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101 play
play [pleɪ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun• there was some good play in the second half on a assisté à du beau jeu pendant la deuxième mi-temps• to bring or call sth into play faire intervenir qchb. ( = movement) jeu mc. ( = drama) pièce f (de théâtre)• to be in a play [actor] jouer dans une piècea. [+ game, sport] jouer à• what position does she play? à quelle place joue-t-elle ?• don't play games with me! ne vous moquez pas de moi !• to play ball with sb ( = cooperate) coopérer avec qn• to play the game ( = play fair) jouer le jeu• he gave up playing the field and married a year ago il a cessé de papillonner et s'est marié il y a un anb. [+ opponent] rencontrerc. [+ chess piece, card] jouerf. ( = direct) [+ hose, searchlight] dirigera. jouer► play + preposition• what's he playing at? (inf) à quoi il joue ?• how much time do we have to play with? (inf) combien de temps avons-nous ?4. compounds► play-off noun (after a tie) ≈ match m de barrage (départageant des concurrents à égalité) ; (US) (for championship) match m de qualification[+ tape] réécouter( = minimize importance of) [+ significance] minimiser ; [+ situation, attitude] dédramatiser[+ sb's emotions, good nature] jouer sur( = give trouble) the engine is playing up le moteur fait des siennesa. ( = give trouble to) his leg is playing him up sa jambe le tracasseb. ( = magnify importance of) exagérer (l'importance de)* * *[pleɪ] 1.2) (amusement, recreation)3) Sport, Gamesthe ball is out of play/in play — la balle est hors jeu/en jeu
4) fig (movement, interaction) jeu m2.transitive verb1) jouer à [game, match, cards]; jouer [card]to play goal — ( in football) être gardien de but
to play the ball to somebody — ( in basketball) passer la balle à quelqu'un
2) Music jouer de [instrument]; jouer [tune, symphony, chord]3) ( act out) Theatre interpréter, jouer [role]4) Audio mettre [tape, video, CD]5) Finance3.to play the stock market — boursicoter (colloq)
1) [children] jouer ( with avec)2) figwhat does he think he's playing at? — GB (colloq) qu'est-ce qu'il fabrique (colloq)?
3) Sport, Games jouer5) Cinema, Theatre [play] se jouer; [film] passer; [actor] jouershe's playing opposite him in ‘Macbeth’ — elle lui donne la réplique dans ‘Macbeth’
6) [fountain, water] couler; Music [record] jouer•Phrasal Verbs:- play off- play on- play out- play up••all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) — Prov il n'y a pas que le travail dans la vie
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102 quarter
quarter [ˈkwɔ:tər]1. nouna. ( = fourth part) quart m• a quarter of a pound of cheese ≈ 120 grammes de fromagec. ( = specific fourth part) [of year] trimestre m ; [of dollar] quart m de dollar, vingt-cinq cents mpl ; [of moon] quartier md. ( = part of town) the Latin quarter le Quartier latin2. plural noun( = divide into four) diviser en quatre (parts égales)4. adjective5. compounds* * *['kwɔːtə(r)] 1.1) ( one fourth) quart mquarter of an hour — quart m d'heure
2) gen, Finance ( three months) trimestre m3) ( district) quartier m4) ( group) milieu m5) ( mercy) littér6) US ( 25 cents) vingt-cinq cents mpl7) US ( measurement) = 12,7 kg2.quarters plural noun Military quartiers mpl, gen logement m3.to take up quarters — se loger (in dans)
1) (25%) quart m2) ( in time phrases)at (a) quarter to 11 — GB
at a quarter of 11 — US à onze heures moins le quart
3) ( in age)4. 5. 6.at close quarters adverbial phrase de près7.transitive verb1) ( divide into four) couper [quelque chose] en quatre [cake, apple]2) ( accommodate) cantonner [troops]; loger [people]; abriter [livestock] -
103 stay
stay [steɪ]1. nounséjour ma. ( = last out) [+ race] terminer ; [+ distance] tenirb. ( = check) arrêter ; [+ judgement] surseoir à ; [+ proceedings] suspendre ; [+ decision] ajournera. ( = remain) rester• stay there! restez là !• stay tuned! restez à l'écoute !b. (on visit) has she come to stay? est-ce qu'elle est venue avec l'intention de rester ?• where do you stay when you go to London? où logez-vous quand vous allez à Londres ?c. ( = persevere) tenir• stay with it! (inf) tenez bon !4. compounds• he hasn't a lot of staying power il se décourage facilement ► stay of execution noun sursis m à l'exécution• you'll stay behind after school! tu resteras après la classe !► stay down intransitive verb rester en bas ; (bending) rester baissé ; (lying down) rester couché ; (under water) rester sous l'eau ; ( = remain in same school year) redoublera. [person] rester à la maison ; ( = be kept in at school) être en retenueb. [nail, screw, tooth filling] tenir• get out and stay out! sortez et ne revenez pas !• you stay out of this! ne vous mêlez pas de cela !• can you stay over till Thursday? est-ce que vous pouvez rester jusqu'à jeudi ?► stay up intransitive verba. [person] veillerb. ( = not fall) [trousers] tenir* * *[steɪ] 1.1) (visit, period) séjour m‘enjoy your stay!’ — ‘bon séjour!’
