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1 uncertain
A adj1 [person] ( unsure) incertain ; to be uncertain about ne pas être certain de ; to be uncertain about what to do ne pas être certain de ce que l'on doit faire ; to be uncertain whether to stay or to leave ne pas savoir si l'on doit partir ou rester ;2 (not predictable, not known) [future, market, outcome] incertain ; it is uncertain whether there will be a chairperson il n'est pas certain qu'il y ait un président ;B in no uncertain terms adv phr [state] en termes on ne peut plus clairs ; [express oneself] de façon très directe. -
2 be on tenterhooks
(to be uncertain and anxious about what is going to happen: He was on tenterhooks about the result of the exam.) charbons ardents -
3 doubt
1. verb1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) douter (que/de)2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) avoir des doutes sur2. noun(a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) doute- doubtful- doubtfully - doubtfulness - doubtless - beyond doubt - in doubt - no doubt -
4 unclear
unclear [‚ʌn'klɪə(r)](a) (confused, ambiguous → thinking, purpose, reason) pas clair, pas évident;∎ the instructions were unclear les instructions n'étaient pas claires;∎ I'm still unclear about what exactly I have to do je ne sais pas encore très bien ce que je dois faire exactement(b) (uncertain → future, outcome) incertain;∎ it is now unclear whether the talks will take place or not nous ne savons plus très bien si la conférence va avoir lieu -
5 put
put [pʊt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp put━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For set combinations consisting of put + noun, eg put out of business, put an end to, look up the noun. For put + preposition/adverb combinations, see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = place) mettre► to put + on• he put me on the train il m'a accompagné au train► to put + over• he put his head round the door il a passé la tête par la porte► to put + throughc. ( = rank) placerd. ( = express) dire• how shall I put it? comment dire ?• let me put it this way... disons que...e. ( = suggest) I put it to you that... n'est-il pas vrai que... ?f. ( = submit) [+ case, problem, opinion, suggestion] présenter ; [+ proposal] soumettre ; [+ question] poser• he put the arguments for and against the project il a présenté les arguments pour et contre le projetg. ( = cause to be) mettre• to put sb in a good/bad mood mettre qn de bonne/mauvaise humeurh. ( = invest)► to put + intoi. ( = estimate)► to put + at estimer• they put the loss at £10,000 ils estiment à 10 000 livres la perte subie• the population was put at 50,000 la population a été estimée à 50 000 habitants3. compounds( = feigned) affectéa. [+ rumour] faire courir( = communicate) [+ ideas, intentions, desires] faire comprendre• he knows his stuff but he can't put it across il connaît son sujet à fond mais il n'arrive pas à transmettre son savoir► put aside separable transitive verba. [+ object, food, money] mettre de côtéa. ( = put in proper place) [+ clothes, toys, books] rangerb. (Sport) [+ ball] mettre au fond des filetsa. ( = replace) remettre en place• put it back! remets-le à sa place !b. ( = retard) retarder[+ money] mettre de côté► put down[aircraft, pilot] se posera. [+ parcel, book, child] poser ; [+ passenger] déposer• put it down! pose ça !• he put down £500 on the car il a versé 500 livres d'arrhes pour la voiturec. ( = suppress) [+ revolt, movement] réprimere. ( = record) noterf. (British = have destroyed) [+ dog, cat] faire piquer ; [+ horse] faire abattre► put down as separable transitive verb( = consider, assess) considérer comme• I had put him down as a complete fool je le considérais comme un parfait imbécile► put down to separable transitive verb( = attribute) mettre sur le compte• I put it down to his inexperience je mets ça sur le compte de son inexpérience► put forth separable transitive verb[+ idea, proposal] émettre[ship] mouiller (at dans le port de)• have you put in the camera? ( = pack) est-ce que tu as pris l'appareil photo ?b. ( = insert) [+ word, paragraph] ajouter ; [+ remark] glisserc. ( = submit) to put in a request for sth faire une demande de qchd. ( = install) [+ political party] élire ; [+ central heating, double glazing] faire installere. ( = spend) [+ time] passerf. ( = work) travailler• can you put in a few hours at the weekend? pourrais-tu travailler quelques heures ce week-end ?