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1 mind
mind [maɪnd]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = brain) esprit m• at the back of my mind I had the feeling that... je sentais confusément que...• what's on your mind? qu'est-ce qui vous préoccupe ?b. ( = opinion) to my mind à mon avis• to have a mind of one's own [person] savoir ce qu'on veutc. ( = inclination) envie f• nothing is further from my mind! (bien) loin de moi cette pensée !► in + mind• have you (got) anything particular in mind? avez-vous quelque chose de particulier en tête ?• nobody in their right mind would do that aucun être sensé ne ferait cela► to be/go out of one's mind• to be/go out of one's mind with worry être/devenir fou d'inquiétude• you must be out of your mind! tu es complètement fou !a. ( = pay attention to) faire attention à ; ( = beware of) prendre garde à ; (US = listen to) écouter• mind you don't fall! prenez garde de ne pas tomber !• mind the step! attention à la marche !• mind your language! surveille ton langage !b. ( = object to) I don't mind ironing ça ne me dérange pas de faire le repassage• cigarette? -- I don't mind if I do une cigarette ? -- ce n'est pas de refus ! (inf)► would you mind + gerund• would you mind opening the door? cela vous ennuierait d'ouvrir la porte ?c. ( = look after) [+ children, animals] garder ; [+ shop] tenir( = object) do you mind if I take this book? -- I don't mind at all ça ne vous ennuie pas que je prenne ce livre ? -- mais non, je vous en prie• he can't walk, never mind run (inf) il ne peut pas marcher, encore moins courirmind you, it won't be easy cela dit, ce ne sera pas facile• mind you, he could be right peut-être qu'il a raison après tout4. compounds• I'm not a mind reader! (inf)* * *[maɪnd] 1.1) (centre of thought, feelings) esprit mthat's a load ou weight off my mind — ça me soulage beaucoup
2) ( brain) intelligence f3) ( way of thinking) esprit m4) ( opinion) avis mto make up one's mind about/to do — se décider à propos de/à faire
5) ( attention) esprit mto concentrate ou keep one's mind on something — se concentrer sur
to give ou put one's mind to something — accorder son attention à quelque chose
6) ( memory) esprit mit went right ou clean ou completely out of my mind — cela m'est complètement sorti de la tête
7) ( sanity) raison fare you out of your mind? — (colloq) tu es fou/folle? (colloq)
8) ( person as intellectual) esprit m2.in mind adverbial phrasewith this in mind,... — avec cette idée en tête,...
3.to put somebody in mind of somebody/something — rappeler quelqu'un/quelque chose à quelqu'un
transitive verb1) ( pay attention to) faire attention à [hazard]; surveiller [manners, language]don't mind me — gen ne faites pas attention à moi; iron ne vous gênez pas!
mind how you go — GB faites bien attention à vous
it's a secret, mind — (colloq) c'est un secret, n'oublie pas
mind you (colloq), it won't be easy — remarque, ce ne sera pas facile
2) ( object to)I don't mind cats, but I prefer dogs — je n'ai rien contre les chats, mais je préfère les chiens
‘today or tomorrow?’ - ‘I don't mind’ — ‘aujourd'hui ou demain?’ - ‘ça m'est égal’
if you don't mind my asking... — si ce n'est pas une question indiscrète...
‘like a cigarette?’ - ‘don't mind if I do’ — (colloq) ‘une cigarette?’ - ‘c'est pas de refus’ (colloq)
3) ( care) se soucier dedo you mind! — iron non mais!
never mind — ( don't worry) ne t'en fais pas; ( it doesn't matter) peu importe
he can't afford an apartment, never mind a big house — il ne peut pas se permettre un appartement encore moins une grande maison
4) ( look after) s'occuper de [animal, children]; tenir [shop]•Phrasal Verbs:- mind out••I gave him a piece of my mind! — (colloq) je lui ai dit ma façon de penser!
to have a good mind ou half a mind to do — GB avoir bien envie de faire
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2 mental
mental ['mentəl](a) (intellectual) mental(b) (in the mind) mental;∎ golf is fundamentally a mental game le golf est un jeu qui se joue avant tout avec la tête;∎ to make a mental note of sth prendre note de qch;∎ she made a mental note to speak to him about the matter elle se promit de lui en parler(c) (psychiatric) mental;∎ it can cause great mental strain cela peut provoquer une grande tension nerveuse;∎ he had a mental breakdown il a fait une dépression nerveuse∎ to go mental (go mad) devenir dingue ou cinglé, perdre la boule; (lose one's temper) péter les plombs, péter une durite, piquer une crise;∎ British it was a mental party! c'était une fête vraiment démente ou dingue!;∎ British you should have seen the way they were shouting at each other, it was mental! t'aurais vu comme ils se criaient dessus, c'était dingue!►► mental age âge m mental;mental arithmetic calcul m mental;mental block blocage m psychologique;∎ to have a mental block about sth faire un blocage à propos de qch;mental cruelty cruauté f mentale;mental defective handicapé(e) m,f mental(e);mental deficiency déficience f ou débilité f mentale;mental faculties facultés fpl mentales ou intellectuelles;mental handicap handicap m mental;∎ to suffer from mental handicap être handicapé(e) mental(e);mental health santé f mentale;mental home, mental hospital hôpital m psychiatrique;mental illness maladie f mentale;mental image image f;mental nurse infirmier(ère) m,f psychiatrique;mental patient malade mf mental(e);mental reservation doute m;mental ward service m psychiatrique
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