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(a (piece of a) material used for writing on, made from animal skin: Medieval men often wrote on parchment.) parchemin -
42 pencil
['pensl] 1. noun(a long, thin instrument (usually of wood) containing a thin stick of graphite or some similar solid substance for writing or drawing: This pencil needs sharpening / to be sharpened; He wrote in pencil; ( also adjective) a pencil sharpener.) crayon2. verb(to write or draw with a pencil: He pencilled an outline of the house.) écrire/dessiner au crayon -
43 piece
[pi:s] 1. noun1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) morceau2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) morceau; fragment3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) pièce; article4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) pièce5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) pion•2. adjective(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) décousu, sans méthode- go all to pieces- go to pieces - in pieces - piece together - to pieces -
44 play
[plei] 1. verb1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) jouer2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jouer (à)3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) jouer4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) jouer5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) jouer (de)6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) jouer (un tour à)7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jouer (contre)8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) chatoyer9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) diriger10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jouer2. noun1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) jeu, amusement2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) pièce3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) match4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) jeu•- player- playable - playful - playfully - playfulness - playboy - playground - playing-card - playing-field - playmate - playpen - playschool - plaything - playtime - playwright - at play - bring/come into play - child's play - in play - out of play - play at - play back - play down - play fair - play for time - play havoc with - play into someone's hands - play off - play off against - play on - play a - no part in - play safe - play the game - play up -
45 primarily
adverb (chiefly; in the first place: I wrote the play primarily as a protest, and only secondarily as entertainment.) principalement -
46 pseudonym
['sju:dənim](a false name used by an author: He wrote under a pseudonym.) pseudonyme -
47 rhyme
1. noun1) (a short poem: a book of rhymes for children.) vers, poème2) (a word which is like another in its final sound(s): `Beef' and `leaf' are rhymes.) rime3) (verse or poetry using such words at the ends of the lines: To amuse his colleagues he wrote his report in rhyme.) en vers rimés2. verb((of words) to be rhymes: `Beef' rhymes with `leaf'; `Beef' and `leaf' rhyme.) rimer -
48 screed
[skri:d](a long report, letter etc: He wrote screeds about the conference.) brique -
49 slip
I 1. [slip] past tense, past participle - slipped; verb1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) glisser2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) glisser entre les doigts3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) décliner, baisser4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) sortir (sans être vu)5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) se dégager de qqch.6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) glisser2. noun1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) faux pas2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) gaffe3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) combinaison4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) cale•- slipper- slippery - slipperiness - slip road - slipshod - give someone the slip - give the slip - let slip - slip into - slip off - slip on - slip up II [slip] noun(a strip or narrow piece of paper: She wrote down his telephone number on a slip of paper.) bout -
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[soŋ]1) (something (to be) sung: He wrote this song for his wife to sing.) chanson2) (singing: He burst into song.) chanson3) (the sound(s) made by a bird: birdsong.) chant•- songbird- songwriter -
51 treatise
['tri:tiz, ]( American[) -s](a long, detailed, formal piece of writing on some subject: He wrote a treatise on methods of education.) traité -
52 underline
1) (to draw a line under: He wrote down the title of his essay and underlined it.) souligner2) (to emphasize or stress: In his speech he underlined several points.) souligner -
53 write down
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54 between
