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to attend a fashion show

1 présentation

présentation [pʀezɑ̃tasjɔ̃]

feminine noun

a. [de document, objet] presentation

• sur présentation d'une pièce d'identité on presentation of proof of identity

• présentation de mode fashion show

b. [de nouveau venu, conférencier] introduction

• faire les présentations to make the introductions

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pʀezɑ̃tasjɔ̃
nom féminin

1) (d'ami, de conférencier) introduction

faire les présentations — to make the introductions

2) ( apparence) appearance

‘excellente présentation exigée’ — ‘smart appearance required’

3) ( arrangement) presentation

4) (manifestation, spectacle) show, showing

présentation de mode — fashion show

5) (d'émission, de journal, jeu) presentation

6) (de carte, ticket, bagage) production, showing; ( de pièces justificatives) production, presentation; ( de chèque) presentation

sur présentation de — on production of

7) ( exposé) presentation

8) Religion

la Présentation de l'Enfant Jésus — Presentation of the Child

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pʀezɑ̃tasjɔ̃ nf
1) [sujet, spectacle, œuvre] presentation

2) [nouveau venu] introduction

faire les présentations — to do the introductions

3) (= allure) [personne] appearance, [plat] presentation

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présentation nf

1 (d'ami, de conférencier) gén introduction; (à un souverain, la cour) presentation; faire les présentations to make the introductions;

2 ( apparence) appearance; ‘excellente présentation exigée’ ‘smart appearance required’;

3 ( arrangement) (de plat, devoir, d'idées) presentation; (de magazine, lettre) presentation, layout; ( de produits) display, presentation;

4 (manifestation, spectacle) show, showing; présentation des collections d'hiver Mode showing of the winter collections; présentation de mode fashion show;

5 (d'émission, de journal, jeu) presentation; il est chargé de la présentation d'une nouvelle émission à la télévision he's to be the presenter of a new television programme;

6 (de carte, ticket, bagage) production, showing; ( de pièces justificatives) production, presentation; Fin ( de chèque) presentation; sur présentation de on production of;

7 ( exposé) presentation; lundi aura lieu la présentation du budget à l'Assemblée nationale on Monday the budget will be presented to the National Assembly;

8 Relig la Présentation de la Vierge/l'Enfant Jésus Presentation of the Virgin/the Child; fête de la Présentation de Jésus Candlemas;

9 Méd ( de bébé) presentation; présentation par le siège breech presentation.

Composé

présentation du numéro Télécom caller display function.

[prezɑ̃tasjɔ̃] nom féminin

1. [dans un groupe] introduction

Robert, faites donc les présentations [entre plusieurs personnes] Robert, could you introduce everybody?

venez par ici, vous deux, je vais faire les présentations come over here, you two, I want to introduce you

2. RADIO & TÉLÉVISION [des informations] presentation, reading

[des variétés, d'un jeu] hosting, compering (UK)

3. COUTURE fashion show

aller à une présentation de collection ou couture ou mode to attend a fashion show

4. [exposition] presenting, showing

la présentation des modèles a d'abord provoqué une vive controverse there was fierce controversy when the models were first presented ou unveiled

COMMERCE [à un client potentiel] presentation

5. [aspect formel - d'un texte] presentation

l'idée de départ est bonne mais la présentation des arguments n'est pas convaincante the original idea is good but the arguments are not presented in a convincing manner

COMMERCE presentation, packaging

6. [allure]

il a une mauvaise/bonne présentation he doesn't look/he looks very presentable

7. [d'un document, d'un laissez-passer] showing

[d'un compte, d'une facture] presentation

la présentation de la facture a lieu un mois après the bill is presented a month later

8. MÉDECINE

présentation du sommet/siège head/breech presentation

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sur présentation de locution prépositionnelle

on presentation of

vous n'entrerez que sur présentation d'une invitation/de ce coupon you'll only be admitted on presentation of an invitation/this coupon

les présentations

Se présenter

I don't think we've met ou been introduced. Je ne crois pas que nous nous connaissons

Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Lily. Je me présente, je m'appelle Lily

Hello, my name's Robert. Bonjour, je m'appelle Robert

Hi, I'm Tom. Salut, moi c'est Tom

Présenter quelqu'un

Do you know everybody? Tu connais tout le monde ?

Have you two met/been introduced? Est-ce que vous avez été présentés ?

Shall I do the introductions? Je vais faire les présentations:...

Fred, I'd like to introduce you to some friends of mine. Fred, j'aimerais te présenter des amis

John, I'd like you to meet Emma. John, je te présente Emma

David, (this is) Vicki. Vicki, (this is) David. David, (voici) Vicki. Vicki, (voici) David

Paul, do you know Katie? Paul, tu connais Katie ?

Une fois que les présentations sont faites

Pleased to meet you. Ravi de faire votre connaissance

How do you do. Enchanté

I've heard so much about you. J'ai beaucoup entendu parler de vous

I'm sorry, I didn't (quite) catch your name. Excusez-moi, je n'ai pas (bien) saisi votre nom

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > présentation
2 come

come

A ◑ n sperme m.

B excl ( reassuringly) come (now)! allons! ; come, come! (in warning, reproach) allons, allons!

C vtr ( prét came ; pp come)

1 ( travel) faire ; to come 100 km to see faire 100 km pour voir ;

2 ○ GB ( act) don't come the innocent with me ne fais pas l'innocent ; to come the heavy-handed father jouer les pères autoritaires.

D vi ( prét came ; pp come)

1 ( arrive) [person, day, success, fame] venir ; [bus, letter, news, results, rains, winter, war] arriver ; the letter came on Monday la lettre est arrivée lundi ; your turn will come ton tour arrivera ; to come after sb ( chase) poursuivre qn ; to come by ( take) prendre [bus, taxi, plane] ; I came on foot/by bike je suis venu à pied/à bicyclette ; to come down descendre [stairs, street] ; to come up monter [stairs, street] ; to come down from Scotland/from Alaska venir d'Écosse/de l'Alaska ; to come from venir de [airport, hospital] ; to come into entrer dans [house, room] ; the train came into the station le train est entré en gare ; to come past [car, person] passer ; to come through [person] passer par [town centre, tunnel] ; [water, object] traverser [window etc] ; to come to venir à [school, telephone] ; to come to the door venir ouvrir ; to come to the surface remonter à la surface ; to come to the company as entrer dans l'entreprise comme [apprentice, consultant] ; to come to do venir faire ; to come running arriver en courant ; to come limping down the street descendre la rue en boitant ; to come crashing to the ground [structure] s'écraser au sol ; to come streaming through the window [light] entrer à flots par la fenêtre ; lunch is ready, come and get it! le déjeuner est prêt, à table! ; when the time comes lorsque le moment sera venu ; the time has come to do le moment est venu de faire ; I'm coming! j'arrive! ; come to mummy viens voir maman ; to come and go aller et venir ; you can come and go as you please tu es libre de tes mouvements ; fashions come and go les modes vont et viennent ; come next week/year la semaine/l'année prochaine ; come Christmas/Summer à Noël/en été ; there may come a time ou day when you regret it tu pourrais le regretter un jour ; for some time to come encore quelque temps ; there's still the meal/speech to come il y a encore le repas/discours ;

2 ( approach) s'approcher ; to come and see/help sb venir voir/aider qn ; to come to sb for venir demander [qch] à qn [money, advice] ; I could see it coming ( of accident) je le voyais venir ; don't come any closer ne vous approchez pas (plus) ; he came to the job with preconceived ideas quand il a commencé ce travail il avait des idées préconçues ; to come close ou near to doing faillir faire ;

3 (call, visit) [dustman, postman] passer ; [cleaner] venir ; I've come to do je viens faire ; I've come about je viens au sujet de ; I've come for je viens chercher ; my brother is coming for me at 10 am mon frère passe me prendre à 10 heures ; they're coming for the weekend ils viennent pour le week-end ; I've got six people coming to dinner j'ai six personnes à dîner ; my sister is coming to stay with us ma sœur vient passer quelques jours chez nous ;

4 ( attend) venir ; I can't ou won't be able to come je ne pourrai pas venir ; come as you are venez comme vous êtes ; to come to venir à [meeting, party, wedding] ; to come with sb venir avec qn, accompagner qn ; do you want to come fishing? est-ce que tu veux venir à la pêche? ;

5 ( reach) to come to, to come up/down to [water] venir jusqu'à ; [dress, carpet, curtain] arriver à ; I've just come to the chapter where… j'en suis juste au chapitre où… ;

6 ( happen) how did you come to do? comment as-tu fait pour faire? ; that's what comes of doing/not doing voilà ce qui arrive quand on fait/ne fait pas ; how come? comment ça se fait? ; how come you lost? comment ça se fait que tu aies perdu? ; come what may advienne que pourra ; to take things as they come prendre les choses comme elles viennent ; when you come to think of it à la réflexion ; come to think of it, you're right en fait, tu as raison ;

7 ( begin) to come to believe/hate/understand finir par croire/détester/comprendre ;

8 ( originate) to come from [person] être originaire de, venir de [city, country etc] ; [word, song, legend] venir de [country, language] ; [substance, food] provenir de [raw material] ; [coins, stamps] provenir de [place, collection] ; [smell, sound] venir de [place] ; to come from France [fruit, painting] provenir de France ; [person] être français/-e ; to come from a long line of artists être issu d'une longue lignée d'artistes ;

9 ( be available) to come in exister en [sizes, colours] ; to come with a radio/sunroof être livré avec radio/toit ouvrant ; to come with chips être servi avec des frites ; to come with matching napkins être vendu avec les serviettes assorties ; calculators don't come smaller/cheaper than this il n'existe pas de calculatrice plus petite/moins chère que celle-là ;

10 ( tackle) to come to aborder [problem, subject] ; I'll come to that in a moment je reviendrai sur ce point dans un moment ; to come to sth ou to doing sth late in life se mettre à faire qch sur le tard ;

11 ( develop) it comes with practice/experience cela s'apprend avec la pratique/l'expérience ; wisdom comes with age la sagesse vient en vieillissant ;

12 ( be situated) venir ; to come after suivre, venir après ; to come before (in time, list, queue) précéder ; ( in importance) passer avant ; to come within faire partie de [terms] ; to come first/last [athlete, horse] arriver premier/dernier ; where did you come? tu es arrivé combien ○ ?, tu es arrivé à quelle place? ; my family comes first ma famille passe avant tout ; nothing can come between us rien ne peut nous séparer ; don't let this come between us on ne va pas se fâcher pour ça ; to try to come between two people essayer de s'interposer entre deux personnes ; nothing comes between me and my football! pour moi le foot c'est sacré! ;

13 ( be due) the house comes to me when they die la maison me reviendra quand ils mourront ; death/old age comes to us all tout le monde meurt/vieillit ; he had it coming (to him) ○ ça lui pendait au nez ; they got what was coming to them ○ ils ont fini par avoir ce qu'ils méritaient ;

14 ( be a question of) when it comes to sth/to doing lorsqu'il s'agit de qch/de faire ;

15 ○ ( have orgasm) jouir.

Idioms

come again ○ ? pardon? ; I don't know if I'm coming or going je ne sais plus où j'en suis ; ‘how do you like your tea?’-‘as it comes’ ‘tu le prends comment ton thé?’-‘ça m'est égal’ ; he's as stupid/honest as they come il n'y a pas plus stupide/honnête que lui ; come to that ou if it comes to that, you may be right en fait, tu as peut-être raison ; to come as a shock/a surprise être un choc/une surprise.

Phrasal verbs

■ come about

1 ( happen) [problems, reforms] survenir ; [situation, change] se produire ; the discovery came about by accident on a fait la découverte par hasard ;

2 Naut virer de bord.

■ come across:

▶ come across ( be conveyed) [meaning, message] passer ; [feelings] transparaître ; the message of the film comes across clearly le message du film est clair ; his love of animals comes across strongly on sent bien qu'il adore les animaux ; she comes across well on TV elle passe bien à la télé ; come across as donner l'impression d'être [liar, expert] ; paraître [enthusiastic, honest] ;

▶ come across [sth] tomber sur [article, reference, example] ; découvrir [qch] par hasard [village] ; we rarely come across cases of nous avons rarement affaire à des cas de ;

▶ come across [sb] rencontrer [person] ; one of the nicest people I've ever come across une des personnes les plus sympathiques que j'aie jamais rencontrées.

■ come along

1 ( arrive) [bus, person] arriver ; [opportunity] se présenter ; to wait for the right person to come along attendre que la personne idéale se présente ;

2 ( hurry up) come along! dépêche-toi! ;

3 ( attend) venir ; why don't you come along? tu veux venir? ; to come along to venir à [lecture, party] ; to come along with sb venir avec qn, accompagner qn ;

4 ( make progress) [pupil, trainee] faire des progrès ; [book, building work, project] avancer ; [painting, tennis] progresser ; [plant, seedling] pousser ; your Spanish is coming along votre espagnol a progressé ; how's the thesis coming along? est-ce que ta thèse avance?

■ come apart

1 ( accidentally) [book, parcel, box] se déchirer ; [shoes] craquer ; [toy, camera] se casser ; the toy just came apart in my hands le jouet m'est resté dans les mains ;

2 ( intentionally) [sections, components] se séparer ; [machine, equipment] se démonter.

■ come around US = come round.

■ come at:

▶ come at [sb]

1 ( attack) [person] attaquer (with avec) ; [bull, rhino] foncer sur ;

2 fig there were criticisms/questions coming at me from all sides j'étais assailli de critiques/questions.

■ come away

1 ( leave) lit partir ; to come away from quitter [cinema, match, show] ; sortir de [interview, meeting] ; fig to come away from the match/from the meeting disappointed/satisfied sortir déçu/satisfait du stade/de la réunion ; to come away with the feeling that rester sur l'impression que ;

2 ( move away) s'éloigner ; come away! ( said by parent) pousse-toi de là! ; ( said by official) circulez! ; come away from the edge éloigne-toi du bord ;

3 ( become detached) [handle, plaster, cover] se détacher (from de).

■ come back

1 ( return) gen [letter, person, memories, feeling, good weather] revenir (from de ; to à) ; ( to one's house) rentrer ; to come running back revenir en courant ; the memories came flooding back les souvenirs me sont revenus d'un seul coup ; to come back to revenir à [topic, problem] ; retourner auprès de [spouse, lover] ; to come back with sb raccompagner qn ; to come back with ( return) revenir avec [present, idea, flu] ; ( reply) répondre par [offer, suggestion] ; can I come back to you on that tomorrow? est-ce que nous pourrions en reparler demain? ; it's all coming back to me now tout me revient maintenant ; the name will come back to me le nom me reviendra ; to come back to what you were saying pour en revenir à ce que tu disais ;

2 ( become popular) [law, system] être rétabli ; [trend, method, hairstyle] revenir à la mode ; to come back into fashion revenir à la mode.

■ come by:

▶ come by [person] passer ; you must come by and see us passez donc nous voir ;

▶ come by [sth] trouver [book, job, money].

