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1 coiffer
coiffer [kwafe]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. ( = peigner) coiffer qn to do sb's hairb. [+ services] to have overall responsibility forc. ( = dépasser) (inf) coiffer qn à l'arrivée or au poteau to pip sb at the post (inf) (Brit) to nose sb out (inf) (US)2. reflexive verb► se coiffer ( = se peigner) to do one's hair• tu t'es coiffé avec un râteau or un clou (humorous) you look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards* * *kwafe
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1) ( arranger les cheveux de)coiffer quelqu'un — ( mettre en forme) to do somebody's hair; ( peigner) to comb somebody's hair
2) ( mettre) to put [something] on [chapeau, casque]3) ( chapeauter) [entreprise] to control; [personne] to head
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se coiffer verbe pronominal1) ( s'arranger les cheveux) to do one's hair; ( se peigner) to comb one' s hairtu t'es coiffé avec un clou! — you look as if you' ve been dragged through a hedge backward(s)! (colloq)
2) ( se couvrir la tête)••coiffer quelqu'un au poteau (colloq) or sur le fil — (colloq) to beat somebody by a whisker
* * *kwafe vt1) (= arranger les cheveux)2) (= surmonter) [arbres, neige, nuages] [sommet] to coverUn grand toit de tuiles coiffait la maison. — The house had a large tile roof.
3) (= être a la tête de) [service] to head up4) (= munir d'un couvre-chef)5) (= être en haut de) [sommet] to cover, [service] to head up, [subalterne] to be the superior ofUn grand toit de tuiles coiffait la maison. — The house had a large tile roof.
* * *coiffer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( arranger les cheveux de) coiffer qn ( mettre en forme) to do sb's hair; ( peigner) to comb sb's hair; il coiffe ses cheveux en arrière he combs his hair back; il ne coiffe que les hommes he only does men's hair; se faire coiffer par qn to have one's hair done by sb; fais-toi coiffer par Georges, il est mieux que Gérard get George to do your hair, he does it better than Gérard; elle est bien coiffée her hair is nicely done; elle est mal coiffée her hair is untidy; tu n'es pas coiffé, tes cheveux ne sont pas coiffés! you haven't done your hair!; elle est coiffée court maintenant she has short hair now; être coiffée à la Jeanne d'Arc to have a pageboy hairstyle;2 ( couvrir la tête) to put [sth] on [chapeau, casque]; le chapeau qui la coiffe the hat she's wearing; le béret te coiffe bien a beret suits you; leurs chapeaux coiffent toujours bien their hats always look good; coiffer qn de qch to put sth on sb('s head); ne reste pas coiffé pendant la cérémonie take your hat off during the ceremony; coiffé d'une casquette wearing a cap;3 ( chapeauter) [entreprise] to control; [personne] to head;4 ( fournir) [chapelier] to make hats for;B se coiffer vpr1 ( s'arranger les cheveux) to do one's hair; ( se peigner) to comb one's hair; tu t'es coiffé avec un râteau or un clou! you look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backward(s)○!; les cheveux frisés se coiffent mal curly hair is difficult to keep tidy;2 ( se couvrir la tête) se coiffer de qch to put sth on; il se coiffe toujours d'un chapeau melon he always wears a bowler hat GB ou a derby hat US.être né or naître coiffé to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth; coiffer qn au poteau○ or sur le fil to pip sb at the post GB, to nose sb out.