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1 vie
vie [vi]feminine nouna. life• c'est la belle vie ! this is the life!• c'est la vie ! that's life!• avoir la vie dure [préjugé, superstition] to die hard* * *vi1) gén, Biologie life2) ( période) lifepasser sa vie à faire — gén to spend one's life doing; ( tout le temps) to spend all one's time doing
à vie — [bannir, défigurer, marquer] for life; [bannissement, suspension] lifetime (épith); [emprisonnement, adhésion, président] life (épith)
3) ( activité) lifenotre vie de couple — our relationship; château
4) ( vitalité) lifemanquant de vie, sans vie — [personne, lieu] lifeless
5) ( biographie) life6) Technologie ( durabilité) life••avoir la vie dure — [préjugés] to be ingrained
mener la vie dure à quelqu'un — to make life hard for somebody, to give somebody a hard time
faire la vie — (colloq) [enfants] to have a wild time; [adultes] to live it up (colloq)
à la vie, à la mort! — till death us do part!
* * *vi nfavoir la vie dure (= persister) (clichés, habitudes) — to die hard
* * *vie nf1 gén, Biol life; sauver la vie de qn to save sb's life; rendre la vie à qn to bring sb back to life; risquer sa vie to risk one's life; sacrifier ou donner sa vie pour qn to give one's life for sb; devoir la vie à qn to owe sb one's life; être en vie to be alive; maintenir qn en vie to keep sb alive; il y a laissé sa vie that was how he lost his life; sans vie lifeless; on l'a retrouvé sans vie they found him dead; donner la vie à qn to bring sb into the world; sauver des vies to save lives; vie végétale/animale/humaine plant/animal/human life; être entre la vie et la mort [malade] to hover between life and death; y a-t-il une vie après la mort? is there life after death?; y a-t-il de la vie sur Mars? is there life on Mars?;2 ( période) life; avoir une vie dure to have a hard life; pour la vie for life; courte/longue vie short/long life; sur or vers la fin de leur vie toward(s) the end of their lives; la peur/course de ma vie the fright/race of my life; elle a travaillé toute sa vie she worked all her life; je ne vous ai jamais vu de ma vie I've never seen you in my life; pour la première fois de ma vie for the first time in my life; il n'y a pas que le travail/l'amour dans la vie there's more to life than work/love; avoir quelqu'un dans sa vie to have somebody in one's life; partager la vie de qn to share one's life with sb; ce n'est pas la femme de ma vie she's not the love of my life; que feras-tu dans la vie? what are you going to do in life?; faciliter la vie à qn to make life easier for sb; vivre sa vie to lead one's own life; passer sa vie à faire gén to spend one's life doing; ( tout le temps) to spend all one's time doing; à vie [bannir, défigurer, marquer] for life; [bannissement, suspension] lifetime ( épith); [emprisonnement, adhésion, président] life ( épith); œuvre d'une vie work of a lifetime; c'est la chance de ta vie it's the chance of a lifetime; durer toute une vie to last a lifetime; tu as toute la vie devant toi you've got your whole life in front of you;3 ( activité) life; la vie urbaine/rurale city/country life; la vie culturelle/professionnelle cultural/professional life; la vie moderne/actuelle modern/ present day life; la vie d'entreprise corporate life; mener une vie de luxe to lead a life of luxury; la vie est chère the cost of living is high; avoir une vie active/sédentaire to lead an active/a sedentary life; mode de vie lifestyle; apprendre/connaître la vie to learn/know what life is all about; notre vie de couple our relationship, our life together (as a couple); comment réussir sa vie de couple how to live together and make it work; ⇒ bâton, enterrer;4 ( vitalité) life; prendre vie to come to life; reprendre vie to come back to life; déborder de vie to be bursting with life; donner de la vie à un personnage to bring a character to life; donner de la vie à une fête to liven up a party; mettre de la vie dans qch to liven sth up; plein de vie [personne, lieu] full of life; manquant de vie, sans vie [personne, lieu] lifeless;5 ( biographie) life; écrire la vie de qn to write a life of sb; la vie de Mozart the life of Mozart;vie active Sociol working life; vie antérieure former life; vie chère high cost of living; vie éternelle eternal life; vie de famille family life; vie intérieure inner life; vie privée private life; vie quotidienne daily life; vie spirituelle spiritual life.c'est la vie! that's life!; ça c'est la vie!, c'est la vie d'artiste! this is the life!; ce n'est pas une vie! it's no life!; quelle vie! what a life!; ainsi va la vie that's the way it goes; ils ont la belle vie they have a good life; c'est la belle vie! what a life!; ( en ce moment) this is the life!; une vie de chien○ a dog's life; avoir la vie dure [préjugés] to be ingrained; mener la vie dure à qn to make life hard for sb, to give sb a hard time; faire la vie○ [enfants] to have a wild time; [adultes] to live it up○; à la vie, à la mort! till death us do part!; entre eux c'est à la vie à la mort with them it's for life.