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1 plot
plot [plɒt]1. nouna. [of ground] terrain mc. [of story] intrigue fa. ( = mark out) [+ course, route] déterminer ; [+ graph, curve] tracer point par point ; [+ progress, development] faire le graphique deb. [+ sb's death, ruin] comploter( = conspire) conspirer* * *[plɒt] 1.1) ( conspiracy) complot m2) Cinema, Literature (of novel, film, play) intrigue f3) Agriculture ( allotment)plot of land — parcelle f de terre
4) Construction ( site) terrain m à bâtir2.transitive verb (p prés etc - tt-)1) ( plan) comploter [murder, attack, return]; fomenter [revolution]2) ( chart) relever [quelque chose] sur une carte [course]; tracer [quelque chose] sur une carte [progress]3) Mathematics ( on graph) tracer [quelque chose] point par point [curve, graph]; reporter [figures, points]4) Literature ( invent) inventer [episode, story, destiny]3. -
2 plot
A n1 ( conspiracy) complot m, conspiration f (against contre ; to do pour faire) ; an assassination plot un complot d'assassinat ;3 Agric, Hort ( allotment) plot of land parcelle f de terre ; a vegetable plot un carré de légumes ;5 ( in cemetery) concession f funéraire.1 ( plan) comploter [murder, attack, return] ; fomenter [revolution] ; to plot to do comploter de faire ;2 ( chart) relever [qch] sur une carte [course] ; tracer [qch] sur une carte [progress] ; we plotted our position on the map nous avons pointé notre position sur la carte ;3 Math, Stat ( on graph) tracer [qch] point par point [curve, graph] ; reporter [figures, points] ; to plot the progress/decline of sth tracer la courbe de progression/déclin de qch ;4 Literat ( invent) inventer [episode, story, destiny] ; a carefully/thinly plotted play une pièce à l'intrigue bien construite/bien mince.C vi ( p prés etc - tt-) ( conspire) conspirer (against contre) ; to plot together conspirer ensemble. -
3 murder plot
Jur. complot en vue de commettre un assassinatEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > murder plot
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4 suspect
1. noun2. adjective• he'll come, I suspect il viendra, je supposec. ( = have doubts about) douter de━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque suspect est un nom ou un adjectif, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈsʌspekt, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la seconde: səsˈpekt.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]to suspect ≠ suspecter* * *1. ['sʌspekt]noun suspect/-e m/f2. ['sʌspekt]adjective [claim, person, vehicle] suspect; [item] d'authenticité douteuse; [water] douteux/-euse3. [sə'spekt]transitive verb1) ( believe) soupçonner [murder, plot]we strongly suspect that... — nous avons de bonnes raisons de croire que...
it isn't, I suspect, a very difficult task — ce n'est pas, à mon avis, une tâche très difficile
2) ( doubt) douter de [truth, motives]3) ( be aware of)4) ( have under suspicion) soupçonner [person]4.suspected past participle adjective présumé -
5 suspect
1. [sə'spekt] verb1) (to think (a person etc) guilty: Whom do you suspect (of the crime)?; I suspect him of killing the girl.) soupçonner (de)2) (to distrust: I suspected her motives / air of honesty.) suspecter3) (to think probable: I suspect that she's trying to hide her true feelings; I began to suspect a plot.) soupçonner2. noun(a person who is thought guilty: There are three possible suspects in this murder case.) suspect3. adjective(not trustworthy: I think his statement is suspect.) suspect- suspicious - suspiciously - suspiciousness -
6 suspect
A n suspect/-e m/f.B adj [claim, person, notion, vehicle] suspect ; [practice] douteux/-euse ; [item, valuable] d'authenticité douteuse ; [foodstuff, ingredient, water, smell] douteux/-euse.C vtr1 ( believe) soupçonner [murder, plot, sabotage, fraud] ; to suspect that penser que ; there is reason to suspect that… il y a des raisons de penser que… ; we strongly suspect that… nous avons de bonnes raisons de croire que… ; I suspect she didn't want to leave je pense or j'ai le sentiment qu'elle ne voulait pas partir ; it isn't, I suspect, a very difficult task ce n'est pas, à mon avis, une tâche très difficile ;2 ( doubt) douter de [truth, validity, sincerity, motives] ; she suspects nothing elle ne se doute de rien ;3 ( have under suspicion) soupçonner [person, organization] (of de) ; she was suspected of stealing money elle était soupçonnée d'avoir volé de l'argent. -
7 story
(a) (tale, work of fiction → spoken) histoire f; (→ written) histoire f, conte m; Literature (short story) nouvelle f;∎ to tell sb a story raconter une histoire à qn;∎ ghost/murder story histoire f de fantômes/de meurtre;∎ fairy story conte m de fées;∎ he stopped halfway through his story il s'interrompit en plein milieu de son récit;∎ this is a true story c'est une histoire vraie;∎ a collection of her poems and stories un recueil de ses poèmes et nouvelles;∎ there is a story that…, the story goes that… on raconte que…;∎ figurative the stories this old castle could tell! les murs de ce château en ont vu de belles!;∎ there's a story behind or attached to every exhibit in the museum chacune des pièces du musée a sa propre histoire∎ the story of the film is very complicated l'intrigue du film est très compliquée;∎ I like a play with a good story to it j'aime les pièces qui ont une bonne intrigue;∎ the story is set in wartime London l'histoire se passe à Londres, pendant la guerre∎ I got the inside story from his wife j'ai appris la vérité sur cette histoire par sa femme;∎ let me tell you my side of the story laisse-moi te donner ma version de l'histoire;∎ humorous well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it c'est la version officielle;∎ the witness changed his story le témoin est revenu sur sa version des faits;∎ but that's another story mais ça, c'est une autre histoire;∎ that's not the whole story, that's only part of the story mais ce n'est pas tout;∎ we'll probably never know the whole or full story nous ne saurons peut-être jamais le fin mot de l'histoire;∎ it's always the same old story, it's the old, old story c'est toujours la même histoire ou chanson;∎ these bruises tell their own story ces meurtrissures en disent long;∎ each photo tells its or a story toutes les photos racontent une histoire;∎ it's a long story c'est toute une histoire, c'est une longue histoire;∎ his life story l'histoire de sa vie;∎ humorous that's the story of my life! ça m'arrive tout le temps!∎ are you telling stories again? est-ce que tu racontes encore des histoires?∎ there's a story going about that they're getting divorced le bruit court qu'ils vont divorcer;∎ or so the story goes c'est du moins ce que l'on raconte∎ there's a front-page story about or on the riots il y a un article en première page sur les émeutes;∎ the editor refused to run her story le rédacteur en chef a refusé de publier son article;∎ all the papers ran or carried the story tous les journaux en ont parlé;∎ have you been following this corruption story? est-ce que vous avez suivi cette affaire de corruption?;∎ what's the story? quelle nouvelle?;∎ the story broke just after the morning papers had gone to press on a appris la nouvelle juste après la mise sous presse des journaux du matin
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