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2 croix
croix [kʀwa]feminine nouna. ( = objet, décoration) cross• pour le faire sortir, c'est la croix et la bannière (inf) it's a devil of a job to get him to go out (inf)b. ( = marque) cross• faire or mettre une croix devant un nom to put a cross by a name• si tu lui prêtes ton livre, tu peux faire une croix dessus ! (inf) if you lend him your book, you'll never see it again!c. ( = souffrance) chacun a or porte sa croix we all have our cross to bear* * *kʀwɑnom féminin invariable crossêtre mis en croix — [condamné] to be crucified
chacun porte sa croix — fig we all have our cross to bear
Phrasal Verbs:••ton argent, tu peux faire une croix dessus — (colloq) you can kiss your money goodbye
un jour à marquer d'une croix blanche — a red-letter day, a day to remember
croix de bois, croix de fer (si je mens, je vais en enfer) — cross my heart (and hope to die)
* * *kʀwa nf1) (symbole) cross2) (figure, marque) crosspouvoir faire une croix sur qch fig (= devoir s'en passer) Le club peut faire une croix sur le titre de champion. — The club can kiss goodbye to the championship title.
en croix; les bras en croix — with one's arms stretched out wide
* * *croix nf inv1 ( objet) cross; (décoration, emblème) cross; croix russe/grecque Russian/Greek Cross; croix ansée or égyptienne ansate cross, ankh; croix potencée cross of Jerusalem; en croix crosswise, in the shape of a cross; disposer des brindilles en croix to lay twigs crosswise; être disposé or arrangé en croix to form a cross, to be arranged crosswise; mettre or tendre les bras en croix to hold one's arms out on either side of the body; être mis en croix [condamné] to be crucified;2 ( marque) cross; marquer un nom d'une croix to put a cross against ou by a name; signer d'une croix to sign one's name with a cross;3 ( épreuve) cross (to bear); cet enfant, c'est une vraie croix he's a cross I have to bear; chacun porte sa croix we all have our cross to bear.croix celte or celtique Celtic cross; croix de fer ( décoration) Mil Iron Cross; Sport crucifix; croix gammée swastika; croix de guerre Mil Croix de guerre; croix de Lorraine cross of Lorraine; croix de Malte Maltese cross; croix de Saint-André St Andrew's cross; croix de Saint-Pierre Peter's cross; croix du Saint-Sépulcre cross of Jerusalem.ton argent, tu peux faire or tirer or mettre une croix dessus○ you can kiss your money goodbye; la récompense promise, tu peux faire or tirer or mettre une croix dessus○ you can kiss goodbye to the promised reward; faire une croix sur son passé to leave the past behind; un jour à marquer d'une croix blanche a red-letter day, a day to remember; croix de bois, croix de fer (si je mens, je vais en enfer) cross my heart (and hope to die).[krwa] nom féminin1. [gibet] cross2. [objet cruciforme] crosscroix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer cross my heart (and hope to die)3. [emblème] crosscroix de Malte/St André Maltese/St Andrew's crossla croix de Lorraine the cross of Lorraine (cross with two horizontal bars, the symbol of the Gaullist movement)[de la Légion d'honneur] Cross of the Legion of Honour5. [signe écrit] cross6. PRESSE7. COUTURE8. ASTRONOMIE————————en croix locution adverbialeplacer ou mettre deux choses en croix to lay two things crosswise -
3 Aubert, Jean
[br]b. 7 February 1894 Paris, Franced. 25 November 1984 Paris, France[br]French civil engineer.[br]Aubert was educated at the Lycée Louis-leGrand in Paris, and entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1913. His studies were interrupted by the First World War, when he served as an artillery officer, being wounded twice and awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1916. He returned to the Ecole Polytechnique in 1919, and from 1920 to 1922 he attended the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées; he graduated as Bachelor of Law from the University of Paris.In 1922 he began his long career, devoted principally to river and canal works. He was engineer in charge of the navigation works in Paris until 1932; he was then appointed Professor in the Chair of Internal Navigation at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, a post he held until his retirement in 1961. From 1933 to 1945 he was general manager and later chairman of the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône; from 1945 to 1953, chairman of the electricity board of the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer français; and from 1949 to 1967, chairman of the Rhine Navigation Company. Following his retirement, he was chairman of the Société des