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1 querelle
querelle [kəʀεl]feminine nouna. ( = dispute) quarrel* * *kəʀɛl1) ( dispute) quarrel ( entre between); ( chamaillerie) squabblequerelles intestines — internal squabbling [U]
2) ( débat) dispute•Phrasal Verbs:* * *kəʀɛl nf* * *querelle nf1 ( dispute) quarrel (entre between); ( chamaillerie) squabble; querelle de famille family quarrel; chercher querelle à qn to pick a quarrel with sb; querelles intestines internal squabbling;2 ( débat) dispute; la querelle sur les nationalisations the dispute over nationalization.querelle d'Allemand quarrel about nothing; querelle d'amoureux lovers' tiff; querelle de clocher parish-pump quarrel.[kərɛl] nom féminina. [brouille] family squabbleb. [sérieuse] family feud -
2 noise
noise [nwaz]feminine noun* * *nwazchercher noise or des noises à quelqu'un — to pick a quarrel with somebody
* * *nwaz nfchercher noise à qn > vieilli — to try and pick a quarrel with sb
* * *noise nf chercher noise or des noises à qn to pick a quarrel with sb.[nwaz] nom fémininchercher noise ou des noises à quelqu'un to try to pick a quarrel with somebody -
3 chercher
chercher [∫εʀ∫e]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. to look for ; [+ ombre, lumière, tranquillité, gloire, succès, faveur] to seek ; [+ danger, mort] to court ; [+ citation, heure de train] to look up ; [+ nom, terme] to try to remember• attends, je cherche wait a minute, I'm trying to think• chercher partout qch/qn to search everywhere for sth/sb• chercher une aiguille dans une botte or meule de foin to look for a needle in a haystack• tu me cherches ? (inf) are you looking for trouble?b. ( = prendre, acheter) aller chercher qch to go for sth• qu'est-ce que tu vas chercher là ? how do you make that out?• ça va chercher dans les 300 € it'll come to around 300 eurosc. ( = essayer) chercher à faire qch to try to do sth2. reflexive verb► se chercher ( = chercher sa voie) to search for an identity* * *ʃɛʀʃe
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1) ( essayer de trouver) to look for‘cherchons vendeuses’ — ‘sales assistants wanted’
2) ( s'efforcer)3) ( prendre)aller chercher quelqu'un/qch — gén to go and get somebody/sth; ( passer prendre) to pick somebody/sth up
aller chercher quelque chose — [chien] to fetch something
4) ( r éfléchir à) to try to find [réponse, idées]; to look for [prétexte, excuse]; ( se souvenir de) to try to remember [nom]j'ai beau chercher, impossible de m'en souvenir — I've thought and thought and still can't remember it
5) ( imaginer)6) ( atteindre)ça va chercher dans les 500 euros — it must fetch GB ou get US about 500 euros
7) ( aller à la rencontre de) to look for [complications]
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se chercher verbe pronominal1)un écrivain qui se cherche — ( raison d'être) a writer trying to find himself; (style, idées) a writer who is feeling his way
2)3) (colloq) ( se provoquer) to be out to get each other (colloq)* * *ʃɛʀʃe vt1) [chose, solution, recette] to look forJe cherche mes clés. — I'm looking for my keys.
2) [un mot dans un dictionnaire] to look upIl cherchait 'vertugadin' dans le dictionnaire. — He was looking up 'vertugadin' in the dictionary.
3)aller chercher [du pain, du lait] — to go to get, [le docteur, un plombier] to go and get, [une visite à la gare] to pick up
Elle est allée chercher du pain pour ce midi. — She's gone to get some bread for lunch.
Va chercher du lait pour la voisine. — Go and get some milk for the lady next door.
Va vite chercher le docteur. — Quick, go and get the doctor.
J'irai te chercher à la gare. — I'll pick you up at the station.
