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1 prudence
prudence [pʀydɑ̃s]feminine noun• prudence ! ça glisse careful! it's slippery* * *pʀydɑ̃snom féminin cautionavec prudence — [avancer, parler, réagir] cautiously; [utiliser] with caution
automobilistes, prudence! — drive safely!
* * *pʀydɑ̃s nfavec prudence [conduire] — carefully, [avancer] cautiously
* * *prudence nf caution, prudence fml; donner des conseils de prudence to advise caution; faire preuve de prudence to show caution; inciter à la prudence to call for caution; prudence verbale verbal caution; avec prudence [avancer, parler, réagir] cautiously; [manier, utiliser] with caution; avec la plus grande prudence with the greatest caution; par prudence as a precaution; redoubler de prudence to be doubly careful; manquer de prudence to be imprudent; automobilistes, prudence! drivers, beware![prydɑ̃s] nom féminin[ruse] cunningavec prudence locution adverbialepar prudence locution adverbiale -
2 redoubler
redoubler [ʀ(ə)duble]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. ( = accroître) to increaseb. [+ syllabe] to reduplicatec. redoubler (une classe) [élève] to repeat a year• redoubler de prudence/de vigilance to be extra careful/vigilant3. intransitive verbto increase ; [cris] to get even louder* * *ʀ(ə)duble
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1) École2) Linguistique to reduplicate [consonne, syllabe]
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redoubler de verbe transitif indirectredoubler de prudence/d'égards — to be twice as careful/attentive
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verbe intransitif1) École to repeat a year2) ( s'intensifier) to intensify* * *ʀ(ə)duble1. vi1) ÉDUCATION to repeat a yearIl a raté son examen et doit redoubler. — He's failed his exam and will have to repeat the year.
2) [tempête, violence] to intensifyLe vent redouble de violence. — The wind is blowing twice as hard.
3) [personne]redoubler d'efforts — to redouble one's efforts, to try twice as hard
2. vt1) ÉDUCATION, [classe] to repeat2) LINGUISTIQUE, [lettre] to double* * *redoubler verb table: aimerA vtr1 Scol redoubler une classe to repeat a year;2 Ling to reduplicate [consonne, syllabe];3 ( intensifier) les événements récents ont redoublé sa méfiance recent events have made him/her twice as wary ou have made her even more wary.B redoubler de vtr ind redoubler de prudence/d'égards to be twice as ou much more careful/attentive; redoubler d'efforts to redouble one's efforts, to work twice as hard; il te faut redoubler de vigilance you need to be twice as vigilant ou extra vigilant; la bataille/tempête a redoublé de violence the fighting/storm has got GB ou gotten US even fiercer.C vi1 Scol to repeat a year;2 ( s'intensifier) to intensify; la pluie a redoublé it's raining even harder; sa rage a redoublé he became even more enraged.[rəduble] verbe transitif1. [rendre double]a. [plus fort] to knock even harder ou with renewed vigourb. [plus vite] to knock even more urgently2. ÉDUCATION————————[rəduble] verbe intransitif————————redoubler de verbe plus prépositionredoubler d'efforts to strive doubly hard, to redouble one's effortsredoubler de patience to be doubly ou extra patientredoubler de ruse to be doubly ou extra cunning
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