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1 except
except [ɪk'sept](apart from) à part, excepté, sauf;∎ everybody was there except him, everybody except him was there tout le monde était là à part ou excepté ou sauf lui;∎ except weekends à part ou excepté ou sauf le week-end;∎ any day except Saturday and anywhere except here n'importe quel jour sauf le samedi et n'importe où sauf ici;∎ I know nothing about it except what he told me je ne sais rien d'autre que ce qu'il m'a raconté;∎ I remember nothing except that I was scared je ne me souviens de rien sauf que ou excepté que j'avais peur∎ I'll do anything except sell the car je ferai tout sauf vendre la voiture;∎ except if sauf ou à part si;∎ except when sauf ou à part quand∎ I would tell her except she wouldn't believe me je le lui dirais bien, mais ou seulement elle ne me croirait pas;∎ we would stay longer except (that) we have no more money nous resterions bien plus longtemps, mais ou seulement nous n'avons plus d'argent(exclude) excepter, exclure;∎ all countries, France excepted tous les pays, la France exceptée ou à l'exception de la France;∎ present company excepted à l'exception des personnes présentes, les personnes présentes exceptéessauf, à part;∎ the typing's finished except for the last page il ne reste plus que la dernière page à taper;∎ the office will be empty over Christmas except for the boss and me il n'y aura que le patron et moi au bureau au moment de Noël;∎ he would have got away with it except for that one mistake sans cette erreur il s'en serait tiré -
2 except
except [ɪkˈsept]1. prepositiona. sauf• all except the eldest daughter tous, sauf la fille aînéeb. sinon• what can they do except wait? que peuvent-ils faire sinon attendre ?• not or without excepting sans excepter* * *Note: There are four frequently used translations for except when used as a preposition. By far the most frequent of these is sauf; the others are excepté, à l'exception de and hormis. Note, however, that in what/where/who questions, except is translated by sinon. For examples and the phrase except for see below[ɪk'sept] 1.everybody except Lisa — tout le monde sauf Lisa, tout le monde à l'exception de or excepté or hormis Lisa
except if/when — sauf si/quand
2.except that — sauf que, si ce n'est que
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3 except
❢ There are four frequently used translations for except when used as a preposition. By far the most frequent of these is sauf ; the others are excepté, à l'exception de and hormis. Note, however, that in what/where/who questions, except is translated by sinon. For examples and the phrase except for see below.A prep everybody except Lisa tout le monde sauf Lisa, tout le monde à l'exception de or excepté or hormis Lisa, tout le monde Lisa exceptée ; nothing except rien d'autre que ; nobody except personne d'autre que ; except if/when sauf si/quand ; except that sauf que, si ce n'est que ; who could have done it except him? qui aurait pu le faire sinon lui? ; where could she be except at home? où est-ce qu'elle pourrait être sinon chez elle?D vtr excepter, exclure (from de) ; not excepting sans oublier, y compris ; present company excepted exception faite des personnes présentes. -
4 except for
1) (apart from: We enjoyed the holiday except for the expense.) à part2) (except: Except for John, they all arrived punctually.) à l'exception de -
5 apart from
(except for: I can't think of anything I need, apart from a car.) sauf, à part -
6 which
[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) quel; lequel, laquelle2. relative pronoun((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) qui; que; lequel3. relative adjective, relative pronoun(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) (ce) que/qui; auquel (cas)- which is which? - which is which -
7 French departments
