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1 prosecution
1 Jur ( institution of charge) poursuites fpl (judiciaires) ; to face/result in prosecution s'exposer à/entraîner des poursuites ; liable to prosecution passible de poursuites ; the prosecution process la procédure d'inculpation ;2 Jur ( party) the prosecution ( private individual) le/les plaignant/-s ; (state, Crown) le ministère public ; Mr Green, for the prosecution, said… Maître Green, pour le ministère public, a dit… ;3 (of war, research) poursuite f (of de) ; in the prosecution of one's duties dans l'accomplissement m de ses fonctions. -
2 dark
dark [dα:k]1. adjectivea. ( = lacking light) sombre ; ( = unlit) dans l'obscuritéb. ( = dark-coloured) [colour, skin] foncé ; [clothes, eyes] sombre• dark blue/green bleu/vert foncé invc. ( = sinister) dark hints were dropped about a possible prosecution on a fait planer la menace d'éventuelles poursuites judiciairesd. ( = gloomy) [thoughts, mood] sombre2. noun3. compounds* * *[dɑːk] 1.the dark — le noir, l'obscurité f
in the dark — dans le noir or l'obscurité
2.before/until dark — avant/jusqu'à la (tombée de la) nuit
1) ( lacking in light) sombreit is getting dark — il commence à faire noir or nuit
it's dark — il fait noir or nuit
2) ( in colour) [colour, suit] sombredark blue — bleu foncé inv
3) ( physically) [hair, eyes, skin] brunshe's dark — elle est brune, elle a les cheveux bruns
4) ( gloomy) [time, days, mood] sombre5) ( sinister) [secret, thought] noir (before n); [threat, warning] sombre6) ( evil) [force, power] maléfique••a shot in the dark — ( guess) un coup pour voir
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