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1 amazement
amazement [əˈmeɪzmənt]• she listened in amazement elle écoutait, stupéfaite* * *[ə'meɪzmənt]noun stupéfaction fto my/her etc amazement — à ma/sa etc grande surprise
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2 amazement
amazement n stupéfaction f ; in ou with amazement avec stupéfaction ; to everyone's amazement à la stupéfaction générale ; to my/her etc amazement à ma/sa etc grande surprise ; he couldn't hide his amazement at seeing everyone again il n'a pu cacher sa surprise en revoyant tout le monde. -
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amazement [ə'meɪzmənt]stupéfaction f, stupeur f;∎ to our amazement à notre stupéfaction;∎ I watched in amazement j'ai regardé, complètement stupéfait -
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noun (great surprise: To my amazement, he had never heard of her.) stupéfaction -
5 utter
utter [ˈʌtər]1. adjective[lack, failure, disaster, disregard] complet (- ète f), total ; [sincerity] absolu ; [hopelessness, frustration, stupidity] profond• to my utter amazement, I succeeded à ma plus grande stupéfaction, j'ai réussi• what utter nonsense! c'est complètement absurde ![+ word] proférer* * *['ʌtə(r)] 1.adjective [disaster, amazement, despair] total; [sincerity] absolu; [fool, scoundrel] fieffé (before n); [stranger] parfait (before n)2.transitive verb1) prononcer [word, curse]; pousser [cry]; émettre [sound]2) Law répandre [libel]; mettre en circulation [forged banknotes] -
6 gasp
A n ( breathing) halètement m ; to give ou let out a gasp avoir le souffle coupé ; to give a gasp of horror avoir le souffle coupé par l'épouvante ; there were gasps of amazement from the crowd la foule en avait le souffle coupé ; at the last gasp fig au dernier moment ; to be at one's last gasp lit être sur le point de mourir ; fig être exténué.B vtr ‘Help!’ he gasped ‘Au secours!’ dit-il en haletant ; she gasped (out) a few words elle balbutia quelques mots en haletant.C vi1 (for breath, air) haleter ; to gasp for breath haleter ;2 ( show surprise) perdre le souffle ; to gasp in ou with amazement avoir le souffle coupé par la surprise ;3 ○ to be gasping for a drink/cigarette mourir d'envie de boire un verre/fumer une cigarette. -
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utter ['ʌtə(r)]∎ he didn't utter a sound il n'a pas ouvert la bouche, il n'a pas soufflé mot;∎ never utter his name in her presence il ne faut jamais prononcer son nom devant elle(amazement, bliss) absolu, total; (fool) parfait, fini;∎ he shows an utter disregard for his family's welfare il affiche une indifférence absolue pour le bien-être de sa famille;∎ he's talking utter rubbish ce qu'il dit n'a aucun sens ou est absolument idiot;∎ it's an utter scandal c'est un véritable scandale;∎ it's utter madness c'est de la folie totale ou pure;∎ an utter fool un parfait crétin, un crétin fini;∎ to her utter amazement à sa plus grande stupéfaction -
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gasp [gα:sp]1. noun• to give a gasp of surprise/fear avoir le souffle coupé par la surprise/la peur• I'm gasping for a cup of tea/a cigarette (inf) je meurs d'envie de boire une tasse de thé/de fumer une cigarette• I was gasping! (inf) ( = thirsty) je mourrais de soif• "no!" she gasped « non ! » souffla-t-elle* * *[gɑːsp] 1.to let out ou give a gasp — avoir le souffle coupé
2.at the last gasp — fig au dernier moment
1) ( for air) haleter2) ( show surprise) perdre le souffleto gasp in ou with amazement — avoir le souffle coupé par la surprise
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1) ( cross) traverser2) se remettre de [illness, shock]I can't get over it — ( in amazement) je n'en reviens pas
3) surmonter [problem]get [somebody/something] over faire passer [quelqu'un/quelque chose] au-dessus de [bridge, wall etc] -
10 much
