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21 experimentally
experimentally [ɪk‚sperɪˈmentəlɪ]( = to see what happens) pour voir* * *[ɪkˌsperɪ'mentəlɪ]adverb [establish] expérimentalement; [introduce, try] à titre d'expérience -
22 give
give [gɪv]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are you going to give her? (as present) qu'est-ce que tu vas lui offrir ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► give + noun may be translated by a verb alone.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• can you give me a bed for the night? pouvez-vous me loger pour la nuit ?► to be given ( = receive)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► In French the recipient is not made the subject of a passive construction.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• one must give and take il faut faire des concessions► give or take...• a hundred people, give or take a few à peu près cent personnesb. ( = cause, cause to feel) faire• I was given to understand that... on m'avait laissé entendre que...• it gives me great pleasure to introduce... c'est avec grand plaisir que je vous présente...c. ( = pass on) OK, I'll give him the message d'accord, je lui ferai la commissiond. ( = put through to) passer• could you give me Mr Smith/extension 231? pouvez-vous me passer M. Smith/le poste 231 ?• give yourself time to think about it before you decide prends le temps de réfléchir avant de te décider• give me time! attends un peu !• I can't give you any longer, you must pay me now je ne peux plus vous accorder de délai, il faut que vous payiez maintenantf. ( = utter) [+ sigh, cry] pousserg. ( = pay) payer ; ( = offer) donner• what did you give for it? combien l'avez-vous payé ?• I'd give a lot/anything to know je donnerais gros/n'importe quoi pour savoir• what will you give me for it? combien m'en donnez-vous ?• I'll give him something to cry about! (inf) je lui apprendrai à pleurer !i. ► to give way ( = yield) [person] céder ( to sth à qch ) ; ( = stand back) s'écarter ; ( = agree) finir par donner son accord ; [car, traffic] céder le passage ; ( = collapse) [bridge, ceiling, floor] s'effondrer ; [ground] se dérober ; [cable, rope] céder ; [legs] fléchir• "give way" « cédez le passage »• "give way to traffic from the right" « priorité à droite »a. ( = collapse) céderb. ( = yield) [cloth, elastic] se détendre3. noun4. compoundsb. [+ names, details] donner ; [+ secrets] révéler• to give o.s. away se trahir[+ object, freedom] rendre► give in[+ essay, exam paper, key] rendre ; [+ manuscript, report] remettre► give off separable transitive verb[+ heat, gas, smell] dégager► give outa. [+ books, food] distribuerb. [+ information, details] donner• don't give up! tenez bon !a. ( = renounce) [+ interests] abandonner ; [+ seat, territory] céder ; [+ habit, idea, hope, claim] renoncer à ; [+ job] quitter ; [+ business] se retirer deb. ( = stop) arrêterc. ( = deliver, hand over) to give o.s. up se rendre• she gave the baby up for adoption elle a fait adopter le bébé► give up on inseparable transitive verba. ( = renounce) [+ idea] renoncer àb. ( = stop expecting) [+ visitor] ne plus attendre ; ( = lose faith in) perdre espoir en* * *[gɪv] 1.noun élasticité f2.1) ( hand over) gen donner (to à); offrir [present, drink, sandwich] (to à)to give somebody something — gen donner quelque chose à quelqu'un; (politely, as gift) offrir quelque chose à quelqu'un
give it me! —
what wouldn't I give for...! — je donnerais cher pour...!
2) ( cause to have)to give somebody something —
to give something to somebody — donner quelque chose à quelqu'un [headache, nightmares, advice, information]; transmettre or passer quelque chose à quelqu'un [disease]
3) (provide, produce) donner [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum]; apporter [heat, light, nutrient]; faire [total]4) (allow, accord) accorder [custody, grant]; laisser [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [seat]to give somebody something — donner or accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un [time, time period]
she can sing, I'll give her that — elle sait chanter, je lui reconnais au moins ça
it's original, I'll give you that — c'est original, je te l'accorde
5) Medicineto give somebody something —
to give something to somebody — donner quelque chose à quelqu'un [treatment, medicine]; greffer quelque chose à quelqu'un [organ]; poser quelque chose à quelqu'un [device]; faire quelque chose à quelqu'un [injection, massage]
to give somebody something — passer quelque chose à quelqu'un [number, department]
3.give me the sales manager, please — passez-moi le directeur commercial, s'il vous plaît
1) ( contribute) donner, faire un don‘please give generously’ — ‘merci (de vos dons)’
2) ( bend) [mattress, sofa] s'affaisser; [shelf, floorboard] fléchir; [branch] ployer; [leather, fabric] s'assouplir3) (yield, break) = give way4) ( yield) [person, side] céder•Phrasal Verbs:- give in- give off- give out- give up- give way••don't give me that! — (colloq) ne (me) raconte pas d'histoires!
