the |
1. art. Le, la, les. | |
sharp |
1. adj. Coupant. | |
Sharp knife. | |
2. adj. Pointu. | |
Sharp point. | |
3. adj. (Figuré) Vif (qualifie certaines choses pour marquer la force de l'impression). | |
her piercing wit, the piercing cold | |
4. adj. (Figuré) (En particulier) Intelligent. | |
She is very sharp. (She has a sharp mind.) | |
5. adj. Aigre. | |
Sharp taste. | |
6. adj. (Musique) Dièse. | |
Sharp note. | |
7. v. Pile, exactement. | |
Be here at eight o'clock sharp. | |
Soyez là à huit heures précises. | |
8. n. (Musique) Dièse (♯). | |
sign |
1. n. Panneau (routier, de rue) ; panonceau ; pancarte (sur un mur, une vitrine, etc.) ; affiche (publicitaire), écriteau (handmade sign). | |
2. n. Enseigne (emblème). | |
Since the Middle Ages, the sign for a barber has been a pole with red and white stripes. | |
3. n. Signe, indication, preuve, témoignage. | |
sign of the times | |
If I am wrong, then let the gods give us a sign. | |
4. n. Signal. | |
5. v. Signer un document, une lettre. | |
6. v. Transmettre un message par signes. | |
7. v. Signer. | |
8. v. Communiquer en langue des signes. | |
sharp sign |
1. n. (Musique) Symbole dièse (♯). | |
indicates |
1. v. Troisième personne du singulier de l'indicatif présent du verbe to indicate. | |
indicate |
1. v. Indiquer. | |
that |
1. adj. Ce … -là, cette … -là. | |
That book. | |
Ce livre-là. | |
2. n. Cela, celui-là, celle-là. | |
3. n. Qui (non humain). | |
I need some good books that teach French. | |
4. n. Que. (note) Très souvent omis. | |
The man that I met yesterday. | |
5. v. Si que. | |
It is not that easy. | |
Ce n'est pas aussi facile que ça. | |
the |
1. art. Le, la, les. | |
pitch |
1. v. Lancer. | |
He pitched the horseshoe. | |
2. v. (Baseball) Lancer, jeter une balle. | |
(transitif) The hurler pitched a curveball. | |
(intransitif) He pitched high and inside. | |
3. v. (Baseball) Jouer le rôle de lanceur. | |
Bob pitches today. | |
4. v. (Familier) Lancer (un produit), promouvoir. | |
He pitched the idea for months with no takers. | |
5. v. Monter (une tente par exemple). | |
Pitch the tent over there. | |
6. v. (Marine) (Intransitif) Tanguer. | |
(intransitif) The ship pitched in the heavy seas. | |
7. v. (Musique) Poser, placer (sa voix), donner la note. | |
To pitch is to produce a note of a given pitch. | |
8. n. Sève, résine. | |
Pitch is a sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. | |
It is hard to get this pitch off of my hand. | |
9. n. Poix, brai. | |
Pitch is a dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar. | |
They put pitch on the mast to protect it. The barrel was sealed with pitch. | |
It was pitch black because there was no moon. | |
10. n. (Baseball) Lancer, action de jeter. | |
11. n. Terrain (de cricket, soccer, rugby, camping, etc.). | |
12. n. Pas, écartement. | |
13. n. Inclinaison, angle, pente. | |
14. n. (Marine) (Aéronautique) Tangage. | |
The motion of an airplane can be described in terms of roll, pitch, and yaw. | |
15. n. (Musique) Ton, diapason, personne qui donne le ton. | |
In an a cappella group, the pitch is the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by. | |
Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle “C” and our conductor gave the signal to start. | |
16. n. Hauteur de la voix, d'un son. | |
She has a very high-pitched voice. | |
17. n. (Familier) Boniment, baratin. | |
sales pitch | |
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. | |
the |
1. art. Le, la, les. | |
note |
1. n. Note. | |
2. n. Billet, ticket. | |
3. n. Coupure, billet (de banque). | |
A five-dollar note. | |
Un billet de cinq dollars. | |
4. v. Apercevoir, remarquer. | |
5. v. Constater. | |
6. v. Inscrire. | |
7. v. Noter. | |
8. v. Tenir compte. | |
is |
1. v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l'indicatif de be. | |
This is strange. | |
C'est étrange. | |
She is late. | |
Elle est en retard. | |
be |
1. v. Être. | |
I am happy. | |
Je suis content. | |
To be, or not to be, that is the question. | |
Être, ou ne pas être, c'est là la question. | |
2. v. (Auxiliaire) Être. Auxiliaire pour former le passif avec un participe passé. | |
It is well known. | |
C'est bien connu. | |
3. v. (Auxiliaire) Être en train de. Auxiliaire pour former le progressif avec un participe présent. | |
I am eating. | |
Je suis en train de manger. | |
4. v. (Auxiliaire) (Soutenu) Aller. Auxiliaire pour former le futur proche avec un infinitif. | |
The president is to speak on TV tonight. | |
Le président va parler à la télé ce soir. | |
raised |
1. v. Prétérit et participe passé du verbe to raise. | |
raise |
1. v. Augmenter. | |
raise the level of production | |
2. v. Collectionner, ramasser, rassembler, recueillir. | |
raise crops | |
3. v. Hausser. | |
raise the drawbridge, raise the ceiling | |
4. v. Lever, soulever, élever. | |
5. v. Éduquer. | |
6. v. (Figuré) Élever. | |
raise a child, raise cattle | |
7. n. Augmentation. | |
I received a raise as a result of my promotion. | |
a |
1. art. Un, Une. | |
A book. | |
Un livre. | |
A girl. | |
Une fille. | |
half |
1. adj. Demi, moitié. | |
2. v. À moitié. | |
It's half done. | |
3. n. Moitié, demi. | |
4. v. (Désuet) Diviser en deux. | |
step |
1. n. Pas (dans la marche). | |
Walk three steps forward, and then turn right. | |
2. n. Marche (d'un escalier). | |
Watch the step at the end of the corridor. | |
3. n. Étape. | |
Alcoholics Anonymous has a ten-step program toward recovery. | |
4. n. Action, acte. | |
5. v. Marcher, faire un pas. | |