Constructions des Batignolles, and from 1966 consulting engineer and honorary chairman of SPIE Batignolles; he was also chairman of several other companies.In 1919 he published La Probabilité dans les tires de guerre, for which he was awarded the Pierson-Perrim prize by the Académie des Sciences in 1922. During his career he wrote numerous articles and papers on technical and economic subjects, his last, entitled "Philosophic de la pente d'eau", appearing in the journal Travaux in 1984 when he was ninety years old.Aubert's principal works included the construction of the Pont Edouard-Herriort on the Rhône at Lyon; the design and construction of the Génissiat and Lonzères-Mondragon dams on the Rhône; and the conception and design of the Denouval dam on the Seine near Andresy, completed in 1980. He was awarded the Caméré prize in 1934 by the Académie des Sciences for a new type of movable dam. Overseas governments and the United Nations consulted him on river navigation inter alia in Brazil, on the Mahanadi river in India, on the Konkomé river in Guinea, on the Vistula river in Poland, on the Paraguay river in South America and others.In 1961 he published his revolutionary ideas on the pente d'eau, or "water slope", which was designed to eliminate delays and loss of water in transferring barges from one level to another, without the use of locks. This design consisted of a sloping flume or channel through which a wedge of water, in which the barge was floating, was pushed by a powered unit. A prototype at Mon tech on the Canal Latéral at La Garonne, bypassing five locks, was opened in 1973. A second was opened in 1984 on the Canal du Midi at Fonserannes, near Béziers.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsCroix de Guerre 1916. Académie des Sciences: Prix Pierson-Perrim 1922, Prix Caméré 1934. Ingénieur Général des Ponts et Chaussées 1951. Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur 1960.Further ReadingDavid Tew, 1984, Canal Inclines and Lifts, Gloucester: Alan Sutton.JHB -
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f crossCroce Rossa Red Crossfarsi il segno della croce cross oneselfa occhio e croce at a rough guess* * *croce s.f.1 cross: a forma di croce, cruciform (o cross-shaped) // mettere in croce qlcu., to crucify s.o. (anche fig.) // ai piedi della Croce, at the foot of the Cross; deposizione dalla Croce, Deposition; la Santa Croce, the Holy Cross (o the Holy Rood); abbracciare la croce, to embrace Christianity (o to convert to Christianity) // gettare la croce addosso a qlcu., (fig.) to put (o to place) the blame on s.o. // croce di Lorena, patriarcale, cross of Lorraine, patriarchal cross; croce di S. Andrea, decussata, St. Andrew's cross; (arald.) saltire; croce greca, Greek cross; croce latina, Latin cross; croce uncinata, swastika // (astr.) Croce del Sud, Southern Cross2 ( segno a forma di croce) cross: il luogo era indicato sulla mappa con una croce, the place was marked on the map with a cross; firmare con la croce, to make one's cross; segno della croce, sign of the cross; farsi il segno della croce, to cross oneself (o to make the sign of the cross) // ( cucito) punto in croce, cross-stitch // a occhio e croce, approximately (o at a rough guess) // con le braccia in croce, with folded arms // fare una croce su qlco., to obliterate (o to cancel) sthg.: fateci una croce!, (fig.) just forget it!; tirare una croce su un debito, to remit (o cancel) a debt // fare a testa e croce, to toss; vincere a testa e croce, to win the toss // egli non sa dire due parole in croce, he can't put two words together3 ( emblema) cross: croce di Malta, Maltese cross; la croce al merito di guerra, the Cross of war // Croce Rossa, Red Cross: chiamarono la Croce Rossa, they called an ambulance4 (tecn.) croce di eruzione, Christmas tree; croce di irrigidimento, bracing cross; croce di Malta, Maltese cross; croce di registro, register cross; croce di S. Andrea, St. Andrew's cross5 (fig.) ( dispiacere) tribulation; burden, trial, cross: ognuno ha la sua croce, everyone has his cross to bear; quel figlio è una vera croce per la famiglia, the son is a real burden for the family (o is a cross the family have to bear); croce e delizia, a mixed blessing.* * *['krotʃe]sostantivo femminile1) crossessere messo in croce — (essere crocifisso) to be crucified
segno della croce — relig. sign of the cross
farsi il segno della croce — to bless o cross oneself, to make the sign of the cross
firmare con una croce — to make one's mark, to sign one's name with a cross
2) (tormento) cross, trialessere una croce per qcn. — to be a trial to sb.
