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1 points
1) (a movable section of rails which allow a train to cross over other lines or pass from one line to another: The points had to be changed before the train could continue.) aiguillage2) (the solid tips in the toes of ballet shoes: She can dance on her points.) pointes -
2 all points bulletin
noun US alerte f générale -
3 suspension points
plural noun points mpl de suspension -
4 all-points bulletin
American = message radio diffusé par la police concernant une personne recherchéeUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > all-points bulletin
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5 bonus point
noun bonus m d'un point -
6 cocked hat
••to knock somebody/something into a cocked hat — (colloq) ( defeat) enfoncer (colloq) quelqu'un/quelque chose
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7 point system
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8 air
by air par avionair cargo fret m aérien;air letter aérogramme m;air link liaison f aérienne;air miles = points que l'on peut accumuler lors de certains achats et qui permettent de bénéficier de réductions sur des billets d'avion;∎ to collect air miles accumuler des points;air traffic trafic m aérien;air transport transports m pl aériens;air waybill connaissement m aérien, lettre f de transport aérien -
9 point
point of purchase lieu d'achat, lieu de vente;point of sale lieu de vente, point m de vente(b) STOCK EXCHANGE point m;∎ the Dow Jones index is up/down two points l'indice Dow Jones a augmenté/baissé de deux points(c) (for discussion, on agenda) point m;∎ let's go on to the next point passons à la question suivante ou au point suivant -
10 lap and shoulder belt
noun Automobile, Aviation ceinture f trois points -
11 business
∎ to be in the antiques/restaurant business être dans les antiquités/la restauration;∎ what's his line of business?, what business is he in? qu'est-ce qu'il fait (comme métier)?;∎ to set up in business ouvrir un commerce;∎ to be in/go into business for oneself être/s'établir ou s'installer à son compte;∎ she's in business elle est dans les affaires;∎ the company has been in business for 20 years la société existe depuis 20 ans;∎ they've been in business together for 20 years ils sont associés depuis 20 ans;∎ to go out of business faire faillite;∎ supermarkets have put many small shops out of business les supermarchés ont obligé beaucoup de petits magasins à fermer;∎ business is slow les affaires ne marchent pas;∎ I've got some business to discuss with him il faut que je discute affaires avec lui;∎ to be away on business être en déplacement (pour affaires);∎ to go to London on business aller à Londres pour affaires;∎ to lose business perdre de la clientèle;∎ to do business with sb faire affaire ou des affaires avec qn;∎ to do good business faire de bonnes affaires;∎ it's good/bad for business c'est bon/mauvais pour les affaires;∎ we have lost business to foreign competitors nous avons perdu une partie de notre clientèle au profit de concurrents étrangers;∎ how's business? comment vont les affaires?;∎ business is business les affaires sont les affairesbusiness account compte m professionnel ou commercial;business accounting comptabilité f commerciale;business acquaintance relation f d'affaires;business activity activité f commerciale;business acumen sens m des affaires;business administration gestion f commerciale;business agent agent m d'affaires;business angel business angel m, investisseur m providentiel;business application application f bureautique;business appointment rendez-vous m d'affaires;business area quartier m des affaires;business associate associé(e) m, f;business bank banque f d'affaires;business banking opérations f pl des banques d'affaires;business buyer acheteur(euse) m, f industriel(elle);business call visite f d'affaires;business card carte f (de visite) d'affaires;business centre centre m des affaires;business circles milieux m pl d'affaires;business class (in air travel) classe f affaires;business college école f (supérieure) de commerce;business community monde m des affaires;∎ members of the business community are unhappy about government proposals to increase corporation tax le monde des affaires est opposé au projet gouvernemental d'augmentation de l'impôt sur les sociétés;business computer ordinateur m de bureau;business computing informatique f de gestion;business concern entreprise f commerciale;business consultancy cabinet m d'affaires;business correspondence correspondance f ou communication f commerciale;business correspondent correspondant(e) m, f financier(ère);business cycle cycle m des affaires;COMPUTING business data processing informatique d'entreprise;business