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1 best
best [best]1. adjective• the best thing about Spain is... ce qu'il y a de mieux en Espagne, c'est...• the best thing about her is... sa plus grande qualité c'est...• best before... (on product) à consommer de préférence avant...2. noun• do the best you can! faites de votre mieux !• to get the best out of sb/sth tirer le maximum de qn/qch• the best of it is that... le plus beau de l'affaire c'est que...• to the best of my ability/knowledge/recollection autant que je puisse/que je sache/que je me souvienne• he's not very patient at the best of times but... il n'est jamais particulièrement patient mais...3. adverb• I like apples best ce que je préfère, ce sont les pommes4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Choisi parmi les amis ou les proches parents du marié, le best man est à la fois le témoin et le garçon d'honneur. Responsable du bon déroulement de la journée, il lui revient de lire les messages de félicitations, d'annoncer les orateurs, de prononcer le discours humoristique d'usage et de porter un toast aux nouveaux mariés.* * *[best] 1.1)the best — le/la meilleur/-e m/f
to sound the best — avoir le meilleur son, sonner le mieux
it's not her best — (of book, play) ce n'est pas le/la meilleur/-e qu'elle ait écrit/-e
only the best is good enough for me/my son — je veux ce qu'il y a de mieux pour moi/mon fils
she is the best at physics/at tennis — c'est la meilleure en physique/au tennis
it's for the best — ( recommending course of action) c'est la meilleure solution; ( of something done) c'est tant mieux
2) ( most favourable)to get the best of — avoir la part du lion dans [deal, bargain]; gagner dans [arrangement]
3) (peak, apogee)4) ( greatest personal effort)to do one's best to do — faire de son mieux or faire (tout) son possible pour faire
to get the best out of — obtenir le meilleur de [pupil, worker]
to bring out the best in somebody — [crisis, suffering] inciter quelqu'un à donner le meilleur de lui-même
5) ( good wishes)all the best! — ( good luck) bonne chance!; ( cheers) à ta santé!
2.all the best, Ellie — ( in letter) amitiés, Ellie
adjective (superl of good)1) ( most excellent) meilleurthe best thing about something/about doing — ce qu'il y a de mieux dans quelque chose/lorsqu'on fait
‘best before end May’ — ‘à consommer de préférence avant fin mai’
2) ( most competent) [teacher, poet, actor] meilleurto be best at — être le/la meilleur/-e en [subject]; être le/la meilleur/-e à [instrument, game, sport]
3) ( most suitable) [tool, way, time, idea] meilleur3.the best thing would be to do, it would be best to do — le mieux serait de faire
adverb (superl of well) le mieuxto behave/fit best — se comporter/aller le mieux
4.to like something best — aimer quelque chose le mieux or le plus
transitive verb littér ( in argument) avoir le dessus sur [person]; ( in struggle) vaincre [opponent]•• -
2 churn out
churn [something] out, churn out [something] pondre [quelque chose] en série [novels]; produire [quelque chose] en série [goods] -
3 look
look [lʊk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun2. plural noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = glance) do you want a look? tu veux jeter un coup d'œil ?• and now for a quick look at the papers et maintenant, les grands titres de vos journaux► to have/take a look• take a look at this! regarde !• take a good look! regarde bien !• to take a long hard look at o.s. (psychologically) faire son autocritique• I just want to have a look round (in town) je veux simplement faire un tour ; (in a shop) je ne fais que regarderb. ( = expression) regard m• I told her what I thought and if looks could kill, I'd be dead (inf) je lui ai dit ce que je pensais et elle m'a fusillé du regardc. ( = search) to have a look for sth chercher qch• have another look! cherche bien !d. ( = appearance) air m• you can't go by looks(PROV) il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences2. plural nouna. ( = see, glance) regarder• look over there! regarde là-bas !• look! regarde !• look what a mess you've made! regarde le gâchis que tu as fait !• look who's here! (inf) regarde qui est là !• to look the other way ( = avert one's eyes) détourner le regard ; (figurative) fermer les yeux (fig) (PROV) look before you leap il faut réfléchir avant d'agir► to look + adverb/preposition• look here, we must discuss it first (inf) écoutez, il faut d'abord en discuter• look here, that isn't what I said! (inf) dites donc, ce n'est pas (du tout) ce que j'ai dit !• she looked into his eyes elle l'a regardé droit dans les yeux ; (romantically) elle a plongé son regard dans le sien• to look over sb's shoulder regarder par-dessus l'épaule de qn ; (figurative) être constamment sur le dos de qnb. ( = face) [building] donnerc. ( = search) chercherd. ( = seem) avoir l'air• how do I look? comment me trouves-tu ?• how does it look to you? qu'en pensez-vous ?• try to look as if you're glad to see them! essaie d'avoir l'air content de les voir !• it doesn't look as if he's coming on dirait qu'il ne va pas venir► to look + adjective/noun• how are you getting on with your autobiography? -- it's looking good comment avance ton autobiographie ? -- elle avance bien• it makes him look ten years older/younger ça le vieillit/rajeunit de dix ans• how pretty you look! comme vous êtes jolie !