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1 between you and me / between ourselves
(in confidence: Between you and me, I think he's rather nice.) entre nous, de vous à moiEnglish-French dictionary > between you and me / between ourselves
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2 you
you [ju:]a.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When you is the subject of a sentence, the translation is tu or vous in the singular and vous in the plural. vous is used as the polite form in the singular. When you is the object of a sentence te replaces tu in the singular, but vous remains unchanged. toi is used instead of tu after a preposition and in comparisons. toi is also used when you is stressed.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I'll see you soon je te or je vous verrai bientôt• this book is for you ce livre est pour toi or vous• you two wait here! attendez ici, vous deux !• now you say something maintenant à toi or à vous de parler• you and I will go together toi or vous et moi, nous irons ensemble• if I were you à ta or votre place• you fool (you)! espèce d'imbécile !• I like the uniform, it's very you (inf) j'aime bien ton uniforme, c'est vraiment ton styleb. ( = one, anyone)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When you is the subject of a sentence the translation is either on or the passive form. When you is the object of a sentence or is used after a preposition, the direct translation of you is te or vous.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how do you switch this on? comment est-ce que ça s'allume ?* * *[juː, jʊ]1) ( addressing somebody)I saw you on Saturday — ( one person) ( polite) je vous ai vu samedi; ( informal) je t'ai vu samedi; ( more than one person) je vous ai vus samedi
you would never do that — ( polite) vous, vous ne feriez jamais cela; ( informal) toi, tu ne ferais jamais ça
there's a manager for you! — (colloq) iron ça c'est un patron!
you idiot! — (colloq) espèce d'imbécile! (colloq)
2) ( as indefinite pronoun) ( subject) on; (object, indirect object) vous, te -
3 you
you [ju:](a) (as plural subject) vous; (as singular subject → polite use) vous; (→ familiar use) tu; (as plural object) vous; (as singular object → polite use) vous; (→ familiar use) te;∎ you didn't ask vous n'avez pas/tu n'as pas demandé;∎ don't you dare! je te le déconseille!;∎ you and I will go together vous et moi/toi et moi irons ensemble;∎ would you like a drink? voulez-vous boire/veux-tu boire quelque chose?;∎ you and yours vous et les vôtres/toi et les tiens;∎ you there! vous là-bas/toi là-bas!;∎ don't you say a word je t'interdis de dire quoi que ce soit;∎ did he see you? est-ce qu'il vous a vu/t'a vu?;∎ I'll get you some dinner je vais vous/te préparer à manger;∎ she gave you the keys elle vous a donné/elle t'a donné les clés∎ all of you vous tous;∎ with you avec vous/toi;∎ for you pour vous/toi;∎ that's men for you ah! les hommes!;∎ she gave the keys to you elle vous a donné/elle t'a donné les clés;∎ between you and me entre nous;∎ now there's a singer for you! ah, voilà un chanteur!;∎ now there's a typical politician for you voilà un politicien type;∎ now there's manners for you! ça au moins, c'est quelqu'un de bien élevé/ce sont des gens bien élevés!; ironic en voilà des manières!∎ you bloody fool! espèce de crétin!;∎ you sweetie! oh, le mignon/la mignonne!;∎ you Americans are all the same vous les Américains ou vous autres Américains, vous êtes tous pareils∎ you mean they chose you tu veux dire qu'ils t'ont choisi toi;∎ you wouldn't do that, would you? vous ne feriez pas cela/tu ne ferais pas cela, n'est-ce pas?;∎ silly/lucky (old) you! quel gros bêta/veinard tu fais!;∎ familiar that jacket/job wasn't you cette veste/ce travail n'était pas ton style;∎ just you try! essaye un peu pour voir!∎ you never know on ne sait jamais;∎ a hot bath does you a world of good un bon bain chaud vous fait un bien immense;∎ you take the first on the left prenez la première à gauche -
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and [ənd, ən, stressed ænd](a) (in addition to) et;∎ brother and sister frère et sœur;∎ get your hat and coat va chercher ton manteau et ton chapeau;∎ he went out without his shoes and socks on il est sorti sans mettre ses chaussures ni ses chaussettes;∎ he goes fishing winter and summer (alike) il va à la pêche en hiver comme en été;∎ I have to interview and assess people as part of my job mon travail consiste en partie à m'occuper des entretiens et à évaluer les capacités des gens;∎ you can't work for us AND work for our competitors vous ne pouvez pas travailler AND pour nous ET pour nos concurrents;∎ and/or et/ou;∎ I got a letter from the bank - and? j'ai reçu une lettre de la banque - (et) alors?;∎ there are books and books il y a livres et livres;∎ there are champions and (there are) great champions il y a les champions et (il y a) les grands champions;∎ he speaks