finish

finish
finish
A n (pl finishes)
1 (end) fin f ; from start to finish du début (jusqu')à la fin ; it will be a fight to the finish lit ce sera un combat à mort ; fig la partie va être serrée ; to be in at the finish assister au dénouement ;
2 Sport arrivée f ; it was a close finish l'arrivée a été serrée ; an athlete with a good finish un athlète bon au sprint final ;
3 (surface, aspect) (of clothing, wood, car) finition f ; (of fabric, leather) apprêt m ; a car with a metallic finish une voiture métallisée ; paint with a matt/silk finish peinture mate/satinée ; a wine with a smooth finish un vin épanoui.
B vtr
1 (complete) finir, terminer [chapter, sentence, task] ; terminer, achever [building, novel, sculpture, opera] ; to finish doing finir de faire ; I must get this report finished il faut que je finisse or que je termine ce rapport ;
2 (leave) finir [work, studies] ; I finish work at 5.30 pm je finis (le travail) à 17 h 30 ; she finishes school/university next year elle finira l'école/l'université l'année prochaine ;
3 (consume) finir [cigarette, drink, meal] ; who finished all the biscuits? qui a fini les biscuits? ;
4 (put an end to) briser [career] ;
5 (exhaust, demoralize) achever [person] ; that long walk finished me! cette longue promenade m'a achevé ! ; this news nearly finished him cette nouvelle a failli l'achever .
C vi
1 (end) [conference, programme, term] finir, se terminer ; [holidays] prendre fin ; the meeting finishes at 3 pm la réunion se termine à 15 h ; the film finishes on Thursday le film ne passe plus à partir de jeudi ; I'll see you when the concert finishes je te verrai à la fin du concert ; wait until the music finishes attends la fin du morceau (de musique) ; as the concert was finishing alors que le concert touchait à sa fin ; after the lecture finishes we'll have lunch nous déjeunerons quand la conférence sera terminée ; I'm waiting for the washing machine to finish j'attends que ma lessive soit finie ;
2 (reach end of race) arriver ; my horse finished first mon cheval est arrivé premier ; the horse/the athlete failed to finish le cheval/l'athlète n'a pas fini la course ;
3 (conclude) [speaker] finir, conclure ; he won't let me finish il ne me laisse pas finir (de parler) ; let me finish laissez- moi finir (de parler) ; she finished with a quotation elle a conclu par une citation ;
4 (leave employment) I finished at the bank yesterday j'ai quitté mon travail à la banque hier.
D finished pp adj
1 beautifully finished [furniture, interior etc] avec des finitions soignées ; interior finished in marble/grey intérieur avec des finitions en marbre/finitions grises ; walls finished in blue gloss murs laqués bleu ; the finished product le produit fini ;
2 (accomplished) [performance] accompli ;
3 (ruined) fini, fichu ; as a boxer he's finished en tant que boxeur il est fini or fichu ; after the scandal her career was finished après le scandale, sa carrière était finie.
Phrasal verbs
finish off :
finish [sth] off, finish off [sth]
1 (complete) finir, terminer [letter, task] ; I'll just finish off the ironing je vais juste finir le repassage ;
2 (round off) to finish off the meal with a glass of brandy terminer le repas avec un verre de cognac ;
finish [sb] off
1 (exhaust, demoralize) achever [person] ;
2 (kill) achever [person, animal].
finish up :
finish up [person] (at end of journey) se retrouver ; (in situation) finir ; they finished up in London il se sont retrouvés à Londres ; he finished up in prison il a fini en prison ; to finish up as a teacher finir par devenir professeur ; to finish up (by) doing finir par faire ;
finish [sth] up, finish up [sth] finir [milk, paint, cake].
finish with :
finish with [sth] finir avec ; have you finished with the newspaper? tu as fini avec le journal? ; hurry up and finish with the scissors, I need them dépêche-toi avec les ciseaux, j'en ai besoin ; pass the pen to me when you've finished with it passe-moi le stylo quand tu auras fini ; I'm finished with school/politics! j'en ai assez de l'école!/de la politique! ;
finish with [sb]
1 (split up) rompre avec [girlfriend, boyfriend] ;
2 (stop punishing) I haven't finished with you yet! je n'en ai pas encore fini avec toi! ; you'll be sorry when I've finished with you! tu vas voir ce que tu vas voir !

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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