• what does he look like? comment est-il ?• it looks like salt ( = seems) on dirait du sel• look where you're going! regarde où tu vas !• look what you've done now! regarde ce que tu as fait !5. compounds• our team didn't have or get a look-in notre équipe n'a jamais eu la moindre chance de gagner[+ invalid, child, animal, plant] s'occuper de ; [+ one's possessions] prendre soin de ; [+ finances] gérer• look after yourself! (inf) prends soin de toi !• she's quite old enough to look after herself elle est assez grande pour se débrouiller (inf) toute seule• will you look after my bag for me? tu peux surveiller mon sac ?• I'm looking ahead at what might happen j'essaie d'imaginer ce qui pourrait se passer► look around intransitive verb regarder autour de soia. ( = observe) [+ person, object] regarder• just look at this mess! regarde un peu ce fouillis !• just look at you! (inf) regarde de quoi tu as l'air !• to look at him you would never think that... à le voir, on n'imaginerait pas que...b. ( = consider) [+ situation, problem] examinerc. ( = check) vérifier ; ( = see to) s'occuper de• will you look at the carburettor? pourriez-vous vérifier le carburateur ?d. ( = have in prospect) (inf) you're looking at a minimum of £65 ça va vous coûter 65 livres au minimum• they are looking at savings of $3 million les économies pourraient atteindre 3 millions de dollars► look away intransitive verb détourner les yeux ( from de ) ; (figurative) fermer les yeux• looking back, I'm surprised I didn't suspect anything avec le recul, je suis étonné de n'avoir rien soupçonné• to look back on sth ( = remember, evaluate) repenser à qch• when they look back on this match... lorsqu'ils repenseront à ce match...• we can look back over 20 years of happy marriage nous avons derrière nous 20 ans de bonheur conjugal► look behind intransitive verb regarder en arrière• don't look down or you'll fall ne regarde pas en bas, sinon tu vas tomber► look down on inseparable transitive verba. ( = despise) mépriserb. ( = overlook) dominer• the castle looks down on the valley le château domine la vallée► look for inseparable transitive verba. ( = seek) [+ object, work] chercher[+ event, meal, trip, holiday] attendre avec impatience• I look forward to the day when... j'attends avec impatience le jour où...• are you looking forward to your birthday? tu te réjouis pour ton anniversaire ?• I'm really looking forward to it je m'en réjouis à l'avance► look in intransitive verb regarder à l'intérieur• the doctor will look in again tomorrow le docteur repassera demain► look into inseparable transitive verb( = examine) examiner• there's obviously been a mistake. I'll look into it il y a dû y avoir une erreur. Je vais m'en occuper► look on• they just looked on while the raiders escaped ils ont regardé les bandits s'enfuir sans intervenira. ( = look outside) regarder dehorsb. ( = take care) faire attention• I told you to look out! je t'avais bien dit de faire attention !• look out! attention !• I've looked out the minutes of the meeting j'ai trouvé le procès-verbal de la réunion► look out for inseparable transitive verba. ( = look for) chercher ; ( = watch out for) [+ sth good] essayer de repérer ; [+ danger] se méfier deb. ( = look after) (inf) [+ person] s'occuper de[+ document, list] parcourir ; [+ goods, produce] inspecter ; [+ town, building] visiter ; [+ person] (quickly) jeter un coup d'œil à ; (slowly) regarder de la tête aux piedsa. ( = glance about) regarder (autour de soi)b. ( = search) chercherc. ( = look back) se retourner• don't look round! ne vous retournez pas !a. ( = scan) [+ mail] regarder ; (thoroughly) [+ papers, book] examiner ; (briefly) [+ papers, book] parcourirb. ( = revise) [+ lesson] réviser ; ( = re-read) [+ notes] relirec. ( = ignore) he just looked right through me (inf) il a fait comme s'il ne me voyait pas► look to inseparable transitive verba. ( = seek help from) se tourner vers• many sufferers look to alternative therapies de nombreux malades se tournent vers les médecines parallèlesb. ( = think of) penser àc. ( = seek to) chercher àa. ( = seek out) (inf) [+ person] passer voir• look me up the next time you are in London passez me voir la prochaine fois que vous serez à Londresb. (in reference book) [+ name, word] chercher[+ reference book] consulter( = admire) admirer* * *[lʊk] 1.1) ( glance) coup m d'œilto have ou take a look at something — jeter un coup d'œil à or sur quelque chose
to have ou take a good look at — fig examiner [quelque chose] soigneusement; lit regarder [quelque chose] de près
to have a look inside/behind something — regarder à l'intérieur de/derrière quelque chose
to have a look round — faire un tour de [house, town]
to have a look through — ( scan) chercher dans [archives, files]; parcourir [essay, report]
to take a long hard look at something — fig étudier sérieusement quelque chose
2) ( search)3) ( expression) regard ma look of sadness/anger — un regard triste/rempli de colère
he got some odd ou funny looks — on l'a regardé d'un drôle d'air
from the look on his face... — à son expression...
