intransitive |
1. adj. Intransif. | |
sports |
1. n. Activité du sport. | |
(US) I enjoy sports. | |
(UK) I enjoy sport. | |
2. n. Pluriel de sport. | |
3. v. Troisième personne du singulier de l'indicatif présent du verbe sport. | |
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. | |
engage |
1. v. Engager. | |
2. v. Fiancer. | |
She just got engaged. | |
3. v. Embrayer. | |
Engage the motor, and let's get started. | |
4. v. Enclencher. | |
5. v. Occuper. | |
If you'd only engage the children, they wouldn't get into trouble. | |
6. v. (Plus rare) Embaucher. | |
She engaged (hired) him to work for two months. | |
in |
1. prep. Dans, en. | |
He is in the house. | |
Il est dans la maison. | |
2. prep. En (pour le mois). | |
I was born in May. | |
Je suis né en mai. | |
3. prep. Dans le futur, d'ici. | |
I will be there in 10 minutes. | |
J'y serai dans 10 minutes. | |
4. v. Dedans, là-dedans. L'endroit est sous-entendu dans le contexte. | |
He walked in. | |
Il est entré. | |
5. adj. (Familier) In, à la mode. | |
This song is really in! | |
Cette chanson est très à la mode ! | |
6. n. (Familier) Position de pouvoir. | |
His parents got him an in with the company. | |
Ses parents l'ont fait admettre à la compagnie. | |
7. n. (Métrologie) Pouce (anglais), c'est-à-dire 2,54 cm. | |
the |
1. art. Le, la, les. | |
sport |
1. adj. De sport. | |
sport shoes. | |
2. n. Sport. | |
3. v. (Intransitif) Jouer | |
The puppies sported about on the lawn. | |
4. v. (Transitif) Arborer ; porter d'une manière élégante ou flamboyante. | |
He caught a glimpse of her just as she vanished into the limousine, sporting a mink coat. | |
fencing |
1. n. (Sport) Escrime. | |
There are three styles of fencing: foil, epee, and saber. | |
2. n. Clôture ; grillage, palissade. | |
We put some fencing around the garden to protect it from the animals. | |
3. n. (Crimes) Recèle, fourgue (argot). | |
fence |
1. n. Clôture ; grillage (fence with grillwork or with a lattice; de fer ou d'acier: chain-link fence, wire fence); palissade (picket fence (de bois)). | |
2. n. Barrière. | |
3. n. (Équitation) Obstacle. | |
4. n. (Crimes) Recéleur (receleur) des biens volés (avec l'intention de les vendre) ; fourgue (argot). | |
5. v. (Intransitif) (Sport) Escrimer, faire de l'escrime. | |
6. v. (Intransitif) (Figuré) (familier) Escrimer (disputer l'un contre l'autre sur quelque matière d'érudition, de science). | |
Stop fencing in this game of witty repartee, and just speak plainly. | |
7. v. (Transitif) (Crimes) Receler, refourguer (argot) (personne qui reçoit les biens volés pour les vendre). | |
He was arrested for fencing stolen goods. | |