| intransitive |
| 1. adj. Intransif. | |
| 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. | |
| catch |
| 1. n. Capture, prise. | |
| In 1968 the catch of cod fish from the Grand Banks reef was 810,000 tons, but in 1974 it was only 34,000 tons. | |
| 2. n. (Sport) Prise, rattrape. | |
| That second baseman made a great catch at the baseball game last night. | |
| I have a ball. Let's play catch. | |
| 3. n. (Pêche) (Chasse) Gibier, proie. | |
| I went out fishing, and came back with a large catch. | |
| 4. n. (Figuré) (Familier) Prise d'une arnaque, d'une entourloupe. | |
| What a catch! | |
| Quelle arnaque ! | |
| 5. n. Embrouille, hic. | |
| It may seem simple, but there's a catch. | |
| 6. n. Serrure. | |
| The catch on my suitcase is broken. | |
| 7. v. Atteindre, frapper, parvenir, saisir. | |
| 8. v. Attraper, capturer, saisir, choper. | |
| They caught the thief. | |
| Ils ont attrapé le voleur. | |
| 9. v. Recevoir, accueillir. | |
| 10. v. Comprendre (catch on). | |
| 11. v. Entendre (catch a phrase). | |
| 12. v. Choper (un rhume). | |
| I think I caught your cold. | |
| Je crois que j'ai chopé ton rhume. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Ou. | |
| 2. n. , (héraldique) Or (couleur dorée). | |
| 3. adj. (Héraldique) Doré, en or. | |
| shoot |
| 1. n. (Botanique) Pousse. | |
| Bamboo shoots. | |
| Des pousses de bambou. | |
| 2. n. (Botanique) Rejeton. | |
| The tree is pushing up new shoots. | |
| 3. n. (Photographie) (Par ellipse) Séance de pose photographique . | |
| 4. interj. (Euphémisme) Variante de shit. Zut. | |
| Didn't you have a concert tonight? | |
| Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready. | |
| 5. v. (Armement) Tirer un projectile ou lancer une arme. | |
| The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could. | |
| 6. v. Atteindre avec ce projectile ou cette arme. | |
| He was shot by a police officer. | |
| 7. v. (Sport) (Par analogie) Marquer un but, un score. | |
| In my round of golf yesterday, I shot a 76. | |
| 8. v. Se déplacer rapidement (comme une flèche ou un projectile). | |
| After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week. | |
| 9. v. (Photo) Photographier. | |
| 10. v. (Familier) (Argot) Éjaculer (shoot one's load). | |
| After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet. | |
| 11. v. (Impératif) Oui, vas-y, go. | |
| Can I ask you a question? | |
| birds |
| 1. n. Pluriel de bird. | |
| bird |
| 1. n. (Oiseaux) Oiseau. | |
| Ducks and sparrows are birds. | |
| Les canards et les moineaux sont des oiseaux. | |
| Then I saw a bunch of birds flying in the sky. | |
| Alors je vis une nuée d'oiseaux voler dans le ciel. | |
| 2. n. (Par analogie) (familier) Oiseau, individu, type. | |
| He's an odd bird. | |
| C'est un drôle d'oiseau. | |
| 3. n. (UK) (Familier) Femme attractive, poule, nana, gonzesse. | |
| Who's that bird? | |
| Qui est cette nana ? | |
| 4. n. (Irlande) (Argot) Meuf, petite amie. | |
| Anto was out with his bird last night. | |
| Anto était sorti avec sa meuf la nuit dernière. | |
| 5. n. (Philippines) (argot) Pénis. | |
| 6. n. (Familier) De la taule (ou tôle), de la prison. | |
| He's doing bird. | |
| Il fait de la taule. | |
