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1 liking
liking ['laɪkɪŋ](a) (affection) sympathie f, affection f;∎ I have a great liking for Alan j'ai beaucoup de sympathie pour Alan;∎ to take a liking to sb se prendre d'amitié pour qn;∎ I took an instant liking to Rome j'ai tout de suite aimé Rome∎ to have a liking for sth avoir du goût pour qch, aimer qch;∎ she has a liking for expensive jewellery elle a un faible pour les bijoux de prix;∎ the decor is not really to my liking le décor n'est pas tout à fait à mon goût;∎ is everything to your liking? est-ce que tout est à votre convenance?;∎ it's too small for my liking c'est trop petit à mon goût -
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3 liking
liking n to have a liking for aimer [activity, food] ; to develop a liking for swimming prendre goût à la natation ; to take a liking to sb se prendre d'affection pour qn ; you should find this more to your liking ceci devrait vous plaire davantage ; he's too smart for my liking il est trop malin à mon goût. -
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1) (a taste or fondness (for): He has too great a liking for chocolate.) goût (pour)2) (satisfaction: Is the meal to your liking?) (à votre) goût -
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(to begin to like: I've taken a liking to him.) se prendre d'amitié pour qqn -
6 confess
confess [kənˈfes]a. [+ crime, mistake] avouer• she confessed herself guilty of... elle a avoué qu'elle était coupable de...b. [+ sins] confesser• to confess to [+ crime, mistake] avouer* * *[kən'fes] 1.transitive verb1) avouer, confesser [crime, truth, mistake]; avouer, reconnaître [liking, weakness]2) Religion confesser2.1) ( admit) avouer2) Religion se confesser -
7 fancy
fancy [ˈfænsɪ]1. nouna. ( = whim) caprice mb. ( = liking) to take a fancy to sth prendre goût à qchc. ( = fantasy) imagination fa. ( = want) avoir envie de ; ( = like) aimer• do you fancy going for a walk? as-tu envie d'aller faire une promenade ?• do you fancy a drink? ça vous dirait de prendre un verre ?b. ( = imagine) s'imaginer ; ( = rather think) croire• fancy that! (inf) voyez-vous ça !• fancy anyone doing that! les gens font de ces choses !• fancy seeing you here! (inf) tiens ! vous ici !• fancy him winning! (inf) qui aurait cru qu'il allait gagner !3. adjective• good plain food, nothing fancy de la nourriture simple, sans chichisc. [word, language] recherchéd. ( = high-quality) de luxe4. compounds* * *['fænsɪ] 1.1) ( liking)to catch ou take somebody's fancy — [object] faire envie à quelqu'un
he had taken her fancy — ( sexually) il lui avait tapé dans l'œil (colloq); gen il lui plaisait bien
to take a fancy to somebody — ( sexually) GB s'enticher de quelqu'un; gen s'attacher à quelqu'un
2) ( whim) caprice mas/when the fancy takes me — comme/quand ça me prend
3) ( fantasy) imagination f2.1) ( elaborate) [lighting, equipment] sophistiqué; [food] de luxe; [paper, box] fantaisie inv; Zoology [breed] d'agrémentnothing fancy — ( meal) rien de spécial
2) (colloq) péj ( pretentious) [hotel, restaurant] de luxe; [price] exorbitant; [name] tordu; [clothes] chic3.transitive verb1) (colloq) ( want) avoir (bien) envie de [food, drink, object]do you fancy going to the cinema? — ça te dirait (colloq) d'aller au cinéma?
