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1 mordant
mordant, e [mɔʀdɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjectivea. ( = caustique) scathingb. [froid] biting* * *
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mordante mɔʀdɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif1) [ironie, ton] caustic; [personne] scathing2) [froid] biting
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nom masculin1) ( causticité) sarcasm2) (colloq) (énergie de personne, d'équipe) zip (colloq)* * *mɔʀdɑ̃, ɑ̃t mordant, -e1. adj1) (humour) scathing, cutting2) (froid) biting2. nm(dynamisme, fougue) bite, punch* * *A adj1 ( caustique) [ironie, critique, ton] caustic, scathing; [personne] scathing; être mordant to be scathing (à l'égard de qn/qch about sb/sth); avoir l'esprit mordant to have a biting wit;2 ( saisissant) [froid] biting.B nm1 ( causticité) sarcasm; le mordant de leurs remarques/critiques the sarcastic ou caustic tone of their remarks/criticisms; avec mordant sarcastically;2 ○(énergie de personne, d'équipe) zip○; retrouver de son mordant to get some of one's zip○ back;4 Mus mordent.————————nom masculin2. [d'une lame, d'une lime] bite3. [en gravure, teinture, dorure] mordant -
2 take smth. in one's stride
1) легко преодолевать что-л. (трудности и т. п.); легко добиться своего [этим. конный спорт]...she felt that she must have taken the Bursary - to use her father's phrase - in her stride. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book III, ch. 10) —...Несси считала, что стипендия, как выражался отец, уже у нее в кармане.
How d'you like the old car now? I've lengthened her a good two feet. Isn't she grand? Mind you, there's still a little bother with the gearbox. We didn't quite take the hill in our stride, as ye might say! (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Citadel’, book II, ch. 12) — Как вам теперь нравится моя старая машина? Я ее удлинил на добрых два фута. Великолепно, не правда ли? Вот только еще передача барахлит. Долго не могли взять подъем.
2) считать что-л. естественным, принимать что-л. как должноеHe had looked at the other men and officers aboard: they were taking it in their stride. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book III, ch. 2) — Он присмотрелся к окружавшим его на пароходе солдатам и офицерам; они принимали все, что с ними происходило, как должное.
Chorley (to Kurt): "Mrs. Braid is renowned for her caustic irony. You must take it in your stride." (N. Coward, ‘Peace in Our Time’, act II, sc. I) — Чорли (Курту): "Миссис Брейд весьма язвительная дама. Вы это учтите и держитесь спокойно."
‘I don't remember that you asked me last year to do all those things,’ she said finally. ‘Things just happened and we took them in our stride, didn't we?’ (M. Wilson, ‘Live with Lightning’, ch. VII) — - Я не помню, чтобы ты говорил мне об этом в прошлом году, - сказала наконец Сабина. - Так сложились обстоятельства, и мы с ними примирились, верно?
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