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lenient ['li:njənt](jury, sentence) clément; (attitude, parent) indulgent;∎ his parents are too lenient with him ses parents sont trop indulgents avec lui;∎ you shouldn't be so lenient with them vous devriez être plus strict avec eux -
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3 soft
soft [sɒft]1. adjectivea. [ground, snow, butter] mou ( molle f) ; [fabric, skin, colour, voice, toothbrush] doux ( douce f) ; [food, wood] tendre ; [bed, texture] moelleux ; [fur, hair, beard] soyeux ; [leather] souple• she had another, softer side to her il y avait une autre facette, plus douce, de sa personnalité• to go soft [biscuits] ramollirb. [rain, tap] légerc. ( = lenient) [person] indulgent ; [sentence] léger• to get soft [person] devenir trop indulgent• to be (too) soft on sth [+ crime, drugs] être trop laxiste en matière de qch• to have a soft spot for sb/sth avoir un faible pour qn/qchf. [water] doux2. adverb• don't talk soft! (inf) tu dis n'importe quoi !3. compounds• he's a soft-spoken man il n'a jamais un mot plus haut que l'autre ► soft top noun ( = car) décapotable f* * *[sɒft], US [sɔːft]1) ( not rigid or firm) [ground] meuble; Sport lourd; [rock, metal] tendre; [snow] léger/-ère; [bed, cushion] moelleux/-euse; [fabric, fur, skin, hand] doux/douce; [brush, hair, leather] souple; [muscle] flasque; [dough, butter] mou/molleto get soft — [ground, butter, mixture] s'amollir
to make something soft — amollir [ground]; ramollir [butter, mixture]; adoucir [hard water, skin]
soft ice cream — glace f italienne
2) ( muted) [colour, sound] doux/douce; [step, knock] feutrésoft lighting — éclairage m tamisé
3) (gentle, mild) [air, climate, rain, water, breeze, look, words] doux/douce; [pressure, touch] léger/-ère; [landing] Aviation en douceur; [eyes, heart] tendre; [approach] gen diplomatique; Politics modéré4) ( not sharp) [outline] flou; [fold] souple5) Economics [market] instable à la baisse6) ( lenient) [parent, teacher] (trop) indulgent7) (colloq) ( in love)to be soft on somebody — en pincer (colloq) pour quelqu'un
8) ( idle) [life, job] peinard (colloq)9) (colloq) ( stupid) stupide
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