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1 noun(a) (bottom → gen) partie f inférieure, base f; (→ of tree, column) pied m; (→ of bowl, glass) fond m; (→ of triangle) base f;∎ the bud grows at the base of the branch le bourgeon pousse à la base de la branche;∎ the base came away from the rest la base ou la partie inférieure s'est détachée du reste(b) (support, stand → of statue, pillar) socle m;∎ she used the box as a base for her sculpture elle s'est servie de la boîte comme socle pour sa sculpture(c) (of food, paint) base f;∎ the stock forms the base of your sauce le fond constitue la base de votre sauce∎ an industrial base une zone industrielle∎ the explorers returned to base les explorateurs sont retournés au camp de base;∎ the visitors made central London their base les visiteurs ont pris le centre de Londres comme point de départ;∎ Glasgow is a good base from which to explore the Highlands Glasgow est un bon point d'attache pour rayonner dans les Highlands;∎ Commerce the company's base le siège de la société∎ American familiar figurative he's way off base il est complètement à côté de la plaque;∎ first base (in baseball) première base f;∎ figurative to get to first base réussir la première étape;∎ we didn't even get to first base on n'a pas fait le moindre progrès;∎ I just thought I'd touch base je voulais juste garder le contact(a) (found → opinion, project) baser, fonder;∎ the project is based on cooperation from all regions le projet est fondé sur la coopération de toutes les régions;∎ the film is based on a true story/on a short story by Herman Melville le film est tiré d'une histoire vraie/d'une nouvelle de Herman Melville∎ where are you based? où êtes-vous installé?;∎ the job is based in Tokyo le poste est basé à Tokyo(motive, thoughts, conduct) bas, indigne; (origins) bas; (ingratitude) flagrant; (coinage) faux (fausse)►► American Technology base burner = poêle où le charbon alimente le feu automatiquement;Military base camp camp m de base;base coat (of paint) première couche f;Linguistics base component composant m de base;Finance base date date f de base;base hit (in baseball) = coup permettant au batteur d'atteindre la première base;Sport base jumping = saut en chute libre à partir d'un pont, d'une falaise ou d'une montagne, avec parachute plié que l'on ouvre le plus tard possible; Finance &Banking base lending rate = taux de base du crédit bancaire;Commerce & Electricity base load charge f minimum;Metallurgy base metal métal m vil;Biology base pair paire f de bases;American base pay salaire m de base;Banking base rate taux m de base (bancaire) (utilisé par les banques pour déterminer leur taux de prêt);American base salary salaire m de base;Banking base year année f de référence -
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1 nounBANKING base lending rate taux m de base du crédit bancaire;American base pay salaire m de base;BANKING base rate taux de base (bancaire);American base salary salaire de base;base year année f de référence∎ the company's base le siège de la société;∎ an industrial base une zone industrielle∎ to be based in être basé(e) à;∎ where are you based? où êtes-vous installé?;∎ the job is based in Tokyo le poste est basé à Tokyo -
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stand [stænd]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp stood━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = position) position fc. (for displaying goods) étal m ; also newspaper stand kiosque m à journaux ; (at trade fair) stand md. ( = seating area) tribune fe. ( = witness stand) barre fa. ( = place) [+ object] mettreb. ( = tolerate) supporter• I can't stand it any longer (pain, criticism) je ne peux plus le supporter ; (boredom) j'en ai assezc. ( = withstand) résister àa. ( = be upright also stand up [person, animal] être debout• the project will stand or fall by... le succès du projet repose sur...• all stand! levez-vous s'il vous plaît !c. ( = stay) rester (debout)• don't just stand there, do something! ne reste pas là à ne rien faire !d. ( = be positioned) [person] être, se tenir ; [object, vehicle, tree] être, se trouver ; [town, building] se trouver• he stood there ready to shoot il se tenait là, prêt à tirer• how do things stand? où en sont les choses ?► to stand + preposition• where do you stand on this question? quelle est votre position sur cette question ?e. ( = tread) marcher• where's that letter? -- you're standing on it où est la lettre ? -- tu marches dessusf. ( = measure) faireg. ( = be mounted, based) reposer• the record stood at four minutes for several years pendant plusieurs années le record a été de quatre minutes► to stand + past participle/adjectivei. ( = remain undisturbed, unchanged) [liquid, mixture, dough] reposer ; [tea, coffee] infuserj. (British = be candidate) se présenter4. compounds► stand about, stand around intransitive verb• don't stand about doing nothing! ne reste pas là à ne rien faire !• they kept us standing about for hours ils nous ont fait attendre debout pendant des heures► stand aside intransitive verb se pousser( = move back) reculer ; (from stimulation, problem) prendre du recul► stand bya. ( = be onlooker) rester là (à ne rien faire)b. ( = be ready for action) [troops] être en état d'alerte ; [emergency services] être prêt à intervenira. ( = support) [+ friend] ne pas abandonner ; [+ colleague, spouse] soutenirb. ( = keep to) [+ promise] tenir ; [+ sb else's decision] respecter ; [+ one's own decision] s'en tenir à► stand down intransitive verb( = resign) démissionnera. ( = represent) représenter• what does UNO stand for? à quoi correspond l'abréviation UNO ?b. ( = defend) défendrec. ( = tolerate) tolérera. ( = protrude) faire saillie ; [vein] saillirb. ( = be conspicuous) ressortirc. ( = be outstanding) se distinguerd. ( = remain firm) tenir bonb. ( = resist challenge) tenir debouta. ( = place upright) mettreb. ( = fail to meet) (inf) [+ friend] faire faux bond à ; [+ boyfriend, girlfriend] poser un lapin à (inf)► stand up for inseparable transitive verb[+ person, principle, belief] défendre[+ bully, superior] affronter ; [+ use, conditions] résister à* * *[stænd] 1.1) ( furniture) ( for coats) portemanteau m; ( for hats) porte-chapeau m; (for plant, trophy) guéridon m; ( for music) pupitre m à musique3) ( in stadium) tribunes fpl4) ( witness box) barre f5) ( stance) position fto take ou make a stand on something — prendre position sur quelque chose
6) ( resistance to attack) résistance f7) ( standstill)2.transitive verb (prét, pp stood)1) ( place) mettre [person, object]2) ( bear) supporterhe can't stand to do ou doing — il ne supporte pas de faire
3) (colloq) ( pay for)4) Law5) ( be liable)3.intransitive verb (prét, pp stood)1) (also stand up) se lever2) ( be upright) [person] se tenir debout; [object] tenir deboutdon't just stand there, do something! — ne reste pas planté (colloq) là! fais quelque chose!
3) ( be positioned) [building etc] être; ( clearly delineated) se dresser4) ( step)5) (be)to stand empty — [house] rester vide
as things stand... — étant donné l'état actuel des choses...
I want to know where I stand — fig je voudrais savoir où j'en suis
to stand in somebody's way — lit bloquer le passage à quelqu'un; fig faire obstacle à quelqu'un
6) ( remain valid) [offer, agreement] rester valable7) ( measure)8) ( be at certain level)9) ( be a candidate) se présenter10) ( not move) [water, mixture] reposer•Phrasal Verbs:- stand by- stand in- stand to- stand up••
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