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watchman [ˈwɒt∫mən]* * *['wɒtʃmən]1) History(night) watchman — veilleur m (de nuit)
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noun ((often night-watchman) a man employed to guard a building etc against thieves, especially at night: The bank-robbers shot the (night-)watchman.) gardien/-ienne (de nuit) -
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Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > night watchman
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Entr. veilleur de nuitEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > night watchman
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10 robbery of a watchman
vol avec violence sur la personne d'un veilleur (2e) role of the auditor and the actuary in respect of financial statements rôles respectifs du vérificateur et de l'actuaire à l'égard des états financiers (TT) -
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noun (a person who looks after a building etc during the night.) gardien/-ienne de nuit -
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Iabri mII(watchman) guérite fDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > shelter
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13 YOHUALLAPIXQUI
yohuallapixqui, pft. sur yohuallapiya.Celui qui fait la ronde de nuit.Angl., night watchman. R.Joe Campbell and Frances Karttunen II 9.Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique > YOHUALLAPIXQUI
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14 night
night [naɪt]1. nounb. ( = period of sleep) to have a good/bad night passer une bonne/mauvaise nuit2. compounds* * *[naɪt]1) ( period of darkness) nuit f; ( before going to bed) soir mto have a good/bad night — bien/mal dormir
2) ( evening) soir m; ( evening as a whole) soirée fto make a night of it — (colloq) faire la fête (colloq)
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15 round
round [raʊnd]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverba. ( = around) autour• you can't get through here, you'll have to go round vous ne pouvez pas passer par ici, il faut faire le tour• the idea was going round and round in his head il tournait et retournait l'idée dans sa tête► all + round• this ought to make life much easier all round ( = for everybody) cela devrait simplifier la vie de tout le monde2. preposition• they went round the cafés looking for... ils ont fait le tour des cafés à la recherche de...• round about £800 800 livres environ• the house is just round the corner la maison est au coin de la rue ; ( = near) la maison est tout près3. adjectivea. ( = circular) rond ; ( = rounded) arrondib. ( = complete) a round dozen une douzaine tout rond4. nouna. ( = circle) rond m, cercle m• to make one's round(s) [watchman, policeman] faire sa ronde ; [postman, milkman] faire sa tournée ; [doctor] faire ses visites• to make the rounds of... faire le tour de...c. [of cards, golf, competition] partie f ; (Boxing) round m ; [of election] tour m ; [of talks, discussions] série fd. [of drinks] tournée f( = go round) [+ corner] tourner ; [+ bend] prendre6. compounds► round robin noun ( = petition) pétition f (où les signatures sont disposées en rond) ; ( = letter) lettre envoyée à plusieurs destinataires ; (especiallyUS) (Sport) poule f• this plane does three round trips a week cet avion effectue trois rotations fpl par semaine ► round trip ticket noun billet m aller-retour[+ prices] arrondir (au chiffre inférieur)[+ speech, meal] terminer ; [+ debate, meeting] mettre fin à• and now, to round off, I must say... et maintenant, pour conclure, je dois dire...► round up separable transitive verba. ( = bring together) [+ people] réunir ; [+ cattle] rassemblerb. [+ prices] arrondir (au chiffre supérieur)* * *Note: round often appears after verbs in English ( change round, gather round, pass round). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (change, gather, pass)[raʊnd] 1.1) GB ( on all sides)2) GB ( in circles)to go round and round — [carousel] tourner (en rond); [person] fig tourner en rond; lit aller et venir
3) GB (to specific place, home)4) GB5) GB ( as part of cycle)2.preposition GB1) ( expressing location) autour de [table etc]2) ( expressing direction)to go round a bend — ( in road) prendre un virage
3) ( on visit)3.round about adverbial phrase1) ( approximately) à peu près, environ2) ( vicinity)4.1) (set, series) série f (of de)2) ( in competition) rencontre fqualifying round — match m de qualification
3) (in golf, cards) partie f; (in boxing, wrestling) round m4) ( in showjumping) parcours m5) ( in election) tour m6) ( of drinks) tournée f7) Military ( unit of ammunition) balle f8) Military ( shot fired) salve f9) ( burst)round of applause — salve f d'applaudissements
10) ( of bread)11) ( route) tournée fto do one's rounds — [doctor] visiter ses malades; [postman] faire sa tournée; [guard] faire sa ronde
to do ou go the rounds — [rumour, flu] circuler
to go ou do the rounds of — faire le tour de
12) ( circular shape) rondelle f (of de)5.1) (circular, spherical, curved) rond2) ( complete) [figure] rondin round figures, that's £100 — ça fait 100 livres sterling en arrondissant
6.a nice round sum — une somme rondelette (colloq)
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[ə'so:lt] 1. verb1) (to attack, especially suddenly: The youths assaulted the night watchman.) agresser2) (to attack sexually; to rape.) violenter2. noun1) (a (sudden) attack: a night assault on the fortress; His speech was a vicious assault on his opponent.) assaut, attaque2) (a sexual attack; a rape.) (tentative de) viol -