if this is the big city, give me a village every time — (colloq) si c'est ça la ville, alors vive les petits villages
‘I give you the bride and groom!’ — ‘je bois à la santé des mariés!’
I'll give you something to complain about! — (colloq) je vais t'apprendre à te plaindre!
to give it all one's got — (colloq) (y) mettre le paquet
to give somebody what for — (colloq) passer un savon à quelqu'un (colloq)
what gives? — (colloq) qu'est-ce qui se passe?
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23 honour
1. nouna. honneur m• in honour of... en l'honneur de...• to what do we owe this honour? qu'est-ce qui nous vaut cet honneur ?c. (title) Your/His Honour Votre/Son Honneurd. (British = degree) to take honours in English ≈ faire une licence d'anglais• he got first-/second-class honours in English ≈ il a eu sa licence d'anglais avec mention très bien/mention bienhonorer ; [+ agreement] respecter3. compounds• to be honour-bound to do sth être tenu par l'honneur de faire qch ► honours degree noun (British) ≈ licence f━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ The French word honneur has a double n.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Un honours degree est un diplôme universitaire que l'on reçoit généralement après trois années d'études en Angleterre et quatre années en Écosse. Les mentions qui l'accompagnent sont, par ordre décroissant: « first class » (très bien), « upper second class » (bien), « lower second class » (assez bien), et « third class » (sans mention). Le titulaire d'un honours degree peut l'indiquer ainsi à la suite de son nom: Peter Jones BA Hons. → ORDINARY DEGREE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━La Honours List est la liste des personnes proposées pour recevoir une distinction honorifique. Cette liste, établie par le Premier ministre et approuvée par le monarque, est publiée deux fois par an au moment de la nouvelle année ( New Year's Honours List) et de l'anniversaire de la reine en juin ( Queen's Birthday Honours List).* * *1.GB, honor US ['ɒnə(r)] noun1) ( privilege) honneur mto give somebody ou do somebody the honour of doing — faire à quelqu'un l'honneur de faire
to what do I owe this honour? — sout ou iron que me vaut cet honneur? sout ou iron
2) ( high principles) honneur mto impugn somebody's honour — sout mettre en doute l'honneur de quelqu'un
3) ( in titles)2.honours plural noun University3.first/second class honours — ≈ licence avec mention très bien/bien
transitive verb1) ( show respect for) honorerto feel/be honoured — se sentir/être honoré (by par)
to honour somebody by doing — sout faire l'honneur à quelqu'un de faire
2) (fulfil, be bound by) honorer [cheque, contract, obligation]; tenir [promise, commitment]; remplir [agreement]••to do the honours — (serve food, drinks) faire les honneurs; ( introduce guests) faire les présentations
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24 incorporate
incorporate [ɪnˈkɔ:pəreɪt]a. ( = introduce as part) incorporerb. ( = include, contain) comprendre ; ( = bring together) rassemblerc. [+ company] absorber* * *[ɪn'kɔːpəreɪt]transitive verb1) ( make part of something) incorporer ( into dans)2) ( contain) comporter3) ( unite) regrouper4) Commerce, Law -
25 lead up to
lead up to [something]1) ( precede) précéder2) ( culminate in) se terminer par [argument, outburst]3) ( introduce) amener [topic] -
26 legislation
legislation [‚ledʒɪsˈleɪ∫ən]• the government is considering legislation against... le gouvernement envisage de légiférer contre...* * *[ˌledʒɪs'leɪʃn]noun législation f -
27 let
let [let]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━(preterite, past participle let)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = allow) laisser• let me tell you, you're making a mistake je vais vous dire, vous faites une erreur• when can you let me have it? quand pourrais-je l'avoir ?• let him be! laisse-le (tranquille) !• let me catch you stealing again! (inf) que je t'y prenne encore à voler !• let me see... voyons...► let's• let's go! allons-y !