preparation
/ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ nom B1En français : préparation, concoction
- The act of preparing or getting ready. · I went over my notes in preparation for the exam.
- The state of being prepared; readiness.
- A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared. · The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.
- A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
- Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
- The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
- Devotional exercises introducing an office.
- The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
Pluriel preparations
Dans la bibliothèque
“I see no indication whatever of your having slaughtered a sheep, while I do see very plainly every preparation for your dining on a bull.”
I can give you, gentlemen, five minutes for preparation, and that is all.”
Dantès in his cell heard the noise of preparation,—sounds that at the depth where he lay would have been inaudible to any but the ear of a prisoner, who could hear the splash of the drop of water that every hour fell from the roof of his dungeon.
But I see that the enemy’s preparations have gone so far that we cannot risk the presence of a light.
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