The names of French departments usually have the definite article, except when used after the preposition en.In, to and from somewhereto live in the Loiret= vivre dans le Loiretto go to the Loiret= aller dans le Loiretto live in the Landes= vivre dans les Landesto go to the Landes= aller dans les Landesto live in the Loir-et-Cher= vivre dans le Loir-et-Cherto go to the Loir-et-Cher= aller dans le Loir-et-Cherto live in Savoy= vivre en Savoieto go to Savoy= aller en Savoieto live in Seine-et-Marne= vivre en Seine-et-Marneto go to Seine-et-Marne= aller en Seine-et-Marneto come from the Loiret= venir du Loiretto come from the Landes= venir des Landesto come from the Loir-et-Cher= venir du Loir-et-CherFor from, use de without the definite article for feminine names of departments:to come from Savoy= venir de Savoieto come from Seine-et-Marne= venir de Seine-et-MarneUses with nounsUse de with the definite article in most cases:a Cantal accent= un accent du Cantalthe Var area= la région du Varthe Creuse countryside= les paysages de la CreuseLoiret people= les gens du LoiretYonne representatives= les représentants de l’YonneLandes restaurants= les restaurants des Landesthe Calvados team= l’équipe du CalvadosArdennes towns= les villes des ArdennesSeine-et-Marne hotels= les hôtels de Seine-et-MarneSome cases are undecided:Savoy roads= les routes de Savoie or de la Savoie -
8 apart
apart [ə'pɑ:t]1 adverb(a) (separated → in space)∎ a couple of metres apart à (une distance de) deux ou trois mètres l'un de l'autre;∎ the houses were about 10 kilometres apart les maisons étaient à environ 10 kilomètres l'une de l'autre;∎ the lines must be 10 centimetres apart les lignes doivent être espacées de 10 centimètres;∎ plant the seeds fairly far apart plantez les graines assez loin les unes des autres;∎ cities as far apart as Johannesburg and Hong Kong des villes aussi éloignées l'une de l'autre que Johannesburg et Hong Kong;∎ he stood with his legs wide apart il se tenait (debout) les jambes bien écartées;∎ they can't bear to be apart ils ne supportent pas d'être loin l'un de l'autre ou séparés;∎ the boys and girls were kept apart on tenait séparés les garçons et les filles;∎ they're living apart (because of circumstances) ils n'habitent pas ensemble; (because of divorce, breakup) ils sont séparés, ils vivent séparément;∎ children born two years apart des enfants nés à deux ans d'intervalle;∎ figurative we're miles apart when it comes to politics nous avons des points de vue politiques très différents(b) (in pieces) en pièces, en morceaux;∎ to break apart s'émietter;∎ to take a machine apart démonter ou désassembler une machine∎ to push apart éloigner (en poussant);∎ they sprang apart when I entered the room ils se sont écartés vivement l'un de l'autre quand je suis entré dans la pièce;∎ to grow apart from sb s'éloigner de qn(d) (isolated) à l'écart;∎ she stood apart from the others elle se tenait à l'écart des autres∎ joking apart trève de plaisanterie;∎ that apart, did you enjoy yourselves? à part ça, vous vous êtes amusés?(after n) (distinct and special) à part;∎ they regard it as a thing apart ils considèrent que c'est quelque chose de complètement différent(a) (except for) à part;∎ apart from my salary, we have nothing en dehors de ou à part mon salaire, nous n'avons rien;∎ it's fine, apart from a few minor mistakes à part ou sauf quelques fautes sans importance, c'est très bien;∎ I don't know anyone apart from you je ne connais personne à part toi;∎ but apart from that, everything's fine! mais à part ça, tout va très bien!(b) (as well as) en plus de;∎ she has many interests apart from golf elle s'intéresse à beaucoup de choses à part le ou en plus du golf;∎ quite apart from the fact that it's too big, I don't like the colour outre (le fait) que c'est trop grand, je n'aime pas la couleur -
9 US states
In some cases, there is a French form of the name, but not always (if in doubt, check in the dictionary). Each state has a gender in French and is used with the definite article, except after the preposition en, e.g.:Arkansas= l’Arkansas mCalifornia= la CalifornieTexas= le TexasSo:Arkansas is beautiful= l’Arkansas est beauI like California= j’aime la Californiedo you know Texas?= connaissez-vous le Texas?In, to and from somewherein Alaska= en Alaskato Alaska= en Alaskain California= en Californieto California= en Californiein Texas= au Texasto Texas= au TexasFor from use de for feminine states and for masculine ones beginning with a vowel, e.g.:from California= de Californiefrom Alaska= d’AlaskaFor from use du for masculine states beginning with a consonant, e.g.:from Texas= du TexasComing from somewhere: Uses with another nounThere are a few words e.g. californien, new-yorkais, texan used as adjectives and as nouns (with a capital letter) referring to the inhabitants. In other cases it is usually safe to use de for feminine states, and to use de l’ or du for masculine states, e.g.:the Florida countryside= les paysages de FlorideIllinois representatives= les représentants de l’Illinoisbuta Louisiana accent= l’accent de la LouisianeNew-Mexico roads= les routes du Nouveau-Mexique -
