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dice [daɪs]1. noun• no dice! (inf!) pas question ![+ vegetables, meat] couper en dés* * *[daɪs] 1.2.to throw the dice — jeter le dé or les dés
transitive verb Culinary couper [quelque chose] en cubes•• -
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A n (pl dice) Games ( object) dé m ; ( game) dés mpl ; to throw/roll the dice jeter/lancer le dé or les dés ; no dice ○ ! ( refusal) pas question! ; ( no luck) pas de chance.to dice with death risquer sa vie ; the dice are loaded les dés sont pipés. -
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load [ləʊd]1 noun∎ maximum load 5 tonnes (sign) charge maximum 5 tonnes;∎ she was carrying a load of books/washing elle portait des livres/du linge;∎ to be carrying a heavy load être lourdement chargé;∎ a load of gravel un chargement de gravier;∎ one horse can't pull such a heavy load un seul cheval ne peut pas tirer une charge aussi lourde;∎ we moved all the stuff in ten loads nous avons tout transporté en dix voyages∎ the reforms should lighten the load of classroom teachers les réformes devraient faciliter la tâche des enseignants;∎ hire somebody to share the load embauchez quelqu'un pour vous faciliter la tâche∎ that's a load off my mind! me voilà soulagé d'un poids!;∎ take a load off! détends-toi!(c) (batch of laundry) machine f;∎ I've two more loads to do j'ai encore deux machines à faire∎ safe load charge f de sécurité;∎ the machine is working at full load la machine fonctionne ou travaille à pleine charge;∎ under load en charge;∎ Electricity to shed the load délester(e) Stock Exchange frais mpl d'achat ou d'acquisition∎ vulgar to shoot one's load (ejaculate) décharger(a) (person, animal, vehicle) charger;∎ to load sth with sth charger qch sur qch;∎ load the bags into the car chargez ou mettez les sacs dans la voiture;∎ the ship is loading grain on est en train de charger le navire de céréales;∎ he was loaded with shopping il avait les bras chargés de courses;∎ loaded with cares accablé de soucis;∎ I'm going to load some more work onto you je vais vous confier encore un peu de travail;∎ I don't think it's fair to load all the work onto one person je trouve que ce n'est pas juste de donner tout le travail à une seule personne(b) (camera, gun, machine) charger;∎ load! take aim! fire! chargez! en joue! feu!;∎ to load a film/tape mettre une pellicule/une cassette;∎ load the cassette into the recorder introduisez la cassette dans le magnétophone∎ to load a program into the memory charger un programme en mémoire(d) (insurance premium) majorer, augmenter∎ to load the dice piper les dés;∎ figurative to load the dice against sb défavoriser qn;∎ the dice are loaded against us nous n'aurons pas la partie facile(a) (receive freight) faire le chargement;∎ the ship is loading le navire est en cours de chargement;∎ the tankers load off shore les pétroliers font le chargement en mer;∎ Cars no loading or unloading between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (sign) chargement ou déchargement interdits entre 9 h et 16 h(b) (camera, gun) se recharger∎ what a load of rubbish! c'est vraiment n'importe quoi!►► load bed (of truck) plateau m de chargement;load box (on vehicle) soute f;load carrying capacity charge f utile;load factor (of plane) coefficient m de remplissage; Electricity facteur m ou coefficient m de charge; Technology facteur m de charge;Nautical load line ligne f de charge;Computing load mode mode m chargement;Electricity load shedding délestage mcharger (lourdement);∎ he was loaded down with packages il avait des paquets plein les bras;∎ I'm loaded down with work je suis surchargé de travail;∎ to be loaded down with worry être accablé de soucis➲ load up(a) (truck, ship etc) charger;∎ load the wheelbarrow up with bricks remplissez la brouette de briquescharger -
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load [ləʊd]1. noun• supporting his brother's family was a heavy load for him c'était pour lui une lourde charge de faire vivre la famille de son frère• that's a load off my mind! c'est un poids en moins !• that's a load of rubbish! tout ça c'est de la blague ! (inf)• get a load of this! (inf!) ( = look) vise (inf !) un peu ça !► loads of > (inf) des tas de (inf)• I had problems loading the software onto my computer j'ai eu du mal à charger le logiciel sur mon ordinateurb. [+ dice] piper3. compounds[ship, lorry] se charger ; [person] charger* * *[ləʊd] 1.1) ( something carried) charge f; (on vehicle, animal) chargement m; (on ship, plane) cargaison f; fig fardeau m2) Technology ( weight) charge f (on sur)3) (shipment, batch) (of sand, gravel) cargaison f4) Electricity charge f5) fig ( amount of work) travail mto lighten/spread the load — alléger/répartir le travail
6) (colloq) ( a lot)a load ou a whole load of people — des tas (colloq) de gens
2.that's a load of nonsense — (colloq) c'est de la blague (colloq)
(colloq) loads plural nounloads of — ( plus plural nouns) des tas (colloq) de
loads of times — plein de or des tas (colloq) de fois
3.loads of work — un travail fou (colloq)
transitive verb2) Computing charger [program]4.to load somebody with — combler or couvrir quelqu'un de [presents, honours]
intransitive verb chargerPhrasal Verbs:••get a load of this! — (colloq) ( listen) écoute un peu ça! (colloq)
get a load of that! — (colloq) ( look) vise un peu ça! (colloq)
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