[kwafe] verbe transitifl'enfant coiffait la poupée the child was combing ou brushing the doll's haircheveux faciles/difficiles à coiffer manageable/unmanageable hair2. [réaliser la coiffure de]elle s'est fait coiffer par Paolo, c'est Paolo qui l'a coiffée she had her hair done by Paolo3. [chapeauter] to cover the head of4. [mettre sur sa tête] to put on5. (littéraire) [couvrir]6. [diriger] to control7. (locution)————————se coiffer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)1. [se peigner] to comb one's hair[arranger ses cheveux] to do one's hair2. [mettre un chapeau] to put a hat on -
2 griller
griller [gʀije]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verbb. [+ visage, corps] to burnc. [+ plantes, cultures] to scorchd. [+ fusible, lampe] to blow ; [+ moteur] to burn oute. ( = fumer) (inf) griller une cigarette• ils ont grillé la politesse à leurs concurrents (inf) they've pipped their competitors at the post (inf)2. intransitive verb* * *gʀije
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1) Culinaire to grill [viande, maïs]; to toast [pain]; to roast [amandes]2) (colloq) ( fumer) to smoke [cigarette]3) ( mettre hors d'usage) to burn out [appareil électrique]; to blow [ampoule]4) (colloq) ( ne pas respecter) to jump (colloq) [feu rouge]; to ignore [priorité]5) (colloq) ( révéler)6) (colloq) ( dépasser)
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verbe intransitif1) Culinairefaire griller — to grill [viande, maïs]; to toast [pain]; to roast [amandes]
2) [ampoule] to blow* * *ɡʀije1. vt1) (faire griller) [pain] to toast, [viande] to grill Grande-Bretagne broil USA2) [café] to roast3) fig, [ampoule] to blowgriller un feu rouge — to go through a red light Grande-Bretagne run a stoplight USA
2. vi* * *griller verb table: aimerA vtr2 ○( fumer) to smoke [cigarette, paquet];4 ○( ne pas respecter) to jump○, to go through [feu rouge]; to ignore [stop, priorité]; to go past [sth] without stopping [station, gare];5 ○( révéler) to give the game away about [personne] (auprès de qn to sb); se faire griller [espion, indicateur] to blow one's cover;6 ○( dépasser) griller un adversaire to manage to get ahead of one's opponent.B vi1 Culin to grill; faire griller to grill [viande, poisson, maïs]; to toast [pain]; to roast [amandes, marrons]; ne rajoute pas de charbon pendant que la viande grille don't add charcoal while the meat is grilling;2 ( être désireux) griller de faire to be itching to do; griller d'impatience to be burning with impatience;3 [ampoule] to go; l'ampoule a grillé the bulb has gone ou blown.[grije] verbe transitif[cacahuète, café] to roast2. [cultures, végétation]3. (familier) [ampoule, fusible] to blow[moteur] to burn out5. (familier) [dépasser]6. (familier) [fumer]griller une cigarette, en griller une to have a smoke7. (familier) [compromettre]8. [fermer d'une grille] to put bars on————————[grije] verbe intransitif1. CUISINEouvre la fenêtre, on grille ici open the window, it's boiling in here[brûler]3. (figuré)je grille (d'envie ou d'impatience) de la rencontrer I'm itching ou dying to meet her————————se griller verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)[se démasquer]————————se griller verbe pronominal transitif -
3 poteau
masculine noun( = pilier) post* * *coiffer quelqu'un au poteau — lit, fig to overtake GB ou pass US somebody at the finishing line
avoir des jambes comme des poteaux — (colloq) to have legs like tree trunks
Phrasal Verbs:* * *pɔtopoteaux pl nmIl s'est appuyé contre un poteau. — He leant against a post.