❢ When between is used as a preposition expressing physical location ( between the lines), time ( between 8 am and 11 am), position in a range ( between 30 and 40 kilometres), relationship ( link between, difference between) it is translated by entre. For particular usages, see the entry below.A prep1 ( in space) entre ; there is a wall between the two gardens il y a un mur entre les deux jardins ; there are no stops between this station and Paris il n'y a pas d'arrêt entre cette gare et Paris, cette gare est le dernier arrêt avant Paris ;2 ( in time) entre ; between meals entre les repas ; between the ages of 12 and 18 entre l'âge de 12 et 18 ans ; between now and next year d'ici l'année prochaine ;3 ( on a scale or range) entre ; it costs between £10 and £20 cela coûte entre dix et vingt livres sterling ; it's between 50 and 60 kilometres away c'est à environ 50 ou 60 kilomètres d'ici ;4 ( to and from) entre ; flights between London and Amsterdam les vols entre Londres et Amsterdam ; the train that goes between London and Brighton le train qui va de Londres à Brighton or qui assure la liaison Londres-Brighton ;5 ( indicating connection or relationship) entre ; the link between smoking and cancer le lien entre le tabagisme et le cancer ; what's the difference between the two? quelle est la différence entre les deux? ; you must settle it between yourselves il faut que vous le régliez entre vous ; nothing now stands between us and success rien ne peut plus faire obstacle à notre réussite maintenant ; we mustn't allow this to come between us il ne faut pas que cela crée des problèmes entre nous ; it's something between a novel and an autobiography cela tient à la fois du roman et de l'autobiographie ;6 (indicating sharing, division) entre ; the estate was divided between them les biens ont été divisés entre eux ; they drank the whole bottle between (the two of) them à eux deux, ils ont bu toute la bouteille ; they had only one suitcase between (the three of) them ils n'avaient qu'une seule valise pour trois ; between ourselves, between you and me (and the gatepost) entre nous ;7 (together, in combination) the couples have seventeen children between them à eux tous, les couples ont dix-sept enfants ; between them, they collected £200 en tout, ils ont réuni 200 livres sterling ; they wrote the article between them ( two people) ils se sont mis à deux pour écrire l'article ; ( more than two) ils se sont mis à plusieurs pour écrire l'article ; between (the two of) us, we earn £30,000 a year à nous deux nous gagnons 30 000 livres sterling par an ; between housework, minding the children and studying, I never have any time to myself entre le ménage, les enfants et les études, je n'ai pas une minute à moi.1 ( in space) au milieu, entre les deux ; ( in time) dans l'intervalle, entre les deux ; the two main roads and the streets (in) between les deux rues principales et les petites rues situées entre elles or et les petites rues au milieu ; she spent four years at university and two years training, with a year off (in) between elle a passé quatre ans à l'université et deux ans en formation, avec une année sabbatique entre les deux ; neither red nor orange but somewhere (in) between ni rouge ni orange mais entre les deux. -
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56 do
I.II.do ⇒ Usage note: do,1 (perform task, be busy) faire [washing up, ironing etc] ; lots/nothing to do beaucoup/rien à faire ; it all had to be done again il a fallu tout refaire ; what are you doing? qu'est-ce que tu fais? ; are you doing anything tonight? tu fais quelque chose ce soir? ; she's been doing too much lately elle en fait trop ces derniers temps ; she does nothing but moan elle ne fait que se plaindre ; what can I do for you? que puis-je faire pour vous? ; will you do something for me? peux-tu me rendre un service? ;2 ( make smart) to do sb's hair coiffer qn ; to do one's teeth se laver les dents ; to do the living room in pink peindre le salon en rose ;3 ( finish) faire [military service, period of time] ; finir [job] ; I've already done three months j'ai déjà fait trois mois ; the job's almost done le travail est presque fini ; to have done ○ doing sth avoir fini de faire qch ; have you done ○ complaining? tu as fini de te plaindre? ; tell him now and have done with it dis-lui maintenant, ce sera fait ; it's as good as done c'est comme si c'était fait ; that's done it ( task successfully completed) ça y est ; ( expressing dismay) il ne manquait plus que ça ;5 ( write) faire [translation, critique, biography] ;6 ( effect change) faire ; to do sb good/harm faire du bien/mal à qn ; what have you done to the kitchen? qu'est-ce que vous avez fait à la cuisine? ; has she done something to her hair? est-ce qu'elle a fait quelque chose à ses cheveux? ; I haven't done anything with your pen! je n'ai pas touché à ton stylo! ; what are we to do with you! qu'allons-nous faire de