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1 able
able [ˈeɪbl]1. adjectivea. to be able to do sth ( = have means or opportunity) pouvoir faire qch ; ( = know how to) savoir faire qch ; ( = be capable of) être capable de faire qch ; ( = in position to) être en mesure de faire qchb. ( = clever) capablec. ( = healthy) able in body and mind sain de corps et d'esprit2. compounds* * *['eɪbl]Note: to be able to meaning can is usually translated by the verb pouvoir: I was not able to go = je ne pouvais pas y aller; I was not able to help him = je ne pouvais pas l'aider. The main exception to this occurs when to be able to implies the acquiring of a skill, when savoir is used: he's nine and he's still not able to read = il a neuf ans et il ne sait toujours pas lireFor more examples and other uses, see the entry below1) ( having ability to) -
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3 above
above [əˈbʌv]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverba. ( = overhead, higher up) en hautb. ( = more) boys of 16 and above les garçons de 16 ans et plus• seats are available at $10 and above il y a des places à partir de 10 dollarsc. ( = earlier in book) ci-dessus2. prepositiona. ( = higher than) au-dessus deb. ( = more than) children above seven years of age les enfants de plus de sept ansd. ( = too proud, honest for) he is above such behaviour il est incapable de se conduire ainsi• he's not above stealing/theft il irait jusqu'à voler/jusqu'au vol• to get above o.s. avoir des idées de grandeure. ( = over) I couldn't hear what she was saying above the barking les aboiements m'empêchaient d'entendre ce qu'elle disait3. adjective( = mentioned previously) mentionné ci-dessus4. noun• the above is a photo of... ci-dessus nous avons une photo de...5. compounds* * *[ə'bʌv] 1. 2.1) ( vertically higher) au-dessus de2) ( north of) au nord de3) ( upstream of) en amont de4) ( morally)5) ( in preference to) par-dessusabove all others —
6) (superior in status, rank) au-dessus de7) ( greater than) au-dessus deto rise above — dépasser [limit, average]
8) ( beyond)9) ( higher in pitch) au-dessus de10) ( over)3. 4.1) ( higher up)2) ( earlier in the text) ci-dessus3) ( more) plus4) ( in the sky)5.above all adverbial phrase surtout••to get above oneself — ne plus se sentir (colloq)
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4 absent
1. adjectivea. ( = away) absentb. ( = inattentive) distrait• to absent o.s. s'absenter3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque absent est un adjectif, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈæbsənt, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la seconde: æbˈsent.* * *1. ['æbsənt]2) Military3) ( preoccupied) [look] absent2. [əb'sent]reflexive verb sout -
5 absolute
absolute [ˈæbsəlu:t]1. adjectivea. absolu2. nounabsolu m3. compounds* * *['æbsəluːt] 1.2.the absolute — l'absolu m
1) ( complete) [monarch, minimum, majority] also Mathematics, Philosophy absolu2) ( emphatic) [chaos, idiot] véritable (before n)3) Physics, Chemistry [humidity, scale] maximum; [zero] absolu4) Lawdecree absolute — décret m irrévocable
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6 academic
academic [‚ækəˈdemɪk]1. adjectiveb. ( = theoretical) théorique2. noun3. compounds* * *[ˌækə'demɪk] 1.noun universitaire mf2.1) University [career, post] universitaire; [year] académique2) ( scholarly) [achievement, reputation] intellectuel/-ellenot very academic — [person] pas très doué pour les études
3) ( educational) [book, publishing] universitaire4) ( theoretical) théorique5) Art [painter] académique -
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8 access
access [ˈækses]1. noun( = way) accès m• to have access to sb/sth avoir accès à qn/qch[+ computer file] accéder à3. compounds► access course noun cours de mise à niveau permettant aux personnes n'ayant pas le diplôme requis d'accéder à l'enseignement supérieur* * *['ækses] 1.1) ( means of entry) also Computing accès m‘No access’ — ( on signs) ‘accès interdit’
2) (ability to obtain, use) accès m (to à)3) Law ( right to visit)2. 3.transitive verb accéder à [database, information] -
9 accident
accident [ˈæksɪdənt]1. nounaccident m• it's no accident that... ce n'est pas un hasard si...2. compounds* * *['æksɪdənt] 1.car/road accident — accident de voiture/de la route
accident and emergency service — ( in hospital) service des urgences
2) ( chance) hasard m2.noun modifier [ statistics] se rapportant aux accidentsaccident victim — accidenté/-e m/f
