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1 warning
warning [ˈwɔ:nɪŋ]• gale/storm warning avis m de grand vent/de tempête* * *['wɔːnɪŋ] 1.2.a warning about ou on something — une mise en garde à propos de quelque chose
noun modifier1) ( giving notice of danger) [ siren, bell, light] d'alarme; [ notice] d'avertissementwarning shot — lit, fig coup m de semonce
warning sign — lit panneau m d'avertissement; fig signe m annonciateur
2) ( threatening) [ gesture, tone] de mise en garde; ( stronger) menaçant -
2 notice
notice [ˈnəʊtɪs]1. nouna. ( = prior warning) avis m ; ( = period) délai m ; ( = end of work contract) (by employer) congé m ; (by employee) démission f• I must have some notice of what you intend to do il faut que je sois prévenu de ce que vous avez l'intention de faire• I must have at least a week's notice if you want to... il faut me prévenir au moins une semaine à l'avance si vous voulez...• to hand in one's notice [professional or office worker] donner sa démission► to give + notice• to give notice that... faire savoir que...• to give sb notice that... aviser qn que...• you must be ready to leave at very short notice il faut que vous soyez prêt à partir dans les plus brefs délais► until further notice jusqu'à nouvel ordreb. ( = announcement) annonce f ; (in newspaper) ( = advert) annonce f ; ( = short article) entrefilet m ; ( = poster) affiche f ; ( = sign) pancarte f• birth/marriage/death notice annonce f de naissance/mariage/décès• I saw a notice in the paper about the concert j'ai vu une annonce dans le journal à propos du concert• the notice says "keep out" la pancarte dit « défense d'entrer »c. ( = review) [of book, film, play] critique fd. ( = attention) it escaped his notice that... il ne s'est pas aperçu que...• it has come to my notice that... on m'a signalé que...► to take + notice• to take notice of sb/sth prêter attention à qn/qch• to take no notice of sb/sth ne pas faire attention à qn/qch• take no notice! ne faites pas attention !remarquer ; ( = heed) faire attention à• when he noticed me he called out to me quand il m'a vu, il m'a appelé• yes, so I've noticed! j'ai remarqué !3. compounds► notice board noun ( = printed or painted sign) pancarte f ; (for holding announcements) panneau m d'affichage* * *['nəʊtɪs] 1.1) ( written sign) pancarte f; ( advertisement) annonce f; (announcing birth, marriage, death) avis m; ( review of a play) compte-rendu m2) ( attention) attention fto take notice — faire attention (of à)
3) ( notification) préavis mto give somebody notice of something — avertir or prévenir quelqu'un de quelque chose
2.to give in ou hand in one's notice — donner sa démission; [domestic servant] donner ses huit jours
transitive verb remarquer [absence, mark] -
3 fair
fair [fεər]1. noun2. adjectivea. ( = just) juste ; [competition, fight, player] loyal• to be fair to him, he thought he had paid for it soyons justes, il croyait l'avoir payé• it's fair to say that... il est juste de dire que...• fair enough! d'accord !• all this is fair enough, but... d'accord mais...• fair's fair! ce n'est que justice !• all's fair in love and war en amour comme à la guerre, tous les coups sont permisb. [sum, number] considérable ; [size] respectablec. ( = average) passable• "fair" « passable »d. ( = reasonable) [guess] justee. ( = light-coloured) [hair] blond ; [complexion, skin] clair3. adverb4. compounds* * *[feə(r)] 1.2.book fair — gen foire f du livre; (in Paris, Montreal) salon m du livre
1) (just, reasonable) [arrangement, person, trial, wage] équitable (to envers); [comment, decision, point] juste2) ( moderately good) [chance, condition, performance] assez bon/bonne; School passable3) ( quite large)to go at a fair pace ou speed — aller bon train
4) Meteorology ( fine) [weather] beau/belle; [forecast] bon/bonne; [wind] favorable5) ( light-coloured) [hair] blond; [complexion, skin] clairwith her own fair hands — hum de ses belles mains
3.the fair sex — hum le beau sexe
adverb [play] franc jeu•• -
4 bell
bell [bel]* * *[bel]1) ( in church) cloche f; (on sheep, goat) clochette f; (on toy, cat) grelot m; ( on bicycle) sonnette f; ( for servant) clochette f2) ( warning device) sonnerie f3) (colloq) GB ( phone call)4) Nautical coup m de cloche••that name/number rings a bell — ce nom/numéro me dit quelque chose
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5 word
word [wɜ:d]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. mot m• the written/spoken word ce qui est écrit/dit• what's the German word for "banana"? comment dit-on « banane » en allemand ?• ... or words to that effect... ou quelque chose de ce genre• without a word, he left the room il a quitté la pièce sans dire un mot• boring is not the word for it! ennuyeux, c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire !• she disappeared, there's no other word for it elle a disparu, c'est bien le mot► to have a word (with sb) ( = speak to)can I have a word? (inf) puis-je vous dire un mot (en privé) ?• nobody had a good word to say about him personne n'a trouvé la moindre chose à dire en sa faveur► a word/words of• I told him in so many words that... je lui ai carrément dit que...• he didn't say so in so many words ce n'est pas exactement ce qu'il a dit► word for word [repeat] mot pour mot ; [translate] mot à mot ; [go over] mot par mot• word came from headquarters that... le quartier général a fait dire que...• word came that... on a appris que...• to send word that... faire savoir que...c. ( = rumour) the word is that he has left le bruit court qu'il est parti• if word got out about his past, there'd be a scandal si l'on apprenait certaines choses sur son passé, cela ferait un scandale• the word on the street is... le bruit court que...d. ( = promise, assurance) parole f• I've only got her word for it c'est elle qui le dit, je n'ai aucune preuve[+ document, protest] rédiger• he had worded the letter very carefully il avait choisi les termes de sa lettre avec le plus grand soin3. compounds• to be word-perfect in sth savoir qch sur le bout des doigts ► word processing noun traitement m de texte• word processing package logiciel m de traitement de texte ► word processor noun traitement m de texte* * *[wɜːd] 1.1) ( verbal expression) mot mI don't think ‘aunt’ is quite the right word — je ne suis pas sûr que ‘tante’ soit le mot qui convienne
the last word — fig le dernier cri (in en)
to put one's feelings ou thoughts into words — exprimer ce qu'on ressent
there's no such word as ‘can't’ — ‘impossible’ n'est pas français
what's the Greek word for ‘table’? — comment dit-on ‘table’ en grec?
a word to all those who... — quelques conseils pour tous ceux qui...
