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121 theoretically
theoretically [θɪəˈretɪkəlɪ]• he could theoretically face the death penalty en théorie, il est passible de la peine de mort• I was, theoretically, a fully-qualified lawyer j'étais, en théorie, un avocat diplômé* * *[ˌθɪə'retɪklɪ]adverb théoriquement -
122 think
think [θɪŋk](verb: preterite, past participle thought)1. nouna. ( = consider) réfléchir, penser• what are you thinking about? à quoi pensez-vous ?• think about it! pensez-y !• I wouldn't think of such a thing! ça ne me viendrait jamais à l'idée !• would you think of letting him go alone? vous le laisseriez partir seul, vous ?• sorry, I wasn't thinking pardon, je n'ai pas réfléchi• I didn't think to ask or of asking if you... je n'ai pas pensé à te demander si tu...c. ( = remember) penser (of à)d. ( = imagine) to think (of) imaginer• just think! imagine un peu !e. ( = devise) to think of avoir l'idée de• what will he think of next? qu'est-ce qu'il va encore inventer ?f. ( = have as opinion) penser• to think well or a lot of sb/sth penser le plus grand bien de qn/qch• to think nothing of doing sth ( = do as a matter of course) trouver tout naturel de faire qch ; ( = do unscrupulously) n'avoir aucun scrupule à faire qch• think nothing of it! mais pas du tout !a. ( = be of opinion, believe) penser, croire• I think so/not je crois que oui/non• what do you think? qu'est-ce que tu (en) penses ?• what do you think I should do? que penses-tu que je doive faire ?• I thought so or as much! je m'en doutais !• what do you think of him? comment le trouves-tu ?• who do you think you are? pour qui te prends-tu ?b. ( = conceive, imagine) (s')imaginer• think what we could do with that house! imagine ce que nous pourrions faire de cette maison !• who would have thought it! qui l'aurait dit !c. ( = reflect) penser à• just think what you're doing! pense un peu à ce que tu fais !4. compounds[+ problem, proposition] réfléchir sérieusement à ; [+ plan] élaborer[+ offer, suggestion] (bien) réfléchir à[+ plan, proposal] examiner en détail* * *[θɪŋk] 1.2.to have a think about something — GB réfléchir à quelque chose
transitive verb (prét, pp thought)1) (hold view, believe) croireI don't think so —
‘is he reliable?’ - ‘I'd like to think so but...’ — ‘peut-on lui faire confiance?’ - ‘j'espère bien mais...’
to think it best to do/that — penser qu'il serait préférable de faire/que
him, a millionaire? I don't think! — iron lui un millionnaire? sans blague!
2) ( imagine) imaginer, croireI can't think how/why etc — je n'ai aucune idée comment/pourquoi etc
who do you think you are? — ( indignantly) pour qui vous prenez-vous?
and to think that I believed him! — GB et dire que je le croyais!
3) (have thought, idea) penserI was just thinking: suppose we sold the car? — je me posais la question: si nous vendions la voiture?
we're thinking sex here — (colloq) c'est de sexe qu'il s'agit
let's think Green! — (colloq) pensons écolo! (colloq)
4) (rate, assess)to think a lot/not much of — penser/ne pas penser beaucoup de bien de
5) ( remember) penser3.to think where/how — se rappeler où/comment
intransitive verb (prét, pp thought)1) gen penser; ( before acting or speaking) réfléchirto think clearly ou straight — avoir les idées claires
I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking — je m'excuse, je ne sais pas où j'avais la tête
let's think: three people at £170 each... — voyons: trois personnes à 170 livres sterling chacune...
come to think of it... — maintenant que j'y pense...
2) ( take into account)to think about ou of somebody/something — penser à quelqu'un/quelque chose
3) ( consider)4) ( have in mind)5) ( imagine)a million pounds, think of that! — un million de livres, t'imagines! (colloq)
6) ( tolerate idea) (tjrs nég)7) ( remember)•Phrasal Verbs:- think up••to have another think coming — (colloq) GB se tromper lourdement
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123 touch
touch [tʌt∫]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = sense of touch) toucher mb. ( = act of touching) contact mc. ( = character) to give sth a personal touch mettre une note personnelle dans qchd. ( = detail) détail m• small touches, such as flowers, can transform a room de petits détails, par exemple des fleurs, peuvent transformer une piècee. ( = small amount) it's a touch expensive c'est un petit peu cherf. ( = contact)► in touch• I'll be in touch! je te (or vous) téléphonerai !• keep in touch! tiens-nous au courant !• he has lost touch with what is going on il n'est plus dans le coup (inf)► to be out of touch ( = not up to date)• I'm out of touch with the latest developments je ne suis pas au courant des derniers développementsg. (Football) touche fh. ( = person) Mr Wilson is no soft touch M. Wilson n'est pas du genre à se laisser fairea. ( = come into contact with) toucher• they can't touch you if you don't break the law on ne peut rien te faire tant que tu restes dans la légalitéb. ( = tamper with) toucher à• don't touch that switch! ne touchez pas à ce bouton !• I didn't touch it! je n'y ai pas touché !• I didn't touch him! je ne l'ai pas touché !c. ( = deal with) (in exam) I didn't touch the third question je n'ai pas touché à la troisième questiond. [+ food, drink] toucher àe. ( = equal) valoirf. ( = move emotionally) toucherg. ( = reach) [+ level, speed] atteindrea. toucher• don't touch! n'y touchez pas !b. ( = come into contact with) [ends, lands] se toucherc. (speaking, writing) to touch on a subject aborder un sujet4. compounds• it was touch-and-go until the last minute l'issue est restée incertaine jusqu'au bout ► touch screen noun (Technical) écran tactile• touch screen technology technologie f à écran tactile ► touch-sensitive adjective [screen] tactile( = land) atterrir[+ crisis, riot] déclencher ; [+ reaction, argument] provoquer[+ painting, photo] retoucher* * *[tʌtʃ] 1.1) ( physical contact) contact m (physique)at the slightest touch — ( of button) à la moindre pression
