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1 solitary
solitary, US [transcription][-terI]A n1 ( loner) solitaire mf ;2 ○ ( isolation) mitard ○ m prisoners' slang, isolement m cellulaire ; to be in solitary être au mitard ○, être en isolement cellulaire.B adj1 ( unaccompanied) [drinking, occupation, walk, walker] solitaire ;2 ( lonely) [person] très seul, esseulé ;3 ( isolated) [farm, village] isolé ;4 ( single) [example, incident, person, question] seul ; with the solitary exception of à la seule exception de ; a solitary case of un cas unique de. -
2 specimen
specimen ['spesɪmən]1 noun(a) (sample → of work, handwriting) spécimen m; (→ of blood) prélèvement m; (→ of urine) échantillon m(b) (single example) spécimen m;∎ this butterfly is a superb specimen ce papillon est un superbe spécimen;∎ a fine specimen of Gothic architecture un bel exemple d'architecture gothique;∎ the finest specimens in his collection les plus belles pièces de sa collection∎ he's a peculiar specimen c'est un drôle de spécimen;∎ that pathetic specimen is her husband ce triste spécimen est son mari(page, letter, reply) spécimen;∎ they will ask you for a specimen signature ils vous demanderont un exemplaire de votre signature►► specimen bottle flacon-échantillon m;specimen copy spécimen m (livre, magazine) -
3 piece
[pi:s] 1. noun1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) morceau2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) morceau; fragment3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) pièce; article4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) pièce5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) pion•2. adjective(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) décousu, sans méthode- go all to pieces- go to pieces - in pieces - piece together - to pieces -
4 solitary
['solitəri]1) (alone; without companions: a solitary traveller.) solitaire2) (living or being alone, by habit or preference: She was a solitary person.) solitaire3) (single: not a solitary example.) unique•- solitude- solitary confinement -
5 Spelling and punctuation
This table presents a useful way of clarifying difficulties when you are spelling names etc.A comme Anatole means A for Anatole, and so on.When spelling aloud…A A comme AnatoleB B comme BertheC C comme Célestinç c cédilleD D comme DésiréE E comme Eugèneé e accent aiguè e accent graveê e accent circonflexeë e trémaF F comme FrançoisG G comme GastonH H comme HenriI I comme IrmaJ J comme JosephK K comme KléberL L comme LouisM M comme MarcelN N comme NicolasO O comme OscarP P comme PierreQ Q comme QuintalR R comme RaoulS S comme SuzanneT T comme ThérèseU U comme UrsuleV V comme VictorW W comme WilliamX X comme XavierY Y comme YvonneZ Z comme ZoéSpellingcapital B= B majusculesmall b= b minusculeit has got a capital B= cela s’écrit avec un B majusculein small letters= en minusculesdouble t= deux tdouble n= deux napostrophe= apostrophed apostrophe= d apostrophehyphen= trait d’unionrase-mottes has got a hyphen= rase-mottes s’écrit avec un trait d’unionDictating punctuation. point or un point ( full stop), virgule ( comma): deux points ( colon); point-virgule ( semicolon)! point d’exclamation† ( exclamation mark)? point d’interrogation† ( interrogation mark)à la ligne ( new paragraph)( ouvrez la parenthèse ( open brackets)) fermez la parenthèse ( close brackets)() entre parenthèses ( in brackets)[] entre crochets ( in square brackets)- tiret ( dash)… points de suspension ( three dots)« ou " ouvrez les guillemets ( open inverted commas)» ou " fermez les guillemets ( close inverted commas)«» ou "" entre guillemets ( in inverted commas)The use of inverted commas in FrenchIn novels and short stories, direct speech is punctuated differently from English:The inverted commas lie on the line, e.g.«Tiens, dit-elle, en ouvrant les rideaux, les voilà!»‡This example also shows that the inverted commas are not closed after each stretch of direct speech. In modern texts they are often omitted altogether (though this is still sometimes frowned on):Il l’interrogea:- Vous êtes arrivé quand?- Pourquoi cette question? Je n’ai rien fait de mal.- C’est ce que nous allons voir.Note the short dash in this case that introduces each new speaker. Even if inverted commas had been used in the above dialogue, they would have been opened before vous and closed after voir, and not used at other points.English-style inverted commas are used in French to highlight words in a text:Le ministre a voulu "tout savoir" sur la question.† Note that, unlike English, French has a space before ! and ? and: and ;, e.g. Jamais !, Pourquoi ? etc. This is not usual, however, in dictionaries, where it would take up too much room.‡ Single inverted commas are not much used in French. -
6 type
type [taɪp]1 noun(b) (sort, kind) sorte f, genre m, espèce f; (make → of coffee, shampoo etc) marque f; (model → of car, plane, equipment etc) modèle m;∎ what type of washing powder do you use? quelle (marque de) lessive utilisez-vous?;∎ what type of car do you drive? qu'est-ce que vous avez comme voiture?, quel modèle de voiture avez-vous?;∎ a new type of warship/of phone un nouveau modèle de navire de guerre/de téléphone(c) (referring to person) genre m, type m;∎ she's not that type (of person) ce n'est pas son genre;∎ she's not the type to gossip elle n'est pas du genre à faire des commérages;∎ he's not my type ce n'est pas mon genre ou type (d'homme);∎ men of his type les hommes mpl de son genre ou son espèce;∎ I know his/their type je connais les gens de son espèce/de leur espèce, je connais le genre;∎ the blond fair-skinned type le type cheveux blonds et peau blanche;∎ she's one of those sporty types elle est du genre sportif(d) (typical example) type m, exemple m(e) (UNCOUNT) Typography (single character) caractère m; (block of print) caractères mpl (d'imprimerie);∎ to set type composer(a) (of typist) taper (à la machine), dactylographier;∎ to type sth into a computer saisir qch à l'ordinateur;∎ to type a letter taper une lettre(typist) taper (à la machine);∎ I can only type with two fingers je ne tape qu'avec deux doigts►► Biology type genus genre m type;type library typothèque f;Typography type size taille f des caractères, corps mtaperComputing écraser(report, notes) taper (à la machine)
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