2) (colloq) GB ( feel attracted to)3) ( expressing surprise)fancy seeing you here! — (colloq) tiens donc, toi ici?
fancy that! — (colloq) pas possible! (colloq)
5) Sport voir [quelqu'un/quelque chose] gagnant [athlete, horse]4.reflexive verb (colloq) péj5.she fancies herself in that hat — elle n'arrête pas de frimer (colloq) avec ce chapeau
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8 inclination
inclination [‚ɪnklɪˈneɪ∫ən]* * *[ˌɪŋklɪ'neɪʃn]1) ( tendency) tendance f, inclination f; (to, towards à) -
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weakness [ˈwi:knɪs]a. [of person, character, argument, signal, currency] faiblesse f ; [of industry, economy, regime] fragilité fc. ( = defect) [of structure, material] défaut me. ( = liking) [of person] faible m* * *['wiːknɪs]1) ( weak point) point m faible2) ( liking) faible m3) ( physical) (of person, limb, eyesight, heart, memory) faiblesse f; ( of digestion) délicatesse f; ( of structure) fragilité f4) ( lack of authority) gen faiblesse f; (of evidence, position) fragilité f5) ( faintness) gen faiblesse f; (of tea, solution) légèreté f6) Finance faiblesse f -
10 like
I 1. adjective(the same or similar: They're as like as two peas.) pareil à2. preposition(the same as or similar to; in the same or a similar way as: He climbs like a cat; She is like her mother.) comme3. noun(someone or something which is the same or as good etc as another: You won't see his like / their like again.) son pareil; chose pareille4. conjunction((especially American) in the same or a similar way as: No-one does it like he does.) comme- likely- likelihood - liken - likeness - likewise - like-minded - a likely story! - as likely as not - be like someone - feel like - he is likely to - look like - not likely! II verb1) (to be pleased with; to find pleasant or agreeable: I like him very much; I like the way you've decorated this room.) aimer2) (to enjoy: I like gardening.) aimer•- likeable- likable - liking - should/would like - take a liking to -
11 confess
A vtr1 avouer, confesser [crime, truth, mistake] ; avouer, reconnaître [desire, liking, weakness] ; to confess that avouer que ; I must confess I don't like him j'avoue qu'il ne me plaît pas ;2 Relig [penitent] confesser, se confesser de [sins] ; [heretic etc] confesser [faith, belief] ; [priest] ( hear confession of) confesser.B vi1 ( admit) avouer ; to confess to a crime avouer (avoir commis) un crime ; to confess to a liking for sth avouer avoir un faible pour qch ;2 Relig se confesser. -
12 bent
bent [bent]1 pt & pp of bend(a) (curved → tree, tube, wire) tordu, courbé; (→ branch) courbé; (→ back) voûté; (→ person) voûté, tassé; (out of shape → aerial, coathanger) tordu; (→ axle, lever) coudé;∎ he's bent on becoming an actor il est décidé à ou veut absolument devenir acteur;∎ she's bent on winning elle est décidée à gagner;∎ to be bent on self-destruction être porté à l'autodestruction∎ as bent as a nine bob note or as a three pound note pédé comme un phoque3 noun∎ they're of an artistic bent ils sont tournés vers les arts;∎ she has a natural bent for music (liking) elle a un goût naturel pour la musique; (talent) elle a des dispositions naturelles pour la musique;∎ he followed his (natural) bent il a suivi son penchant ou son inclination∎ to the top of one's bent au meilleur de sa forme►► Botany bent grass agrostide f -
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14 go for
go for [somebody/something]1) (colloq) (favour, have liking for) craquer (colloq) pour [person]; aimer [style of music, literature etc]2) ( apply to) être valable pour, s'appliquer àgo for [somebody]3) ( attack) attaquer4)go for [something]5) ( attempt to achieve) essayer d'obtenir [honour, victory]go for it! — (colloq) vas-y, fonce! (colloq)
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15 imagine
imagine [ɪˈmædʒɪn]a. ( = picture to o.s.) (s')imaginer• (just) imagine! tu (t')imagines !• (you can) imagine how I felt! vous imaginez ce que j'ai pu ressentir !• I can imagine! je m'en doute !• (you can) imagine how pleased I was! vous pensez si j'étais content !• you won't want to stay long, I imagine vous ne resterez pas longtemps, j'imagine• was he meeting someone? -- I imagine so il avait un rendez-vous ? -- j'imaginec. ( = believe wrongly) croire* * *[ɪ'mædʒɪn]transitive verb1) ( visualize) (s')imaginer [object, scene]to imagine being rich/king — s'imaginer riche/roi
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I can't imagine her liking that —