English, and very well too il parle anglais et même très bien∎ he opened the door and went out il a ouvert la porte et est sorti;∎ I fell and cut my knee je me suis ouvert le genou en tombant∎ go and look for it va le chercher;∎ try and understand essayez de comprendre∎ I want to go and he doesn't je veux y aller, mais lui ne veut pas∎ one hundred and three cent trois;∎ five pounds and ten pence cinq livres (et) dix (pence);∎ two hours and ten minutes deux heures dix (minutes);∎ three and a half years trois ans et demi;∎ four and two thirds quatre deux tiers(f) (indicating continuity, repetition)∎ he cried and cried il n'arrêtait pas de pleurer;∎ for hours and hours pendant des heures (et des heures);∎ over and over again maintes et maintes fois;∎ he goes on and on about politics quand il commence à parler politique il n'y a plus moyen de l'arrêter∎ fainter and fainter de plus en plus faible;∎ louder and louder de plus en plus fort∎ her room was nice and sunny sa chambre était bien ensoleillée;∎ the soup is good and hot la soupe est bien chaude;∎ familiar he's good and mad il est fou furieux∎ one move and you're dead un geste et vous êtes mort∎ and how's your family? et comment va la famille?;∎ I went to New York - and how did you like it? je suis allé à New York - et alors, ça vous a plu?;∎ and what if I AM going? et si j'y allais?∎ and now it's time for "Kaleidoscope" et maintenant, voici l'heure de "Kaléidoscope";∎ and another thing…! ah! autre chose ou j'oubliais…;∎ they started taking drugs, so I came home - and a good thing too! ils ont commencé à prendre de la drogue alors je suis rentré - tu as bien fait!∎ and you still owe me money! et tu me dois encore de l'argent!;∎ and that's not all… et ce n'est pas tout…2 noun∎ I want no ifs, ands or buts je ne veux pas de discussion(a) (and everything) et tout (ce qui s'ensuit);∎ the whole lot went flying, plates, cups, teapot and all tout a volé, les assiettes, les tasses, la théière et tout∎ you can wipe that grin off your face and all tu peux aussi arrêter de sourire comme çaet ainsi de suite -
5 and
and,,,❢ When used as a straightforward conjunction, and is translated by et: to shout and sing = crier et chanter ; Tom and Linda = Tom et Linda ; my friend and colleague = mon ami et collègue. and is sometimes used between two verbs in English to mean ‘in order to’ ( wait and see, go and ask, try and rest etc). To translate these expressions, look under the appropriate verb entry (wait, go, try etc). For examples and other uses, see the entry below. conj1 ( joining words or clauses) et ; cups and plates des tasses et des assiettes ; there'll be singing and dancing on va chanter et danser ; he picked up his papers and went out il a ramassé ses papiers et il est sorti ;2 ( in numbers) two hundred and sixty-two deux cent soixante-deux ; three and three-quarters trois trois-quarts ; five and twenty ‡ ou littér vingt-cinq ;3 ( with repetition) more and more interesting de plus en plus intéressant ; faster and faster de plus en plus vite ; it got worse and worse c'est devenu de pire en pire ; I waited and waited j'ai attendu pendant des heures ; to talk on and on parler pendant des heures ; for days and days pendant des jours et des jours ; we laughed and laughed! qu'est-ce qu'on a ri! ; there are friends and friends il y a ami et ami ;4 ( for emphasis) it's lovely and warm il fait bon ; come nice and early viens tôt ; AND he didn't even say thank you et en plus il n'a même pas dit merci ;5 ( in phrases) and all that et tout le reste ; and that ○ GB et tout ça ; and so on et ainsi de suite ; and how ○ ! et comment! ; and? et alors? ;6 ( alike) summer and winter été comme hiver ; I think about you day and night je pense à toi jour et nuit ;7 ( with negative) I haven't got pen and paper je n'ai ni stylo ni papier ; he doesn't like singing and dancing il n'aime ni chanter ni danser. -
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and [ænd, ənd, nd, ən]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For set expressions containing the word and, eg now and then, wait and see, look under the other words.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. et• and? et alors ?c. (+ infinitive verb) try and come tâchez de venird. (repetition, continuation) better and better de mieux en mieux* * *[ænd], unstressed [ənd]Note: When used as a straightforward conjunction, and is translated by et: to shout and sing = crier et chanter; Tom and Linda = Tom et Linda; my friend and colleague = mon ami et collègueand is sometimes used between two verbs in English to mean ‘in order to’ ( wait and see, try and relax etc). To translate these expressions, look under the appropriate verb entry (wait, try etc)For examples and other uses, see the entry below1) ( joining words or clauses) et2) ( in numbers)3) ( with repetition)4) ( for emphasis)5) ( in phrases)and that — (colloq) GB et tout ça
and how! — (colloq) et comment!
