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1 mollesse
mollesse [mɔlεs]feminine noun[de marché] sluggishness• il est d'une mollesse ! he's so slow!* * *mɔlɛs1) ( caractère moelleux) softness2) ( de chair) flabbiness; ( de trait du visage) weakness3) ( de personne) listlessness; ( de poignée de main) limpness4) ( manque d'autorité)la mollesse du gouvernement face aux manifestants — the government's failure to stand up to the demonstrators
5) fig (de personne, réponse) lack of conviction; (d'idée, de style) woolliness; ( d'opposition) weakness; ( de croissance) sluggishness* * *mɔlɛs nfSee:1) [matelas] softness3) [résistance, protestation] feebleness* * *mollesse nf1 ( caractère moelleux) softness;2 ( manque de tenue) ( de chair) flabbiness; ( de cheveux) limpness; ( de trait du visage) weakness;3 ( apathie) (de personne, d'élève) listlessness; ( de poignée de main) limpness; mollesse d'une démarche languid way of moving;4 ( manque d'autorité) la mollesse d'un père envers ses enfants a father's soft treatment of his children; la mollesse de qn face à qn sb's failure to stand up to sb; il a réagi avec trop de mollesse face à la crise he was too soft in handling the crisis;5 ( manque de conviction) (de personne, réponse) lack of conviction; ( d'idéologie) laxness; (d'idée, de style) woolliness; (d'opposition, interprétation, de discours) weakness; (de reprise, croissance) sluggishness.[mɔlɛs] nom féminin1. [d'une substance, d'un objet] softness[des chairs] flabbiness[d'une poignée de main] limpness2. [d'un relief] soft shape[de contours]c'est la mollesse des parents/de l'opposition qui est en cause parental laxness/the opposition's spinelessness is to blame -
2 consistance
consistance [kɔ̃sistɑ̃s]feminine noun[de sauce] consistency• sans consistance [caractère] colourless* * *kɔ̃sistɑ̃s1) (de pâte, sauce, peinture) consistencymanquer de consistance — [sauce, peinture] to be too runny
2) (d'argument, de théorie) substance, weightsans consistance — [personne] spineless; [bonheur] with no basis in reality
* * *kɔ̃sistɑ̃s nf* * *consistance nf1 (de pâte, sauce, peinture) consistency; de consistance molle of a soft consistency; avoir de la/manquer de consistance [sauce, peinture] to be quite thick/too runny; prendre consistance to thicken; donner de la consistance à qch to thicken sth;2 (d'argument, de théorie) substance, weight; prendre de la consistance [rumeur, théorie] to gain weight; sans consistance [personne] spineless; [rumeur] without substance; [bonheur] with no basis in reality.[kɔ̃sistɑ̃s] nom féminin1. [état] consistencyconsistance crémeuse/dure creamy/firm consistencyprendre consistance [sauce] to thickena. (figuré) [rumeur] groundless, ill-foundedb. [personne] spinelessc. [discours, raisonnement] woolly2. [cohérence] consistency -
3 rouiller
rouiller [ʀuje]➭ TABLE 11. intransitive verb2. transitive verb[+ objet, métal] to make rusty* * *ʀuje
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1) lit to rust, to make [something] go rusty [fer]2) fig to slow [somebody] down; to dull [esprit]
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verbe intransitif [fer] to rust, to go rusty
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se rouiller verbe pronominal [personne] to slow down; [sportif] to get out of shape; [muscle, corps] to lose tone; [mémoire, esprit, connaissances] to get rusty* * *ʀuje1. vt[humidité] to make rusty, to rust2. vi[métal] to rust, to go rusty* * *rouiller verb table: aimerA vtr1 lit to rust, to make [sth] go rusty [objet, fer];2 fig to slow [sb] down [personne]; to make [sth] soft [corps, muscle]; to make [sth] shaky ou rusty [mémoire]; to dull, to blunt [esprit].C se rouiller vpr [personne] to slow down; [sportif] to get out of shape; [muscle, corps] to lose tone; [mémoire, esprit] to get shaky ou rusty; [pratique, connaissance] to become ou get rusty.[ruje] verbe transitif1. [métal] to rust2. [intellect, mémoire] to make rusty————————[ruje] verbe intransitif————————se rouiller verbe pronominal intransitif2. [esprit] to become ou to get rusty3. [muscle] to grow ou to get stiff[athlète] to get rusty
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