through

through
through [θru:]
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1. adverb
   a. the nail went (right) through le clou est passé à travers
• just go through passez donc
• you can get a train right through to London on peut avoir un train direct pour Londres
• he's a Scot through and through il est écossais jusqu'au bout des ongles
   b. (British) (on phone) you're through now je vous le passe
• you're through to him je vous le passe
   c. ( = finished) (inf) I'm through ça y est (j'ai fini) (inf)
• he told me we were through (in relationship) il m'a dit que c'était fini entre nous
2. preposition
   a. à travers
• to get through a hedge passer au travers d'une haie
• to go through a forest traverser une forêt
• he went through the red light il est passé au rouge
• to look through a telescope regarder dans un télescope
• she looked through the window elle a regardé par la fenêtre
• I can hear them through the wall je les entends de l'autre côté du mur
• he has really been through it (inf) il en a vu de dures (inf)
   b. ( = throughout) pendant
• all through the film pendant tout le film
• he won't live through the night il ne passera pas la nuit
   c. (US) ( = to) (from) Monday through Friday de lundi (jusqu')à vendredi
   d. ( = by means of) par
• it was through him that I got the job c'est par lui que j'ai eu le poste
• through his own efforts par ses propres efforts
3. adjective
[carriage, train, ticket] direct
• "through traffic" ≈ « toutes directions »
4. compounds
► through street noun (US) rue f prioritaire
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[θruː] 1.
preposition
1) (from one side to the other) à travers

the nail went right through the wall — le clou a traversé le mur

to stick one's finger through the slit — passer son doigt dans la fente

to poke something through a hole — enfoncer quelque chose dans un trou

to drill through a cable — toucher un fil électrique avec une perceuse

he was shot through the head — on lui a tiré une balle dans la tête

it has a crack running through it — il est fêlé

2) (via, by way of)

to go through the town centre — passer par le centre-ville

go straight through that door — passez cette porte

to look through — regarder avec [binoculars, telescope]; regarder par [hole, window]

3) (past)

to go through — brûler [red light]

to get ou go through — passer à travers [barricade]; passer [customs]

4) (among)

to fly through the clouds — voler au milieu des nuages

to leap through the trees — sauter de branche en branche

5) (expressing source or agency)

it was through her that I got this job — c'est par son intermédiaire que j'ai eu ce travail

to book something through a travel agent — réserver quelque chose dans une agence de voyage

I only know her through her writings — je ne la connais qu'à travers ses écrits

6) (because of)

through carelessness — par négligence

through illness — pour cause de maladie

7) (until the end of)

all ou right through the day — toute la journée

8) (up to and including) jusqu'à

from Friday through to Sunday — de vendredi jusqu'à dimanche

open April through September — US ouvert d'avril à fin septembre

2.
adjective
1) (colloq) (finished) fini

are you through with the paper? — as-tu fini de lire le journal?

we're through — (of a couple) c'est fini entre nous

2) (direct) [train, ticket, route] direct; [freight] à forfait

‘no through road’ — ‘voie sans issue’

‘through traffic’ — (on roadsign) ‘autres directions’

through traffic uses the bypass — pour contourner la ville on prend la rocade

3) (successful)

to be through to the next round — être sélectionné pour le deuxième tour

4) GB

your trousers are through at the knee — ton pantalon est troué au genou

3.
adverb
1) (from one side to the other)

the water went right through — l'eau est passée à travers

to let somebody through — laisser passer quelqu'un

cooked right through — bien cuit

2) (from beginning to end)

to read/play something right through — lire/jouer quelque chose jusqu'au bout

I'm halfway through the article — j'ai lu la moitié de l'article

3) Telecommunications

you're through — je vous passe votre correspondant

4.
through and through adverbial phrase

to know something through and through — connaître quelque chose comme sa poche

English through and through — anglais jusqu'au bout des ongles

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to have been through a lot — en avoir vu des vertes et des pas mûres (colloq)

you really put her through it — tu lui en as vraiment fait voir de toutes les couleurs (colloq)


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