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1 patronise
['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) traiter avec condescendance2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) fréquenter -
2 patronize
['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) traiter avec condescendance2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) fréquenter -
3 less
less [les]moins de ⇒ 1, 7 1 moins ⇒ 2, 3 (a) de moins en moins ⇒ 5 encore moins ⇒ 6 moins que ⇒ 7 2 rien de moins ⇒ 8 (b) pas moins de ⇒ 9(compar of little) moins de;∎ less money/time/bread moins d'argent/de temps/de pain;∎ we have less time than we thought nous avons moins de temps que nous ne pensions;∎ of less importance/value de moindre importance/valeur2 pronoun(compar of little) moins;∎ a bit less un peu moins;∎ the evening was less of a success than she had hoped la soirée était moins réussie qu'elle ne l'avait espéré;∎ let's hope we see less of them in future espérons que nous les verrons moins souvent à l'avenir;∎ less of your noise! faites moins de bruit!;∎ familiar less of that!, less of it! ça suffit!3 adverb(a) (forming comparatives) moins;∎ they couldn't be less friendly if they tried il leur serait difficile d'être plus désagréables;∎ she is less musical than her sister elle est moins musicienne que sa sœur;∎ he was less amusing than I remembered il était moins drôle que dans mes souvenirs∎ the blue dress costs less la robe bleue coûte moins cher;∎ not a penny less pas un sou de moins;∎ we saw his books less as literature than as propaganda nous considérions ses livres moins comme de la littérature que comme de la propagande;∎ I don't think any (the) less of her or I think no less of her because of what happened ce qui s'est passé ne l'a pas fait baisser dans mon estime;∎ we don't like her any the less for all her faults nous ne l'aimons pas moins à cause de ses défauts;∎ the more I see of her the less I like her plus je la vois moins elle me plaît;∎ the less you know the better moins tu en sais, mieux c'est;∎ there's nothing I want less than to hurt him je ne veux surtout pas le blesser∎ that's £300 less ten percent for store card holders ça fait 300 livres moins dix pour cent avec la carte du magasin;∎ 8 less 3 is 5 8 moins 3 ou 3 ôté de 8 égale 5de moins en moins;∎ I seem to have less and less energy on dirait que j'ai de moins en moins d'énergie2 adverbde moins en moins;∎ less and less interesting de moins en moins intéressant;∎ we found we had less and less to say to each other nous nous sommes rendu compte que nous avions de moins en moins de choses à nous dire;∎ I see him less and less these days je le vois de moins en moins ces temps-ciencore moins;∎ they don't own a fridge, much less a freezer ils n'ont pas de réfrigérateur, et encore moins de congélateur;∎ he wouldn't even phone her, much less visit her il ne voulait même pas l'appeler, encore moins aller la voir;∎ I hadn't really thought about it, much less talked to anyone else je n'y avais pas vraiment réfléchi, et j'en avais encore moins parlé à qui que ce soit(with numbers, measurements etc) moins de;∎ it took me less than five minutes ça m'a pris moins de cinq minutes;∎ you won't get another one like it for less than $1,000 vous n'en retrouverez pas un comme ça à moins de 1000 dollars;∎ nothing less than a four-star hotel is good enough for them il leur faut au moins un quatre étoiles;∎ in less than no time en un rien de temps, en moins de deux2 adverbmoins que;∎ there was less than I expected il y en avait moins que je m'y attendais;∎ he eats less than he used to il mange moins qu'avant;∎ the weather was rather less than ideal le temps était vraiment loin d'être idéal;∎ it would have been less than fair to have kept it from her ça aurait été vraiment injuste de le lui cacher(a) (in size, amount, degree)∎ I expected no less from you je n'en attendais pas moins de vous;∎ the news of his death came as no less of a shock for being expected on avait beau s'y attendre, la nouvelle de sa mort n'en fut pas moins un choc∎ he won the Booker prize, no less! il a gagné le prix Booker, rien que ça!;∎ she married a duke, no less! elle a épousé un duc, s'il vous plaît!;∎ she had invited no less a person than the President himself elle avait invité rien moins que le président lui-même;∎ the letter was signed by Vincent, no less! la lettre était signée de Vincent, s'il vous plaît!pas moins de;∎ this wall is no less than a metre thick ce mur n'a pas moins d'un mètre d'épaisseur;∎ taxes rose by no less than 15 percent les impôts ont augmenté de 15 pour cent, ni plus ni moins
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