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modest ['mɒdɪst](a) (unassuming) modeste;∎ she's very modest about her success son succès ne lui est pas monté à la tête∎ a modest salary un salaire modique;∎ a modest house une maison sans prétentions ou à l'aspect modeste;∎ we are very modest in our needs nous avons besoin de très peu -
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1 ( unassuming) [person] modeste (about au sujet de) ; he's just being modest! il fait le modeste! ; -
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['modist]1) (not having, or showing, too high an opinion of one's abilities etc: He's very modest about his success.) modeste2) (decent, or showing good taste; not shocking: modest clothing.) réservé, pudique3) (not very large; moderate: She's a person of modest ambitions.) modeste•- modestly- modesty -
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adj.1) modique; modeste2) pudique; décentEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > modest
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deprecating [ˈdeprɪkeɪtɪŋ], deprecatory [ˈdeprɪkətərɪ] adjective( = disapproving) désapprobateur (- trice f) ; ( = condescending) condescendant ; ( = modest) modeste* * *['deprɪkeɪtɪŋ]adjective ( disapproving) désapprobateur/-trice -
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scale [skeɪl]1. noun• on a large/small scale sur une grande/petite échelleb. [of map] échelle fe. [of fish] écaille ff. → scalesa. [+ wall, mountain] escaladerb. [+ fish] écaillerc. [+ teeth] détartrer3. compounds(US) = scale down► scale down separable transitive verb réduire ; [+ drawing] réduire l'échelle de ; [+ production] réduire* * *[skeɪl] 1.1) ( extent) (of crisis, disaster, success, violence) étendue f; (of reform, development, defeat, recession, task) ampleur f; (of activity, operation) envergure f; (of support, change) degré mon a large/small scale — [map] à grande/petite échelle
on a modest scale — [building] d'une ampleur modeste
to do something on a large scale — fig faire quelque chose sur une grande échelle
2) ( grading system) échelle fpay scale —
3) (for maps, models) échelle f4) ( on gauge etc) graduation f5) ( for weighing) balance f6) Music gamme f7) (on fish, insect) écaille f2.scales plural noun balance f3.transitive verb1) ( climb) escalader2) ( take scales off) écailler•Phrasal Verbs:- scale up•• -
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(occupation) emploi m; (recruitment) embauche f;∎ to be without employment être sans emploi;∎ to give sb employment donner un emploi à qn;∎ to seek employment chercher un emploiBritish Employment Act = loi sur l'égalité des chances pour l'emploi;employment agency agence f de placement;employment bureau bureau m de placement;employment costs coûts m pl salariaux;employment law droit m social;employment legislation législation f du travail;employment policy politique f de l'emploi;employment protection protection f de l'emploi;employment regulations code m du travail;employment and training contract contrat m de qualification;employment tribunal ≃ conseil m des prud'hommesMany economists say the Berlusconi government's proposals are quite mild because they will end up removing the application of Article 18 in the case of very few workers, and will not even affect those currently employed. However, the unions see Article 18 as the cornerstone of employment protection law and believe even a modest change could open the way to a more rigorous set of reforms.
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ECONOMICS travail m au noirThe European Commission estimates 7-16 percent of the European economy is informal, giving a range of approximately EUR500 billion-1.1 trillion ($448.8 billion to $987 billion) that is effectively a cash economy. The smallest informal economies are estimated to be in Scandinavia, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands, each at around a very honest, and modest, 5 percent of GDP. But that balloons to over 20 percent in Italy and Greece.
