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1 sweepstake
['swi:psteik](a system of gambling eg on a horse-race, in which the person who holds a ticket for the winning horse gets all the money staked by the other gamblers.) sweepstake -
2 school
A n1 Sch école f ; at school à l'école ; to go to/start/leave school aller à/commencer/quitter l'école ; to send sb to school envoyer qn à l'école ; the whole school was there toute l'école était là ; used in schools utilisé à l'école ; broadcasts for schools émissions scolaires ; before/after school avant/après l'école or la classe ; school starts/finishes/restarts les cours commencent/finissent/reprennent ; no school today pas de classe aujourd'hui ; a school for the blind/gifted une école pour aveugles/surdoués ;2 ( college) (of music, education etc) école f ; to go to medical/law school faire des études de médecine/droit ;4 (of painting, literature, thought) école f ;5 (of whales, dolphins, porpoises) banc m ;6 (group of gamblers, drinkers etc) groupe m.B modif gen [holiday, outing, life, uniform, year] scolaire ; ( of particular school) [canteen, library, minibus, playground, register] de l'école.C vtr2 ( train) dresser [horse].of the old school de la vieille école ; to go to the school of hard knocks aller à l'école de la vie ; to grow up/learn sth in a hard school grandir/apprendre qch à dure école. -
3 heavily
heavily ['hevɪlɪ]∎ she leaned heavily on my arm elle s'appuya de tout son poids sur mon bras;∎ figurative time hangs heavily on her elle trouve le temps long, le temps lui pèse;∎ it weighed heavily on my conscience cela me pesait sur la conscience(c) (deeply → sleep) profondément;∎ she left the room, sighing heavily en poussant un énorme ou gros soupir, elle a quitté la pièce(d) (as intensifier) (drink, smoke, gamble) beaucoup; (fine, load, tax) lourdement; (stress) fortement, lourdement;∎ it was raining heavily il pleuvait des cordes;∎ it was snowing heavily il neigeait très fort ou dru ou à gros flocons;∎ familiar they're heavily into yoga ils donnent à fond dans le yoga;∎ the secret service was heavily involved in training guerillas les services secrets étaient lourdement impliqués dans la formation des guérilleros;∎ they're heavily dependent on foreign trade ils sont fortement tributaires du commerce extérieur;∎ heavily populated très peuplé, à forte densité de population;∎ heavily wooded très boisé
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