2) Law2.stay of execution — sursis m (à l'exécution de la peine capitale)
stays plural noun corset m3.1) ( remain) resterto stay in nursing — continuer comme infirmier/-ière
to stay in business — ( not go under) rester à flot
‘stay tuned!’ — ( on radio) ‘restez avec nous!’
2) ( have accommodation) logerto stay in a hotel/at a friend's house — loger à l'hôtel/chez un ami
3) ( spend the night) passer la nuitto come to stay — ( for a few days) venir passer quelques jours ( with chez); ( for a few weeks) venir passer quelques semaines ( with chez)
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104 tax
tax [tæks]1. noun• before/after tax avant/après l'impôt• how much tax do you pay? combien d'impôts payez-vous ?a. [+ goods] taxer ; [+ income, person] imposer ; [+ patience] mettre à l'épreuve ; [+ strength] éprouverb. ( = accuse) to tax sb with (doing) sth accuser qn de (faire) qch3. adjective[system, incentive] fiscal4. compounds• for tax purposes pour des raisons fiscales ► tax return noun (feuille f de) déclaration f de revenus* * *[tæks] 1. 2.transitive verb1) imposer [earnings, person]; taxer [luxury goods]2) Automobile3) ( strain) mettre [quelque chose] à l'épreuve [patience] -
105 turn
turn [tɜ:n]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. [of wheel] tour mb. ( = bend) virage m• take the next turn on the left prenez la prochaine route (or rue) à gauche• the patient took a turn for the worse/better l'état du malade s'est aggravé/améliorée. ( = action) to do sb a good turn rendre un service à qnf. ( = act) numéro mg. (in game, queue) tour m• whose turn is it? c'est à qui (le tour) ?► by turns• my sister and I visit our mother by turns ma sœur et moi rendons visite à notre mère à tour de rôle► in turn ( = one after another) à tour de rôle ; ( = then) à mon (or son or notre etc) tour• and they, in turn, said... et, à leur tour, ils ont dit...► out of turn• I don't want to speak out of turn but... je ne devrais peut-être pas dire cela mais...► to a turn• done to a turn [food] à point► turn of + noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For turn + adverb/preposition combinations see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. [+ handle, key, wheel, page] tournerb. [+ mattress] retournerd. ( = reach) [+ age, time] as soon as he turned 18 dès qu'il a eu 18 ans• he would turn in his grave if he knew... il se retournerait dans sa tombe s'il savait...► to turn on sth ( = depend)b. ( = move in different direction) [person, vehicle] tourner ; ( = reverse direction) faire demi-tour ; [road, river] faire un coude ; [tide] changer de directionc. ( = become)► turn + adjective• to turn nasty/pale devenir méchant/pâle• the whole thing turned into a nightmare c'est devenu un véritable cauchemar► to turn to + nound. ( = change) [weather] changer ; [leaves] jaunir4. compounds[+ business, economy] remettre sur pied[traveller] faire demi-tour ; ( = reverse a decision) faire marche arrièrea. ( = send back) faire faire demi-tour à ; [+ demonstrators] faire refluer• we can't turn the clock back on ne peut pas revenir en arrière► turn down separable transitive verbb. [+ heat, sound] baissera. to turn in to a driveway [car, person] tourner dans une alléeb. ( = go to bed) (inf) aller se couchera. ( = hand over) [+ wanted man] livrer (à la police)• to turn o.s. in se rendrea. [person, vehicle] tournerb. to turn off automatically [heater, oven] s'éteindre automatiquement[+ road] quittera. [+ water, tap] fermer ; [+ radio, television, electricity, gas, heater] éteindre ; [+ water, electricity] (at main) couper• what turns teenagers off science? qu'est-ce qui fait que les sciences n'attirent pas les adolescents ?