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2 glean
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3 dole
dole [dəʊl]∎ how much is the dole nowadays? combien est-ce qu'on touche au chômage maintenant?;∎ there was no dole in those days on ne touchait pas de chômage à cette époque;∎ to be/to go on the dole être/s'inscrire au chômage;∎ the dole queues are getting longer de plus en plus de gens pointent au chômage►► Australian familiar dole bludger parasite□ m (qui touche le chômage et ne cherche pas de travail);(distribute) distribuer; (in small amounts) distribuer au compte-gouttes -
4 amount
amount [ə'maʊnt](a) (quantity) quantité f;∎ great or large amounts of money beaucoup d'argent;∎ a massive amount of time énormément de temps;∎ in small/large amounts en petites/grandes quantités;∎ no amount of talking can bring him back on peut lui parler tant qu'on veut, ça ne le fera pas revenir;∎ I have a certain amount of respect for them j'ai un certain respect pour eux;∎ a modest amount une quantité modeste;∎ any amount of des quantités de, énormément de;∎ that shop has any amount of books il y a des masses de livres dans ce magasin;∎ you'll have any amount of time for reading on holiday tu auras tout ton temps pour lire pendant les vacances∎ do you have the exact amount? avez-vous le compte (exact)?;∎ she billed us for the amount of £50 elle nous a présenté une facture d'un montant de ou qui se montait à 50 livres;∎ you're in credit to the amount of £100 vous avez un crédit de 100 livres;∎ please find enclosed a cheque to the amount of $100 veuillez trouver ci-joint un chèque (d'un montant) de 100 dollars;∎ amount due (on bill) montant a régler;∎ no amount (of money) could make up for what I've lost rien ne pourrait compenser ce que j'ai perdu;∎ Accountancy amount brought forward montant m à reporter∎ he left debts amounting to over £1,800 il a laissé des dettes qui s'élèvent ou se montent à plus de 1800 livres;∎ profits last year amounted to several million dollars les bénéfices pour l'année dernière se chiffrent à plusieurs millions de dollars;∎ after tax it doesn't amount to much après impôts ça ne représente pas grand-chose;∎ he'll never amount to much il ne fera jamais grand-chose∎ it amounts to something not far short of stealing c'est pratiquement du vol;∎ it amounts to the same thing cela revient au même;∎ what his speech amounts to is an attack on democracy en fait, avec ce discours, il attaque la démocratie
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