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1 centre
1 noun∎ in the centre au centre;∎ centre of gravity centre m de gravité;∎ Medicine centre of infection foyer m infectueux∎ she lives in the city centre elle habite dans le centre-ville∎ at the centre of the debate au cœur du débat;∎ the centre of attention le centre d'attention(d) (place, building) centre m;∎ a sports/health centre un centre sportif/médical∎ to be left/right of centre être du centre gauche/droit∎ to be off centre or out of centre être décentré(h) (in rugby) centre m(a) (place in centre) centrer;∎ to centre a line (when keying) centrer une ligne∎ to centre one's hopes on sth mettre ou fonder tous ses espoirs sur qch∎ to centre the ball centrer le ballon►► Football centre back arrière m central;Technology centre bit mèche f à bois;Football centre circle cercle m central;the centre court (in tennis) le court central;American Medicine Center for Disease Control = aux États-Unis, institut fédéral de recherche sur les causes et la prévention des maladies;Football centre forward avant-centre m;Football centre half demi-centre m;Technology centre punch pointeau m;Typography centre spread double page f centrale;Sport centre three-quarter (in rugby) trois-quarts m centretourner autour de;∎ the debate centres around politics le débat tourne autour de la politiquese concentrer sur;∎ all their attention was centred on the World Cup toute leur attention était concentrée sur la coupe du monde;∎ the conversation centred on politics la conversation tournait autour de la politique -
2 centre
A n1 ( middle) centre m (of de) ; in the centre au centre ; I live near the centre of London j'habite près du centre de Londres ; town centre, city centre centre-ville m ; sweets with soft centres bonbons mpl fourrés ;2 ( focus) centre m ; to be at the centre of a campaign/row être au centre d'une campagne/dispute ; to be the centre of attention être le centre de l'attention ;4 ( designated area) centre m ; business centre quartier m des affaires ; shopping/sports/leisure centre centre m commercial/sportif/de loisirs ;5 Pol centre m ; to be left/right of centre [person, politics] être à gauche/à droite du centre ; a centre-left party un parti du centre gauche ;D - centred (dans composés) centré sur ; child-centred education enseignement m centré sur l'enfant.▶ centre around [sth] [activities, person] se concentrer sur ; [people, industry] se situer autour de [town] ; [life, plans, thoughts] être centré sur [holidays, person, work] ; [demands] viser [conditions, pay] ;▶ centre [sth] around [person] concentrer [qch] sur [feelings, thoughts].■ centre on, centre upon:▶ centre on [sth] [activities, feelings, thoughts, work] se concentrer sur [person, problem, subject]. -
3 after
after [ˈα:ftər]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. prepositiona. après• after which he... après quoi il...• after you, sir après vous, Monsieur• after all I've done for you! après tout ce que j'ai fait pour toi !• he ate 3 biscuits, one after the other il a mangé 3 biscuits l'un après l'autre• what are you after? (inf) ( = want) qu'est-ce que vous voulez ? ; ( = have in mind) qu'avez-vous en tête ?2. adverb• what comes after? qu'est-ce qui vient ensuite ?3. conjunction• after he had closed the door, she spoke après qu'il eut fermé la porte, elle a parlé• after he had closed the door, he spoke après avoir fermé la porte, il a parlé4. plural noun• what's for afters? qu'est-ce qu'il y a comme dessert ?5. compounds• after-school club or center (British, US) garderie f ► after-sun adjective [lotion, cream] après-soleil noun ( = lotion) lotion f après-soleil ; ( = cream) crème f après-soleil* * *Note: As both adverb and preposition, after is translated in most contexts by après: after the meal = après le repas; H comes after G = H vient après G; day after day = jour après jour; just after 3 pm = juste après 15 heures; three weeks after = trois semaines aprèsWhen after is used as a conjunction it is translated by après avoir (or être) + past participle where the two verbs have the same subject: after I finished my book, I cooked dinner = après avoir fini mon livre j'ai préparé le dîner; after he had consulted Bill or after consulting Bill, he decided to accept the offer = après avoir consulté Bill, il a décidé d'accepter l'offreWhen the two verbs have different subjects the translation is après que + indicative: I'll lend you the book after Fred has read it = je te prêterai le livre après que Fred l'aura lu['ɑːftə(r)], US ['æftər] 1.1) ( following time or event) aprèssoon ou not long after — peu après
straight after — GB
right after — US tout de suite après
2) ( following specific time)2.the year after — l'année suivante or d'après
1) ( later in time than) aprèsimmediately/shortly after the strike — aussitôt/peu après la grève
after that date — ( in future) au-delà de cette date; ( in past) après cette date
2) ( given) aprèsafter what she's been through? — malgré or après ce qu'elle a subi?
3) ( expressing contrast) aprèsit's boring here after Paris — après Paris, on s'ennuie ici
4) ( behind)to chase after somebody/something — courir après quelqu'un/quelque chose
5) (following in sequence, rank) aprèsafter you! — ( letting someone pass ahead) après vous!
6) ( in the direction of)‘don't forget!’ Mimi called after her — ‘n'oublie pas!’ lui a crié Mimi
7) ( in pursuit of)it's me he's after — ( to settle score) c'est à moi qu'il en veut
to be after somebody — (colloq) ( sexually) s'intéresser à quelqu'un
8) ( beyond) après9) ( stressing continuity)10) ( about)11) ( in honour or memory of)named after — [street, institution] portant le nom de
12) ( in the manner of)‘after Millet’ — ‘d'après Millet’
13) US ( past)3.1) ( in sequence of events) après avoir or être (+ pp), après que (+ indic)2) ( once)after you explained the situation they left — une fois que tu leur as expliqué la situation ils sont partis
4.why did he do that after we'd warned him? — pourquoi a-t-il fait ça alors que nous l'avions prévenu?
afters (colloq) plural noun GB dessert m5.after all adverb, preposition après tout
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