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A n évanouissement m ; to fall into a faint s'évanouir ; to fall to the floor in a faint tomber par terre évanoui ; a dead faint une syncope.B adj1 ( slight) [smell, trace, breeze] léger/-ère ; [glow, sound] faible ; [accent] léger/-ère ; [markings, streak] à peine visible ; [signature] à peine lisible ;2 [recollection, suspicion] vague ; [chance] minime ; there is only a faint possibility that he'll come il y a très peu d'espoir qu'il vienne ; I haven't the faintest idea je n'en ai pas la moindre idée ; he hadn't the faintest idea who she was il ne savait pas du tout qui elle était ; to give a faint smile esquisser un sourire ;3 ( weak) [voice, breathing] faible ;4 ( dizzy) to feel faint se sentir mal, défaillir ; I'm faint with hunger je vais défaillir de faim ;C vi s'évanouir ; ( more seriously) tomber en syncope ; to faint from s'évanouir de [heat, exhaustion, hunger] ; she fainted from loss of blood elle avait perdu tellement de sang qu'elle s'est évanouie.faint heart never won fair lady Prov qui n'ose rien n'a rien Prov ; to damn sb with faint praise éreinter qn sous couleur d'éloge. -
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