pass
(=give)
[+object] passer
Could you pass me the salt, please? Est-ce que vous pourriez me passer le sel, s'il vous plaît?
to pass sb sth [+salt, glass, newspaper, tool] passer qch à qn
→ She passed me her glass.
→ Could you pass me the salt?
→ Pass me the bottle-opener, would you?
to pass sth to sb passer qch à qn
→ Please can you pass the book to Jenny?
to pass sb the ball, to pass the ball to sb faire une passe à qn
→ Jenkins passes the ball to Crowther.
(=spend)
[+time] passer
to pass the time doing sth passer son temps à faire qch
→ The children passed the time playing in the street.
→ She passed the day knitting.
to do sth to pass the time faire qch pour passer le temps
→ To pass the time, they sang songs and played cards.
(=go past)
[+place] passer devant
→ We passed the new hotel.
[+person] croiser
I pass his house on my way to school. Je passe devant chez lui en allant à l'école.
I just passed him in the street. Je viens de le croiser dans la rue.
→ "Have you seen Alan?" -- "Yes, I just passed him in the street."
(=move) passer
He passed his hand over his hair. Il passa sa main dans ses cheveux.
(=overtake)
[+car] doubler, dépasser
→ Nigel drove fast and well, passing cars only when it was safe.
→ We got behind a tractor and couldn't pass it.
[+exam, test] être reçu (e) à, réussir
to pass an exam être reçu (e) à un examen, réussir un examen
→ Did she pass her physics exam?
I hope I'll pass the exam. J'espère que je serai reçu à l'examen., J'espère que je réussirai l'examen.
Kevin has just passed his driving test. Kevin vient de réussir son permis de conduire.
to pass a test
[drug, product] passer un test avec succès
new drugs which have passed preliminary tests de nouveaux médicaments qui ont passé avec succès des tests préliminaires
to pass the MOT
[vehicle] obtenir le certificat du contrôle technique
→ I'm not sure that the car will pass its MOT.
(=exceed)
[+level, total] dépasser
→ Contributions for 1986 had already passed the £3 million mark.
The world's population has passed 5 billion. La population mondiale a dépassé les cinq milliards.
(=approve) approuver, accepter
[+law] promulguer
→ Many of the laws passed by Parliament are never enforced.
→ The Estonian Parliament has passed a resolution declaring the republic's independence.
→ Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste.
(=go) passer
The route passes near Garthwick. La route passe près de Garthwick.
He passed down the tunnel. Il est passé dans le tunnel.
[person, vehicle]
(=go past) passer
→ The ships sounded their hooters as they passed.
They waved to each other as they passed. Ils se sont salués en se croisant.
[time] passer
→ Several minutes passed before he realized what was wrong.
→ He couldn't imagine why he had let so much time pass without contacting her.
The time has passed quickly. Le temps a passé rapidement.
to pass without incident
[event] se passer sans problèmes
The first few meetings passed without incident. Les premières réunions se sont passées sans problèmes.
to let sth pass without comment
[statement, words] laisser passer qch sans rien dire
It would be wrong to let his propaganda pass without comment. On ne peut pas décemment laisser passer sa propagande sans rien dire.
It cannot pass without comment. Nous ne pouvons pas le laisser passer sans rien dire.
→ the article was so misleading that it cannot pass without comment
to pass without notice
(=go unnoticed) passer inaperçu (e)
→ the absence of a cast-member for six months can pass without notice
It passed unnoticed. C'est passé inaperçu.
→ Fortunately, the damage seemed to pass unnoticed and she got a good price for the furniture.
[exam candidate] être reçu (e) , réussir
→ She told me that I had passed.
→ I didn't pass.
Did you pass? Tu as été reçu?
(=be taken for)
to pass as sth passer pour qch
a woman passing as a man une femme qui passe pour un homme
she could pass for 25 on lui donnerait 25 ans
to pass to sb
(=be inherited by)
[inheritance, estate] revenir à qn
→ His mother's small estate had passed to him after her death.
→ The house always passed to the eldest son.
*, refusing an offer I'll pass, thanks. Non merci.
→ "Would you like to join us?" -- "I'll pass, thanks."
→ "Have some more wine." -- "No, I'll pass, thanks."
(=permit) laissez-passer m inv
→ Journalists were issued with passes.
→ Don't let any cars onto the land unless they've got a pass.
(for bus, train)
carte f d'abonnement
a bus pass une carte de bus
(in mountains)
col m
→ We rode down out of the pass onto a small green plain.
The pass was blocked with snow. Le col était enneigé.
(SPORT) passe f
→ Hughes intercepted a pass by Jones.
(in exam)
to get a pass être reçu (e)
She got a pass in her piano exam. Elle a été reçue à son examen de piano.
I got six passes. J'ai été reçu dans six matières.
to get a pass in a subject
[school student] avoir la moyenne dans une matière
[university student] être reçu (e) dans une matière
She got a pass in history, but failed everything else. Elle a été reçue en histoire, mais a échoué dans toutes les autres matières.