10 outside
dehors ⇒ 1 (a)-(c), 4 (a) à l'extérieur de ⇒ 2 (a) devant ⇒ 2 (c) en dehors de ⇒ 2 (d) extérieur ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (b), 3 (e), 4 (a), 4 (d) faible ⇒ 3 (c) maximum ⇒ 3 (d)(a) (outdoors) dehors, à l'extérieur;∎ it's cold outside il fait froid dehors;∎ put the box outside mettez la boîte dehors;∎ to go outside sortir;∎ to run/to dash outside sortir en courant/à toute vitesse;∎ seen from outside vu de l'extérieur;∎ the car is waiting outside la voiture attend dehors;∎ you'll have to park outside il faudra vous garer dans la rue(b) (on other side of door) dehors;∎ can you wait outside? pouvez-vous attendre dehors?;∎ there's a woman outside in the hall il y a une femme dehors dans le vestibule(c) (out of prison) dehors;∎ after ten years, it's hard to imagine life outside après dix ans, c'est dur d'imaginer la vie dehors(a) (on or to the exterior) à l'extérieur de, hors de;∎ nobody is allowed outside the house personne n'a le droit de quitter la maison;∎ outside my bedroom (at the door) à la porte de ma chambre; (below the windows) sous les fenêtres de ma chambre;∎ your front foot must remain outside the base line votre pied d'appel doit rester derrière la ou ne doit pas mordre sur la ligne;∎ put the eggs outside the window/the door mettez les œufs sur le rebord de la fenêtre/devant la porte;∎ she was wearing her shirt outside her trousers elle portait sa chemise par-dessus son pantalon;∎ nobody outside the office must know personne ne doit être mis au courant en dehors du bureau;∎ figurative the troublemakers were people from outside the group les fauteurs de troubles ne faisaient pas partie du groupe∎ we live some way outside the town nous habitons assez loin de la ville;∎ I don't think anybody outside France has heard of him je ne pense pas qu'il soit connu ailleurs qu'en France(c) (in front of) devant;∎ they met outside the cathedral (by chance) ils se sont rencontrés devant la cathédrale; (by arrangement) ils se sont retrouvés devant la cathédrale∎ it's outside his field ce n'est pas son domaine;∎ it's outside my experience ça ne m'est jamais arrivé;∎ the matter is outside our responsibility la question ne relève pas de notre responsabilité;∎ outside office hours en dehors des heures de bureau(a) (exterior) extérieur;∎ the outside world le monde extérieur;∎ she has few outside interests elle s'intéresse à peu de choses à part son travail;∎ an outside toilet des toilettes (situées) à l'extérieur;∎ the outside edge le bord extérieur(b) (from elsewhere → help, influence) extérieur;∎ to get an outside opinion demander l'avis d'un tiers(c) (poor → possibility) faible;∎ she has only an outside chance of winning elle n'a que très peu de chances de gagner(d) (maximum → price) maximum;∎ the outside odds are 6 to 1 la cote maximum est de 6 contre 1(e) (not belonging to a group) extérieur, indépendant;∎ an outside body un organisme indépendant(a) (exterior → of building, container) extérieur m, dehors m;∎ the outside of the house needs repainting l'extérieur de la maison a besoin d'être repeint;∎ on the outside of sth à l'extérieur de qch;∎ the fruit is yellow on the outside le fruit est jaune à l'extérieur;∎ the door opens from (the) outside la porte s'ouvre de l'extérieur ou du dehors;∎ the arms were flown in from outside les armes ont été introduites dans le pays par avion;∎ figurative looking at the problem from (the) outside quand on considère le problème de l'extérieur∎ I've almost forgotten what life is like on the outside j'ai presque oublié ce qu'est la vie dehors ou de l'autre côté des barreaux∎ to overtake on the outside (driving