► put in for inseparable transitive verb[+ job] poser sa candidature à ; [+ promotion] demanderb. ( = discourage) dissuader ; ( = repel) dégoûter• the failure may put them off trying again il est possible que cet échec les dissuade d'essayer à nouveau• the divorce figures don't seem to put people off marriage les statistiques de divorce ne semblent pas dégoûter les gens du mariagec. ( = distract) talking in the audience put him off les bavardages de l'auditoire le déconcentraienta. [+ clothes, glasses, lotion] mettreb. ( = increase) [+ speed] augmenterc. ( = assume) [+ air, accent] prendre• to put it on ( = pretend) faire semblantd. ( = deceive) faire marcher (inf)e. ( = organize) organiser ; [+ extra train, bus] mettre en serviceg. ( = switch on) allumer ; [+ tape, CD, music] mettreh. ( = begin to cook) I'll just put the potatoes on je vais juste mettre les pommes de terre à cuire• a fellow journalist put me onto the story c'est un collègue journaliste qui m'a mis sur l'affaire (inf)• what put you onto it? qu'est-ce qui vous en a donné l'idée ?► put out[ship] to put out to sea quitter le porta. ( = put outside) [+ rubbish] sortir ; ( = expel) [+ person] expulserb. ( = stretch out) [+ arm, leg] allonger ; [+ foot] avancer ; [+ tongue] tirer ; [+ shoots] produirec. ( = lay out in order) étalerd. ( = extinguish) éteindree. ( = make unconscious) endormirf. ( = inconvenience) déranger• the government will put out a statement about it le gouvernement va faire une déclaration à ce sujeth. ( = broadcast) passeri. to put out to tender [+ contract, service] mettre en adjudicationj. ( = dislocate) [+ shoulder, back] se démettre• a knee injury put him out of the first two games une blessure au genou l'a empêché de jouer les deux premiers matchs► put over separable transitive verb= put acrossa. ( = make) [+ change] effectuer ; [+ plan] mener à bienb. ( = connect) [+ call] passer ; [+ caller] mettre en communication• put me through to Mr Smith passez-moi M. Smithd. ( = make suffer) to put sb through hell mener la vie dure à qn• they really put him through it (inf) ils lui en ont fait voir de dures (inf)► put together separable transitive verb• it's more important than all the other factors put together c'est plus important que tous les autres facteurs confondus• he's worth more than the rest of the family put together à lui tout seul il vaut plus que toute la famille réuniea. ( = raise) [+ hand] lever ; [+ flag] hisser ; [+ tent] monter ; [+ umbrella] ouvrir ; [+ notice] afficher ; [+ picture] accrocher ; [+ building] construire ; [+ fence, barrier] érigerb. ( = increase) augmenter ; [+ prices] faire monter• that puts up the total to over 1,000 cela fait monter le total à plus de 1 000c. ( = offer) [+ proposal] soumettre ; [+ resistance] opposer• he put up a real fight to keep you in your job il s'est vraiment battu pour que tu conserves ton posted. ( = provide) fournir( = incite)* * *[pʊt] 1.1) ( place) mettre [object, person]2) ( cause to go or undergo)to put something through — glisser quelque chose dans [letterbox]; passer quelque chose par [window]
to put somebody through — envoyer quelqu'un à [university, college]; faire passer quelqu'un par [suffering, ordeal]; faire passer [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [test]; faire suivre [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [course]
to put one's hand to — porter la main à [mouth]
3) (devote, invest)to put money/energy into something — investir de l'argent/son énergie dans quelque chose
to put a lot into — s'engager à fond pour [work, project]; sacrifier beaucoup à [marriage]
4) ( add)to put tax/duty on something — taxer/imposer quelque chose
to put a penny on income tax — GB augmenter l'impôt sur le revenu d'un pourcent
5) ( express)6) ( offer for consideration) présenter [point of view, proposal]to put something to — soumettre quelque chose à [meeting, conference, board]
7) (rate, rank) placer8) ( estimate)9) Sport lancer [shot]2.to put oneself in a strong position/in somebody's place — se mettre dans une position de force/à la place de quelqu'un
Phrasal Verbs:- put away- put back- put by- put down- put in- put off- put on- put out- put over- put up- put upon••to put one over ou across GB on somebody — (colloq) faire marcher quelqu'un (colloq)
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6 doubtful
1) (feeling doubt; uncertain what to think, expect etc: He is doubtful about the future of the school.) incertain2) (able to be doubted; not clear: The outcome is doubtful; a doubtful result.) incertain, indécis3) (uncertain but rather unlikely, unhopeful etc: It is doubtful whether this will work; a doubtful improvement.) douteux4) (suspicious: He's rather a doubtful character.) louche -
7 notion
['nəuʃən]1) (understanding: I've no notion what he's talking about.) idée2) (an uncertain belief; an idea: He has some very odd notions.) idée3) (a desire for something or to do something: He had a sudden notion to visit his aunt.) idée
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