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101 keep
keep [ki:p]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp kept━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = retain) garder• keep the change! gardez la monnaie !• to keep sth for o.s. garder qch pour soib. ( = put aside) garderc. ( = have ready) avoird. ( = stock) fairee. ( = store) ranger• where do you keep the sugar? où est-ce que vous rangez le sucre ?f. ( = detain) retenir• what kept you? qu'est-ce qui vous a retenu ?g. ( = have) [+ shop] tenir ; [+ bees, chickens] éleverh. ( = support) subvenir aux besoins de ; [+ mistress] entreteniri. ( = observe) [+ law, vow] respecterj. [+ accounts, diary] tenir• they kept him at it all day ils l'ont fait travailler toute la journée► to keep sth from sb ( = conceal) cacher qch à qn• I know he's keeping something from me je sais qu'il me cache quelque chose► to keep sb from doing sth ( = prevent) empêcher qn de faire qch• what can we do to keep it from happening again? que pouvons-nous faire pour que ça ne se reproduise pas ?► to keep sb to sth• she kept him to his promise elle l'a forcé à tenir sa promesse► to keep o.s. to o.s. se tenir à l'écart• she keeps herself to herself elle n'est pas très sociable► to keep sb/sth + -ing• keep him talking while... fais-lui la conversation pendant que...• he kept the engine running il a laissé le moteur en marche► to keep sb/sth + adjectivea. ( = continue) continuerb. ( = remain) resterc. (in health) aller• how are you keeping? comment allez-vous ?d. [food] se conserver► to keep + -ing• to keep doing sth ( = continue) continuer de faire qch ; ( = do repeatedly) ne pas arrêter de faire qch• I keep forgetting to pay the gas bill j'oublie tout le temps de payer la facture de gaz► to keep + preposition• "keep off the grass" « défense de marcher sur les pelouses »• keep on this road until you come to... suivez cette route jusqu'à ce que vous arriviez à...• keep to the left! gardez votre gauche !• she keeps to herself elle n'est pas très sociable► to keep + adjective• keep calm! reste calme !3. nouna. ( = livelihood, food) I got £30 a week and my keep je gagnais 30 livres par semaine logé et nourrib. [of castle] donjon m4. compoundsa. ( = continue) continuera. ( = restrain) retenirb. ( = conceal) cacher ; [+ secrets] ne pas révéler• I'm sure he's keeping something back je suis sûr qu'il me (or nous etc) cache quelque chose► keep downa. [+ one's anger] contenir• it's just a way to keep women down c'est une manière de cantonner les femmes à un statut inférieurb. [+ inflation, costs] maîtriser ; [+ number] limiter• could you keep the noise down? est-ce que vous pourriez faire un peu moins de bruit ?[person] rester à l'écart• they want to keep young people off the streets ils veulent empêcher les jeunes de traîner dans les ruesa. ( = continue) continuer• "keep out" « défense d'entrer »• keep out of this! ne t'en mêle pas ![+ person, dog] ne pas laisser entrer• that coat looks as if it will keep out the cold ce manteau doit bien protéger du froid► keep to inseparable transitive verb► keep up[prices] se maintenir• to keep up with sb (in race, walk) aller aussi vite que qn ; (in work) se maintenir au niveau de qn• slow down, I can't keep up with you ralentis un peu, je ne peux pas te suivre• keep it up! continuez !b. ( = maintain) [+ house] maintenir en bon état* * *[kiːp] 1.1) ( maintenance) pension f2) Architecture donjon m2.transitive verb (prét, pp kept)1) ( cause to remain)to keep somebody indoors — [person] garder quelqu'un à l'intérieur; [illness] retenir quelqu'un à l'intérieur
to keep something/somebody clean — garder quelque chose/quelqu'un propre
to be kept clean/locked — rester propre/fermé (à clé)
to keep somebody talking/waiting — retenir/faire attendre quelqu'un
2) ( detain) retenir3) ( retain) garder4) ( have and look after) tenir [shop]; avoir [dog]; élever [chickens]5) ( sustain)to keep something going — entretenir quelque chose [conversation, fire, tradition]
6) ( store) mettre, ranger7) ( have in stock) vendre, avoir8) ( support financially) faire vivre, entretenir [family]; avoir [servant]9) ( maintain by writing in) tenir [accounts, diary]10) ( conceal)to keep something from somebody — taire or cacher quelque chose à quelqu'un
11) ( prevent)12) ( observe) tenir [promise]; garder [secret]; se rendre à [appointment]; célébrer [occasion]; observer [commandments]13) Musicto keep time ou the beat — battre la mesure
14) ( maintain) entretenir [car, house]3.intransitive verb (prét, pp kept)1) ( continue)to keep doing — continuer à or de faire, ne pas arrêter de faire
‘keep left’ — ‘tenez votre gauche’
2) ( remain)3) ( stay in good condition) [food] se conserver, se garder4) ( wait) [news, business] attendre5) ( in health)4. 5.‘how are you keeping?’ — ‘comment allez-vous?’
