entrainer

entraîner /ɑ̃tʀene/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to lead to;
      une panne a entraîné l'arrêt de la production a breakdown brought production to a standstill;
   2. [river, current] to carry [sb/sth] away [swimmer, boat];
      il a entraîné qn/qch dans sa chute he dragged sb/sth down with him;
   3. to take, to lead [person];
      ~ qn à faire [person] to make sb do;
      [circumstances] to lead sb to do;
   4. figurative to carry [sb] away [person, group];
   5. to train, to coach [athlete, team] (à for);
      to train [horse, soldier] (à for);
   6. [engine, piston] to drive [machine, wheel, turbine].

2. s'entraîner reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. [player, soldiers] to train;
   2. to prepare oneself.

souligner

souligner /suliɲe/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to underline [word];
   to outline [eyes];

2. to emphasize.

but

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but /by(t)/ masculine noun

1. goal;
   aim, purpose;
   aller droit au ~ to go straight to the point;

2. (in football) goal;

3. (in archery) target.

IDIOMS:

déclarer de ~ en blanc to declare point-blank.

but also

boire /bwaʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to drink;
   2. [paper] to soak up.

2. se boire reflexive verb (+ v être) ce vin se boit frais this wine should be drunk chilled.

IDIOMS:

~ comme un trou (familiar) to drink like a fish (colloquial);
il y a à ~ et à manger dans leur théorie there's both good and bad in their theory.

convoitise

convoitise /kɔ̃vwatiz/ feminine noun la ~ covetousness;
~ de lust for.

reprenant

reprendre /ʀ(ə)pʀɑ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. ~ du pain/vin to have some more bread/wine;
      j'en ai repris deux fois I had three helpings;
   2. to pick [sth] up again [object, tool];
      to take [sth] back [present];
      to collect [person, car];
   3. to take [sb] on again [employee];
      [shop] to take [sth] back [item];
      si on me reprend ma vieille voiture if I can trade in my old car;
   4. to resume [walk, story];
      to take up [sth] again [studies];
      to revive [play, tradition];
      ~ le travail to go back to work;
      tu reprends le train à quelle heure? what time is your train back?;
      ~ une histoire au début to go back to the beginning of a story;
   5. to take over [business, shop];
   6. on ne me reprendra plus à lui rendre service! you won't catch me doing him/her any favours (BrE) again!;
   7. ~ confiance to regain one's confidence;
   8. to alter [clothes];
      ~ le travail de qn to correct sb's work;
   9. to take up [idea, thesis, policy];
   10. to repeat [argument];
       to take up [slogan, news];
   11. to correct [pupil];
   12. mon mal de dents m'a repris my toothache has come back.

2. intransitive verb
   1. [business] to pick up again;
      [plant] to recover;
   2. to start again;
   3. ‘c'est étrange,’ reprit-il ‘it's strange,’ he continued.

3. se reprendre reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to correct oneself;
   2. to pull oneself together;
   3. s'y ~ à trois fois pour faire to make three attempts to do or at doing.

lutte

lutte /lyt/ feminine noun

1. conflict;
   struggle;
   fight;
   ~ d'influence power struggle;
   la ~ contre le cancer the fight against cancer;

2. Sport wrestling.

COMPOUNDS:

~ armée armed conflict;
~ de classes class war;
~ d'intérêts clash of interests.

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lutter /lyte/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb to struggle;
to fight;
~ contre qn to fight against sb;
~ contre to fight [crime, unemployment, illness];
to fight against [violence];
to contend with [noise, bad weather];
Louis luttait contre le sommeil Louis was struggling to stay awake.

apporter

apporter /apɔʀte/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to bring [improvement, news];
   to bring in [revenue];
   to bring about [change];
   ~ qch à qn to bring sb sth, to take sb sth;

2. to give [support, explanation].

designe

désigner /deziɲe/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. [word] to designate;
   [triangle] to represent;

2. to point out;

3. to choose;
   être tout désigné pour to be just right for.

mener

mener /məne/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. ~ qn quelque part to take sb somewhere;
      to drive sb somewhere;
   2. to lead [people, country];
      to run [company];
      il ne se laisse pas ~ par sa grande sœur he won't be bossed about by his sister (colloquial);
   3. ~ au village [road] to go or lead to the village;
   4. ~ à to lead to;
      cette histoire peut te ~ loin it could be a very nasty business;
      ~ à bien to complete [sth] successfully;
      to bring [sth] to a successful conclusion;
      to handle [sth] successfully;
   5. to carry out [study, reform];
      to run [campaign];
      ~ une enquête to hold an investigation;
      ~ sa vie comme on l'entend to live as one pleases.

