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41 sucre
n. m.1. 'Doddle', easy task. C'est un vrai sucre! It's as easy as pie!2. C'est de sucre! There's nothing to beat it! Un weekend à la cambrousse, c'est du sucre! Spending Saturday and Sunday in the country is tops!3. Recevoir son morceau de sucre (iron.): To 'get one's just deserts', to get the reward one has been expecting. (This expression originated in the world of the theatre and describes the expected round of applause that a famous actor gets when he first comes on stage.)4. Ne pas être en sucre (iron.): To be hardier than might be assumed. (The jocular implication here is that the person concerned is no lump of sugar likely to dissolve in the rain.)5. Casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu'un: To 'backbite', to 'run someone down', to speak ill of someone in his/her absence. -
42 TGV
High speed train. France has Europe's oldest and most extensive network of dedicated high-speed railway lines. The TGV entered service in 1981, and the Paris-Lyon dedicated line was largely completed in 1983, bringing journey times betwen the two cities down to just 2 hours. At present, the network consists of some 1700 km (over 1000 miles) of dedicated high-speed track, comprising four routes radiating out from Paris. An "interconnection" route round the south and west of Paris allows high-speed connections between the routes, notably allowing north-south TGVs to avoid the centre of Paris. Depending on the stock and the route, TGVs travel at speeds up to 270 km/hr or 320 km/hr. The TGV holds the current officially recorded world rail speed record, of 574.8 km/hr (357.2 m.p.h.). -
43 flinguer
flinguer (inf!) [flɛ̃ge]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb( = tuer) to gun down* * *flɛ̃ɡe vt *1) (= tirer sur) to blow away * to shoot2) (= détruire) [moteur] to wreck ** * *flinguer◑ verb table: aimerA vtr to blow [sb] away○, to shoot; se faire flinguer to get shot.B se flinguer vpr to blow one's brains out○, to shoot oneself; il n'y a pas de quoi se flinguer○ it's not the end of the world; il y a de quoi se flinguer it's enough to make you blow your brains out○.(très familier) [flɛ̃ge] verbe transitif————————c'est à se flinguer, il y a de quoi se flinguer! it's enough to drive you round the bend! -
44 fondu
I.n. m.1. 'Screwball', 'nutter', mad person.2. Faire un fondu: To drop out of circulation, to disappear. (The expression originates in the world of film-makers where it refers to a visual fade-in/fade-out.)II.adj. 'Bonkers', 'potty', mad. Etre un rien fondu: To be slightly round the twist. -
45 Chirac, Jacques
born 1932.(adj. Chiraquien)Former conservative (Gaullist) President of France, from 1995 to 2007. Chirac's reelection in 2002 was an unexpected twist of fortune, caused by the elimination of the front-runner, socialist Lionel Jospin, pipped into third place in the first round of the election by a surge in the vote for the far right wing leader of the French National Front, Jean Marie Le Pen.Facing Le Pen in the second round, Chirac was reelected with a massive majority in what was in essence a contest between the the extreme right and everyone else. Had the second round of the election been a classic left-right contest, Chirac's re-election would not have been guaranteed.Jacques Chirac was a highly ambitious career politician, who worked his way rapidly up the ranks of the Gaullist movement; yet his first steps in politics were actually as a militant for the Communist party, and as a student he sold the communist newspaper l'Humanité on the streets of Paris. After graduating from "Sciences Po", he changed tack, married into Parisian high society, studied at the elite ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration), and then began a career in politics, working for the office of the prime minister, Georges Pompidou. In 1976, he was appointed junior minister for employment in the third Pompidou government, and from then after he remained one of the most omnipresent of conservative politicians in France. From Gaullist, he became a supporter of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing during Giscard's 1974 bid for the presidency - against the Gaullist Chaban-Delmas - and was appointed Prime Minister when Giscard won. Two years later, he resigned, complaining that Giscard was cramping his style.This was the start of his rise to the top. No longer prime minister, in 1977 he set about building his own power base, or rather his own two power bases, firstly as leader of a new political party, the RPR, created out of the old Gaullist UDR, and secondly by becoming elected Mayor of Paris. In 1981, he challenged Giscard for the presidency, but came third in the first round of the election, which was won by François Mitterrand. By 1986 he was clear leader of the conservative opposition. When the conservatives won the general election of that year, he was appointed prime minister, ushering in the first period of cohabitation (see below) between a president and a government of different political persuasions.In 1988, he was again a candidate in the presidential election, and again lost; but with his power base in Paris and in the RPR, he then had seven years in which to prepare his third, and first successful, challenge for the presidency.He served two terms as president, the first of seven years, the second of five - though as already stated, his reelection in 2002 was more due to the failure of the Socialist campaign and the surprise presence of Le Pen in the second round, than in his own popularity. It is still rather early to judge the Chirac presidency in a historic perspective, but early appraisals suggest that it will not be remembered as a great period in French history. It was a time during which France dramatically failed to adapt to the changes in the modern world - the end of the Cold War and the challenge of globalisation - and failed to push through the social and economic reforms that were allowing other developed nations such as France, Germany or Spain, to find their place in the new world order.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Chirac, Jacques
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46 placer
placer [plase]➭ TABLE 31. transitive verba. ( = assigner une place à) [+ objet, personne] to put ; [+ invité, spectateur] to seatb. ( = situer) to place, to put• placer ses espérances en qn/qch to pin one's hopes on sb/sthc. ( = introduire) [+ remarque, plaisanterie] to get ind. [+ ouvrier, malade, écolier] to placee. ( = vendre) [+ marchandise] to sell2. reflexive verb• se placer de face/contre le mur to stand facing/against the wallb. [cheval] to be placed• se placer 2e to be 2nd* * *plase
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1) ( mettre à un endroit) to put, to place [objet]; to seat [personne]2) ( mettre dans une situation) to put, to placeplacer un service sous la responsabilité de quelqu'un — to make somebody responsible for a department
placer quelqu'un/être placé devant un choix difficile — to present somebody/to be faced with a difficult choice
3) ( procurer un emploi) to place, to find a job for5) ( attribuer)6) ( introduire) to slip in [remarque, anecdote]je n'arrive pas à en placer une (colloq) avec elle! — I can't get a word in edgeways GB ou edgewise US with her!
