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1 ruthless
ruthless [ˈru:θlɪs][person, treatment] impitoyable* * *['ruːθlɪs]adjective impitoyable (in dans) -
2 ruthless
adjective, ruthlessly adverb* * *['ru:Ɵlis](without pity: a ruthless attack; a ruthless tyrant.) unbarmherzig- academic.ru/91150/ruthlessly">ruthlessly- ruthlessness* * *ruth·less[ˈru:θləs]adj cold, punishment unbarmherzig; remark, treatment mitleid[s]los; dictatorship, fight erbarmungslos, gnadenlos; action, behaviour rücksichtslos, skrupellos; criticism schonungslos; decision, measure hartto be \ruthless in enforcing the law das Gesetz unbarmherzig [o gnadenlos] durchsetzento be \ruthless in shortening a text einen Text erbarmungslos [o ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste] kürzen hum* * *['ruːɵlɪs]adjperson, deed rücksichtslos; cuts, treatment, self-analysis schonungslos; irony, sarcasm unbarmherzig, schonungslosyou'll have to be ruthless — man muss hart sein
* * *ruthless [ˈruːθlıs] adj (adv ruthlessly)1. unbarmherzig, grausam, hart2. rücksichts-, skrupellos* * *adjective, ruthlessly adverb* * *adj.rabiat adj.skrupellos adj.unbarmherzig adj. -
3 accanirsi
( ostinarsi) persistaccanirsi contro qualcuno rage against s.o.* * *accanirsi v.intr.pron.1 ( infierire) to be ruthless, pitiless2 ( ostinarsi) to persist (in o with sthg., in doing sthg.), to persevere (with sthg.).* * *[akka'nirsi]verbo pronominale1) (infierire)accanirsi contro — to keep going at [ vittima]
2) (ostinarsi)accanirsi in qcs., a fare — to persevere in o with sth., in doing
* * *accanirsi/akka'nirsi/ [102]1 (infierire) accanirsi contro to keep going at [ vittima]; la sorte si accanisce su di lui he is dogged by bad luck -
4 merci
merci [mεʀsi]1. exclamation• merci de or pour votre carte thank you for your card• du lait ? -- (oui) merci some milk? -- (yes) please• cognac ? -- non merci cognac? -- no thank you2. masculine noun3. feminine noun( = pitié) mercy* * *
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1. mɛʀsinom masculin thank you
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exclamation thank you, thanks (colloq) (à to; de, pour for; de faire, d'avoir fait for doing)merci à vous! — ( repartie) thank you!
II mɛʀsinom féminin mercysans merci — [lutte] merciless (épith)
on est toujours à la merci d'un changement de dernière minute — there's always the risk of a last minute change
* * *mɛʀsi1. exclmerci pour; merci de — thank you for
Merci de m'avoir raccompagné. — Thank you for taking me home.
2. nm3. nfsans merci (attaquant, lutte) — merciless, [pourchasser] mercilessly
* * *A nm thank you; tu leur diras un grand merci de ma part give them a big thank you from me; mille mercis thank you so much; un grand merci à Mia pour son aide a big thank you to Mia for her help.B nf mercy; sans merci [lutte] without mercy ( après n), merciless ( épith); à la merci de qn at sb's mercy, at the mercy of sb; à leur merci at their mercy; tenir qn à sa merci to hold sb at one's mercy; à la merci du temps at the mercy of the weather; on est toujours à la merci d'un changement de dernière minute you're always in danger of a last minute change.C excl thank you, thanks○ (à to; de, pour for; de faire, d'avoir fait for doing); merci beaucoup thank you very much; merci d'avance thank you in advance; merci à tous d'être venus thank you all for coming; merci à vous! ( repartie) thank YOU!; non merci no thank you, no thanks○; y aller seule? merci bien! or non merci! go alone? no thank you!; merci pour tout thanks○ for everything; merci mille fois very many thanks; Dieu merci thank God; dire merci to say thank you; tu pourrais dire merci! you might say thank you!; ils sont partis sans même dire merci they left without even saying thank you.[mɛrsi] nom masculindites-lui un grand merci pour son aide give him a big thank-you ou all our thanks for his help————————[mɛrsi] interjectionas-tu dit merci à la dame? did you thank the lady ou say thank you to the lady?merci mille fois thank you so ou very muchvoulez-vous du fromage? — (non) merci, je n'ai pas faim would you like some cheese? — no thank you ou thanks, I'm not hungry————————[mɛrsi] nom féminin————————à la merci de locution prépositionnelletenir quelqu'un à sa merci to have somebody at one's mercy ou in one's power————————sans merci locution adjectivale————————sans merci locution adverbiale -
5 tough
B adj2 ( severe) [policy, stance, measure, law] strict, sévère ; [opposition, competition, criticism] rude (before n) ; [sport] rude (after n) ; to take a tough line se montrer dur (on sth à propos de qch ; with sb envers qn) ; you were a bit tough on him tu as été un peu dur envers or avec lui ; to get tough with sb se montrer dur avec qn ; tough talk propos mpl inflexibles (about au sujet de ; on sur) ;3 ( difficult) [way of life, conditions, situation] difficile, pénible ; [problem, task, match, decision] difficile ; [challenge] redoutable ; to have a tough time avoir des difficultés (doing pour faire) ; she's having a tough time elle traverse une période difficile ;6 ( rough) [area, school] dur ;7 ○ ( unfortunate) tough break déveine f ; that's tough manque de pot ○ ! ; tough luck! manque de pot ○ ! ; ( unsympathetically) tant pis pour toi! ; tough shit ◑ ! tant pis pour toi! ; it was tough on them c'était vache ○ pour eux ;8 ○ US ( great) génial ○.C ○ excl tant pis pour toi!this meat is as tough as old boots ○ cette viande c'est de la semelle ○ ; she's as tough as old boots ○ elle est coriace ○ ; to hang tough ○ US tenir bon ; hang tough! accroche-toi ○ !■ tough out ○:
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