much [mʌt∫]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. pronoun2. adjective3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. pronoun• does it cost much? est-ce que ça coûte cher ?• is it worth much? est-ce que ça a de la valeur ?► much of ( = a large part of) une bonne partie de• much of what you say une bonne partie de ce que vous dites► to make much of sth attacher beaucoup d'importance à qch► not/nothing... much ( = a small amount) pas beaucoup• what was stolen? -- nothing much qu'est-ce qui a été volé ? -- pas grand-chose━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Constructions with valoir are often used when assessing value or merit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• there isn't much in it (in choice, competition) ça se vaut2. adjective• it's a bit much! (inf) c'est un peu fort !3. adverba. ( = to a great degree) beaucoup• I very much hope that... j'espère de tout cœur que...b. ( = more or less) it's much the same c'est quasiment la même chose► as much• I thought as much! c'est bien ce que je pensais !• as much time as... autant de temps que...• twice as much money as... deux fois plus d'argent que...• you could pay as much as $200 for that ça peut te coûter jusqu'à 200 dollars► however much• however much you like him... quelle que soit votre affection pour lui,...► how much? combien ?• how much does it cost? combien ça coûte ?► much as• much as I dislike doing this,... bien que je n'aime pas du tout faire cela,...► much less ( = and even less)he couldn't understand the question, much less answer it il ne pouvait pas comprendre la question et encore moins y répondre► not much of a (inf) ( = not a great)• he'd drunk so much that... il avait tellement bu que...• so much so that... à tel point que...• so much for his help! c'est ça qu'il appelle aider !• so much for that! tant pis !• so much the better! tant mieux !► not so much... as• I think of her not so much as a doctor but as a friend je la considère plus comme une amie que comme un médecin► this/that much• this much? (ça ira) comme ça ?• I know this much... ce que je sais, c'est que...• this much is certain... un point est acquis...* * *Note: When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by beaucoup: it's much longer = c'est beaucoup plus long; she doesn't talk much = elle ne parle pas beaucoupFor particular usages, see I belowWhen much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by beaucoup: there is much to learn = il y a beaucoup à apprendre. However, in negative sentences grand-chose is also used: I didn't learn much = je n'ai pas beaucoup appris or je n'ai pas appris grand-choseWhen much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by beaucoup de: they don't have much money = ils n'ont pas beaucoup d'argent[mʌtʃ] 1.1) ( to a considerable degree) beaucoup2) ( often) beaucoup, souvent3) ( nearly) plus ou moins, à peu prèsvery much — ( a lot) beaucoup; ( absolutely) tout à fait
I thought as much — ça ne m'étonne pas, je m'en doutais
you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — il va falloir que tu acceptes la décision même si tu n'es pas d'accord
5) (emphatic: setting up a contrast)2.the discovery wasn't so much shocking as depressing — la découverte était moins choquante que déprimante
1) ( a great deal) beaucoup; ( in negative sentences) grand-chosemuch of the difficulty lies in... — une grande partie de la difficulté réside dans...
to make much of something — ( focus on) insister sur quelque chose; ( understand) comprendre quelque chose
2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)so much — tellement, tant
so much of the time, it's a question of patience — la plupart du temps c'est une question de patience
it's too much! — lit c'est trop!; ( in protest) c'en est trop!
I'll say this much for him, he's honest — il a au moins ça pour lui, il est honnête
this much is certain, we'll have no choice — une chose est certaine, nous n'aurons pas le choix
it can cost as much as £50 — ça peut coûter jusqu'à 50 livres sterling
as much as to say... — d'un air de dire...
do you know how much this means to me? — est-ce que tu sais à quel point or combien c'est important pour moi?
