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(a) (not clean → clothes, hands, person) sale, malpropre, crasseux; (→ machine) encrassé; (→ wound) infecté; (muddy) plein de boue, crotté;∎ don't get dirty! ne vous salissez pas!;∎ to get one's hands dirty se salir les mains;∎ he got his shirt dirty il a sali sa chemise;∎ this rug gets dirty easily ce tapis est salissant;∎ familiar he's one of the dirty mac brigade c'est un vieux cochon∎ a dirty green un vert sale∎ it was a dirty business c'était une sale affaire;∎ politics is a dirty business il est difficile de garder les mains propres quand on fait de la politique;∎ a dirty campaign une campagne sordide;∎ familiar no dirty cracks! pas de vacheries!;∎ that's a dirty lie ce n'est absolument pas vrai;∎ he's a dirty fighter il se bat en traître;∎ to give sb a dirty look regarder qn de travers ou d'un sale œil;∎ American that's dirty pool! c'est un tour de cochon!;∎ familiar you dirty rat! espèce de salaud!∎ to have a dirty mind avoir l'esprit mal tourné;∎ to have a dirty mouth être mal embouché;∎ dirty magazines revues fpl pornographiques;∎ familiar a dirty old man un vieux cochon ou vicelard;∎ a dirty joke/story une blague/histoire cochonne;∎ a dirty word une grossièreté, un gros mot;∎ "middle class" is a dirty word around here le terme "classe moyenne" est une insulte par ici(a) (fight, play) déloyalement;∎ a dirty great skyscraper un gratte-ciel énorme∎ also figurative to dirty one's hands se salir les mains;∎ figurative to dirty one's reputation entacher ou salir sa réputationse salir, se souiller;∎ to dirty easily (material, car etc) se salir facilement, être salissant5 noun∎ to do the dirty on sb jouer un sale tour ou faire une vacherie à qn►► Stock Exchange dirty float taux mpl de change concertés;Finance dirty money argent m sale ou mal acquis;dirty trick (malicious act) sale tour m;∎ to play a dirty trick on sb jouer un sale tour ou un tour de cochon à qn;∎ they've been up to their dirty tricks again ils ont encore fait des leurs;Politics dirty tricks campaign = manœuvres déloyales visant à discréditer un adversaire politique;familiar dirty weekend week-end m coquin;∎ to do sb's dirty work faire le sale boulot pour qn -
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3 smear
smear [smɪər]1. nouna. ( = mark) trace fb. ( = defamation) diffamation f (on, against de)• this smear on his honour/reputation cette atteinte à son honneur/sa réputationc. ( = for medical examination) frottis mb. [+ reputation] salir3. compounds* * *[smɪə(r)] 1.2) ( defamation) propos m diffamatoire3) Medicine = smear test2.transitive verb1) ( dirty) faire des taches sur2) ( slander) diffamer [person]; salir [reputation]3) ( spread) étaler [butter, paint]; appliquer [lotion]3.intransitive verb [ink, paint] s'étaler; [lipstick, make-up] couler
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