7) ( prendre en charge) to place [somebody] in care [enfant]8) ( vendre) to place, to sell [marchandise]
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se placer verbe pronominal1) ( à un endroit)se placer près de — ( debout) to stand next to; ( assis) to sit next to
se placer autour d'une maison — [policiers] to position oneself around a house
2) ( dans une situation)il s'est placé comme apprenti — he found himself an apprenticeship [BrE]
notre démarche se place dans le cadre de l'aide au tiers-monde — our action comes within the context of Third World aid
3) ( dans une hiérarchie)il s'est placé dans les premiers — ( en classe) he got one of the top places; ( dans une course) he finished among the first
* * *plase vt1) (= disposer, positionner, mettre) to place2) [convive, spectateur] to seat3) [capital, argent] to investIl a placé ses économies en Bourse. — He invested his money on the Stock Exchange.
4)placer qn chez — to get sb a job at, to get sb a job with
* * *placer verb table: placerA vtr1 ( mettre à un endroit) to put, to place [objet]; to seat [personne] (à côté de beside); placer ses doigts sur le clavier to place one's fingers on the keyboard; le metteur en scène a placé cette scène au début du film the director put this scene at the beginning of the film; placer des gardes to post guards; placer des hommes autour d'une maison to position men around a house; place l'antenne dans cette direction position the aerial in this direction; placer sa balle ( au tennis) to place one's ball;2 ( mettre dans une situation) to put, to place; le directeur m'a placé à la tête du service informatique the manager put me in charge of the data-processing department; placer qn dans l'obligation de faire to place sb under an obligation to do; placer qn sous la protection de to place sb under the protection of; placer un service sous la responsabilité de qn to make a department responsible for sb; placer qn/être placé devant un choix difficile to present sb/to be faced with a difficult choice;3 ( procurer un emploi) to place, to find a job for; l'école place ses élèves the school places ou finds employment for its students; placer qn comme domestique chez qn to place sb as a servant in sb's household; placer qn auprès de qn comme garde du corps to place sb with sb as a bodyguard;4 Fin ( investir) to invest; ( mettre en dépôt) to deposit, to put; placer une partie de ses revenus à la caisse d'épargne to deposit ou put part of one's income in a savings bank;6 ( introduire) to slip in [remarque, anecdote]; je n'arrive pas à en placer une avec elle! I can't get a word in edgeways GB ou edgewise US with her!; elle ne me laisse pas en placer une! she won't let me get a word in edgeways GB ou edgewise US!; il s'arrange toujours pour placer cette plaisanterie dans la conversation he always manages to get ou work that joke into the conversation;7 Prot Soc to place [sb] in care [enfant];8 ( vendre) to place, to sell [produit, marchandise].B se placer vpr1 ( à un endroit) se placer près de ( debout) to stand next to; ( assis) to sit next to; placez-vous au milieu gén get in the middle; ( debout) stand in the middle; ( assis) sit in the middle; se placer autour d'une maison [policiers] to position oneself around a house; où se placent les verres? where do the glasses go?; sais-tu comment se placent les piles? do you know which way round GB ou around US the batteries go?;2 ( dans une situation) se placer sous la protection de qn to place oneself under sb's protection; se placer sous une perspective nouvelle to look at things from a new perspective; ça dépend de quel point de vue on se place it depends on your point of view; il s'est placé comme apprenti he found ou got himself an apprenticeshipGB; notre démarche/intervention se place dans le cadre de l'aide au tiers-monde our action/intervention comes within the context of Third World aid;3 ( dans une hiérarchie) se placer premier [coureur, cheval] to come first; il s'est placé dans les premiers ( en classe) he got one of the top places; ( dans une course) he finished among the first.[plase] verbe transitif1. [mettre dans une position précise] to placeplacer un patron sur du tissu to lay a pattern on ou over a piece of fabric2. [faire asseoir] to seatplacer quelqu'un devant ses responsabilités to force somebody to face up to his/her responsibilities4. [établir - dans une institution] to placeplacer un enfant à l'Assistance publique to place ou to put a child in caremoi, je le placerais parmi les grands écrivains I would rate ou rank him among the great writers6. [situer dans le temps]7. [situer dans l'espace] to locate8. [mettre] to putorchestre placé sous la direction de... orchestra conducted by...9. [dans la conversation]10. [vendre] to sellj'essaie désespérément de placer mon vieux canapé! (humoristique) I'm desperately trying to find a home for my old sofa!————————se placer verbe pronominal intransitif1. [dans l'espace]a. [debout] stand near the windowb. [assis] sit near the window[dans un jugement, une analyse] to look at ou to consider thingsse placer premier/troisième to finish first/third3. [trouver un emploi]elle s'est placée comme infirmière she found ou got a job as a nurse4. (familier) [se présenter avantageusement]se placer auprès du patron to butter up ou to sweet-talk the boss
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