4) [gloire, succès] to seek5) (= tenter, essayer)chercher à faire — to try to do, to attempt to do
* * *chercher verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( essayer de trouver) to look for [personne, objet, vérité]; to look for, to try to find [emploi, repos, appartement]; cela fait une heure que je vous cherche I've been looking for you for the past hour; chercher un mot dans le dictionnaire to look up a word in the dictionary; chercher qn du regard dans la foule to look (about) for sb in the crowd; ‘cherchons vendeuses’ ‘sales assistants wanted’; son regard cherchait celui de sa femme he sought his wife's eye; il cherche son chemin he's trying to find his way; elle chercha quelques pièces de monnaie dans sa poche she felt for some coins in her pocket; cherche mieux look harder ou more carefully; tu n'as pas bien cherché you didn't look hard enough; chercher le sommeil to try to get some sleep; chercher l'aventure to look for ou seek adventure; chercher fortune to seek one's fortune; ne cherchez plus! look no further!; cherche mon chien, cherche! fetch, boy, fetch!; ⇒ aiguille, bête, pou;2 ( s'efforcer) chercher à faire to try to do; je cherche à vous joindre depuis ce matin I've been trying to contact you since this morning; il cherchait à les impressionner he was trying to impress them; je ne cherche plus à comprendre I've given up trying to understand; ⇒ quatorze;3 ( quérir) aller chercher qn/qch gén to go and get sb/sth; ( passer prendre) to pick sb/sth up; aller chercher qch [chien] to fetch sth; allez me chercher le patron! go and get the boss for me!; aller chercher la balle/les balles ( au tennis) to go for a shot/for the difficult shots (au filet at the net); venir chercher qn/qch gén to come and get sb/sth; ( passer prendre) to pick sb/sth up; il est venu me chercher à l'aéroport he came to meet me at the airport; envoyer qn chercher qch to send sb to get sth;4 ( réfléchir à) to try to find [réponse, idées, mot, solution]; to look for [prétexte, excuse]; ( se souvenir de) to try to remember [nom]; je cherche mes mots I'm groping for words; chercher un moyen de faire qch to try to think of a way to do sth; il ne cherche pas assez he doesn't think hard enough about it; j'ai beau chercher, impossible de m'en souvenir I've thought and thought and still can't remember it; pas la peine de chercher bien loin, c'est lui le coupable you don't have to look too far, he's the guilty one;5 ( imaginer) qu'allez-vous chercher! what are you thinking of!; où est-il allé chercher cela? what made him think that?; où va-t-il chercher tout cela? how does he come up with all that?; je me demande où il est allé chercher tous ces mensonges I wonder how he thought up all these lies;6 ( atteindre) une maison dans ce quartier, ça va chercher dans les 300 000 euros a house in this area must fetch GB ou get US about 300,000 euros; un vol à main armée, ça doit/va chercher dans les cinq ans de prison armed robbery would/could get you about five years in prison; ‘combien ça va me coûter?’-‘ça ne devrait pas aller chercher loin’ ‘how much will that cost me?’-‘it shouldn't come to much’;7 ( aller à la rencontre de) to look for [complications, problèmes]; elle t'a giflé mais tu l'as bien cherché she slapped you but you asked for it; il a été renvoyé mais il l'a quand même bien cherché he was fired but he was asking for it; si tu me cherches, tu vas me trouver○ if you're looking for trouble, you'll get it.B se chercher vpr1 ( être en quête de soi-même) to try to find oneself; un écrivain qui se cherche ( raison d'être) a writer trying to find himself; (style, idées) a writer who is feeling his way;2 ( se donner) se chercher des excuses/un alibi to try to find excuses/an alibi for oneself;3 ○( se provoquer) to be out to get each other○.