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news [nju:z]noun (UNCOUNT)(a) (information) nouvelles fpl, informations fpl;∎ a piece of news une nouvelle, une information;∎ an interesting piece of news une nouvelle intéressante;∎ is there any more news about or on the explosion? est-ce qu'on a plus d'informations sur l'explosion?;∎ the news that they had been found alive la nouvelle selon laquelle ils avaient été retrouvés vivants;∎ that's good/bad news c'est une bonne/mauvaise nouvelle;∎ to have news of sb avoir des nouvelles de qn;∎ have you had any news of her? avez-vous eu de ses nouvelles?;∎ what's your news? quoi de neuf (chez vous)?;∎ have I got news for you! j'ai du nouveau (à vous annoncer)!;∎ it's news to me! première nouvelle!, je l'ignorais!;∎ famine isn't news any more la famine ne fait plus la une (des journaux);∎ to be in the news, to make news faire parler de soi;∎ a city that is in the news a lot these days une ville dont on parle beaucoup ces jours-ci;∎ he's always in the news on parle toujours de lui dans la presse;∎ she's no longer news on ne parle plus d'elle;∎ to break the news (of sth) to sb annoncer la nouvelle (de qch) à qn;∎ bad news travels fast les mauvaises nouvelles vont vite;∎ ironic good news travels fast! je vois, les nouvelles circulent vite!;∎ familiar he's bad news on a toujours des ennuis avec lui;∎ proverb no news is good news pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles∎ Television the 9 o'clock news le journal (télévisé) ou les informations de 21 heures; Radio le journal (parlé) ou les informations de 21 heures;∎ news in brief (main headlines → on news bulletin) titres mpl; (→ in newspaper) actualité f en résumé; (miscellaneous news items) faits mpl divers;∎ I heard it on the news je l'ai entendu aux informations;∎ the sports/financial news la page ou chronique sportive/financière►► news agency agence f de presse;American Radio & Television news analyst commentateur(trice) m,f;news blackout black-out m inv sur l'actualité, censure f de l'actualité;∎ to impose a news blackout on sth empêcher la divulgation de qch;∎ the government has imposed a news blackout le gouvernement a fait le black-out;news broadcasting diffusion f des informations;news bulletin bulletin m d'informations;news centre salle f de rédaction télévision;news channel chaîne f d'information continue;news conference conférence f de presse;News Corporation = grand groupe international de médias;news desk (salle f de) rédaction f;news editor rédacteur(trice) m,f en chef des actualités;news film film m d'actualités;news gathering collecte f de l'information;news headlines titres mpl de l'actualité;news item nouvelle f, information f;news magazine newsmagazine m;news programme magazine m d'actualités;Computing news reader logiciel m de lecture de nouvelles;news report bulletin m d'informations;news reporter reporter m;Computing news server serveur m de nouvelles;American news service = agence de presse qui publie ses informations par le biais d'un syndicat de distribution;news story sujet m;news value intérêt m médiatique;news writer rédacteur(trice) m,f d'actualités -
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blackout ['blækaʊt]∎ I must have had a blackout j'ai dû m'évanouir∎ the army imposed a news blackout on the war l'armée a fait le black-out sur la guerre -
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blackout n1 ( in wartime) black-out m ;2 ( power cut) panne f de courant ;5 ( faint) étourdissement m ;6 ( loss of memory) trou m de mémoire. -
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1) (a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights: Accidents increase during a blackout.) panne de courant2) (a ban (on news etc): a blackout of news about the coup.) black-out3) (a period of unconsciousness: He has had several blackouts during his illness.) syncope4) (a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.)5) ((also outage) a period of a general power failure.)6) ((in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.)
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