■ come down

1 ( move lower) [person] descendre (from de) ; [lift, barrier, blind] descendre ; [curtain] tomber ; to come down by parachute descendre en parachute ; to come down in the lift prendre l'ascenseur pour descendre ; he's really come down in the world fig il est vraiment tombé bas ; his trousers barely came down to his ankles son pantalon lui arrivait à peine aux chevilles ;

2 ( drop) [price, inflation, unemployment, temperature] baisser (from de ; to à) ; [cost] diminuer ; cars are coming down in price le prix des voitures baisse ;

3 Meteorol [snow, rain] tomber ; the fog came down overnight le brouillard est apparu pendant la nuit ;

4 ( land) [helicopter] se poser ; [aircraft] atterrir ;

5 ( crash) [plane] s'écraser ;

6 ( fall) [ceiling, wall] s'écrouler ; [curtain rail] tomber ; [hem] se défaire ;

7 fig ( be resumed by) se ramener à [question, problem, fact] ; it all really comes down to the fact that ça se ramène au fait que.

■ come forward

1 ( step forward) s'avancer ;

2 ( volunteer) se présenter (to do pour faire) ; to come forward with présenter [proof, proposal] ; offrir [help, money, suggestions] ; to ask witnesses to come forward lancer un appel à témoins.

■ come in

1 ( enter) [person, rain] entrer (through par) ;

2 ( return) rentrer (from de) ; she comes in from work at five elle rentre du travail à cinq heures ;

3 ( come inland) [tide] monter ; a wind coming in from the sea un vent soufflant de la mer ;

4 ( arrive) [plane, train, bill, complaint, delivery, letter] arriver ; which horse came in first? quel cheval est arrivé premier? ; we've got £2,000 a month coming in nous avons une rentrée de 2 000 livres sterling par mois ;

5 ( become current) [trend, invention, style] faire son apparition ; [habit, practice] commencer à se répandre ;

6 ( interject) intervenir ; to come in with an opinion exprimer son opinion ;

7 Radio, Telecom ( in radio transmission) come in, Delta Bravo! c'est à vous, Delta Bravo! ;

8 ( participate) to come in with sb s'associer à qn ; to come in on the deal participer à l'affaire ;

9 ( serve a particular purpose) where do I come in? à quel moment est-ce que j'interviens? ; where does the extra money come in? à quel moment est-ce qu'on introduira l'argent en plus? ; to come in useful ou handy [box, compass, string etc] être utile, servir ; [skill, qualification] être utile ;

10 ( receive) to come in for criticism [person] être critiqué ; [plan] faire l'objet de nombreuses critiques ; to come in for praise recevoir des éloges.

■ come into:

▶ come into [sth]

1 ( inherit) hériter de [money] ; entrer en possession de [inheritance] ;

2 ( be relevant) to come into it [age, experience] entrer en ligne de compte, jouer ; luck/skill doesn't come into it ce n'est pas une question de hasard/d'habileté.

■ come off:

▶ come off

1 ( become detached) ( accidentally) [button, label, handle] se détacher ; [lid] s'enlever ; [paint] s'écailler ; [wallpaper] se décoller ; ( intentionally) [handle, panel, lid] s'enlever ; the knob came off in my hand la poignée m'est restée dans la main ; the lid won't come off je n'arrive pas à enlever le couvercle ;

2 ( fall) [rider] tomber ;

3 (wash, rub off) [ink] s'effacer ; [stain] partir ; the mark won't come off la tache ne part pas ;

4 ( take place) [deal] se réaliser ; [merger, trip] avoir lieu ;

5 ( succeed) [plan, trick, project] réussir ; [parody] être réussi ;

6 Theat, TV ( be taken off) [play] être retiré de l'affiche ; [TV show] être déprogrammé ;

7 ( fare) she came off well ( in deal) elle s'en est très bien tirée ; who came off worst? ( in fight) lequel des deux a été le plus touché? ;

▶ come off [sth]

1 ( stop using) arrêter [pill, tablet, heroin] ;

2 ( fall off) tomber de [bicycle, horse] ;

3 ( get off) descendre de [wall] ; come off the lawn! sors de la pelouse!

■ come on

1 ( follow) I'll come on later je vous rejoindrai plus tard ;

2 ( exhortation) ( encouraging) come on, try it! allez, essaie! ; come on, follow me! allez, suivez-moi! ; ( impatient) come on, hurry up! allez, dépêche-toi! ; ( wearily) come on, somebody must know the answer! enfin, il y a sûrement quelqu'un qui connaît la réponse! ; come on, you don't expect me to believe that! non mais franchement, tu ne t'attends pas à ce que je croie ça! ;

3 ( make progress) [person, player, patient] faire des progrès ; [bridge, road, novel] avancer ; [plant] pousser ; how are the recruits coming on? est-ce que les recrues font des progrès? ; her tennis is coming on well elle fait des progrès en tennis ;

4 ( begin) [asthma, attack, headache] commencer ; [winter] arriver ; [programme, film] commencer ; [rain] se mettre à tomber ; it came on to snow il s'est mis à neiger ;

5 ( start to work) [light] s'allumer ; [heating, fan] se mettre en route ; the power came on again at 11 le courant est revenu à 11 heures ;

6 Theat [actor] entrer en scène.

■ come out

1 ( emerge) [person, animal, vehicle] sortir (of de) ; [star] apparaître ; [sun, moon] se montrer ; [flowers, bulbs] sortir de terre ; [spot, rash] apparaître ; come out with your hands up! sortez les mains en l'air ; when does he come out? (of prison, hospital) quand est-ce qu'il sort? ; he came out of it rather well fig il ne s'en est pas mal tiré ;

2 ( originate) to come out of [person] être originaire de ; [song] venir de ; [news report] provenir de ; the money will have to come out of your savings il faudra prendre l'argent sur tes économies ;

3 ( result) to come out of [breakthrough] sortir de ; something good came out of the disaster il est sorti quelque chose de bon du désastre ;

4 ( strike) faire la grève ; to come out on strike faire la grève ;

5 [homosexual] déclarer publiquement son homosexualité ;

6 ( fall out) [contact lens, tooth, key, screw, nail] tomber ; [electrical plug] se débrancher ; [sink plug] sortir ; [contents, stuffing] sortir ; [cork] s'enlever ; his hair is coming out il commence à perdre ses cheveux ;

7 ( be emitted) [water, air, smoke] sortir (through par) ; the water comes out of this hole l'eau sort par ce trou ;

8 ( wash out) [stain, ink, grease] s'en aller, partir (of de) ; it won't come out ça ne part pas ;

9 ( be deleted) [reference, sentence] être éliminé ;

10 (be published, issued) [magazine, novel] paraître ; [album, film, model, product] sortir ;

11 ( become known) [feelings] se manifester ; [message, meaning] ressortir ; [details, facts, full story] être révélé ; [results] être connu ; [secret] être divulgué ; it came out that on a appris que ; if it ever comes out that it was my fault si on découvre un jour que c'était de ma faute ; the truth is bound to come out la vérité finira forcément par se savoir ; so that's what you think-it's all coming out now! c'est ça que tu penses-tu finis par l'avouer! ;

12 Phot, Print [photo, photocopy] être réussi ; the photos didn't come out (well) les photos ne sont pas réussies ; red ink won't come out on the photocopy l'encre rouge ne donnera rien sur la photocopie ;

13 ( end up) to come out at 200 dollars [cost, bill] s'élever à 200 dollars ; the jumper came out too big le pull était trop grand ; the total always comes out the same le total est toujours le même ;

14 ( say) to come out with sortir [excuse] ; raconter [nonsense, rubbish] ; I knew what I wanted to say but it came out wrong je savais ce que je voulais dire mais je me suis mal exprimé ; whatever will she come out with next? qu'est-ce qu'elle va encore nous sortir ○ ? ; to come straight out with it le dire franchement ;

15 ( enter society) faire ses débuts dans le monde.

■ come over:

▶ come over

1 ( drop in) venir ; come over for a drink venez prendre un verre ; to come over to do venir faire ;

2 ( travel) venir ; they came over on the ferry ils sont venus en ferry ; she's coming over on the 10 am flight elle arrive par l'avion de 10 heures ; she often comes over to France elle vient souvent en France ; their ancestors came over with the Normans leurs ancêtres sont venus ici au temps des Normands ;

3 ( convey impression) [message, meaning] passer ; [feelings, love] transparaître ; to make one's feelings come over exprimer ses sentiments ; to come over very well [person] donner une très bonne impression ; to come over as donner l'impression d'être [lazy, honest] ;

4 ○ ( suddenly become) to come over all embarrassed se sentir gêné tout à coup ; to come over all shivery se sentir fiévreux/-euse tout à coup ; to come over all faint être pris de vertige tout d'un coup ;

▶ come over [sb] [feeling] envahir ; what's come over you? qu'est-ce qui te prend? ; I don't know what came over me je ne sais pas ce qui m'a pris.

■ come round GB, come around US

1 ( regain consciousness) reprendre connaissance ;

2 ( make a detour) faire un détour (by par) ;

3 ( circulate) [steward, waitress] passer ;

4 ( visit) venir ; to come round and do venir faire ; to come round for dinner/drinks venir dîner/prendre un verre ;

5 ( occur) [event] avoir lieu ; the elections are coming round again les élections auront bientôt lieu ; by the time Christmas comes round à Noël ;

6 ( change one's mind) changer d'avis ; to come round to an idea/to my way of thinking se faire à une idée/à ma façon de voir les choses ;

7 Naut [boat] venir au vent.

■ come through:

▶ come through

1 ( survive) s'en tirer ;

2 ( penetrate) [heat, ink] traverser ; [light] passer ;

3 ( arrive) the fax/the call came through at midday nous avons reçu le fax/l'appel à midi ; my posting has just come through je viens de recevoir ma mutation ; she's still waiting for her visa/her results to come through elle n'a toujours pas reçu son visa/ses résultats ;

4 ( emerge) [personality, qualities] apparaître ;

▶ come through [sth]

1 ( survive) se tirer de [crisis] ; se sortir de [recession] ; survivre à [operation, ordeal, war] ;

2 ( penetrate) [ink, dye] traverser [paper, cloth] ; [light] passer au travers de [curtains].

■ come to:

▶ come to ( regain consciousness) ( from faint) reprendre connaissance ; ( from trance) se réveiller ;

▶ come to [sth]

1 ( total) [shopping] revenir à ; [bill, expenditure, total] s'élever à ; both columns should come to the same figure les deux colonnes devraient donner le même total ; that comes to £40 cela fait 40 livres sterling ;

2 ( result in) aboutir à ; if it comes to a fight si on en vient à se battre ; all her plans came to nothing aucun de ses projets ne s'est réalisé ; did the plans come to anything? est-ce que les projets ont abouti? ; all our efforts came to nothing tous nos efforts ont été vains ; I never thought it would come to this je n'aurais jamais imaginé que les choses en arriveraient là ; it may not come to that ce ne sera peut-être pas nécessaire.

■ come under:

▶ come under [sth]

1 ( be subjected to) to come under scrutiny faire l'objet d'un examen minutieux ; to come under suspicion être soupçonné ; to come under threat être menacé ; we're coming under pressure to do on fait pression sur nous pour faire ;

2 ( be classified under) (in library, shop) être classé dans le rayon [reference, history] ; Dali comes under Surrealism Dali fait partie des surréalistes.

■ come up:

▶ come up

1 ( arise) [problem, issue, matter] être soulevé ; [name] être mentionné ; to come up in conversation [subject] être abordé dans la conversation ; this type of question may come up c'est le genre de question qui pourrait être posée ;

2 (be due, eligible) to come up for re-election se représenter aux élections ; my salary comes up for review in April mon salaire sera révisé en avril ; the car is coming up for its annual service la voiture va avoir sa révision annuelle ;

3 ( occur) [opportunity] se présenter ; something urgent has come up j'ai quelque chose d'urgent à faire ; a vacancy has come up une place s'est libérée ;

4 ( rise) [sun, moon] sortir ; [tide] monter ; [bulb, seeds] germer ; [daffodils, beans] sortir ;

5 Jur [case, hearing] passer au tribunal ; to come up before [case] passer devant ; [person] comparaître devant.

■ come up against:

▶ come up against [sth] se heurter à [problem, prejudice, opposition].

■ come up with:

▶ come up with [sth] trouver [answer, idea, money].

■ come upon:

▶ come upon [sth] tomber sur [book, reference] ; trouver [idea] ;

▶ come upon [sb] rencontrer, tomber ○ sur [friend].

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3 make

meik
1. past tense, past participle - made; verb
1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) hacer, construir, fabricar

2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) hacer, obligar

3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) hacer, poner, volver

4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) ganar, hacer

5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) ser, equivaler

6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) ser, hacer

7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) calcular

8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) nombrar, elegir

9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?) hacer

2. noun
(a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) marca

- maker
- making
- make-believe
- make-over
- makeshift
- make-up
- have the makings of
- in the making
- make a/one's bed
- make believe
- make do
- make for
- make it
- make it up
- make something of something
- make of something
- make something of
- make of
- make out
- make over
- make up
- make up for
- make up one's mind
- make up to

make¹ n marca

what make is your watch? ¿de qué marca es tu reloj? / ¿cuál es la marca de tu reloj?

make² vb

1. hacer

I'm making a cake estoy haciendo una tarta

don't make so much noise no hagas tanto ruido

the film made her cry la película la hizo llorar

have you made your bed? ¿te has hecho la cama?

2. fabricar / producir

this factory makes cars esta fábrica produce coches

3. ser

eight and seven make fifteen ocho y siete son quince

to make sure asegurarse

make sure the oven is turned off asegúrate de que esté apagado el horno

El pasado y participio pasado de make es made; el gerundio se escribe making

make

tr[meɪk]

noun

1 (brand) marca

■ what make of car did you buy? ¿de qué marca es el coche que compraste?

transitive verb (pt & pp made, ger making)

1 (produce - gen) hacer; (construct) construir; (manufacture) fabricar; (create) crear; (prepare) preparar

■ we've already made plans for the weekend ya hemos hecho planes para el fin de semana

■ have you made a list? ¿has hecho una lista?

■ he made a fortune hizo una fortuna

■ I'll make some tea haré un poco de té

■ she made some sandwiches hizo unos bocadillos, preparó unos bocadillos

■ he's making a film about the civil war está haciendo una película sobre la guerra civil

■ they're going to make a record van a grabar un disco

■ Parliament makes laws el Parlamento hace las leyes

■ she makes all her own clothes ella misma se hace toda su ropa

■ stop making all that noise! ¡dejad de hacer tanto ruido!

■ these cakes have been made using the finest ingredients estos pastelitos han sido elaborados con ingredientes de primera calidad

2 (carry out, perform) hacer

■ we made a long journey hicimos un largo viaje

■ may I make a suggestion? ¿puedo hacer una sugerencia?

■ the cat's made a hole in the armchair el gato ha hecho un agujero en el sillón

■ I must make a phone call tengo que hacer una llamada

■ she made an important decision tomó una decisión importante

■ he has to make a speech tiene que pronunciar un discurso

■ I made a terrible mistake cometí un gran error

■ we've made arrangements for you to be met at the airport hemos dispuesto que alguien vaya a buscarte al aeropuerto

3 (cause to be) hacer, poner, volver

■ the fish made her ill el pescado le sentó mal

■ the gift made him happy el regalo lo hizo feliz

■ you make me so angry me sacas de quicio

■ the decision made me unpopular le decisión me hizo impopular

■ that dress makes you look slim aquel vestido te hace delgada

■ the news has been made public la noticia se ha hecho pública

■ she couldn't make herself understood no se hacía entender

4 (force, compel) hacer, obligar; (cause to do) hacer

■ they make me go to bed early me obligan a acostarme temprano

■ they made him wait le hicieron esperar

■ peeling onions makes her cry pelar cebollas le hace llorar

■ he makes me laugh me hace reír

■ what makes you say that? ¿por qué dices eso?

