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1 ( interested) curieux/-ieuse ; curious to know how/why curieux de savoir comment/pourquoi ; to be curious about sth éprouver de la curiosité au sujet de qch ; I'm just curious! j'aurais aimé savoir, c'est tout! ;3 ( odd) [person, case, effect] curieux/-ieuse ; [place, phenomenon] étrange ; a curious mixture un curieux mélange.
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curious — cu|ri|ous [ kjuriəs ] adjective ** 1. ) someone who is curious wants to find out about something: I didn t mean to pry. I m just curious. That s all. curious about: Children are curious about animals and how they live. curious to see/hear/know… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
curious */*/ — UK [ˈkjʊərɪəs] / US [ˈkjʊrɪəs] adjective 1) a) someone who is curious wants to find out about something I didn t mean to pry. I m just curious. That s all. curious about: Children are curious about animals and how they live. curious to… … English dictionary
curious — cu|ri|ous S3 [ˈkjuəriəs US ˈkjur ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: curios, from Latin curiosus careful, wanting to know , from cura; CURE1] 1.) wanting to know about something →↑inquisitive ▪ Puppies are naturally curious. curious… … Dictionary of contemporary English
curious — [[t]kjʊ͟əriəs[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ about n If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it. Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from... Children are naturally… … English dictionary
curious*/ — [ˈkjʊəriəs] adj 1) wanting to find out about something People were curious to know why the accident happened.[/ex] Children are curious about animals and how they live.[/ex] 2) unusual and interesting He felt a curious mixture of happiness and… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
mixture — /ˈmɪkstʃə / (say mikschuh) noun 1. a product of mixing. 2. any combination of differing elements, kinds, qualities, etc.: a curious mixture of eagerness and terror. 3. Chemistry, Physics an aggregate of two or more substances which are not… …
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mixture — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fascinating, good, interesting, intriguing ▪ bizarre, curious, extraordinary, odd, peculiar, strange … Collocations dictionary
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