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| back to front adv | figurative (completely, thoroughly) (connaître) | sur le bout des doigts loc adv |
| | I've read this book so many times that I know it back to front. |
| back to front adv | (clothing: wrong way around) (le devant derrière) | à l'envers loc adv |
| battle front n | (war: front line of fighting) | front nm |
| | It was over a year before he was well enough to return to the battle front. |
| | Il lui aura fallu un an pour être de nouveau en état se battre au front. |
| cold front n | (cool air pushing forward) | front d'air froid nm |
| | The weather will get nasty due to the cold front pushing in from the North. |
| come to the front v expr | figurative (become prominent) | passer au premier plan loc v |
| come to the front v expr | (move forward) | passer devant vi + adv |
| | | se mettre devant v pron + adv |
| | | venir à l'avant, venir se placer à l'avant vi |
| | Please let women and children come to the front of the line. Just click on a tab to make another window come to the front. |
| | S'il vous plait, laissez les femmes et les enfants se mettre devant. |
| | (Informatique) | s'ouvrir au premier plan v pron |
| | (Informatique) | apparaître au premier plan vi |
crawl,
front crawl,
Australian crawl n | (swimming stroke) (Natation) | crawl nm |
| | The swimming coach helped John improve his crawl. |
| | Le maître-nageur aidait John à améliorer son crawl. |
dangle [sth] in front of [sb],
dangle [sth] before [sb] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (offer as incentive) (familier) | faire miroiter [qch] à [qqn] vtr + prép |
| | | agiter [qch] devant [qqn] vtr + prép |
| | Dangle a raise in front of him and see what happens. |
| | The boss dangled extra overtime pay before the employees for working on the holiday. |
| | Fais-lui miroiter une augmentation et vois ce qu'il se passe. // Le patron a fait miroiter le paiement d'heures supplémentaires aux employés qui travailleraient pendant les vacances. |
| front axle n | (shaft of front wheels) | essieu avant nm |
| | The front axle is the steering axle on most vehicles. |
| front desk n | (hotel, etc.: reception) (hôtel) | réception nf |
| | Let me call the front desk and ask for some extra towels for the room. |
| | Laissez-moi appeler la réception pour demander des serviettes supplémentaires pour la chambre. |
| front door n | (main entrance) | porte d'entrée nf |
| | | porte de devant nf |
| | My family usually goes in and out of the house by the kitchen door, but we prefer that guests use the front door. |
| | Normalement, les membres de ma famille utilisent la porte de la cuisine, mais nous préférons faire entrer les invités par la porte d'entrée. |
| front end n | (foremost part) | avant nm |
| | The front end of the car was badly damaged. |
| | L'avant de la voiture a beaucoup souffert. |
| front flip n | (gymnastics: forward somersault) (gymnastique) | salto avant nm |
| | The gymnast performed a front flip and landed gracefully on her feet. |
| front for n | (cover, disguise for: [sth] illicit) | couverture pour [qch] nf |
| | He runs a parcel delivery service as a front for his drug-smuggling operation. |
| | | façade nf |
| | Son discours est une façade pour dissimuler ses activités. |
front line,
frontline n | sometimes plural (battlefront in a war) (Militaire) | front nm |
| | | première ligne nf |
| | The soldiers' legs trembled when they heard they would be sent to the front line. |
| | For many years, female soldiers were not allowed on the front lines. |
| | Les jambes du soldat tremblèrent quand il entendit qu'il serait envoyé au front (or: en première ligne). // Pendant des années, les recrues féminines n'étaient pas autorisées à aller au front. |
front line,
frontline n | figurative (forefront of a field of endeavor) | pointe nf |
| | The researchers at this university are on the frontline of medical research. |
| | Les chercheurs à cette université sont à la pointe de la recherche médicale. |
front-line,
frontline n as adj | (at the battlefront) | au front, sur le front, en première ligne loc adv |
| | Prior to World War I, it was not unusual for front-line soldiers' uniforms to be brightly coloured. |
front-line,
frontline n as adj | figurative (leading) | à la pointe loc adv |
| front load [sth] vtr | (fill from front) | charger par l'avant, charger à l'avant, loc v |
| | | remplir par l'avant, remplir à l'avant loc v |
| front load [sth] vtr | (use maximum effort at beginning) (des efforts,...) | concentrer [qch] en début de période loc v |
| front load [sth] vtr | (make fees applicable at beginning) (Finance : des frais,...) | concentrer [qch] en début de période loc v |
| front load [sth] vtr | (put [sth] in front) (par l'avant) | insérer⇒ vtr |
| front loader n | (machine loaded through front hole) (type de machine à laver) | machine à chargement frontal nf |
front-loading,
also US: front-load adj | (appliance: opening at front) | à chargement frontal loc adj |