4) ( appearance) ( of person) air m; (of building, scenery) aspect mI like the look of him — il a l'air sympa (colloq)
by the look of him... — à le voir...
5) ( style) look (colloq) m2.looks plural noun3.to keep one's looks — rester beau/belle
transitive verb1) (gaze, stare) regarderto look somebody in the eye/in the face — regarder quelqu'un dans les yeux/en face
to look somebody up and down — ( appraisingly) regarder quelqu'un de haut en bas
2) ( appear)4.1) regarder ( into dans; over par-dessus)to look away — détourner le regard or les yeux
to look the other way — lit regarder ailleurs; fig fermer les yeux
I didn't know where to look — fig je ne savais plus où me mettre; ( in shop)
2) ( search) chercher, regarderto look down — parcourir [list]
3) (appear, seem) avoir l'air, paraîtreyou look good enough to eat! — tu es mignon/-onne à croquer! (colloq)
it looks to me as if ou like... (colloq) — j'ai l'impression que...
it looks likely that — il semble probable que (+ subj)
it looks certain that — il semble certain que (+ indic)
to look like somebody/something — ressembler à quelqu'un/quelque chose
you look like being the only man there — il y a de fortes chances pour que tu sois le seul homme présent
4) ( listen) écoute5) ( be oriented)5.to look north — [house, room] être orienté au nord
- looking combining formdistinguished-looking — [person] à l'air distingué
sinister-looking — [place] à l'aspect sinistre
Phrasal Verbs:- look at- look for- look in- look on- look out- look to- look up••if looks could kill... — il/elle etc m'a fusillé du regard
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4 reading
reading [ˈri:dɪŋ]1. nouna. lecture fc. [of bill] lecture f2. compounds• he has a reading age of eight il a le niveau de lecture d'un enfant de huit ans ► reading book noun livre m de lecture* * *['riːdɪŋ]1) (skill, pastime) lecture fher novels make light/heavy reading — ses romans sont faciles/difficiles à lire
2) ( measurement) ( on meter) relevé m (on de); ( on instrument) indication f (on de)3) ( interpretation) interprétation f (of de)4) ( spoken extract) lecture f ( from de)5) GB Politics ( of bill) lecture f (of de) -
5 secret
secret [ˈsi:krɪt]1. nounsecret m• to make no secret of or about sth ne pas faire secret de qch2. adjectiveb. [ballot, vote] à bulletin secretc. ( = private) I'm a secret admirer of her novels j'avoue que j'apprécie ses romans3. compounds► the Secret Service noun (British) les services mpl secrets ; (US) les services mpl chargés de la protection du président* * *['siːkrɪt] 1.1) ( unknown thing) secret mI make no secret of my membership of the party — je ne fais pas mystère de mon appartenance au parti
2) ( ideal method) secret m (of de)2.adjective gen secret/-ète; [contributor] anonyme3.in secret adverbial phrase gen en secret -
6 string
string [strɪŋ](verb: preterite, past participle strung)1. noun• there are no strings attached cela ne vous (or nous etc) engage à rienc. (Computing) chaîne f• a numeric/character string une chaîne numérique/de caractères3. compounds[orchestra, quartet] à cordes[+ words, sentences] enchaîner* * *[strɪŋ] 1.1) [U] ( twine) ficelle f2) ( on garment) cordon m; (on bow, racket) corde f also Music; ( on puppet) fil mto pull the strings — lit, fig tirer les ficelles
3) ( series)a string of — un défilé de [visitors, boyfriends]; une série de [crimes, novels]; une succession de [successes, awards]; une chaîne de [shops]; une kyrielle de [insults]
4) ( set)string of onions — chapelet m d'oignons
string of pearls — collier m de perles
2.string of islands — chapelet m d'îles
strings plural noun Music3.the strings — les cordes fpl
transitive verb (prét, pp strung)1) Music, Sport corder [racket]; monter [guitar, violin]to string [something] tightly — faire un cordage tendu à [racket]
2) ( thread) enfiler (on sur)3) ( hang)to string something (up) above/across — suspendre quelque chose au-dessus de/en travers de
•Phrasal Verbs:••to pull strings — (colloq) faire jouer le piston (colloq)
without strings ou with no strings attached — sans conditions
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7 taste
taste [teɪst]1. noungoût m• it left a nasty taste in his mouth ça lui a laissé un mauvais goût dans la bouche ; (figurative) ça lui a laissé un goût amer• in good/bad taste de bon/mauvais goût• would you like a taste (of it)? voulez-vous (y) goûter ?• to have a taste for... avoir un penchant pour...• to develop a taste for... prendre goût à...a. ( = perceive flavour of) sentir (le goût de)b. ( = sample) [+ food, drink, power, freedom] goûter à ; (to test) [+ food] goûter ; [+ wine] (at table) goûter ; (at wine-tasting) déguster• just taste this! goûtez-moi ça !4. compounds* * *[teɪst] 1.1) (sensation, sense) goût mto leave a bad ou nasty taste in the mouth — lit, fig laisser un arrière-goût
2) ( brief experience) gen expérience f; ( foretaste) avant-goût m3) (liking, preference) goût mto acquire ou develop a taste for something — prendre goût à quelque chose
