pest control in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pest control in the English»French Dictionary

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pest [Brit pɛst, Am pɛst] N

I.control [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] N

1. control U (domination):

control (of animals, children, crowd, country, organization, party, situation)
contrôle m (of de)
control (of investigation, operation, project)
direction f (of de)
control (of others' behaviour)
influence f (over sur)
control (of life, fate)
maîtrise f (of, over de)
control (of disease, pests, social problem)
lutte f (of contre)
to be in control of territory, town
contrôler
to be in control of operation, organization, project
diriger
to be in control of problem
maîtriser
to have control over territory, town
contrôler
to have control over animals, crowd, children, others' behaviour
avoir du pouvoir sur
to have control over fate, life
maîtriser
to take control of territory, town
prendre le contrôle de
to take control of operation, organization, project
prendre la direction de
to take control of situation
prendre [qc] en main
to be under sb's control to be under the control of sb person:
être sous la direction de qn
to be under sb's control to be under the control of sb army, government, organization, party:
être sous le contrôle de qn
to be under control fire, problem, riot, situation:
être maîtrisé
is the situation under control?
est-ce que nous maîtrisons la situation?
everything's under control
tout va bien
to bring or get or keep [sth] under control animals, crowd, fire, problem, riot
maîtriser
to bring or get or keep [sth] under control hair
discipliner
to be out of control animals, children, crowd, riot:
être déchaîné
to be out of control fire:
ne plus être maîtrisable
the situation is out of control
la situation est devenue incontrôlable
to let sth get out of control , to lose control of sth
perdre le contrôle de qc
to be beyond or outside sb's control animal, child:
échapper au contrôle de qn
the situation is beyond control
la situation échappe à tout contrôle
due to circumstances beyond our control
pour des raisons indépendantes de notre volonté

II.control <pres part controlling; pret, pp controlled> [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] VB trans

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to control oneself refl < pres part controlling; pret, pp controlled>:

to control oneself
se contrôler

pest control in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pest control in the English»French Dictionary

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I.control <-ll-> [kənˈtrəʊl, Am -ˈtroʊl] N

II.control <-ll-> [kənˈtrəʊl, Am -ˈtroʊl] VB trans <-ll->

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Her husband owned and managed a pest control business active in three states.
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Use of pest control chemicals is done after field tests.
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This method of biological pest control has shown some success.
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It was a beneficial situation for both species: cats got a reliable source of prey, and humans got effortless pest control.
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It is also a function of a biological pest control program.
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They may be used in companion planting for pest control in agricultural and garden situations, and in households.
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Topics include for example, testing crop varieties, pest control regimes, fertilisers, livestock feeding strategies, producing and marketing new products or alternate soil erosion control technologies.
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These nonconventional farmers have given up their land and its yields to the testing of different, more organic ways of pest control.
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If pest control occurs at an early stage of the disease, the plants appear to be able to recover.
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It may be subject to some pests and diseases requiring pest control in cropping situations.
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