* to make a pass at sb faire des avances à qn
→ He made a pass at her at the office party.
→ Nancy wasn't sure if Dirk was making a pass at her.
things have come to a pretty pass! (British) voilà où on en est! → Things have come to a pretty pass when you can't trust your own children.
backstage pass
n pass m inv backstage inv
boarding pass
n (British) carte f d'embarquement
bus pass
n (British) carte f de bus
→ She's 60 next month, so she'll get her free bus pass.
day pass
n (for museum, train)
carte f d'abonnement valable pour une journée , (at ski resort)
forfait m d'une journée
free pass
n passe m
mountain pass
n col m
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pass around , pass round
vt sep
(=hand round)
[+chocolates, vegetables] faire passer
→ They passed the chocolates around.
→ A bottle of whisky was passed around.
Could you pass the vegetables round? Pourriez-vous faire passer les légumes?
(=wind)
[+rope, cable]
to pass sth around sth passer qch autour de qch
→ She passed the cable round the window frame.
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pass away
vi
euphemism décéder
→ Unfortunately, he passed away last year.
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pass back
vt sep
(=return) (gen)
rendre
→ Glass can be collected and passed back to glass manufacturers for recycling
[+benefits, savings] répercuter
→ the benefits must be passed back to the consumer
→ If three quarters of this were passed back to customers in the form of price cuts ...
[+message] transmettre
→ The word was passed back to Downing Street
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pass by
vi
[person] passer
→ I was just passing by and I saw your car.
→ Come in and see us if you pass by again.
vt sep
to pass sb by
[tragedy, disease] épargner qn
→ if a tragedy is visited upon your neighbours you hope it will pass you by
→ parents begin to pray that the disease will pass them by
She feels life has passed her by. Elle a le sentiment de ne pas avoir profité pleinement de sa vie.
She saw celebrity pass her by. Elle a vu la célébrité lui échapper.
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pass down
vt sep
[+customs, inheritance] transmettre
to be passed down from sb être transmis (e) par qn
→ These recipes were passed down to me from my grandmother.
to be passed down from generation to generation être transmis (e) de génération en génération
→ stories that have been passed down from generation to generation
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pass off
vi
[event] se passer
→ The demonstration passed off peacefully.
vt sep (fraudulently)
to pass sth/sb off as faire passer qch/qn pour
→ horse meat passed off as beef
She passed him off as her young brother. Elle l'a fait passer pour son petit frère.
to pass o.s. off as sth se faire passer pour qch
→ She tried to pass herself off as a Canadian.
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pass on
vi
(=die) s'éteindre, décéder
→ I'm sorry to have to tell you that she passed on in the night.
(=hand on) transmettre
to pass sth on to sb [+message, information, thanks] transmettre qch à qn
→ I passed the information on to Mr Jenkins.
→ He has written a note asking me to pass on his thanks.
[+illness] passer
to pass a cold on to sb passer un rhume à qn
→ She caught my cold and passed it on to everyone in the office.
[+price rises] répercuter
→ Governments have tried to prevent firms from passing on cost increases.
to pass on price rises to sb répercuter les augmentations de prix sur qn
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pass out
vi
(=faint) s'évanouir
→ I thought I was going to pass out with the heat.
→ He felt sick and dizzy and then passed out.
(British, MILITARY)
[soldier] sortir (d'une école militaire)
→ He passed out in November 1924 and was posted to No 24 Squadron.
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pass over
(=ignore)
[+fact, topic] passer sous silence
to be passed over (for job, position)
ne pas être pris (e) en considération
→ Neither of us got the job. We were both passed over.
to be passed over for promotion ne pas obtenir la promotion escomptée
(=move across)
to pass sth over sth passer qch sur qch
He passed his hand over his eyes. Il s'est passé la main sur les yeux.
vi
(=die) s'éteindre
→ He passed over quite peacefully.
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pass through
vt fus
[+place, town] traverser
→ he and his unit of 50 men passed through the town of Avallon
[+door, doorway] franchir
→ 90,000 customers passed through its doors yesterday
He passed through the doorway into Ward B. Il a franchi la porte de la salle B.
vt sep
to pass sth through sth [+needle] enfoncer qch dans qch
She passed the needle through the fabric. Elle a enfoncé l'aiguille dans le tissu.
[+thread, cord] faire passer qch dans qch
Pass the thread through the needle. Faites passer le fil dans le trou de l'aiguille., Passez le fil dans le trou de l'aiguille.
to pass sth through a ring faire passer qch dans un anneau, passer qch dans un anneau
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pass up
vt sep
[+opportunity] laisser passer
→ I wouldn't have passed up the chance for a million dollars.
→ I had to pass up the chance of working abroad.
pass degree
n ~licence f obtenue sans mention
pass mark
n note que les candidats doivent obtenir pour réussir un examen note que les candidats doivent obtenir pour réussir un examen
→ this year's English pass mark had been lowered by four from 51 to 47
press pass
n coupe-file m
ski pass , ski-pass
n forfait m (de ski)