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18 preference
preference [ˈprefərəns]( = liking) préférence f• what is your preference? que préférez-vous ?* * *['prefrəns] -
19 take
take [teɪk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. prendre• do you take sugar? vous prenez du sucre ?• he takes "The Times" il lit le « Times »• to take sth upon o.s. prendre qch sur soi• to take it upon o.s. to do sth prendre sur soi de faire qch► to take + from• he took $10 off the price il a fait une remise de 10 dollarsc. ( = capture) attraper ; [+ prize, degree] obtenird. ( = earn) (British) the shop takes about £5,000 per day le magasin fait un chiffre d'affaires d'environ 5 000 livres par joure. ( = occupy) is this seat taken? cette place est-elle prise ?g. ( = sit) [+ exam, test] passerh. ( = study) [+ subject] fairei. ( = teach) [+ class, students] faire cours àj. ( = tolerate) [+ behaviour, remark] accepterk. ( = have as capacity) contenirl. ( = accept) [+ gift, payment, bribe, bet] accepter ; [+ news] supporter• he won't take less than $50 for it il ne le laissera pas pour moins de 50 dollars• take it from me! croyez-moi (sur parole) !• will you take it from here? (handing over task) pouvez-vous prendre la relève ?m. ( = assume) supposer• what do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous ?n. ( = consider) prendreo. ( = require) prendre• he's got what it takes! (inf) il est à la hauteurp. ( = carry) porter• he takes home £200 a week il gagne 200 livres net par semaine• £20 doesn't take you far these days de nos jours on ne va pas loin avec 20 livres• what took you to Lille? pourquoi êtes-vous allés à Lille ?[vaccination, plant cutting] prendre4. compounds[+ person] tenir dea. ( = carry away) emporter ; ( = lead away) emmenerb. ( = remove) [+ object] retirer( ( from sb à qn), from sth de qch ;) [+ sb's child] enlever ( from sb à qn)a. ( = accept back) [+ person] reprendre• I take it all back! je n'ai rien dit !b. [+ book, goods] rapporter ; [+ person] raccompagnerc. ( = recall) it takes me back to my childhood cela me rappelle mon enfance► take down separable transitive verbb. ( = dismantle) démontera. (into building) [+ person] faire entrerb. [+ homeless person, stray dog] recueillirc. [+ skirt, waistband] reprendred. ( = include) comprendree. ( = understand) comprendre[person] partir ; [aircraft, career, scheme] décollera. ( = remove) [+ garment, lid] enlever ; [+ telephone receiver] décrocher ; [+ item on menu] supprimer• he took £5 off il a fait une remise de 5 livresb. ( = lead away) emmener• to take o.s. off s'en allera. [+ work, responsibility] se charger de ; [challenger in game, fight] accepter d'affronter• he has taken on more than he bargained for il ne s'était pas rendu compte de ce à quoi il s'engageaitc. ( = contend with) s'attaquer à• he took on the whole committee il s'en est pris à tout le comité► take out separable transitive verba. ( = lead or carry outside) sortirb. (from pocket, drawer) prendre (from, of dans ) ; ( = remove) retirer ; [+ tooth] arracher ; [+ appendix, tonsils] enlever• don't take it out on me! (inf) ne t'en prends pas à moi !c. [+ insurance policy] souscrire à► take over[dictator, army, political party] prendre le pouvoira. ( = assume responsibility for) [+ business, shop] reprendrea. ( = conceive liking for) [+ person] se prendre de sympathie pour ; [+ game, action, study] prendre goût à• she took to telling everyone... elle s'est mise à dire à tout le monde...a. [+ carpet] enlever ; [+ hem] raccourcir ; (after interruption) [+ one's work, book] reprendre ; [+ conversation, discussion, story] reprendre (le fil de)b. ( = occupy) [+ space, time] prendre ; [+ attention] occuperc. ( = raise question of) aborder* * *[teɪk] 1.1) Cinema prise f (de vues); Music enregistrement m2.1) ( take hold of) prendre [object, money]to take something from — prendre quelque chose sur [shelf, table]; prendre quelque chose dans [drawer, box]
to take something out of — sortir quelque chose de [pocket]
to take somebody by the hand/throat — prendre quelqu'un par la main/à la gorge
2) ( carry with one) emporter, prendre [object]; ( carry to a place) emporter, porter [object]to take somebody something —
to take something upstairs/downstairs — monter/descendre quelque chose
3) (accompany, lead) emmener [person]to take somebody to — [bus, road] conduire quelqu'un à [place]
to take somebody to school/work — emmener quelqu'un à l'école/au travail
you can't take him anywhere! — hum il n'est pas sortable!
