anything

anything
anything [{{t}}'enɪθɪŋ]
quelque chose1(a), 1(b) quoi que ce soit1(b) rien1(c) n'importe quoi1(d) tout1(e)
1 pronoun
(a) (something → in questions) quelque chose;
did you hear anything? avez-vous entendu quelque chose?;
is there anything to eat? est-ce qu'il y a quelque chose à manger?;
can we do anything? est-ce qu'on peut faire quelque chose?;
can't we do anything? est-ce qu'il n'y a rien à faire?;
are you doing anything this weekend? avez-vous quelque chose de prévu pour ce week-end?;
have you anything to write with? avez-vous de quoi écrire?;
is there anything in or to what she says? est-ce qu'il y a du vrai dans ce qu'elle dit?;
can we get anything out of it? peut-on en tirer quelque chose?;
have you heard anything from them? avez-vous eu de leurs nouvelles?;
did you notice anything unusual? avez-vous remarqué quelque chose de bizarre?;
will there be anything else, madam? (in shop) désirez-vous autre chose, madame?, et avec cela, madame?;
is there anything more annoying than just missing a train? y a-t-il quelque chose ou rien de plus agaçant que de rater un train?;
{{}}familiar{{}} anything good on TV tonight? est-ce qu'il y a quelque chose de bien à la télé ce soir?;
{{}}familiar{{}} anything the matter? quelque chose ne va pas?;
have you anything smaller? (in different size) est-ce que vous avez la taille en-dessous?; (money) vous n'avez pas plus petit?
(b) (in conditional statements)
if anything should happen, take care of John for me s'il m'arrivait quelque chose ou quoi que ce soit, occupez-vous de John;
if you should learn anything, let me know si jamais vous apprenez quelque chose ou quoi que ce soit, dites-le moi
(c) (in negative statements) rien;
I didn't say anything je n'ai rien dit;
you can't believe anything he says on ne peut rien croire de ce qu'il dit;
don't do anything stupid! ne fais pas de bêtise!;
I don't know anything about computers je ne m'y connais pas du tout ou je n'y connais rien en informatique;
I didn't know anything about their divorce je ne savais pas qu'ils avaient divorcé;
there's hardly anything left il ne reste presque rien;
she hasn't written anything very much since last year elle n'a pas écrit grand-chose depuis l'année dernière;
without saying anything sans rien dire;
she's not angry or anything elle n'est pas fâchée ni rien;
do you want a book or anything? voulez-vous un livre ou autre chose?;
if she feels sick or anything, call the doctor si elle se sent mal ou si ça ne va pas, appelez le médecin
(d) (no matter what) n'importe quoi;
just tell him anything racontez-lui n'importe quoi;
anything you like tout ce que vous voudrez;
anything will do n'importe quoi fera l'affaire;
I'd give anything to know the truth je donnerais n'importe quoi pour savoir la vérité;
he won't read just anything il ne lit pas n'importe quoi;
anything goes! tout est permis!
(e) (all, everything) tout;
her son eats anything son fils mange de tout;
I like anything with chocolate in it j'aime tout ce qui est au chocolat;
anything above 75/below 25 is a very good score tout ce qui est au-dessus de 75/au-dessous de 25 est un très bon score;
she must earn anything between £30,000 and £40,000 elle doit gagner dans les 30 000 à 40 000 livres;
you can use it to flavour anything from jam to soup vous pouvez l'utiliser pour parfumer n'importe quoi, de la confiture à la soupe
(f) (in intensifying phrases)
he isn't anything like his father il ne ressemble pas du tout ou en rien à son père;
it doesn't taste anything like a tomato ça n'a pas du tout le goût de tomate;
it isn't anything like as good as his last film c'est loin d'être aussi bon que son dernier film;
they aren't producing the goods anything like fast enough ils ne produisent pas la marchandise assez vite, loin de là;
I wouldn't miss it for anything je ne le manquerais pour rien au monde;
it's as easy as anything c'est facile comme tout;
to run like anything courir comme un dératé;
he worked like anything il a travaillé comme un fou;
they shouted like anything ils ont crié comme des forcenés;
it rained like anything il pleuvait des cordes
2 anything but adverb
tout sauf;
that music is anything but relaxing cette musique est tout sauf reposante;
is he crazy? - anything but! est-ce qu'il est fou? - bien au contraire! ou il est tout sauf ça!

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