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61 oats
[əu ](a type of cereal plant or its grain (seeds): a field of oats; Horses eat oats.) avoine -
62 torpedo
[to:'pi:dəu] 1. plural - torpedoes; noun(an underwater missile fired at ships: an enemy torpedo.) torpille2. verb(3rd person singular present tense torpedoes: past tense, past participle torpedoed - to attack, damage or destroy with torpedoes: The ship was torpedoed.) torpiller -
63 Usage note : you
In English you is used to address everybody, whereas French has two forms: tu and vous. The usual word to use when you are speaking to anyone you do not know very well is vous. This is sometimes called the polite form and is used for the subject, object, indirect object and emphatic pronoun:would you like some coffee?= voulez-vous du café?can I help you?= est-ce que je peux vous aider?what can I do for you?= qu’est-ce que je peux faire pour vous?The more informal pronoun tu is used between close friends and family members, within groups of children and young people, by adults when talking to children and always when talking to animals ; tu is the subject form, the direct and indirect object form is te (t’ before a vowel) and the form for emphatic use or use after a preposition is toi:would you like some coffee?= veux-tu du café?can I help you?= est-ce que je peux t’aider?there’s a letter for you= il y a une lettre pour toiAs a general rule, when talking to a French person use vous, wait to see how they address you and follow suit. It is safer to wait for the French person to suggest using tu. The suggestion will usually be phrased as on se tutoie? or on peut se tutoyer?Note that tu is only a singular pronoun and vous is the plural form of tu.Remember that in French the object and indirect object pronouns are always placed before the verb:she knows you= elle vous connaît or elle te connaîtIn compound tenses like the present perfect and the past perfect, the past participle agrees in number and gender with the direct object:I saw you on Saturday(to one male: polite form)= je vous ai vu samedi(to one female: polite form)= je vous ai vue samedi(to one male: informal form)= je t’ai vu samedi(to one female: informal form)= je t’ai vue samedi(to two or more people, male or mixed)= je vous ai vus samedi(to two or more females)= je vous ai vues samediWhen you is used impersonally as the more informal form of one, it is translated by on for the subject form and by vous or te for the object form, depending on whether the comment is being made amongst friends or in a more formal context:you can do as you like here= on peut faire ce qu’on veut icithese mushrooms can make you ill= ces champignons peuvent vous rendre malade or ces champignons peuvent te rendre maladeyou could easily lose your bag here= on pourrait facilement perdre son sac iciNote that your used with on is translated by son/sa/ses according to the gender and number of the noun that follows.For verb forms with vous, tu and on see the French verb tables.For particular usages see the entry you. -
64 her
her [hɜ:(r)](a) (used of person, animal → singular) son (sa); (→ plural) ses;∎ her book son livre;∎ her secretary sa secrétaire;∎ her glasses ses lunettes;∎ her university son université;∎ she has broken her arm elle s'est cassé le bras;∎ the dog's hurt her paw la chienne s'est fait mal à la patte(b) (used of vehicle, ship, country)∎ France reassured her allies la France rassura ses alliés;∎ the ship and her crew le navire et son équipage2 pronoun∎ I recognize her je la reconnais;∎ I heard her je l'ai entendue;∎ why did you have to choose HER? pourquoi l'as-tu choisie elle?∎ give her the money donne-lui l'argent;∎ he only told her, no-one else il ne l'a dit qu'à elle, c'est tout;∎ I am thinking of her je pense à elle;∎ why do they always give HER the interesting jobs? pourquoi est-ce que c'est toujours à elle qu'on donne le travail intéressant?(c) (after preposition) elle;∎ I was in front of her j'étais devant elle;∎ as rich as/richer than her aussi riche/plus riche qu'elle;∎ she closed the door behind her elle a fermé la porte derrière elle(d) (with "to be")∎ it's her c'est elle;∎ if I were her si j'étais elle, si j'étais à sa place(e) (used of vehicle, ship, country)∎ Poland's friends deserted her la Pologne a été abandonnée par ses amis;∎ the enemy sank her il a été coulé par l'ennemi;∎ (to) her whom we adore (à) celle que nous adorons3 noun∎ familiar it's a her not a him (of baby) c'est une fille, pas un garçon□ ; (of animal) c'est une femelle, pas un mâle□ -