•croce di ferro — mil. Iron cross
croce di guerra — mil. Croix de guerre
croce di sant'Andrea — St. Andrew's cross
Croce del Sud — Crux, Southern Cross
croce uncinata — swastica, fylfot
Croce Verde — = health association offering emergency first aid assistance in accidents, disasters etc
••sui tuoi soldi, puoi farci o tirarci o metterci una croce sopra you can kiss your money goodbye; mettici una croce sopra! just forget about it! gettare la croce addosso a qcn. to put the blame on sb.; mettere in croce qcn. to rag sb. to death; dire tre parole in croce — to mumble a few words
* * *croce/'krot∫e/sostantivo f.1 cross; a (forma di) croce cross-shaped; essere messo in croce (essere crocifisso) to be crucified; segno della croce relig. sign of the cross; farsi il segno della croce to bless o cross oneself, to make the sign of the cross; firmare con una croce to make one's mark, to sign one's name with a cross; punto croce cross-stitch2 (tormento) cross, trial; essere una croce per qcn. to be a trial to sb.; portare la propria croce to have a one's cross to bearsui tuoi soldi, puoi farci o tirarci o metterci una croce sopra you can kiss your money goodbye; mettici una croce sopra! just forget about it! gettare la croce addosso a qcn. to put the blame on sb.; mettere in croce qcn. to rag sb. to death; dire tre parole in croce to mumble a few words\croce celtica Celtic cross; croce di ferro mil. Iron cross; croce greca Greek cross; croce di guerra mil. Croix de guerre; croce di Malta Maltese cross; Croce Rossa Red Cross; croce di sant'Andrea St. Andrew's cross; Croce del Sud Crux, Southern Cross; croce uncinata swastica, fylfot; Croce Verde = health association offering emergency first aid assistance in accidents, disasters etc. -
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6 Cousteau, Jacques-Yves
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 11 June 1910 Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France[br]French marine explorer who invented the aqualung.[br]He was the son of a country lawyer who became legal advisor and travelling companion to certain rich Americans. At an early age Cousteau acquired a love of travel, of the sea and of cinematography: he made his first film at the age of 13. After an interrupted education he nevertheless passed the difficult entrance examination to the Ecole Navale in Brest, but his naval career was cut short in 1936 by injuries received in a serious motor accident. For his long recuperation he was drafted to Toulon. There he met Philippe Tailliez, a fellow naval officer, and Frédéric Dumas, a champion spearfisher, with whom he formed a long association and began to develop his underwater swimming and photography. He apparently took little part in the Second World War, but under cover he applied his photographic skills to espionage, for which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur after the war.Cousteau sought greater freedom of movement underwater and, with Emile Gagnan, who worked in the laboratory of Air Liquide, he began experimenting to improve portable underwater breathing apparatus. As a result, in 1943 they invented the aqualung. Its simple design and robust construction provided a reliable and low-cost unit and revolutionized scientific and recreational diving. Gagnan shunned publicity, but Cousteau revelled in the new freedom to explore and photograph underwater and exploited the publicity potential to the full.The Undersea Research Group was set up by the French Navy in 1944 and, based in Toulon, it provided Cousteau with the Opportunity to develop underwater exploration and filming techniques and equipment. Its first aims were minesweeping and exploration, but in 1948 Cousteau pioneered an extension to marine archaeology. In 1950 he raised the funds to acquire a surplus US-built minesweeper, which he fitted out to further his quest for exploration and adventure and named Calypso. Cousteau also sought and achieved public acclaim with the publication in 1953 of The Silent World, an account of his submarine observations, illustrated by his own brilliant photography. The book was an immediate success and was translated into twenty-two