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[ənd, ænd]1) (joining two statements, pieces of information etc: I opened the door and went inside; The hat was blue and red; a mother and child.) et2) (in addition to: 2 and 2 makes 4.) et; plus3) (as a result of which: Try hard and you will succeed.) et4) (used instead of `to' with a verb: Do try and come!) de -
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1. (formal and/or plural) vous Pronoun2. ( informal and singular) tu Pronoun -
9 you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
[fam.] [U] a charge de revanche; donnant donnant; notion de renvoi d'ascenseurEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
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10 Usage note : you
In English you is used to address everybody, whereas French has two forms: tu and vous. The usual word to use when you are speaking to anyone you do not know very well is vous. This is sometimes called the polite form and is used for the subject, object, indirect object and emphatic pronoun:would you like some coffee?= voulez-vous du café?can I help you?= est-ce que je peux vous aider?what can I do for you?= qu’est-ce que je peux faire pour vous?The more informal pronoun tu is used between close friends and family members, within groups of children and young people, by adults when talking to children and always when talking to animals ; tu is the subject form, the direct and indirect object form is te (t’ before a vowel) and the form for emphatic use or use after a preposition is toi:would you like some coffee?= veux-tu du café?can I help you?= est-ce que je peux t’aider?there’s a letter for you= il y a une lettre pour toiAs a general rule, when talking to a French person use vous, wait to see how they address you and follow suit. It is safer to wait for the French person to suggest using tu. The suggestion will usually be phrased as on se tutoie? or on peut se tutoyer?Note that tu is only a singular pronoun and vous is the plural form of tu.Remember that in French the object and indirect object pronouns are always placed before the verb:she knows you= elle vous connaît or elle te connaîtIn compound tenses like the present perfect and the past perfect, the past participle agrees in number and gender with the direct object:I saw you on Saturday(to one male: polite form)= je vous ai vu samedi(to one female: polite form)= je vous ai vue samedi(to one male: informal form)= je t’ai vu samedi(to one female: informal form)= je t’ai vue samedi(to two or more people, male or mixed)= je vous ai vus samedi(to two or more females)= je vous ai vues samediWhen you is used impersonally as the more informal form of one, it is translated by on for the subject form and by vous or te for the object form, depending on whether the comment is being made amongst friends or in a more formal context:you can do as you like here= on peut faire ce qu’on veut icithese mushrooms can make you ill= ces champignons peuvent vous rendre malade or ces champignons peuvent te rendre maladeyou could easily lose your bag here= on pourrait facilement perdre son sac iciNote that your used with on is translated by son/sa/ses according to the gender and number of the noun that follows.For verb forms with vous, tu and on see the French verb tables.For particular usages see the entry you. -
11 what have you
(and similar things; and so on: clothes, books and what have you.) et que sais-je encore -
12 so-and-so
so-and-so(pl so-and-sos)(a) (referring to stranger) untel m, unetelle f;∎ Mr so-and-so Monsieur Untel;∎ Mrs so-and-so Madame Unetelle∎ you little so-and-so! espèce de petit minable!;∎ you greedy old so-and-so espèce de gourmand!;∎ don't cry, you silly old so-and-so! faut pas pleurer, espèce d'idiot! -
13 Shops, trades and professions
In English you can say at the baker’s or at the baker’s shop ; in French the construction with chez (at the house or premises of…) is common but you can also use the name of the particular shop:at the baker’s= chez le boulanger or à la boulangerieI’m going to the grocer’s= je vais chez l’épicier or à l’épicerieI bought it at the fishmonger’s= je l’ai acheté chez le poissonnier or à la poissonneriego to the chemist’s= va à la pharmacie or chez le pharmacienat or to the hairdresser’s= chez le coiffeur/la coiffeuseto work in a butcher’s= travailler dans une boucherieChez is also used with the names of professions:at or to the doctor’s= chez le médecinat or to the lawyer’s= chez le