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1 warn
A vtr avertir, prévenir [person, government, authority] ; to warn that dire or annoncer que ; to warn sb that avertir or prévenir qn que ; to warn sb about ou against sth mettre qn en garde contre qch ; to warn sb about ou against doing déconseiller à qn de faire ; to warn sb to do conseiller or dire à qn de faire ; to warn sb not to do déconseiller à qn de faire ; I'm warning you! je te préviens! ; you have been warned! tu es prévenu! ; I shan't warn you again c'est la dernière fois que je te le dis.■ warn away:▶ warn [sb] away, warn away [sb] détourner [qn] ; to warn sb away from déconseiller à qn d'aller dans [district, nightclub] ; déconseiller à qn de fréquenter [person].■ warn off:▶ warn [sb] off, warn off [sb] décourager ; to warn sb off doing déconseiller à qn de faire ; to warn sb off sth déconseiller qch à qn [alcohol, drugs] ; to warn sb off one's land demander à qn de quitter ses terres. -
2 tell
[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) raconter2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) demander (de)3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) dire4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) distinguer, reconnaître, voir5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) parler, répéter6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) se faire sentir, se reconnaître•- teller- telling - tellingly - telltale - I told you so - tell off - tell on - tell tales - tell the time - there's no telling - you never can tell -
3 right
right [raɪt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. adverb3. noun4. plural noun6. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective• it is only right to point out that... il faut néanmoins signaler que...b. ( = accurate) juste, exact• that can't be right! ce n'est pas possible !• is the clock right? est-ce que la pendule est à l'heure ?► to be right [person] avoir raison• to get one's facts right ne pas se tromper► to put right [+ error, person] corriger ; [+ situation] redresser ; [+ sth broken] réparerd. ( = best) meilleur• what's the right thing to do? quelle est la meilleure chose à faire ?e. ( = necessary) I haven't got the right papers with me je n'ai pas les bons documents sur moif. ( = proper) to do sth the right way faire qch comme il faut• if you go hiking you must wear the right shoes lorsque l'on fait de la randonnée, il faut porter des chaussures adaptéesg. ( = in proper state) her ankle is still not right sa cheville n'est pas encore guériei. (agreeing) right!• right you are! (inf) d'accord !• right, who's next? bon, c'est à qui le tour ?• (oh) right! (inf) ( = I see) ah, d'accord !• too right! et comment !it was him right enough! c'était bien lui, aucun doute là-dessus !j. ( = opposite of left) droit• it's a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand's doing il y a un manque total de communication et de coordination2. adverba. ( = directly) droit► right away ( = immediately) tout de suiteb. ( = exactly) right then sur-le-champc. ( = completely) toutd. ( = correctly, well) biene. ( = opposite of left) à droite► right, left and centre (inf) ( = everywhere) de tous côtés3. nouna. ( = moral) bien mb. ( = entitlement) droit m• what right have you to say that? de quel droit dites-vous cela ?c. ( = opposite of left) droite f• on or to the right of the church à droite de l'église4. plural noun• "all rights reserved" « tous droits réservés »b. to put or set sth to rights mettre qch en ordrea. ( = return to normal) [+ car, ship] redresserb. ( = make amends for) [+ wrong] redresser ; [+ injustice] réparer6. compounds• the right-hand side le côté droit ► right-handed adjective [person] droitier ; [punch, throw] du droit* * *[raɪt] 1.1) (side, direction) droite fkeep to the right — Automobile tenez votre droite
on ou to your right — à votre droite
3) ( morally) bien m4) ( just claim) droit mthe right to work/to strike — le droit au travail/de grève
the gardens are worth a visit in their own right — à eux seuls, les jardins méritent la visite
5) ( in boxing) droite f2.rights plural noun1) Commerce, Law droits mplsole rights — l'exclusivité f des droits
2) ( moral)3.the rights and wrongs of a matter — les aspects mpl moraux d'une question
1) ( as opposed to left) droit, de droiteon my right hand — ( position) sur ma droite
2) ( morally correct) bien; ( fair) juste3) (correct, true) [choice, direction, size] bon/bonne; [word] juste; ( accurate) [time] exactto be right — [person] avoir raison; [answer] être juste
is that right? — ( asking) est-ce que c'est vrai?; ( double-checking) c'est ça?
am I right in thinking that...? — ai-je raison de penser que...?
the right side of a piece of material — l'endroit m d'un tissu
4) ( most suitable) qui convienthe was careful to say all the right things — il a pris grand soin de dire tout ce qu'il faut dire dans ce genre de situation
5) ( in good order) [machine, vehicle] en bon état, qui fonctionne bien; ( healthy) [person] bien portant6) ( in order)to put ou set right — corriger [mistake]; réparer [injustice]; arranger [situation]; réparer [machine]
to put ou set one's watch right — remettre sa montre à l'heure
they gave him a month to put ou set things right — ils lui ont donné un mois pour tout arranger
to put ou set somebody right — détromper quelqu'un
7) Mathematics [angle] droitat right angles to — à angle droit avec, perpendiculaire à
8) (colloq) GB ( emphatic)9) (colloq) GB ( ready) prêt4.1) ( of direction) à droiteto turn/look right — tourner/regarder à droite
they looked for him right, left and centre — (colloq) ils l'ont cherché partout
they are arresting people right, left and centre — (colloq) ils arrêtent les gens en masse
2) ( directly) droit, directementit's right in front of you — c'est droit or juste devant toi
right before/after — juste avant/après
3) ( exactly)right in the middle of the room — en plein milieu or au beau milieu de la pièce
right now — ( immediately) tout de suite; US ( at this point in time) en ce moment
4) ( correctly) juste, comme il faut5) ( completely) toutshe looked right through me — fig elle a fait semblant de ne pas me voir
6) GB ( in titles)the Right Honourable Gentleman — ( form of address in parliament) ≈ notre distingué collègue
7) ( very well) bon5.right, let's have a look — bon, voyons ça
transitive verb1) ( restore to upright position) redresser2) ( correct) réparer6.to right oneself — [person] se redresser
to right itself — [ship, situation] se rétablir
••to see somebody (colloq) right — ( financially) dépanner (colloq) quelqu'un; ( in other ways) sortir quelqu'un d'affaire
right you are! — (colloq)
right-oh! — (colloq) GB d'accord!
right enough — (colloq) effectivement
by rights — normalement, en principe
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