on left) doubler à droite; (driving on right) doubler à gauche;(d) (outer edge) extérieur m;∎ begin at the outside and work in commencez par les bords et allez vers l'intérieur(a) (in number) tout au plus, au maximum;∎ twenty people at the outside vingt personnes tout au plus∎ 6:30 at the outside 6 heures 30 au plus tard(b) (except for) en dehors de;∎ nobody, outside of a few close friends, was invited personne, en dehors de ou à part quelques amis intimes, n'était invité(c) (more than) au-delà de;∎ an offer outside of 10 million une offre de plus de ou supérieure à 10 millions►► Television outside broadcast émission f réalisée en dehors des studios;Television outside broadcasting émissions fpl réalisées en dehors des studios;Television outside broadcasting vehicle car m régie, unité f mobile de tournage;Stock Exchange outside broker courtier(ère) m,f marron ou libre;Finance outside brokerage affaires fpl de banque;outside half (in rugby) demi m d'ouverture;outside lane (driving on left) file f ou voie f de droite; (driving on right) file f ou voie f de gauche; Sport couloir m extérieur;Football outside left ailier m gauche;Telecommunications outside line ligne f extérieure;Stock Exchange outside market marché m hors cote ou en coulisse;Stock Exchange outside price prix m maximum;Football outside right ailier m droit -
11 them
them [ðem, ðəm]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When translating them it is necessary to know whether the French verb takes a direct or an indirect object. Verbs followed by à or de take an indirect object.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (direct object: people and things) les━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► les precedes the verb, except in positive commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• look at them! regarde-les !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When the French verb consists of avoir + past participle, les precedes the form of avoir. The participle always agrees, adding s for mpl, and es for fpl.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• have you seen my keys? I've lost them avez-vous vu mes clés ? je les ai perduesb. (indirect object: people) leur• what are you going to say to them? qu'est-ce que tu vas leur dire ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► leur precedes the verb, except in positive commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━c. (indirect object: things)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When them refers to things, en is used when the pronoun replaces de + noun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• can you give me my notes back? I need them est-ce que tu peux me rendre mes notes ? j'en ai besoin• make sure you admire his pictures, he's very proud of them n'oublie pas d'admirer ses tableaux, il en est très fier• I knew it was them! je savais que c'était eux !• I know her but I don't know them je la connais, mais eux (or elles), je ne les connais pase. ► preposition + them• without them sans eux (or elles)• younger than them plus jeune qu'eux (or qu'elles)• my parents? I was just thinking about them mes parents ? je pensais justement à eux• the passports? I've not thought about them les passeports ? je n'y ai pas pensé━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• if anyone arrives early ask them to wait si quelqu'un arrive tôt, fais-le attendre• somebody rang -- did you ask them their name? quelqu'un a téléphoné -- est-ce que tu lui as demandé son nom ?* * *[ðem, ðəm]both of them — tous/toutes les deux
both of them work in London — ils/elles travaillent à Londres tous/toutes les deux
some of them — quelques-uns d'entre eux or quelques-unes d'entre elles
take them all — prenez-les tous/toutes
none of them wants it — aucun/-e d'entre eux/elles ne le veut
every single one of them — chacun/-e d'entre eux/elles
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12 bar