[ʃɛrʃe] verbe transitif1. [dans l'espace] to look ou to search for (inseparable)chercher quelqu'un/quelque chose à tâtons to fumble ou to grope for somebody/somethingtu donnes ta langue au chat? — attends, je cherche give up? — wait, I'm still thinking ou trying to thinkchercher des crosses (familier) ou des ennuis ou des histoires à quelqu'un to try and cause trouble for somebodychercher chicane ou querelle à quelqu'un to try and pick a quarrel with somebody3. [essayer de se procurer] to look ou to hunt for (inseparable)chercher du travail to look for work, to be job-huntingtoujours à chercher la bagarre! always looking ou spoiling for a fight!quand ou si on me cherche, on me trouve if anybody asks for trouble, he'll get it6. [avec des verbes de mouvement]aller chercher quelqu'un/quelque chose to fetch somebody/somethingallez me chercher le directeur [client mécontent] I'd like to speak to the manageraller chercher dans les (familier) , aller chercher jusqu'à (familier) : ça va bien chercher dans les 200 euros it's worth at least 200 euros————————chercher à verbe plus prépositionto try ou to attempt ou to seek to————————chercher après verbe plus préposition————————se chercher verbe pronominal————————se chercher verbe pronominal intransitif -
4 patin
n. m.1. 'Clapper', 'licker', tongue. Rouler un patin: To give a French kiss.2. Brakes. Filer un coup de patin: To slam on the brakes, to brake violently.3. (pl.): 'Hoofs', 'plates of meat', feet. Traîner ses patins: To 'mooch about', to 'loaf around', to walk about aimlessly. (A traîne-patins is a hobo, drifter-cum-vagabond.)4. Faire le patin: To go shoplifting.5. Chercher des patins à quelqu'un: To pick a quarrel with someone.6. Prendre les patins de quelqu'un (in quarrel): To take sides with someone, to take up the cudgels on someone's behalf. -
5 crosse
n. f.1. Se mettre en crosse: To 'get into a huff', to get cross.2. Chercher des crosses a quelqu'un: To deliberately pick a quarrel with someone. Prendre les crosses de quelqu'un: To 'stick up for someone', to stand by someone (in a quarrel).3. Autant pour les crosses! It's back to square one! — We'll have to start all over again! -
6 suif
n. m.1. Argument, quarrel, bitter disagreement. Chercher du suif à quelqu'un: To pick a quarrel with someone. Se mettre en suif: To 'fly off the handle', to have a fit oftemper. Etre en suif: To be in a foul mood.3. 'Rocket', 'roasting', telling-off. Flanquer un suif à quelqu'un: To 'haul someone over the coals'.4. Se faire du suif: To worry oneself sick about something. -
7 pou
n. m.1. Chercher des poux à quelqu'un: To deliberately pick a quarrel with someone (as the image suggests, in a 'nit-picking' way).2. ¼comme un pou (comparative with a superlative implication). Etre moche comme un pou: To be as ugly as sin. Etre sale comme un pou (of person): To be as filthy as they come. Etre fier comme un pou: To be crowing with pride. Bicher comme un pou ( dans la crème fraîche): To be 'cock-a-hoop', to be beside oneself with pride and elation. -
8 chicane
chicane [∫ikan]feminine nouna. [de circuit automobile] chicaneb. ( = querelle) squabble* * *ʃikan1) ( formée par obstacles) chicane; (tracé de route, piste) double bend2) ( tracasserie) bickering [U]* * *ʃikan nf1) (= obstacle) zigzag2) (= querelle) squabble* * *chicane nf1 ( formée par obstacles) chicane; (tracé de route, piste) double bend; ( dans conduit) baffle; en chicane on alternate sides;2 ( tracasserie) bickering ¢; chercher chicane à qn pour qch to pick a quarrel with sb over sth;4 ( au bridge) chicane;[ʃikan] nom féminin2. [querelle] squabble[de gymkhana] zigzag————————en chicane locution adjectivalezigzag (modificateur) -
9 pet
