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A n1 ( planet) monde m ; the whole world le monde entier ; throughout the world dans le monde entier ; to go round the world faire le tour du monde ; the biggest/smallest in the world le plus grand/petit du monde ; no-one in the world personne au monde ; more than anything in the world plus que tout au monde ; this world and the next le monde d'ici-bas et l'au-delà ; the things of this world les choses d'ici-bas ; the next ou other world l'autre monde ; ‘world without end’ Relig ‘pour les siècles des siècles’ ; to lead the world in electronics être à la pointe de l'électronique ; to bring sb into the world [mother] donner le jour à qn ; [doctor, midwife] mettre qn au monde ; to come into the world [baby] voir le jour ;2 ( group of people) monde m ; the art/business/ medical world le monde de l'art/des affaires/médical ; the world of politics/music le monde de la politique/de la musique ; the whole world knows/is against me tout le monde le sait/est contre moi ; who cares what the world thinks? on se moque bien de ce que pensent les autres! ; to make one's way in the world faire son chemin dans le monde ; in the eyes of the world aux yeux du monde ; to go up in the world faire chemin ; to go down in the world déchoir ; for all the world to see devant tout le monde ; the outside world le reste du monde ; the world in general tout le monde ;3 ( section of the earth) pays mpl ; the Eastern/Western world les pays de l'Est/occidentaux ; the developed world les pays développés ;4 ( person's environment) monde m, univers m ; the world of the child le monde or l'univers de l'enfant ; his death has shattered her world sa mort a basculé son univers ; he lives in a world of his own ou a private world il vit dans un monde à part.B modif [agenda, events, climate, market, leader, politics, proportions, prices, rights, scale] mondial ; [record, tour, championship] du monde ; [cruise] autour du monde.(all) the world and his wife hum tout le monde ; a world away from sth très éloigné de qch ; to be all the world to sb représenter tout pour qn ; to be on top of the world être aux anges ; for all the world like/as if exactement comme/comme si ; he's one of the Rasputins/Don Juans of this world c'est un véritable Raspoutine/Don Juan ; the Pauls/Annes of this world les gens de cette espèce ; how in the world did you know? comment diable l'as-tu su? ; to get the best of both worlds gagner sur les deux tableaux ; he wants to get the best of both worlds il veut tout avoir, il veut le beurre et l'argent du beurre ; I'd give the world to… je donnerais n'importe quoi pour… ; it's a small world! le monde est petit ; it's not the end of the world! ce n'est pas la fin du monde! ; a man/woman of the world un homme/une femme d'expérience ; not for (all) the world pas pour tout l'or du monde ; out of this world extraordinaire ; that's the way of the world c'est la vie ; the world's worst cook/correspondent le pire chef/correspondant du monde entier ; the world, the flesh and the devil les tentations du monde, de la chair et du diable ; there's a world of difference il y a une différence énorme ; it did him/them the ou a world of good ça lui/leur a fait énormément de bien ; to have the world at one's feet avoir le monde à ses pieds ; to set the world on fire épater le monde ○ ; to think the world of sb penser le plus grand bien de qn ; to think the world owes you a living penser que le monde vous doit quelque chose ; to watch the world go by regarder le monde s'agiter ; what/where/who etc in the world? que/où/qui etc diable? ; with the best will in the world avec la meilleure volonté du monde ; worlds apart diamétralement opposé ; the two sides are worlds apart les deux parties ont un point de vue diamétralement opposé. ⇒ oyster.
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