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123 round
1. adjective1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) rond2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) rond2. adverb1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) demi-tour2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) en rond; au complet3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) à la ronde4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) ici et là5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) de circonférence6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) chez3. preposition1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) autour de2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) autour de3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) tourner4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) dans tout4. noun1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) tournée; partie2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) tournée3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) salve4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) balle, obus5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) manche6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) canon5. verb(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) tourner- rounded- roundly - roundness - rounds - all-round - all-rounder - roundabout 6. adjective(not direct: a roundabout route.) détourné- round-shouldered - round trip - all round - round about - round off - round on - round up -
124 sequence
['si:kwəns](a series of events etc following one another in a particular order: He described the sequence of events leading to his dismissal from the firm; a sequence of numbers; a dance sequence.) succession -
125 accident
A n1 ( mishap) accident m (with avec) ; by accident accidentellement ; car/industrial/road accident accident de voiture/du travail/de la route ; accidents in the home accidents domestiques ; to have an accident avoir un accident ; to meet with an accident être victime d'un accident ; accident and emergency service ( in hospital) service des urgences ; I had an accident with the teapot j'ai malencontreusement cassé la théière ; I'm sorry, it was an accident je m'excuse, c'était un accident ; accidents will happen! ce sont des choses qui arrivent! ; the baby's had a little accident euph le petit n'a pas pu se retenir euph ; a chapter of accidents une succession de problèmes ;2 ( chance) hasard m ; by accident par hasard ; it is no accident that… ce n'est pas un hasard que…, ce n'est pas par hasard que… ; he is rich by an accident of birth le hasard a voulu qu'il soit né riche ; it was more by accident than design c'était accidentel plutôt que délibéré.B modif [figures, statistics] se rapportant aux accidents ; [protection] contre les accidents ; (personal) accident insurance assurance f (individuelle) accidents ; accident prevention ( at work) prévention f des accidents du travail ; ( road) prévention f routière ; accident victim accidenté/-e m/f. -
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127 battle
A n1 Mil bataille f (for pour, against contre, between entre) ; to die in battle mourir au combat ; to fight a battle combattre ; to win/lose a battle gagner/perdre une bataille ; the Battle of Waterloo la bataille de Waterloo ; to go into battle engager le combat ; to join battle s'engager dans la bataille ; to do battle with sb se battre avec qn ; the field of battle le champ de bataille ;2 fig lutte f (for pour, against contre, over à propos de) ; political battle lutte f politique ; takeover battle Pol lutte f de succession ; legal battle bataille f légale ; the battle is on for/to do la lutte est engagée pour/pour faire ; the battle to prevent Aids la lutte pour la prévention du sida ; it's a battle of wills between them c'est à qui l'emportera entre eux ; a battle of words un échange acerbe ; to fight one's own battles se défendre tout seul ; to fight sb's battles se battre pour le compte de qn.D vi Mil, fig combattre (with sb contre qn) ; to battle for se disputer [supremacy] ; lutter pour [life, survival] ; to battle to do lutter pour faire ; to battle one's way through vaincre [qch] de haute lutte [difficulties, opposition] ; he battled his way to a victory il a remporté la victoire de haute lutte.that's half the battle c'est déjà un grand pas de fait.■ battle on persévérer.■ battle out: to battle it out lutter avec acharnement (for pour). -
128 death duties
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