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délai de mise en œuvre nom {m} | lead time [lead times]◼◼◼(the amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion) |
doubler la mise verbe | double down◼◼◼(gambling) |
dynamiser verbe | dynamize◼◼◼(make dynamic) |
économiser verbe | save [saved, saving, saves]◼◼◼(to conserve or prevent the wasting of) save [saved, saving, saves]◼◼◼(to accumulate money) save [saved, saving, saves]◼◼◼(to economize) economize [economized, economizing, economizes]◼◼◻(to use sparingly) |
entremise nom {f} | intermediation◼◼◼(intervention, interposition) |
islamiser verbe | Islamize◼◼◼(convert to Islam) |
légitimiser verbe | legitimize [legitimized, legitimizing, legitimizes]◼◼◼(to make legitimate) |
lobotomiser verbe | lobotomize◼◼◼(To perform a lobotomy) |
mainmise nom | choke [chokes](type of hold in wrestling etc.) |
maximiser verbe | maximize [maximized, maximizing, maximizes]◼◼◼(to make as large as possible) |
minimiser verbe | minimize [minimized, minimizing, minimizes]◼◼◼(To make small as possible) downplay [downplayed, downplaying, downplays]◼◼◻(to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential) |
mouiller sa chemise verbe | stick one's neck out(putting oneself in a vulnerable position) |
optimiser verbe | optimize [optimized, optimizing, optimizes]◼◼◼(to make (something) more efficient) optimize [optimized, optimizing, optimizes]◼◼◼(to make (something) optimal) |
pédale de mise en marche nom {m} | kick start(metal bar on motorcycle) |
promise] verbe | perform [performed, performing, performs]◼◼◼(to do (something)) |
randomiser verbe | randomise [randomised, randomising, randomises]◼◼◼(arrange randomly; to make random) |
remise nom {f} | rebate [rebates]◼◼◼(The return of part of an amount already paid) draw [draws]◼◼◻(tie as a result of a game) tie [ties]◼◼◻(tie score) |
remise à calèches nom {f} | carriage house◼◼◼(building for keeping a horse and carriage) |
remise à neuf nom {f} | overhaul [overhauls]◼◼◼(a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision) |
remise de dette nom {f} | debt relief◼◼◼(forgiveness of debt) release [releases]◼◻◻(law: giving up of a claim; debt release) |
remise en jeu nom {f} | throw-in◼◼◼(throw of the ball back into play) |
retourner sa chemise verbe | tergiversate [tergiversated, tergiversating, tergiversates](to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize) |
s'optimiser (reflexive) verbe | optimize [optimized, optimizing, optimizes]◼◼◼(to become optimal) |
salaire de misère nom {m} | starvation wage◼◼◼noun |
sodomiser verbe | sodomise◼◼◼verbTabloids assert that the killer cucumber would have sodomised the mad cow. = Les journaux à scandale prétendent que le concombre tueur aurait sodomisé la vache folle. sodomise◼◼◼(to engage in anal sex) bugger [buggered, buggering, buggers]◼◼◼(to have anal intercourse with) |
Tamise nom {f} | Thames◼◼◼(river through London) |
tamisé adjectif | dim [dimmer, dimmest]◼◼◼(not bright, not colourful) |
tamiser verbe | sieve [sieved, sieving, sieves]◼◼◼(to strain, sift or sort using a sieve) sift [sifted, sifting, sifts]◼◼◼(to sieve or strain (something)) |
Terre promise nom {f} | Promised Land◼◼◼(land promised by God) |