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10 account
account [əˈkaʊnt]1. nouna. compte m• to pay £50 on account verser un acompte de 50 livres• cash or account? (in hotel, bar) vous payez comptant ou je le mets sur votre note ?b. ( = explanation) explication f► to take + account• to take sth/sb into account tenir compte de qch/qn• to take no account of sth ne pas tenir compte de qch► on + account• on this or that account pour cette raison2. plural nounaccounts ( = calculation) comptabilité f• to do/keep the accounts faire/tenir la comptabilité3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]account ≠ acompte━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = explain, justify) [+ expenses, one's conduct] justifier ; [+ circumstances] expliquer• there's no accounting for taste(PROV) chacun son goût• three people have not yet been accounted for (after accident) trois personnes n'ont pas encore été retrouvéesb. ( = represent) représenter• this accounts for 10% of the total cela représente 10 % du chiffre total* * *[ə'kaʊnt] 1.1) (in bank, post office) compte m (at, with à)in my/his account — sur mon/son compte
2) Commerce ( credit arrangement) compte mto charge something to ou put something on somebody's account — mettre quelque chose sur le compte de quelqu'un
on account — ( as part payment) d'acompte
to settle an account — ( in shop) régler un compte; ( in hotel) régler une note
3) ( in advertising) budget m (de publicité)4) ( bill) facture f5) ( consideration)to take something into account —
6) ( description) compte-rendu m; ( if contentious) version f7) ( impression)8) ( indicating reason)on this ou that account — pour cette raison
on my/his account — (because of me/him) à cause de moi/lui
10) ( importance)2.accounts plural noun2) ( department) (service m) comptabilité f3.transitive verb soutPhrasal Verbs: -
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12 acid
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13 acknowledgement
acknowledgement [əkˈnɒlɪdʒmənt]1. nouna. reconnaissance f2. compounds* * *[ək'nɒlɪdʒmənt] 1.1) ( admission) reconnaissance f; (of error, guilt) aveu m2) ( confirmation of receipt) accusé m de réception3) ( recognition of presence) signe m de reconnaissance2.acknowledgements plural noun ( in book etc) remerciements mpl -
14 act
act [ækt]1. nouna. ( = deed) acte mb. ( = law) loi fa. ( = take action) agirb. (in play, film) jouer• have you ever acted before? (on stage) avez-vous déjà fait du théâtre ? ; (in film) avez-vous déjà fait du cinéma ?[+ part in play] jouer• to act the part of... tenir le rôle de...4. compounds[+ advice, suggestion] suivre ; [+ order] exécuter[+ event] faire un récit mimé de ; [+ fantasies] vivre[child] se conduire mal[+ advice, suggestion] suivre ; [+ order] exécuter* * *[ækt] 1.1) (action, deed) acte mAct of Parliament/Congress — loi votée par le Parlement/le Congrès
3) Theatre acte m4) ( entertainment routine) numéro m2.to put on an act — fig jouer la comédie
transitive verb Theatre jouer [part, role]3.1) ( take action) agirto act for somebody —
to act on behalf of somebody — agir au nom de or pour le compte de quelqu'un
2) ( behave) agir, se comporter4) ( take effect) [drug] agir5) ( serve)to act as — [person, object] servir de
•Phrasal Verbs:- act out- act up••to be caught in the act — être pris sur le fait or en flagrant délit
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15 action
action [ˈæk∫ən]1. nouna. action f• out of action [machine] hors service• his illness put him out of action for six weeks sa maladie l'a mis hors de combat pendant six semainesb. ( = deed) acte mc. ( = effect) effet md. [of play] action fe. ( = legal proceedings) action f en justicef. ( = military combat) combat ma. [+ idea] mettre en pratiqueb. [+ plan] mettre en œuvre3. compounds• action stations! à vos postes !* * *['ækʃn]1) [U] gen action f; ( to deal with situation) mesures fplto take action — agir, prendre des mesures ( against contre)
drastic/immediate action — des mesures draconiennes/immédiates
to be out of action — [machine] être en panne; [person] être immobilisé
2) ( deed) acte m3) ( fighting) action f, combat m4) Cinema, Theatre action f5) (colloq) ( excitement)they want a piece of the action — ( want to be involved) ils ne veulent pas être en reste; ( want some of the profits) ils veulent leur part du gâteau (colloq)
6) Law action f, procès m7) Technology (in machine, piano) mécanisme m••action stations! — Military, fig à vos postes!