4) (sense of beauty, appropriateness) goût m2.it would be in bad ou poor taste to do — ce serait de mauvais goût de faire
transitive verb1) ( perceive flavour) sentir (le goût de)2) ( try) goûter3) fig ( experience) goûter à [freedom, success, power]; connaître [failure, hardship]3. -
8 bread and butter
((a way of earning) one's living: Writing novels is my bread and butter.) gagne-pain -
9 fame
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10 historical
[-'sto-]1) (of or about history; of or about people or events from history: historical research; historical novels.) historique2) (that actually happened or existed, not legendary or mythical: Was Shakespeare's character Macbeth a historical person?) historique -
11 literature
['litrə ə](poems, novels, plays etc in verse or prose, especially if of fine quality.) littérature -
12 non-fiction
[non'fikʃən](books, magazines etc giving facts, information etc, ie not stories, novels, plays, poetry: I like reading fiction as well as non-fiction.) ouvrages généraux -
13 novel
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14 omnibus
['omnibəs]1) (a large book containing a number of books, stories etc: a Jane Austen omnibus; ( also adjective) an omnibus edition of Jane Austen's novels.) recueil2) (an old word for a bus.) omnibus -
15 paper
['peipə] 1. noun1) (the material on which these words are written, made from wood, rags etc and used for writing, printing, wrapping parcels etc: I need paper and a pen to write a letter; ( also adjective) a paper bag.) (en/de) papier2) (a single (often printed or typed) piece of this: There were papers all over his desk.) (feuille de) papier3) (a newspaper: Have you read the paper?) journal4) (a group of questions for a written examination: The Latin paper was very difficult.) épreuve5) ((in plural) documents proving one's identity, nationality etc: The policeman demanded my papers.) papiers (d'identité)•- papery- paperback 2. adjectivepaperback novels.) de poche- paper-knife - paper sculpture - paperweight - paperwork -
16 set
[set] 1. present participle - setting; verb1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) poser2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) mettre3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) fixer4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) donner5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) déclencher6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) se coucher7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) durcir8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) régler9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) faire une mise en plis10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) poser11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) remettre en place2. adjective1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) établi2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) résolu à3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) bien déterminé4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) figé5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) (bien) arrêté6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) incrusté de3. noun1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) ensemble, collection2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) poste3) (a group of people: the musical set.) groupe4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) mise en plis5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) décor6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set•- setting- setback - set phrase - set-square - setting-lotion - set-to - set-up - all set - set about - set someone against someone - set against someone - set someone against - set against - set aside - set back - set down - set in - set off - set something or someone on someone - set on someone - set something or someone on - set on - set out - set to - set up - set up camp - set up house - set up shop - set upon -
17 slush
1) (melting snow: The streets are covered with slush.) neige fondante2) ((something said or written showing) weak sentimentality: I think most romantic novels are just slush!) sensiblerie•- slushy- slushiness -
18 trashy
adjective (worthless: trashy jewellery/novels/music.) de pacotille/camelote -
19 trilogy
['trilə‹i]plural - trilogies; noun(a group of three plays, novels etc by the same author which are parts of the same story or are written about the same subject.) trilogie -
20 churn
A n1 ( for butter) baratte f ;B vtr1 to churn butter baratter ;2 fig faire tourbillonner [water, air].C vi [ideas] tourbillonner ; [engine] tourner sur place ; my stomach was churning ( with nausea) mon cœur se soulevait ; ( with nerves) j'avais l'estomac noué.■ churn out:▶ churn [sth] out, churn out [sth] débiter [speeches] ; pondre [qch] en série [plays, novels, ideas, publicity, legislation] ; produire [qch] en série [goods].■ churn up:▶ churn [sth] up, churn up [sth] faire des remous dans [water] ; labourer [earth].
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