| | (courant : machine à laver) | à hublot loc adj |
| | Front-loading washers are much more energy efficient than top-loading. |
| front-loading n | (project: invest more early on) | concentration des décaissements en début de période nf |
front-loading,
also US: front-load adj | (container: opening at front) | à chargement frontal loc adj |
| front matter | (printing) | pages liminaires nfpl |
| front nine | (golf) (Golf) | premier neuf, premier neuf trous nm |
| front of house n | (part of theater) (Théâtre) | salle nf |
| | | auditorium nm |
| front of the house n | (façade of house) (maison) | façade nf |
| | The front of the house mimicked a Neo-Gothic facade. |
| front of the house n | (rooms towards front of a house) | pièces avant (de la maison) nfpl |
| | | avant de la maison nm |
| | Whenever I come in the back door my dog runs from the front of the house to greet me. |
| front office n | (decision-making officers) | instances décisionnaires nfpl |
| | I have to check with the front office before I give anyone a promotion. |
| | Je vais vérifier avec les instances décisionnaires avant de donner à quiconque une promotion. |
front organization,
also UK: front organisation n | (business: cover-up) | société écran nf |
| front page n | (newspaper: front cover) | une nf |
| | | couverture nf |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| | Her photo was on every front page. The most important news is always on the front page. |
| | Sa photo était sur toutes les couvertures. L'information principale est toujours sur la couverture. |
| front-page n as adj | (news: important, prominent) (d'un journal) | à la une loc adv |
| | (d'un journal) | qui fait la une des journaux loc adj |
| | (d'un magazine) | qui fait la une des magazines loc adj |
| | The earthquake is today's front-page news. |
| | Le tremblement de terre est l'information à la une de ce jour. |
| front room n | (living room, lounge) | salon nm |
| | Kids were not allowed to play in the front room. |
| | Les enfants n'avaient pas le droit de jouer dans le salon. |
| front runner n | (competitor most likely to win) (à une élection) | candidat en tête, candidate en tête nm, nf |
| | He's currently the front runner, but we'll have to wait for the election results to see what happens. |
| front view n | ([sth] as seen face-on) | vue de face, vue de devant nf |
| front window n | (window at the front of a building) | fenêtre en façade nf |
| | From the front window, she could see everything going on in the street. |
| | | fenêtre de devant nf |
| | De sa fenêtre de devant, elle pouvait voir tout ce qui se passait dans la rue. |
| | | fenêtre côté rue nf |
| front yard n | (garden at front of house) | jardin de devant nm |
| | (plus courant) | devant la maison loc adv |
| | We have two oak trees in our front yard. The kids had a lemonade stand set up in their front yard. |
| | Nous avons deux chênes dans notre jardin de devant. |
| | Nous avons deux chênes devant la maison. Les enfants ont monté un petit stand à limonade devant la maison. |
| front-end n as adj | (relating to foremost part) | avant adj inv |
| | The front-end bumper fell off when the driver hit the car in front. |
| front-end n as adj | (money: paid at beginning) (frais) | d'entrée loc adj |
| front-end n as adj | (computer: user's access) (Informatique) | utilisateur adj |
| front-of-house n as adj | (dealing with customers and public) | en contact avec la clientèle loc adj |
| | (Restauration : personne) | de salle, en salle loc adj |
| | Working in the box office is just one of the front-of-house jobs people do at a theater. |
| front-wheel drive n | (car: power to front wheels only) | traction avant nf |
| | Her new car's got front-wheel drive; it's a lot better on slippery roads than her old one was. |
frontbench,
front bench n | UK (parliament: senior ministers) (Royaume-Uni, gouvernement) | ministres nmpl |
| | (Royaume-Uni, opposition) | membres du cabinet fantôme nmpl |
frontbench,
front-bench,
front bench n as adj | UK (parliament: of senior ministers) (Royaume-Uni) | du gouverment loc adj |
| | (Royaume-Uni, opposition) | du cabinet fantôme loc adj |
frontman,
front man n | (musical group: leading performer) (Musique, anglicisme) | leader nm |
| | (moins courant) | meneur, meneuse nm, nf |
frontman,
front man n | (organization: public representative) | représentant nm |
frontrunner,
front runner,
front-runner n | figurative (leading competitor) (à une élection) | candidat en tête, candidate en tête nm, nf |
frontrunner,
front runner,
front-runner n | (athlete leading a race) | athlète en tête nmf |
| home front | (warfare) | civils restés au pays nmpl |
| in front adv | (ahead) | devant adv |
| | The scoutmaster strode on in front, soon leaving us all behind. |
| | Le chef scout marchait devant, nous laissant bientôt loin derrière. |
| in front adv | (leading: a race) | en tête loc adv |
| | In the Grand Prix race, Lewis Hamilton is currently in front with Fernando Alonso in second place. |
