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1 talker
talker [ˈtɔ:kər]• he's a great talker ( = very talkative) c'est un grand bavard* * *['tɔːkə(r)]to be a slow/fluent talker — parler lentement/avec aisance
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2 talker
talker ['tɔ:kə(r)]∎ she's a real talker c'est une grande bavarde, c'est un vrai moulin à paroles;∎ my father was never much of a talker mon père n'a jamais été très bavard;∎ he's a brilliant talker c'est un beau parleur;(b) (talking bird) oiseau m qui parle -
3 talker
talker n to be a good talker avoir de la conversation ; he's not a great talker il n'est pas bavard ; to be a slow/fluent talker parler lentement/avec aisance. -
4 smooth
smooth [smu:ð]1. adjectivea. ( = not rough) lisseb. ( = not lumpy) [sauce, mixture] onctueuxd. ( = even) [flow, breathing] régulier ; [takeoff, landing] en douceur ; [sea crossing] calme ; [flight] sans problèmes ; [engine] qui tourne parfaitement[+ fabric, hair] lisser ; [+ wood] polir3. compounds[+ hair, feathers, sheet] lisser ; [+ person] calmer[+ material, dress] défroisser ; [+ wrinkles, anxieties] [+ difficulties] faire disparaître[+ soil] égaliser* * *[smuːð] 1.1) lit (even, without bumps) [stone, sea, surface, skin, fabric] lisse; [road] plan; [curve, line, breathing] régulier/-ière; [sauce, paste] homogène; [crossing, flight] sans heurts; [movement] aisé; [music, playing] fluide2) ( problem-free) paisiblethe bill had a smooth passage through Parliament — la loi a été adoptée sans difficultés par le Parlement
3) [taste, wine, whisky] moelleux/-euse4) ( suave) gen, pej [person] mielleux/-euse; [manners, appearance] onctueux/-euse2.to be a smooth talker — être enjôleur/-euse
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5 let
let [let]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━(preterite, past participle let)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = allow) laisser• let me tell you, you're making a mistake je vais vous dire, vous faites une erreur• when can you let me have it? quand pourrais-je l'avoir ?• let him be! laisse-le (tranquille) !• let me catch you stealing again! (inf) que je t'y prenne encore à voler !• let me see... voyons...► let's• let's go! allons-y !• let's get out of here! fichons le camp ! (inf)c. (used to form imperative of 3rd person) if he wants the book, let him come and get it himself s'il veut le livre, qu'il vienne le chercher lui-même• let him say what he likes, I don't care qu'il dise ce qu'il veut, ça m'est égal• just let them try! qu'ils essaient un peu !d. ( = hire out) louer• "flat to let" « appartement à louer »• "to let" « à louer »2. noun• let! filet !3. compoundsa. [+ window] baisser ; [+ one's hair] dénouer ; [+ dress] rallonger ; [+ tyre] dégonfler ; (on rope) descendreb. ( = disappoint) décevoir• we're expecting you on Sunday, don't let us down nous vous attendons dimanche, ne nous faites pas faux bond• you've let the side down tu ne nous (or leur) as pas fait honneur► let in separable transitive verb[+ person, cat] laisser entrer• can you let him in? pouvez-vous lui ouvrir ?see what you've let me in for now! tu vois dans quelle situation tu m'as mis !• if I'd known what you were letting me in for I'd never have come si j'avais su ce qui m'attendait je ne serais jamais venu• you don't know what you're letting yourself in for tu ne sais pas à quoi tu t'engages► to let sb in on sth mettre qn au courant de qch• can't we let him in on it? ne peut-on pas le mettre au courant ?► let off separable transitive verbb. ( = release) dégagerc. ( = allow to leave) laisser partird. ( = excuse) dispenser• if you don't want to do it, I'll let you off si tu ne veux pas le faire, je t'en dispensee. ( = not punish) ne pas punir• don't let on! motus !• let me out! laissez-moi sortir !b. [+ secret, news] révélerc. [+ shout, cry] laisser échapperd. [+ dress] élargir[+ person, vehicle] laisser passer[+ vehicle, person, light] laisser passer[rain] diminuer ; [cold weather] s'adoucir• what a talker she is, she never lets up! quelle bavarde, elle n'arrête pas !* * *I 1. [let]1) (when making suggestion, expressing command)let's not ou don't let's GB talk about that! — n'en parlons pas!
let's see if... — voyons si...
let's pretend that... — faisons comme si...
let me see —
let's see... — voyons...
it's more complex than, let's say, a computer — c'est plus compliqué que, disons, un ordinateur
if he wants tea, let him make it himself! — s'il veut du thé, qu'il le fasse lui-même!
let me tell you... — crois-moi, croyez-moi...
2) ( allow)she wanted to go but they wouldn't let her — elle voulait y aller mais ils ne l'ont pas laissée faire
let me see —
let me have a look — fais voir, fais-moi voir
let me introduce you to... — laissez-moi vous présenter à...
