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1 line-up
(a) (queue) queue f (de personnes); (identity parade) séance f d'identification; (line of suspects) rangée f de suspects∎ a jazz band with a traditional line-up une formation de jazz traditionnelle;∎ the England line-up for tonight's match la composition de l'équipe anglaise pour le match de ce soir;∎ we have an all-star line-up for tonight's programme nous avons un plateau de vedettes pour l'émission de ce soir -
2 line
line [laɪn]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nounb. ( = boundary) frontière fc. ( = wrinkle) ride ff. (for phone) ligne f• Mr Smith is on the line j'ai M. Smith en ligne• to learn one's lines [actor] apprendre son textei. ( = row) [of trees, parked cars, hills] rangée f ; [of cars in traffic jam] file f ; [of people] (side by side) rang m ; (one behind another) file f ; ( = assembly line) chaîne f• to fall into line with sb ( = conform) se ranger à l'avis de qnk. ( = route) ligne fl. ( = track) voie f• they voted against the government line ils ont voté contre la position adoptée par le gouvernement• to take a strong line on... se montrer ferme sur...• you must be very aware of that in your line of business vous devez en être très conscient dans votre métier• what's your line of business? que faites-vous dans la vie ?p. ( = product) this lager is the shop's best selling line cette bière blonde est ce qui se vend le mieuxq. ( = course) in the line of duty dans l'exercice de ses (or mes etc) fonctionss. (in battle) ligne f• didn't I tell you that all along the line? c'est ce que je n'ai pas arrêté de te dire• somewhere along the line he got an engineering degree je ne sais pas exactement quand, il a décroché son diplôme d'ingénieur► along... lines• along political/racial lines selon des critères politiques/raciaux► in line• if the Prime Minister fails to keep the rebels in line si le Premier ministre ne réussit pas à maîtriser les éléments rebelles• our system is broadly in line with that of other countries notre système correspond plus ou moins à celui des autres pays► into line• to come on line [power station, machine] entrer en service► on the line ( = at stake) (inf) en jeuhe was completely out of line to suggest that... ( = unreasonable) il n'aurait vraiment pas dû suggérer que...• he is out of line with his party ( = in conflict) il est en décalage par rapport à son parti• their debts are completely out of line with their incomes leur endettement est tout à fait disproportionné par rapport à leurs revenusa. ( = mark) [+ face] marquer3. compounds• to keep the lines of communication open with sb ne pas rompre le dialogue avec qn ► line of fire noun ligne f de tir► line-up noun [of people] file f ; ( = identity parade) séance f d'identification (d'un suspect) ; (Football) composition f de l'équipe f► line upa. ( = stand in row) se mettre en rang(s) ; ( = stand in queue) faire la queueb. ( = align o.s.) to line up against sb/sth se liguer contre qn/qch• most senators lined up in support of the president la plupart des sénateurs ont soutenu le présidenta. [+ people, objects] alignerb. ( = find) (inf)• we must line up a chairman for the meeting il faut que nous trouvions un président pour la réunion• have you got something lined up for this evening? est-ce que tu as prévu quelque chose pour ce soir ?• have you got someone lined up? avez-vous quelqu'un en vue ?* * *[laɪn] 1.1) gen, Sport ligne f; (shorter, thicker) trait m; Art trait ma straight/curved line — une ligne droite/courbe
the line AB — ( in geometry) la droite AB
2) (of people, cars) file f; ( of trees) rangée fin straight lines — [plant, arrange] en lignes droites
to be in line — [buildings] être dans l'alignement
3) fig4) ( queue) file fto stand in ou wait in line — faire la queue
to form a line — [people] faire la queue
5) ( on face) ride f6) Architecture ( outline shape) ligne f (of de)7) ( boundary) frontière fthere's a fine line between knowledge and pedantry — de la culture à la pédanterie il n'y a qu'un pas
8) ( rope) corde f; ( for fishing) ligne f9) ( cable) Electricity ligne f (électrique)10) Telecommunications ( connection) ligne fto get off the line — (colloq) raccrocher
11) ( rail route) ligne f ( between entre); ( rails) voie f; (shipping company, airline) compagnie f12) ( in genealogy) lignée fa line from — une citation de [poem etc]
to learn one's lines — Theatre apprendre son texte
14) ( conformity)to bring regional laws into line with federal laws — harmoniser les lois régionales et les lois fédérales
our prices are out of line with those of our competitors — nos prix ne s'accordent pas avec ceux de nos concurrents
you're way out of line! — (colloq) franchement, tu exagères!
15) (colloq) ( piece of information)16) ( stance)17) ( type of product) gamme f18) Militaryenemy lines — lignes fpl ennemies
19) ( equator)20) (colloq) ( of cocaine) ligne (colloq) f (of de)2.in line with prepositional phrase en accord avec [policy, trend]3.transitive verb doubler [garment] ( with avec); tapisser [box, shelf] ( with de); [spectators] border [route]Phrasal Verbs:- line up••all along the line —
somewhere along the line — ( at point in time) à un certain moment; ( at stage) quelque part
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3 line-up
line-up n1 Sport équipe f ; (personnel, pop group) groupe m ; the management line-up la composition de la direction ; a line-up of cabaret acts une série de numéros de cabaret ;2 ( identification parade) séance f d'identification (de suspects). -
4 sketch
sketch [sketʃ]1 noun∎ the map is only a sketch la carte n'est qu'un croquis(b) (brief description) résumé m;∎ historical sketch résumé m historique;∎ a biographical sketch of the author une biographie succincte de l'auteur; (on book jacket) une notice bibliographique sur l'auteur(c) (preliminary outline → of book) ébauche f; (→ of proposal, speech, campaign) grandes lignes fpl;∎ give us a rough sketch of your plan donnez-nous un aperçu de ce que vous proposez(a) (person, scene) faire un croquis ou une esquisse de, croquer, esquisser; (line, composition, form) esquisser, croquer; (portrait, illustration) faire (rapidement);∎ he began by sketching the foreground il a commencé par esquisser ou croquer le premier plan(a) (provide → background, main points) indiquer;∎ Harry will sketch a few more details in for you Harry va vous donner encore quelques précisions -
5 starting
starting ['stɑ:tɪŋ]1 noun(a) (beginning) commencement m;∎ who wants to be responsible for the starting of a nuclear war? qui veut assumer la responsabilité du déclenchement d'une guerre nucléaire?(b) (of business etc) mise f en route ou en traininitial;∎ the starting line-up la composition initiale de l'équipestarting grid (in motor racing) grille f de départ;Sport starting line ligne f de départ;Technology starting motor moteur m de démarrage;starting pistol pistolet m du starter;starting point point m de départ;Sport starting post ligne f de départ;starting price (gen) prix m initial; (in horseracing) cote f au départ; (at auction) mise f à prix, prix m d'appel;starting salary salaire m d'embauche;starting signal signal m de ou du départ;Horseracing starting stalls stalles fpl de départ;starting up (of business etc) mise f en route ou en train; (of engine) mise f en marche, démarrage m; (of machine) lancement m
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