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1 uncertain
uncertain [ʌnˈsɜ:tn]• it is uncertain whether... on ne sait pas si...• he is uncertain whether... il ne sait pas au juste si...* * *[ʌn'sɜːtn] 1.1) ( unsure) incertainit is uncertain whether — il n'est pas certain que (+ subj)
2) ( changeable) [temper] instable; [weather] variable2.in no uncertain terms adverbial phrase [state] en termes on ne peut plus clairs -
2 uncertain
uncertain [‚ʌn'sɜ:tən]∎ we were uncertain whether to continue or we should continue nous ne savions pas trop si nous devions continuer;∎ they were uncertain how to begin ils ne savaient pas trop comment commencer;∎ I feel uncertain about him j'ai des doutes à son sujet;∎ to be uncertain about sth être inquiet au sujet de ou incertain de qch∎ it's uncertain whether we'll succeed or not il n'est pas sûr ou certain que nous réussissions;∎ in no uncertain terms en termes on ne peut plus clairs, sans mâcher ses mots∎ the cause of her death is still uncertain la cause de sa mort reste inconnue, on ignore encore la cause de sa mort(d) (unsteady → voice, steps) hésitant, mal assuré(e) (undecided → plans) incertain, pas sûr -
3 uncertain
A adj1 [person] ( unsure) incertain ; to be uncertain about ne pas être certain de ; to be uncertain about what to do ne pas être certain de ce que l'on doit faire ; to be uncertain whether to stay or to leave ne pas savoir si l'on doit partir ou rester ;2 (not predictable, not known) [future, market, outcome] incertain ; it is uncertain whether there will be a chairperson il n'est pas certain qu'il y ait un président ;B in no uncertain terms adv phr [state] en termes on ne peut plus clairs ; [express oneself] de façon très directe. -
4 uncertain
1) ((of a person) not sure; not definitely knowing: I'm uncertain of my future plans; The government is uncertain what is the best thing to do.) incertain (de)2) (not definitely known or settled: My plans are still uncertain; The uncertain weather delayed our departure.) incertain• -
5 uncertain
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > uncertain
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6 to tell in no uncertain terms
dire carrément/sans ambages; parler clair; dire sans équivoque; fam. mettre les points sur les "i"English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to tell in no uncertain terms
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7 in doubt
(uncertain: The result of the dispute is still in doubt.) indécis -
8 shaky
shaky [ˈ∫eɪkɪ]• he's still a bit shaky (illness) il ne tient pas encore bien sur ses jambes ; (from nerves) il est encore fragileb. ( = trembling) [legs] (from fear, illness) flageolant ; [voice] (from fear, illness) tremblant ; (from age) chevrotant ; (from nerves) mal assuré ; [hand] tremblant ; [handwriting] trembléc. ( = wobbly) [table] branlant ; [building] peu solided. ( = uncertain) [argument] boiteux ; [knowledge] très imparfait ; [health] chancelant ; [prospects] précaire* * *['ʃeɪkɪ]1) [chair, ladder] branlant2) fig [relationship, position] instable; [argument] peu solide; [knowledge, memory] peu sûr; [regime] chancelantwe got off to a rather shaky start — (in relationship, business) au début cela a été difficile pour nous; ( in performance) nous étions très peu sûrs de nous au début
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9 doubtful
1) (feeling doubt; uncertain what to think, expect etc: He is doubtful about the future of the school.) incertain2) (able to be doubted; not clear: The outcome is doubtful; a doubtful result.) incertain, indécis3) (uncertain but rather unlikely, unhopeful etc: It is doubtful whether this will work; a doubtful improvement.) douteux4) (suspicious: He's rather a doubtful character.) louche -
10 dicey
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11 dodgy
a. ( = uncertain) risqué* * *(colloq) ['dɒdʒɪ] adjective GB1) ( untrustworthy) [person, business, establishment, method] louche (colloq)2) (risky, dangerous) [decision, plan, investment] risqué; [situation, moment] délicat; [finances] précaire; [weather] instable -
12 iffy
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13 indecisive
indecisive [‚ɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv]a. ( = uncertain) indécis (about or over sth à propos de qch)b. ( = inconclusive) peu concluant* * *[ˌɪndɪ'saɪsɪv] -
14 precarious
precarious [prɪˈkεərɪəs]( = uncertain) précaire ; ( = unsteady) [ladder] en équilibre instable* * *[prɪ'keərɪəs]adjective précaire -
15 put