► turn onb. millions of viewers turn on at 6 o'clock des millions de téléspectateurs allument la télé à 6 heures( = attack) attaquera. [+ tap] ouvrir ; [+ gas, electricity, television, heater] allumer ; [+ engine, machine] mettre en marchec. ( = happen) se passer• as it turned out, nobody came en fin de compte personne n'est venu• it turned out nice [weather] il a fait beau en fin de comptea. [+ light] éteindreb. ( = empty out) [+ pockets, suitcase] vider ; [+ room, cupboard] nettoyer à fond ; ( = expel) [+ tenant] expulserc. ( = produce) fabriquera. ( = roll over) se retournerb. ( = change channel) changer de chaîne ; ( = turn page) tourner la pagea. [+ page] tourner ; [+ mattress, earth, playing card, tape] retournerb. ( = hand over) [+ person] livrer (to à)• the firm turns over $10,000 a week l'entreprise réalise un chiffre d'affaires de 10 000 dollars par semaine► turn rounda. [person] se retourner ; ( = change direction) [person, vehicle] faire demi-tour ; ( = rotate) [object] tournerb. ( = improve) se redressera. tourner ; [+ person] faire tourner• he turned the ship round [captain] il a fait demi-tourb. ( = make successful) redresser ; ( = rephrase) reformuler( = arrive) arriver• don't worry about your ring, I'm sure it will turn up ne t'en fais pas pour ta bague, je suis sûr que tu finiras par la retrouvera. [+ collar] relever ; [+ sleeve] retrousserb. ( = find) [+ evidence] trouver• a survey turned up more than 3,000 people suffering from AIDS une enquête a révélé que plus de 3 000 personnes étaient atteintes du sidac. [+ radio, television] mettre plus fort* * *[tɜːn] 1.1) (in games, sequence) tour m‘miss a turn’ — ‘passez votre tour’
to have a turn on ou at ou with the computer — utiliser l'ordinateur à son tour
to take turns at doing —
to speak out of turn — fig commettre un impair
2) ( circular movement) tour mto do a turn — [dancer] faire un tour
3) ( in vehicle) virage mto make ou do a left/right turn — tourner à gauche/à droite
‘no left turn’ — ‘défense de tourner à gauche’
4) (bend, side road) tournant m, virage mtake the next right turn —
5) (change, development) tournure fto take a turn for the better — [person, situation] s'améliorer; [things, events] prendre une meilleure tournure
to take a turn for the worse — [situation] se dégrader; [health] s'aggraver
to be on the turn — [luck, milk] commencer à tourner; [tide] commencer à changer; century
6) (colloq) GB ( attack) crise fa giddy ou dizzy turn — un vertige
to have a funny turn — se sentir tout/-e chose (colloq)
it gave me quite a turn —
7) ( act) numéro m2.in turn adverbial phrase1) ( in rotation) [answer, speak] à tour de rôle2) ( linking sequence) à son tour3.transitive verb1) ( rotate) [person] tourner [wheel, handle]; serrer [screw]; [mechanism] faire tourner [cog, wheel]to turn the key in the door ou lock — ( lock up) fermer la porte à clé; ( unlock) tourner la clé dans la serrure
2) (turn over, reverse) retourner [mattress, soil, steak, collar]; tourner [page]3) ( change direction of) tourner [chair, head, face, car]to turn one's back on — lit tourner le dos à [group, place]; fig laisser tomber [friend, ally]; abandonner [homeless, needy]
4) ( focus direction of)to turn something on somebody — braquer quelque chose sur quelqu'un [gun, hose, torch]; fig diriger quelque chose sur quelqu'un [anger, scorn]
5) ( transform)to turn something white/black — blanchir/noircir quelque chose
to turn something milky/opaque — rendre quelque chose laiteux/opaque
to turn something into — transformer quelque chose en [office, car park, desert]
to turn water into ice/wine — changer de l'eau en glace/vin
to turn somebody into — [magician] changer quelqu'un en [frog]; [experience] faire de quelqu'un [extrovert, maniac]
7) (colloq) ( pass the age of)she has just turned 20/30 — elle vient d'avoir 20/30 ans
8) ( on lathe) tourner [wood, piece, spindle]4.1) ( change direction) [person, car, plane, road] tourner; [ship] virerto turn down ou into — tourner dans [street, alley]