2. intransitive verb Sport to be in the lead.

IDIOMS:

~ la danse or le jeu to call the tune.

quete

quête /kɛt/ feminine noun

1. collection;
   faire la ~ to take the collection;
   to pass the hat round;
   to collect for charity;

2. search;
   la ~ du Graal the quest for the Holy Grail.

quêter /kete/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb to take the collection;
~ pour une œuvre to collect for a charity.

degagee

dégager /degaʒe/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to free;
      ~ qn d'une responsabilité to relieve sb of a responsibility;
      ~ des crédits to make funds available;
   2. to unblock [nose];
   3. to clear [way];
      ‘dégagez, s'il vous plaît’ ‘move along please’;
      dégage! (familiar) get lost! (colloquial);
   4. to find [idea, sense];
   5. to emit [odour, gas];
      ~ de la chaleur to give off heat.

2. se dégager reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to free oneself/itself;
   2. [weather, sky] to clear;
   3. se ~ de to come out of;
   4. to become clear.

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dégagé, ~e /degaʒe/ adjective

1. [road, sky] clear;
   [forehead] bare;

2. [look] casual.

epreuve

épreuve /epʀœv/ feminine noun

1. ordeal;

2. test;
   mettre à rude ~ to put [sb] to a severe test [person];
   to be very hard on [car, shoes];
   to tax [patience, nerves];
   à toute ~ unfailing;
   l'~ du feu ordeal by fire;
   à l'~ du feu/des balles fire-/bullet-proof;

3. (part of an) examination;
   ~ écrite written examination;

4. Sport ~ d'athlétisme athletics event;

5. (photograph, print) proof.

allumer (note also colloq. of mad or tipsy)

allumer /alyme/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to light [candle, gas];
      to start [fire];
   2. to switch [sth] on, to turn [sth] on;
      laisser ses phares allumés to leave one's headlights on.

2. s'allumer reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. [heating, radio, lighting] to come on;
   2. son regard s'alluma his face lit up.

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allumé, ~e /alyme/ adjective (familiar)

1. mad (colloquial);

2. tipsy (colloquial).

soudain

soudain, ~e /sudɛ̃/ , /ɛn/

1. adjective sudden.

2. adverb suddenly, all of a sudden.

parfois

parfois /paʀfwa/ adverb sometimes.

devoiler

dévoiler /devwale/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to unveil;

2. to reveal;
   to uncover.

atteindre

atteindre /atɛ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to reach [place, age, level, target];
      to achieve [aim];
   2. [projectile, marksman] to hit [target];
   3. [illness] to affect.

2. atteindre à verb+preposition to reach;
   to achieve.

cependant

cependant /səpɑ̃dɑ̃/

1. conjunction yet, however.

2. cependant que phrase whereas, while.

abime

abîme /abim/ masculine noun

1. abyss;

2. figurative gulf.

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abîmer /abime/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb to damage.

2. s'abîmer reflexive verb (+ v être) [object] to get damaged;
   [fruit] to spoil.

rejallir

rejaillir /ʀ(ə)ʒajiʀ/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb

1. [liquid] to splash back;
   to spurt back;

2. ~ sur qn [success] to reflect on sb;
   [scandal] to affect sb adversely.

vecu (from vivre)

vivre /vivʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to live through [era];
      to go through [difficult times];
      to experience [love];
   2. to cope with [divorce, failure, change].

2. intransitive verb
   1. to live;
      ~ vieux to live to a great age;
      vive la révolution! long live the revolution!;
      ~ à la campagne to live in the country;
      être facile à ~ to be easy to live with;
      to be easy to get on with;
      ~ avec son temps to move with the times;
      se laisser ~ to take things easy;
      apprendre à ~ à qn (familiar) to teach sb some manners (familiar) ;
      ~ aux dépens de qn to live off sb;
   2. [fashion] to last;
      avoir vécu [person] to have seen a great deal of life;
      humorous [object] to have had its day;
   3. [town] to be full of life.

IDIOMS:

qui vivra verra what will be will be.

sauf

sauf1 /sof/

1. preposition
   1. except, but;
   2. ~ contrordre failing an order to the contrary;
      ~ avis contraire unless otherwise stated;
      ~ erreur de ma part if I'm not mistaken.