2) ( sense) toucher m3) (style, skill) (of artist, writer) touche f; ( of musician) toucher ma fine touch at the net — ( in tennis) un toucher délicat au filet
4) ( little)there's a touch of class/of genius about her — elle a quelque chose d'élégant/de génial
a touch of sarcasm/of garlic — une pointe de raillerie/d'ail
5) ( communication) contact mto get/stay in touch with — se mettre/rester en contact avec
6) Sport touche f2.transitive verb1) ( come into contact with) toucher; ( interfere with) toucher à2) ( affect) gen toucher; ( adversely) affecter; ( as matter of concern) concerner3) ( reach) [price, temperature] atteindre [level]3.when it comes to cooking, no-one can touch him — pour la cuisine, personne ne peut l'égaler
intransitive verb ( come together) [wires, hands] se toucher‘do not touch’ — ‘ne pas toucher’
Phrasal Verbs:- touch on- touch up••to be an easy ou a soft touch — (colloq) être un pigeon (colloq)
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124 voice
voice [vɔɪs]1. nouna. voix f• to raise/lower one's voice élever/baisser la voixb. ( = opinion) there were no dissenting voices il n'y a pas eu d'opposition( = express) exprimer3. compounds* * *[vɔɪs] 1.1) ( speaking) voix fto lose one's voice — ( when ill) perdre la voix
2) ( for singing) voix f3) (opinion, expression) voix fto have a voice — avoir voix au chapitre ( in something en matière de quelque chose; in doing pour ce qui est de faire)
4) ( representative organization) porte-parole m5) Literature ( of writer) style mnarrative voice — voix f du narrateur
6) Linguistics voix f2.- voiced combining form3.hoarse-/deep-voiced — à la voix rauque/grave
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125 without
without [wɪðˈaʊt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ preposition( = lacking) sans• without speaking, he... sans parler, il...* * *[wɪ'ðaʊt] 1.1) (lacking, not having) sans2) ( not) sans2.adverb à l'extérieur -
126 world
world [wɜ:ld]1. nouna. monde m• where in the world has he got to? où a-t-il bien pu passer ?b. (emphatic phrases) there's a world of difference between Paul and Richard il y a un monde entre Paul et Richard► out of this world > (inf) extraordinairec. ( = this life) monde md. ( = domain, environment) monde m• the business/sporting world le monde des affaires/du sporte. ( = society) monde m2. compounds• on a world scale à l'échelle mondiale ► the World Service noun (British) service international de la BBC• the World title fight (Boxing) le championnat du monde ► the World Trade Organization noun l'Organisation f mondiale du commerce[be known] mondialement ; [travel] partout dans le monde* * *[wɜːld] 1.1) ( planet) monde m2) ( group of people) monde m3) ( section of the earth) pays mplthe Eastern/Western world — les pays de l'Est/occidentaux
4) ( environment) monde m, univers m2.he lives in a world of his own ou a private world — il vit dans un monde à part
noun modifier [ events, leader, politics] mondial; [ record, tour, championship] du monde; [ cruise] autour du monde••(all) the world and his wife — hum tout le monde
for all the world like/as if — exactement comme/comme si
it did him the ou a world of good — ça lui a fait énormément de bien
what/where/who etc in the world? — que/où/qui etc diable?
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127 official
1 nounfonctionnaire m f;∎ a bank/union official un(e) représentant(e) de la banque/du syndicat;∎ a government official un haut fonctionnaire(statement, visit, strike) officiel(elle); (language) (of country) officiel; (bureaucratic) administratif(ive);∎ his appointment will be made official tomorrow sa nomination sera rendue officielle demain;∎ she's here on official business elle est ici en visite officielle;∎ to go through the official channels suivre la filière officielle;∎ to act in one's official capacity agir dans l'exercice de ses fonctions;∎ she was speaking in her official capacity as General Secretary elle parlait en sa qualité de Secrétaire généraleSTOCK EXCHANGE official assignee liquidateur m officiel; official broker courtier(ère) m, f officiel(elle);official brokerage courtage m officiel;official document document m officiel;official exchange rate cours m officiel;official letter pli m officiel ou de service;official liquidator liquidateur judiciaire;FINANCE official list cote f officielle;official market marché m officiel;STOCK EXCHANGE official price cours en Bourse;official quotation cours officiel;BANKING official rate taux m officiel d'escompte;FINANCE official rate of interest taux d'intérêt légal;official receiver administrateur(trice) m, f judiciaire;∎ the official receiver has been called in on a fait appel à l'administration judiciaire;official receivership liquidation f judiciaire;official report rapport m officiel;British Official Secrets Act = document relatif au secret-défense, signé par tous les fonctionnaires;official strike = grève soutenue par la direction du syndicat -
128 phone
1 nountéléphone m;∎ to answer the phone répondre au téléphone;∎ you're wanted on the phone on vous demande au téléphonephone bill facture f ou note f de téléphone;phone book annuaire m (téléphonique);phone call appel m (téléphonique);phone number numéro m de téléphoneto phone sb téléphoner à qn;∎ I'll phone you je vous téléphoneraitéléphoner;∎ to phone for sth demander qch par téléphone
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