2) (anything, something) mot m3) [U] ( information) nouvelles fpl ( about concernant)word got out that... — la nouvelle a transpiré que...
to bring/send word that — annoncer/faire savoir que
he left word at the desk that... — il a laissé un message à la réception disant que...
4) (promise, affirmation) parole fto hold somebody to his/her word — obliger quelqu'un à tenir parole
5) ( rumour)word got round ou around that... — le bruit a couru que...
6) ( command) ordre m2.if you need anything just say the word — si tu as besoin de quoi que ce soit, dis-le
words plural noun1) ( oratory) paroles fpl3.- worded combining form4.transitive verb formuler [reply, letter, statement]••my word! — ( in surprise) ma parole!; ( in reproof) tu vas voir!
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6 let
let [let]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━(preterite, past participle let)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = allow) laisser• let me tell you, you're making a mistake je vais vous dire, vous faites une erreur• when can you let me have it? quand pourrais-je l'avoir ?• let him be! laisse-le (tranquille) !• let me catch you stealing again! (inf) que je t'y prenne encore à voler !• let me see... voyons...► let's• let's go! allons-y !• let's get out of here! fichons le camp ! (inf)c. (used to form imperative of 3rd person) if he wants the book, let him come and get it himself s'il veut le livre, qu'il vienne le chercher lui-même• let him say what he likes, I don't care qu'il dise ce qu'il veut, ça m'est égal• just let them try! qu'ils essaient un peu !d. ( = hire out) louer• "flat to let" « appartement à louer »• "to let" « à louer »2. noun• let! filet !3. compoundsa. [+ window] baisser ; [+ one's hair] dénouer ; [+ dress] rallonger ; [+ tyre] dégonfler ; (on rope) descendreb. ( = disappoint) décevoir• we're expecting you on Sunday, don't let us down nous vous attendons dimanche, ne nous faites pas faux bond• you've let the side down tu ne nous (or leur) as pas fait honneur► let in separable transitive verb[+ person, cat] laisser entrer• can you let him in? pouvez-vous lui ouvrir ?see what you've let me in for now! tu vois dans quelle situation tu m'as mis !• if I'd known what you were letting me in for I'd never have come si j'avais su ce qui m'attendait je ne serais jamais venu• you don't know what you're letting yourself in for tu ne sais pas à quoi tu t'engages► to let sb in on sth mettre qn au courant de qch• can't we let him in on it? ne peut-on pas le mettre au courant ?► let off separable transitive verbb. ( = release) dégagerc. ( = allow to leave) laisser partird. ( = excuse) dispenser• if you don't want to do it, I'll let you off si tu ne veux pas le faire, je t'en dispensee. ( = not punish) ne pas punir• don't let on! motus !• let me out! laissez-moi sortir !b. [+ secret, news] révélerc. [+ shout, cry] laisser échapperd. [+ dress] élargir[+ person, vehicle] laisser passer[+ vehicle, person, light] laisser passer[rain] diminuer ; [cold weather] s'adoucir• what a talker she is, she never lets up! quelle bavarde, elle n'arrête pas !* * *I 1. [let]1) (when making suggestion, expressing command)let's not ou don't let's GB talk about that! — n'en parlons pas!
let's see if... — voyons si...
let's pretend that... — faisons comme si...
let me see —
let's see... — voyons...
it's more complex than, let's say, a computer — c'est plus compliqué que, disons, un ordinateur
if he wants tea, let him make it himself! — s'il veut du thé, qu'il le fasse lui-même!
let me tell you... — crois-moi, croyez-moi...
2) ( allow)she wanted to go but they wouldn't let her — elle voulait y aller mais ils ne l'ont pas laissée faire
let me see —
let me have a look — fais voir, fais-moi voir
let me introduce you to... — laissez-moi vous présenter à...
to let somebody on/off the bus — laisser quelqu'un monter dans/descendre de l'autobus
2.to let the air out of — dégonfler [tyre, balloon]
let alone conjunctional phrase à plus forte raisonPhrasal Verbs:- let down- let go- let in- let off- let on- let out- let upII 1. [let]1) GB ( lease) bail m2) Sport let m, balle f let2.‘to let’ — ‘à louer’
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7 prompt
prompt [prɒmpt]1. adjectivea. ( = speedy) rapideb. ( = punctual) ponctuel2. adverb• he was prompted by a desire to see justice done il était animé par le désir de voir la justice triompherb. [+ actor] souffler à4. nouna. to give sb a prompt [+ actor] souffler une réplique à qn* * *[prɒmpt] 1.1) Computing message m guide-opérateur2) Commerce délai m de paiement2.adjective rapide3.adverb pile4.transitive verb1) ( cause) provoquer [reaction, decision]; susciter [concern, accusation, comment, warning]2) ( encourage to talk)5.‘and then what?’ she prompted — ‘et puis quoi?’ demanda-t-elle
intransitive verb gen, Theatre souffler
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