economist économiste m f d'entreprise;business enterprise entreprise commerciale;business ethics déontologie f ou morale f professionnelle;business expenses frais m pl professionnels;business failure défaillance f d'entreprise;COMPUTING business graphics graphiques m pl de gestion;business hotel hôtel m d'affaires;business intelligence system réactique f;business lawyer avocat(e) m, f d'affaires;business letter lettre f commerciale;business lounge (in airport) salon m classe affaires;business lunch déjeuner m d'affaires;business management gestion d'entreprise; (study) économie f d'entreprise;business manager directeur(trice) m, f commercial(e);business market marché m des entreprises;business meeting rendez-vous d'affaires;MARKETING business mission mission f d'activité ou de l'entreprise;business news chronique f économique;business operation opération f commerciale;business park parc m ou zone f d'activités;business partner partenaire m f commercial(e);business plan plan m commercial;business policy politique f de gestion;business portfolio portefeuille m d'activités;business premises locaux m pl commerciaux ou à usage commercial;business process reengineering réorganisation f des processus;business proposition proposition f d'affaires;business relations relations f pl d'affaires ou commerciales;business school école (supérieure) de commerce;ECONOMICS business sector secteur m tertiaire ou d'affaires;business services services m pl du secteur tertiaire, services aux entreprises;COMPUTING business software logiciel m de bureautique;business strategy stratégie f d'entreprise ou commerciale;business studies (subject) études f pl commercialesbusiness transaction transaction f commerciale;business trend courant m d'affaires;business trip voyage m d'affaires;business world monde m des affaires(b) (company, firm) affaire f, entreprise f;∎ to run a business gérer une entreprise, diriger un commerce;∎ to have one's own business travailler à son compte;∎ business for sale commerce m à vendre;∎ a profitable business une entreprise lucrative ou rentable;∎ the small business sector la petite entreprise(c) (on agenda) points m pl divers;∎ any other business d'autres questions à l'ordre du jourNat West is setting up a database of business angels... experienced business people able and willing to invest in small enterprises. There are also patron angels (people looking for longterm projects to invest in but wanting no personal involvement) and occupational angels (mainly retired or redundant people with up to £50 000 to invest, and looking for day-to-day involvement).
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12 colon
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13 item
∎ please send us the following items prière de nous envoyer les articles suivants(b) ACCOUNTANCY article m, écriture f;∎ item of expenditure article m de dépense∎ there are two important items on the agenda il y a deux points importants à l'ordre du jour -
14 misery index
American = indice qui prend en compte les taux de chômage et d'inflation, censé donner un aperçu de l'état de l'économie et du niveau de confiance des consommateursOne, admittedly artificial, indicator of financial conditions is the misery index, which is an average of the depreciation of the currency, the change in the stock market index, and the change in domestic interest rates (in basis points). This index shows that the major developing countries have seen substantial declines in interest rates, exchange rate appreciation, and stock market increases since December 1998.
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15 one-day fall
STOCK EXCHANGE chute f enregistrée en un jourThe FTSE 100 suffered its biggest one-day fall since early December as funding worries weighed on telecoms, with Vodafone retreating as its revenue figures left investors unimpressed. The index ended down 1.8 percent at 5,131.4, extending losses in late trade as Wall Street sank. Telecoms, banks and oil stocks eroded some 60 index points between them.
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16 acupuncture
(a method of treating illness etc by sticking needles into the patient's skin at certain points.) acupuncture -
17 cross-fire
noun (the crossing of lines of gunfire from two or more points.) feux croisés -
18 scorer
1) (a person who scores points, goals etc: Our team scored two goals - Smith and Brown were the scorers.) marqueur/-euse (de buts)2) (a person who writes down the score during eg a cricket match.) marqueur/-euse -
19 starfish
noun (a type of small sea creature with five points as arms.) étoile de mer -
20 point
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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