1. noun1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) barre; tablette; barreau2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) rayure3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) bâcle4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) bar, comptoir5) (a public house.) bar6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) mesure7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) obstacle8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) barre2. verb1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) bâcler une porte2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) exclure (de)3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) empêcher (de faire qqch.)3. preposition(except: All bar one of the family had measles.) sauf- barmaid- barman - bar code -
13 save
I 1. [seiv] verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) sauver2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) économiser3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) épargner4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) empêcher de marquer5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) délivrer6) (to keep data in the computer.) sauvegarder2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) arrêt (du ballon)- saver- saving - savings - saviour - saving grace - savings account - savings bank - save up II [seiv] preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) sauf (que) -
14 British regions and counties
The names of British regions and counties usually have the definite article in French, except when used with the preposition en.In, to and from somewhereMost counties and regions are masculine ; with these, in and to are translated by dans le, and from by du:to live in Sussex= vivre dans le Sussexto go to Sussex= aller dans le Sussexto come from Sussex= venir du SussexNote however:Cornwall= la Cornouaillesto live in Cornwall= vivre en Cornouaillesto go to Cornwall= aller en Cornouaillesto come from Cornwall= venir de la CornouaillesUses with nounsThere are rarely French equivalents for English forms like Cornishmen, and it is always safe to use de with the definite article:Cornishmen= les habitants mpl de la CornouaillesLancastrians= les habitants du LancashireIn other cases, du is often possible:a Somerset accent= un accent du Somersetthe Yorkshire countryside= les paysages du Yorkshirebut it is usually safe to use du comté de:the towns of Fife= les villes du comté de Fifethe rivers of Merioneth= les rivières du comté de Merionethor de la région de:Grampian cattle= le bétail de la région des GrampiansBig English-French dictionary > British regions and counties
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15 poison pill
familiar (strategy) pilule f empoisonnéePoison-pill provisions are triggered when a hostile suitor acquires a predetermined percentage of company stock. At that point, all existing shareholders except the suitor are granted options to buy additional stock at a dramatic discount, thus diluting the acquirer's share so as to head off a change in control of the company … According to statistics from Thomson Financial Securities Data, 140 companies adopted poison pill provisions in the first half of 2001, up 45 percent from the same period last year.
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16 stray
[strei] 1. verb(to wander, especially from the right path, place etc: The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed; to stray from the point.) s'écarter de2. noun(a cat, dog etc that has strayed and has no home.) (animal) errant3. adjective1) (wandering or lost: stray cats and dogs.) errant2) (occasional, or not part of a general group or tendency: The sky was clear except for one or two stray clouds.) isolé -
17 who
[hu:] 1. pronoun((used as the subject of a verb) what person(s)(?): Who is that woman in the green hat?; Who did that?; Who won?; Do you know who all these people are?) (qui est-ce) qui2. relative pronoun1) ((used to refer to a person or people mentioned previously to distinguish him or them from others: used as the subject of a verb: usually replaceable by that) (the) one(s) that: The man who/that telephoned was a friend of yours; A doctor is a person who looks after people's health.) qui2) (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on a person or people: His mother, who was so proud, gave him a hug.) qui•- whoever3. pronoun1) (no matter who: Whoever rings, tell him/them