life-support system in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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life <pl lives> [Brit lʌɪf, Am laɪf] N

1. life (as opposed to death):

life
vie f
life and death
la vie et la mort
a matter of life and death
une question de vie ou de mort
to cling to life
s'accrocher à la vie
to have a love of life
aimer la vie
to bring sb back to life (gen)
rendre la vie à qn
to bring sb back to life MED
ranimer qn
to save sb's life
sauver la vie de qn
to put one's life at risk
risquer sa vie
to lay down or give one's life for sb
sacrifier sa vie pour qn
to lose/risk one's life doing
perdre/risquer sa vie à faire
to take one's own life
se donner la mort
to take sb's life form
donner la mort à qn
to run/swim for one's life
courir/nager aussi vite que possible
run for your life!
sauve qui peut!

2. life (period from birth to death):

life
vie f
short/long life
courte/longue vie
throughout one's life
pendant toute sa vie
his waking life
sa vie éveillée
in this life and the next
dans cette vie et dans l'autre
the first time in my life
la première fois de ma vie
a day/year in the life of
une journée/année de la vie de
romance/race of one's life
amour/course de sa vie
I got the fright of my life!
j'ai eu la frayeur de ma vie!
a job for life
un emploi à vie
a friend for life
un ami pour la vie
in later life
plus tard dans sa vie
to mark sb for life
marquer qn pour la vie
to go through or spend one's life doing
passer sa vie à faire
to make life worth living
donner un sens à la vie
to be all for an easy life
aimer la vie facile
early in life
très tôt
in adult life
à l'âge adulte
in the prime of life
dans la fleur de l'âge
at my time of life
à mon âge
have you lived here all your life?
est-ce que tu as toujours habité ici?
for the rest of one's life
pour le restant de ses jours
in her early life
quand elle était jeune
to depart this life liter
quitter ce monde
the life and times of X
la vie et l'époque de X
to write a life of sb
écrire une biographie de qn
to write a life of sb attr member, president, peer, peerage, membership
à vie
to write a life of sb ban
définitif/-ive
to write a life of sb annuity
viager/-ère

3. life (animation, vigour):

life
vie f
life
vitalité f
full of life
plein de vie or vitalité
there was no life in her voice
il n'y avait aucune vitalité dans sa voix
there's not much life in the town in winter
cette ville n'est pas très vivante l'hiver
to come to life person:
reprendre conscience
to come to life fig
sortir de sa réserve
to come to life fictional character:
prendre vie
to come to life party:
s'animer
to bring a subject to life
traiter un sujet de manière très vivante
to bring history/a character to life
donner de la vie à l'histoire/un personnage
to roar/splutter into life
se mettre en marche en vrombissant/en toussant
put a bit of life into it inf
mettez-y un peu de tonus inf
this drink will put new life into you
cette boisson te redonnera des forces

4. life (social activity, lifestyle):

life
vie f
to lead a busy/sheltered life
mener une vie occupée/protégée
to change one's life
transformer sa vie
private/family or home life
vie privée/de famille
working/social life
vie professionnelle/personnelle
his way of life
son mode de vie
a way of life
un style de vie
a life of luxury/crime
une vie de luxe/de criminel
to live the good or high life
mener la grande vie
the outdoor life
la vie au grand air
it's no life for a child
ce n'est pas une vie pour un enfant
to have a life of one's own
avoir sa propre vie
to make a new life for oneself
se forger une nouvelle vie
to get on with one's life
continuer sa vie
what a life!
quelle vie!
in public life
dans les affaires publiques

11. life ART:

from life draw, paint
d'après nature
anything for a quiet life
tout ce que tu voudras mais laisse-moi tranquille
for dear life
de toutes mes/ses etc forces
not for the life of me
absolument pas
he couldn't for the life of him see why
il n'arrivait absolument pas à comprendre pourquoi
get a life inf!
lâche-moi les baskets! inf
not on your life!
jamais de la vie!
this is the life!
c'est la belle vie!, voilà la vie qu'il me/nous etc faut!
to frighten the life out of sb
faire mourir qn de peur
to have the time of one's life
s'amuser comme un fou/une folle
you get out of life what you put into it
comme on fait son lit on se couche prov
to take one's life in one's hands
risquer sa vie

I.support [Brit səˈpɔːt, Am səˈpɔrt] N

1. support (moral, financial, political):

support
soutien m (for sth en faveur de qc, for sb à qn)
financial/state support
soutien financier/de l'État
there is considerable public support for the strikers
les grévistes bénéficient du soutien d'une grande partie de la population
there is little public support for this measure
il y a peu de gens favorables à cette mesure
socialist/Green party support
soutien en faveur des socialistes/verts
support for the party is increasing
le parti a de plus en plus de partisans
air/land/sea support MIL
appui m aérien/terrestre/maritime
to give sb/sth (one's) support
apporter son soutien à qn/qc
to get support from sb/sth
obtenir le soutien de qn/qc
to have the support of sb/sth
avoir le soutien de qn/qc
in support of sb/sth campaign, intervene
en faveur de qn/qc
he spoke in support of the motion
il a parlé en faveur de la motion
the workers went on strike in support of their demands
les ouvriers se sont mis en grève pour soutenir leurs revendications
the students demonstrated in support of the strikers
les étudiants ont manifesté pour montrer leur solidarité avec les grévistes
in support of this point of view/theory
pour appuyer ce point de vue/cette théorie
a collection in support of war victims
une collecte au profit des victimes de guerre
with support from sb
avec l'appui or le soutien de qn
to win or gain support from sb
trouver du soutien auprès de qn
they need support to raise enough money
ils ont besoin d'aide pour rassembler des fonds suffisants
the theatre closed for lack of support
le théâtre a fermé faute de public
strong support fig
ferme soutien
means of support (financial)
moyens mpl de subsistance

II.support [Brit səˈpɔːt, Am səˈpɔrt] VB trans

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III.support [Brit səˈpɔːt, Am səˈpɔrt] VB refl

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system [Brit ˈsɪstəm, Am ˈsɪstəm] N

7. system (digestive, nervous, respiratory):

system ANAT, MED
système m

10. system (for classification, measurement):

system CHEM, MATH
système m

life-support system in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for life-support system in the English»French Dictionary

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I.support [səˈpɔ:t, Am -ˈpɔ:rt] VB trans

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II.support [səˈpɔ:t, Am -ˈpɔ:rt] N

5. support no pl, no indef art (provision of necessities):

support
subvention f
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Inside the aircraft there was a life-support system containing a pair of infants.
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They locate the professor, who is unconscious and hooked to a life-support system.
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The report refers to natural systems as humanity's life-support system, providing essential ecosystem services.
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The dispassionate voice informs them their life-support system is required for the survival of its race; an agent has been sent to take itby force, if necessary.
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The life-support system provides 68 hours of air, with an emergency back-up supply of an additional 48 hours.
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This can be done via an umbilical from the life-support systems of the spacecraft or habitat, or from a primary life support system carried on the suit.
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Though there were no casualties, one life-support system was critically damaged.
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Craft equipped with life-support system and with two ejection seats.
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The drone was still man-rated, it had not been stripped of its on-board controls, ejection seat or life-support system.
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