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[ʌn'smaɪlɪŋ]adjective [person] qui ne sourit pas; [face] grave -
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grim [grɪm]a. [place] sinistre ; [news, situation] mauvaisb. [person, face, expression] ( = stern) sévère ; ( = worried) sombre ; [smile] amer ; [humour] macabre ; [voice] sombre• to feel grim ( = unwell) ne pas être dans son assiette* * *[grɪm]1) ( depressing) [news, town] sinistre; [sight, conditions] effroyable; [reality] dur2) ( unrelenting) [struggle] acharné; [resolve] terrible3) ( unsmiling) grave4) (colloq) ( poor) [accommodation, food] très mauvais5) ( black) [humour] macabre -
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straight [streɪt]1. adjectivec. ( = unambiguous) clair• have you got that straight? est-ce bien clair ?d. ( = tidy) to put sth straight mettre de l'ordre dans qche. ( = simple) it was a straight choice between A and B il n'y avait que deux solutions, A ou Bf. ( = consecutive) [victories, defeats, games, months] consécutif• if I give you £5, then we'll be straight si je te donne 5 livres, nous serons quittesi. ( = unsmiling) to keep a straight face garder son sérieuxj. [person] (inf) ( = conventional) conventionnel ; ( = heterosexual) hétéro (inf) ; ( = not criminal) honnête• I've been straight for three years ( = not on drugs) ça fait trois ans que je n'ai pas pris de drogue2. nouna. the straight [of racecourse, athletics track] la ligne droite3. adverba. ( = in a straight line) [walk, stand, grow] droit ; [shoot] juste• to look sb straight in the face/the eye regarder qn bien en face/droit dans les yeux• to go straight towards sb/sth se diriger droit vers qn/qchb. ( = level) to hang straight [picture] être bien droitc. ( = directly) straight after this tout de suite après• to come straight back ( = without detour) revenir directement ; ( = immediately) revenir tout de suite• he went straight to London ( = without detour) il est allé directement à Londres ; ( = immediately) il s'est immédiatement rendu à Londrese. ( = neat) to drink one's whisky straight boire son whisky secf. ( = clearly) he couldn't think straight il n'avait plus les idées clairesh. ( = consecutively) for five days straight pendant cinq jours d'affilée► straight off ( = immediately) tout de suite ; ( = without hesitation) sans hésiter ; ( = without beating about the bush) sans ambages4. compounds* * *[streɪt] 1.noun Sport ligne f droite2.back straight — côté m opposé de la piste
1) ( not bent or curved) gen droit; [hair] raidedead straight — gen tout droit
2) (level, upright) gen bien droit; [bedclothes, tablecloth] bien misthe picture/your tie isn't straight — le tableau/ta cravate est de travers
3) (tidy, in order) en ordreto get ou put something straight — lit, fig mettre quelque chose en ordre
4) ( clear)to put ou set the record straight — établir la vérité
5) (honest, direct) [person] honnête, droit; [answer] clair6) ( unconditional) [majority, profit] net/nette; [choice] simplea straight fight — GB Politics une élection à deux candidats
7) ( undiluted) [drink] sec, sans eau8) ( consecutive) [wins, defeats] consécutif/-iveshe got straight ‘A’s — School elle a eu très bien partout
in straight sets — Sport en deux (or trois) sets
9) Theatre [actor, role] sérieux/-ieuse10) (colloq) ( heterosexual) hétéro (colloq) inv3.1) ( not obliquely) gen droit; [shoot] justeto go/keep straight ahead — aller/continuer tout droit
2) ( without delay) directementstraight away —
she told him straight out that — elle lui a dit carrément or sans ambages que
it seemed like something straight out of the Middle Ages — cela semblait sortir tout droit du Moyen Âge
3) ( frankly) tout netgive it to me straight — (colloq) dis-moi la vérité
to play straight with somebody — fig jouer franc-jeu avec quelqu'un
4) Theatre [act, produce] de manière classique5) ( neat) [drink] sec or sans eau••to go straight — (colloq) [criminal] se ranger
straight up? — (colloq) GB sans blague? (colloq)
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1 ( depressing) [news, town, prison] sinistre ; [sight, conditions] effroyable ; [reality] dur ; her future looks grim son avenir a l'air sombre ; it's a grim reminder of war cela nous remet en mémoire la guerre dans toute son horreur ;2 ( unrelenting) [struggle] acharné ; [resolve] terrible ; to hold onto sb like grim death s'agripper à qn de toutes ses forces ;4 ○ ( poor) [accommodation, food] très mauvais ; you look grim tu n'as pas l'air bien du tout ○ ; I'm feeling pretty grim ( ill) je ne me sens pas bien ; ( depressed) je n'ai pas le moral ○ ;5 ( black) [joke, humour] macabre.
См. также в других словарях:
unsmiling — 1826, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + prp. of SMILE (Cf. smile) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
unsmiling — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not smiling; serious or unfriendly. DERIVATIVES unsmilingly adverb … English terms dictionary
unsmiling — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
unsmiling — [[t]ʌ̱nsma͟ɪlɪŋ[/t]] ADJ An unsmiling person is not smiling, and looks serious or unfriendly. [LITERARY] He was unsmiling and silent. ...the unsmiling woman in the ticket booth. Syn: dour … English dictionary
unsmiling — un|smil|ing [ʌnˈsmaılıŋ] adj literary looking serious and unfriendly ▪ an unsmiling face … Dictionary of contemporary English
unsmiling — adj.; unsmilingly, adv. * * * … Universalium
unsmiling — adjective Not smiling; serious or grave Ant: smiling … Wiktionary
unsmiling — Synonyms and related words: cheerless, decorous, demure, discontented, earnest, formal, frowning, grave, grim, grim faced, grim visaged, humorless, in bad humor, infestive, joyless, long faced, mirthless, miserable, out of humor, out of sorts,… … Moby Thesaurus
unsmiling — un|smil|ing [ ʌn smaılıŋ ] adjective seeming very serious or unfriendly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unsmiling — adj. not smiling, unhappily … English contemporary dictionary
unsmiling — adjective not smiling; serious or unfriendly. Derivatives unsmilingly adverb unsmilingness noun … English new terms dictionary