• let's get out of here! fichons le camp ! (inf)c. (used to form imperative of 3rd person) if he wants the book, let him come and get it himself s'il veut le livre, qu'il vienne le chercher lui-même• let him say what he likes, I don't care qu'il dise ce qu'il veut, ça m'est égal• just let them try! qu'ils essaient un peu !d. ( = hire out) louer• "flat to let" « appartement à louer »• "to let" « à louer »2. noun• let! filet !3. compoundsa. [+ window] baisser ; [+ one's hair] dénouer ; [+ dress] rallonger ; [+ tyre] dégonfler ; (on rope) descendreb. ( = disappoint) décevoir• we're expecting you on Sunday, don't let us down nous vous attendons dimanche, ne nous faites pas faux bond• you've let the side down tu ne nous (or leur) as pas fait honneur► let in separable transitive verb[+ person, cat] laisser entrer• can you let him in? pouvez-vous lui ouvrir ?see what you've let me in for now! tu vois dans quelle situation tu m'as mis !• if I'd known what you were letting me in for I'd never have come si j'avais su ce qui m'attendait je ne serais jamais venu• you don't know what you're letting yourself in for tu ne sais pas à quoi tu t'engages► to let sb in on sth mettre qn au courant de qch• can't we let him in on it? ne peut-on pas le mettre au courant ?► let off separable transitive verbb. ( = release) dégagerc. ( = allow to leave) laisser partird. ( = excuse) dispenser• if you don't want to do it, I'll let you off si tu ne veux pas le faire, je t'en dispensee. ( = not punish) ne pas punir• don't let on! motus !• let me out! laissez-moi sortir !b. [+ secret, news] révélerc. [+ shout, cry] laisser échapperd. [+ dress] élargir[+ person, vehicle] laisser passer[+ vehicle, person, light] laisser passer[rain] diminuer ; [cold weather] s'adoucir• what a talker she is, she never lets up! quelle bavarde, elle n'arrête pas !* * *I 1. [let]1) (when making suggestion, expressing command)let's not ou don't let's GB talk about that! — n'en parlons pas!
let's see if... — voyons si...
let's pretend that... — faisons comme si...
let me see —
let's see... — voyons...
it's more complex than, let's say, a computer — c'est plus compliqué que, disons, un ordinateur
if he wants tea, let him make it himself! — s'il veut du thé, qu'il le fasse lui-même!
let me tell you... — crois-moi, croyez-moi...
2) ( allow)she wanted to go but they wouldn't let her — elle voulait y aller mais ils ne l'ont pas laissée faire
let me see —
let me have a look — fais voir, fais-moi voir
let me introduce you to... — laissez-moi vous présenter à...
to let somebody on/off the bus — laisser quelqu'un monter dans/descendre de l'autobus
2.to let the air out of — dégonfler [tyre, balloon]
let alone conjunctional phrase à plus forte raisonPhrasal Verbs:- let down- let go- let in- let off- let on- let out- let upII 1. [let]1) GB ( lease) bail m2) Sport let m, balle f let2.‘to let’ — ‘à louer’
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28 seating
seating [ˈsi:tɪŋ]• what are the seating arrangements? où va-t-on faire asseoir les gens ? ► seating plan noun (at dinner) plan m de table* * *['siːtɪŋ] 1. 2.noun modifierseating capacity — nombre m de places assises
seating plan — plan m de table
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29 introdurre
introdurre v. (pres.ind. introdùco, introdùci; p.rem. introdùssi; p.p. introdótto) I. tr. 1. introduire, mettre: introdurre la chiave nella toppa introduire la clé dans la serrure. 2. ( fare entrare) introduire, faire passer, faire entrer: lo introdusse dal direttore il l'introduisit dans le bureau du directeur. 3. ( inserire) insérer, introduire: introdurre una descrizione in un racconto introduire une description dans un récit. 4. ( fig) ( diffondere) répandre, diffuser, introduire: introdurre un nuovo uso introduire un nouvel usage. 5. ( fig) ( iniziare a uno studio) initier (a, in à): introdurre qcu. alla matematica initier qqn aux mathématiques. 6. ( Comm) ( importare) importer. 7. ( Gramm) introduire: questa congiunzione introduce una proposizione temporale cette conjonction introduit une proposition temporelle. II. prnl. introdursi 1. (rif. a persone: penetrare) s'introduire (in dans), pénétrer intr. (in dans): si introdusse nottetempo nel giardino il s'introduisit de nuit dans le jardin. 2. ( rar) ( essere adottato) se répandre (in dans): questa moda si introdusse in Italia nell'Ottocento cette mode se répandit en Italie au dix-neuvième siècle. -
30 BACS
( abbreviation Bankers' Automated Clearing System) = système électronique de paiement;∎ to pay by BACS payer par virement électroniqueThe banks, which have hardly rushed in the past to tackle this issue, now plan to introduce an automated direct debit transfer system through the bank clearing system, BACS, - but not until the end of next year.
