boat people dans le dictionnaire Oxford-Hachette

Traductions de boat people dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

boat people SUBST pl. tantum

boat people

boat people mpl

Traductions de boat people dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

boat [GB bəʊt, Am boʊt] SUBST

1. boat:

boat (vessel)

bateau m

boat (sailing)

voilier m

boat (rowing)

barque f

boat (liner)

paquebot m

he crossed the lake in a boat

il a traversé le lac en bateau

he crossed the lake in a boat épith journey, trip

en bateau

he crossed the lake in a boat building, builder, hire

de bateaux

2. boat (ferry):

boat

bateau m

by boat

en bateau

to be in the same boat fam

être tous dans la même galère

to miss the boat

manquer le coche

to push the boat out fam GB

faire les choses en grand

to rock the boat fam

jouer les trouble-fête fam

don't rock the boat fam!

ne fais pas de vagues! fam

I.people [GB ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] SUBST (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

people

peuple m

people

peuplade f

an ancient people

un peuple antique

the English-speaking peoples

les anglophones mpl

Stone Age peoples

les peuplades de l'âge de pierre

the chosen people

le peuple des élus

II.people [GB ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] SUBST pl. tantum

1. people:

people (in general)

gens mpl

people (specified or counted)

personnes fpl

disabled/old people

les personnes handicapées/âgées

they're nice people

ce sont des gens sympathiques

how many people are there?

combien y a-t-il de personnes?

there were several/a few/500 people

il y avait plusieurs/quelques/500 personnes

there was a roomful of people

il y avait une pièce pleine de monde

there were a lot of people

il y avait beaucoup de monde

a lot of/most people think that …

beaucoup de/la plupart des gens pensent que …

some people here think that …

certaines personnes ici pensent que …

people say that …

les gens disent que …

what will people say?

que vont dire les gens?

other people say that …

d'autres disent que …

other people's property

la propriété des autres

he likes helping people

il aime aider les autres

you shouldn't do that in front of people

tu ne devrais pas faire ça en public

people at large, people in general

le grand public

what do you people want?

que voulez-vous?

you of all people!

je n'aurais jamais pensé ça de toi!

you of all people should know that…

tu devrais savoir encore mieux que les autres que…

I met Jack of all people at the party!

à la soirée il y avait Jack, figure-toi!

2. people (inhabitants):

people (of town)

habitants mpl

people (of a country)

peuple m

the people of Bath

les habitants de Bath

the British people

le peuple britannique, les Britanniques mpl

the good people of Oxford

les bonnes gens d'Oxford

3. people (citizens, subjects):

the people

le peuple

the common people

le peuple

the people are protesting

le peuple proteste

a man of the people

un homme du peuple

to address one's people

s'adresser à son peuple

4. people (experts):

people fam

gens fam

mpl the tax/heating people

les gens des impôts/du chauffage fam

5. people fam:

people (relations)

famille f

people (parents)

parents mpl

III.people [GB ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VERBE trans littér

people

peupler (with de)

boat people dans le dictionnaire PONS

Traductions de boat people dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

boat people SUBST plur

boat people

boat people mpl

Traductions de boat people dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

boat [bəʊt, Am boʊt] SUBST

boat

bateau m

Idiomes/Tournures:

to be in the same boat

être dans la même galère

to rock the boat

jouer les trouble-fête

I.people [ˈpi:pl] SUBST plur

1. people (persons):

people

gens fpl

country/city people

les gens de la campagne/ville

married people

les gens mariés

divorced people

les divorcés

homeless people

les sans-abri

2. people (persons comprising a nation):

people

peuple m

3. people plur (ordinary citizens):

the people

le peuple

a people's park

un parc public

4. people fam:

people (family)

famille f

people (associates)

collaborateurs mpl

II.people [ˈpi:pl] VERBE trans

to be peopled by sth

être peuplé de qc

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

The issue was controversial at the time with much negative association with the so-called illegal immigrants and boat people.

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Most of these boat people came in the period from 1978 to 1985.

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The expulsion seems to have produced a boat people crisis.

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On the other hand, the boat people tended to dispose of their waste to the sea, the offshore water quality was contaminated.

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This lead to the first detention of boat people.

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The seaborne refugees came to be known as boat people.

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Different groups of boat people had different marriage cultures.

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Most early immigrants were refugee boat people fleeing persecution by the victorious communists, the rest were students, academics or business people.

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Many of the boat people were already suffering from heat injuries, and many had no food or fresh water.

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The second wave came in the 1980s escaping very precariously in boats from the communist regime as boat people.

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