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1 ambitious
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2 ambitious
1 [person] ambitieux/-ieuse (for sb pour qn) ; to be ambitious to do avoir l'ambition de faire ;2 [goal, work, scheme] ambitieux/-ieuse. -
3 climber
1) (a person who climbs (mountains).) grimpeur/-euse2) (a climbing plant.)3) ((usually social climber) an ambitious person who tries to improve his/her social status.) -
4 high-flier
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5 high-flier
(a) (ambitious person) ambitieux(euse) m, f, jeune loup m(b) STOCK EXCHANGE valeur f en forte hausse -
6 hopeful
hopeful [ˈhəʊpfʊl]1. adjectivea. ( = optimistic) [person, face] plein d'espoir• to be hopeful (that...) avoir bon espoir (que...)b. ( = promising) [sign, future] prometteur ; [situation, news] encourageant2. noun• the British Olympic hopefuls (hoping to make team) les candidats mpl à la sélection pour l'équipe olympique britannique ; (hoping to win medal) les prétendants mpl britanniques à une médaille olympique* * *['həʊpfl] 1.2.young hopeful — jeune espoir m; ( ambitious) ambitieux/-ieuse m/f
1) ( filled with hope) [person, expression] plein d'espoir; [attitude, mood] optimiste2) ( encouraging) [news, sign, situation] encourageant; [development] prometteur/-euse -
7 pawn
[po:n] 1. verb(to give (an article of value) to a pawnbroker in exchange for money (which may be repaid at a later time to get the article back): I had to pawn my watch to pay the bill.) mettre en gage2. noun1) (in chess, one of the small pieces of lowest rank.) pion2) (a person who is used by another person for his own gain, advantage etc: She was a pawn in his ambitious plans.) jouet•- pawnshop - in pawn -
8 appear
appear vi1 ( become visible) [person, ship, growth, symptom, ghost] apparaître ; to appear to sb in a vision apparaître à qn dans une vision ;2 ( turn up) arriver ; to appear on the scene arriver sur place ; to appear from nowhere apparaître ; where did she appear from ○ ? hum d'où est-ce qu'elle est sortie ○ ? hum ;3 ( seem) to appear to be/to do [person] avoir l'air d'être/de faire ; to appear depressed avoir l'air déprimé ; to appear deserted [place] sembler être désert ; to appear to be crying avoir l'air de pleurer ; to appear to have forgotten avoir l'air d'avoir oublié ; it appears/appeared that il semble/semblait que ; it appears to me that il me semble que ; there appears to be, there would appeard to be on dirait qu'il y a ; so it appears, so it would appear à ce qu'il paraît ; his parents, it appears, were ambitious il semble que ses parents avaient de l'ambition ;5 Cin, Theat, TV ( perform) to appear on stage paraître en scène ; to appear on TV passer à la télévision ; to appear as jouer dans le rôle de ; to be currently appearing in jouer en ce moment dans ;6 Jur ( be present) comparaître (before devant ; for pour) ; to appear in court comparaître devant le tribunal ; to appear as counsel for the defence plaider pour l'accusé ; to appear as a witness comparaître comme témoin ;7 ( be written) [name, score] paraître (on sur ; in dans). -
9 hopeful
A n ( person) ( showing promise) espoir m ; ( ambitious) ambitieux/-ieuse m/f ; young hopeful jeune espoir m.B adj1 ( filled with hope) [person, expression] plein d'espoir ; [attitude, mood, period] optimiste ; to be hopeful about sth être optimiste quant à qch ; to be hopeful of doing avoir bon espoir de faire ; he is hopeful that he will win il a bon espoir de gagner ; we remain hopeful that… nous conservons l'espoir que… ; I am not hopeful of success je n'ai pas d'espoir de succès ;2 ( encouraging) [letter, news, result, sign, situation] encourageant ; [development, period] prometteur/-euse. -
10 pushy
[person, manner] arrogant* * *(colloq) ['pʊʃɪ] adjective ( ambitious) arrivisteshe's very pushy — ( assertive) elle s'impose
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11 yuppie
plural - yuppies; noun(a young, ambitious, professional person who earns a lot of money and spends it on fashionable things.) yuppie; jeune cadre dynamique -
12 yuppy
plural - yuppies; noun(a young, ambitious, professional person who earns a lot of money and spends it on fashionable things.) yuppie; jeune cadre dynamique
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