to turn towards — tourner en direction de [village, mountains]
the conversation turned to Ellie — on en est venu/ils en sont venus à parler d'Ellie
2) ( reverse direction) [person, vehicle] faire demi-tour; [tide] changer; [luck] tourner; turn around3) ( revolve) [key, wheel, planet] tourner; [person] se tournerto turn on — [argument] tourner autour de [point, issue]; [outcome] dépendre de [factor]
5) ( spin round angrily)to turn on somebody — [dog] attaquer quelqu'un; [person] se retourner contre quelqu'un
to turn to — se tourner vers [person, religion]
to turn to drink/drugs — se mettre à boire/se droguer
I don't know where ou which way to turn — je ne sais plus où donner de la tête (colloq)
7) ( change)to turn into — [person, tadpole] se transformer en [frog]; [sofa] se transformer en [bed]; [situation, evening] tourner à [farce, disaster]
to turn to — [substance] se changer en [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] faire place à [horror, relief]
8) ( become by transformation) devenir [pale, cloudy, green]to turn white/black/red — blanchir/noircir/rougir
the weather is turning cold/warm — le temps se rafraîchit/se réchauffe
9) (colloq) ( become) devenir [Conservative, Communist]10) ( go sour) [milk] tourner11) [trees, leaves] jaunir•Phrasal Verbs:- turn in- turn off- turn on- turn out- turn up••at every turn — ( all the time) à tout moment; ( everywhere) partout
one good turn deserves another — Prov c'est un prêté pour un rendu
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106 very
very [ˈverɪ]1. adverba. ( = extremely) très• I am very cold/hot j'ai très froid/chaud• are you tired? -- very/not very êtes-vous fatigué ? -- très/pas très• very well, if you insist très bien, si vous insistez• very last/first tout dernier/premier2. adjectivea. ( = exact) mêmeb. ( = extreme) toutc. ( = mere) seul* * *['verɪ] 1.1) ( actual) même (after n)2) ( ideal)3) ( ultimate) tout4) ( mere) [mention, thought] seul (before n)2.1) ( extremely) trèsI didn't eat/find very much — je n'ai pas mangé/trouvé grand-chose
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107 vote
vote [vəʊt]1. nouna. ( = ballot) vote m• they took a vote on whether to sell the company ils ont voté pour décider s'ils allaient ou non vendre l'entreprisec. ( = vote cast) voix fd. ( = body of voters) électorat m• vote (for) Harris! votez Harris !• people are voting with their feet (inf) les gens expriment leur mécontentement en ne votant pas (or en s'en allant)4. compounds• it's a vote-loser for us ça risque de nous faire perdre des voix ► vote-winner (inf) noun atout m électoral[+ law] voter ; [+ person] élire[+ amendment] rejeter ; [+ MP, chairman] ne pas réélire• the electors voted the Conservative government out les électeurs ont rejeté le gouvernement conservateur[+ bill, motion] voter* * *[vəʊt] 1.1) ( choice) vote mone man one vote — ≈ suffrage universel
that gets my vote! — fig moi je suis pour!
2) ( franchise)3) ( ballot) vote m4) ( body of voters) voix fpl2.to increase one's vote by 10% — recevoir 10% de voix en plus
transitive verb1) ( affirm choice of) voterwhat ou how do you vote? — pour qui votes-tu?
to vote somebody into/out of office — élire/ne pas réélire quelqu'un
2) ( authorize)3) (colloq) ( propose) proposer3.intransitive verb voterPhrasal Verbs:- vote in- vote out••to vote with one's feet — ( by leaving) quitter le navire (colloq)
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108 ISA
ISAs should be the first investments you consider because they are the next most tax-efficient, after pensions. They allow you to hold up to £5,000 a year... in three types of investment: cash, life insurance and stock market investments, such as shares and unit trusts.
