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1 join
A n raccord m.B vtr1 ( meet up with) rejoindre [colleague, family] ; I'll join you in Paris je te rejoindrai à Paris ; come and join us for dinner/drinks venez dîner/prendre un verre avec nous ; may I join you? ( sit down) puis-je me joindre à vous? ; we're going to the opera, would you like to join us? nous allons à l'opéra, voulez-vous venir avec nous? ;2 ( go to the end of) se mettre dans [line, queue] ; se mettre au bout de [row] ; ajouter son nom à [list] ;3 ( become a member of) devenir membre de [EC, organization, team] ; adhérer à [club, party] ; s'inscrire à [class, library] ; s'engager dans [army] ; devenir membre de [church] ; to join a union se syndiquer ; join the club! tu n'es pas le seul/la seule! ;4 ( become part of) se joindre à [crowd, exodus, rush] ; to join battle entrer dans la bataille ; the province voted to join the federation la province a voté l'union avec la fédération ;6 ( participate in) ⇒ join in ;7 ( associate with) gen se joindre à [person] (to do, in doing pour faire) ; ( professionally) [actor, businesswoman] s'associer à [colleague, partner] (to do, in doing pour faire) ; to join forces s'unir, s'allier ; to join forces with sb/sth ( merge) s'allier à qn/qch ; ( co-operate) collaborer avec qn/qch ; to join sb in the struggle se joindre à qn dans la lutte ; Martin joins me in sending his congratulations Martin se joint à moi pour vous féliciter ;9 ( attach) réunir, joindre [ends, halves, pieces] ; assembler [parts] ; to join one end to another ou the other joindre un bout à l'autre ; to join two pieces together joindre deux morceaux ;10 ( link) relier [points, towns, dots] (to à) ; to join hands lit se prendre par la main ; fig collaborer ;12 Relig [priest] unir [bride and groom] ; to join two people in marriage unir deux personnes par le mariage.C vi2 (connect, meet) [edges, pieces] se joindre ; [pipes, wires] se raccorder ; [rivers, roads] se rejoindre.■ join in:▶ join in participer ;▶ join in [sth] participer à [talks, discussion, campaign, game, activity] ; prendre part à [strike, demonstration] ; to join in the bidding prendre part aux enchères ; to join in the fun se joindre à la fête ; to join in the dancing/singing se mettre à danser/chanter avec les autres.■ join on:▶ join on se fixer ;■ join up:▶ join up2 ( meet up) [people] se retrouver ;3 ( merge) [roads, tracks] se rejoindre ;▶ join up [sth], join [sth] up relier [characters, dots] ; assembler [pieces] ; joined-up writing écriture f liée. -
2 beat
A n1 ( repeated sound) battement m ; the beat of the drum/dancers' feet le battement du tambour/des pieds des danseurs ; to the beat of the drum au son du tambour ;3 ( pulsation) ( of heart) battement m, pulsation f ; heart beat battement du cœur ; 80 beats per minute 80 pulsations à la minute ; his heart missed ou skipped a beat when he saw her son cœur s'est arrêté de battre quand il l'a vue ;5 ( in police force) ( area) secteur m de surveillance ; ( route) ronde f ; her beat covers the town centre son secteur de surveillance couvre le centre-ville ; to patrol one's beat faire sa ronde ; policeman on the beat agent qui fait la ronde ;1 ( strike aggressively) [person] battre [person, animal] ; to beat sb with a stick/whip donner des coups de bâton/de fouet à qn ; to beat sth into sb inculquer qch à qn ; beat some respect into him inculquez-lui un peu de respect ; they beat grammar into our heads on nous a inculqué la grammaire à coups de marteau ; you'll have to beat the truth out of him il te faudra lui arracher la vérité ; I had my high spirits beaten out of me on m'a fait perdre mon enthousiasme ; to beat sb into submission faire obéir qn par la manière forte ; to beat sb black and blue ○ battre qn comme plâtre ○, rouer qn de coups ; to be beaten about the head recevoir des coups sur la tête ; to beat the shit ◑ ou hell ○ out of sb tabasser ○ qn ;2 (strike with tool, fist) [person] marteler [door] (with avec) ; [person] battre [metal, carpet] (with de) ; [bird, animal] battre [air, ground] (with de) ; [hunter] battre [undergrowth] ; she beat the dust out of the rug elle a battu le tapis pour le dépoussiérer ; to beat sth into shape façonner qch ; to beat sth flat aplatir qch ; beat the steak with a mallet Culin aplatir le steak avec un attendrisseur ; to beat the dents out of a car wing marteler une aile pour la débosseler ;3 Mus, Mil ( produce sound) battre [drum, tambourine] ; marquer [rhythm] ; to beat the retreat/the tattoo Mil battre la retraite/le rappel ; to beat time battre la mesure ; to beat time to the music with one's feet rythmer la musique avec les pieds ;4 Culin ( mix vigorously) battre [mixture, eggs] ; fouetter [cream] ; beat the sugar and butter together battez ensemble le sucre et le beurre ; to beat sth into sth incorporer qch à qch en battant ;5 ( make escape) to beat one's way/a path through se frayer un chemin/un passage à travers [crowd, obstacles] ; to beat a retreat gen, Mil battre en retraite ; beat it ○ ! fiche le camp ○ ! ;6 ( flap) to beat its wings battre des ailes ;7 ( defeat) battre [opponent, team] ; vaincre [inflation, drug abuse etc] ; surmonter [illness] ; mettre fin à [child abuse, rape] ; we beat them at chess nous les avons battus aux échecs ; to be beaten at sth se faire battre à qch ;8 ( confound) [mystery] avoir raison de [person] ; a mystery which has beaten the experts un mystère qui a eu raison des spécialistes ; it beats me how/why je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment/pourquoi ; we admit to being beaten nous nous avouons vaincus ; ‘why did he leave?’-‘beats me ○ !’ ‘pourquoi est-il parti?’-‘ça me dépasse!’ ; this problem's got me beat ○ ou beaten ce problème me dépasse complètement ;9 ( arrive earlier) éviter [rush, crowds] ; devancer [person] ; he beat me to the meeting place il m'a devancé au rendez-vous ; she beat me to it elle a été plus rapide que moi ; he beat me to the door il est arrivé le premier à la porte ; I beat my sister to the altar je me suis mariée avant ma sœur ; beat the budget! n'attendez pas les augmentations! ;10 gen, Sport ( outdo) battre [score] ; dépasser [target] ; surclasser [product] ; his score will take some beating son score sera difficile à battre ; our product beats yours notre produit surclasse le vôtre ; it beats doing c'est toujours mieux que de faire ; it beats walking c'est toujours mieux que de marcher ; you can't beat Italian shoes/a nice cup of tea rien ne vaut les chaussures italiennes/une bonne tasse de thé ; our prices are difficult to beat nos prix sont imbattables ; this scenery takes some beating ces paysages sont incomparables ; your manners take some beating iron ton comportement dépasse toutes les bornes ; beat that (if you can)! qui dit mieux! ; that beats everything! ça c'est le bouquet ○ !1 to beat against ( strike repeatedly) [waves] battre [shore, cliff] ; [rain] fouetter [face] ; [rain] battre [window] ;2 to beat at ou on [person] cogner ;3 Physiol [heart, pulse] battre (with de) ;4 ( make sound) [drum] battre ;5 ( flap) [wings] battre ;6 Hunt battre les taillis ;7 Naut louvoyer ; to beat to windward louvoyer au plus près.a rod ou stick to beat sb with une arme contre qn ; if you can't beat 'em, join 'em il faut savoir hurler avec les loups ; to beat the charge US échapper à l'accusation.■ beat back:▶ beat [sth] back, beat back [sth] repousser [group, flames].■ beat down:▶ beat [sth] down, beat down [sth]▶ beat [sb] down to faire descendre [qn] à ; I beat her down to 100 dollars je l'ai fait descendre à 100 dollars.■ beat in:▶ beat [sth] in, beat in [sth] défoncer ; he'd had his skull beaten in on lui avait défoncé le crâne.■ beat off:▶ beat [sb/sth] off, beat off [sb/sth] repousser [attack, attackers] ; chasser [insects].■ beat out:▶ beat [sth] out, beat out [sth] marteler [metal] ; rythmer [tune] ; battre [rhythm] (on sur) ; étouffer [flames].■ beat up:▶ beat [sb] up, beat up [sb] tabasser ○.
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