toi! ; that hat/dress etc does a lot for her ce chapeau/cette robe etc lui va bien ;7 ( cause harm) to do something to one's foot/arm se faire mal au pied/bras ; I won't do anything to you je ne te ferai rien ; I'll do ○ you! ça va être ta fête! ;8 ○ ( deal with) the hairdresser says she can do you now la coiffeuse dit qu'elle peut vous prendre maintenant ; they don't do theatre tickets ils ne vendent pas de places de théâtre ; to do breakfasts servir des petits déjeuners ;9 ( cook) faire [sausages, spaghetti etc] ; I'll do you an omelette je te ferai une omelette ; well done [meat] bien cuit ;10 ( prepare) préparer [vegetables] ;12 ( imitate) imiter [celebrity, voice, mannerism] ;14 ( cover distance of) faire ; we've done 30 km since lunch nous avons fait 30 km depuis le déjeuner ;15 ○ ( see as tourist) faire [Venice, the Louvre etc] ;16 ○ ( satisfy needs of) will this do you? ça vous ira? ;17 ○ ( cheat) we've been done on s'est fait avoir ; to do sb out of escroquer qn de [money] ; he did me out of the job il m'a pris la place ;19 ○ ( rob) to do a bank faire un casse ○ dans une banque ;20 ○ (arrest, convict) to get done for se faire prendre pour [illegal parking etc] ; to do sb for speeding prendre qn pour excès de vitesse.1 ( behave) faire ; do as you're told ( here and now) fais ce que je te dis ; ( when with others) fais ce qu'on te dit ;2 ( serve purpose) faire l'affaire ; that box/those trousers will do cette boîte/ce pantalon fera l'affaire ;4 ( be sufficient) suffire ; will five dollars do? cinq dollars, ça suffira? ; that'll do! ( as reprimand) ça suffit! ;5 ( finish) finir ; have you done? tu as fini? ;6 ( get on) ( in competitive situation) [person] s'en sortir ; [business] marcher ; ( in health) [person] aller ; how will they do in the elections? comment est-ce qu'ils s'en sortiront aux élections? ; he's doing as well as can be expected ( of patient) il va aussi bien que possible ; my lettuces are doing well mes laitues poussent bien ;1 (with questions, negatives) did he like his present? est-ce qu'il a aimé son cadeau? ; own up, did you or didn't you take my pen? avoue, est-ce que c'est toi qui as pris mon stylo ou pas? ; didn't he look wonderful! est-ce qu'il n'était pas merveilleux! ;2 ( for emphasis) he did do it really! il l'a vraiment fait! ; so you do want to go after all! alors tu veux vraiment y aller finalement! ; I do wish you'd let me help you j'aimerais tant que tu me laisses t'aider ;3 ( referring back to another verb) he said he'd tell her and he did il a dit qu'il le lui dirait et il l'a fait ; he says he'll come along but he never does il dit toujours qu'il viendra mais il ne le fait jamais ; you draw better than I do tu dessines mieux que moi ; you either did or you didn't de deux choses l'une soit tu l'as fait, soit tu ne l'as pas fait ;4 (in requests, imperatives) do sit down asseyez-vous, je vous en prie ; ‘may I take a leaflet?’-‘do’ ‘puis-je prendre un dépliant?’-‘je vous en prie’ ; do shut up! tais-toi veux-tu! ; don't you tell me what to do! surtout ne me dis pas ce que j'ai à faire! ;5 ( in tag questions and responses) he lives in France, doesn't he? il habite en France, n'est-ce pas? ; ‘who wrote it?’-‘I did’ ‘qui l'a écrit?’-‘moi’ ; ‘shall I tell him?’-‘no don't’ ‘est-ce que je le lui dis?’-‘non surtout pas’ ; ‘he knows the President’-‘does he?’ ‘il connaît le Président’-‘vraiment?’ ; so do they/you eux/vous aussi ; neither does he/she etc lui/elle etc non plus ;6 ( with inversion) only rarely does he write letters il est très rare qu'il écrive des lettres ; little did he suspect/think that il était loin de se douter/de penser que.do as you would be done by ne faites pas ce que vous ne voudriez pas qu'on vous fasse ; how do you do enchanté ; it doesn't do to be ce n'est pas une bonne chose d'être ; it's a poor do ○ if c'est vraiment grave si ; it was all I could do not to… je me suis retenu pour ne pas… ; nothing doing! ( no way) pas question! ; there's nothing doing here ici il ne se passe rien ; well done! bravo! ; what are you doing with yourself these days? qu'est-ce que tu deviens? ; what are you going to do for…? comment est-ce que tu vas te débrouiller pour…? [money, shelter etc] ; what's done is done ce qui est fait est fait ; what's this doing here? qu'est-ce que ça fait ici? ; all the dos and don'ts tout ce qu'il faut/fallait faire et ne pas faire.■ do away with:▶ do away with [sth] se débarrasser de [procedure, custom, rule, feature] ; supprimer [bus service etc] ; démolir [building] ;■ do down ○ GB:■ do for ○:▶ do for [sb/sth] ( kill) [illness] achever [person] ; fig mettre fin à [ambition, project] ; I'm done for fig je suis foutu ○.■ do in ○:▶ do [sb] in1 ( kill) tuer ;2 ( exhaust) épuiser ; I feel done in je suis crevé ○.■ do out ○:▶ do [sth] out, do out [sth] faire or nettoyer à fond [spare room, garage].■ do over:▶ do [sb] over ○ passer [qn] à tabac ○.