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point [pɔɪnt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun2. plural noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = sharp end) pointe f• not to put too fine a point on it ( = frankly) pour être franc• three point six (3.6) trois virgule six (3,6)c. (in space, in time) point m• he had reached a point where he began to doubt whether... il en était arrivé à se demander si...► point of + noun• he had reached the point of resigning il en était arrivé au point de donner sa démission► up to a point jusqu'à un certain pointe. ( = idea) point m• you have a point there! il y a du vrai dans ce que vous dites !• he made the point that... il fit remarquer que...• point taken! (inf) d'accord !► a point of + noun• it was a point of honour with him never to refuse il se faisait un point d'honneur de ne jamais refuser• point of interest/of no importance point m intéressant/sans importancef. ( = important part) [of argument] objet m• that's just the point! justement !• to come to the point [person] en venir au fait• when it comes to the point, they don't value education au fond, ils n'accordent pas beaucoup d'importance à l'éducationg. ( = meaning) what was the point of his visit? quel était le but de sa visite ?• the point of this story is that... la morale de l'histoire, c'est que...h. ( = use) what's the point? à quoi bon ?• what's the point of waiting? à quoi bon attendre ?i. ( = characteristic) caractéristique f• the points to look for when buying a car les choses fpl auxquelles il faut faire attention lorsqu'on achète une voiture2. plural noun• when they ask questions he points them in the direction of the library quand ils posent des questions, il leur dit d'aller à la bibliothèquec. [+ toes] pointera. [person] montrer du doigt• to point at sth/sb désigner qch/qn du doigt• it all points to the fact that... tout laisse à penser que...5. compounds• at point-blank range à bout portant adverb [fire, shoot] à bout portant ; [refuse] catégoriquement ; [demand] de but en blanc ► point-by-point adjective méthodiquea. ( = show) [+ person, object, place] indiquerb. ( = mention) faire remarquer• I should point out that... je dois vous signaler que...* * *[pɔɪnt] 1.1) (of knife, needle, pencil etc) pointe f2) (location, position on scale) point m; ( less specific) endroit membarkation point — lieu m d'embarquement
point of entry — ( into country) point d'arrivée; ( of bullet into body) point d'impact; ( into atmosphere) point d'entrée
3) (extent, degree) point m5) (question, idea) point mto take up ou return to somebody's point — revenir sur un point soulevé par quelqu'un
you've made your point, please let me speak — vous vous êtes exprimé, laissez-moi parler
to make a point of doing something — ( as matter of pride) mettre un point d'honneur à faire quelque chose; ( do deliberately) faire quelque chose exprès
my point was that — ce que je voulais dire, c'était que
I take your point — ( agreeing) je suis d'accord avec vous
I take your point, but — je vois bien où vous voulez en venir, mais
all right, point taken! — très bien, j'en prends note
6) ( central idea) point m essentielto keep ou stick to the point — rester dans le sujet
7) ( purpose) objet mwhat's the point of doing...? — à quoi bon faire...?
8) (feature, characteristic) point m, côté m9) Sport, Finance ( in scoring) point mto win on points — ( in boxing) remporter une victoire aux points
match point — ( in tennis) balle f de match
10) ( dot) point m; ( decimal point) virgule f; ( diacritic) signe m diacritique; Mathematics point m2.points plural noun1) GB Railways aiguillages mpl, aiguilles fpl2) Automobile électrodes fpl3) ( in ballet)3.transitive verb1) (aim, direct)to point something at somebody — braquer quelque chose sur quelqu'un [camera, gun]
to point the finger at somebody — ( accuse) accuser quelqu'un
to point something towards — (of car, boat) diriger quelque chose vers
to point somebody in the right direction — lit, fig mettre quelqu'un dans la bonne direction
2) ( show)to point the way to — lit (person, signpost) indiquer la direction de
3) (in ballet, gym)4) Construction jointoyer [wall]4.1) ( indicate) indiquer or montrer (du doigt)to point at somebody/something — montrer quelqu'un/quelque chose du doigt
2) [signpost, arrow] indiquerto point at somebody ou in somebody's direction — [gun, camera] être braqué sur quelqu'un
•Phrasal Verbs:- point up -
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A n1 ( empty space) blanc m ; to fill in the blanks remplir les blancs ; leave a blank if you don't know the answer laisse un blanc si tu ne sais pas la réponse ; my mind's a blank j'ai la tête vide ;4 Ind pièce f brute.B adj1 (without writing, pictures) [paper, page] blanc/blanche ; [wall] nu ; [screen] vide ; [form, canvas] vierge ; a blank piece of paper une feuille blanche ;2 ( unused) [cassette, disk] vierge ;4 ( uncomprehending) [look, expression] ébahi ; to look blank avoir l'air ébahi ; he gave me a blank look il m'a lancé un regard ébahi ;5 ( without memory) my mind went blank j'ai eu un trou de mémoire ;6 ( imitation) [door, window] faux/fausse ;to draw a blank faire chou blanc.■ blank out:▶ blank out [person] avoir un trou de mémoire ;
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