5 (be, become) ser, hacer; (cause to be) hacer, convertir en

■ she'll make a good singer será buena cantante, tiene madera de cantante

■ he'll make somebody a good husband será un buen marido para alguien

■ we'll make a champion of you te convertiremos en campeón

■ it'll make a change será un cambio

■ this book makes great reading este libro es estupendo

■ don't make a habit of it que no se convierta en una costumbre

■ you'll make a mess of it lo vas a estropear

6 (earn) ganar, hacer

■ she made 1,000 pounds last week ganó 1.000 libras la semana pasada

■ he makes a living selling imitation jewellery se gana la vida vendiendo bisutería

7 (achieve) conseguir, alcanzar; (arrive at, reach) alcanzar, llegar a; (manage to attend) poder (ir)

■ we made it! ¡lo conseguimos!

■ he made it to the airport just in time llegó al aeropuerto con el tiempo justo

■ their record made number one su disco alcanzó el número uno

■ I can't make it to your party no puedo ir a tu fiesta

■ I can't make it Friday el viernes no puedo

8 (appoint) nombrar; (elect) elegir

■ the king made him a duke el rey lo nombró duque

■ they made her treasurer la eligieron tesorera

9 (calculate, estimate, reckon) calcular

■ I make it ten pounds altogether calculo que son diez libras en total

■ how much do you make it? ¿a ti cuánto te da?

■ what time do you make it? ¿qué hora tienes?

10 (total, equal) ser, equivaler a

■ three and four make seven tres más cuatro son siete

■ with the baby that makes eight of us con el bebé somos ocho

■ that makes the third time you've asked me! ¡es la tercera vez que me lo preguntas!

11 (complete, finish off) dar el toque final a, completar; (assure success of) consagrar

■ the new curtains really make the room las nuevas cortinas dan el toque final a la habitación

■ this book will make her as a novelist este libro la consagrará como novelista

intransitive verb

1 (to be about to) hacer como, hacer ademán de, simular

■ he made as if to kiss her hizo como si la besara

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be on the make (for profit) andar tras el dinero, andar intentando sacar tajada 2 (for power) barrer para dentro, barrer para casa 3 (for sex) estar de ligue, andar buscando aventuras

to make a fresh start volver a empezar

to make a go of something sacar algo adelante

to make a loss perder dinero

to make a name for oneself hacerse un nombre

to make a note of something apuntar algo

to make a profit ganar dinero

to make a will hacer su testamento

to make believe hacer ver, imaginarse

■ the children made believe they were on a desert island los niños hacían ver que estaban en una isla desierta

to make do (with something) arreglárselas (con algo)

to make friends hacer amigos

to make fun of burlarse de

to make it a rule to do something tener como norma hacer algo

to make good triunfar

to make something good (pay for, replace) pagar 2 (carry out, fulfil) cumplir con 3 (repair) arreglar

to make it (be successful) tener éxito, llegar hasta arriba

to make like hacer ver, fingir

■ make like you haven't seen him haz ver que no lo has visto

to make nothing of something (achieve easily) hacer algo sin ningún problema 2 (treat as trifling) quitar importancia a algo

to make or break somebody/something significar la consagración o la ruina de alguien/algo

to make sense tener sentido

to make somebody's day alegrarle el día a alguien

to make something clear aclarar algo, dejar algo claro

to make something known dar a conocer algo

to make sure (of something) asegurarse (de algo)

to make the best/most of something sacar partido de algo

to make the bed hacer la cama

make ['meɪk] v, made ['meɪd;] ; making vt

1) create: hacer

to make noise: hacer ruido

2) fashion, manufacture: hacer, fabricar

she made a dress: hizo un vestido

3) devise, form: desarrollar, elaborar, formar

4) constitute: hacer, constituir

made of stone: hecho de piedra

5) prepare: hacer, preparar

6) render: hacer, poner

it makes him nervous: lo pone nervioso

to make someone happy: hacer feliz a alguien

it made me sad: me dio pena

7) perform: hacer

to make a gesture: hacer un gesto

8) compel: hacer, forzar, obligar

9) earn: ganar

to make a living: ganarse la vida

make vi

1) head: ir, dirigirse

we made for home: nos fuimos a casa

2)

to make do : arreglárselas

3)

to make good repay: pagar

4)

to make good succeed: tener éxito

make n

brand: marca f

make

n.

• fabricación s.f.

• hechura s.f.

• marca s.f.

• modelo s.m.

make (sth.) apparent

expr.

• hacer resaltar expr.

make (sth.) stand out

expr.

• hacer resaltar expr.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: made) = confeccionar v.

• constituir v.

• crear v.

• fabricar v.

• formar v.

• hacer v.

(§pres: hago, haces...) pret: hic-

pp: hecho

fut/c: har-•)

I
1. meɪk
1) (past & past p made) transitive verb

Sense I

2) (create, produce) \<\<paint/cars\>\> hacer*, fabricar*; \<\<dress\>\> hacer*, confeccionar (frml); \<\<meal/cake/sandwich/coffee\>\> hacer*, preparar; \<\<film\>\> hacer*, rodar; \<\<record\>\> grabar; \<\<fire/nest/hole\>\> hacer*; \<\<list/will\>\> hacer*

to make a noise — hacer* ruido

to make a note of something — anotar algo

made in Spain/Mexico — hecho or fabricado en España/México

made in Argentina/Peru — industria or fabricación argentina/peruana

to make something into something: I'll make this material into a skirt con esta tela me haré una falda; to make something out of/from/of something: she made the dress out of an old sheet se hizo el vestido con/de una sábana vieja; we made another meal from the leftovers hicimos otra comida con las sobras; it's made of wood/plastic es de madera/plástico; don't make an enemy of her — no te la eches encima como enemiga; see also difference 1) b), fuss I, mess I 1), 2)

3)

a) ( carry out) \<\<repairs/changes/payment\>\> hacer*, efectuar* (frml); \<\<preparations/arrangements\>\> hacer*; \<\<journey\>\> hacer*

make a left (turn) here — (AmE) dobla or gira a la izquierda aquí

b) \<\<remark/announcement\>\> hacer*

Sense II

4) ( cause to be)

I'll make you happy/rich — te haré feliz/rica

don't make life difficult for yourself — no te compliques la vida

that made me sad — eso me entristeció or me apenó

the work made me thirsty/sleepy — el trabajo me dio sed/sueño

what makes me angry is... — lo que me da rabia es...

I couldn't make myself heard above the noise — no podía conseguir que me oyeran con el ruido

they've made him supervisor — lo han nombrado supervisor, lo han ascendido a supervisor

we'll make a man of you — haremos de ti un hombre

if nine o'clock is too early, make it later — si las nueve es muy temprano, podemos reunirnos (or encontrarnos etc) más tarde

two large pizzas..., no, make that three — dos pizzas grandes..., no, mire, mejor déme tres

5)

a) ( cause to) hacer*

whatever made you do it? — ¿por qué lo hiciste?, ¿qué te llevó a hacer eso?

b) ( compel) obligar* a, hacer*

she was made to apologize — la obligaron a or la hicieron pedir perdón

c) (in phrases)

to make believe: you can't just make believe it never happened no puedes pretender que no sucedió, no puedes hacer como si no hubiera sucedido; to make do (with something), to make something do — arreglárselas con algo

Sense III

6)

a) (constitute, be) ser*

perfume makes the ideal gift — el perfume es el regalo ideal

it would make a nice change — sería un cambio agradable

you'd make a useless nurse — como enfermera serías un desastre

they make a nice couple — hacen buena pareja

b) (equal, amount to) ser*

five plus five makes ten — cinco y or más cinco son diez

that makes two of us — ya somos dos

7) ( calculate)

what do you make the total? — ¿(a ti) cuánto te da?

I make it 253 — (a mí) me da 253

what time do you make it, what do you make the time? — ¿qué hora tienes?

8) ( make fuss)

I think you're making too much of what she said — creo que le estás dándo demasiada importancia a lo que dijo

9)

a) ( understand)

to make something of something: I could make nothing of the message no entendí el mensaje; make of that what you will — tú saca tus propias conclusiones

b) ( think)

to make something of somebody/something: what did you make of him? ¿qué te pareció?; I don't know what to make of it — no sé qué pensar

Sense IV

10)

a) (gain, earn) \<\<money\>\> hacer*

they made a loss/profit — perdieron/ganaron dinero

they made a profit of $20,000 — ganaron or sacaron 20.000 dólares

how much did you make on the deal? — ¿cuánto sacaste or ganaste con el trato?

b) ( acquire) \<\<friends\>\> hacer*

I made a few acquaintances there — conocí a or (frml) trabé conocimiento con algunas personas allí

to make a name for oneself — hacerse* un nombre

11) (colloq) (manage to attend, reach)

I'm afraid I can't make Saturday — me temo que el sábado no puedo

we just made the 3 o'clock train — llegamos justo a tiempo para el tren de las tres

to make it: he'll never make it as a doctor nunca será un buen médico; they made it through to the finals — llegaron a la final

12) ( assure success of)

if you go to Harvard, you're made for life — si vas a Harvard, tienes el futuro asegurado

to make or break something/somebody — ser* el éxito o la ruina de algo/alguien

2.

vi

1) ( make preliminary move)

to make as if o as though to + inf — hacer* ademán de + inf

2) (move, proceed)

they made toward the door — se dirigieron hacia la puerta; see also make for

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- make for

- make off

- make out

- make over

- make up

- make up for

- make up to

II

noun

1) ( brand) marca f

what make is it? — ¿de qué marca es?

2)

to be on the make — (colloq) ( out for gain) estar* intentando sacar tajada (fam); ( looking for a date) estar* de ligue or (AmS) de levante or (Chi) de pinche (fam)

[meɪk] (pt, pp made) When make is part of a set combination, eg make an attempt, make a bow, make a case, make sure, look up the other word.
1. TRANSITIVE VERB

1) (=create, prepare) [+ fire, bed, tea, will, remark, plan, suggestion] hacer; [+ dress] hacer, confeccionar; [+ shelter] construir; [+ meal] hacer, preparar; [+ record] grabar; [+ film] rodar; (=manufacture) [+ tool, machine] fabricar, hacer

I'm going to make a cake — voy a hacer un pastel

I make my bed every morning — me hago la cama cada mañana

he made it himself — lo hizo él mismo

God made man — Dios hizo al hombre

don't make a noise — no hagas ruido

"made in Spain" — [+ tool, machine] "fabricado en España"; [+ dress] "confeccionado en España"; [+ nougat, chocolate] "elaborado en España"

he's as cunning as they make 'em * — es de lo más astuto que hay

this car isn't made to carry eight people — este coche no está pensado para ocho personas

they don't make songs like that any more — ya no componen canciones como las de antes

• they were made for each other — estaban hechos el uno para el otro

her shoes weren't made for walking — llevaba unos zapatos poco adecuados para caminar

• we had the curtains made to measure — nos hicieron las cortinas a medida

• it's made of gold — es de oro, está hecho de oro
show 2., 4)
2) (=carry out) [+ journey, effort] hacer; [+ speech] pronunciar; [+ payment] efectuar; [+ error] cometer

I'd like to make a phone call — quisiera hacer una llamada

he made an agreement to pay off the arrears — se comprometió a pagar los atrasos

3) (=earn) ganar

how much do you make? — ¿cuánto ganas?

he makes £350 a week — gana 350 libras a la semana

the deal made him £500 — ganó 500 libras con el negocio, el negocio le reportó 500 libras

the film made millions — la película recaudó millones

4) (=reach, achieve) [+ place] llegar a

will we make Paris before lunch? — ¿llegaremos a París antes de la hora de comer?

Lara made a hundred — (Cricket) Lara hizo or se anotó 100 carreras

the novel made the bestseller list — la novela entró en las listas de libros más vendidos

• we made it just in time — llegamos justo a tiempo

can you make it by 10? — ¿puedes llegar a las 10?

sorry, I can't make it — lo siento, no puedo or no me va bien

do you think he'll make (it to) university? — ¿crees que conseguirá ir a la universidad?

he made (it into) the first team — consiguió entrar en el primer equipo

you've got the talent to make it — con tu talento llegarás muy lejos

to make it with sb * — (sexually) hacérselo con algn *

• to make land — (Naut) llegar a tierra

• to make port — (Naut) tomar puerto

- he's got it made

5) (=say, agree)

let's make it 9 o'clock — pongamos las 9

another beer, please, no, make that two — otra cerveza por favor, no, que sean dos

6) (=cause to succeed)

this film made her — esta película la consagró

he was made for life — se aseguró un porvenir brillante

to make or break sth/sb —

this deal will make or break him — con este negocio o fracasa o se asegura el éxito

sex can make or break a relationship — el sexo es determinante en una relación, el sexo puede afianzar una relación o hacer que fracase

7) (=constitute)

this log makes a good seat — este tronco va muy bien de asiento

he'll make somebody a good husband — va a ser or hará un buen marido para algn

it'll make a (nice) change not to have to cook every day — lo de no tener que cocinar cada día estará muy bien, ¡qué descanso, no tener que cocinar cada día!

• they make a lovely couple — hacen muy buena pareja

• he'll make a good footballer — será buen futbolista

• it makes pleasant reading — es una lectura amena

• it still doesn't make a set — todavía no completa un juego entero

• it made a nice surprise — fue una sorpresa agradable

8) (=equal)

two and two make four — dos y dos son cuatro

this one makes 20 — con este son or hacen 20

how much does that make (altogether)? — ¿a cuánto sube (en total)?

8 pints make a gallon — 8 pintas hacen or son un galón

9) (=calculate) calcular

what do you make the total? — ¿cuánto calculas que es el total?

how many do you make it? — ¿cuántos calculas que hay?

I make the total 17 — calculo que hay 17 en total

what time do you make it, what do you make the time? — ¿qué hora tienes?

I make it 6 o'clock — yo tengo las 6

10) (Cards) [+ trick] ganar, hacer; (Bridge) [+ contract] cumplir

11) (in set structures)
to make sb sth (=cause to be)
to make sb king — hacer rey a algn

he made her his wife — la hizo su esposa

they've made Owen secretary — han nombrado secretario a Owen

he made her a star — hizo de ella una estrella
to make sb/sth ({+ adjective/past participle}28})
to make sb happy — hacer feliz a algn

to make sb angry — poner furioso a algn

to make o.s. heard — hacerse oír

the noise made concentration difficult or made it difficult to concentrate — con ese ruido era difícil concentrarse

why make things difficult for yourself? — ¿por qué te complicas la vida?
ill 1., 1), sick 1., 2), unhappy to make sth/sb into sth convertir algo/a algn en algo
we made the guest room into a study — convertimos la habitación de los invitados en estudio

they have made him into a cult figure — lo han convertido en un ídolo

the fibres are made into rope — con las fibras se hace cuerda
to make sb do sth (=cause to do sth) hacer a algn hacer algo; (=force to do sth) hacer a algn hacer algo, obligar a algn a hacer algo
to make sb laugh/cry — hacer reír/llorar a algn

now look what you've made me do! — ¡mira lo que me has hecho hacer!

what made you say that? — ¿cómo se te ocurrió decir eso?, ¿por qué dijiste eso?

what makes you do it? — ¿qué es lo que te lleva a hacerlo?

it makes you think, doesn't it? — da que pensar ¿no?

he made me apologize to the teacher — me hizo pedir perdón or me obligó a pedir perdón al profesor

you can't make me (do it) — no puedes obligarme (a hacerlo)

I was made to wait for an hour — me hicieron esperar una hora
to make o.s. do sth obligarse a hacer algo
I have to make myself (do it) — tengo que obligarme (a hacerlo), tengo que hacer un esfuerzo (por hacerlo)

she made herself look him in the eye — tuvo que obligarse a mirarle a los ojos
to make sth do, make [do] with sth arreglárselas or apañárselas con algo
I'll make do with what I've got — me las arreglaré con lo que tengo

12) (in set expressions)
to make good [+ promise] cumplir; [+ accusation] hacer bueno, probar; [+ claim] justificar; [+ loss] compensar; [+ damage] reparar; (=pay) pagar make 2. to make sth of sth (=understand)
I don't know what to make of it — no sé qué pensar

what do you make of Anna? — ¿qué piensas de Anna?, ¿qué te parece Anna?

what do you make of this? — ¿qué te parece esto?