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[di'mjuə](quiet, shy, modest and well behaved (sometimes deceptively): She looked too demure ever to do such a bold thing.) réservé- demurely- demureness -
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[in'di:snt](offending against accepted standards of sexual or moral behaviour; not modest: indecent clothing.) indécent -
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1) (without shame; blatant: a shameless liar; shameless deception.) éhonté2) (not modest: a shameless woman.) impudique -
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A n1 ( extent) (of crisis, disaster, success, violence) étendue f (of de) ; (of reform, development, defeat, recession, task) ampleur f (of de) ; (of activity, operation) envergure f (of de) ; (of support, change) degré m (of de) ; on a large/small scale à grande/petite échelle ; on an unexpected/a modest scale d'une ampleur inattendue/modeste ;2 ( grading system) échelle f ; pay scale, salary scale échelle des salaires ; social scale échelle sociale ; scale of values échelle de valeurs ; at the other end of the scale à l'autre bout de l'échelle ; on a scale of 1 to 10 sur une échelle allant de 1 à 10 ;3 (for maps, models) échelle f ; on a scale of 2 km to 1 cm à une échelle de 1 cm pour 2 km ; the model is out of ou not to scale la maquette n'est pas à l'échelle ;4 (on thermometer, gauge etc) graduation f ;5 ( for weighing) balance f ;C vtr1 ( climb) escalader [wall, peak, tower] ;2 ( take scales off) écailler [fish].the scales fell from my eyes tout d'un coup j'ai compris.■ scale back = scale down 2.■ scale down:▶ scale [sth] down, scale down [sth]1 ( reduce according to scale) réduire l'échelle de [drawing, map] ;■ scale up:▶ scale [sth] up, scale up [sth]1 lit augmenter l'échellle de [drawing, map] ;2 fig augmenter [activity, work]. -
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amount [ə'maʊnt](a) (quantity) quantité f;∎ great or large amounts of money beaucoup d'argent;∎ a massive amount of time énormément de temps;∎ in small/large amounts en petites/grandes quantités;∎ no amount of talking can bring him back on peut lui parler tant qu'on veut, ça ne le fera pas revenir;∎ I have a certain amount of respect for them j'ai un certain respect pour eux;∎ a modest amount une quantité modeste;∎ any amount of des quantités de, énormément de;∎ that shop has any amount of books il y a des masses de livres dans ce magasin;∎ you'll have any amount of time for reading on holiday tu auras tout ton temps pour lire pendant les vacances∎ do you have the exact amount? avez-vous le compte (exact)?;∎ she billed us for the amount of £50 elle nous a présenté une facture d'un montant de ou qui se montait à 50 livres;∎ you're in credit to the amount of £100 vous avez un crédit de 100 livres;∎ please find enclosed a cheque to the amount of $100 veuillez trouver ci-joint un chèque (d'un montant) de 100 dollars;∎ amount due (on bill) montant a régler;∎ no amount (of money) could make up for what I've lost rien ne pourrait compenser ce que j'ai perdu;∎ Accountancy amount brought forward montant m à reporter∎ he left debts amounting to over £1,800 il a laissé des dettes qui s'élèvent ou se montent à plus de 1800 livres;∎ profits last year amounted to several million dollars les bénéfices pour l'année dernière se chiffrent à plusieurs millions de dollars;∎ after tax it doesn't amount to much après impôts ça ne représente pas grand-chose;∎ he'll never amount to much il ne fera jamais grand-chose∎ it amounts to something not far short of stealing c'est pratiquement du vol;∎ it amounts to the same thing cela revient au même;∎ what his speech amounts to is an attack on democracy en fait, avec ce discours, il attaque la démocratie -
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conservative [kən'sɜ:vətɪv]1 noun(traditionalist) traditionaliste mf, conformiste mf(a) (traditionalist → views) conformiste(b) (conventional → suit, clothes) classique(c) (modest → estimate) prudent;∎ at a conservative estimate au minimum, au bas mot1 nounconservateur(trice) m,f(policy, government, MP) conservateur►► the Conservative Party le parti conservateurUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > conservative
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experiment [ɪk'sperɪmənt]1 nounalso figurative expérience f;∎ to carry out or to conduct an experiment réaliser ou effectuer une expérience;∎ an experiment in sth une expérience de qch;∎ experiments on animals des expériences fpl sur les animaux;∎ as an experiment, by way of experiment à titre d'expérience ou d'essai;∎ it's a bit of an experiment actually (as modest apology) je vous préviens, c'est une innovationfaire une expérience ou des expériences;∎ to experiment with a new technique expérimenter une nouvelle technique;∎ to experiment with drugs essayer la drogue;∎ to experiment on animals faire des expériences sur les animaux
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