* * *1 ( grand piquet) post; (au football, rugby) goalpost; poteau de départ/d'arrivée starting/finishing post; coiffer qn au poteau lit, fig to overtake GB ou pass US sb at the finishing line; les traîtres au poteau! death to the traitors!; avoir des jambes comme des poteaux○ to have legs like tree trunks;poteau électrique electricity pole (supplying domestic power lines); poteau d'exécution execution post; poteau indicateur signpost; poteau télégraphique telegraph pole.( pluriel masculin poteaux) [pɔto] nom masculinpoteau télégraphique telegraph pole ou postentre les poteaux between the goal posts ou the uprights[dans une course]se faire coiffer au ou battre sur le poteau (d'arrivée) -
4 coiffer
v. trans.1. To 'outstrip', to outclass someone. Se faire coiffer au poteau (fig.): To get 'pipped at the post', to be beaten in the race (for a job, promotion, etc.).2. To head, to be the boss of. Il coiffe plusieurs services: He's got a number of departments under him.3. To 'collar', to arrest.4. Coiffer Sainte-Catherine: To be twenty-five years old and still a spinster. (With the advent of women's lib, this expres sion has all but disappeared.) -
5 fil
n. m.1. 'Tape', finishing line. Etre coiffé sur le fil: To get pipped at the post. (Although the expression originated in the sporting world, it is often used figuratively in other contexts.)2. Le fil (abbr. lefilage): Card-sharp's manipulation of a deck enabling him to cut the pack where he wishes.3. Avoir le fil: To be 'on the ball', to be sharp.4. Avoir un fil à la patte: To have matrimonial ties. Se mettre un fil a lapatte: To get 'spliced', 'hitched', to get married.5. Un vrai fil: A mere slip of a girl, a hyperslender woman.6. Donner du fil a retordre a quelqu'un: To 'lead someone a merry dance', to give someone a lot of trouble.7. Sécher sur le fil: To be 'stood up', to be kept waiting.8. Coup de fil: 'Buzz on the phone', telephone call. Il m'a donné un coup de fil: He gave me a tinkle. 'Y a ta mere au bout du fil: It's your Mum on the phone.9. C'est cousu de fil blanc (of plot): You can see right through it—It's not a very discreet ploy.10. Ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre: To be more than a trifle dim (also: ne pas avoir inventé la poudre). -
6 Chirac, Jacques
born 1932.(adj. Chiraquien)Former conservative (Gaullist) President of France, from 1995 to 2007. Chirac's reelection in 2002 was an unexpected twist of fortune, caused by the elimination of the front-runner, socialist Lionel Jospin, pipped into third place in the first round of the election by a surge in the vote for the far right wing leader of the French National Front, Jean Marie Le Pen.Facing Le Pen in the second round, Chirac was reelected with a massive majority in what was in essence a contest between the the extreme right and everyone else. Had the second round of the election been a classic left-right contest, Chirac's re-election would not have been guaranteed.Jacques Chirac was a highly ambitious career politician, who worked his way rapidly up the ranks of the Gaullist movement; yet his first steps in politics were actually as a militant for the Communist party, and as a student he sold the communist newspaper l'Humanité on the streets of Paris. After graduating from "Sciences Po", he changed tack, married into Parisian high society, studied at the elite ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration), and then began a career in politics, working for the office of the prime minister, Georges Pompidou. In 1976, he was appointed junior minister for employment in the third Pompidou government, and from then after he remained one of the most omnipresent of conservative politicians in France. From Gaullist, he became a supporter of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing during Giscard's 1974 bid for the presidency - against the Gaullist Chaban-Delmas - and was appointed Prime Minister when Giscard won. Two years later, he resigned, complaining that Giscard was cramping his style.This was the start of his rise to the top. No longer prime minister, in 1977 he set about building his own power base, or rather his own two power bases, firstly as leader of a new political party, the RPR, created out of the old Gaullist UDR, and secondly by becoming elected Mayor of Paris. In 1981, he challenged Giscard for the presidency, but came third in the first round of the election, which was won by François Mitterrand. By 1986 he was clear leader of the conservative opposition. When the conservatives won the general election of that year, he was appointed prime minister, ushering in the first period of cohabitation (see below) between a president and a government of different political persuasions.In 1988, he was again a candidate in the presidential election, and again lost; but with his power base in Paris and in the RPR, he then had seven years in which to prepare his third, and first successful, challenge for the presidency.He served two terms as president, the first of seven years, the second of five - though as already stated, his reelection in 2002 was more due to the failure of the Socialist campaign and the surprise presence of Le Pen in the second round, than in his own popularity. It is still rather early to judge the Chirac presidency in a historic perspective, but early appraisals suggest that it will not be remembered as a great period in French history. It was a time during which France dramatically failed to adapt to the changes in the modern world - the end of the Cold War and the challenge of globalisation - and failed to push through the social and economic reforms that were allowing other developed nations such as France, Germany or Spain, to find their place in the new world order.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Chirac, Jacques
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