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English french ... acclimate
acclimating
: acclimatant
acclimatization
: acclimation
acclivity
: pente, côte
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ally
: alliée, allions, allié, alliez, se liguer, allient
allying
... basculant
alternating current
: courant alternatif
alternation
: alternance
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agitator
: agitateur
agne
: accompagnateur
ago
: avant de
agonize
...
... from oral or spoken French, while the other half reflects French in its
textual or written form. Reflecting a desire to make our dictionary a modern representation of the
French language, we ... (1958) lists 3500 basic French words with
related information including definitions, but which are entirely in French and hence challenging for
the beginner.
t
Our dictionary seeks to combine ... are written in standard American English. In
certain parts of the dictionary (e.g. in the thematic lists) only shortened forms of the glosses are
used.
u
The French usage context
T
As noted...
... fête
birthday party
Pâques
Easter
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français
•
english
L’APPARENCE
•
APPEARANCE
les reflets
highlights
au carré
bob
la coupe courte
crop
la natte
braid
le rouleau
French braid
le chignon
bun
raide
straight
la ... bureau
I
office
la fiancée
fiancée
le correspondant
pen pal
le couple
I
couple
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français
• english
à propos du
dictionnaire
about the dictionary
Il est bien connu que les illustrations
nous aident à comprendre ... this principle,
this highly illustrated bilingual
dictionary presents a large range of
useful current vocabulary in two
European languages.
The dictionary is divided
thematically and covers most...
...
sheep
Sheep are farm
animals that are
raised for wool and
meat.
sheepdog, old
English
The old English
sheepdog is an
affectionate, long-
haired dog that was
originally bred in Great ...
railroad cars along
a track.
truck
A truck is a vehicle
that can carry big
loads.
urban
Urban means
relating to or
located in a city.
van
A van is a truck used
to haul people ... shelter
made of fabric.
tepee
A tepee is a house
made by some
Native Americans.
urban
Urban means relating
to or located in a city.
wall
A wall is a side of a
building or...
... tube
csc cosecant
TESL teaching English as a second language
TESOL teaching English to speakers of other languages
TGIF thank God it's Friday
TGV train à grand vitesse (French high-speed train)
TLS ... recognition
OD officer of the day; overdose; overdrawn
OE Old English
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OED Oxford English Dictionary
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OFFER ... myalgic encephalomyelitis; mechanical engineer; Middle English
M Ed Master of Education
MEP Member of the European Parliament
Messrs. messieurs (French 'sirs' or 'gentlemen')
MeV...
... at SUBJECT (for more verbs and nouns)
English
noun
• ADJ. plain You'd have no trouble understanding his
point if he'd written the article in plain English!
I
spoken, written
I
American, ... peaceful,
quiet
I
dull, humdrum, routine
1
isolated, lonely, soli-
tary
I
nomadic
I
rural, suburban, urban
I
daily, day-to-
day, everyday
I
previous, prior
He claimed to be able to
remember aprevious ... in a list/book
• ADJ. diary
I
dictionary
• VERB
+
ENTRY make, write
• PREP. in an/the-
Very little information
is
given in the
diary entries.
I -
for
Look at the dictionary entry for
'welcome'....
... communicative competence in English.
Why is collocation important?
Collocation runs through the whole of the English language. No piece of natural spoken
or written English is totally free of ... range across the whole dictionary, testing collocations linked to
various themes, including politics, jobs and money.
Other information in this dictionary
The focus of this dictionary is very much ... up-to-date, corpus-
based dictionary of collocations. Weat Oxford University Press were
determined to provide such a dictionary but it has taken us many
years to produce the dictionary that we feel...