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21 genteel
1 †( refined) [person, manners] distingué ; to live in genteel poverty vivre dans une manière digne ; -
22 polished
1 lit [surface, wood] poli ; [floor, shoes] ciré ; [silver, brass] astiqué ; highly polished reluisant ;3 ( accomplished) [performance, production, speech] (bien) rodé. -
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2 (refined, reworked version) (of plan, joke) version f améliorée ;3 (addition, improvement) raffinement m. -
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26 cultured
cultured ['kʌltʃəd](a) (refined → person) cultivé, lettré;∎ figurative the fullback has a cultured left foot l'arrière a un très bon pied gauche(b) (grown artificially) cultivé►► cultured pearls perles fpl de culture -
27 delicate
delicate ['delɪkət](a) (fine → lace, china, features, fingers) délicat, fin(b) (fragile → person, health) délicat, fragile(c) (sensitive → mechanism, situation, question) délicat, difficile; (feelings) sensible; (person → over-refined, easily shocked) précieux;∎ a delicate international situation une situation internationale délicate;∎ it's a matter that needs delicate handling c'est une affaire qui doit être traitée avec délicatesse;∎ we're at a very delicate stage in our negotiations nous en sommes à une étape très délicate de nos négociations;∎ to tread on delicate ground toucher à des questions délicates(d) (gentle, light → touch) délicat(e) (smell, colour, flavour) délicat(f) (instrument) sensiblelinge m délicat -
28 distinguished
distinguished [dɪ'stɪŋgwɪʃt](b) (refined → manners, voice) distingué;∎ to look distinguished avoir l'air distingué;∎ distinguished-looking distingué;►► Military Distinguished Flying Cross = distinction honorifique des armées de l'air américaine et britannique;Military Distinguished Flying Medal = médaille des armées de l'air américaine et britannique;Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > distinguished
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29 genteel
genteel [dʒen'ti:l]∎ to live in genteel poverty vivre dans une misère qui s'efforce de sauver les apparences -
30 gentlewoman
(a) (of noble birth) dame f(c) (lady-in-waiting) dame f d'honneur ou de compagnieUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > gentlewoman
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31 lady
1 noun∎ Ladies and Gentlemen Mesdames et Messieurs;∎ the lady of the house la maîtresse de maison;∎ old-fashioned a lady doctor une femme médecin;∎ ask the young lady over there (in shop) demandez à la demoiselle que vous voyez là-bas;∎ well, young lady, what have you got to say for yourself? eh bien, ma fille, qu'avez-vous à répondre?;∎ the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street = surnom donné à la Banque d'Angleterre(b) (refined woman) dame f;∎ she's a real lady c'est une vraie dame;∎ she's no lady elle n'a aucune classe∎ my Lady Madame∎ Lady Browne Lady Browne (titre de noblesse féminin);∎ to act like Lady Muck jouer à la grande dame∎ hey lady! eh, ma petite dame!∎ how's your good lady? comment va votre dame?;∎ this is my lady wife voici mon épouse;∎ my young lady (fiancée) ma fiancée, ma future∎ Our Lady Notre-Dame f∎ lady doctor femme f médecin;∎ lady novelist romancière f;∎ lady teacher institutrice f►► pejorative or humorous lady bountiful généreuse bienfaitrice f;Lady Chapel chapelle f de la Sainte Vierge;Lady Day (fête f de) l'Annonciation f;Lady Godiva = au XIème siècle, dame de haut rang qui aurait parcouru la ville de Coventry nue et à cheval pour forcer son mari à réduire les impôts locaux;the Lady of the Lake la Dame du lac;the Lady with the Lamp la Dame à la Lampe (Florence Nightingale, célèbre infirmière anglaise);Lady Luck la chance;lady's maid femme f de chambre;lady's man don Juan m, homme m à femmes;British Lady Mayoress femme f du maire;Botany lady's slipper sabot-de-Vénus m;Botany lady's smock cardamine f des prés;Botany (autumn) lady's tresses spiranthe f spiralée, spiranthe f d'automne -
32 polite
polite [pə'laɪt]∎ to be polite to sb être poli envers ou avec qn;∎ it is polite to ask first quand on est poli, on demande d'abord;∎ to make polite conversation faire la conversation;∎ she was very polite about my poems elle s'est montrée très diplomate dans ses commentaires sur mes poèmes(b) (refined → manners) raffiné, élégant►► polite society la bonne société, le beau monde -
33 rarefied
rarefied ['reərɪfaɪd](a) (air, atmosphere) raréfié;∎ to become rarefied se raréfier∎ the rarefied circles in which she moves les milieux raffinés dans lesquels elle évolue -
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sophisticated [sə'fɪstɪkeɪtɪd](a) (person, manner, tastes → refined) raffiné; (→ chic) chic, élégant; (→ well-informed) bien informé; (→ mature) mûr; (style) recherché;∎ they used to think it was sophisticated to smoke ils croyaient que ça faisait chic de fumer;∎ a sophisticated restaurant un restaurant chic;∎ our more sophisticated readers nos lecteurs les plus avertis;∎ the electorate has become too sophisticated to believe that promise l'électorat est désormais trop bien informé ou trop averti pour croire à cette promesse(c) (machine, system, technology → advanced) sophistiqué, perfectionnéUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > sophisticated
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