us |
1. n. Nous. | |
slang |
1. n. Argot. | |
2. n. Langage spécialisé dans un sujet, une profession particulière. | |
3. n. Langage codé propre à un groupe social donné et permettant uniquement à ses membres de le comprendre. | |
4. adj. Argotique. | |
5. v. (Vieilli) Insulter, hurler sur quelqu'un. | |
6. v. Passé simple de : to sling. | |
monthly |
1. adj. Mensuel. | |
Have you checked the monthly acounts? | |
2. v. Mensuellement, tous les mois. | |
3. n. Publication mensuelle. | |
4. n. (Euphémisme) Règles, menstruation. | |
expense |
1. n. Dépense, sortie. | |
to |
1. prep. À, vers. | |
Let's go to Paris! | |
Allons à Paris ! | |
2. prep. Moins, pour indiquer l'heure. | |
Ten to eleven. | |
Onze heures moins dix. | |
Quarter to five. | |
Cinq heures moins le quart. | |
3. art. Marqueur de l'infinitif. | |
keep |
1. v. Garder. | |
2. v. Retenir. | |
3. v. Conserver. | |
Please keep your ticket with you until you get off the train. | |
4. n. Donjon. | |
a |
1. art. Un, Une. | |
A book. | |
Un livre. | |
A girl. | |
Une fille. | |
venture |
1. n. Entreprise. | |
2. v. Aventurer, hasarder. | |
(transitif) Nothing ventured, nothing gained. (adage populaire) | |
Qui ne tente rien n'a rien | |
(intransitif) After hiding in the forest all night, he decided to venture out at dawn and explore the countryside. | |
running |
1. n. (Course à pied) Course à pied. | |
There are many sports related to running, ranging from the hundred meter dash to the marathon. | |
2. n. Direction. | |
I wasn't very impressed by his running of the business while I was gone. | |
3. v. Participe présent du verbe to run. | |
run |
1. adj. Liquide. | |
2. n. Course à pied. | |
3. n. Trajet simple de course à pied. | |
I think I'll go for a run. | |
4. n. Enchaînement, succession, suite. | |
You just had an unlucky run of cards. | |
5. n. Fuite, flot de liquide. | |
6. n. (Cricket) Cours. | |
The batsman made a lot of runs. | |
7. v. (Intransitif) Courir. | |
You'll have to run to catch the train. | |
8. v. (Intransitif) Couler (en parlant d'un cours d'eau, mais aussi des yeux ou du nez). | |
Don't you love the sound of running water? | |
Your nose is running. Wipe it. | |
9. v. (Intransitif) Se précipiter, s'élancer. | |
He was always living on the edge, and eventually ran into trouble. | |
10. v. (Intransitif) Fonctionner (en parlant d'une machine, d'un programme). | |
Is the machine running right now, or is it turned off? | |
Don't interrupt it. The program is still running. | |
11. v. (Transitif) Diriger (une entreprise, un commerce, un établissement). | |
It takes all his time running the business. | |
12. v. (Transitif) Piloter (un véhicule). | |
He ran the plane into the ground. | |
13. v. (Transitif) Passer sans s'arrêter, généralement de manière illégale ; brûler, griller (un feu rouge, un stop,…). | |
He was cautious not to run any red light. | |
Il faisait attention à ne pas brûler de feu rouge. | |
14. v. (Intransitif) Être candidat à une élection. | |
I have decided to run for governor of California. | |
We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year. | |
15. v. (Transitif) Faire participer à une course ou une élection. | |
He ran his best horse in the Derby. | |
The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election. | |
16. v. (Intransitif) Passer (à la télé, la radio, etc.), être présenté. | |
The story will run on the 6-o'clock news. | |
L'histoire passera au journal de six heures. | |
The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre. | |
Le dernier film de Robin William passe en ce moment au théâtre de Silver City. | |
Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper. | |
Sa photo est apparue à la une du journal. | |