■ do up:▶ do up [dress, coat] se fermer ;▶ do [sth] up, do up [sth]3 ( renovate) restaurer [house, furniture] ;▶ do oneself up se faire beau/belle ; I was all done up je m'étais fait tout beau.■ do with:▶ do with [sth/sb]1 ( involve) it has something/nothing to do with ça a quelque chose à voir/n'a rien à voir avec ; what's that got to do with it? qu'est-ce que cela a à voir là-dedans? ; what's it (got) to do with you? en quoi est-ce que ça te regarde? ; it's got everything to do with it c'est là qu'est tout le problème ; his shyness is to do with his childhood sa timidité est liée à son enfance ; ( talk to) he won't have anything to do with me any more il ne veut plus rien avoir à faire avec moi ; ( concern) it has nothing to do with you cela ne vous concerne pas ;2 ( tolerate) supporter ; I can't do with loud music/all these changes je ne supporte pas la musique trop forte/tous ces changements ;3 ( need) I could do with a drink/with a holiday j'aurais bien besoin d'un verre/de partir en vacances ;4 ( finish) it's all over and done with c'est bien fini ; have you done with my pen/the photocopier? tu n'as plus besoin de mon stylo/la photocopieuse? ; I've done with all that fig j'en ai fini avec tout ça.■ do without:▶ do without [sb/sth] se passer de [person, advice etc] ; I can do without your sympathy je me passe de ta pitié ; I can't do without the car je ne peux pas me passer de la voiture ; you'll have to do without! il va falloir que tu t'en passes! -
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58 instead
A adv we didn't go home-we went to the park instead au lieu de rentrer nous sommes allés au parc ; forget the theory and concentrate instead on the practice laisse tomber la théorie et concentre-toi plutôt sur la pratique ; next time try camping instead la prochaine fois essaie plutôt le camping ; I don't feel like walking-let's take a taxi instead je n'ai pas envie de marcher-prenons plutôt un taxi ; she didn't go to London. Instead she decided to go to Oxford au lieu d'aller à Londres elle a décidé d'aller à Oxford ; I was going to phone but wrote instead j'allais téléphoner mais finalement j'ai écrit ; we have no tea-will you take coffee instead? nous n'avons pas de thé-voudriez-vous du café à la place? ; she couldn't attend so her son went instead elle ne pouvait pas y assister alors son fils est allé à sa place ; to choose instead to do préférer faire.B instead of prep phr instead of doing au lieu de faire ; you should be helping us instead of moaning! au lieu de râler ○ tu devrais nous aider! ; instead of sth au lieu de qch ; why not visit several castles instead of just one? pourquoi ne pas visiter plusieurs châteaux au lieu d'un seul? ; the interest was 30% instead of 23% l'intérêt était de 30% au lieu de 23% ; use oil instead of butter utilisez de l'huile à la place du beurre ; instead of sb à la place de qn ; you can go instead of me tu peux y aller à ma place. -
59 lest
1 ( for fear that) de peur de (+ infinitive), de crainte de (+ infinitive), de crainte que (+ ne + subj) ; ( in case that) au cas où ; he wrote down the address lest he forget it il a noté l'adresse de peur or de crainte de l'oublier ; she burned her letters lest he (should ou might) read them elle a brûlé ses lettres de crainte qu'il ne les lise ; lest anyone should ask you au cas où quelqu'un vous le demanderait ; ‘lest we forget’ ≈ ‘In memoriam’ ;2 ( after expressions of fear) I was afraid lest he might ou should die j'avais peur qu'il ne meure. -
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См. также в других словарях:
Wrote — Wrote, v. i. [OE. wroten. See 1st {Root}.] To root with the snout. See 1st {Root}. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wrote — Wrote, imp. & archaic p. p. of {Write}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wrote — [rəut US rout] the past tense of ↑write … Dictionary of contemporary English
wrote — the past tense of write … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wrote — [rōt] vt., vi. pt. of WRITE … English World dictionary
WROTE — past of WRITE. * * * Etymology: Middle English wroot (past), from Old English wrāt past or dialect past part of write * * * /roht/, v. a pt. of write. * * * wrote /rōt/ pat of ↑write … Useful english dictionary
Wrote — Write Write, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[=i]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[=i]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wrote — [[t]ro͟ʊt[/t]] Wrote is the past tense of write … English dictionary
wrote the book on — informal used to say that someone is an expert on a particular subject She wrote the book on long distance swimming. • • • Main Entry: ↑write … Useful english dictionary
wrote the book — be the leader in the field John wrote the book on extreme biking … Useful english dictionary
wrote — past and dialect past participle of write … New Collegiate Dictionary