notaireat or to the dentist’s= chez le dentisteNote that there are specific names for the place of work of some professions:the lawyer’s office= l’étude f du notairethe doctor’s surgery (GB) or office (US)= le cabinet du médecinCabinet is also used for architects and dentists. If in doubt, check in the dictionary.PeopleTalking of someone’s profession, we could say he is a dentist. In French this would be either il est dentiste or c’est un dentiste. Only when the sentence begins with c’est, can the indefinite article (un or une) be used.Paul is a dentist= Paul est dentisteshe is a dentist= elle est dentiste or c’est une dentisteshe’s a geography teacher= elle est professeur de géographie or c’est un professeur de géographieWith adjectives, only the c’est construction is possible:she is a good dentist= c’est une bonne dentisteIn the plural, if the construction begins with ce sont then you need to use des (or de before an adjective):they are mechanics= ils sont mécaniciens or ce sont des mécaniciensthey are good mechanics= ce sont de bons mécaniciensTrades and professionswhat does he do?= qu’est-ce qu’il fait?what’s your job?= qu’est-ce que vous faites dans la vie?I’m a teacher= je suis professeurto work as a dentist= travailler comme dentisteto work for an electrician= travailler pour un électriciento be paid as a mechanic= être payé comme mécanicienhe wants to be a baker= il veut devenir boulangerBig English-French dictionary > Shops, trades and professions
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14 I told you so
(I told or warned you that this would happen, had happened etc, and I was right: `I told you so, but you wouldn't believe me.) je vous l'avais bien dit -
15 do's and don'ts
[doun ] (rules or advice for action: If you want to lose weight, I can give you a list of do's and don'ts.) ce qu'il faut faire et ne pas faire -
16 French provinces and regions
Both traditional pre-Revolution regions and modern administrative regions usually take the definite article as in l’Alsace, la Champagne etc.:I like Alsace= j’aime l’AlsaceChampagne is beautiful= la Champagne est belleFor names which have a compound form, such as Midi-Pyrénées or Rhône-Alpes, it is safer to include the words la région:do you know Midi-Pyrénées?= connaissez-vous la région Midi-Pyrénées?In, to and from somewhereThere are certain general principles regarding names of French provinces and regions. However, usage is sometimes uncertain ; doubtful items should be checked in the dictionary.For in and to, with feminine names and with masculine ones beginning with a vowel, use en without the definite article:to live in Burgundy= vivre en Bourgogneto go to Burgundy= aller en Bourgogneto live in Anjou= vivre en Anjouto go to Anjou= aller en AnjouFor in and to with masculine names beginning with a consonant, use dans le:to live in the Berry= vivre dans le Berryto go to the Berry= aller dans le BerryFor from with feminine names and with masculine ones beginning with a vowel, use de without the definite article:to come from Burgundy= venir de Bourgogneto come from Anjou= venir d’AnjouFor from with masculine names beginning with a consonant, use du:to come from the Berry= venir du BerryRegional adjectivesRelated adjectives and nouns exist for most of the names of provinces and regions. Here is a list of the commonest:an Alsace accent= un accent alsacienAlsace costume= le costume alsacienthe Alsace countryside= les paysages alsaciensAlsace traditions= les traditions alsaciennesAlsace villages= les villages alsaciensThese words can also be used as nouns, meaning a person from X ; in this case they are written with a capital letter:a person from Alsace= un Alsacienan Alsace woman= une Alsaciennethe people of Alsace= les Alsaciens mplBig English-French dictionary > French provinces and regions
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17 Games and sports
