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scare [skeə(r)]effrayer, faire peur à;∎ thunder really scares me le tonnerre me fait vraiment très peur;∎ you'll scare her vous allez lui faire peur ou l'effrayer;∎ the high costs scared them off the idea les coûts élevés leur en ont fait abandonner l'idée;∎ familiar the movie scared me stiff! le film m'a flanqué une de ces frousses!;∎ familiar to scare the wits or the living daylights or the life out of sb flanquer une peur bleue ou une trouille pas possible à qn;s'effrayer, prendre peur;∎ he scares easily il a peur de tout, un rien l'effraie;∎ I don't scare easily je ne suis pas peureux3 noun∎ to give sb a scare effrayer qn, faire peur à qn∎ health scare = vague de panique concernant la santé publique;∎ the revelations about the contaminated meat have resulted in a food scare les révélations sur la viande contaminée ont provoqué une vague de panique chez les consommateurs;∎ a takeover scare des rumeurs fpl concernant une possible OPA;∎ a bomb/fire scare une alerte à la bombe/au feu(sensational) alarmiste; (frightening) effrayant, qui fait peur►► scare story histoire f pour faire peur;scare tactics manœuvres fpl d'intimidation(bird, customer) faire fuir
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