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The document defines two key terms: 1) "Boil down" means to reduce or distill something down to its most essential parts or meaning. It provides examples of situations boiling down to money or a lack of communication. 2) "Give up" has multiple meanings - to stop trying, to abandon something, to quit a job or career, to stop doing something like smoking, or to surrender or cease resisting. It also means to dedicate or devote a resource like time.

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boil down<br />vi(fig)to boil down to sthse ramener qch, se r辿sumer qch-> It all boils down to money again.-> What it boils down to is lack of communication.<br />give up<br />vi (=stop trying)abandonner-> After a fruitless morning at his desk he had given up.-> a dogged determination still to be running when others gave upI couldn't do it, so I gave up.Je n'arrivais pas le faire, alors j'ai abandonn辿.<br />vt<br />[+career]renoncer She gave up her career.Elle a renonc辿 sa carri竪re.She gave up her job.Elle a quitt辿 son travail.-> Rosemarie gave up her job as an accountantHe gave up his comfortable life.Il a renonc辿 une vie confortable.to give up hopecesser d'esp辿rer<br /> (=stop)to give up doing stharr棚ter de faire qchto give up smokingarr棚ter de fumerHe gave up smoking.Il a arr棚t辿 de fumer.<br /> (=surrender)to give o.s. upse rendreThe thief gave himself up.Le voleur s'est rendu.<br />[+time]consacrerHe gave up 40 minutes to talk to him.Il lui a consacr辿 40 minutes pour lui parler.to give up one's free timesacrifier son temps libre-> He gave up his Sunday morning to show me how ...<br />[+territory, right]c辿der<br />retard <br /> nm <br /> (d'une personne attendue) lateness no pl <br />Son retard m'inqui竪te. The fact that he's late worries me., His lateness worries me. <br />Ses retards continuels m'agacent. The fact that he's always late annoys me., His constant lateness annoys me. <br />棚tre en retard to be late <br />棚tre en retard de 2 heures to be 2 hours late <br />avoir du retard to be late <br />Il a beaucoup de retard. He's very late. <br /> (sur l'horaire, un programme) delay <br />Ce retard va compliquer les choses. This delay is going to make matters complicated. <br />棚tre en retard to be behind, to be behind schedule <br />On va 棚tre en retard sur l'horaire. We are going to be behind schedule. <br />avoir du retard to be behind <br />avoir un retard de 2 km (SPORT) to be 2 km behind <br />prendre du retard [train, avion] to be delayed <br />Le train a pris du retard en raison d'une panne pr竪s de Carlisle. The train was delayed because of a breakdown near Carlisle. <br />rattraper son retard to catch up the delay <br /> (sur une 辿ch辿ance) delay <br />Il va y avoir un retard de deux mois pour le toit. There'll be a two-month delay for the roof. <br />un retard de livraison a delay in delivery <br />sans retard without delay <br /> (scolaire, mental) backwardness <br />retard scolaire backwardness at school <br />棚tre en retard sur les autres to be behind the others <br /> 棚tre en retard sur son temps to be behind the times <br /> (AUTOMOBILES) <br />retard l'allumage retarded spark <br />au fond du restaurant (adv)<br />in the back of the restaurant<br />
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  • 1. boil down<br />vi(fig)to boil down to sthse ramener qch, se r辿sumer qch-> It all boils down to money again.-> What it boils down to is lack of communication.<br />give up<br />vi (=stop trying)abandonner-> After a fruitless morning at his desk he had given up.-> a dogged determination still to be running when others gave upI couldn't do it, so I gave up.Je n'arrivais pas le faire, alors j'ai abandonn辿.<br />vt<br />[+career]renoncer She gave up her career.Elle a renonc辿 sa carri竪re.She gave up her job.Elle a quitt辿 son travail.-> Rosemarie gave up her job as an accountantHe gave up his comfortable life.Il a renonc辿 une vie confortable.to give up hopecesser d'esp辿rer<br /> (=stop)to give up doing stharr棚ter de faire qchto give up smokingarr棚ter de fumerHe gave up smoking.Il a arr棚t辿 de fumer.<br /> (=surrender)to give o.s. upse rendreThe thief gave himself up.Le voleur s'est rendu.<br />[+time]consacrerHe gave up 40 minutes to talk to him.Il lui a consacr辿 40 minutes pour lui parler.to give up one's free timesacrifier son temps libre-> He gave up his Sunday morning to show me how ...<br />[+territory, right]c辿der<br />retard <br /> nm <br /> (d'une personne attendue) lateness no pl <br />Son retard m'inqui竪te. The fact that he's late worries me., His lateness worries me. <br />Ses retards continuels m'agacent. The fact that he's always late annoys me., His constant lateness annoys me. <br />棚tre en retard to be late <br />棚tre en retard de 2 heures to be 2 hours late <br />avoir du retard to be late <br />Il a beaucoup de retard. He's very late. <br /> (sur l'horaire, un programme) delay <br />Ce retard va compliquer les choses. This delay is going to make matters complicated. <br />棚tre en retard to be behind, to be behind schedule <br />On va 棚tre en retard sur l'horaire. We are going to be behind schedule. <br />avoir du retard to be behind <br />avoir un retard de 2 km (SPORT) to be 2 km behind <br />prendre du retard [train, avion] to be delayed <br />Le train a pris du retard en raison d'une panne pr竪s de Carlisle. The train was delayed because of a breakdown near Carlisle. <br />rattraper son retard to catch up the delay <br /> (sur une 辿ch辿ance) delay <br />Il va y avoir un retard de deux mois pour le toit. There'll be a two-month delay for the roof. <br />un retard de livraison a delay in delivery <br />sans retard without delay <br /> (scolaire, mental) backwardness <br />retard scolaire backwardness at school <br />棚tre en retard sur les autres to be behind the others <br /> 棚tre en retard sur son temps to be behind the times <br /> (AUTOMOBILES) <br />retard l'allumage retarded spark <br />au fond du restaurant (adv)<br />in the back of the restaurant<br />