for keeps adverbial phrase pour de bon, pour toujoursPhrasal Verbs:- keep at- keep in- keep off- keep on- keep out- keep to- keep up•• -
102 pay
pay [peɪ](verb: preterite, past participle paid)1. noun• to pay sb $20 payer qn 20 dollars• he paid them $20 for the ticket il leur a acheté le billet pour 20 dollars• he paid them $20 for the work il les a payés 20 dollars pour ce travail• he paid $20 for the ticket il a payé le billet 20 dollarsc. [+ interest] rapporter ; [+ dividend] distribuer• shares that pay 5% des actions qui rapportent 5 %• to put paid to sb's hopes/chances ruiner les espoirs/chances de qn• we paid a visit to Paris on our way south nous avons fait un petit tour à Paris en descendant vers le suda. payer• you'll pay for this! vous (me) le payerez !b. ( = be profitable) rapporter, être rentable• does it pay? est-ce que ça rapporte ?4. compounds[dispute, negotiation] salarial► pay-as-you-go adjective [mobile phone] à carte rechargeable noun (US) retenue f à la source de l'impôt sur le revenu► pay bed noun (British) lit m (d'hôpital) payant (par opposition aux soins gratuits du système de Sécurité sociale britannique)a. rembourser• I paid my brother back the £10 I owed him j'ai remboursé à mon frère les 10 livres que je lui devaisb. ( = get even with) to pay sb back for doing sth faire payer à qn qch qu'il a fait• I'll pay you back for that! je vous revaudrai ça !• he paid £10 down (as deposit) il a versé un acompte de 10 livres► pay in separable transitive verb verser (to à)[risk, scheme, decision] être payant ; [patience] être récompenséa. [+ debts] s'acquitter de ; [+ loan] rembourser• to pay sb off ( = bribe) acheter qnb. [+ worker, staff] licencier► pay out[insurance policy] rembourser( = spend) débourser• they paid out a large sum of money on new equipment ils ont dépensé beaucoup d'argent pour acheter de nouveaux équipements• pay up! payez !* * *[peɪ] 1.noun gen salaire m; ( to soldier) solde f; Administration traitement m2.to be in the pay of somebody — péj être à la solde de quelqu'un
noun modifier [ agreement, claim, negotiations, deal] salarial; [ rise, cut] de salaire; [ freeze, structure, policy] des salaires3.transitive verb (prét, pp paid)1) (for goods, services) gen payer; verser [down payment]to pay £100 on account — verser un acompte de 100 livres
to pay something into — verser quelque chose sur [account]
to pay high/low wages — payer bien/mal
to pay dividends — fig finir par rapporter
3) ( give)to pay attention/heed to — faire/prêter attention à
4) ( benefit)4.it would pay him/her etc to do — fig il/elle etc y gagnerait à faire
intransitive verb (prét, pp paid)1) gen payerI'll make you pay for this! — fig tu me le paieras!
