leap

leap
leap [li:p]
(verb: preterite, past participle leaped or leapt)
1. noun
bond m
• to take a leap bondir
• at one leap d'un bond
• a leap in inflation un bond dans l'inflation
• there has been a leap of 13% in sales les ventes ont fait un bond de 13 %
• a great leap forward un grand bond en avant
• a giant leap for mankind un pas de géant pour l'humanité
• in leaps and bounds à pas de géant
2. intransitive verb
   a. [person, animal, fish] sauter ; [flames] jaillir
• to leap in/out entrer/sortir d'un bond
• to leap to one's feet se lever d'un bond
• he leapt into/out of the car il sauta dans/de la voiture
• he leapt out of bed il sauta du lit
• to leap over a ditch sauter par-dessus un fossé
• he leapt into the air il fit un bond en l'air
• he leapt for joy il a sauté de joie
   b. [profits, sales, prices, unemployment] faire un bond
• the shares leapt from 125p to 190p les actions ont fait un bond de 125 à 190 pence
• her heart leapt son cœur a bondi
• to leap to the conclusion that ... conclure un peu hâtivement que ...
• you mustn't leap to conclusions il ne faut pas tirer de conclusions hâtives
• to leap to sb's defence s'empresser de prendre la défense de qn
• to leap at sth [+ chance, suggestion, offer] sauter sur qch ; [+ idea] accueillir qch avec enthousiasme
3. transitive verb
[+ stream, hedge] sauter par-dessus
4. compounds
► leap year noun année f bissextile
► leap about intransitive verb gambader
• to leap about with excitement sauter de joie
► leap up intransitive verb
(off ground) sauter en l'air ; (to one's feet) se lever d'un bond ; [flame] jaillir
• the dog leapt up at him le chien lui a sauté dessus
* * *
[liːp] 1.
noun
1) lit, gen saut m, bond m; Sport saut m

in ou at one leap — d'un bond

2) fig (big step) bond m (en avant)

a leap of the imagination — un grand effort de l'imagination

3) (in price, demand) bond m (in dans)
2.
transitive verb (prét, pp leapt, leaped) franchir [quelque chose] d'un bond [hedge, chasm]

to leap three metres — sauter trois mètres

3.
intransitive verb (prét, pp leapt, leaped)
1) [person, animal] bondir, sauter

to leap to one's feet — se lever d'un bond

to leap across ou over something — franchir quelque chose d'un bond

to leap out of bed — sauter du lit

2) fig [heart] bondir (with de)

to leap to somebody's defence — fig bondir au secours de quelqu'un

3) (increase) [price, profit, stock market] grimper (by de)
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Phrasal Verbs:
••

look before you leap — Prov il faut réfléchir avant d'agir

to come on in leaps and bounds — faire des progrès à pas de géant


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