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1 mauvaise volonté
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2 volonté
volonté [vɔlɔ̃te]feminine nouna. ( = souhait, intention) wish ; ( = faculté) will• accomplir/respecter la volonté de qn to carry out/respect sb's wishes• volonté de guérir/réussir will to recover/succeed• « café à volonté » "as much coffee as you like"b. ( = disposition) bonne volonté willingness• il a beaucoup de bonne volonté mais peu d'aptitude he shows great willingness but not much aptitude• il met de la bonne/mauvaise volonté à faire son travail he goes about his work willingly/grudgingly• il fait preuve de bonne/mauvaise volonté he has a positive/negative attitudec. ( = caractère, énergie) willpower* * *vɔlɔ̃te
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1) ( disposition) willfaire preuve de bonne/mauvaise volonté — to show goodwill/ill-will
elle y met de la mauvaise volonté — she's doing it with bad grace or reluctantly
2) ( trait de caractère) willpower
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à volonté locution adverbiale1) ( autant que l'on veut)‘vin/pain/crudités à volonté’ — ‘unlimited wine/bread/salad’
2) ( comme on veut) [modulable] as required* * *vɔlɔ̃te nf1) [peuple] will2) (= énergie, fermeté) willpowerIl a beaucoup de volonté. — He's got a lot of willpower., He's strong-willed.
3) (= souhait, désir) wish4) (= disposition)bonne volonté — goodwill, willingness
mauvaise volonté — lack of goodwill, unwillingness
* * *A nf1 ( disposition) will; imposer sa volonté to impose one's will (à qn on sb); la volonté du peuple the will of the people; il a été inscrit contre sa volonté he was entered against his will; même avec la meilleure volonté du monde even with the best will in the world; ‘que ta volonté soit faite’ Relig ‘thy will be done’; bonne/mauvaise volonté goodwill/ill-will; faire preuve de bonne/mauvaise volonté to show goodwill/ill-will; être plein de bonne volonté to be full of goodwill; une personne/un geste de bonne volonté a person/an act of goodwill; elle y met de la mauvaise volonté she's doing it with bad grace or reluctantly; contrarier/aller contre la volonté de qn to thwart/go against sb's wishes; deux volontés contraires se sont exprimées two opposing wishes were expressed; manifester la volonté de faire to show one's willingness to do; leur volonté de signer les accords/refuser le compromis est claire their willingness to sign the agreements/refuse the compromise is clear; volonté de puissance/conquête/paix/vengeance desire for power/conquest/peace/revenge; faire appel aux bonnes volontés to appeal for volunteers; pour des raisons indépendantes de notre volonté for reasons beyond our control; ⇒ dernier, quatre;2 ( trait de caractère) willpower; avoir de la volonté to have willpower; faire preuve de volonté to show willpower; c'est une question de volonté it's a question of willpower; réussir à faire qch à force de volonté to succeed in doing sth by sheer willpower; avoir une volonté de fer to have an iron will.B à volonté loc adv2 ( comme on veut) [modulable] as required.[vɔlɔ̃te] nom fémininavoir de la volonté/beaucoup de volonté to have willpower/a strong willavoir une volonté de fer to have a will of iron ou an iron willil manque de volonté he lacks willpower, he doesn't have enough willpowerfaire quelque chose/aller contre la volonté de quelqu'un to do something/go against somebody's willla volonté de gagner/survivre the will to win/to survivela volonté divine ou de Dieu God's willque Ta/Votre volonté soit faite Thy will be done3. [disposition]allez, lève-toi, c'est de la mauvaise volonté! come on, get up, you're not really trying!————————à volonté locution adjectivalecafé à volonté as much coffee as you want, unlimited coffee————————à volonté locution adverbiale[arrêter, continuer] at will -
3 oreille
n. f.1. Glisser quelque chose dans le tuyau de l'oreille à quelqu'un: To whisper something to someone.2. Faire la sourde oreille: To turn a deaf ear.3. Se faire tirer l'oreille: To show unwillingness to do something (not, as some lexicographers suggest, 'to dig one's heels in').a (lit.): To sleep soundly.b (fig.): To rest easy, not to worry. Pour ce qui est de tout ça, vous pouvez dormir sur vos deux oreilles! On that score, rest assured you've nothing to worry about.5. Partir l'oreille basse: To 'go off with one's tail between one's legs', to leave crestfallen. -
4 refus
denial, refusal, unwillingness
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