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tête

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tête [tɛt] nfhead (= cheveux); hair no pl (= visage); face (= longueur);
gagner d'une (courte) tête → to win by a (short) head;
(Football) → header;
de tête adj [wagon etc] → front cpd [concurrent] → leading
adv [calculer] → in one's head, mentally;
par tête (= par personne) → per head;
se mettre en tête que → to get it into one's head that;
se mettre en tête de faire → to take it into one's head to do;
prendre la tête de qch → to take the lead in sth;
perdre la tête (fig) (= s'affoler); to lose one's head: (= devenir fou); to go off one's head;
ça ne va pas, la tête? (fam) → are you crazy?;
tenir tête à qn → to stand up to ou defy sb;
la tête en bas → with one's head down;
la tête la première [tomber] → head-first;
la tête basse → hanging one's head;
avoir la tête dure (fig) → to be thickheaded;
faire une tête (Football) → to head the ball;
faire la tête (fig) → to sulk;
en tête (Sport) → in the lead; at the front ou head;
de la tête aux pieds → from head to toe;
tête d'affiche (Théât etc) → top of the bill;
tête de bétail → head inv of cattle;
tête brûlée → desperado;
tête chercheuse → homing device;
tête d'enregistrement → recording head;
tête d'impression → printhead;
tête de lecture → (playback) head;
tête de ligne (Transports) → start of the line;
tête de liste (Pol) → chief candidate;
tête de mort → skull and crossbones;
tête de pont (Mil) → bridge- ou beachhead;
tête de série (Tennis) → seeded player, seed;
tête de Turc (fig) → whipping boy (Brit); butt;
tête de veau (Culin) → calf's head

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