n. m.1. Fart. Lâcher un pet: To 'let one rip', to break wind.2. Danger, risk, peril. En '42 il y avait du pet à sortir sans ausweis: If Jerry caught you without I.D. on the streets, during the war, you were in trouble.3. 'Row', disturbance. Faire du pet: To kick up a fuss. Flurer le pet à quelqu'un: To pick a quarrel with someone.4. Faire le pet: To be on the look-out (where danger is concerned), to be on watch.5. (interj.): Pet! Look out!-Careful, someone's coming!6. Porter le pet:a To complain.b To lay a charge against someone.a To 'feel out of sorts', to be unwell.b To be awkward and uncooperative.8. Ça ne vaut pas un pet de lapin! It's not worth a brass farthing! — It's worthless! -
10 rif
n. m.1. Fire. Quand ça caille en plein air, rien ne vaut un bon rif! There's nothing like a big crackling fire when you're freezing out in the open! File-nous du rif! Give us a light!3. Chercher du rif à quelqu'un: To 'go looking for aggro', to pick a quarrel with someone.4. Mettre quelqu'un en rif: To 'needle someone', to get someone angry.5. De rif: Through sheer brute force. Et de rif, on l'a obligé à fermer son bistrot! After we leaned on him a bit, he had to close his joint!6. De rif et d'autor. 'Snappily', without further ado. -
11 rogne
n. f.1. 'Foul mood', state of bad temper. Quoi qu'on fasse, il est toujours en rogne! There's no pleasing him, he always seems to have got out of bed the wrong side! Se mettre en rogne: To get into a huff. Il tient une de ces rognes! He's in a stinking mood today!2. Chercher des rognes à quelqu'un: To (try and) pick a quarrel with someone. -
12 suiffeur
n. m. 'Awkward so-and-so', character who will pick a quarrel with anyone. -
13 chercher querelle/la bagarre
pick a quarrel/fight with (someone)Mini Dictionnaire français-anglais > chercher querelle/la bagarre
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14 manger
manger [mɑ̃ʒe]➭ TABLE 31. transitive verba. to eat• finis de manger ! eat up!b. [+ fortune, économies] to squander2. reflexive verba. ( = être mangé)• cela se mange ? can you eat it?b. ( = se cogner dans) se manger une porte (inf!) to walk into a door* * *mɑ̃ʒe
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1) ( consommer) to eatje ne vais pas te manger! — (colloq) fig I won't eat you! (colloq); enragé, grive, soupe
2) ( dépenser) to use up [économies]; to go through [héritage]; [activité] to take up [temps]3) ( attaquer) [rouille, acide] to eat away [métal]; [mites] to eat [laine]être mangé aux or par les rats — to be gnawed by rats
4) ( mal articuler)
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verbe intransitif ( se nourrir) to eatils viendront te manger dans la main — lit, fig you'll have them eating out of your hand
donner à manger à — to feed [bébé]; to give [somebody] something to eat [pauvre]
manger froid — ( un plat refroidi) to eat [something] cold; ( un repas froid) to have a cold meal
je vous invite à manger dimanche midi — ( au restaurant) let me take you to lunch on Sunday; ( chez soi) come to lunch on Sunday
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se manger verbe pronominalle poulet peut se manger avec les doigts — you can eat chicken with your fingers; loup
••* * *mɑ̃ʒe1. vt1) (= se nourrir) to eat2) (= ronger) to eat into3) (= utiliser, consommer) to eat up2. vi* * *manger verb table: mangerB vtr1 ( consommer) to eat [nourriture]; manger du pain/des cerises/un poulet to eat bread/cherries/a chicken; il n'y a rien à manger dans la maison there's no food in the house; qu'est-ce qu'on mange à midi? what's for lunch?; je ne vais pas te/la manger○! fig I won't eat you/her○!; on en mangerait he/she/it is good enough to eat; ⇒ blé, enragé, grive, pain, soupe;2 ( dépenser) [personne] to use up [capital, économies]; to go through [fortune, héritage]; [inflation] to eat away at [profits, économies]; [activité] to take up [temps, journées]; manger l'argent de qn [dépenses] to eat up sb's money; [personne] to go through sb's money;4 ( attaquer) [rouille, pluie, acide] to eat away [métal]; [mites] to eat [laine]; être mangé aux rats to be gnawed by rats; être mangé or se faire manger par les moustiques to be eaten alive by mosquitoes; être