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31 soft
1 nounsofts biens m pl non durablessoft commodities biens m pl non durables;COMPUTING soft copy visualisation f sur écran;soft currency devise f ou monnaie f faible;soft goods biens non durables; British tissus m pl, textiles m pl;soft loan prêt m bonifié;American POLITICS soft money = sommes employées pour le financement d'une campagne électorale en utilisant divers stratagèmes afin de rester dans la légalité;COMPUTING soft return saut m de ligne automatique;soft sell méthode f de vente non agressiveThe result has been to introduce advertising material that marketers describe as relevant to, as an extension of, or as "contextual" to the content -- less intrusive and in-your-face than flashy, oversized banners or pop-up ads. The soft sell in other words.
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32 (on the one hand) ... on the other hand
(an expression used to introduce two opposing parts of an argument etc: (On the one hand) we could stay and help you, but on the other hand, it might be better if we went to help him instead.) d'une part... d'autre part...English-French dictionary > (on the one hand) ... on the other hand
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33 as
[æz] 1. conjunction1) (when; while: I met John as I was coming home; We'll be able to talk as we go.) tandis que; comme; en2) (because: As I am leaving tomorrow, I've bought you a present.) comme3) (in the same way that: If you are not sure how to behave, do as I do.) comme4) (used to introduce a statement of what the speaker knows or believes to be the case: As you know, I'll be leaving tomorrow.) comme5) (though: Old as I am, I can still fight; Much as I want to, I cannot go.) malgré (que)6) (used to refer to something which has already been stated and apply it to another person: Tom is English, as are Dick and Harry.) ainsi que2. adverb(used in comparisons, eg the first as in the following example: The bread was as hard as a brick.) aussi (que)3. preposition1) (used in comparisons, eg the second as in the following example: The bread was as hard as a brick.) que2) (like: He was dressed as a woman.) en3) (with certain verbs eg regard, treat, describe, accept: I am regarded by some people as a bit of a fool; He treats the children as adults.) comme4) (in the position of: He is greatly respected both as a person and as a politician.) en tant que•- as for- as if / as though - as to -
34 betrothed
noun (the person to whom one is betrothed: May I introduce you to my betrothed?) fiancé/-ée -
35 bring up
1) (to rear or educate: Her parents brought her up to be polite.) élever2) (to introduce (a matter) for discussion: Bring the matter up at the next meeting.) soulever -
36 colon
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37 mechanise
['me-]1) (to introduce machinery into (an industry etc): We've mechanized the entire process.) mécaniser2) (to supply (troops) with motor vehicles.) motoriser -
38 mechanize
['me-]1) (to introduce machinery into (an industry etc): We've mechanized the entire process.) mécaniser2) (to supply (troops) with motor vehicles.) motoriser -
39 neither ... nor
(used to introduce alternatives which are both negative: Neither John nor David could come; He can neither read nor write.) ni...ni -
40 (on the one hand) ... on the other hand
(an expression used to introduce two opposing parts of an argument etc: (On the one hand) we could stay and help you, but on the other hand, it might be better if we went to help him instead.) d'une part... d'autre part...English-French dictionary > (on the one hand) ... on the other hand
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