I can't make anything of this letter — no entiendo nada de lo que pone esta carta, no saco nada en claro de esta carta
(=give importance to)
I think you're making rather too much of what I said — creo que le estás dando demasiada importancia a lo que dije
issue 1., 1)
2.

INTRANSITIVE VERB (in set expressions)

• to make after sb — perseguir a algn, correr tras algn

• he made as if to — + infin hizo como si + subjun, hizo ademán de + infin

he made as if to strike me — hizo como si me fuera a pegar, hizo ademán de pegarme

• to make good — [ex-criminal] rehabilitar, reformar

• he was making like he didn't have any money — (US) * hacía como si no tuviera dinero

- it's make or break time for the England team

3.

NOUN (=brand) marca f

what make of car was it? — ¿qué marca de coche era?

they are our own make — son de nuestra propia marca

they have rifles of Belgian make — tienen fusiles de fabricación belga

- be on the make

- make away

- make away with

- make for

- make off

- make out

- make over

- make up

- make up for

- make up on

- make up to

* * *

I
1. [meɪk]
1) (past & past p made) transitive verb

Sense I

2) (create, produce) \<\<paint/cars\>\> hacer*, fabricar*; \<\<dress\>\> hacer*, confeccionar (frml); \<\<meal/cake/sandwich/coffee\>\> hacer*, preparar; \<\<film\>\> hacer*, rodar; \<\<record\>\> grabar; \<\<fire/nest/hole\>\> hacer*; \<\<list/will\>\> hacer*

to make a noise — hacer* ruido

to make a note of something — anotar algo

made in Spain/Mexico — hecho or fabricado en España/México

made in Argentina/Peru — industria or fabricación argentina/peruana

to make something into something: I'll make this material into a skirt con esta tela me haré una falda; to make something out of/from/of something: she made the dress out of an old sheet se hizo el vestido con/de una sábana vieja; we made another meal from the leftovers hicimos otra comida con las sobras; it's made of wood/plastic es de madera/plástico; don't make an enemy of her — no te la eches encima como enemiga; see also difference 1) b), fuss I, mess I 1), 2)

3)

a) ( carry out) \<\<repairs/changes/payment\>\> hacer*, efectuar* (frml); \<\<preparations/arrangements\>\> hacer*; \<\<journey\>\> hacer*

make a left (turn) here — (AmE) dobla or gira a la izquierda aquí

b) \<\<remark/announcement\>\> hacer*

Sense II

4) ( cause to be)

I'll make you happy/rich — te haré feliz/rica

don't make life difficult for yourself — no te compliques la vida

that made me sad — eso me entristeció or me apenó

the work made me thirsty/sleepy — el trabajo me dio sed/sueño

what makes me angry is... — lo que me da rabia es...

I couldn't make myself heard above the noise — no podía conseguir que me oyeran con el ruido

they've made him supervisor — lo han nombrado supervisor, lo han ascendido a supervisor

we'll make a man of you — haremos de ti un hombre

if nine o'clock is too early, make it later — si las nueve es muy temprano, podemos reunirnos (or encontrarnos etc) más tarde

two large pizzas..., no, make that three — dos pizzas grandes..., no, mire, mejor déme tres

5)

a) ( cause to) hacer*

whatever made you do it? — ¿por qué lo hiciste?, ¿qué te llevó a hacer eso?

b) ( compel) obligar* a, hacer*

she was made to apologize — la obligaron a or la hicieron pedir perdón

c) (in phrases)

to make believe: you can't just make believe it never happened no puedes pretender que no sucedió, no puedes hacer como si no hubiera sucedido; to make do (with something), to make something do — arreglárselas con algo

Sense III

6)

a) (constitute, be) ser*

perfume makes the ideal gift — el perfume es el regalo ideal

it would make a nice change — sería un cambio agradable

you'd make a useless nurse — como enfermera serías un desastre

they make a nice couple — hacen buena pareja

b) (equal, amount to) ser*

five plus five makes ten — cinco y or más cinco son diez

that makes two of us — ya somos dos

7) ( calculate)

what do you make the total? — ¿(a ti) cuánto te da?

I make it 253 — (a mí) me da 253

what time do you make it, what do you make the time? — ¿qué hora tienes?

8) ( make fuss)

I think you're making too much of what she said — creo que le estás dándo demasiada importancia a lo que dijo

9)

a) ( understand)

to make something of something: I could make nothing of the message no entendí el mensaje; make of that what you will — tú saca tus propias conclusiones

b) ( think)

to make something of somebody/something: what did you make of him? ¿qué te pareció?; I don't know what to make of it — no sé qué pensar

Sense IV

10)

a) (gain, earn) \<\<money\>\> hacer*

they made a loss/profit — perdieron/ganaron dinero

they made a profit of $20,000 — ganaron or sacaron 20.000 dólares

how much did you make on the deal? — ¿cuánto sacaste or ganaste con el trato?

b) ( acquire) \<\<friends\>\> hacer*

I made a few acquaintances there — conocí a or (frml) trabé conocimiento con algunas personas allí

to make a name for oneself — hacerse* un nombre

11) (colloq) (manage to attend, reach)

I'm afraid I can't make Saturday — me temo que el sábado no puedo

we just made the 3 o'clock train — llegamos justo a tiempo para el tren de las tres

to make it: he'll never make it as a doctor nunca será un buen médico; they made it through to the finals — llegaron a la final

12) ( assure success of)

if you go to Harvard, you're made for life — si vas a Harvard, tienes el futuro asegurado

to make or break something/somebody — ser* el éxito o la ruina de algo/alguien

2.

vi

1) ( make preliminary move)

to make as if o as though to + inf — hacer* ademán de + inf

2) (move, proceed)

they made toward the door — se dirigieron hacia la puerta; see also make for

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Phrasal Verbs:

- make for

- make off

- make out

- make over

- make up

- make up for

- make up to

II

noun

1) ( brand) marca f

what make is it? — ¿de qué marca es?

2)

to be on the make — (colloq) ( out for gain) estar* intentando sacar tajada (fam); ( looking for a date) estar* de ligue or (AmS) de levante or (Chi) de pinche (fam)

English-spanish dictionary > make
4 cita

f.

1 appointment (entrevista).

darse cita to meet

tener una cita to have an appointment

cita a ciegas blind date

2 quotation (referencia).

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: citar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: citar.

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cita

► nombre femenino

1 (para negocios, médico, etc) appointment

■ tengo una cita con mi abogado I have an appointment with my lawyer

2 (amorosa) date

3 (mención) quotation

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FRASEOLOGÍA

darse cita to meet 2 figurado to come together

■ se dieron cita en el cine they met at the cinema

■ estos aspectos se dan cita en el ensayo these aspects come together in the essay

tener una cita to have an appointment, have an engagement

cita a ciegas blind date

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noun f.

1) appointment, date

2) quotation

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SF

1) (=encuentro)

a) [con médico, profesional] appointment

tengo cita con el dentista — I have a dental appointment, I have an appointment at the dentist's

• concertar una cita — to make an appointment, arrange an appointment

• pedir cita — to make an appointment

b) [de novios] date

tener una cita — to have a date

cita a ciegas — blind date

2) (=reunión) meeting

tengo una cita con la junta directiva — I have a meeting with the board of directors

los ciudadanos tienen una cita con las urnas el domingo — the country goes to the polls on Sunday

• acudir a una cita — to attend a meeting

• darse cita — (=quedar citado) to arrange to meet; (=encontrarse) to gather

los mejores atletas del mundo se han dado cita aquí hoy — the world's top athletes have gathered here today

• lugar de cita — meeting place

este café es lugar de cita de escritores famosos — this café is a meeting place for famous writers
casa 1)
3) (=punto de encuentro) event

los Juegos Olímpicos son la cita más importante del deporte mundial — the Olympic Games are the most important sporting event in the world

• ser cita obligada, este festival es cita obligada para los amantes de la danza — this festival is a must for lovers of dance

estos días París se convierte en cita obligada para los diseñadores de moda — for these few days, Paris becomes the only place to be for fashion designers

4) (=mención literal) [de escrito, libro] quotation; [de parte de discurso, declaraciones] quote

una cita de Quevedo — a quotation from Quevedo

varias citas del presidente — several quotes from the president

la cita más famosa de Groucho Marx — Groucho Marx's most famous quote

un diccionario de citas — a dictionary of quotations

cita textual — direct quote

se escribe así cuando se trata de una cita textual — it's written like this when it's a direct quote

"es intolerable" (cita textual de un compañero de la oficina) — "it's intolerable", as a colleague from work said, in the words of a colleague from work, "it's intolerable"

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femenino

1)

a) ( con profesional) appointment

pedir cita — to make an appointment

concertar una cita — to arrange an appointment

b) (con novio, amigo)

tengo una cita con mi novio/con un amigo — I have a date with my boyfriend/I'm going out with a friend

no llegues tarde a la cita — don't be late

faltó or no acudió a la cita — he didn't show up

c) (period) ( reunión) meeting

tuvo una cita con el presidente — he had a meeting with the president

darse cita: se dieron cita en la estación they arranged to meet at the station; cientos de famosos se dieron cita en el estreno — (period) hundreds of celebrities were gathered at the premiere

2) (en texto, discurso) quote

una cita del diario — a quote from the newspaper

una cita de Cervantes — a quotation o quote from Cervantes

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femenino

1)

a) ( con profesional) appointment

pedir cita — to make an appointment

concertar una cita — to arrange an appointment

b) (con novio, amigo)

tengo una cita con mi novio/con un amigo — I have a date with my boyfriend/I'm going out with a friend

no llegues tarde a la cita — don't be late

faltó or no acudió a la cita — he didn't show up

c) (period) ( reunión) meeting

tuvo una cita con el presidente — he had a meeting with the president

darse cita: se dieron cita en la estación they arranged to meet at the station; cientos de famosos se dieron cita en el estreno — (period) hundreds of celebrities were gathered at the premiere

2) (en texto, discurso) quote

una cita del diario — a quote from the newspaper

una cita de Cervantes — a quotation o quote from Cervantes

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cita¹

¹ = appointment, engagement, rendezvous.

Ex: Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'.

Ex: The library services person will then give you the author's address, if he does accept engagements, or, often, make a preliminary inquiry for you.

Ex: She decided to have a cup of coffee in the library's cafeteria before her rendezvous with Edmonds.

* concertar una cita = make + appointment.

* lugar de cita = meeting ground.

* reservar cita = book + time.

cita²

² = date, tryst.

Ex: The article 'A date with progress' explains the benefits to librarians and users of having the publication date of a book added to its Dewey Decimal Classification number.

Ex: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.

* cita a ciegas = blind date.

* cita con un extraño = blind date.

* primera cita = first date.

* tener una cita = date.

* violación cometida por la persona con quien se ha tenido una cita = date rape.

cita³

³ = quote.

Ex: Kilgour, from whom the above quote is taken, believes that with such catalogues 'it will not be necessary to have extensive descriptive cataloging rule systems'.

* cita textual = quotation, sic.

* mapa de citas = citation map.

cita⁴

⁴ = source reference, citing habit, cite.

Ex: Longer titles since each title can occupy only one line will be truncated and only brief source references are included.

Ex: This parallelism suggests similar citing habits of scientists in the fields studied.

Ex: It is much better to err in terms oftoo many cites than it is to err on the side of too few citations.

* análisis de citas = citation analysis.

* bibliometría sobre citas = citation bibliometry.

* búsqueda de citas = citation search.

* cita bibliográfica = citation, document citation, reference citation.

* cita bibliográfica falsa = bibliographic ghost.

* cita bibliográfica ficticia = bibliographic ghost.

* citas máximas = maximum citation.

* edad de la cita = citation age.

* encadenamiento de citas = citation chain, chain of citation.

* enlace cita = backlink.

* frecuencia de cita = citation rate.

* impacto de citas = citation impact.

* indicador de citas = citation indicator.

* Indice de Citas = citation index, Citation Index.

* Indice de Citas de Ciencia (SCI) = Science Citation Index (SCI).

* Indice de Citas de las Ciencias Sociales (SCI) = Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).

* índice invertido de las citas bibliográficas = citation dictionary.

* libro de citas = citator.

* número de citas = number of citations.

* obra fuente de la cita = citing work.

* obtener una cita bibliográfica = glean + citation.

* orden de cita = citation order, combination order.

* patrón de cita = citation pattern.

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cita

feminine

A

1 (con un profesional) appointment

el abogado me ha dado cita para el lunes I have an appointment to see the lawyer on Monday

pedir cita to make an appointment

llámeme por teléfono para concertar una cita call me to arrange an appointment

2

(con un amigo, novio): tengo una cita con mi novio I have a date with o I'm going out with o I'm meeting my boyfriend

no llegues tarde a la cita don't be late for our rendezvous

3 ( period) (reunión) meeting

el embajador acudió a la cita con el presidente the ambassador attended the meeting with the president

darse cita: se dieron cita en la estación they arranged to meet at the station

cientos de famosos se dieron cita en el estreno de la obra ( period); hundreds of celebrities came together at the premiere

Compuestos:

● cita a ciegas

blind date

● citas por computadora or ( Esp) ordenador

computer dating

B

(en un texto, discurso): una cita del diario a quote from the newspaper

una cita de Cervantes a quotation o ( frml) citation from Cervantes

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Del verbo citar: ( conjugate citar)

cita es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
cita
citar
cita sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( con profesional) appointment;

◊ pedir cita to make an appointment;

concertar una cita to arrange an appointment
b) (con novio, amigo):

◊ tengo una cita con mi novio/con un amigo I have a date with my boyfriend/I'm going out with a friend;

faltó a la cita he didn't show up (colloq);
citas por computadora or (Esp) ordenator computer dating
2 (en texto, discurso) quote;
◊ una cita de Cervantes a quotation o quote from Cervantes

citar ( conjugate citar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( dar una cita) [doctor/jefe de personal] to give … an appointment;

◊ estar citado con algn to have an appointment with sb

b) ( convocar):

◊ nos citó a todos a una reunión she called us all to a meeting

c) (Der) to summon;

◊ cita a algn como testigo to call sb as a witness

2
a) ( mencionar) to mention

b) ‹escritor/pasaje› to quote

citarse verbo pronominal citase con algn to arrange to meet sb;
◊ se citaon en la plaza ( recípr) they arranged to meet in the square

cita sustantivo femenino
1 (para un encuentro formal) appointment: tengo que pedir cita en el dentista, I have to make an appointment with my dentist
2 (para un encuentro informal) date: llegará tarde, porque tenía una cita, she'll get here late because she had a prior engagement
3 (de un autor, libro) quotation
citar verbo transitivo
1 (dar fecha) to arrange to meet o to make an appointment with
2 (mencionar, repetir textualmente) to quote: cita a Cervantes dos veces, he quotes Cervantes twice
3 Jur to summon

' cita' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acudir
- alguna
- alguno
- anulación
- citar
- compromiso
- concertar
- faltar
- hora
- les
- plan
- señalamiento
- audiencia
- cuadrar
- incumplir
- plantar
- textual
English:
appointment
- appt.
- assignment
- blind
- break
- citation
- date
- engagement
- fix up
- keep
- meeting
- quotation
- quote
- rearrange
- rendezvous
- reschedule
- see
- arrange
- speed
- switch

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cita nf

1. [entrevista] [con amigo, doctor, abogado] appointment;
[de novios] date;
una cita de negocios a business appointment;

la próxima cita del equipo le enfrentará a Paraguay the team's next match will be against Paraguay;

no piensa faltar a la cita anual con los accionistas he fully intends to be at the annual shareholders' meeting;

acordar una cita to arrange an appointment;

darse cita [quedar] to arrange to meet;
[encontrarse] to meet;
decenas de directores se dan cita anualmente en Cannes scores of directors come together o meet up in Cannes every year;

faltar a una cita to miss an appointment;

pedir cita to ask for an appointment;

tener una cita to have an appointment

Comp
cita a ciegas blind date;
cita electoral election;

cita con las urnas: [m5] tener una cita con las urnas to go to the polls;

en la última cita con las urnas in the last election

2. [referencia] quotation

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cita

f

1 appointment;

cita previa prior appointment, previous engagement;

concertar una cita arrange an appointment;

darse cita arrange to meet

2 de texto quote, quotation

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cita nf

1) : quote, quotation

2) : appointment, date

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cita n

1. (con médico, etc) appointment

mañana tengo cita con el dentista I've got a dental appointment tomorrow

2. (con novio, novia) date

¿tienes una cita con Mario? have you got a date with Mario?

