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1 gather
gather [ˈgæðər]a. [+ people, objects] rassemblerb. ( = attract) attirerc. [+ flowers] cueillir ; [+ wood, sticks, mushrooms] ramasser ; [+ taxes] percevoir ; [+ information, data, evidence] réunir• to gather momentum [vehicle, object] prendre de la vitesse ; [political movement, pressure group] prendre de l'ampleur• she is trying to gather support for her ideas/her candidacy elle essaie de rallier les gens à ses idées/sa candidaturef. ( = infer) déduire• I gather from this report (that)... je déduis de ce rapport (que)...• I gather from the papers that... d'après ce que disent les journaux, je crois comprendre que...• I gather from him that... je comprends d'après ce qu'il me dit que...• what are we to gather from that? que devons-nous en déduire ?• I gather she won't be coming d'après ce que j'ai compris, elle ne viendra pas( = collect) [people] se rassembler ; [troops] se masser ; [objects, dust] s'accumuler ; [clouds] s'amonceler• the dress is gathered in at the waist la robe est froncée à la taille► gather round intransitive verb s'approcher• gather round! approchez-vous !► gather together[+ people, objects] rassembler[+ papers, clothes, toys] ramasser• to gather up one's courage/one's strength rassembler son courage/ses forces* * *['gæðə(r)] 1. 2.transitive verb2) fig recueillir [information]; rassembler [followers, strength, courage]to gather dust — lit prendre la poussière; fig tomber dans l'oubli
3) (deduce, conclude)4) ( in sewing) faire des fronces à3.intransitive verb [people, crowd] se rassembler; [family] se réunir; [clouds] s'amonceler; [darkness] s'épaissirPhrasal Verbs: -
2 start
start [stα:t]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = beginning) [of book, film, career] début m ; [of negotiations] ouverture f ; [of race] départ m• the start of the academic year (at university) la rentrée universitaire ; (at school) la rentrée des classes• let's make a start on that washing-up allez, on se met à la vaissellec. ( = sudden movement) sursaut m• you gave me such a start! ce que vous m'avez fait peur !a. ( = begin) commencer (to do sth, doing sth à faire qch ) ; [+ task] entreprendre ; [+ bottle, jar, loaf of bread] entamer• to start life as... débuter dans la vie comme...• don't start that again! tu ne vas pas recommencer !• let's get started! allons-y !b. ( = originate, initiate) [+ discussion] commencer ; [+ conversation] engager ; [+ quarrel, reform, series of events] déclencher ; [+ fashion] lancer ; [+ phenomenon, institution] donner naissance à ; [+ custom, policy] inaugurerc. ( = cause to start) [+ engine, vehicle] mettre en marche ; [+ race] donner le signal du départ de• he started the ball rolling by saying... pour commencer, il a dit...• if you start him (off) on that subject... si tu le lances sur ce sujet...a. ( = begin) commencer• let's start! allons-y !• well, to start at the beginning... eh bien, pour commencer par le commencement...• do start before it gets cold! ( = begin to eat) commencez avant que ça ne refroidisse• to start with, there were only three of them, but later... au début ils n'étaient que trois, mais après...• we only had $100 to start with nous n'avions que 100 dollars pour commencer► to start (off) with sth commencer par qch• he started off with the intention of writing a thesis au début son intention était d'écrire une thèseb. ( = leave) [person, ship] partir• ten horses started and only three finished dix chevaux ont pris le départ mais trois seulement ont fini la coursec. ( = get going) [car, engine, machine] démarrerd. ( = jump nervously) [person] sursauter ; [animal] tressaillir4. compounds• to be fast/slow off the starting blocks (figurative) être rapide/lent à démarrer ► starting gate noun starting-gate ma. ( = return) repartirb. ( = recoil) [person, horse] faire un bond en arrière► start off intransitive verb, separable transitive verb→ starta. ( = begin) commencer• I started on the job last week (employment) j'ai commencé à travailler la semaine dernière ; (task) je m'y suis mis la semaine dernière→ start► start up intransitive verb, separable transitive verb→ start* * *[stɑːt] 1.1) ( beginning) début mto make an early start — ( on journey) partir tôt
that's a good start — lit c'est un bon début; iron ça commence bien
to make a fresh ou new start — prendre un nouveau départ
2) ( advantage) avantage m; (in time, distance) avance f3) Sport ligne f de départ4) ( movement)2.transitive verb1) ( begin) commencer [day, activity]; entamer [bottle, packet]to start doing ou to do — commencer à faire, se mettre à faire
2) (cause, initiate) déclencher [quarrel, war]; instaurer [custom]; mettre [fire]; être à l'origine de [trouble, rumour]; lancer [fashion, enterprise]3) ( activate) faire démarrer [car]; mettre [quelque chose] en marche [machine]3.to start with adverbial phrase1) ( firstly) d'abord, premièrement2) ( at first) au début3) ( at all)4.I should never have told her to start with — pour commencer, je n'aurais jamais dû lui en parler
to start again ou afresh — recommencer
to start on — commencer [memoirs, journey]
don't start on me — ( in argument) ne recommence pas avec moi
starting Wednesday... — à compter de mercredi...
2) ( depart) partir3) ( jump nervously) sursauter (in de)4) Automobile, Technology [car, engine, machine] démarrer•Phrasal Verbs:- start up•• -
3 speed
speed [spi:d](verb: preterite, past participle sped)1. noun• what speed were you doing? (in car) à quelle vitesse rouliez-vous ?• to be up to speed ( = functioning properly) être opérationnelb. [of film] sensibilité fa. ( = move fast) to speed along [person, vehicle] aller à toute vitesseb. ( = go too fast) conduire trop vite• you're speeding! tu roules trop vite !3. compounds► speed dating noun speed dating m (rencontres organisées où des célibataires font connaissance en quelques minutes)► speed up (preterite, past participle speeded up)[+ production] accélérer* * *[spiːd] 1.1) (velocity of vehicle, wind, record) vitesse f; (rapidity of response, reaction) rapidité fat speed — [go, run] à toute vitesse; [work, read] en quatrième vitesse
‘full speed ahead!’ — ‘en avant toute!’
2) ( gear) vitesse f4) (colloq) ( drug) amphétamines fpl2.transitive verb (prét, pp sped ou speeded) hâter [process, recovery]; rendre [quelque chose] plus fluide [traffic]3.to speed somebody on his/her way — souhaiter bon voyage à quelqu'un
1) (prét, pp sped) ( move swiftly)2) (prét, pp speeded) ( drive too fast) conduire trop vite•Phrasal Verbs:- speed up
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