left
(=remaining)
to be left rester
→ There was only about ten minutes of the lecture left.
Is there any gin left? Il reste du gin?
I haven't got any money left. Il ne me reste plus d'argent.
We've still got three days of the holiday left. Il nous reste encore trois jours de vacances.
They still have six games left to play. Il leur reste encore six matchs à jouer.
to be left over
[food, money] rester
→ So much income is devoted to monthly mortgage payments that nothing is left over.
to be left over from sth rester de qch
a large bucket of flowers left over from the wedding un grand seau de fleurs qui restaient du mariage
(opposite of right)
gauche
→ his left eye
my left hand ma main gauche
on the left side of the road sur le côté gauche de la route
adv à gauche
Turn left at the traffic lights. Tournez à gauche au feu.
(direction)
gauche f
→ There was a strong light coming from the left.
on the left à gauche
Her office is on the left. Son bureau est à gauche.
to the left à gauche
the third door to the left la troisième porte à gauche
to my left à ma gauche
→ To my left, I noticed a light.
to drive on the left conduire à gauche
→ In Britain cars drive on the left.
(POLITICS) the left, the Left la gauche → The change has been bitterly opposed by the left.
far-left
adj
a far-left group un groupe d'extrême gauche
hard left
n extrême gauche f
hard left , hard-left
modif
[party, leader] d'extrême gauche
[belief, viewpoint] d'extrême gauche
→ ... the hard-left view that foreign forces should not have been sent.
left-click
vi (with mouse button)
faire un clic gauche
to left-click on sth faire un clic gauche sur qch
→ When the menu has popped up you should left-click on one of the choices to make it operate.
vt (with mouse button)
faire un clic gauche sur
left-hand
adj
[side, corner] gauche
→ They drive on the left-hand side of the road.
→ the left-hand corner of the drawer
left-hand drive
(=car) voiture f avec volant à gauche
→ She has bought a left-hand drive.
(=driving style of car) conduite f à gauche
→ The car has left-hand drive.
adj
[vehicle, car] avec volant à gauche
→ She has a left-hand drive mini that she got in France.
left-handed
adj
[person] gaucher (-ère)
→ I noticed she was left-handed.
→ There is a place in London that supplies practically everything for left-handed people.
She is left-handed. Elle est gauchère.
(=designed for left-handed people)
[scissors, tin opener] pour gauchers
left-hander
n
(=person) gaucher (-ère) m/f
left-justify
vt justifier à gauche
→ The data in the cells should be left-justified.
left luggage , left-luggage
n (British)
(=articles left) bagages mpl laissés en consigne
left-luggage locker
n (casier m à) consigne f automatique
left-luggage office
n consigne f
left out
adj
to feel left out
[person] se sentir à l'écart
Not knowing the language I felt really left out. Comme je ne connaissais pas la langue, je me suis vraiment senti à l'écart.
left-wing , leftwing (POLITICS)
adj
[person] de gauche
→ They said they would not be voting for him because he was too left-wing.
[organization, newspaper] de gauche
[policies, ideas] de gauche
left wing (POLITICS)
n aile f gauche
the left wing of the party l'aile gauche du parti
→ The left wing of the party is confident that the motion will be carried.
left-winger
n
(POLITICS, man) homme m de gauche , (woman)
femme f de gauche
loony left
n (British)
[+Labour Party]
the loony left l'aile extrémiste du parti travailliste l'aile extrémiste du parti travailliste
outside left
n ailier m gauche