With or without the definite article?French normally uses the definite article with names of games and sports:football= le footballbridge= le bridgechess= les échecs mplmarbles= les billes fplcops and robbers= les gendarmes et les voleursto play football= jouer au footballto play bridge= jouer au bridgeto play chess= jouer aux échecsto play marbles or at marbles= jouer aux billesto play cops and robbers or at cops and robbers= jouer aux gendarmes et aux voleursto like football= aimer le footballto like chess= aimer les échecsBut most compound nouns (e.g. saute-mouton, colin-maillard, pigeon vole) work like this:hide-and-seek= cache-cache mto play at hide-and-seek= jouer à cache-cacheto like hide-and-seek= aimer jouer à cache-cacheNames of other ‘official’ games and sports follow the same pattern as bridge in the following phrases:to play bridge with X against Y= jouer au bridge avec X contre Yto beat sb at bridge= battre qn au bridgeto win at bridge= gagner au bridgeto lose at bridge= perdre au bridgeshe’s good at bridge= elle joue bien au bridgea bridge club= un club de bridgePlayers and eventsa bridge player= un joueur de bridgebutI’m not a bridge player= je ne joue pas au bridgehe’s a good bridge player= il joue bien au bridgea game of bridge= une partie de bridgea bridge champion= un champion de bridgethe French bridge champion= le champion de France de bridgea bridge championship= un championnat de bridgeto win the French championship= gagner le championnat de Francethe rules of bridge= les règles du bridgePlaying cardsThe names of the four suits work like club here:clubs= les trèfles mplto play a club= jouer un trèflea high/low club= un gros/petit trèflethe eight of clubs= le huit de trèflethe ace of clubs= l’as de trèfleI’ve no clubs left= je n’ai plus de trèflehave you any clubs?= as-tu du trèfle?clubs are trumps= l’atout est trèfleto call two clubs= demander deux trèflesOther games’ vocabulary can be found in the dictionary at match, game, set, trick etc. -
18 Spelling and punctuation
This table presents a useful way of clarifying difficulties when you are spelling names etc.A comme Anatole means A for Anatole, and so on.When spelling aloud…A A comme AnatoleB B comme BertheC C comme Célestinç c cédilleD D comme DésiréE E comme Eugèneé e accent aiguè e accent graveê e accent circonflexeë e trémaF F comme FrançoisG G comme GastonH H comme HenriI I comme IrmaJ J comme JosephK K comme KléberL L comme LouisM M comme MarcelN N comme NicolasO O comme OscarP P comme PierreQ Q comme QuintalR R comme RaoulS S comme SuzanneT T comme ThérèseU U comme UrsuleV V comme VictorW W comme WilliamX X comme XavierY Y comme YvonneZ Z comme ZoéSpellingcapital B= B majusculesmall b= b minusculeit has got a capital B= cela s’écrit avec un B majusculein small letters= en minusculesdouble t= deux tdouble n= deux napostrophe= apostrophed apostrophe= d apostrophehyphen= trait d’unionrase-mottes has got a hyphen= rase-mottes s’écrit avec un trait d’unionDictating punctuation. point or un point ( full stop), virgule ( comma): deux points ( colon); point-virgule ( semicolon)! point d’exclamation† ( exclamation mark)? point d’interrogation† ( interrogation mark)à la ligne ( new paragraph)( ouvrez la parenthèse ( open brackets)) fermez la parenthèse ( close brackets)() entre parenthèses ( in brackets)[] entre crochets ( in square brackets)- tiret ( dash)… points de suspension ( three dots)« ou " ouvrez les guillemets ( open inverted commas)» ou " fermez les guillemets ( close inverted commas)«» ou "" entre guillemets ( in inverted commas)The use of inverted commas in FrenchIn novels and short stories, direct speech is punctuated differently from English:The inverted commas lie on the line, e.g.«Tiens, dit-elle, en ouvrant les rideaux, les voilà!»‡This example also shows that the inverted commas are not closed after each stretch of direct speech. In modern texts they are often omitted altogether (though this is still sometimes frowned on):Il l’interrogea:- Vous êtes arrivé quand?- Pourquoi cette question? Je n’ai rien fait de mal.- C’est ce que nous allons voir.Note the short dash in this case that introduces each new speaker. Even if inverted commas had been used in the above dialogue, they would have been opened before vous and closed after voir, and not used at other points.English-style inverted commas are used in French to highlight words in a text:Le ministre a voulu "tout savoir" sur la question.† Note that, unlike English, French has a space before ! and ? and: and ;, e.g. Jamais !, Pourquoi ? etc. This is not usual, however, in dictionaries, where it would take up too much room.‡ Single inverted commas are not much used in French. -
19 here and now
A n the here and now ( present) le présent ; ( life before death) la vie ici-bas ; a poet of the here and now un poète des temps modernes. -
20 such-and-such
adjective, pronoun (used to refer to some unnamed person or thing: Let's suppose that you go into such-and-such a shop and ask for such-and-such.) tel et tel, tel ou tel
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