2. sauf si phrase unless.

3. sauf que phrase except that.

sauf2, sauve /sof/ , /sov/ adjective

1. safe;
   laisser la vie sauve à qn to spare sb's life;

2. [honour, reputation] intact.

hors

hors /'ɔʀ/

NOTE:
You will find translations for expressions such as hors série, hors d'usage etc, at the entries série, usage etc.

1. preposition outside;
   longueur ~ tout overall length.

2. hors de phrase out of, outside;
   ~ d'ici! get out of here!

IDIOMS:

être ~ de soi to be beside oneself.

perte

perte /pɛʀt/ feminine noun

1. loss;
   à ~ de vue as far as the eye can see;

2. waste;

3. ruin;
   courir or aller à sa ~ to be heading for a fall.

enraciner

enraciner: s'enraciner /ɑ̃ʀasine/ (conjugate⇒) reflexive verb (+ v être)

1. to take root;

2. figurative [person] to put down roots;
   [custom, idea] to take root.

Puisque

puisque (puisqu' before vowel or mute h) /pɥisk(ə)/ conjunction since;
~ c'est comme ça, je m'en vais if that's how it is, I'm off.

devenir

devenir1 /dəvniʀ/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb (+ v être) to become;
et Paul, qu'est-ce qu'il devient? and what is Paul up to these days?

devenir2 /dəvniʀ/ masculine noun future.

amener

amener /amne/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. ~ qn quelque part to take sb somewhere;

2. (accompany) ~ qn (quelque part) to bring sb (somewhere);

3. controversial ~ qch (à qn) to bring (sb) sth;

4. to cause [problems, illness];
   to bring [rain, fame];

5. to bring up [issue, subject];
   être bien amené [conclusion] to be well-presented;

6. ~ qn à qch/faire to lead sb to sth/to do.

reduire

réduire /ʀedɥiʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to reduce;
      to cut [tax];
      to cut down on [staff, spending];
   2. to reduce [photograph];
      to scale down [drawing];
      to cut [text];
   3. ~ qch en poudre to crush sth to powder;
      être réduit en cendres [city] to be reduced to ashes;
      [dreams] to turn to ashes;
   4. ~ à to reduce to;
      voilà à quoi j'en suis réduit! this is what I've been reduced to!;
   5. to reduce [sauce].

2. intransitive verb [sauce] to reduce;
   [spinach] to shrink.

3. se réduire reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. [costs] to be reduced;
      [imports] to be cut;
   2. cela se réduit à bien peu de chose it doesn't amount to very much.

aborder

aborder /abɔʀde/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to tackle [problem];
   2. to approach [person];
   3. to reach [place, shore].

2. intransitive verb [traveller, ship] to land.

plutot

plutôt /plyto/ adverb rather;
instead;
passe ~ le matin call round GB or come by US in the morning preferably;
~ mourir! I'd rather die!;
demande ~ à Corinne ask Corinne instead;
dis ~ que tu n'as pas envie de le faire why don't you just say that you don't want to do it?;
la nouvelle a été ~ bien accueillie the news went down rather well.

ways of saying "oui"

oui /wi/

1. adverb yes;
   alors c'est ~? so the answer is yes?;
   découvrir si ~ ou non to discover whether or not;
   dire ~ à qch to welcome sth;
   to agree to sth;
   faire ~ de la tête to nod;
   lui, prudent? un lâche, ~! him, cautious? a coward, more like! (colloquial);
   je crois que ~ I think so.

2. noun, masculine invariable
   1. yes;
   2. ‘yes’ vote;
      le ~ l'a emporté the ayes have it.

IDIOMS:

pour un ~ (ou) pour un non [get angry] for the slightest thing;
[change one's mind] at the drop of a hat.

neanmoins

néanmoins /neɑ̃mwɛ̃/ adverb nevertheless.

toutefois

toutefois /tutfwɑ/ adverb however.

au lieu de

lieu /ljø/

1. masculine noun
   1. (pl ~x) place;
      ~ de passage thoroughfare;
      en tous ~x everywhere;
      en ~ et place de qn [sign, act] on behalf of sb;
      en dernier ~ lastly;
      avoir ~ to take place;
      tenir ~ de to serve as [bedroom, study];
      il y a ~ de s'inquiéter there is cause for anxiety;
      s'il y a ~ if necessary;
      donner ~ à to cause [scandal];
   2. (pl ~s) coley.