3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)it's not ou nothing much — ce n'est pas grand-chose
it's not up to much — GB ça ne vaut pas grand-chose
3.I'm not much of a one for cooking — (colloq) la cuisine ce n'est pas mon fort (colloq)
quantifier beaucoup de4.much+ combining form5.much-loved/-respected — très apprécié/respecté
much as conjunctional phrase bien que (+ subj)6.much as we regret our decision we have no choice — bien que nous regrettions or nous avons beau regretter notre décision, nous n'avons pas le choix
much less conjunctional phrase encore moins7.I've never seen him much less spoken to him — je n'ai jamais eu l'occasion de le voir encore moins de lui parler
so much as adverbial phrasewithout so much as saying goodbye/as an apology — sans même dire au revoir/s'excuser
••there isn't much in GB ou to US it — (in contest, competition) ils se suivent de près
there isn't much in it for us — ( to our advantage) ça ne va pas nous apporter grand-chose
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11 shock
shock [∫ɒk]1. noun• he got such a shock when he heard that... il a eu un tel choc en apprenant que...• I got such a shock! j'en étais tout retourné ! (inf)• her shock at the idea that... son sentiment d'horreur à l'idée que...d. ( = medical condition) choc m• to be in shock or suffering from shock être en état de choc2. adjective[news, decision] surprise4. compounds* * *[ʃɒk] 1.1) ( psychological) choc mto get ou have a shock — avoir un choc
it's a shock to the system when... — c'est un vrai choc quand...
to recover from ou get over the shock — surmonter le choc
he's in for a nasty (colloq) shock — il va avoir un sacré (colloq) choc
to express one's shock — ( indignation) exprimer son indignation; ( amazement) exprimer sa surprise
shock! horror! — journ ou hum scandale épouvantable!
2) Medicine état m de choc3) Electricity décharge f4) ( impact) ( of collision) choc m; ( of earthquake) secousse f; ( of explosion) souffle m6) (colloq) (also shock absorber) amortisseur m2. 3. -
12 strike
strike [straɪk]1. nounb. ( = attack) attaque fc. (Baseball, bowling) strike ma. ( = hit) [+ person, ball] frapperb. ( = knock against) heurter ; [lightning, light] frapperc. [+ oil, gold] découvrird. [+ coin, medal] frapper ; [+ match] frottere. [clock] sonnerf. ( = delete) rayer• it strikes me that... il me semble que...• how did he strike you? quelle impression vous a-t-il fait ?• to be struck by sth ( = impressed) être frappé(e) par qchb. [clock] sonner4. compounds[committee, fund] de grèvea. abattre ; [disease] terrasser( = change direction)( = delete) (from list) rayer• to be struck off [doctor] être radiéa. ( = hit out) se débattreb. ( = set off) to strike out for the shore [swimmer] se mettre à nager vers le rivage( = delete) rayer[band] commencer à jouer[+ conversation] engager* * *[straɪk] 1.1) Industry, Commerce grève f2) ( attack) attaque f (on, against contre)3) ( in mining) découverte f (d'un gisement)2. 3.lucky strike — fig coup m de chance
transitive verb (prét, pp struck)1) ( hit) gen frapper; heurter [rock, tree, pedestrian]to strike somebody a blow — lit, fig porter un coup à quelqu'un
to strike somebody dead — [lightning] foudroyer quelqu'un
2) ( afflict) frapper [area, people]‘earthquake strikes San Francisco’ — ( headline) ‘San Francisco secoué par un tremblement de terre’
to strike terror into somebody ou somebody's heart — frapper quelqu'un de terreur
3) ( make impression on) [idea, thought] venir à l'esprit de; [resemblance] frapperit strikes me as funny that — je trouve drôle que (+ subj)
I was struck (colloq) with him — il m'a plu
4) (colloq) ( discover) tomber sur (colloq)5) ( achieve) conclure [bargain]6) ( ignite) frotter [match]7) [clock] sonner8) ( delete) supprimer9) ( dismantle) démonter [tent]10) Finance frapper [coin]4.intransitive verb (prét, pp struck)1) ( deliver blow) [person] frapper; [bomb] tomber2) ( attack) [killer, disease, storm] frapper; [army, animal] attaquerHenry strikes again! — (colloq) hum Henry nous en a fait encore une (colloq)
3) Industry, Commerce faire (la) grèveto strike for/against — faire (la) grève pour obtenir/pour protester contre
4) [match] s'allumer5) [clock] sonner6) ( proceed)to strike across — prendre à travers [field, country]
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13 wonder