I'm out.) quiconque2) ((also who ever) used in questions to express surprise etc: Whoever said that?) qui donc•- whom4. relative pronoun(used as the object of a verb or preposition but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who)1) ((used to refer to a person or people mentioned previously, to distinguish him or them from others: able to be omitted or replaced by that except when following a preposition) (the) one(s) that: The man (whom/that) you mentioned is here; Today I met some friends (whom/that) I hadn't seen for ages; This is the man to whom I gave it; This is the man (whom/who/that) I gave it to.) que, (à) qui2) (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on a person or people: His mother, who was so proud of him, gave him a hug.) qui, que• -
18 year
[jiə] 1. noun1) (the period of time the earth takes to go once round the sun, about 365 days: We lived here for five years, from November 1968 to November 1973; a two-year delay.) an2) (the period from January 1 to December 31, being 365 days, except in a leap year, when it is 366 days: in the year 1945.) année•- yearly2. adverb(every year: The festival is held yearly.) annuellement- all the year round - all year round - long -
19 Date
Where English has several ways of writing dates, such as May 10, 10 May, 10th May etc. French has only one generally accepted way: le 10 mai, ( say le dix mai). However, as in English, dates in French may be written informally: 10.5.68 or 31/7/65 etc.The general pattern in French is:le cardinal number month yearle 10 mai 1901But if the date is the first of the month, use premier, abbreviated as 1er:May 1st 1901= le 1er mai 1901Note that French does not use capital letters for months, or for days of the week ⇒ The months of the year and ⇒ The days of the week ; also French does not usually abbreviate the names of the months:Sept 10= le 10 septembre etc.If the day of the week is included, put it after the le:Monday, May 1st 1901= le lundi 1er mai 1901Monday the 25th= lundi 25 ( say lundi vingt-cinq)Saying and writing dateswhat’s the date?= quel jour sommes-nous?it’s the tenth= nous sommes le dix or (less formally) on est le dixit’s the tenth of May= nous sommes le dix mai or (less formally) on est le dix mai* (i) There are two ways of saying hundreds and thousands in dates:1968= mille neuf cent soixante-huit or dix-neuf cent soixante-huit(ii) The spelling mil is used in legal French, otherwise mille is used in dates, except when a round number of thousands is involved, in which case the words l’an are added:1900= mille neuf cents2000= l’an deux mille† French prefers Roman numerals for centuries:the 16th century= le XVIeSaying onFrench uses only the definite article, without any word for on:it happened on 6th March= c’est arrivé le 6 mars ( say le six mars)he came on the 21st= il est arrivé le 21 ( say le vingt et un)see you on the 6th= on se voit le 6 ( say le six)on the 2nd of every month= le 2 de chaque mois ( say le deux...)he’ll be here on the 3rd= il sera là le 3 ( say le trois)Saying inFrench normally uses en for years but prefers en l’an for out-of-the-ordinary dates:in 1968= en 1968 ( say en mille neuf cent soixante-huit or en dix-neuf cent…)in 1896= en 1896 ( say en mille huit cent quatre-vingt-seize or en dix-huit cent…)in the year 2000= en l’an deux millein AD 27= en l’an 27 ( say l’an vingt-sept) de notre èrein 132 BC= en l’an 132 ( say l’an cent trente-deux) avant Jésus-ChristWith names of months, in is translated by en or au mois de:in May 1970= en mai mille neuf cent soixante-dix or au mois de mai mille neuf cent soixante-dixWith centuries, French uses au:in the seventeenth century= au dix-septième siècleThe word siècle is often omitted in colloquial French:in the eighteenth century= au dix-huitième siècle or (less formally) au dix-huitièmeNote also:in the early 12th century= au début du XIIe siècle ( say du douzième siècle)in the late 14th century= à or vers la fin du XIVe siècle ( say du quatorzième siècle)PhrasesRemember that the date in French always has the definite article, so, in combined forms, au and du are required:from the 10th onwards= à partir du 10 ( say du dix)stay until the 14th= reste jusqu’au 14 ( say