lose

lose
lose [{{t}}lu:z]
perdre1(a)-(c) semer1(d) coûter1(e) retarder2(b)
(pt & pp lost [{{t}}lɒst])
1 transitive verb
(a) (gen → limb, job, money, patience etc) perdre;
I've lost my umbrella again j'ai encore perdu mon parapluie;
to lose one's way se perdre, s'égarer;
what have you got to lose? qu'est-ce que tu as à perdre?;
you've got nothing to lose tu n'as rien à perdre;
we haven't got a moment to lose il n'y a pas une seconde à perdre;
he lost no time in telling her she was wrong il ne s'est pas gêné pour lui dire qu'elle avait tort;
his shop is losing money son magasin perd de l'argent;
they are losing their markets to the Koreans ils sont en train de perdre leurs marchés au profit des Coréens;
we lost 80 days in strikes last year l'année dernière, nous avons perdu 80 journées de travail à cause des grèves;
don't talk so fast, you've lost me ne parle pas si vite, je n'arrive pas à te suivre;
you lost me when you started using technical terms j'ai perdu le fil quand tu as commencé à employer des termes techniques;
at what age did he lose his mother? à quel âge a-t-il perdu sa mère?;
they lost their homes in the flood ils ont perdu leur maison dans l'inondation;
thirty lives were lost in the fire trente personnes ont péri dans l'incendie, l'incendie a fait trente morts;
she lost a leg/her eyesight in an accident elle a perdu une jambe/la vue dans un accident;
to lose one's voice avoir une extinction de voix;
his work loses a lot in translation son œuvre se prête très mal à la traduction;
the play didn't lose much in the television version la pièce n'a pas perdu beaucoup en étant adaptée pour la télévision;
to lose one's appetite perdre l'appétit;
it made me lose my appetite ça m'a coupé l'appétit;
the plane is losing altitude or height l'avion perd de l'altitude;
to lose one's balance perdre l'équilibre;
to lose consciousness perdre connaissance;
to lose face perdre la face;
to lose ground perdre du terrain;
I've lost interest in it ça ne m'intéresse plus;
he lost his nerve at the last minute le courage lui a manqué au dernier moment;
{{}}familiar{{}} to lose one's head perdre la tête;
{{}}familiar{{}} to lose it (go mad) perdre la boule; (lose one's temper) piquer une crise, péter les plombs;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} to lose the plot perdre la boule;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} to lose the place devenir gaga
(b) (not win) perdre;
he lost four games to Karpov il a perdu quatre parties contre Karpov
(c) (shed, get rid of) perdre;
to lose weight perdre du poids;
I've lost several pounds j'ai perdu plusieurs kilos;
the trees lose their leaves in winter les arbres perdent leurs feuilles en hiver
(d) (elude, shake off) semer;
she managed to lose the detective elle a réussi à semer le détective
(e) (cause to lose) coûter à, faire perdre à;
it lost him his job ça lui a fait perdre son emploi;
it lost us the contract cela nous a fait perdre le contrat;
his attitude lost him our respect à cause de son attitude, il a perdu notre estime;
that mistake lost him the match cette faute lui coûta la partie
(f) (of clock, watch)
my watch loses five minutes a day ma montre prend cinq minutes de retard par jour
2 intransitive verb
(a) (gen) perdre;
they lost by one goal ils ont perdu d'un but;
either way, I can't lose je suis gagnant à tous les coups;
the dollar is losing in value (against the deutschmark) le dollar baisse (par rapport au deutsche Mark);
if you sell the house now you'll lose on it si tu vends la maison maintenant tu vas perdre de l'argent;
I lost on the deal j'ai été perdant dans l'affaire
(b) (clock, watch) retarder
lose out intransitive verb
perdre, être perdant;
to lose out on a deal être perdant dans une affaire;
will the Americans lose out to the Japanese in computers? les Américains vont-ils perdre le marché de l'informatique au profit des Japonais?

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