Le mot anglais du jour

left

gauche

Définitions

anglais > français
left
1. adj. Gauche.
2. adj. (Politique) Gauche.
3. v. À gauche.
4. n. Gauche.
5. n. (Politique) Gauche.
6. v. Prétérit de leave.
7. v. Participe passé de leave.
leave
1. v. (Intransitif) Partir, s'en aller.
I'm leaving now, and I'm not coming back!
2. v. (Transitif) Partir de, sortir de.
I'm leaving the office in another hour.
3. v. (Transitif) Léguer.
In the will, she left me ten thousand dollars.
4. v. (Transitif) Laisser.
I'll leave the book here for you to pick up later.
Just leave her alone.
La Fille qui t'attend là-bas
5. v. Être indulgent.
I'll leave you to take care of yourself now.
6. v. Rester.
That leaves three days to do it.
Il reste trois jours pour le faire.
7. n. Congé, loisirs, vacances.
8. n. (Militaire) Permission (d'absence).
On leave.
En permission.
9. n. (Vieilli) Permission (d'action).
Might I beg leave to accompany you?
anglais > anglais
left
1. adj. The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
The left side.
2. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political left.
3. adv. On the left side.
4. adv. Towards the left side.
Turn left at the corner.
5. n. The left side or direction.
6. n. (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
The political left is holding too much power.
7. n. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
8. v. (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed.
We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.
français > anglais
gauche
1. adj. left
2. adj. awkward, gawky
3. adj. clumsy
4. n-f. the left, the left-hand side
5. n-m. (boxing) a left-hander, a southpaw