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1 amount
amount [ə'maʊnt](a) (quantity) quantité f;∎ great or large amounts of money beaucoup d'argent;∎ a massive amount of time énormément de temps;∎ in small/large amounts en petites/grandes quantités;∎ no amount of talking can bring him back on peut lui parler tant qu'on veut, ça ne le fera pas revenir;∎ I have a certain amount of respect for them j'ai un certain respect pour eux;∎ a modest amount une quantité modeste;∎ any amount of des quantités de, énormément de;∎ that shop has any amount of books il y a des masses de livres dans ce magasin;∎ you'll have any amount of time for reading on holiday tu auras tout ton temps pour lire pendant les vacances∎ do you have the exact amount? avez-vous le compte (exact)?;∎ she billed us for the amount of £50 elle nous a présenté une facture d'un montant de ou qui se montait à 50 livres;∎ you're in credit to the amount of £100 vous avez un crédit de 100 livres;∎ please find enclosed a cheque to the amount of $100 veuillez trouver ci-joint un chèque (d'un montant) de 100 dollars;∎ amount due (on bill) montant a régler;∎ no amount (of money) could make up for what I've lost rien ne pourrait compenser ce que j'ai perdu;∎ Accountancy amount brought forward montant m à reporter∎ he left debts amounting to over £1,800 il a laissé des dettes qui s'élèvent ou se montent à plus de 1800 livres;∎ profits last year amounted to several million dollars les bénéfices pour l'année dernière se chiffrent à plusieurs millions de dollars;∎ after tax it doesn't amount to much après impôts ça ne représente pas grand-chose;∎ he'll never amount to much il ne fera jamais grand-chose∎ it amounts to something not far short of stealing c'est pratiquement du vol;∎ it amounts to the same thing cela revient au même;∎ what his speech amounts to is an attack on democracy en fait, avec ce discours, il attaque la démocratie -
2 figure
figure [ˈfɪgər]1. nouna. ( = number) chiffre m• to bring inflation down to single figures faire passer l'inflation en dessous de la barre des 10 %b. ( = diagram) figure fc. ( = shape) [of person] ligne fd. ( = human form) silhouette fe. ( = important person) personnage ma. ( = appear) figurer4. compounds• I wasn't figuring on having to do that je ne m'attendais pas à devoir faire ça► figure out separable transitive verba. ( = understand) arriver à comprendreb. ( = plan) calculer* * *['fɪgə(r)], US ['fɪgjər] 1.1) (number, amount) chiffre ma four-/six-figure sum — un montant de quatre/six chiffres
to have a head for figures —
2) ( person) personnalité f3) ( human form) gen personnage m; Art figure freclining figure — Art figure allongée
4) ( symbol)father figure — image f du père
authority figure — symbole m de l'autorité
5) ( body shape) ligne fto have a great figure — (colloq) avoir une silhouette sensationnelle (colloq)
6) ( geometric or other shape) figure f7) ( diagram) figure f2.transitive verb1) (colloq) ( suppose)to figure (that) — penser or se dire que
2) Literature ( express) symboliser3.1) ( appear) figurer (in dans)2) (colloq) ( make sense) se comprendre•Phrasal Verbs: -
3 precise
precise [prɪˈsaɪs]a. précis• be more precise! soyez plus précis !b. ( = meticulous) [person, manner] méticuleux* * *[prɪ'saɪs]1) ( exact) [sum, measurement] précis2) ( meticulous) [person, mind] méticuleux/-euse -
4 correct
[kə'rekt] 1. verb1) (to remove faults and errors from: These spectacles will correct his eye defect.) corriger2) ((of a teacher etc) to mark errors in: I have fourteen exercise books to correct.) corriger2. adjective1) (free from faults or errors: This sum is correct.) exact2) (right; not wrong: Did I get the correct idea from what you said?; You are quite correct.) juste; avoir raison•- corrective - correctly - correctness
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