mangé par l'inquiétude to be consumed with anxiety; se faire manger par son concurrent to be devoured by the competition;5 ( mal articuler) manger ses mots not to speak clearly, to mumble.C vi ( se nourrir) to eat; manger dans une assiette/dans un bol to eat from ou off a plate/out of a bowl; manger dans la main de qn lit to eat out of sb's hand; ils viendront te manger dans la main fig you'll have them eating out of your hand; manger à sa faim to eat one's fill; donner à manger à to feed [bébé, animal]; to give [sb] something to eat [pauvre]; donner or faire à manger à to cook for [famille]; je leur ai donné des légumes à manger I gave them some vegetables; manger froid ( un plat refroidi) to eat [sth] cold [soupe, quiche]; ( un repas froid) to have a cold meal; inviter qn à manger to invite sb for a meal; je vous invite à manger à midi let me take you to lunch; manger chinois/grec to have a Chinese/Greek meal; manger au restaurant to eat out; on mange mal ici the food is not good here; avoir fini de manger to have finished one's meal.D se manger vpr le gaspacho se mange froid gazpacho is served cold; le poulet peut se manger avec les doigts you can eat chicken with your fingers; ⇒ loup, vengeance.manger la consigne or commission to forget one's orders.I[mɑ̃ʒe] nom masculinII[mɑ̃ʒe] verbe transitif1. [pour s'alimenter] to eatb. [au lieu d'un repas] to have a sandwichelle mange de tout she'll eat anything, she's not a fussy eatertu mangeras bien un morceau? you'll have a bite to eat, won't you?qu'est-ce que vous avez mangé aujourd'hui à la cantine, les enfants? what did you have (to eat) for dinner at school today, children?il ne mange pas de ce pain-là he doesn't go in for that sort of thing, that's not his cup of teaa. (familier) [il est beaucoup plus grand] he's a head taller than meb. [il est bien meilleur] he's miles better than meelle ne va pas te manger! she's not going to eat ou to bite you!a. [personne] she (just) couldn't take her eyes off himb. [objet] she gazed longingly at itil est mignon, on le mangerait! he's so cute I could eat him (all up)!3. [ronger]couvertures mangées aux mites ou par les mites moth-eaten blankets4. [prendre toute la place dans]5. [négliger]manger ses mots ou la moitié des mots to swallow one's words, to mumble, to mutter6. [dépenser] to get through (inseparable)la chaudière mange un stère de bois tous les cinq jours the boiler gets through ou eats up ou consumes a cubic metre of wood every five dayson peut toujours essayer, ça ne mange pas de pain (familier) we can always have a go, it won't cost us anything————————[mɑ̃ʒe] verbe intransitif1. [s'alimenter] to eatil a bien mangé [en quantité ou en qualité] he's eaten wellmanger comme quatre (familier) ou comme un ogre ou comme un chancre (très familier) to eat like a horsemanger sur le pouce to have a snack, to grab a bite to eatil faut manger pour vivre et non pas vivre pour manger Molière (allusion) one must eat to live and not live to eat2. [participer à un repas] to eatvenez manger! [à table!] come and get it!a. [chez soi] to ask somebody round to eatb. [au restaurant] to ask somebody out for a mealallez, je vous invite à manger [au restaurant] come on, I'll buy you a mealmanger dehors ou au restaurant to eat outc'est un restaurant simple mais on y mange bien it's an unpretentious restaurant, but the food is good3. [comme locution nominale]que veux-tu que je fasse à manger ce soir? what would you like me to cook ou to make for dinner (tonight)?————————se manger verbe pronominal (emploi passif)ça se mange avec de la mayonnaise you eat it ou it is served with mayonnaisecette partie ne se mange pas you don't eat that part, that part shouldn't be eaten ou isn't edible————————se manger verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)(familier) [se disputer] to have a set-to
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