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109 Lloyd's Name
British INSURANCE = titre réservé aux membres investissant leur fortune personnelle dans la compagnie d'assurances Lloyd's et s'engageant à avoir une responsabilité illimitée en cas de sinistreThe number of Lloyd's Names has fallen from its 35,000 peak to just 12,500 - although only 2,490 of them participated in the last underwriting year. Their numbers dropped off dramatically after 1996 when a rescue package was introduced for Lloyd's at a time when many Names faced personal ruin following £8bn of asbestos-related claims.
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110 PAYE
Finally, 5 October is the date for notifying the taxman that you are liable to income or capital gains tax. There's no need to do this if you've been sent a tax return, nor if PAYE covers all your income. But if you have new freelance income or have started a new business, you should be putting your hand up to the Revenue by six months after the end of the tax year in which you started - hence 5 October.
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111 bust
∎ to go bust faire faillite;∎ the company went bust after a year l'entreprise a fait faillite au bout d'un an -
112 floor
floor display présentation f au sol;floor manager (in department store) chef m de rayon;American floor sample modèle m d'exposition;floor space surface f au sol;floor stand présentatoir m au sol(b) (of Stock Exchange) parquet mfloor price prix m seuil;floor trader commis m;floor trading cotation f à la corbeilleFloor price funds quote three prices... and a floor price (a price below which the bid price cannot fall). This floor price is adjusted annually, or after any significant market improvement, to give a new floor price which is valid for a year. So no matter what happens to the market, the value of your units will not fall below the floor price.
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113 gagging order
= décision de justice visant à interdire à la presse de publier tout article à propos d'une affaire;∎ to issue a gagging order = interdire à la presse de publier tout article à propos d'une affairePatty Hearst, the newspaper heiress kidnapped by urban guerrillas in California in 1974 and later jailed for participating with them in a bank robbery, could find herself back in court this week for contempt. Despite a gagging order, she has given an interview about the pending trial in August of a group member, Kathy Soliah (now Sarah Jane Olsen), captured last year after a quarter of a century on the run.
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114 interim
intérimaireinterim accounts comptes m pl semestriels;interim budget budget m intérimaire;FINANCE interim dividend dividende m intérimaire;interim payment paiement m provisoire;interim report rapport m intérimaire;ACCOUNTANCY interim statement bilan m intérimaireShares in Dixons, the UK retailer, jumped 2.88 per cent to £12.50 after the company declared a special interim dividend of 7.5p per ordinary share to be paid on December 13. Sir Stanley Kalms, Dixons' chairman, said total retail sales for the 18 weeks to September 4 were up 20 per cent over the same period last year and 9 per cent higher on a like-for-like basis.
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115 spam
1 nounmessages m pl publicitairesspammer, envoyer des messages publicitaires en masse àspammer, envoyer des messages publicitaires en masseAn Australian man has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence for his part in sending mass commercial e-mail, or spam, and bulletin board postings to millions of Internet users. Wayne John Loughnan of Noosa Heads, Queensland, was sentenced to two years in jail on Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges of securities fraud and unlawful interference with third-party computer systems.
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116 tax
1 noun(on income) impôt m, contributions f pl; (on goods, services, imports) taxe f;∎ most of my income goes on tax la plus grande partie de mes revenus va aux impôts;∎ I paid over $5,000 in tax j'ai payé plus de 5000 dollars d'impôts;∎ there is a high tax on whisky le whisky est fortement taxé;∎ to put a ten percent tax on sth imposer ou taxer qch à dix pour cent;∎ to levy a tax on sth frapper qch d'une taxe;∎ to be liable to tax être assujetti(e) à l'impôt;∎ after tax après impôt;∎ exclusive of tax hors taxe;∎ tax and spend = politique alliant une fiscalité élevée et de fortes dépenses publiquestax adjustment redressement m fiscal ou d'impôt; tax allowance abattement m fiscal, déduction f fiscale;tax assessment avis m d'imposition, fixation f de l'impôt;tax audit vérification f fiscale;tax authorities administration f fiscale;tax avoidance évasion f fiscale;tax band tranche f d'imposition;tax base assiette f fiscale;tax benefit avantage m fiscal;tax bite proportion f du revenu pris par l'impôt;tax bracket tranche ou fourchette f d'imposition;tax break allègement m fiscal;tax burden pression f fiscale, poids m de la fiscalité;tax ceiling plafond m fiscal ou de l'impôt;tax centre centre m des impôts;tax code barème m fiscal;tax collector percepteur m d'impôt, receveur m des contributions;tax consultant conseiller(ère) m, f fiscal(e);tax credit aide f fiscale, avoir m fiscal;tax cut baisse f ou réduction f des impôts;tax cutting baisse ou réduction des impôts;tax deducted at source impôt retenu à la base ou à la source;tax deduction déduction fiscale;tax deduction at source perception f à la source;tax evasion fraude f ou