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1 portrait
portrait ['pɔ:treɪt]1 noun∎ he had his portrait painted il a fait faire son portrait;∎ a portrait of 18th century society un portrait de la société du XVIIIème siècle∎ to print sth in portrait imprimer qch en portrait, imprimer qch à la françaiseTypography & Computing au format portrait, à la française►► portrait bust (portrait m en) buste m;portrait gallery galerie f de portraits;Computing portrait mode mode m portrait;portrait painter portraitiste mf;portrait painting le portrait;portrait photograph portrait m photographique, photo-portrait f;portrait photographer photographe mf portraitiste -
2 portrait
['po:trət]1) (a drawing, painting, photograph etc of a person: She had her portrait painted by a famous artist.) portrait2) (a written description of a person, place etc: a book called `A portrait of London'.) portrait -
3 sit
[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) (s')asseoir; être assis2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) être posé3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) siéger (dans); faire partie (de)4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) être perché5) (to undergo (an examination).) se présenter à6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) poser7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) siéger•- sitter- sitting - sit-in - sitting-room - sitting target - sitting duck - sit back - sit down - sit out - sit tight - sit up -
4 close-up
close-up [kləʊs-]1 noun(photograph, in movie) gros plan m; (programme) portrait m, portrait-interview m;∎ in close-up en gros plan;∎ figurative the programme gives us a close-up of life in prison l'émission nous donne une vision en gros plan de la vie carcérale(shot, photograph, picture) en gros plan►► close-up lens bonnette f -
5 picture
picture ['pɪktʃə(r)]image ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (d) dessin ⇒ 1 (a) peinture ⇒ 1 (a) tableau ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c) photo ⇒ 1 (a) film ⇒ 1 (b) portrait ⇒ 1 (c) situation ⇒ 1 (e) s'imaginer ⇒ 2 (a) dépeindre ⇒ 2 (b) représenter ⇒ 2 (b), 2 (c)1 noun(a) (gen) image f; (drawing) dessin m; (painting) peinture f, tableau m; (in book) illustration f; (photograph) photo f;∎ he used pictures to illustrate his talk il a illustré sa conférence à l'aide d'images;∎ to draw/to paint a picture faire un dessin/une peinture;∎ to draw a picture of sb/sth dessiner qn/qch;∎ to paint a picture of sb peindre le portrait de qn;∎ to take a picture prendre une photo;∎ to take a picture of sb, to take sb's picture prendre une photo de qn, prendre qn en photo;∎ to have one's picture taken se faire prendre en photo;∎ I saw your picture in the paper j'ai vu votre photo dans le journal;∎ the picture's blurred (on television) l'image est floue∎ she was in several Hitchcock pictures elle a joué dans plusieurs films de Hitchcock;∎ British familiar the pictures (the cinema) le cinoche, le ciné(c) (description) tableau m, portrait m;∎ his novels give a vivid picture of the period l'époque est peinte de façon très vivante dans ses romans, ses romans brossent un portrait très vivant de l'époque;∎ the TV series gives a good picture of life in a mining town cette série télévisée donne un bon aperçu de la vie dans une ville minière;∎ the picture he painted was a depressing one il a brossé ou fait un tableau déprimant de la situation;∎ to paint a bleak picture of the future présenter une triste image de l'avenir(d) (idea, image) image f;∎ I have a strong mental picture of what war was like je m'imagine très bien ce qu'était la guerre;∎ he's the picture of health il respire la santé, il est resplendissant de santé;∎ she was the picture of despair elle était l'image vivante du désespoir;∎ he's the picture of his elder brother c'est (tout) le portrait de son frère aîné(e) (situation) situation f;∎ the economic picture is bleak la situation économique est inquiétante∎ to be in the picture être au courant□ ;∎ she hates being left out of the picture elle déteste qu'on la laisse dans l'ignorance□ ;∎ to put sb in the picture mettre qn au courant□ ;∎ I get the picture! je pige!, j'y suis!;∎ doesn't she look a picture! n'est-elle pas adorable ou ravissante!□ ;∎ you're no picture yourself! tu n'es pas une beauté non plus!;∎ her face was a real picture when she heard the news! il fallait voir sa tête quand elle a appris la nouvelle!;∎ the big picture (overview) une vue d'ensemble□∎ I can't quite picture him as a teacher j'ai du mal à me l'imaginer comme enseignant;∎ picture yourself at eighty imagine-toi à quatre-vingts ans;∎ just picture the scene imaginez un peu la scène(b) (describe) dépeindre, représenter(c) (paint, draw etc) représenter;∎ the artist pictured her on horseback l'artiste l'a représentée à cheval;∎ he was pictured with her on the front page of all the papers une photo où il était en sa compagnie s'étalait à la une de tous les journaux►► picture book livre m d'images;Cards picture card figure f;picture cheque image-chèque f;Marketing picture completion images fpl à compléter;Journalism picture desk bureau m des illustrations;picture dictionary dictionnaire m en images;picture editor illustrateur(trice) m,f;picture frame cadre m (pour tableaux);picture framer encadreur(euse) m,f;picture gallery musée m de peinture;picture hat capeline f;British old-fashioned picture house cinéma m;picture library banque f d'images;Computing picture memory mémoire f d'images;British old-fashioned picture palace cinéma m;old-fashioned picture postcard carte f postale (illustrée);picture puzzle rébus m;picture rail cimaise f;picture research documentation f iconographique;picture researcher documentaliste mf iconographique;picture restorer restaurateur(trice) m,f de tableaux;Television picture tube tube m image;picture window fenêtre f ou baie f panoramique;picture writing écriture f idéographique -
6 picture
picture [ˈpɪkt∫ər]1. nouna. image f ; ( = photograph) photo f ; ( = painting) tableau m ; ( = portrait) portrait m ; ( = drawing) dessin m• a picture of David Hockney ( = portrait) un portrait de David Hockney• to paint/draw a picture faire un tableau/un dessin• OK, I get the picture (inf) ça va, j'ai compris• he is the or a picture of health il respire la santé• his face was a picture! (inf) son expression en disait long !c. ( = film) film m( = imagine) s'imaginer3. compounds* * *['pɪktʃə(r)] 1.1) ( visual depiction) ( painting) peinture f, tableau m; ( drawing) dessin m; ( in book) gen illustration f; ( in child's book) image f; ( in mind) image fto paint a picture of somebody/something — peindre quelqu'un/quelque chose
2) fig ( description) description fto paint a picture of somebody/something — dépeindre quelqu'un/quelque chose
to give ou present a clear picture of something — dépeindre quelque chose avec clarté
3) Photography photo f, photographie f6) Television image f2.pictures (colloq) plural noun3.transitive verb1) ( form mental image of) s'imaginer2) ( show in picture form)the vase (pictured above) is... — le vase (voir photo ci-dessus) est...
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7 justice
justice [ˈdʒʌstɪs]1. nouna. ( = fairness, law) justice f• I must, in all justice, say that... pour être juste, je dois dire que...2. compounds* * *['dʒʌstɪs]1) ( fairness) justice fto do somebody justice —
I couldn't do justice to it — ( refusing food) je ne pourrais pas y faire honneur
2) ( the law) justice f3) ( judge) GB juge m; US juge m de la Cour Suprême -
8 vignette
vignette [vɪ'njet]1 noun(illustration) vignette f; Art & Photography portrait m en buste dégradé; Literature esquisse f de caractère, portrait m;∎ figurative this ten-minute vignette of city life cet aperçu de dix minutes de la vie dans une grande ville
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