languages. In 1955 Calypso sailed through the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean, and the outcome was a film bearing the same title as the book: it won an Oscar and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival. This was his favoured medium for the expression of his ideas and observations, and a stream of films on the same theme kept his name before the public.Cousteau's fame earned him appointment by Prince Rainier as Director of the Oceanographie Institute in Monaco in 1957, a post he held until 1988. With its museum and research centre, it offered Cousteau a useful base for his worldwide activities.In the 1980s Cousteau turned again to technological development. Like others before him, he was concerned to reduce ships' fuel consumption by harnessing wind power. True to form, he raised grants from various sources to fund research and enlisted technical help, namely Lucien Malavard, Professor of Aerodynamics at the Sorbonne. Malavard designed a 44 ft (13.4 m) high non-rotating cylinder, which was fitted onto a catamaran hull, christened Moulin à vent. It was intended that its maiden Atlantic crossing in 1983 should herald a new age in ship propulsion, with large royalties to Cousteau. Unfortunately the vessel was damaged in a storm and limped to the USA under diesel power. A more robust vessel, the Alcyone, was fitted with two "Turbosails" in 1985 and proved successful, with a 40 per cent reduction in fuel consumption. However, oil prices fell, removing the incentive to fit the new device; the lucrative sales did not materialize and Alcyone remained the only vessel with Turbosails, sharing with Calypso Cousteau's voyages of adventure and exploration. In September 1995, Cousteau was among the critics of the decision by the French President Jacques Chirac to resume testing of nuclear explosive devices under the Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsLégion d'honneur. Croix de Guerre with Palm. Officier du Mérite Maritime and numerous scientific and artistic awards listed in such directories as Who's Who.Bibliography1953, The Silent World.1972, The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau, 21 vols.Further ReadingR.Munson, 1991, Cousteau, the Captain and His World, London: Robert Hale (published in the USA 1989).LRD -
7 enfer
enfer [ɑ̃fεʀ]masculine noun► d'enfer* * *ɑ̃fɛʀnom masculin1) Religion Hell; Mythologieles enfers — Hell (sg), the Underworld (sg)
2) fig hell (de of)vision d'enfer — vision of hell, hellish sight
aller à un train d'enfer — (colloq) to go hell for leather (colloq)
soirée d'enfer — (colloq) hell of a (colloq) party
••croix de bois croix de fer, si je mens je vais en enfer — ≈ cross my heart and hope to die
* * *ɑ̃fɛʀ nm1) (pour les damnés) helld'enfer (allure, bruit) — tremendous, * (ambiance, moral) great, fantastic
* * *enfer nm1 Relig Hell; Mythol les enfers Hell, the Underworld; croire à l'enfer to believe in Hell; aller en enfer to go to Hell; la descente aux enfers the descent into Hell ou the Underworld; enfer et damnation! hell and damnation!;2 fig hell (de of); un enfer de souffrance a living hell; il vit un véritable enfer his life is sheer hell; l'enfer des villes the hell of urban life; l'enfer de la guerre/drogue the hell of war/drug addiction; c'est l'enfer○ ce travail! this work is hell○!; vision d'enfer vision of hell, hellish sight; vitesse d'enfer hellish pace; aller/conduire à un train d'enfer to go/drive hell for leather○; il fait une chaleur d'enfer it's as hot as hell○; voiture/soirée d'enfer○ hell of a○ car/party;3 †( section de bibliothèque) private case collection.croix de bois croix de fer, si je mens je vais en enfer ≈ cross my heart and hope to die; ⇒ paver.[ɑ̃fɛr] nom masculinl'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions (proverbe) the road to hell is paved with good intentions (locution)2. [lieu, situation désagréable] hell3. [d'une bibliothèque] section where books forbidden to the public are stored————————enfers nom masculin pluriel————————d'enfer locution adjectivale2. [très bien] greatil est d'enfer ton blouson! what a brilliant ou wicked jacket!
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