catch

catch
catch
A n
1 (fastening) (on purse, brooch) fermoir m, fermeture f ; (on window, door) fermeture f ;
2 (drawback) piège m fig ; what's the catch? où est le piège? ;
3 (break in voice) with a catch in his voice d'une voix émue ;
4 (act of catching) prise f ; to take a catch GB, to make a catch US Sport prendre la balle ; to play catch jouer à la balle ;
5 Fishg (haul) pêche f ; (one fish) prise f ; to have a good catch avoir une belle pêche ;
6 Mus Hist chanson grivoise en canon ;
7 (marriage partner) to be a good catch être un beau parti.
B vtr (prét, pp caught)
1 (hold and retain) [person] attraper [ball, fish, mouse] ; [container] recueillir [water, dust] ; (by running) [person] attraper [person] ; I managed to catch her in (at home) j'ai réussi à la trouver ;
2 (take by surprise) prendre, attraper [person, thief] ; to catch sb doing surprendre qn en train de faire ; to be ou get caught se faire prendre ; to catch sb in the act, to catch sb at it prendre qn sur le fait ; you wouldn't catch me smoking/arriving late! ce n'est pas moi qui fumerais/arriverais en retard! ; you won't catch me at it again! on ne m'y reprendra plus! ; we got caught in the rain/in the storm nous avons été surpris par la pluie/par la tempête ; you've caught me at an awkward moment vous tombez mal ; ⇒ balance, foot, short, unawares ;
3 (be in time for) attraper, prendre [bus, train, plane] ; to catch the last post ou mail avoir la dernière levée ;
4 (manage to see) regarder [programme] ; aller voir [show, play] ;
5 (grasp) prendre [hand, arm] ; agripper [branch, rope] ; captiver, éveiller [interest, imagination] ; to catch hold of sth attraper qch ; to catch sb's attention ou eye attirer l'attention de qn ; to catch the Speaker's eye GB Pol obtenir la parole ; to catch the chairman's eye Admin obtenir la parole ; to catch some sleep dormir un peu ;
6 (hear) saisir , comprendre [word, name] ; do you catch my meaning? tu comprends ce que je veux dire? ;
7 (perceive) sentir [smell] ; discerner [sound] ; surprendre [look] ; to catch sight of sb/sth apercevoir qn/qch ;
8 (get stuck) to catch one's fingers/foot in se prendre les doigts/le pied dans [drawer, door] ; to catch one's shirt/sleeve on accrocher sa chemise/manche à [nail] ; to get one's head/hand caught se coincer la tête/main (in dans ; between entre) ; to get one's shirt/sweater caught accrocher sa chemise/son pull-over (on à) ; to get caught in [person] se prendre dans [net, thorns, barbed wire] ;
9 Med attraper [disease, virus, flu] ; ⇒ cold, chill ;
10 (hit) heurter [object, person] ; the ball/stone caught him on the head la balle/pierre l'a heurté à la tête ; to catch sth with heurter qch avec [elbow, broom handle] ; to catch sb (with) a blow donner un coup à qn ;
11 (have an effect on) [sun, light] faire briller [object, raindrops] ; [wind] emporter [paper, bag] ; to catch one's breath retenir son souffle ;
12 (be affected by) to catch the sun prendre le soleil ; to catch fire ou light prendre feu, s'enflammer ; to catch the light refléter la lumière ;
13 (capture) rendre [atmosphere, mood, spirit] ; to catch sth on film filmer qch ;
14 Sportcatch out ;
15 (trick) ⇒ catch out ;
16 (manage to reach) ⇒ catch up.
C vi (prét, pp caught)
1 (become stuck) to catch on sth [shirt, sleeve] s'accrocher à qch ; [wheel] frotter contre [frame] ;
2 (start to burn) [wood, coal, fire] prendre.
Idiom
you'll catch it ! tu vas en prendre une !
Phrasal verbs
catch on
1 (become popular) [fashion, song, TV programme, activity, idea] devenir populaire (with auprès de) ;
2 (understand) comprendre, saisir ; to catch on to sth comprendre or saisir qch.
catch out :
catch [sb] out
1 (take by surprise) prendre [qn] de court ; (doing something wrong) prendre [qn] sur le fait ;
2 (trick) attraper, jouer un tour à ;
3 (in cricket, baseball) éliminer [batsman].
catch up :
catch up (in race) regagner du terrain ; (in work) rattraper son retard ; to catch up with rattraper [person, vehicle] ; to catch up on rattraper [work, sleep] ; se remettre au courant de [news, gossip] ;
catch [sb/sth] up
1 (manage to reach) rattraper ;
2 (pick up) attraper [bag, child] (in dans) ;
catch [sth] up in (tangle) prendre [qch] dans [barbed wire, thorns, chain] ; to get one's feet caught up in sth se prendre les pieds dans qch ; I got my skirt caught up in the thorns j'ai pris ma jupe dans les ronces ; to get caught up in se laisser entraîner par [enthusiasm, excitement] ; se trouver pris dans [traffic] ; se trouver pris au milieu de [war, bombing] ; se trouver mêlé à [scandal, fight, argument].

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