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1) (the period from sunset to sunrise: We sleep at night; They talked all night (long); He travelled by night and rested during the day; The days were warm and the nights were cool; ( also adjective) He is doing night work.) (de) nuit2) (the time of darkness: In the Arctic in winter, night lasts for twenty-four hours out of twenty-four.) nuit•- nightly- night-club - nightdress - nightgown - nightfall - nightmare - nightmarish - night-school - night shift - night-time - night-watchman -
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['steiʃən] 1. noun1) (a place with a ticket office, waiting rooms etc, where trains, buses or coaches stop to allow passengers to get on or off: a bus station; She arrived at the station in good time for her train.) gare2) (a local headquarters or centre of work of some kind: How many fire-engines are kept at the fire station?; a radio station; Where is the police station?; military/naval stations.) poste, caserne3) (a post or position (eg of a guard or other person on duty): The watchman remained at his station all night.) poste2. verb(to put (a person, oneself, troops etc in a place or position to perform some duty): He stationed himself at the corner of the road to keep watch; The regiment is stationed abroad.) (se) poster -
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[wo ] 1. noun1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) montre2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) garde3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) quart2. verb1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) regarder2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) guetter3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) faire attention (de/à)4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) surveiller5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) attendre•- watcher- watchful - watchfully - watchfulness - watchdog - watchmaker - watchman - watchtower - watchword - keep watch - watch one's step - watch out - watch over -
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night [naɪt]1 noun∎ ten o'clock at night dix heures du soir;∎ all night (long) toute la nuit;∎ by night de nuit;∎ during or in the night pendant la nuit;∎ far or late into the night jusqu'à une heure avancée de la nuit;∎ it's weeks since we had a night out ça fait des semaines que nous ne sommes pas sortis le soir;∎ to work day and night or night and day travailler nuit et jour;∎ to have a night off avoir une soirée libre;∎ it's the au pair's night off c'est la soirée libre de la jeune fille au pair;∎ to have a late night se coucher tard;∎ too many late nights can be bad for you se coucher tard trop souvent peut nuire à la santé;∎ this has been going on night after night cela s'est prolongé des nuits durant;∎ what you need is a good night's sleep ce qu'il vous faut, c'est une bonne nuit de sommeil ou de repos;∎ I had a bad night j'ai passé une mauvaise nuit, j'ai mal dormi;∎ History the night of the long knives la nuit des longs couteaux;∎ the night is young la nuit n'est pas très avancée, humorous on a toute la nuit devant nous(b) (evening's entertainment) soirée f;∎ to have a night out sortir;∎ that was a great night last night on a passé une super soirée hier;∎ Tuesday's our poker night le mardi, c'est notre soirée poker, le mardi soir, nous faisons un poker;∎ to make a night of it faire la fête toute la nuit∎ as night was falling alors que la nuit tombait;∎ night falls early il fait nuit tôt, la nuit tombe tôt;∎ dark night of the soul période f de désespoir profond;∎ literary to go forth into the night s'en aller dans les ténèbres ou dans l'obscurité∎ gala night soirée f de gala;∎ poetry night soirée f poésie(duty, flight, train, boat, sky) de nuitde nuit;∎ how can you sleep nights not knowing where he is? comment arrives-tu à dormir sans même savoir où il est?;∎ to work nights travailler de nuit;∎ I'm on nights next week je suis de nuit la semaine prochaine;∎ American to lie awake nights ne pas dormir la nuit►► night bird Ornithology oiseau m nocturne ou de nuit; figurative (person) noctambule mf, oiseau m de nuit;night blindness (UNCOUNT) héméralopie f;night clerk (in hotel) réceptionniste mf de nuit;American night crawler = gros ver de terre;Banking night depository coffre(-fort) m de nuit;night driving conduite f de nuit;night editor rédacteur(trice) m,f de nuit (dans un journal);Ornithology night heron (héron m) bihoreau m;American night letter télégramme m (à tarif réduit, livré le lendemain matin);night manager directeur(trice) m,f de nuit;night nurse infirmier(ère) m,f de nuit;night nursery chambre f d'enfants;familiar night owl couche-tard mf inv, oiseau m de nuit;night porter portier(ère) m,f de nuit;Finance night rate tarif m de nuit;Banking night safe coffre(-fort) m de nuit;night school cours mpl du soir;∎ to go to night school suivre des cours du soir;∎ to be on the night shift être de nuit;night soil fumier m (d'excréments humains);night storage heater radiateur m à accumulation;American night table table f de chevet;night vision vision f nocturne;∎ to have good/bad night vision avoir une bonne/mauvaise vision nocturne;night watchman veilleur m de nuit;night work travail m de nuit
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