (etc). The nouns in French are normally used to translate English adjectives of this type ending in -er and -est:a darker blue= un bleu plus foncéthe dress was a darker blue= la robe était d’un bleu plus foncéSimilarly:a lighter blue= un bleu plus clair (etc.)In the following examples, blue stands for most basic colour terms:pale blue= bleu pâlelight blue= bleu clairbright blue= bleu vifdark blue= bleu foncédeep blue= bleu profondstrong blue= bleu soutenuOther types of compound in French are also invariable, and do not agree with their nouns:a navy-blue jacket= une veste bleu marineThese compounds include: bleu ciel ( sky-blue), vert pomme ( apple-green), bleu nuit ( midnight-blue), rouge sang ( blood-red) etc. However, all English compounds do not translate directly into French. If in doubt, check in the dictionary.French compounds consisting of two colour terms linked with a hyphen are also invariable:a blue-black material= une étoffe bleu-noira greenish-blue cup= une tasse bleu-verta greeny-yellow dress= une robe vert-jauneEnglish uses the ending -ish, or sometimes -y, to show that something is approximately a certain colour, e.g. a reddish hat or a greenish paint. The French equivalent is -âtre:blue-ish= bleuâtregreenish or greeny= verdâtregreyish= grisâtrereddish= rougeâtreyellowish or yellowy= jaunâtreetc.Other similar French words are rosâtre, noirâtre and blanchâtre. Note however that these words are often rather negative in French. It is better not to use them if you want to be complimentary about something. Use instead tirant sur le rouge/jaune etc.To describe a special colour, English can add -coloured to a noun such as raspberry (framboise) or flesh (chair). Note how this is said in French, where the two-word compound with couleur is invariable, and, unlike English, never has a hyphen:a chocolate-coloured skirt= une jupe couleur chocolatraspberry-coloured fabric= du tissu couleur framboiseflesh-coloured tights= un collant couleur chairColour verbsEnglish makes some colour verbs by adding -en (e.g. blacken). Similarly French has some verbs in -ir made from colour terms:to blacken= noircirto redden= rougirto whiten= blanchirThe other French colour terms that behave like this are: bleu (bleuir), jaune (jaunir), rose (rosir) and vert (verdir). It is always safe, however, to use devenir, thus:to turn purple= devenir violetDescribing peopleNote the use of the definite article in the following:to have black hair= avoir les cheveux noirsto have blue eyes= avoir les yeux bleusNote the use of à in the following:a girl with blue eyes= une jeune fille aux yeux bleusthe man with black hair= l’homme aux cheveux noirsNot all colours have direct equivalents in French. The following words are used for describing the colour of someone’s hair (note that les cheveux is plural in French):fair= blonddark= brunblonde or blond= blondbrown= châtain invred= rouxblack= noirgrey= griswhite= blancCheck other terms such as yellow, ginger, auburn, mousey etc. in the dictionary.Note these nouns in French:a fair-haired man= un blonda fair-haired woman= une blondea dark-haired man= un bruna dark-haired woman= une bruneThe following words are useful for describing the colour of someone’s eyes:blue= bleulight blue= bleu clair invlight brown= marron clair invbrown= marron invhazel= noisette invgreen= vertgrey= grisgreyish-green= gris-vert invdark= noir -
14 additional
additional [əˈdɪ∫ənl]additionnel ; ( = extra) supplémentaire━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ additionnel ends in -el instead of -al and has a double n.* * *[ə'dɪʃənl]adjective supplémentaire -
15 apricot
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16 artificial
artificial [‚α:tɪˈfɪ∫əl]1. adjectivea. ( = synthetic) artificielb. ( = affected) affecté ; [smile] forcé2. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *[ˌɑːtɪ'fɪʃl]adjective artificiel/-ielle -
17 conditional
conditional [kənˈdɪ∫ənl]1. adjective2. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ conditionnel ends in -el instead of -al and has a double n.* * *[kən'dɪʃənl] 1.noun Linguistics conditionnel m2.1) conditionnel/-ellethe offer is conditional on ou upon the name of the donor remaining secret — l'offre a pour condition que le nom du donateur demeure (subj) secret
to make something conditional on ou upon something — faire dépendre quelque chose de quelque chose
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18 confidential
confidential [‚kɒnfɪˈden∫əl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *[ˌkɒnfɪ'denʃl]adjective confidentiel/-ielle m/fconfidential secretary — secrétaire mf privé/-e
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19 constitutional
constitutional [‚kɒnstɪˈtju:∫ənl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ constitutionnel ends in -el instead of -al and has a double n.* * *[ˌkɒnstɪ'tjuːʃənl], US [-'tuː-] 1.(dated) noun promenade f2.1) Politics constitutionnel/-elle2) ( innate) inné -
20 conventional
conventional [kənˈven∫ənl]a. ( = unoriginal) [person, life, behaviour, tastes, opinions] conventionnel ; [clothes] classiqueb. ( = traditional) [method, approach] conventionnel ; [belief, values, medicine] traditionnel ; [argument] classique━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ conventionnel ends in -el instead of -al and has a double n.* * *[kən'venʃənl]1) ( conformist) [person] conformiste; [idea, role] conventionnel/-elle2) ( traditionally accepted) [approach, method] conventionnel/-elle; [medicine, agriculture] traditionnel/-elle3) Military [weapons] conventionnel/-elle
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