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121 thoughtful
thoughtful [ˈθɔ:tfʊl]a. ( = reflective) réfléchi ; ( = absorbed by thoughts) pensif ; [mood, expression, look] pensif ; [silence] méditatif ; [essay, article, approach] sérieuxb. ( = considerate) prévenant ; [act, gesture] attentionné• how thoughtful of you! comme c'est gentil à vous !* * *['θɔːtfl]1) ( reflective) gen pensif/-ive; [silence] profond2) ( considerate) [person, gesture] prévenant; [letter, gift] gentil/-ille3) ( well thought-out) riche en réflexion -
122 together
together [təˈgeðər]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ adverba. ensemble• together with what you bought yesterday that makes... avec ce que vous avez acheté hier ça fait...• he, together with his colleagues, accepted... lui, ainsi que ses collègues, a accepté...b. ( = simultaneously) en même temps ; [sing, play] à l'unisson• all together now! (shouting, singing) tous en chœur !* * *together frequently occurs as the second element in certain verb combinations ( get together, pull together, put together, tie together etc). For translations for these, see the appropriate verb entry (get, pull, tie etc)For examples and further uses, see the entry below[tə'geðə(r)] 1.1) gen ensembleshe's cleverer than all the rest of them put together — elle est plus intelligente que tous les autres réunis
they belong together — ( objects) ils vont ensemble; ( people) ils sont faits l'un pour l'autre
2) ( at the same time) à la fois3) ( without interruption) d'affilée2.(colloq) adjective équilibré3.••to get one's act together —
to get it together — (colloq) s'organiser
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123 practical
['præktikəl]1) (concerned with the doing of something: practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.) pratique2) ((of a thing, idea etc) useful; effective: You must try to find a practical answer to the problem.) pratique3) ((negative unpractical) (of a person) able to do or deal with things well or efficiently: He can look after himself - he's a very practical child.) qui a le sens pratique•- practically - practical joke -
124 age
A n1 ( length of existence) âge m ; at the age of 14 à l'âge de 14 ans ; she's your age elle a ton âge ; to look one's age faire son âge ; to be of retirement age avoir l'âge de la retraite ; to be of school age être en âge d'aller à l'école ; she's twice/half his age elle a le double/la moitié de son âge ; they are of an age ils sont du même âge ; to be of an age when… être à l'âge où… ; act ou be your age! ne fais pas l'enfant! ; you shouldn't be doing that at your age! tu ne devrais pas faire ça à ton âge! ; men of retirement age les hommes en âge de or qui ont l'âge de la retraite ; to come of age atteindre la majorité ; to be of age être majeur/-e ; to be under age Jur être mineur ; age of consent Jur âge légal (for pour) ; to feel one's age se faire vieux/vieille ;3 ( era) ère f, époque f (of de) ; the video/computer age l'ère de la vidéo/de l'ordinateur ; in this day and age à notre époque ; through the ages à travers les âges or les siècles ; the Age of Reason Hist le siècle des lumières ;4 ○ ( long time) ( souvent pl) it's ages since I've played golf ça fait une éternité que je n'ai pas joué au golf ; we haven't been to London for ages nous ne sommes pas allés à Londres depuis une éternité ; it takes ages ou an age to get it right cela prend un temps fou pour le faire correctement ; I've been waiting for ages j'attends depuis des heures.
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