3. (frase) quote / quotation

una cita de Quevedo a quote by Quevedo

darse cita (quedar) to arrange to meet (reunirse) to meet [pt. & pp. met]

faltar a una cita not to turn up

Spanish-English dictionary > cita
5 jour

jour [ʒuʀ]

━━━━━━━━━

1. masculine noun

2. plural masculine noun

3. compounds

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1. <

   a. day

• trois fois par jour three times a day

• c'est à deux jours de marche it's a two-day walk

• faire 30 jours (de prison) to do 30 days (inf)

• quel jour sommes-nous ? what day is it today?

• le jour de Noël Christmas Day

• un jour il lui a écrit one day he wrote to her

• un jour viendra où... the day will come when...

• ils s'aiment comme au premier jour they're as much in love as ever

• dès le premier jour from day one

• être dans un bon jour to be in a good mood

• décidément ce n'est pas mon jour ! it's just not my day today!

• ce n'est vraiment pas le jour ! you've (or we've etc) picked the wrong day!

• au jour d'aujourd'hui in this day and age

• du jour où sa femme l'a quitté, il s'est mis à boire he started drinking the day his wife left him

• il y a deux ans jour pour jour two years ago to the day

• tes deux enfants, c'est le jour et la nuit your two children are chalk and cheese

• c'est le jour et la nuit ! there's no comparison!

► à jour

• être à jour to be up to date

• mettre à jour to bring up to date

• tenir à jour to keep up to date

• ce tarif n'est plus à jour this price list is out of date

• se mettre à jour dans son travail to catch up with one's work► du jour

• un œuf du jour a new-laid egg

• les nouvelles du jour the day's news

• le héros du jour the hero of the day

• l'homme du jour the man of the moment► de jour [crème, équipe, service] day

• hôpital de jour (pour traitement) outpatient clinic ; (psychiatrique) day hospital ; (pour activités) daycare centre

• être de jour to be on day duty

• il travaille de jour cette semaine he's on day shifts this week

• voyager de jour to travel by day

• de jour comme de nuit night and day► jour et nuit day and night

• ils ont travaillé jour et nuit they worked day and night► tous les jours every day

• de tous les jours everyday

• dans la vie de tous les jours in everyday life

• mon manteau de tous les jours my everyday coat► un beau jour (passé) one fine day ; (futur) one of these days

► un de ces jours one of these days

• à un de ces jours ! see you again sometime!► un jour ou l'autre sooner or later

► à ce jour to date

• il n'existe à ce jour aucun traitement efficace no effective treatment has been found to date► au jour le jour [existence, gestion] day-to-day

• vivre au jour le jour ( = sans souci) to live from day to day ; ( = pauvrement) to live from hand to mouth► jour après jour day after day

► de jour en jour day by day

► d'un jour à l'autre

• on l'attend d'un jour à l'autre ( = incessamment) he's expected any day now

• il change d'avis d'un jour à l'autre ( = très rapidement) he changes his mind from one day to the next► du jour au lendemain overnight

• ça ne se fera pas du jour au lendemain it won't happen overnight

   b. ( = lumière, éclairage) light

• il fait jour it's light

• demain, il fera jour à 7 heures tomorrow it'll be light at 7

• je fais ça le jour I do it during the day

• se lever avant le jour to get up before dawn

► au petit jour at dawn

► jeter un jour nouveau sur to throw new light on

► mettre au jour to bring to light

► se faire jour to become clear

► sous un jour favorable

• montrer qch sous un jour favorable to show sth in a favourable light

• voir qch sous un jour favorable to see sth in a favourable light

• se présenter sous un jour favorable [projet] to look promising

   c. ( = naissance) donner le jour à to give birth to

• voir le jour to be born ; [projet] to see the light

   d. ( = ouverture) gap

2. <

jours

   a. ( = période) days

• il faut attendre des jours meilleurs we must wait for better days

• aux beaux jours in the summertime

• ces vedettes ont fait les beaux jours de Broadway these were the stars of the golden age of Broadway

• du Moyen Âge à nos jours from the Middle Ages right up until today

• de nos jours these days

► ces jours-ci

• il a fait très beau ces jours-ci the weather's been very nice lately

• elle doit arriver ces jours-ci she'll be here any day now

• ceux qui veulent prendre l'avion ces jours-ci people wanting to fly now

   b. ( = vie) jusqu'à la fin de mes jours until I die

• finir ses jours à l'hôpital to end one's days in hospital

• mettre fin à ses jours to put an end to one's life

• nous gardons cela pour nos vieux jours we're keeping that for our old age

3. <

► le jour de l'An New Year's Day

► jour de congé day off

► jour de deuil day of mourning

► jour férié public holiday

► jour de fête ( = férié) holiday ; ( = de joie) day of celebration

► jour de maladie day off sick

► jour mobile discretionary holiday (granted by company)

► le jour des Morts All Souls' Day

► jour de repos [de salarié] day off

• après deux jours de repos, il est reparti after a two-day break, he set off again ► le jour des Rois Twelfth Night

► jour de sortie [de domestique] day off ; [d'élève] day out

► jour de travail working day

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ʒuʀ
nom masculin

1) ( période de vingt-quatre heures) day

en un jour — in one day

dans les trois jours — within three days

ces derniers jours — these last few days

d'un jour — [bonheur, espoir] fleeting; [mode] passing; [reine] for a day

des jours et des jours — for ever and ever

dès le premier jour — right from the start

jour après jour — ( quotidiennement) day after day; ( progressivement) little by little

vivre au jour le jour — to live one day at a time; ressembler, Rome

2) ( date) day

ce jour-là — that day

quel jour sommes-nous? — what day is it today?

un jour ou l'autre — some day

tous les jours — every day

jour pour jour — to the day

de jour en jour — from day to day

à ce jour — to date

à jour — up to date

mettre à jour — ( actualiser) to bring up to date [courrier, travail]; to revise [édition]; ( révéler) to expose, to reveal [mystère, secret, trafic, problème]

mise à jour — ( actualisation) (d'édition, de données, statistiques) updating (de of); ( découverte) (de secret, trafic) revelation (de of)

édition mise à jour — revised edition

tenir à jour — to keep up to date

jusqu'à ce jour — ( maintenant) until now; ( alors) until then

de nos jours — nowadays

d'un jour à l'autre — [être attendu] any day now; [changer] from one day to the next

du jour au lendemain — overnight

nouvelle/mode du jour — latest news/fashion

3) ( du lever au coucher du soleil) day

les jours raccourcissent — the days are getting shorter

pendant le jour — during the day

nuit et jour — night and day

le jour se lève — it's getting light

lumière du jour — daylight

au lever or point du jour — at daybreak

le petit jour — the early morning

se lever avec le jour — to get up at the crack of dawn

travailler de jour — to work days

4) ( clarté) daylight

il fait jour — it's daylight

en plein jour — in broad daylight

faire quelque chose au grand jour — to do something for all to see

se faire jour — [vérité] to come to light

mettre au jour — to unearth [vestige]; to bring [something] to light [vérité]

jeter un jour nouveau sur quelque chose, éclairer quelque chose d'un jour nouveau — to shed new light on something; faux I

5) ( aspect)

sous ton meilleur/pire jour — at your best/worst

je ne te connaissais pas sous ce jour — I knew nothing of that side of you

je t'ai vu sous ton vrai jour — I saw you in your true colours [BrE]

sous un jour avantageux — in a favourable [BrE] light

6) fig

donner le jour à quelqu'un — to bring somebody into the world

voir le jour — [personne] to come into the world; [œuvre, projet] to see the light of day; [organisme] to come into being

mes jours sont comptés — my days are numbered

finir ses jours à la campagne — to end one's days in the country

des jours difficiles — hard times

attenter à ses jours — to make a suicide attempt

avoir encore de beaux jours devant soi — still to have a future

les beaux jours reviennent — spring will soon be here

7) Construction, Bâtiment ( ouverture) gap

jour entre des tuiles — gap between tiles

8) ( de broderie)

jours — openwork (embroidery) [U]

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Phrasal Verbs:

- jour de l'An

- jour de deuil national

- jour férié

- jour de fermeture

- jour des morts

- jour ouvrable

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Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour — Rome wasn't built in a day

beau comme le jour — very good-looking

être dans un bon jour — to be in a good mood

être dans un mauvais jour — to be having an off day

il y a des jours avec et des jours sans — (colloq) there are good days and bad days

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ʒuʀ nm
1) (durée, fraction de la semaine) day

J'ai passé trois jours chez mes cousins. — I spent three days staying at my cousins'.

tous les jours — every day

de jour en jour — day by day

d'un jour à l'autre — from one day to the next

du jour au lendemain — overnight

dans huit jours — in a week

dans quinze jours — in a fortnight

2) (opposé à la nuit) day, daytime

pendant le jour — during the day, in the daytime

à la lumière du jour — by the light of day, in daylight

3) (= clarté) daylight

il fait jour — it's daylight

en plein jour — in broad daylight

au jour — in daylight

au petit jour — at daybreak

au grand jour — in broad daylight, figin the open

4) (= aspect)

sous un jour favorable — in a favourable light

sous un jour nouveau — in a new light

5) (= ouverture) opening

6) COUTURE openwork no pl

7) (autres locutions)

être à jour — to be up to date

mettre à jour — to bring up to date, to update

mise à jour — update

mettre au jour — to uncover, to disclose

se faire jour fig — to become clear

donner le jour à — to give birth to

voir le jour — to be born

au jour le jour — from day to day

de nos jours — these days, nowadays

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jour ⇒ La mesure du temps

A nm

1 ( période de vingt-quatre heures) day; en un jour in one day; dans les trois jours within three days; mois de trente jours thirty-day month; barbe de trois jours three days' growth of beard; trois fois par jour three times a day; c'est à trois jours de train it's three days away by train; ces derniers jours these last few days; un jour de plus ou de moins ne changera rien one day here or there won't make any difference; les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas every day is different; dans huit jours in a week's time, in a week; quinze jours a fortnight GB; tous les quinze jours every fortnight GB ou two weeks US; d'un jour [bonheur, espoir] fleeting; [mode] passing; [reine] for a day; deux poussins d'un jour two one-day old chicks; être la vedette d'un jour to be here today and gone tomorrow; des jours et des jours for ever and ever; dès le premier jour right from the start; jour après jour ( quotidiennement) day after day; ( progressivement) little by little; vivre au jour le jour to live one day at a time; gagner sa vie au jour le jour to scratch a living; voir les choses au jour le jour to take each day as it comes; noter ses pensées au jour le jour to note down one's thoughts every day; ⇒ barbe C 1;

2 ( date) day; ce jour-là that day; quel jour sommes-nous? what day is it today?; elle viendra un jour she'll come one day; c'est mon jour de courses it's my shopping day; viens un jour où il n'y sera pas come on a day he's out, come one day when he's out; le jour où je mourrai the day I die; un jour ou l'autre some day; l'autre jour the other day; un de ces jours one of these days; un beau jour one fine day; tous les jours every day; de tous les jours everyday; jour pour jour to the day; de jour en jour from day to day; à ce jour to date; à jour up to date; mettre à jour ( actualiser) to bring up to date [courrier, travail]; to revise [édition]; to update [données, application]; ( révéler) to expose, to reveal [mystère, secret, trafic, problème]; mise à jour ( actualisation) ( d'édition) revision; (de données, d'application) updating (de of); ( découverte) (de secret, trafic) revelation (de of); édition mise à jour revised edition; tenir à jour to keep up to date; jusqu'à ce jour ( maintenant) until now; ( alors) until then; de nos jours nowadays; d'un jour à l'autre [être attendu] any day now; [changer] from one day to the next; du jour au lendemain overnight; nouvelle/mode du jour latest news/fashion; au jour d'aujourd'hui○ today;

3 ( du lever au coucher du soleil) day; les jours raccourcissent the days are getting shorter; pendant le jour during the day; nuit et jour night and day; tout le jour all day; le jour se lève it's getting light; lumière du jour daylight; au lever or point du jour at daybreak; le petit jour the early morning; se lever avec le jour to get up at the crack of dawn; travailler de jour to work days; travail de jour day work;

4 ( clarté) daylight; il fait jour it's daylight; laisser entrer le jour to let in the daylight; en plein jour in broad daylight; faire qch au grand jour to do sth for all to see; se faire jour [vérité] to come to light; mettre au jour to unearth [vestige]; to bring [sth] to light [vérité]; jeter un jour nouveau sur qch, éclairer qch d'un jour nouveau to shed new light on sth; ⇒ faux;

5 ( aspect) sous ton meilleur/pire jour at your best/worst; je ne te connaissais pas sous ce jour I knew nothing of that side of you; je t'ai vu sous ton vrai jour I saw you in your true colours; sous un jour avantageux in a favourable^GB light;

6 fig donner le jour à qn to bring sb into the world; donner jour à qch to give rise to sth; voir le jour [personne] to come into the world; [œuvre, projet] to see the light of day; [organisme] to come into being; mes jours sont comptés my days are numbered; finir ses jours à la campagne to end one's days in the country; des jours difficiles hard times; attenter à ses jours to make a suicide attempt; avoir encore de beaux jours devant soi to still have a future; les beaux jours reviennent spring will soon be here;

7 Constr ( ouverture) gap; jour dans un mur/entre des tuiles gap in a wall/between tiles;

8 Cout jours openwork (embroidery) ¢; faire des jours to do openwork; une bordure avec des jours an openwork border; jours à fils tirés drawn thread work; motif à jours ( en tricot) lacy pattern.

