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| 1. art. Le, la, les. | |
| act |
| 1. n. Action. | |
| That best portion of a good man's life, / His little, nameless, unremembered acts / Of kindness and of love. (Wordsworth) | |
| 2. n. (Droit) Acte. | |
| 3. n. (Droit) Loi. | |
| 4. n. (Théâtre) Acte. | |
| 5. n. (Théâtre) Numéro. | |
| I thought the last act was the best of all. | |
| 6. n. (Obsolète) Réalité, fait. | |
| The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. (Hooker) | |
| 7. v. Agir. | |
| 8. v. (Théâtre) Jouer un rôle. | |
| She acted the part of Lady Macbeth in the play Macbeth. | |
| of |
| 1. prep. De. Indique une origine, une substance, une possession, etc. | |
| The university of Ottawa. | |
| L'université d'Ottawa. | |
| The king of beasts. | |
| Le roi des animaux. | |
| 2. prep. De. Indique une séparation avec certains verbes. | |
| The accident deprived him of his health. | |
| L'accident l'a privé de sa santé. | |
| brushing |
| 1. v. Participe présent du verbe to brush. | |
| brush |
| 1. n. Brosse. | |
| Soldier! Get down on your hands and knees, and scrub the floor with this brush. | |
| 2. n. Pinceau. | |
| paint brush | |
| 3. n. La queue de quelques animaux, en particulier du renard. | |
| a fox's brush | |
| 4. n. Brousse, broussailles, broussaille. | |
| The brush was so thick that it was difficult to travel more than a mile per day. | |
| 5. v. Brosser. | |
| 6. v. Appliquer (avec une brosse), passer (avec une brosse). | |
| He brushed out the stray marks. | |
| 7. v. Effleurer. | |
| The stranger brushed by him in the crowd. | |
| 8. v. Apprendre de nouveau. | |
| You'll have to brush up on your skills if you want to pass the exam and get your license. | |
| something |
| 1. n. Quelque chose. | |
| 2. n. Chose, produit. | |