au quatorze)from 21st to 30th May= du 21 au 30 mai ( say du vingt et un au trente mai)around 16th May= le 16 mai environ/vers le 16 mai ( say le seize mai) or aux environs du seize mai ( say du seize mai)not until 1999= pas avant 1999 ( say mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf)Shakespeare (1564-1616)= Shakespeare (1564-1616) ( say Shakespeare, quinze cent soixante-quatre-seize cent seize)Shakespeare b. 1564 d.1616= Shakespeare, né en 1564, mort en 1616 ( say Shakespeare, né en quinze cent soixante-quatre, mort en seize cent seize).Note that French has no abbreviations for né and mort.in May ’45= en mai 45 ( say en mai quarante-cinq)in the 1980s= dans les années 80 ( say dans les années quatre-vingts)in the early sixties= au début des années 60 ( say des années soixante)in the late seventies= à la fin des années 70 ( say des années soixante-dix)the riots of ’68= les émeutes de 68 ( say de soixante-huit)the 14-18 war= la guerre de 14 or de 14-18 ( say de quatorze or de quatorze-dix-huit)the 1912 uprising= le soulèvement de 1912 ( say de mille neuf cent douze) -
20 other
other ['ʌðə(r)](a) (different) autre, différent;∎ it's the same in other countries c'est la même chose dans les autres pays;∎ I had no other choice je n'avais pas le choix ou pas d'autre solution;∎ any other book tout autre livre;∎ by other means par d'autres moyens;∎ he doesn't respect other people's property il ne respecte pas le bien d'autrui;∎ it always happens to other people cela n'arrive qu'aux autres;∎ can't we discuss it some other time? on ne peut pas en parler plus tard?;∎ for this reason, if for no other pour cette raison, à défaut d'une autre;∎ in other times autrefois, à une autre époque;∎ the other world l'autre monde m, l'au-delà m(b) (second of two) autre;∎ give me the other one donnez-moi l'autre;∎ the other woman/man (in relationship) l'autre(c) (additional) autre;∎ can you get some other cups? pouvez-vous aller chercher d'autres tasses?;∎ some other people came d'autres personnes sont arrivées;∎ they have two other daughters ils ont deux autres filles(d) (remaining) autre;∎ the other three men les trois autres hommes(e) (in expressions of time) autre;∎ the other day/morning/month/week l'autre jour/matin/mois/semaine∎ on the other side of the room/of the river de l'autre côté de la pièce/de la rivière;∎ a voice at the other end (of the telephone) une voix à l'autre bout (du fil)2 pronoun(a) (additional person, thing) autre;∎ he and two others got the sack lui et deux autres ont été renvoyés;∎ some succeed, others fail certains réussissent, d'autres échouent;∎ have you got any others? (any more) en avez-vous encore?; (any different ones) en avez-vous d'autres?;∎ can you show me some others? pouvez-vous m'en montrer d'autres?;∎ I have no other je n'en ai pas d'autre(b) (opposite, far end) autre;∎ I stood at this end of the room and she stood at the other j'étais à ce bout-ci de la pièce et elle était à l'autre (bout)(c) (related person) autre;∎ each thought the other the better writer chacun trouvait que l'autre était meilleur écrivain3 noun(person, thing) autre mf;∎ Philosophy the other l'autre;∎ the three others les trois autres;∎ wait for the others attendez les autres;∎ politicians, industrialists and others les hommes politiques, les industriels et les autres;∎ she cares nothing for others elle ne se soucie pas du tout des autres;∎ the property of others le bien d'autrui;∎ to talk about this, that and the other parler de ci et ça;(a) (apart from, except) autrement que;∎ she had never seen him other than on the screen elle ne l'avait jamais vu autrement qu'à l'écran;∎ we had no alternative other than to accept their offer nous n'avions pas d'autre possibilité que celle d'accepter leur offre(b) (differently from) différemment de;∎ I think she should have behaved other than she did je pense qu'elle aurait dû se comporter différemment ou d'une autre façon;∎ she can't be other than she is elle est comme ça, c'est toutsauf, à part;∎ other than that à part cela;∎ somebody other than me/you/her/ etc quelqu'un d'autre;∎ all verbs other than those in -er tous les verbes autres que ceux en -er
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