wonder [ˈwʌndər]1. nounb. ( = sth wonderful) prodige m( = reflect) penser• I wonder why! je me demande pourquoi !* * *['wʌndə(r)] 1.1) ( miracle) merveille fsmall ou little wonder that — ce n'est guère étonnant que
2) ( amazement) émerveillement m2. 3.transitive verb1) ( ask oneself) se demanderI wonder how/why — je me demande comment/pourquoi
it makes you wonder why/if/how — c'est à se demander pourquoi/si/comment
2) ( be surprised)4.I wonder that — cela m'étonne que (+ subj)
1) ( think)2) ( be surprised)to wonder at something — s'étonner de quelque chose; ( admiringly) s'émerveiller de quelque chose
they'll be late again, I shouldn't wonder — cela ne m'étonnerait pas qu'ils soient encore en retard
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(to make speechless with amazement: I'm completely dumbfounded!) abasourdir -
16 head
[hed] 1. noun1) (the top part of the human body, containing the eyes, mouth, brain etc; the same part of an animal's body: The stone hit him on the head; He scratched his head in amazement.) tête2) (a person's mind: An idea came into my head last night.) esprit3) (the height or length of a head: The horse won by a head.) tête4) (the chief or most important person (of an organization, country etc): Kings and presidents are heads of state; ( also adjective) a head waiter; the head office.) chef; principal5) (anything that is like a head in shape or position: the head of a pin; The boy knocked the heads off the flowers.) tête6) (the place where a river, lake etc begins: the head of the Nile.) source7) (the top, or the top part, of anything: Write your address at the head of the paper; the head of the table.) tête, haut, bout8) (the front part: He walked at the head of the procession.) (en) tête (de)9) (a particular ability or tolerance: He has no head for heights; She has a good head for figures.) bosse10) (a headmaster or headmistress: You'd better ask the Head.) directeur/-trice11) ((for) one person: This dinner costs $10 a head.) par personne12) (a headland: Beachy Head.) cap13) (the foam on the top of a glass of beer etc.) faux col2. verb1) (to go at the front of or at the top of (something): The procession was headed by the band; Whose name headed the list?) venir en tête (de)2) (to be in charge of; to be the leader of: He heads a team of scientists investigating cancer.) être à la tête (de)3) ((often with for) to (cause to) move in a certain direction: The explorers headed south; The boys headed for home; You're heading for disaster!) se diriger (vers)4) (to put or write something at the beginning of: His report was headed `Ways of Preventing Industrial Accidents'.) intituler5) ((in football) to hit the ball with the head: He headed the ball into the goal.) renvoyer d'un coup de tête•- - headed- header - heading - heads - headache - headband - head-dress - headfirst - headgear - headlamp - headland - headlight - headline - headlines - headlong - head louse - headmaster - head-on - headphones - headquarters - headrest - headscarf - headsquare - headstone - headstrong - headwind - above someone's head - go to someone's head - head off - head over heels - heads or tails? - keep one's head - lose one's head - make head or tail of - make headway - off one's head -
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I 1. [pop] noun1) (a sharp, quick, explosive noise, such as that made by a cork as it comes out of a bottle: The paper bag burst with a loud pop.) pan!2) (fizzy drink: a bottle of pop.) boisson gazeuse2. verb1) (to (cause to) make a pop: He popped the balloon; My balloon has popped.) (faire) éclater2) (to spring upwards or outwards: His eyes nearly popped out of his head in amazement.) sortir tout à coup, surgir3) (to go quickly and briefly somewhere: He popped out to buy a newspaper.) sortir4) (put quickly: He popped the letter into his pocket.) fourrer•- popcorn- pop-gun - pop up II [pop] adjective1) ((of music) written, played etc in a modern style.) pop2) (of, or related to, pop music: a pop group; a pop singer; pop records.) pop -
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adjective (unable to speak, often because of surprise, shock etc: He looked at her in speechless amazement.) muet -
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20 wonderingly
adverb (with great curiosity and amazement: The children gazed wonderingly at the puppets.) avec étonnement
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