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Ⅰ.minute1 ['mɪnɪt]1 noun(a) (period of sixty seconds) minute f;∎ for ten minutes pendant dix minutes;∎ I'll be ready in ten minutes je serai prêt dans dix minutes;∎ it's only a few minutes' walk (from here) c'est seulement à quelques minutes (d'ici) à pied;∎ he got there with only a minute to spare il y est arrivé avec une seule minute d'avance;∎ to observe a minute's silence observer une minute de silence;∎ two minutes past/to ten dix heures deux/moins deux∎ I'll be back in a minute je reviens dans une minute ou dans un instant ou tout de suite;∎ it only took him a minute il en a eu pour une minute;∎ a minute's rest un moment de repos;∎ wait a minute, please attendez un instant, s'il vous plaît;∎ just a minute! un instant!, une minute!; (aggressively) une minute!;∎ come here this minute! viens ici tout de suite!;∎ I think of you every minute of the day je pense à vous à chaque instant de la journée;∎ I'll talk to him the minute he arrives je lui parlerai dès qu'il arrivera;∎ the minute my back was turned she… j'avais à peine le dos tourné qu'elle…;∎ the weather here changes from one minute to the next ici, le temps change d'une minute à l'autre;∎ any minute now d'un instant à l'autre;∎ at the minute en ce moment;∎ right up till the last minute jusqu'à la toute dernière minute;∎ at the last minute à la dernière minute;∎ she left the house within minutes of his arrival elle a quitté la maison dans les minutes qui ont suivi son arrivée;∎ the flight took two hours to the minute le vol a duré deux heures à la minute près ou exactement;∎ British she arrived at six o'clock to the minute elle est arrivée à six heures précises ou à six heures pile(a) (of meeting) procès-verbal m, compte rendu m;∎ to take the minutes of a meeting faire le compte rendu d'une réunion►► minute bell glas m (qui sonne toutes les minutes);minute book registre m des délibérations ou des procès-verbaux;minute gun = canon dont les coups sont tirés à intervalles d'une minute, pour des funérailles par exemple;minute hand grande aiguille f, aiguille f des minutes;minute steak entrecôte f minute;minute timer minuterie fⅡ.minute2 [maɪ'nju:t]∎ with minute care avec un soin minutieux;∎ in minute detail par le menu;∎ in the minutest detail dans les moindres détails -
22 a keen eye
ocтpый глaз, нaблюдaтeльнocть (oбыкн. упoтp. c гл. to have)But it takes a keen eye to spot the line where the rational crosses into the extreme (fJ. S. News and World Report). At first Dorris was carelessly erratic, but although he had never played the game before, he had a quick eye and managed to cover her mistakes (A. J. Cronin). He had a quick eye even for the minutest details of life
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