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  • 1 on hand

    (near; present; ready for use etc: We always keep some candles on hand in case there's a power failure.) sous la main

    English-French dictionary > on hand

  • 2 miss

    A n
    1 ( failure to score) ( in game) coup m manqué or raté ; the first shot was a miss le premier coup a manqué ; ⇒ near miss ;
    2 to give [sth] a miss ○ ne pas aller à [activity, entertainment, lecture, meeting, work] ; se passer de [dish, drink, meal] ; ‘you still haven't done your homework’-‘oh, give it a miss Dad’ ‘tu n'as toujours pas fait tes devoirs’-‘oh, lâche-moi les baskets ○, papa’ ;
    3 ( failure) (film, record etc) échec m ;
    4 †( little girl) petite fille f ; ( young woman) jeune fille f ; a pert little miss péj une petite pimbêche.
    1 ( woman' s title) Mademoiselle f ; ( written abbr) Mlle ; the Misses Brown† les demoiselles Brown† ; Miss World/Oxford Miss Monde/Oxford ;
    2 gen, Sch ( mode of address) mademoiselle f ; yes, Miss oui, mademoiselle ; can I help you, Miss? est-ce que je peux vous aider, mademoiselle?
    C vtr
    1 gen, Games, Sport ( fail to hit) manquer [target] ; passer à côté de [record] ; the stone/bullet just missed my head la pierre/balle m'a frôlé la tête ; he just missed the other car/a pedestrian il a failli emboutir l'autre voiture/renverser un piéton ;
    2 ( fail to take or catch) rater [bus, train, connection, plane, meeting, event, cue, entertainment, bargain] ; laisser passer [chance, opportunity] ; I missed her/the train by five minutes je l'ai ratée/j'ai raté le train de cinq minutes ; the chance was too good to miss l'occasion était trop bonne pour la laisser passer ; to miss doing ne pas pouvoir faire ; I missed going to the museum je n'ai pas pu aller au musée ; it's wonderful, don't miss it! c'est génial, à ne pas rater! ; you don't know what you're missing! tu ne sais pas ce que tu rates! ; you didn't miss much, it was terrible! tu n'as pas raté or perdu grand-chose, c'était nul! ;
    3 ( fail to see) rater ; you can't miss it, it's the only one tu ne peux pas le rater, c'est le seul ; the shop's easy/hard to miss la boutique peut facilement/difficilement se rater ;
    4 ( fail to hear or understand) ne pas saisir [joke, remark] ; I missed that-what did she say? je n'ai pas saisi-qu'est-ce qu'elle a dit? ; she doesn't miss much peu de choses lui échappent ; he doesn't miss a thing does he? rien ne lui échappe n'est-ce pas? ; he missed the point of the remark le sens de la remarque lui a échappé ; you've missed the whole point! tu n'as rien compris! ;
    5 ( omit) sauter [line, page, section, meal, class, lecture] ;
    6 ( fail to attend) manquer [school] ;
    7 (escape, avoid) échapper à [death, injury] ; éviter [traffic, bad weather, rush hour] ; I/he just missed doing sth j'ai/il a failli faire qch ; I just ou narrowly missed being captured/injured j'ai failli être pris/blessé ; how she missed being run over I'll never know! comment elle n'a pas été renversée je ne le saurai jamais! ;
    8 ( notice absence of) remarquer la disparition de [object] ; she didn't miss her purse till she got back elle n'a remarqué la disparition de son porte-monnaie qu'à son retour ; oh, is it mine? I hadn't missed it c'est le mien? je n'avais pas remarqué qu'il avait disparu ; I didn't miss you je n'avais pas remarqué que tu étais sorti ; keep it, I won't miss it garde-le, je n'en aurai pas besoin ;
    9 ( regret absence of) I miss Richard Richard me manque ; the boys miss them ils manquent aux garçons ; he missed the office/Paris le bureau/Paris lui manquait ; what I miss most is… ce qui me manque le plus, c'est… ; to miss doing sth regretter de ne plus faire qch ; I won't miss having to get up at 5 am je ne regretterai pas de ne plus avoir à me lever à 5 heures du matin ; I shall miss having you as a neighbour je vous regretterai comme voisine ; she'll be greatly ou sadly missed son absence sera très regrettée ; he won't be missed ○ ! bon débarras!
    D vi
    1 Games, Mil, Sport rater son coup ; you can't miss! tu ne peux pas rater ton coup! ; missed! raté ;
    2 Aut [engine] avoir des ratés.
    to miss the boat ou bus ○ rater le coche ; ⇒ mile.
    ■ miss out ○:
    ▶ miss out être lésé ; I feel I've missed out somewhere along the line j'ai l'impression d'avoir été lésé quelque part ;
    ▶ miss out on [sth] laisser passer [pleasure, benefit, chance, opportunity, bargain] ; he missed out on all the fun il a laissé passer l'occasion de s'amuser ;
    ▶ miss out [sb/sth], miss [sb/ sth] out sauter [line, section, topic, verse] ; omettre [fact, point, person].

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