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advantage [əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ]1 noun∎ her experience gives her an advantage over the other candidates son expérience lui donne un avantage sur les autres candidats;∎ they have an advantage over us or the advantage of us ils ont un avantage sur nous;∎ the plan has the advantage of being extremely cheap le plan présente l'avantage d'être extrêmement bon marché;∎ it's to your advantage to learn another language c'est (dans) ton intérêt d'apprendre une autre langue;∎ that would be to their advantage cela leur serait avantageux, ils y auraient intérêt;∎ the recession/weather worked to their advantage la récession/le temps les a avantagés ou a travaillé pour eux;∎ to turn sth to advantage tirer parti de qch, mettre qch à profit;∎ she turned the situation to her advantage elle a tiré parti de la situation, elle a tourné la situation à son avantage;∎ to turn out to sb's advantage (event) tourner à l'avantage de qn, profiter à qn;∎ to take advantage of sth (to do sth) profiter de qch (pour faire qch);∎ we took advantage of the holiday weekend to do some gardening nous avons profité du long week-end pour faire du jardinage;∎ to take advantage of sb (make use of) profiter de qn; (exploit) exploiter qn; (abuse sexually) abuser de qn;∎ they'll only take advantage (of your generosity etc) ils ne feront qu'en profiter;∎ that would be taking advantage! ce serait abuser!;∎ she uses her charm to great advantage elle sait user de son charme;∎ that colour shows her eyes off to great advantage cette couleur met ses yeux en valeur;∎ this lighting shows the pictures to their best advantage cet éclairage met les tableaux en valeur;∎ advantage Henman avantage Henman∎ to play advantage (in football, rugby) laisser l'avantage, appliquer la règle de l'avantageavantager►► Sport advantage rule (in football, rugby) règle f de l'avantage;∎ to play the advantage rule laisser l'avantage, appliquer la règle de l'avantage
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