‘pay on entry’ — ‘paiement à l'entrée’
‘pay and display’ — ( in carpark) ‘payez et laissez le ticket en évidence’
pay on demand — ( on cheque) payer à vue
2) ( bring gain) [business] rapporter; [activity, quality] payerto pay for itself — [business, purchase] s'amortir
•Phrasal Verbs:- pay back- pay down- pay in- pay off- pay out- pay up••there'll be hell (colloq) ou the devil to pay — ça va barder (colloq)
to pay a visit — (colloq) euph aller au petit coin (colloq)
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103 idea
idea [aɪˈdɪə]a. ( = thought, purpose) idée f• whose idea was it to take this route? qui a eu l'idée de prendre cet itinéraire ?• it wasn't my idea! ce n'est pas moi qui en ai eu l'idée !• where did you get the idea that I wasn't well? où as-tu été chercher que je n'allais pas bien ?• where did you get that idea? où est-ce que tu as pris cette idée ?• what gave you the idea that I couldn't come? qu'est-ce qui t'a fait penser que je ne pourrais pas venir ?• don't get any ideas! (inf) ce n'est pas la peine d'y penser !b. ( = vague knowledge) idée f• have you any idea of what he meant to do? avez-vous idée de ce qu'il voulait faire ?• he has no idea what he's doing! il fait n'importe quoi !• it was awful, you've no idea! c'était terrible, tu ne peux pas t'imaginer !• can you give me a rough idea of how many you want? pouvez-vous m'indiquer en gros combien vous en voulez ?• this will give you an idea of how much it will cost cela vous donnera une idée de ce que ça va coûter• you're getting the idea! (inf) tu commences à comprendre !• that's the idea! (inf) c'est ça !* * *[aɪ'dɪə]1) ( thought) idée f (about, on sur)he came up with ou hit on the idea of buying a farm — l'idée lui est venue d'acheter une ferme
you can get ou put that idea out of your head! — il n'en est pas question!
2) ( notion) conception f (about, of de)if that's your idea of a joke... — si c'est ça que tu appelles une plaisanterie...
3) ( impression) impression f4) ( knowledge) idée fto have no idea why/how etc — ne pas savoir pourquoi/comment etc
to have no idea of ou about — n'avoir aucune idée de [price, time]
5) ( theory) idée f6) ( aim) but m (behind, of de)7) ( gist)•• -
104 laugh
laugh [lα:f]1. nouna. rire m• to have a good laugh at sb/sth bien rire de qn/qch• it was a laugh a minute! c'était d'un drôle !• if you want a laugh go to her German class! si tu veux rigoler (inf) va assister à son cours d'allemand !• what a laugh! quelle rigolade ! (inf)• it's easy for you to laugh! tu peux rire !• to laugh to o.s. rire dans sa barbe• I'll make you laugh on the other side of your face! tu vas le regretter !• once we get this contract signed we're laughing (inf) une fois ce contrat signé, ce sera dans la poche (inf)• "don't be silly," he laughed « ne sois pas idiot » dit-il en riant• to be laughed out of court [person, idea] être tourné en ridicule[+ person, sb's behaviour] rire de ; (unpleasantly) se moquer de ; [+ difficulty, danger] se rire de• he never laughs at my jokes mes plaisanteries ne le font jamais rire► laugh off separable transitive verb* * *[lɑːf], US [læf] 1.1) ( amused noise) rire mto get ou raise a laugh — faire rire
2) (colloq) ( source of amusement)their brother is a real laugh — leur frère est très drôle or marrant (colloq)
2.let's go to the party, it will be a laugh — (colloq) allons à la fête, on va bien s'amuser
intransitive verb rire (about, over de)to laugh out loud — rire aux éclats, rire tout haut
to laugh to oneself — rire en soi-même, rire tout bas
to laugh at somebody/something — rire de quelqu'un/quelque chose
he doesn't have much to laugh at ou about these days — ce n'est pas drôle pour lui en ce moment
Phrasal Verbs:••we're laughing — (colloq) ( in good position) on n'a plus à s'en faire
he who laughs last laughs longest — Prov rira bien qui rira le dernier Prov
you'll be laughing on the other side of your face — tu riras jaune, ça va t'ôter l'envie de rire
to laugh oneself sick ou silly — se tordre de rire
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105 even