évasion fiscale;tax exemption exemption f d'impôt;tax exile = personne qui réside à l'étranger pour minimiser la responsabilité fiscale;tax form déclaration f d'impôts;tax fraud fraude fiscale;EU tax harmonization harmonisation f fiscale;tax haven paradis m fiscal;tax holiday = période de grâce accordée pour le paiement des impôts;tax incentive incitation f fiscale, avantage fiscal;tax inspection contrôle m fiscal;tax inspector inspecteur(trice) m, f des contributions directes ou des impôts;tax law droit m fiscal;tax laws législation f fiscale;tax loophole échappatoire f fiscale;tax loss déficit m fiscal reportable;tax on luxury goods taxe de luxe;tax office centre des impôts;tax official agent m du fisc;tax privilege privilège m fiscal;tax provision disposition f fiscale;tax resources ressources f pl fiscales;tax rate taux m d'imposition;tax rebate dégrèvement m fiscal;tax reduction abattement fiscal;tax regime régime m fiscal;tax relief dégrèvement fiscal;tax return déclaration de revenu, feuille f d'impôt;tax revenue recettes f pl ou rentrées f pl fiscales;tax roll rôle m d'impôt ou des contributions;tax rules réglementation f fiscale;tax schedule barême d'imposition;tax shelter avantage fiscal;tax shield protection f fiscale;tax survey enquête f fiscale;tax system régime fiscal ou d'imposition;tax threshold minimum m imposable, seuil m d'imposition;tax on value taxation f à la valeur;tax on weight taxation au poids;tax year année f fiscale ou d'imposition(person, company) imposer, frapper d'un impôt; (goods, services, imports) taxer, frapper d'un taxe;∎ the rich will be more heavily taxed les riches seront plus lourdement imposés;∎ luxury goods are taxed at 28 percent les articles de luxe sont taxés à 28 pour cent;∎ small businesses are being taxed out of existence accablées d'impôts, les petites entreprises disparaissentTax cutting can encourage people to do the right thing. Tax relief for charitable giving, and a tax holiday for charities, is accepted by both major parties, and does help increase the amount of charitable money.
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117 of
[əv]1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) de2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) de3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.) de4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) de5) (showing: a picture of my father.) de6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) en, de7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.) de8) (about: an account of his work.) de9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) de10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) de11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.) de12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.) de13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.) de14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) moins -
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1. adjective1) (just finished: the past year.) passé2) (over, finished or ended, of an earlier time than the present: The time for discussion is past.) écoulé3) ((of the tense of a verb) indicating action in the past: In `He did it', the verb is in the past tense.) passé2. preposition1) (up to and beyond; by: He ran past me.) devant2) (after: It's past six o'clock.) passé3. adverb(up to and beyond (a particular place, person etc): The soldiers marched past.) au delà de, plus loin que4. noun1) (a person's earlier life or career, especially if secret or not respectable: He never spoke about his past.) passé2) (the past tense: a verb in the past.) passé•- the past -
119 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) quart2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) vingt-cinq cents3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) quartier4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) de toutes parts5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grâce6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) quartier7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) quartier8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) quart9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trimestre2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) couper en quatre2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) diviser en quatre3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) cantonner•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) trimestriellement4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) publication trimestrielle- quarters- quarter-deck - quarter-final - quarter-finalist - quartermaster - at close quarters -
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1. conjunction1) ((often with ever) from a certain time onwards: I have been at home (ever) since I returned from Italy.) depuis (que)2) (at a time after: Since he agreed to come, he has become ill.) depuis que3) (because: Since you are going, I will go too.) puisque2. adverb1) ((usually with ever) from that time onwards: We fought and I have avoided him ever since.) depuis2) (at a later time: We have since become friends.) depuis3. preposition1) (from the time of (something in the past) until the present time: She has been very unhappy ever since her quarrel with her boyfriend.) depuis2) (at a time between (something in the past) and the present time: I've changed my address since last year.) depuis3) (from the time of (the invention, discovery etc of): the greatest invention since the wheel.) depuis
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