2. au lieu de phrase instead of.

3. lieux noun, masculine plural
   1. sur les ~x at or on the scene;
      on the spot;
      repérer les ~x to have a scout around;
   2. premises;
      visiter les ~x to visit the premises.

COMPOUNDS:

~ commun platitude;
~ public public place.

pourtant

pourtant /puʀtɑ̃/ adverb though;
et ~ and yet;
techniquement ~, le film est parfait technically, however, the film is perfect.

tantôt

tantôt /tɑ̃to/ adverb sometimes.

armes

arme /aʀm/

1. feminine noun
   1. weapon;
      charger une ~ to load a gun;
      rendre les ~s to surrender;
      en ~s armed;
      à ~s égales on equal terms;
      faire ses premières ~s dans l'enseignement to start out as a teacher;
   2. branch of the armed services.

2. armes noun, feminine plural coat of arms.

COMPOUNDS:

~ blanche weapon with a blade;
~ de destruction massive weapon of mass destruction;
~ à feu firearm.

fournir

fournir /fuʀniʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb to supply [document, equipment];
   to provide [energy];
   to contribute [effort];
   to produce [proof].

2. se fournir reflexive verb (+ v être) se ~ chez or auprès de to get [sth] from.

eprouver

éprouver /epʀuve/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to feel [regret, love];
   to have [sensation, difficulty];
   ~ de la jalousie to be jealous;

2. to test;

3. [death, event] to distress [person];
   [storm] to hit [region].

hardi and harde

hardi, ~e /'aʀdi/ adjective bold, daring.

tacher AND tâcher

tacher /taʃe/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. [substance] to stain;
      [person] to get a stain on [garment];
   2. to tarnish, to stain [reputation].

2. intransitive verb to stain;
   ça ne tache pas it doesn't stain.

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tâcher /tɑʃe/ (conjugate⇒) verb+preposition ~ de faire to try to do.

Or

or1 /ɔʀ/ conjunction and yet;
~, ce jour-là, il… now, on that particular day, he…

or2 /ɔʀ/

1. adjective, invariable gold;
   [hair] golden.

2. masculine noun
   1. gold;
      en ~ gold;
      [husband] marvellous (BrE);
      [opportunity] golden;
   2. gilding.

pendant

pendant /pɑ̃dɑ̃/

1. preposition for;
   je t'ai attendu ~ des heures I waited for you for hours;
   ~ combien de temps avez-vous vécu à Versailles? how long did you live in Versailles?;
   il a été malade ~ tout le trajet he was sick throughout the journey;
   ~ ce temps(-là) meanwhile.

2. pendant que phrase while.

apaiser

apaiser /apeze/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to pacify, to appease;
   2. to ease [conflict];
   3. to calm [rage].

2. s'apaiser reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to die down;
   2. to calm down.

sinon

sinon /sinɔ̃/

1. conjunction
   1. otherwise, or else;
   2. except, apart from;
   3. not to say;
      c'est devenu difficile ~ impossible it has become difficult if not impossible.

2. sinon que phrase except that, other than that.

bruit

bruit /bʀɥi/ masculine noun

1. noise;
   ~ étouffé thud;
   un ~ de ferraille a clang;

2. noise, din;
   ~ infernal or d'enfer awful racket;
   sans ~ silently;

3. le film a fait beaucoup de ~ the film attracted a lot of attention;

4. ~ (de couloir) rumour (BrE).

resserrer

resserrer /ʀ(ə)seʀe/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to tighten [knot, screw, grip];
   2. resserrez les rangs! close up a bit!;
   3. to tighten up on [discipline, supervision].

2. se resserrer reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. [road] to narrow;
   2. [friendship] to become stronger;
   3. [link, knot, grip] to tighten;
   4. [gap] to close;
   5. [group of people] to draw closer together;
   6. [discipline] to become stricter.

coutume

coutume /kutym/ feminine noun custom;
avoir ~ de faire to be in the habit of doing.

IDIOMS:

une fois n'est pas ~ it does no harm just this once.

enfuir

enfuir:

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enfuir: s'enfuir /ɑ̃fɥiʀ/ (conjugate⇒) reflexive verb (+ v être)

1. to run away;
   [bird] to fly away;

2. to escape.