Composés

jour de l'An New Year's Day; jour d'arrivée day of arrival; jour astronomique astronomical day; jour calendaire calendar day; jour de chance lucky day; jour de colère day of wrath; jour de départ day of departure; jour de deuil day of mourning; jour de deuil national national day of mourning; jour férié bank holiday GB, legal holiday US; jour de fermeture closing day; jour de fête ( férié) holiday; aujourd'hui c'est jour de fête fig it's a great day today; jour franc clear day; jour du Grand Pardon Relig Day of Atonement; jour J D day; jour du Jugement Relig Judgment Day; jour maigre Relig day of abstinence (without meat); jour des morts Relig All Souls' Day; jour ouvrable working day; jour de paie payday; jour de planche Naut lay day; jour de relâche Théât closing day; jour du Seigneur Relig Sabbath; jour sidéral sidereal day; jour solaire solar day; jour de souffrance Constr opening looking on to a neighbour^GB; jour de travail working day; jour utile lawful day.

Idiomes

Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour Rome wasn't built in a day; beau comme le jour very good-looking; ce n'est pas mon jour! this isn't my day!; être dans un bon jour to be in a good mood; être dans un mauvais jour to be having an off day; il y a des jours avec et des jours sans there are good days and bad days.

[ʒur] nom masculin

A.[DIVISION TEMPORELLE]

1. [division du calendrier] day

un mois de trente jours a thirty-day month

un jour de repos a day of rest

un jour de travail a working day (UK), a workday

il me reste des jours à prendre avant la fin de l'année I still have some (days) to take before the end of the year

dans deux/quelques jours in two/a few days' time

il est resté des jours entiers sans sortir he didn't go out for days on end

tous les jours every day

au jour le jour

a. [sans s'occuper du lendemain] from day to day

b. [précairement] from hand to mouth

de jour en jour

a. [grandir] daily, day by day

b. [varier] from day to day, from one day to the next

d'un jour à l'autre

a. [incessamment] any day (now)

b. [de façon imprévisible] from one day to the next

jour après jour

a. [constamment] day after day

b. [graduellement] day by day

jour par jour day by day

jour pour jour to the day

2. [exprime la durée]

un bébé d'un jour a day-old baby

un jour de: c'est à un jour de marche/voiture it's one day's walk/drive away

nous avons eu trois jours de pluie we had rain for three days ou three days of rain

j'en ai pour deux jours de travail it's going to take me two days' work

ça va prendre un jour de lessivage et trois jours de peinture it'll take one day to wash down and three days to paint

3. [date précise] day

l'autre jour the other day

le jour où the day ou time that

dès le premier jour from the very first day

comme au premier jour as it was in the beginning

ils sont amoureux comme au premier jour they're as much in love as when they first met

le jour est loin où j'étais heureux it's a long time since I've been happy

le jour viendra où the day will come when

un jour one day

un jour que one day when

le jour de la rentrée ÉDUCATION the first day (back) at school

le vendredi, c'est le jour de Nora/du poisson Friday is Nora's day/is the day we have fish

le jour de l'an New Year's Day

le jour du Jugement dernier doomsday, Judgment Day

le jour des morts All Souls' Day

le jour des Rois Twelfth Night

le jour du Seigneur the Lord's Day, the Sabbath

le grand jour pour elle/lui her/his big day

son manteau/son discours des grands jours the coat she wears/the speech she makes on important occasions

mes chaussures de tous les jours my everyday ou ordinary shoes, the shoes I wear everyday

ce n'est pas mon jour! it's not my day!

ce n'est (vraiment) pas le jour!, tu choisis bien ton jour! (ironique) you really picked your day!

il est dans un mauvais jour he's having one of his off days

un beau jour one (fine) day

un de ces jours, un jourou l'autre one of these days

à un de ces jours! see you soon!

à ce jour to this day, to date

au jour d'aujourd'hui (familier) in this day and age

B.[CLARTÉ]

1. [lumière] daylight

le jour baisse it's getting dark

il fait (encore) jour it's still light

il faisait grand jour it was broad daylight

le jour se lève the sun is rising

avant le jour before dawn ou daybreak

au petit jour at dawn ou daybreak

jour et nuit, nuit et jour day and night, night and day

je dors le jour I sleep during the day ou in the daytime

examine-le au ou en plein jour look at it in the daylight

jour artificiel artificial daylight

2. [aspect]

sous un certain jour in a certain light

le marché apparaît sous un jour défavorable the market does not look promising

enfin, il s'est montré sous son vrai jour! he's shown his true colours at last!

voir quelque chose sous son vrai ou véritable jour to see something in its true light

sous un faux jour in a false light

3. (locution)

donner le jour à

a. [enfant] to give birth to, to bring into the world

b. [projet] to give birth to

c. [mode, tendance] to start

jeter un jour nouveau sur to throw ou to cast new light on

mettre au jour to bring to light

voir le jour

a. [bébé] to be born

b. [journal] to come out

c. [théorie, invention] to appear

d. [projet] to see the light of day

C.[OUVERTURE]

1. [interstice - entre des planches] gap, chink ; [ - dans un feuillage] gap

2. ARCHITECTURE opening

ART light

3. COUTURE opening (made by drawing threads)

des jours openwork, drawn work

4. (locution)

se faire jour to emerge, to become clear

l'idée s'est fait jour dans son esprit the idea dawned on her

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jours nom masculin pluriel

1. [vie] days, life

mettre fin à ses jours to put an end to one's life

ses jours sont comptés his days are numbered

ses jours ne sont plus en danger we no longer fear for her life

2. [époque]

de la Rome antique à nos jours from Ancient Rome to the present day

passer des jours heureux to have a good time

les mauvais jours

a. [les moments difficiles] unhappy days, hard times

b. [les jours où rien ne va] bad days

il a sa tête des mauvais jours it looks like he's in a bad mood

ce manteau a connu des jours meilleurs this coat has seen better days

ses vieux jours his old age

de nos jours these days, nowadays

les beaux jours

a. [printemps] springtime

b. [été] summertime

ah, c'étaient les beaux jours! [jeunesse] ah, those were the days!

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à jour locution adjectivale

[cahier, travail] kept up to date

[rapport] up-to-date, up-to-the-minute

être à jour de ses cotisations to have paid one's subscription

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à jour locution adverbiale

up to date

tenir/mettre quelque chose à jour to keep/to bring something up to date

mettre sa correspondance à jour to catch up on one's letter writing

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au grand jour locution adverbiale

faire quelque chose au grand jour (figuré) to do something openly ou in broad daylight

l'affaire fut étalée au grand jour the affair was brought out into the open

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de jour locution adjectivale

[hôpital, unité] day, daytime (modificateur)

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de jour locution adverbiale

[travailler] during the day

[conduire] in the daytime, during the day

être de jour to be on day duty ou on days

de jour comme de nuit day and night

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du jour locution adjectivale

[mode, tendance, préoccupation] current, contemporary

[homme] of the moment

le journal du jour the day's paper

un œuf du jour a new-laid ou newly-laid ou freshly-laid egg

le poisson est-il du jour? is the fish fresh (today)?

du jour au lendemain locution adverbiale

overnight

il a changé d'avis du jour au lendemain he changed his mind overnight

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d'un jour locution adjectivale

short-lived, ephemeral (soutenu), transient (soutenu)

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par jour locution adverbiale

a day, per day

trois fois par jour three times a day

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > jour

6 go

[ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) ir

2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) passar

3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) ir

4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) ir

5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) ir

6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) ser liquidado

7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) decorrer

8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) ir embora

9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) sumir

10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) ir (fazer)

11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) ir-se abaixo

12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) funcionar

13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) ficar

14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) estar

15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) guardar-se

16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) passar

17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) gastar-se

18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) valer

19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) fazer

20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) ser

21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) correr bem
2. noun
1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) tentativa

2) (energy: She's full of go.) genica

•

- going
3. adjective
1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) bem sucedido

2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) actual

•

- go-ahead
4. noun
(permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) licença

- go-getter
- going-over
- goings-on
- no-go
- all go
- be going on for
- be going on
- be going strong
- from the word go
- get going
- give the go-by
- go about
- go after
- go against
- go along
- go along with
- go around
- go around with
- go at
- go back
- go back on
- go by
- go down
- go far
- go for
- go in
- go in for
- go into
- go off
- go on
- go on at
- go out
- go over
- go round
- go slow
- go steady
- go through
- go through with
- go too far
- go towards
- go up
- go up in smoke/flames
- go with
- go without
- keep going
- make a go of something
- make a go
- on the go
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[gou] n 1 ação de andar, andar. 2 espírito, impulso, energia, animação. 3 estado das coisas, modo, estilo. 4 autorização para prosseguir. 5 vez (de jogar), tentativa. 6 remessa. 7 ocorrência. 8 sucesso. • vt+vi (ps went, pp gone) 1 ir, seguir, prosseguir, andar. 2 sair, partir, deixar, ir embora. 3 estar em movimento, andar, trabalhar (máquinas), soar. 4 ficar, tornar-se, vir a ser. 5 estar, ser. 6 começar, empreender. 7 proceder, avançar. 8 correr, vagar, estar em uso corrente. 9 meter-se, intrometer-se. 10 estender-se, alcançar. 11 passar. 12 ser vendido, ser entregue. 13 tender, levar, conduzir. 14 resultar, redundar. 15 pertencer, caber. 16 combinar, harmonizar. 17 explodir, estourar. 18 deixar de existir, perder, gastar. 19 morrer. 20 afrouxar. a fair go uma chance. all the go na moda. a near go um escape por um triz. anything goes Amer vale tudo. as men go como costuma acontecer com os homens. at one go de uma só vez, simultaneamente. be gone! afaste-se!, saia! dead and gone morto e passado. do you go with me? você me compreende?, você concorda comigo? from the word go desde o começo. go along with you! sem essa!, não acredito em você! going, going, gone! Auction primeiro, segundo, terceiro! go to it! coll vamos a isso! have a go at it! faça uma tentativa! he goes by the name of X ele é conhecido sob o nome X. here’s a go! agora avante! is it a go? combinado? it is all (quite) the go está bem em moda. it is no go coll não vai, não adianta. (it’s) no go nada feito. it was touch and go estava por um fio de cabelo, por um triz. let go! largue! let me go! solte-me! on the go em movimento, em atividade. pop went the bottle a garrafa estourou. that goes for you too isto também se aplica a você. that goes to show Amer isto demonstra. there is no go in the show coll o negócio não anda. there it goes again vai começar tudo de novo. to give it a go tentar. to go about 1 passar de um lugar para outro. 2 estar ocupado com. 3 procurar. 4 circular. to go about one’s business 1 prestar atenção com as suas coisas, seu negócio. 2 partir, deixar. to go abroad viajar para o exterior. to go against ir contra. to go ahead continuar, começar imediatamente. to go along with concordar com, apoiar. to go aside 1 errar. 2 retirar-se. to go astray perder-se, perder o caminho. to go at atacar. to go away partir. to go back voltar. to go back on trair, não cumprir uma promessa. to go bail fiar, afiançar. to go down 1 afundar. 2 deteriorar. 3 ser aceito, acreditado. 4 Comp quebrar. 5 sair da universidade. 6 sl acontecer. 7 ir para a cadeia. to go down on vulg fazer sexo oral com. to go down the drain 1 desperdiçar, não ser aproveitado. 2 perder o valor. to go down with pegar uma doença. to go Dutch repartir proporcionalmente uma conta ou despesa, Braz coll rachar uma conta. to go far ir longe, ter sucesso. to go for 1 atacar. 2 ir atrás. 3 tentar. 4 ser atraído por. 5 buscar, procurar. to go for broke arriscar tudo para vencer, dar o máximo de si. to go for nothing não ter valor. to go halves dividir igualmente uma conta, despesa. to go hang ser esquecido, negligenciado. to go hard with passar por dificuldades, custar caro a, ser difícil para. to go in entrar. to go in and out entrar e sair livremente. to go in for 1 praticar. 2 ter como profissão ou hobby. he goes in for sailing / ele gosta de velejar. he decided to go in for law / ele decidiu estudar (seguir a carreira de) direito. 3 participar de uma competição, prestar um exame. to go into 1 entrar. he went into convulsions / ele entrou em convulsões. he went into business / ele entrou nos negócios. 2 investigar. 3 ter, adotar como profissão. to go in unto Bib ter relações sexuais com. to go in with entrar em uma sociedade com, ajuntar-se com. to go it alone fazer algo sozinho, virar-se sozinho. to go live Radio, TV estar ao vivo. to go native adaptar-se a uma cultura estrangeira. to go off 1 deixar, partir. the train went off / o trem partiu. 2 disparar, explodir. the gun went off / a arma disparou. 3 piorar, deteriorar. the cinema has gone off / o cinema piorou. 4 estragar (comida). 5 chegar a uma conclusão esperada. 6 deixar de gostar de uma pessoa. 7 sl experimentar orgasmo. to go off with 1 largar um relacionamento para se relacionar com uma outra pessoa. 2 levar, pegar, carregar. to go on 1 continuar. you can’t go on the way you’ve been / você não pode continuar desta maneira. 2 comportar-se. 3 falar muito. he went on about it for half an hour / ele falou sobre isso durante meia hora. 4 existir, durar. 5 adequar-se. 6 começar. 7 aparecer no palco. 8 acontecer. to go on a journey sair em viagem. to go one better than exceder, sobrepujar. to go one’s own way agir, fazer independentemente. to go one’s way partir. to go on horseback andar a cavalo. to go on strike entrar em greve. to go on well with dar-se muito bem com. to go out 1 tornar-se extinto, extinguir. the fire went out / o fogo apagou-se. 2 partir, sair. 3 sair de moda. to go out of business deixar, desistir de um negócio, fechar as portas. to go out of fashion sair da moda. to go out of print estar esgotado (livros). to go over 1 revisar, rever, examinar. 2 relembrar. 3 ficar perto de. 4 visitar. 5 repetir. to go over to 1 mudar de opinião ou de partido. 2 TV mudar o lugar da transmissão. to go places 1 viajar muito. 2 prosperar, progredir, fazer sucesso. to go round ter suficiente. to go shares dividir. to go sick ficar doente. to go slow trabalhar, produzir menos (para obter algo dos empresários). to go stag sair desacompanhado. to go steady namorar firme. to go through 1 passar por. 2 gastar tudo. 3 Jur ir, ser aceito. 4 praticar, ensaiar. 5 olhar cuidadosamente. 6 ler do começo ao fim. to go through fire and water passar por todas as situações. to go together harmonizar, condizer. to go to pieces ficar em pedaços. the doll has gone to pieces / a boneca ficou em pedaços. to go under 1 falhar. 2 afundar, submergir. to go up 1 subir, ascender, aumentar. 2 ser destruído por fogo ou explosão. 3 aumentar preços. 4 entrar em uma universidade. to go with acompanhar, concordar, combinar. to go without passar sem. that goes without saying / é evidente, não precisa dizer. to go wrong dar errado, falhar, fracassar. to have a go tentar. to have a go at 1 criticar. 2 atacar fisicamente. 3 amolar, irritar alguém. what goes with it? o que é que acompanha isto? who goes? de quem é a vez? who goes there? quem está aí? years gone by anos passados.