| | Lewis Hamilton est actuellement en tête du Grand Prix, avec Fernando Alonso à la deuxième place. |
| in front of prep | (in direct view of) | devant prép |
| | My car's parked in front of your house. I'll be waiting in front of the restaurant. |
| | Ma voiture est garée devant chez vous. // J'attendrai devant le restaurant. |
| in front of prep | (side towards spectator) | devant prép |
| | Who is that in front of the group of people? |
| | Qui est-ce, devant ce groupe de gens ? |
| in the front adv | (in a vehicle's forward seats) (dans un véhicule) | devant adv |
| | (dans un véhicule) | à l'avant adv |
| | I always prefer to sit in the front next to the driver. |
| | Je préfère toujours m'asseoir devant, à côté du conducteur. |
| | Je préfère toujours m'asseoir à l'avant, à côté du conducteur. |
| in the front of [sth] expr | (in the forward part of a space) | à l'avant de [qch] loc prép |
| | Put the milk in the front of the fridge so it is easy to find. |
| | Mets le lait à l'avant du frigo pour qu'il soit facile à trouver. |
| inside front cover n | (reverse side of book or magazine cover) | deuxième de couverture nf |
| | The price of the book is marked on the inside front cover. |
| National Front n | (political party in the UK) (parti politique britannique) | Front national nm |
occlusion,
occluded front n | (weather: type of front) (Météorologie) | occlusion nf |
| on the front burner adv | figurative (high priority) | au premier plan loc adv |
| | | faire de [qch] une priorité loc v |
| | I'll put that job on the front burner, as it's urgent. |
| | Je vais faire de ce travail une priorité, vu que il est urgent. |
| out front adv | (in front of [sth] some distance away) | devant adv |
| parade [sth] in front of [sb] v expr | figurative (flaunt) | faire étalage de [qch] devant [qqn] loc v |
| | Richard paraded his wealth in front of his poorer friends. |
| | Richard faisait étalage de sa fortune devant ses amis plus pauvres. |
| payable up front adj | informal (to be paid in advance) | payable d'avance loc adj |
| popular front n | (left-wing organization) | Front populaire nm |
| | He was a member of the popular front. |
| put on a front v expr | (pretend) | faire semblant loc v |
| | | faire bonne figure loc v |
| | Alexander seems very confident, but that's because he knows how to put on a front. |
| | Julie likes everyone to think she's rich, so she puts on a front. |
| put on a [adjective] front v expr | (pretend to be) | faire le [nm], jouer au [nm] loc v |
| | Paul tried to put on a brave front when he lost his job, but he must have been very anxious. |
seafront,
sea front,
sea-front n | mainly UK (land alongside the shore) | front de mer nm |
| | The seafront was damaged by the strong storm. |
seafront,
sea-front n as adj | mainly UK (alongside the shore) | de bord de mer loc adj |
| | | en bord de mer, en front de mer loc adv |
| | There are many seafront hotels along this road. |
shirt front,
shirtfront n | (front part of a shirt) | devant de chemise nm |
| | (chemise élégante) | plastron nf |
| | While ironing the shirt front, I burned it. |
| | En repassant le devant de la chemise, je l'ai brûlé. |
shopfront,
shop-front n | (façade or window of a store) | vitrine nf |
| | | devanture nf |
| | | façade nf |
| united front n | (solidarity) | front de solidarité nm |
| | The postal workers put up a united front during the national strike. |
| united front n | (alliance) | front uni nm |
| | Great Britain and the U.S.A. formed a united front during the Second World War. |
| up front adv | (at the front, to the fore) | à l'avant loc adv |
| | The taxi driver does not allow passengers to sit up front next to him. |
| up front adv | informal (paid, payable: in advance) (payer) | à l'avance, d'avance loc adv |
| | (payer) | immédiatement adv |
| | You can pay upfront, or by monthly instalments. |
| up front adv | informal (in advance, first) | à l'avance, d'avance loc adv |
| | | au préalable loc adv |
| | I wish you'd told me up front that you were expecting me to pay for your meal as well as mine. |
up front,
up-front,
upfront adj | US, informal (prominent) | en avant loc adv |
| | The store manager asked the staff to move the display to a more upfront position. |
| | Le gérant du magasin a demandé au personnel de déplacer la vitrine de façon à la mettre plus en avant. |
upfront,
up-front,
up front adj | (payment: made in advance) (paiement) | d'avance loc adj |
| | When she takes on a commission, the artist insists on an upfront payment of £50. |
upfront,
up-front,
up front adj | figurative, informal (honest, frank) | honnête adj |
| | | franc, franche adj |
| | When interviewed, the candidate was upfront about his salary expectations. |
upfront charges,
up-front charges npl | (fees to be paid in advance) | sommes payables d'avance nfpl |
| warm front n | (weather) (Météorologie) | front chaud nm |
| wave front n | (physics) (Physique) | front d'onde nm |
| weather front n | (boundary between air masses) (météorologique) | front nm |