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1 visit
visit [ˈvɪzɪt]1. nouna. ( = go and see) [+ person] rendre visite à ; [+ town, museum, zoo] visiterb. ( = formally inspect) [+ place] inspecter* * *['vɪzɪt] 1.1) ( call) visite fon her first/last visit to China, she... — la première/dernière fois qu'elle est allée en Chine, elle...
to pay a visit to somebody —
2) ( stay) séjour m2.transitive verb1) (call on, see) aller voir2) ( inspect) inspecter3) ( on holiday etc)4) US ( socially)5) (dated) -
2 wait
A n attente f ; an hour's wait une heure d'attente ; to be worth the wait valoir l'attente ; to have a long wait devoir attendre longtemps ; you'll have a long wait iron tu peux attendre toute ta vie ; it will only be a short wait ce ne sera pas long.B vtr2 US to wait table servir à table.C vi1 ( remain patiently) attendre ; please wait here veuillez attendre ici ; to keep sb waiting faire attendre qn ; to wait for sb/sth attendre qn/qch ; it was worth waiting for cela valait la peine d'attendre ; to wait for sb/sth to do attendre que qn/qch fasse ; we waited for the car to stop nous avons attendu que la voiture s'arrête ( subj) ; to wait and see how/why attendre de voir comment/pourquoi ; to wait to do attendre de faire ; I'm waiting to use the phone j'attends de pouvoir me servir du téléphone ; I/you can't wait to do j'ai/tu as hâte de faire ; she can't wait to start elle a hâte de commencer ; I/you can hardly wait to do je/tu meurs d'impatience de faire ; I can hardly wait to see him je meurs d'impatience de le voir ; you'll just have to wait and see attends et tu verras ; (just you) wait and see tu verras bien ○ ; just you wait! ( as threat) tu vas voir ○ ! ; wait for it! tiens-toi bien ○ ! ; Mil pas encore! ;2 ( be left until later) [object, meal, action] attendre ; the goods are waiting to be collected les marchandises attendent d'être réclamées ; it can/can't wait cela peut/ne peut pas attendre ;3 ( server) to wait at ou on table être serveur/-euse m/f ; who's waiting on table 16? qui sert à la table 16?everything comes to him who waits tout vient à point à qui sait attendre ; to lie in wait être à l'affût ; to lie in wait for sb [troops, ambushers] guetter qn ; [reporter, attacker] tendre une embuscade à qn.■ wait around, wait about GB attendre ; to wait around ou about for sb attendre qn ; to wait around ou about for sb/sth to do attendre que qn/qch fasse.■ wait behind attendre un peu ; to wait behind for sb attendre qn.■ wait on:▶ wait on [sb]1 ( serve) servir ; to be waited on être servi ; to wait on sb hand and foot être aux petits soins pour qn ; I'm tired of waiting on you hand and foot! je ne suis pas ta bonne! ;2 † sout ( visit formally) venir présenter ses respects à ;▶ wait on ○ [sb/sth] attendre [result, permission].■ wait out:▶ wait [sth] out, wait out [sth] attendre la fin de [crisis, storm, recession].■ wait up1 ( stay awake) veiller ; to wait up for sb veiller jusqu'au retour de qn ; -
3 odd
A adj1 (strange, unusual) [person, object, occurrence] bizarre ; there is something odd about il y a quelque chose de bizarre dans [appearance, statement] ; there is something odd about her elle a quelque chose de bizarre ; there is something/nothing odd about it il y a quelque chose/il n'y a rien de bizarre ; it is odd that c'est bizarre que (+ subj) ; ( more formally) il est surprenant que (+ subj) ; it is odd to see c'est bizarre de voir ; ( more formally) il est surprenant de voir ; it is odd how people react c'est bizarre de voir comme les gens réagissent ; it would be odd if they were to do il serait surprenant qu'ils fassent ; to be an odd couple former un drôle de couple ; that's odd bizarre ; he's a bit odd ( eccentric) il est un peu loufoque ○ ;2 ( occasional) I have the odd drink/pizza il m'arrive de boire un verre/manger une pizza ; to write the odd article écrire un article de temps en temps ; to pay sb the odd visit aller voir qn de temps en temps ; the landscape was bare except for the odd tree le paysage était désert à part un arbre ou deux ;3 ( not matching) [socks, gloves] dépareillé ;4 ( miscellaneous) there were some odd envelopes/bits of cloth left il restait encore quelques enveloppes/bouts de tissu ; a few odd coins un reste de monnaie ;5 Math [number] impair ;6 ( different) spot the odd man ou one out trouvez l'intrus ; to feel the odd one out ne pas se sentir à sa place.B - odd (dans composés) ( approximately) he lost a thousand-odd dollars il a perdu mille dollars et quelques ; there were sixty-odd people il y avait soixante et quelques personnes ; twenty-odd years later une bonne vingtaine d'années après.he's as odd as two left feet ○ il marche à côté de ses pompes ○. -
4 inspect
[in'spekt]1) (to look at, or examine, carefully or formally: He inspected the bloodstains.) examiner (de près)2) (to visit (eg a restaurant or school) officially, to make sure that it is properly run: Cafés must be regularly inspected to find out if they are kept clean.) inspecter3) (to look at (troops etc) ceremonially: The Queen will inspect the regiment.) passer en revue•- inspector
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