to let somebody on/off the bus — laisser quelqu'un monter dans/descendre de l'autobus
2.to let the air out of — dégonfler [tyre, balloon]
let alone conjunctional phrase à plus forte raisonPhrasal Verbs:- let down- let go- let in- let off- let on- let out- let upII 1. [let]1) GB ( lease) bail m2) Sport let m, balle f let2.‘to let’ — ‘à louer’
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6 glib
[ɡlib]1) (speaking persuasively but usually without sincerity: The salesman was a very glib talker.) qui a du bagou2) ((of a reply etc) quick and ready, but showing little thought: glib excuses.) désinvolte•- glibly -
7 smooth
A adj1 lit (even, without bumps) [stone, sea, surface, skin, hair, fabric] lisse ; [road] plan ; [curve, line, breathing] régulier/-ière ; [sauce, gravy, paste] homogène ; [crossing, flight] sans heurts, calme ; [movement] aisé ; [music, rhythm, playing] fluide ; the tyres are worn smooth les pneus sont (devenus) lisses ; to have a smooth landing atterrir en douceur ; bring the car to a smooth stop arrêtez la voiture en douceur ; the engine is very smooth le moteur tourne parfaitement rond ;2 fig ( problem-free) [journey, flight, life] paisible ; such a change is rarely smooth un tel changement se fait rarement en douceur ; the bill had a smooth passage through Parliament la loi a été adoptée sans difficultés par le Parlement ;3 (pleasant, mellow) [taste, wine, whisky] moelleux/-euse ;4 ( suave) gen, pej [person] mielleux/-euse ; [manners, appearance] onctueux/-euse ; to be a smooth talker être enjôleur/-euse ; ⇒ operator.B vtr1 lit ( flatten out) lisser [clothes, paper, hair, surface] ; ( get creases out) défroisser [fabric, paper] ; to smooth the creases from sth défroisser qch ; she smoothed her skirt over her hips elle a lissé sa jupe au niveau des hanches ; to smooth one's hair back se lisser les cheveux en arrière ; smooth the cream into your skin/over your face étalez la crème sur votre peau/visage ; this cream smooths rough skin cette crème adoucit les peaux desséchées ;2 fig ( make easier) faciliter [process, transition, path] ; talks to smooth the path towards peace des pourparlers pour faciliter la voie vers la paix.to take the rough with the smooth prendre les choses comme elles viennent ; the course of true love never did run smooth l'amour vrai n'a jamais été facile à vivre ; ⇒ silk, baby, ruffled.■ smooth away:■ smooth down:▶ smooth [sth] down, smooth down [sth] gen lisser [clothes, hair, fabric] ; polir [wood, rough surface] ( to get creases out) défroisser [clothes, fabric].■ smooth out:▶ smooth [sth] out, smooth out [sth]2 fig aplanir [difficulties] ; faire disparaître [imperfections] ; to smooth out the impact of sth diminuer l'impact de qch.■ smooth over:▶ smooth [sth] over, smooth over [sth] fig atténuer [differences, awkwardness] ; aplanir [difficulties, problems] ; tempérer [bad feelings] ; améliorer [relationship] ; to smooth things over arranger les choses. -
8 bullshitter
bullshitter ['bʊl‚ʃɪtə(r)]vulgar (smooth talker) baratineur(euse) m,f;∎ he's a bullshitter (talks nonsense) il raconte des conneriesUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > bullshitter
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9 doer
doer ['du:ə(r)](dynamic person) personne f dynamique;∎ she's a real doer c'est une femme très active;∎ she is more (of) a doer than a talker elle préfère l'action à la parole -
10 gab
1 noun∎ we had a good gab on the phone on a taillé une bonne bavette au téléphone∎ to have the gift of the gab avoir la langue bien pendue; (be convincing talker) avoir du bagou(t) -
11 glib
glib [glɪb](answer, excuse) (trop) facile, désinvolte; (lie) éhonté, désinvolte;∎ he's rather too glib il parle trop facilement, il est trop volubile;∎ a glib talker (as salesman) un beau parleur;∎ he has a glib tongue il a la langue bien pendue -
12 smooth
smooth [smu:ð](a) (surface) lisse; (pebble, stone) lisse, poli; (skin) lisse, doux (douce); (chin → close-shaven) rasé de près; (→ beardless) glabre, lisse; (hair, fabric, road) lisse; (sea, water) calme;∎ this razor gives a smooth shave ce rasoir vous rase de près;∎ the steps were worn smooth les marches étaient devenues lisses;∎ the stone had been washed or worn smooth by the sea la pierre avait été polie par la mer;∎ they had a smooth crossing la traversée a été calme(c) (trouble-free → life, course of events) paisible, calme; (→ journey) sans anicroches; (→ organization) qui marche bien; (→ rhythm, style) fluide;∎ to get off to a smooth start bien démarrer;∎ to make things smooth for sb faciliter les choses pour qn;∎ the smooth running of the department le bon fonctionnement du service;∎ the way is now smooth for further reforms il n'y a plus d'obstacles maintenant aux nouvelles réformes;∎ the bill had a smooth passage through Parliament le projet de loi a été voté sans problèmes au Parlement∎ familiar he's a smooth operator il sait y faire;∎ to be a smooth talker, to have a smooth tongue être beau parleur∎ to smooth one's brow dérider son front;∎ to smooth the way for sb, to smooth sb's path aplanir les difficultés pour qn(b) (rub → oil, cream) masser;∎ to smooth oil into one's skin mettre de l'huile sur sa peau (en massant doucement)(d) (features, lines) lisser3 noun(a) to give one's hair a smooth lisser ses cheveux, se lisser les cheveux;∎ to give sth a smooth down with sandpaper égaliser qch avec du papier de verre►► Anatomy smooth muscle muscle m lisse, muscle m viscéral;Zoology smooth snake coronelle f(problems, fears) faire oublier(hair, feathers) lisser; (sheets, dress) lisser, défroisser; (wood) planer, aplanir; figurative (person) apaiser, calmer(clothes, sheet, map, piece of paper) lisser, défroisser; (crease, pleat, wrinkle) faire disparaître (en lissant); figurative (difficulties, obstacles) aplanir, faire disparaître∎ to smooth things over (embarrassing situation) arranger les choses -
13 smoothie
smoothie ['smu:ðɪ]∎ he's a real smoothie (in manner) il roule les mécaniques; (in speech) c'est vraiment un beau parleur□ -
14 spieler
spieler ['spi:lə(r)]
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