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I.1. adjective• to be second in the queue être le (or la) deuxième dans la queue• for the or a second time pour la deuxième fois• San Francisco is second only to New York as the tourist capital of the States San Francisco se place tout de suite après New York comme capitale touristique des États-Unis ; → sixthb. ( = additional) deuxièmec. ( = another) second2. adverb• to come second (in poll, league table, race, election) arriver deuxième (or second)• he was placed second il s'est classé deuxième (or second)b. ( = secondly) deuxièmement3. noun• he came a good or close second il a été battu de justessec. (British University) ≈ licence f avec mention• he got an upper/a lower second ≈ il a eu sa licence avec mention bien/assez bien4. plural nouna. [+ motion] appuyer ; [+ speaker] appuyer la motion de6. compounds• it is the second-best c'est ce qu'il y a de mieux après ; ( = poor substitute) c'est un pis-aller adjective• it's his second-best novel c'est presque son meilleur roman adverb• to come off second-best se faire battre ► second chamber noun (Parliament) deuxième chambre f• the second chamber (British) la Chambre haute la Chambre des lords ► second-class adjective [ticket] de seconde (classe) ; [food, goods] de qualité inférieure• second-class degree (University) ≈ licence f avec mention• second-class mail (British) courrier m à tarif réduit ; (US) imprimés mpl périodiques adverb• to travel second-class voyager en seconde• to send sth second-class envoyer qch en courrier ordinaire ► second cousin noun petit (e) cousin(e) m(f) (issu(e) de germains)[+ sb's reaction] essayer d'anticiper• to second-guess sb essayer d'anticiper ce que qn va faire ► second-in-command noun second m, adjoint m• to be second in command être deuxième dans la hiérarchie ► second language noun (in education system) première langue f (étrangère) ; (of individual) deuxième langue f• the second person singular/plural la deuxième personne du singulier/du pluriel ► second-rate adjective [goods] de qualité inférieure ; [work] médiocre ; [writer] de seconde zone• to have second sight avoir le don de double vue ► second string noun (US Sport) ( = player) remplaçant (e) m(f) ; ( = team) équipe f de réserve• not to give sb/sth a second thought ne plus penser à qn/qch• to have second thoughts (about sth) ( = change mind) changer d'avis (à propos de qch)• to have second thoughts about doing sth ( = be doubtful) se demander si l'on doit faire qch ; ( = change mind) changer d'avis et décider de ne pas faire qch ► second wind noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ L'accent de l'anglais second tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈsekənd, sauf lorsqu'il s'agit du verbe dans le sens de détacher, qui se prononce sɪˈkɒnd, avec l'accent sur la seconde syllabe.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━II.second2 [ˈsekənd]• just a second! une seconde !* * *1. ['sekənd]1) ( unit of time) also Music, Mathematics, Physics seconde f; ( instant) instant m2) ( ordinal number) deuxième mf, second/-e m/fX was the most popular in the survey, but Y came a close second — dans le sondage X était le plus populaire mais Y suivait de près
he came a poor second — il est arrivé deuxième, mais loin derrière le premier
the problem of crime was seen as second only to unemployment — le problème du crime venait juste derrière le chômage
3) ( date)4) GB Universityupper/lower second — ≈ licence f avec mention bien/assez bien
5) (also second gear) Automobile deuxième f, seconde f6) ( defective article) article m qui a un défaut2.(colloq) seconds ['sekəndz] plural noun rab (colloq) m3. ['sekənd]adjective deuxième, secondto have ou take a second helping (of something) — reprendre (de quelque chose)
4. ['sekənd]to ask for a second opinion — ( from doctor) demander l'opinion d'un autre médecin
1) ( in second place) deuxièmeto come ou finish second — (in race, competition) arriver deuxième
2) (also secondly) deuxièmement5.transitive verb1) ['sekənd] appuyer [motion, proposal]2) [sɪ'kɒnd] Military, Commerce détacher ( from de; to à)••to have second thoughts — avoir quelques hésitations or doutes
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