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1 frôler
frôler [fʀole]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verba. ( = toucher) to brush against ; ( = passer près de) to skimb. ( = confiner à) to border on* * *fʀole
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1) ( toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush; [projectile] to graze2) ( passer près) [balle, pierre, voiture] to miss narrowly; [personne] to brush past [personne]; to brush against [objet, mur]frôler les 200 km/h — to nearly touch 200km per hour
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se frôler verbe pronominal1) ( se toucher) [personnes, mains, genoux] to brush against each other2) ( sans se toucher) [objets, voitures, conducteurs] to just miss each other; [personnes] to brush past each other* * *fʀole vt1) (= effleurer) to brush against, [projectile] to skim pastLe chat m'a frôlé au passage. — The cat brushed against me as it went past., The cat brushed past me.
2) fig (= manquer de peu) to come very close toNous avons frôlé la catastrophe. — We came very close to disaster.
* * *frôler verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush; [ballon, balle, pierre] to graze; [voiture, conducteur] to scrape;2 ( passer près) [balle, ballon, pierre, voiture] to miss narrowly; [personne] to brush past [personne]; to brush against [objet, mur]; to come close to [succès]; to approach [somme, taux]; il a frôlé la mort he came within a hair's breadth of dying, he had a brush with death; ses blagues frôlent le mauvais goût his jokes border on bad taste; l'automobiliste a frôlé les 200 km/h the driver almost reached a speed of 200 km per hour; il frôlait les 200 kg it weighed close to 200 kg.B se frôler vpr1 ( se toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush against each other;2 ( sans se toucher) [objet, voiture, conducteur] to just miss each other; [personne] to brush past each other; ils se sont frôlés sans se voir they brushed past (each other) without seeing each other.[frole] verbe transitifl'avion a frôlé les arbres the plane skimmed ou grazed the treetops2. [passer très près de] to come close to touching————————se frôler verbe pronominal(emploi réciproque) to brush against ou to jostle each other -
2 justesse
justesse [ʒystεs]feminine nounb. [de note, voix, instrument] accuracyc. ( = pertinence) [d'idée, raisonnement] soundness ; [de remarque, expression] appropriatenessd. ► de justesse justice* * *ʒystɛs
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1) ( pertinence)avec justesse — [souligner, remarquer] correctly
2) ( précision) accuracyavec justesse — [analyser, prévoir, mesurer] accurately
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de justesse locution adverbiale only just* * *ʒystɛs nf1)Il a eu son permis de justesse. — He only just passed his driving test.
Il a échappé de justesse à la prison. — He only just escaped going to prison.
2) [remarque] aptness, [opinion] soundness3) (= précision) accuracy* * *A nf1 ( pertinence) être convaincu de la justesse d'une décision to be sure that a decision is correct; avec justesse [souligner, remarquer] correctly;2 ( précision) accuracy; un tir d'une justesse remarquable a remarkably accurate shot; avec justesse [analyser, prévoir, mesurer] accurately;3 Mus le piano n'est pas d'une justesse fantastique the piano is rather out of tune; chanter avec justesse to sing in tune.B de justesse loc adv only just; on a évité la catastrophe/bagarre de justesse we only just avoided disaster/a fight; il a eu son avion, mais de justesse he got his plane but only just; elle a été réélue de justesse she was reelected only by a narrow margin; j'ai réussi mes examens de justesse I passed my exams but only just, I just scraped○ through my exams; remporter une victoire de justesse to win a narrow victory, to win by a narrow margin; s'en sortir de justesse to have a narrow escape.[ʒystɛs] nom féminin1. [d'un raisonnement, d'un jugement] soundnesselle raisonne avec justesse her reasoning is sound, she has sound reasoning————————de justesse locution adverbialeil a gagné de justesse he won by a narrow margin ou by a hair's breadth
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