[vi] nom fémininla vie animale/végétale animal/plant life2. [existence] lifeà la fin de sa vie at the end of his life, late in lifeà Julie, pour la vie to Julie, forever ou for evera. [ne pas être pressé] to have all the time in the worldb. [être jeune] to have one's whole life in front of oneêtre entre la vie et la mort to be hovering between life and death, to be at death's door3. [personne] life4. [entrain] lifea. [ressemblant] true to life, lifelikeb. [énergique] lively, full of life5. [partie de l'existence] lifela vie affective/intellectuelle/sexuelle love/intellectual/sex life6. [façon de vivre - d'une personne, d'une société] life, lifestyle, way of life ; [ - des animaux] lifela vie en Australie the Australian lifestyle ou way of lifedans la vie, l'important c'est de... the important thing in life is to...faire ou mener la vie dure à quelqu'un to make life difficult for somebodyrefaire sa vie to start afresh ou all over againc'est la vie!, la vie est ainsi faite! such is ou that's life!c'est la belle vie ou la vie de château! this is the life!7. [biographie] lifeil a écrit une vie de Flaubert he wrote a life ou biography of Flaubert8. [conditions économiques] (cost of) livingdans ce pays, la vie n'est pas chère prices are very low in this country10. TECHNOLOGIE life————————à vie locution adjectivale————————en vie locution adjectivaleêtre toujours en vie to be still alive ou breathing————————sans vie locution adjectivale -
2 château
masculine noun* * *pl châteaux ʃato nom masculin1) ( forteresse) castle2) ( résidence) ( royale) palace; ( seigneuriale) castle3) ( grande demeure) manor•Phrasal Verbs:••mener la vie de château — to live the life of Riley GB, to live like a prince
* * *ʃɒtochâteaux pl nm(fortifié) castle, (demeure prestigieuse) palace* * *1 ( forteresse) castle; château médiéval medieval castle;2 ( résidence) ( royale) palace; ( seigneuriale) castle; le château de Versailles the palace of Versailles; les châteaux de la Loire the Châteaux of the Loire; le Château ( Élysée) the Elysée;château d'arrière Naut sterncastle; château d'avant Naut forecastle; château de cartes lit, fig house of cards; château d'eau water tower; château fort fortified castle; château gonflable bouncy castle; château de poupe Naut = château d'arrière; château de proue Naut = château d'avant; château de sable sand castle.mener une vie de château to live the life of Riley GB, to live like a prince.ses illusions se sont écroulées comme un château de cartes his illusions collapsed like a house of cardsbâtir ou faire des châteaux en Espagne to build castles in the air[jeu de plage, attraction]château d'eau nom masculin -
3 pacha
pacha [pa∫a]masculine noun* * *paʃanom masculin pasha••mener une vie de pacha — (colloq) to live the life of Riley
* * *jouer les pachas○ to expect to be waited on hand and foot; mener une vie de pacha to live the life of Riley.[paʃa] nom masculin2. (familier & figuré)mener une vie de pacha to live like a lord, to live a life of ease -
4 coq
coq [kɔk]masculine noun[de basse-cour] cock* * *kɔknom masculin1) ( de poulailler) cockerel, rooster US; ( oiseau mâle) cockrouge comme un coq — [personne] bright red in the face
2) Culinaire cockerel3) Architecture ( de clocher) weathercock4) ( séducteur)•Phrasal Verbs:••* * *kɔk1. nmcock, roosterau chant du coq (= à l'aube) [se lever, se réveiller, revenir, s'achever] — at cockcrow
2. adj inv* * *coq nm1 ( de poulailler) cockerel, rooster US; ( oiseau mâle) cock; au chant du coq at cockcrow; rouge comme un coq [personne] bright red in the face; mollets or jambes de coq skinny legs; le coq gaulois the French cockerel (symbol of the French fighting spirit); ⇒ grand;2 Culin cockerel;3 Archit ( de clocher) weathercock;4 ( jeune séducteur) le coq du village the local Casanova;5 Naut (ship's) cook.coq de bruyère grouse; coq de combat fighting cock; coq faisan cock pheasant; coq nain bantam cock; coq au vin coq au vin.être comme un coq en pâte to be in clover; sauter du coq à l'âne to hop from one subject to another.[kɔk] nom masculincoq de bruyère capercailie, capercailliepasser ou sauter du coq à l'âne to jump from one subject to another2. [figure, symbole]coq de clocher weathercock, weather vane4. (familier) [fanfaron, séducteur] lady-killer————————[kɔk] adjectifThe cockerel is the symbol of France. Its cry, cocorico!, is sometimes used to express national pride: trois médailles d'or pour la France - cocorico! -
5 château
n. m.1. Le château: 'The nick', 'clink', prison.2. Mener la vie de château: To lead the life of Riley, to live like a lord. (To the criminal fraternity, this expression can have less pleasant connotations when the château happens to be the prison.) -
6 soie
n. f.1. Péter dans la soie (also: coucher dans des draps de soie): To 'lead the life of Riley', to 'live it up', to have an opulent lifestyle.2. Avoir quelque chose sur la soie: To be burdened with a problem. Il m'est tombé un de ces pataquès sur la soie! You'll never believe the shit I've landed myself in!3. Avoir quelqu'un sur la soie: To have someone 'on one's back', to be persistently tracked down by someone. Depuis quinze jours il a les mecs du fisc sur la soie: For a fortnight, I think he's had the Inland Revenue on him! -
7 pacha
n. m.1. (Navy slang): 'Skip', 'skipper', captain.2. Mener une vie de pacha: To lead the kind of life even 'Riley' might envy, to live in the lap of luxury.
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