English-Portuguese dictionary > go

7 lead

1. n грузило, отвес

2. n мор. лот

to cast the lead — бросать лот, мерить глубину лотом

to cast the lead — бросать лот

heaving the lead — бросание лота

cast of the lead — бросание лота

deep-sea sounding lead — глубоководный лот

coasting lead — ручной лот для средних глубин

3. n сл. пуля, пули

lead poison — смерть от пули

lead towel — пуля

4. n l

5. n свинцовые полосы для покрытия крыши

lead box — свинцовый ящик

lead ore — свинцовая руда

lead skim — свинцовый шлак

lead tube — свинцовая туба

red lead — свинцовый сурик

6. n покрытая свинцом крыша; плоская крыша

under the leads — на чердаке, под крышей

lead silicate — кремнекислый свинец (

lead telluride — теллуристый свинец (

lead arsenate — мышьяковокислый свинец

lead iodate — йодноватокислый свинец (

lead oxalate — щавелевокислый свинец (

7. n графит; карандашный грифель

black lead — графит

pot lead — графит, чёрный свинец

8. n полигр. свинец, гарт

lead ladle — ложка для разлива свинца

lead oleate — олеиновокислый свинец (

lead sulphovinate — этилсульфат свинца

lead thiocyanate — роданистый свинец (

lead thiocyanide — роданистый свинец (

9. n полигр. шпоны

lead case — наборная касса для размещения шпон

10. n диал. котелок, котёл

lead balloon — неудача; провал

11. v тех. освинцовывать, покрывать свинцом

lead rhodanide — роданистый свинец (

lead tartrate — виннокислый свинец (

lead citrate — лимоннокислый свинец (

lead formate — муравьинокислый свинец (

lead selenate — селеновокислый свинец (

12. v полигр. разделять шпонами, прокладывать шпоны; набирать на шпоны

13. n руководство; инициатива

to take the lead — брать на себя руководство, проявлять инициативу

took the lead — взял на себя инициативу

taken the lead — взял на себя инициативу

14. n пример

lead the way — идти во главе; показывать пример

15. n указание, директива

16. n ключ; намёк

17. n развёрнутый подзаголовок, аннотация

18. n вводная часть

lead unit — головная часть

19. n первое предложение или первый абзац информационной статьи

lead the advance — продвигаться в первом эшелоне

primary lead — первичная или основная версия

lead an assault — наступать в первом эшелоне

gaining the lead — занятие первого места

gain the lead — занимать первое место

20. n газетная информация, помещённая на видном месте

bus lead — шина

gained the lead — занял первое место

lead information — директивная информация

21. n первенство, первое место

in the lead — во главе

22. n преим. спорт. преимущество, перевес

to have a lead of several metres — опередить на несколько метров

23. n поводок; привязь

the dog was on the lead — собака шла на поводке

24. n театр. кино

female lead — кино главная женская роль

25. n главная роль

lead mechanic — главный механик

male lead — кино главная мужская роль

26. n исполнитель или исполнительница главной роли

27. n карт. ход; первый ход

whose lead is it? — чей ход?

antenna lead — антенный вход

28. n карт. карта, масть

29. n карт. разг. дорожка, тропинка

blind lead — тупик

30. n карт. искусственное русло

31. n карт. разводье; проход

ice lead — разводье

32. n карт. эл. подводящий провод

lead compensator — компенсатор сопротивления проводов

instrument lead — соединительные провода прибора

high voltage lead — провод высокого напряжения

high tension lead — провод высокого напряжения

ground lead — земляной провод; земляной вывод

33. n карт. ошиновка, электропроводка

aircraft lead — электропроводка воздушного судна

34. n карт. трубопровод; канал

35. n карт. тех. шаг или ход

variable lead threading — нарезание резьбы переменного шага

lead tolerance — допуск шага

36. n карт. тех. отводной блок

удар

37. n карт. тех. центрирующая фаска

38. n карт. тех. опережение, предварение

lead compensation — коррекция на опережение по фазе

salvo lead point — точка предварения залпа

lead control — регулирование с опережением

valve lead — опережение закрытия клапана

admission lead — предварение впуска

39. n карт. воен. упреждение, приведение огня

lead element — головное подразделение

turn lead — упреждение разворота

lateral lead — боковое упреждение

vertical lead — вертикальное упреждение

horizontal lead — горизонтальное упреждение

lead computing gyroscope — гироскоп упреждения

40. n карт. геол. жила, жильное месторождение

lead of cable — токопроводящая жила кабеля

41. n карт. геол. золотоносный песок

42. n карт. тех. стрела; укосина

pendulum lead — качающаяся стрела

43. v вести; показывать путь

to lead by the hand — вести за руку

to lead a blind man — вести слепого

to lead the life of a gentleman — вести праздный образ жизни

to lead a fast life — вести беспутную жизнь, прожигать жизнь

to lead the life of religion — вести монашеский образ жизни

to lead a riotous life — вести разгульный образ жизни

to lead a healthy life — вести здоровый образ жизни

44. v руководить, возглавлять; управлять

to lead an army — командовать армией

to lead an expedition — руководить экспедицией

to lead a mutiny — стоять во главе мятежа

to lead a choir — управлять хором

to lead the fashion — быть законодателем мод

take the lead — быть впереди; возглавлять

to lead for the defence — возглавлять защиту

45. v занимать первое место; быть впереди

to lead the advance — двигаться в голове наступающих войск

forward lead — сдвиг щеток вперед

46. v спорт. идти первым; вести, лидировать

the big chestnut was leading by three lengths — большая гнедая лошадь опередила других на три корпуса

to lead a good life — вести правильный образ жизни

to lead a dissipated life — вести разгульную жизнь

to lead a life of otiosity — вести праздную жизнь

to lead a gay life — вести беспутную жизнь

to lead down the aisle — вести к алтарю

47. v спорт. вести по очкам; иметь, набрать больше очков

lead to a blind alley — завести в тупик

lead away — увести, увлечь

lead out of — вести в

48. v превосходить

as an actor he certainly leads — как актёр он, несомненно, не имеет себе равных

49. v вести, приводить

where does this road lead? — куда ведёт эта дорога?

50. v выходить, сообщаться

a bathroom leads out of the bedroom — ванная примыкает к спальне

51. v вести, служить проводом или каналом

LT lead — провод низкого напряжения

grounding lead — заземляющий провод

jump lead — провод большого сечения

HT lead — провод высокого напряжения

negative lead — отрицательный провод

52. v приводить; вызвать; быть причиной, иметь результатом

to lead nowhere — ни к чему не привести, оказаться безрезультатным

to lead to illness — кончиться болезнью

to lead to a poor result — дать незначительные результаты

fear led him to tell lies — страх заставил его лгать

to lead to crime — вести, приводить к совершению преступления

53. v убедить, склонить; заставить, повлиять

what led you to think so? — что заставило вас так думать?

54. v вовлекать

and lead us not into temptation — и не введи нас во искушение

55. v юр. задавать наводящие вопросы

56. v карт. ходить

to lead hearts — ходить с опережать

57. v воен. упреждать

58. v шотл. юр. свидетельствовать; представлять

all roads lead to Rome — все дороги ведут в Рим

Синонимический ряд:

1. chief (adj.) chief; main; prime; principal; supreme

2. first (adj.) first; front; head; primary

3. advance (noun) advance; first place; foremost

4. clue (noun) clue; evidence; hint; scent

5. direction (noun) direction; leadership; management

6. example (noun) example; guidance; model; pattern

7. head (noun) boss; head; king; precedence; president; vanguard

8. leader (noun) bellwether; dean; doyen; guide; leader; pilot

9. leading lady (noun) leading lady; leading man; prima donna; principal; protagonist; star

10. weight (noun) plumb; weight

11. command (verb) captain; command; dominate; reign; rule

12. convert (verb) bring; convert; move; persuade

13. go (verb) carry; extend; go; reach; run; stretch

14. guide (verb) conduct; convey; direct; escort; go before; guide; introduce; manage; moderate; pilot; precede; preface; route; see; shepherd; show; steer; usher

15. influence (verb) allure; convince; entice; induce; influence; lure; seduce

16. live (verb) live; pass; pursue

17. surpass (verb) beat; excel; outstrip; overtake; surpass; transcend

Антонимический ряд:

accede; acquiesce; assent; assist; attend; comply; concede; concur; conform; consent; dissuade; follow; help; imitate; last; obey; secondary; trail

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8 serve

serve

A n Sport service m ; it's my serve à moi de servir ; to have a big serve avoir un très bon service.

B vtr

1 ( work for) servir [God, King, country, community, cause, ideal, public, company] ; travailler au service de [employer, family] ; to serve sb/sth well rendre de grands services à qn/qch ; to serve two masters fig servir deux maîtres à la fois ;

2 ( attend to customers) servir ; are you being serveed? on vous sert? ;

3 Culin servir [client, guest, meal, dish] ; to serve sb with sth servir qch à qn ; let me serve you some beef laissez-moi vous servir du bœuf ; lunch is served le déjeuner est servi ; we can't serve them chicken again! nous ne pouvons pas leur resservir du poulet! ; serve it with a salad servez-le avec une salade ; serve hot servir chaud ; serves four ( in recipe) pour quatre personnes ;

4 ( provide facility) [public utility, power station, reservoir] alimenter ; [public transport, library, hospital] desservir [area, community] ; the area is well/poorly served with transport la région est bien/mal desservie par les transports ; the area is well served with shops le quartier est très commerçant ;

5 ( satisfy) servir [interests] ; satisfaire [needs] ;

6 ( function) être utile à ; this old pen/my sense of direction has served me well ce vieux stylo/mon sens de l'orientation m'a été très utile ; he has been badly served by his advisers ses conseillers ne lui ont pas été très utiles ; if my memory serves me well si j'ai bonne mémoire ; to serve sb as sth servir de qch à qn ; the table serves me as a desk la table me sert de bureau ; to serve a purpose ou function être utile ; to serve no useful purpose ne servir à rien ; what purpose is served by separating them? à quoi sert de les séparer? ; having served its purpose, the committee was disbanded ayant rempli son rôle, la commission a été dissoute ; to serve the ou sb's purpose faire l'affaire ; this map will serve the ou my purpose cette carte fera l'affaire ;

7 ( spend time) to serve a term Pol remplir un mandat ; to serve one's time ( in army) faire son temps de service ; ( in prison) purger sa peine ; to serve a sentence purger une peine (de prison) ; to serve five years faire cinq ans de prison ;

8 Jur délivrer [injunction] (on sb à qn) ; to serve a writ signifier une assignation ; to serve a writ on sb, to serve sb with a writ assigner qn en justice ; to serve a summons signifier une citation ; to serve a summons on sb, to serve sb with a summons citer qn à comparaître ; to serve notice of sth on sb Jur, fig signifier qch à qn ;

9 Sport servir [ball, ace] ;

10 ( mate with) couvrir, saillir [cow, mare].

C vi

1 (in shop, church) servir ; ( at table) faire le service ;

2 (on committee, in government) exercer ses fonctions (as de) ; members serve for two years les membres exercent leurs fonctions pendant deux ans ; she's serving as general secretary elle exerce la fonction or les fonctions de secrétaire général ; to serve on être membre de [committee, board, jury] ;

3 Mil servir (as comme ; under sous) ; to serve in ou with a regiment servir dans un régiment ; I served with him j'étais dans l'armée avec lui ;

4 ( meet a need) faire l'affaire ; any excuse will serve n'importe quelle excuse fera l'affaire ; to serve as sth servir de qch ; this room serves as a spare bedroom cette pièce sert de chambre d'ami ; this should serve as a warning cela devrait nous servir d'avertissement ; the photo served as a reminder to me of the holidays la photo me rappelait les vacances ; to serve to do servir à faire ; it serves to show that… cela sert à montrer que… ;

5 Sport servir (for pour) ; Conti to serve au service, Conti.

Idioms

it serves you right! ça t'apprendra! ; it serves him right for being so careless! ça lui apprendra à être si négligent!

Phrasal verbs

■ serve out:

▶ serve out [sth], serve [sth] out

1 Culin servir [meal, food] (to à) ; distribuer [rations, provisions] ;

2 ( finish) finir [term of duty] ; purger [prison sentence].

■ serve up Culin servir ;

▶ serve up [sth], serve [sth] up

1 Culin servir ; to serve sth up again resservir qch ;

2 ○ fig, pej resservir [fashion, idea, programme, policy] ; donner [excuse].

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9 look

look [lʊk]

coup d'œil ⇒ 1 (a) regard ⇒ 1 (c) air ⇒ 1 (d) mode ⇒ 1 (e) regarder ⇒ 2 (a), 3 (a) chercher ⇒ 3 (b) écouter ⇒ 3 (c) avoir l'air ⇒ 3 (d) chercher à ⇒ 3 (f) beauté ⇒ 4

1 noun

(a) (gen) coup m d'œil;

∎ to have or to take a look (at sth) jeter un coup d'œil (sur ou à qch), regarder (qch);

∎ familiar let's have a look (show me) fais voir;

∎ would you like a look through my binoculars? voulez-vous regarder avec mes jumelles?;

∎ one look at him is enough to know he's a crook on voit au premier coup d'œil que c'est un escroc;

∎ it's worth a quick look ça vaut le coup d'œil;

∎ we need to take a long hard look at our image abroad il est temps que nous examinions de près notre image de marque à l'étranger;

∎ did you get a good look at him? vous l'avez vu clairement?;

∎ did the mechanic have a proper look at the car? est-ce que le mécanicien a bien regardé la voiture?;

∎ and now a look ahead to next week's programmes et maintenant, un aperçu des programmes de la semaine prochaine;

∎ do you mind if I take a look around? ça vous gêne si je jette un coup d'œil?;

∎ we'll just have a quick look round the garden nous allons jeter un coup d'œil dans le jardin;

∎ we had a look round the town nous avons fait un tour dans la ville;

∎ I took a quick look through the drawers j'ai jeté un rapide coup d'œil dans les tiroirs

(b) (search)

∎ to have a look for sth chercher qch;

∎ have you had a good look for it? est-ce que tu as bien cherché?;

∎ have another look cherche encore

(c) (glance) regard m;

∎ a suspicious/nasty/angry look un regard soupçonneux/mauvais/méchant;

∎ she gave me a dirty look elle m'a jeté un regard mauvais;

∎ you should have seen the looks we got from passers-by! si tu avais vu la façon dont les passants nous regardaient!;

∎ we were getting some very odd looks on nous regardait d'un drôle d'air;

∎ he didn't say anything, but if looks could kill! il n'a pas dit un mot, mais il y a des regards qui tuent!

(d) (appearance, air) air m;

∎ he had a strange look in his eyes (expression) il avait un drôle de regard;

∎ the old house has a neglected look la vieille maison a l'air négligé;

∎ she has the look of a troublemaker elle a une tête à faire des histoires;

∎ she has the look of someone who's going places elle a l'air de quelqu'un qui réussira dans la vie;

∎ by the look or looks of her, I'd say she failed the exam à la voir ou rien qu'en la voyant, je dirais qu'elle a raté son examen;

∎ it has the look of a successful marriage cela a l'air d'un mariage heureux;

∎ there's trouble brewing by the look of it or things on dirait que quelque chose se trame;

∎ I quite like the look of the next candidate j'aime assez le profil du prochain candidat;

∎ I don't like the look of it ça ne me dit rien de bon ou rien qui vaille;

∎ I didn't like the look of her at all son allure ne m'a pas du tout plu;

∎ I don't like the look of the weather le temps a l'air inquiétant

(e) (fashion) mode f, look m;

∎ the sporty/punk look le look sportif/punk

2 transitive verb

(a) (in imperative)

∎ look who's coming! regarde qui arrive!;

∎ look who's talking! tu peux parler, toi!;

∎ look what you've done/where you're going! regarde un peu ce que tu as fait/où tu vas!