65 me
Ⅰ.me1 [mi:]1 pronoun∎ do you love me? tu m'aimes?;∎ give me a light donne-moi du feu;∎ lend it (to) me prêtez-le-moi;∎ what, me, tell a lie? moi, mentir?(b) (after preposition) moi;∎ they're talking about me ils parlent de moi;∎ come with me viens avec moi(c) (as complement of verb "to be") moi;∎ it's me c'est moi;∎ it's always me who pays c'est toujours moi qui paie;∎ is it just me or is it cold in here? c'est moi, ou bien il fait froid ici?;∎ she's bigger than me elle est plus grande que moi;∎ figurative this hairstyle isn't really me cette coiffure, ce n'est pas vraiment mon style∎ poor me! pauvre de moi!;∎ silly me! que je suis bête!2 nounmoi m;∎ now I'm going to show you the real me maintenant je vais te montrer qui je suis;∎ the me generation = la génération des années 80, considérées comme celles de l'individualisme∎ where's me specs? où sont mes binocles?Ⅱ.me2 = mi -
66 whole
whole [həʊl]∎ it took me a whole day to paint the kitchen j'ai mis une journée entière ou toute une journée pour peindre la cuisine;∎ I didn't read the whole book je n'ai pas lu tout le livre ou le livre en entier;∎ I've never seen anything like it in my whole life je n'ai jamais vu une chose pareille de toute ma vie;∎ that was the whole point of going there c'est uniquement pour ça que j'y suis allé;∎ she said nothing the whole time we were there elle n'a rien dit tout le temps que nous étions là;∎ he spent the whole time watching television il a passé tout son temps à regarder la télévision;∎ I never saw her the whole evening je ne l'ai pas vue de (toute) la soirée;∎ the whole truth toute la vérité;∎ the whole world was watching le monde entier regardait;∎ do you have to tell the whole world? est-ce que tu tiens à ce que tout le monde le sache?;∎ whole cities were devastated des villes entières furent dévastées;∎ there are two whole months still to go il reste deux mois entiers;∎ she won the whole lot elle a gagné le tout;∎ the whole thing or the whole business was a farce ce fut un véritable fiasco;∎ I had to start the whole thing over again j'ai dû tout recommencer;∎ forget the whole thing n'en parlons plus(b) (as intensifier) tout;∎ familiar a whole pile of records tout un tas de disques;∎ he's got a whole collection of old photographs il a toute une collection de vieilles photographies;∎ a whole new way of living une façon de vivre tout à fait nouvelle∎ the cups were still whole les tasses étaient toujours intactes;∎ thy faith hath made thee whole ta foi t'a sauvé(e) (brother, sister)∎ whole brothers des frères qui ont les mêmes parents2 noun(a) (complete thing, unit) ensemble m;∎ the whole of which this is just a part l'ensemble dont ceci n'est qu'une partie;∎ the whole is greater than the sum of its parts le tout est plus grand que la somme des parties∎ the whole of tout;∎ it will be cold over the whole of England il fera froid sur toute l'Angleterre;∎ we spent the whole of August at the seaside nous avons passé tout le mois d'août au bord de la mer;∎ she spent the whole of her fortune on paintings elle a dépensé toute sa fortune ou sa fortune toute entière en tableaux;∎ can you pay the whole of the amount? pouvez-vous payer toute la somme ou l'intégralité de la somme?3 adverb∎ cook the fish whole faites cuire le poisson entier;∎ to swallow sth whole avaler qch en entier;(a) (as a unit) entièrement;∎ as a whole or in part entièrement ou en partie∎ is it true of America as a whole? est-ce vrai pour toute l'Amérique ou l'Amérique en général?;∎ considered as a whole, the festival was a remarkable success dans son ensemble, le festival a été un vrai succèsfamiliar beaucoup□ ;∎ he's a whole lot younger than his wife il est beaucoup plus jeune que sa femme;∎ I don't think it will make a whole lot of difference je ne pense pas que ça fasse une énorme différence;∎ there's a whole lot of things that need explaining il y a beaucoup de choses qui doivent être expliquées;∎ for a whole lot of reasons pour tout un tas de raisonsdans l'ensemble;∎ on the whole he made a good impression dans l'ensemble, il a fait bonne impression;∎ I agree with that on the whole je suis d'accord dans l'ensemble►► American Music whole note (semibreve) ronde f;Mathematics whole number (integer) nombre m entier;
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