even [ˈi:vən]1. adjectivea. ( = equal) [quantities, distances, values] égal• I'll give you even money or even odds that... (British, US) il y a une chance sur deux pour que... + subjb. ( = flat) [surface, ground] platc. ( = steady) [progress] régulier ; [temperature, breathing] égald. ( = calm) [voice, tones, temper] égal2. adverba. même► even though bien que + subj• even though we had tickets, we couldn't get in malgré nos billets, nous n'avons pas pu entré► even so quand même• yes, but even so oui mais quand même► even then• even as he spoke, the door opened au moment même où il disait cela, la porte s'ouvrit3. compounds[+ burden, taxation] répartir plus uniformément ( among entre ) ; [+ prices] égaliser ; [+ inequalities] réduire* * *Note: even can always be translated by même when it is used to express surprise or for emphasis. For examples and other uses, see belowI 1. ['iːvn]1) ( showing surprise) même2) ( emphasizing point) mêmeI can't even swim, never mind dive — je ne sais même pas nager, encore moins plonger
don't tell anyone, not even Bob — ne dis rien à personne, pas même à Bob
even if/when/now — même si/quand/maintenant
3) ( with comparative) encore4) sout2.even so adverbial phrase quand même3. 4.even though conjunctional phrase bien que (+ subj)II ['iːvn]adjective [surface, voice, temper, contest] égal; [teeth, hemline] régulier/-ière; [temperature] constant; [distribution] équitable; [number] pairto be even — [competitors] être à égalité
I'll give you even odds ou money that — il y a une chance sur deux que (+ subj)
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106 awkward
awkward [ˈɔ:kwəd]a. [question, job, task] difficile ; [problem, situation, stage] délicat• tomorrow's awkward - how about Thursday? demain n'est pas très commode, que pensez-vous de jeudi ?b. ( = embarrassing) [silence] gêné• there was an awkward moment when... il y a eu un moment de gêne quand...c. ( = ill at ease) to feel awkward être mal à l'aised. ( = uncooperative) [person] difficilee. ( = cumbersome) encombrant ; [shape] peu commodef. ( = clumsy) maladroit ; [style, position] inconfortable* * *['ɔːkwəd]1) ( not practical) [tool] peu commode; [shape, design] difficile2) ( clumsy) maladroit3) (complicated, inconvenient) [arrangement, issue] compliqué, difficile; [choice] difficile; [moment, day] mal choisi4) ( embarrassing) [question] embarrassant; [situation] délicat; [silence] gêné5) ( embarrassed) mal à l'aise, gêné6) ( uncooperative) [person] difficile ( about à propos de) -
107 heavy
heavy [ˈhevɪ]1. adjectivelourd ; [payments, charges] important ; [crop] abondant ; [rain, shower] fort before n ; ( = tedious) indigeste ; [fighting, shelling] intensif ; [traffic] dense ; [sigh, work] gros ( grosse f) before n• how heavy is it? combien ça pèse ?• a heavy concentration of... une forte concentration de...• heavy sea grosse mer f• it's heavy stuff (inf) ( = not superficial) ça a de la substance ; ( = difficult, tedious) c'est indigeste2. adverb3. compounds* * *['hevɪ] 1.(colloq) noun ( person) grosse brute f2.1) [person, load, bag] lourd; Military, Industry [machinery] gros/grosse (before n), lourd; [artillery] lourd2) [fabric, coat] lourd; [shoes, frame] gros/grosse (before n); [line, features] épais/épaisse; [movement, step] pesant, lourd; [blow] violent; [perfume, accent] fort; [irony, responsibility, sigh] lourd3) ( abundant) [traffic] dense; [gunfire] nourri; [bleeding] abondantto be a heavy drinker/smoker — boire/fumer beaucoup
4) ( severe) [loss, debt] lourd; [attack] intense; [sentence, fine] sévère; [criticism] fort (before n); [cold] gros/grosse (before n)5) Meteorology [rain, frost] fort; [fog] épais/épaisse; [snow] abondant; [sky] chargé6) Culinary [meal, food] lourd7) ( busy) [timetable] chargé8) [book, film, lecture] ardu3. -
108 lost
lost [lɒst]1. verbpast tense, past participle of lose2. adjective• to give sb/sth up for lost considérer qn/qch comme perdu• all is not lost! tout n'est pas perdu !• modern music is lost on me ( = don't understand it) je ne comprends rien à la musique moderne3. compounds* * *[lɒst], US [lɔːst] 1. 2.1) [person, animal] perduto get lost — [person, animal] se perdre; [object] s'égarer
get lost! — (colloq) fiche le camp! (colloq)
2) (wasted, vanished) [opportunity] manqué; [innocence] perdu; [civilisation] disparuto give somebody/something up for lost — considérer quelqu'un/quelque chose comme perdu
3) ( mystified) [person, look] perdu4)to be lost in — être plongé dans [book, thought]
5) ( doomed) littér ou hum perdu
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