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16 address
address [əˈdres]1. nouna. adresse fb. ( = speech) discours ma. ( = put address on) mettre l'adresse sur ; ( = direct) [+ speech, writing, complaints] adresser (to à)b. ( = speak to) s'adresser à3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ The French word adresse has only one d, and ends in -e.* * *[ə'dres], US ['ædres] 1.1) ( place of residence) adresse f2) ( speech) discours m (to à)3) ( as etiquette)2.form of address (for somebody) — formule f pour s'adresser à quelqu'un
transitive verb1) mettre l'adresse sur [parcel, letter]2) ( speak to) s'adresser à [group]3) ( aim) adresser [remark, complaint] (to à)4) ( tackle) aborder [question]; s'occuper de [problem] -
17 admission
admission [ədˈmɪ∫ən]1. noun• "admission free" « entrée gratuite »• "no admission" « entrée interdite »b. ( = confession) aveu m2. compounds* * *[əd'mɪʃn] 1.1) ( entry) entrée f, admission f (to dans)‘no admission’ — ‘entrée interdite’
2) ( fee) (droit m d')entrée f3) ( confession) aveu m2.admissions plural noun1) University inscriptions fpl2) Medicine admissions fpl -
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19 advance
advance [ədˈvα:ns]1. nounb. ( = sum of money) avance f• any advance on £100? 100 livres, qui dit mieux ?c. ► in advance• $10 in advance 10 dollars d'avance2. plural nouna. ( = move forward) [+ knowledge] faire avancer ; [+ cause] promouvoirb. ( = suggest) avancerc. ( = pay on account) avancer ; ( = lend) prêtera. ( = go forward) avancerb. ( = progress) progresser5. compounds• "advance booking advisable" « il est conseillé de réserver à l'avance »* * *[əd'vɑːns], US [-'væns] 1.1) ( forward movement) avance f; fig (of civilization, in science) progrès m2) ( sum of money) avance f, acompte m (on sur)3) ( increase)2.any advance on £100? — ( at auction etc) cent livres, qui dit mieux?
3.to make advances to somebody — ( sexually) faire des avances à quelqu'un
in advance adverbial phrase à l'avance4.here's £30 in advance — voici 30 livres d'avance or d'acompte
in advance of adverbial phrase avant [person]5.transitive verb faire avancer [tape, clock]; avancer [sum of money, theory, troops]; faire avancer [career]; servir [cause, interests]6.1) ( move forward) [person] avancer, s'avancer (on, towards vers); Military [army] avancer (on sur)2) ( progress) [civilization, knowledge] progresser, faire des progrès -
20 advertising
advertising [ˈædvətaɪzɪŋ]1. noun2. compounds[firm, campaign] publicitaire* * *['ædvətaɪzɪŋ]noun (activity, advertisements) publicité f
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