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  • 1 set

    [set] 1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) poser
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) mettre
    3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) fixer
    4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) donner
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) déclencher
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) se coucher
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) durcir
    8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) régler
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) faire une mise en plis
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) poser
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) remettre en place
    2. adjective
    1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) établi
    2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) résolu à
    3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) bien déterminé
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) figé
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) (bien) arrêté
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) incrusté de
    3. noun
    1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) ensemble, collection
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) poste
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) groupe
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) mise en plis
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) décor
    6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set
    - setback - set phrase - set-square - setting-lotion - set-to - set-up - all set - set about - set someone against someone - set against someone - set someone against - set against - set aside - set back - set down - set in - set off - set something or someone on someone - set on someone - set something or someone on - set on - set out - set to - set up - set up camp - set up house - set up shop - set upon

    English-French dictionary > set

  • 2 fortune

    fortune ['fɔ:tʃu:n]
    (a) (wealth) fortune f;
    he came to London to make his fortune il est venu à Londres pour faire fortune;
    she makes a fortune elle gagne beaucoup d'argent ou un argent fou;
    he made a fortune on the house il a gagné beaucoup d'argent en vendant la maison;
    to come into a fortune hériter d'une fortune, faire un gros héritage;
    a man of fortune un homme fortuné;
    her jewels are worth a fortune ses bijoux valent une fortune;
    to cost/to pay/to spend a (small) fortune coûter/payer/dépenser une (petite) fortune;
    her face is her fortune son visage est son grand atout
    (b) (future) destin m;
    to tell sb's fortune dire la bonne aventure à qn;
    she tells fortunes elle dit la bonne aventure
    (c) (chance, fate) sort m, fortune f;
    fortune smiled upon him or has been kind to him la chance lui a souri;
    the novel traces its hero's changing fortunes le roman retrace les tribulations de son héros;
    the fortunes of war les hasards mpl de la guerre
    (d) (luck) fortune f, chance f;
    piece of good fortune coup m de chance, bonheur m;
    ill fortune malchance f, mauvais sort m;
    he had the good fortune to win il a eu la chance de gagner;
    by good fortune par chance, par bonheur;
    to try one's fortune tenter sa chance
    ►► American fortune cookie = biscuit chinois dans lequel est caché un horoscope;
    Fortune Five Hundred = les 500 plus grosses entreprises américaines (dont la liste est établie, chaque année, par le magazine 'Fortune')

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  • To set upon — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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