(b) (idioms)

∎ to look one's last on sth jeter un dernier regard à qch;

∎ to look sb up and down regarder qn de haut en bas, toiser qn du regard;

∎ to look sb (full or straight) in the face regarder qn (bien) en face ou dans les yeux;

∎ I can never look her in the face again je ne pourrai plus jamais la regarder en face

3 intransitive verb

(a) (gen) regarder;

∎ look, there's Brian! regarde, voilà Brian!;

∎ what's happening outside? let me look qu'est-ce qui se passe dehors? laissez-moi voir;

∎ have you cut yourself? let me look tu t'es coupé? montre-moi ou laisse-moi voir;

∎ go on, nobody's looking vas-y, personne ne regarde;

∎ they crept up on me while I wasn't looking ils se sont approchés de moi pendant que j'avais le dos tourné;

∎ I'm just looking (in shop) je regarde;

∎ look and see if there's anyone there regarde voir s'il y a quelqu'un;

∎ if you look very carefully you can see a tiny crack in it si tu regardes bien, tu verras une toute petite fissure;

∎ look this way regardez par ici;

∎ to look into sb's eyes regarder qn dans les yeux;

∎ she looked along the row/down the list elle a parcouru la rangée/la liste du regard;

∎ he was looking out of the window/over the wall/up the chimney il regardait par la fenêtre/par-dessus le mur/dans la cheminée;

∎ to look on the bright side voir les choses du bon côté;

∎ to look over sb's shoulder regarder par-dessus l'épaule de qn; figurative surveiller ce que fait qn;

∎ to look the other way détourner les yeux; figurative fermer les yeux;

∎ proverb look before you leap = il faut réfléchir deux fois avant d'agir

(b) (search) chercher;

∎ you can't have looked hard enough tu n'as pas dû beaucoup chercher

(c) (in imperative → listen, pay attention) écouter;

∎ look, I can't pay you back just yet écoute, je ne peux pas te rembourser tout de suite;

∎ now look, Paul, I've had enough of this! bon écoute, Paul, ça suffit maintenant!;

∎ look here! dites donc!

(d) (seem, appear) avoir l'air;

∎ to look old avoir l'air ou faire vieux;

∎ to look ill avoir l'air malade, avoir mauvaise mine;

∎ to look well (person) avoir bonne mine;

∎ that looks delicious! ça a l'air délicieux!;

∎ you look or are looking better today tu as l'air (d'aller) mieux aujourd'hui;

∎ how do I look? comment tu me trouves?;

∎ you look absolutely stunning in that dress tu es vraiment ravissante dans cette robe;

∎ it makes him look ten years older/younger ça le vieillit/rajeunit de dix ans;

∎ he's 70, but he doesn't look it il a 70 ans mais il n'en a pas l'air ou mais il ne les fait pas;

∎ I can't hang the picture there, it just doesn't look right je ne peux pas mettre le tableau là, ça ne va pas;

∎ it looks all right to me moi, je trouve ça bien;

∎ how does the situation look to you? que pensez-vous de la situation?;

∎ that's not how it looks to the man in the street ce n'est pas comme ça que l'homme de la rue voit les choses;

∎ things will look very different when you leave school les choses te sembleront très différentes quand tu quitteras l'école;

∎ it'll look bad if I don't contribute ça fera mauvaise impression si je ne contribue pas;

∎ things are looking black for the economy les perspectives économiques sont assez sombres;

∎ the crops look promising la récolte s'annonce bien;

∎ she's not as stupid as she looks elle est moins bête qu'elle n'en a l'air;

∎ I must have looked a fool j'ai dû passer pour un imbécile;

∎ to make sb look a fool or an idiot tourner qn en ridicule;

∎ he makes the rest of the cast look very ordinary à côté de lui, les autres acteurs ont l'air vraiment quelconques;

∎ to look like sb/sth (resemble) ressembler à qn/qch;

∎ she looks like her mother elle ressemble à sa mère;

∎ what does she look like? (describe her) comment est-elle?; (she looks a mess) non mais, à quoi elle ressemble!;

∎ it looks like an oil refinery ça ressemble à une raffinerie de pétrole, on dirait une raffinerie de pétrole;

∎ I don't know what it is, but it looks like blood je ne sais pas ce que c'est, mais on dirait ou ça ressemble à du sang;

∎ it looks like rain on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir;

∎ it looks (to me) like he was lying j'ai l'impression qu'il mentait;

∎ is this our room? - it looks like it c'est notre chambre? - ça m'en a tout l'air;

∎ the meeting looked like going on all day la réunion avait l'air d'être partie pour durer toute la journée;

∎ you look as if you've seen a ghost on dirait que tu as vu un revenant;

∎ it looks as if Natalie's going to resign Natalie a l'air de vouloir démissionner;

∎ it looks as if he didn't want to go il semble qu'il ne veuille pas y aller;

∎ it doesn't look as if they're coming on dirait qu'ils ne vont pas venir;

∎ you're looking good tu as l'air en forme;

∎ he looks good in jeans les jeans lui vont bien;

∎ that hat looks very good on you ce chapeau te va très bien;

∎ it'll look good on your CV ça fera bien sur ton curriculum ou CV;

∎ things are looking pretty good here les choses ont l'air de se présenter plutôt bien ici

(e) (face → house, window)

∎ to look (out) onto a park donner sur un parc;

∎ to look north/west être exposé au nord/à l'ouest

(f) (intend)

∎ to be looking to do sth chercher à faire qch;

∎ she'll be looking to improve on her previous best time elle cherchera à améliorer son meilleur temps;

∎ we're looking to expand our export business nous cherchons à développer nos exportations;

∎ I'm not looking to cause any trouble je ne veux pas causer de problèmes

4 looks plural noun

∎ (beauty) she's got everything - looks, intelligence, youth... elle a tout pour elle, elle est belle, intelligente, jeune...;

∎ he's kept his looks il est resté beau;

∎ looks don't matter l'apparence ne compte pas;

∎ she's got her mother's looks elle a la beauté de sa mère;

∎ he's lost his looks il n'est plus aussi beau qu'avant

➲ look after inseparable transitive verb

(a) (take care of) s'occuper de;

∎ my mother's looking after the kids/the cat this weekend ma mère va s'occuper des enfants/du chat ce week-end;

∎ she has a sick mother to look after elle a une mère malade à charge;

∎ you should look after your clothes more carefully tu devrais prendre plus grand soin de tes vêtements;

∎ he helps me to look after the garden il m'aide à m'occuper du jardin;

∎ figurative look after yourself! fais bien attention à toi!;

∎ you're well looked after on s'occupe bien de vous;

∎ the car has been well looked after la voiture est bien entretenue;

∎ don't worry, he can look after himself ne t'inquiète pas, il est capable de se débrouiller tout seul

(b) (be responsible for) s'occuper de;

∎ they look after our interests in Europe ils s'occupent de nos affaires en Europe

(c) (watch over) surveiller;

∎ can you look after my bag for a couple of minutes? tu peux surveiller mon sac deux minutes?

➲ look ahead intransitive verb

regarder vers l'avenir;

∎ looking ahead three or four years dans trois ou quatre ans;

∎ let's look ahead to the next century/to next month's meeting pensons au siècle prochain/à la réunion du mois prochain

➲ look around = look round

➲ look at inseparable transitive verb

(a) (gen) regarder;

∎ she looked at herself in the mirror elle se regarda dans la glace;

∎ they looked at each other ils ont échangé un regard;

∎ oh dear, look at the time! oh là là, regardez l'heure!;

∎ just look at you! (you look awful) mais regarde-toi donc!;

∎ it's not much to look at ça ne paie pas de mine;

∎ she's not much to look at ce n'est pas une beauté;

∎ he's not much to look at il n'est pas très beau;

∎ you wouldn't think, to look at him, that he's a multi-millionaire à le voir on ne croirait pas avoir affaire à un multi-millionnaire;

∎ I haven't looked at another woman in the last forty years en quarante ans, je n'ai pas regardé une autre femme;

∎ just look at the mess we're in! regarde les ennuis qu'on a!

(b) (consider) considérer;

∎ look at the problem from my point of view considérez le problème de mon point de vue;

∎ that's not the way I look at it ce n'est pas comme ça que je vois les choses;

∎ they won't even look at the idea ils refusent même de prendre cette idée en considération;

∎ if you don't have money, he won't even look at you si vous n'avez pas d'argent, il ne vous regardera même pas;

∎ familiar my brother can't even look at an egg mon frère ne supporte pas ou déteste les œufs

(c) (check) vérifier, regarder;

∎ could you look at the tyres? pouvez-vous regarder les pneus?;

∎ to have one's teeth looked at se faire examiner les dents;

∎ familiar you need your head looking at! ça va pas, la tête?

➲ look away intransitive verb

détourner les yeux

➲ look back intransitive verb

(a) (in space) regarder derrière soi;

∎ she walked away without looking back elle est partie sans se retourner

(b) (in time) regarder en arrière;

∎ there's no point in looking back ça ne sert à rien de regarder en arrière;

∎ the author looks back on the war years l'auteur revient sur les années de guerre;

∎ it seems funny now we look back on it ça semble drôle quand on y pense aujourd'hui;

∎ we can look back on some happy times nous avons connu de bons moments;

∎ figurative after she got her first job she never looked back à partir du moment où elle a trouvé son premier emploi, tout lui a réussi

➲ look down intransitive verb

regarder en bas; (in embarrassment) baisser les yeux;

∎ we looked down on or at the valley nous regardions la vallée en dessous

➲ look down on inseparable transitive verb

(despise) mépriser

➲ look for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (seek) chercher;

∎ go and look for him allez le chercher;

∎ she's still looking for a job elle est toujours à la recherche d'un emploi;

∎ are you looking for a fight? tu cherches la bagarre?

(b) (expect) attendre;

∎ it's not the result we were looking for ce n'est pas le résultat que nous attendions

➲ look forward intransitive verb

(to the future) regarder vers l'avenir

➲ look forward to inseparable transitive verb

attendre avec impatience;

∎ we're looking forward to the end of term nous attendons la fin du trimestre avec impatience;

∎ I'm looking forward to the weekend vivement le week-end!;

∎ to look forward to doing sth être impatient de faire qch;

∎ I'm looking forward to seeing her again (eager) il me tarde de la revoir; (polite formula) je serai heureux de la revoir;

∎ I look forward to meeting you je serai heureux de faire votre connaissance;

∎ see you on Saturday - right, I'll look forward to it à samedi alors - oui, c'est entendu;

∎ I'm not exactly looking forward to going je n'ai pas vraiment envie d'y aller;

∎ they had been looking forward to this moment for months cela faisait des mois qu'ils attendaient cet instant;

∎ I look forward to hearing from you soon (in letter) dans l'attente de votre réponse;

∎ I'm not looking forward to the operation la perspective de cette opération ne m'enchante guère

➲ look in intransitive verb

(a) (inside) regarder à l'intérieur

(b) (pay a visit) passer;

∎ to look in on sb rendre visite à ou passer voir qn;

∎ I'll look in again tomorrow je repasserai demain;

∎ he looked in at the pub on the way home il s'est arrêté au pub en rentrant chez lui

(c) (watch TV) regarder la télévision

➲ look into inseparable transitive verb

examiner, étudier;

∎ it's a problem that needs looking into c'est un problème qu'il faut examiner ou sur lequel il faut se pencher

➲ look on

1 inseparable transitive verb

considérer;

∎ I look on him as my brother je le considère comme mon frère;

∎ to look on sb/sth with favour/disfavour voir qn/qch d'un œil favorable/défavorable

2 intransitive verb

regarder;

∎ the passers-by just looked on les passants se sont contentés de regarder

➲ look out

1 separable transitive verb

∎ British I'll look that book out for you je te chercherai ce livre;

∎ have you looked out those photos to give me? est-ce que tu as trouvé les photos que tu devais me donner?

2 intransitive verb

(a) (person) regarder dehors

(b) (room, window)

∎ the bedroom looks out on or over the garden la chambre donne sur le jardin

(c) (be careful) faire attention;

∎ look out, it's hot! attention, c'est chaud!;

∎ you'll be in trouble if you don't look out tu vas t'attirer des ennuis si tu ne fais pas attention

➲ look out after inseparable transitive verb

American (take care of) prendre soin de

➲ look out for inseparable transitive verb

(a) (be on watch for) guetter;

∎ I'll look out for you at the station je te guetterai à la gare;

∎ look out for the sign to Dover guettez le panneau pour Douvres;

∎ she's always looking out for bargains elle est toujours à la recherche ou à l'affût d'une bonne affaire;

∎ you have to look out for snakes il faut faire attention ou se méfier, il y a des serpents

(b) familiar (idioms)

∎ to look out for oneself penser à soi;

∎ you've got to look out for number one! chacun pour soi!

➲ look over inseparable transitive verb

(glance over) jeter un coup d'œil sur; (examine) examiner, étudier

➲ look round

1 inseparable transitive verb

(museum, cathedral, factory) visiter; (shop, room) jeter un coup d'œil dans

2 intransitive verb

(a) (look at surroundings) regarder (autour de soi);

∎ I'm just looking round (in shop) je regarde;

∎ I'd rather look round on my own than take the guided tour je préférerais faire le tour moi-même plutôt que de suivre la visite guidée;

∎ I looked round for an exit j'ai cherché une sortie

(b) (look back) regarder derrière soi, se retourner

➲ look through inseparable transitive verb

(a) (window, screen) regarder à travers

(b) (book, report) jeter un coup d'œil sur ou à, regarder

(c) figurative (person)

∎ he looked straight through me il m'a regardé comme si je n'étais pas là

➲ look to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (turn to) se tourner vers;

∎ it's best to look to an expert il est préférable de consulter un expert ou de demander l'avis d'un expert;

∎ don't look to her for help ne compte pas sur elle pour t'aider;

∎ they are looking to us to find a solution to this problem ils comptent sur nous pour trouver une solution à ce problème

(b) formal (attend to) veiller à;

∎ he should look to his reputation il devrait veiller à sa réputation;

∎ look to it that discipline is properly maintained veillez à ce que la discipline soit bien maintenue

➲ look up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (in reference work, directory etc) chercher;

∎ look the word up in the dictionary cherche le mot dans le dictionnaire

(b) (visit) passer voir, rendre visite à;

∎ look us up when you're in New York passe nous voir quand tu seras à New York

2 intransitive verb

(a) (raise one's eyes) lever les yeux

(b) (improve) s'améliorer;

∎ things are looking up for the economy les perspectives économiques semblent meilleures

➲ look upon inseparable transitive verb

considérer

➲ look up to inseparable transitive verb

respecter, avoir du respect pour

✾ Book ✾ Film 'Don't look now' Du Maurier, Roeg 'Ne vous retournez pas'

✾ Play ✾ Film 'Look back in Anger' Osborne, Richardson 'La Paix du dimanche' (pièce), 'Les Corps sauvages' (film)

ⓘ Here's looking at you kid Ce sont les mots que prononce Rick Blaine, le personnage incarné par Humphrey Bogart dans le film Casablanca (1942), lorsqu'il dit adieu à la femme qu'il aime, jouée par Ingrid Bergman. Aujourd'hui on utilise souvent cette phrase en référence au film lorsque l'on porte un toast à quelqu'un.

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