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1. over Adjective
(a) (=finished) fini, terminé; it's ~ between us c'est fini entre nous (deux); ~ and done with fini et bien fini
(b) you can often translate over with an expression involving the word fin once my exams are ~ après la fin de mes examens
2. over Exclamation
(Telecomms) "~!" "à vous!"; "~ and out!" "terminé!"
3. over Preposition
(a) ~ (the top of) au-dessus de; to jump ~ (the top of) sth sauter qch, sauter au-dessus de qch; the plane flew ~ the houses l'avion a survolé les maisons, l'avion est passé au-dessus des maisons; to run sb ~ renverser qn
(b) (=during, while carrying out) autour de; let's talk about it ~ a drink/coffee si on en parle autour d'un verre/café; to spend a lot of time ~ sth passer beaucoup de temps sur qch
(c) (=that crosses) qui traverse,traversent (etc); (=that covers) sur, qui couvre,couvrent (etc); the bridges ~ the Seine les ponts qui traversent la Seine; the ozone layer ~ the earth la couche d'ozone qui couvre la terre
(d) (=on the other side of) de l'autre côté de; ~ the road (of pedestrian) de l'autre côté de la rue, (of house, building) en face; (used as adjective) de l'autre côté de la rue, (of house, building) d'en face he lives ~ the road from us il habite en face de chez nous, il habite de l'autre côté de la rue; the house ~ the road la maison d'en face
(e) ~ (there) là-bas; they're ~ in Europe at the moment ils sont là-bas en Europe en ce moment
4. over Adverb
(a) =chez soi; to come ~ to sb's place passer chez qn; I'll come ~ to your place this evening je passe(rai) chez toi ce soir; we've got some friends ~ on a de la visite; we'll have you ~ for Christmas on vous invite chez nous (pour) ce noël
(b) ~ (again) encore une fois; to do sth ~ refaire qch; to start ~ (again) recommencer; to start all ~ again recommencer à zéro; to do sth twice ~ faire qch deux fois (de suite); ~ and ~ again plusieurs fois, maintes fois (frm), mille fois (Infml), trente-six fois (Infml, humorous); I've told you ~ and ~ again je te l'ai dis plusieurs fois!, je te l'ai dis trente-six fois! (Infml)
5. over Preposition
(a) (=more than) plus de; ~ 80 per cent of the population think that... plus de 80 pour cent de la population croient que...; to be ~ 18 avoir plus de 18 ans, être majeur; he must be ~ 40 il doit avoir plus de 40 ans; a film for ~ 15's un film pour les plus de 15 ans
(b) to be ~ and above sth, to go ~ and above sth law, duties dépasser le cadre de qch; he went ~ and above the call of duty il a dépassé le cadre de ses fonctions
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