his work takes him to many different countries — son travail l'appelle à se déplacer dans beaucoup de pays différents
4) ( go by) prendre [bus, taxi, plane, road, path]5) ( negotiate) [driver, car] prendre [corner, bend]; [horse] sauter [fence]6) (capture, win) [army] prendre [fortress, city, chess piece]; ( in cards) faire [trick]; [person] remporter [prize]7) ( have) prendre [bath, shower, holiday]; prendre [milk, sugar, pills]I'll take a pound of apples, please — donnez-moi une livre de pommes, s'il vous plaît
8) ( accept) accepter [job, cheque, credit card, bribe]; prendre [patients, pupils, phone call]; [machine] accepter [coins]; supporter [pain, criticism]; accepter [punishment]will you take £10 for the radio? — je vous offre 10 livres sterling en échange de votre radio
that's my last offer, take it or leave it! — c'est ma dernière proposition, c'est à prendre ou à laisser!
9) ( require) [activity, course of action] demander, exiger [patience, skill, courage]; Linguistics [verb] prendre [object]; [preposition] être suivi de [case]to have what it takes — avoir tout ce qu'il faut ( to do pour faire)
10) ( react to) prendre [news, matter, comments]11) ( adopt) adopter [view, attitude]; prendre [measures, steps]to take the view ou attitude that — être d'avis que, considérer que
12) ( assume)to take somebody for ou to be something — prendre quelqu'un pour quelque chose
13) ( consider) prendre [person, example, case]take Jack (for example), he has brought a family up by himself — prends Jack, il a élevé une famille tout seul
14) ( record) prendre [notes, statement, letter]; prendre [pulse, temperature, blood pressure]; Photography prendre [photograph]to take somebody's measurements — ( for clothes) prendre les mesures de quelqu'un
15) ( hold) [hall, bus] pouvoir contenir [50 people, 50 passengers]; [tank, container] avoir une capacité de [quantity]the suitcase won't take any more clothes — il est impossible de mettre plus de vêtements dans cette valise
16) School, University ( study) prendre, faire [subject]; suivre [course]; prendre [lessons] (in de); ( sit) passer [exam, test]; ( teach) [teacher, lecturer] faire cours à [students]17) ( wear) ( in clothes) faire [size]what size do you take? — ( in clothes) quelle taille faîtes-vous?; ( in shoes) quelle est votre pointure?, quelle pointure faîtes-vous?
I take a size 5 — ( in shoes) je chausse du 38
18) Mathematics ( subtract) soustraire [number, quantity]19) ( officiate at) [priest] célébrer [service]3.intransitive verb (prét took; pp taken) ( have desired effect) [drug] faire effet; [dye] prendre; ( grow successfully) [plant] prendrePhrasal Verbs:- take in- take off- take on- take out- take to- take up••to be on the take — (colloq) toucher des pots-de-vin
to take it ou a lot out of somebody — fatiguer beaucoup quelqu'un
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20 take to
take to [somebody/something]1) ( develop liking for) se prendre de sympathie pour [person]2) ( begin)3) (go) se réfugier dans [forest, hills]
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liking — lik|ing [ˈlaıkıŋ] n 1.) liking for sb/sth formal when you like someone or something ▪ Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other. ▪ She s developed a liking for theatre. 2.) take a liking to sb/sth to begin to like someone or something … Dictionary of contemporary English