put [pʊt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp put━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For set combinations consisting of put + noun, eg put out of business, put an end to, look up the noun. For put + preposition/adverb combinations, see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = place) mettre► to put + on• he put me on the train il m'a accompagné au train► to put + over• he put his head round the door il a passé la tête par la porte► to put + throughc. ( = rank) placerd. ( = express) dire• how shall I put it? comment dire ?• let me put it this way... disons que...e. ( = suggest) I put it to you that... n'est-il pas vrai que... ?f. ( = submit) [+ case, problem, opinion, suggestion] présenter ; [+ proposal] soumettre ; [+ question] poser• he put the arguments for and against the project il a présenté les arguments pour et contre le projetg. ( = cause to be) mettre• to put sb in a good/bad mood mettre qn de bonne/mauvaise humeurh. ( = invest)► to put + intoi. ( = estimate)► to put + at estimer• they put the loss at £10,000 ils estiment à 10 000 livres la perte subie• the population was put at 50,000 la population a été estimée à 50 000 habitants3. compounds( = feigned) affectéa. [+ rumour] faire courir( = communicate) [+ ideas, intentions, desires] faire comprendre• he knows his stuff but he can't put it across il connaît son sujet à fond mais il n'arrive pas à transmettre son savoir► put aside separable transitive verba. [+ object, food, money] mettre de côtéa. ( = put in proper place) [+ clothes, toys, books] rangerb. (Sport) [+ ball] mettre au fond des filetsa. ( = replace) remettre en place• put it back! remets-le à sa place !b. ( = retard) retarder[+ money] mettre de côté► put down[aircraft, pilot] se posera. [+ parcel, book, child] poser ; [+ passenger] déposer• put it down! pose ça !• he put down £500 on the car il a versé 500 livres d'arrhes pour la voiturec. ( = suppress) [+ revolt, movement] réprimere. ( = record) noterf. (British = have destroyed) [+ dog, cat] faire piquer ; [+ horse] faire abattre► put down as separable transitive verb( = consider, assess) considérer comme• I had put him down as a complete fool je le considérais comme un parfait imbécile► put down to separable transitive verb( = attribute) mettre sur le compte• I put it down to his inexperience je mets ça sur le compte de son inexpérience► put forth separable transitive verb[+ idea, proposal] émettre[ship] mouiller (at dans le port de)• have you put in the camera? ( = pack) est-ce que tu as pris l'appareil photo ?b. ( = insert) [+ word, paragraph] ajouter ; [+ remark] glisserc. ( = submit) to put in a request for sth faire une demande de qchd. ( = install) [+ political party] élire ; [+ central heating, double glazing] faire installere. ( = spend) [+ time] passerf. ( = work) travailler• can you put in a few hours at the weekend? pourrais-tu travailler quelques heures ce week-end ?► put in for inseparable transitive verb[+ job] poser sa candidature à ; [+ promotion] demanderb. ( = discourage) dissuader ; ( = repel) dégoûter• the failure may put them off trying again il est possible que cet échec les dissuade d'essayer à nouveau• the divorce figures don't seem to put people off marriage les statistiques de divorce ne semblent pas dégoûter les gens du mariagec. ( = distract) talking in the audience put him off les bavardages de l'auditoire le déconcentraienta. [+ clothes, glasses, lotion] mettreb. ( = increase) [+ speed] augmenterc. ( = assume) [+ air, accent] prendre• to put it on ( = pretend) faire semblantd. ( = deceive) faire marcher (inf)e. ( = organize) organiser ; [+ extra train, bus] mettre en serviceg. ( = switch on) allumer ; [+ tape, CD, music] mettreh. ( = begin to cook) I'll just put the potatoes on je vais juste mettre les pommes de terre à cuire• a fellow journalist put me onto the story c'est un collègue journaliste qui m'a mis sur l'affaire (inf)• what put you onto it? qu'est-ce qui vous en a donné l'idée ?► put out[ship] to put out to sea quitter le porta. ( = put outside) [+ rubbish] sortir ; ( = expel) [+ person] expulserb. ( = stretch out) [+ arm, leg] allonger ; [+ foot] avancer ; [+ tongue] tirer ; [+ shoots] produirec. ( = lay out in order) étalerd. ( = extinguish) éteindree. ( = make unconscious) endormirf. ( = inconvenience) déranger• the government will put out a statement about it le gouvernement va faire une déclaration à ce sujeth. ( = broadcast) passeri. to put out to tender [+ contract, service] mettre en adjudicationj. ( = dislocate) [+ shoulder, back] se démettre• a knee injury put him out of the first two games une blessure au genou l'a empêché de jouer les deux premiers matchs► put over separable transitive verb= put acrossa. ( = make) [+ change] effectuer ; [+ plan] mener à bienb. ( = connect) [+ call] passer ; [+ caller] mettre en communication• put me through to Mr Smith passez-moi M. Smithd. ( = make suffer) to put sb through hell mener la vie dure à qn• they really put him through it (inf) ils lui en ont fait voir de dures (inf)► put together separable transitive verb• it's more important than all the other factors put together c'est plus important que tous les autres facteurs confondus• he's worth more than the rest of the family put together à lui tout seul il vaut plus que toute la famille réuniea. ( = raise) [+ hand] lever ; [+ flag] hisser ; [+ tent] monter ; [+ umbrella] ouvrir ; [+ notice] afficher ; [+ picture] accrocher ; [+ building] construire ; [+ fence, barrier] érigerb. ( = increase) augmenter ; [+ prices] faire monter• that puts up the total to over 1,000 cela fait monter le total à plus de 1 000c. ( = offer) [+ proposal] soumettre ; [+ resistance] opposer• he put up a real fight to keep you in your job il s'est vraiment battu pour que tu conserves ton posted. ( = provide) fournir( = incite)* * *[pʊt] 1.1) ( place) mettre [object, person]2) ( cause to go or undergo)to put something through — glisser quelque chose dans [letterbox]; passer quelque chose par [window]
to put somebody through — envoyer quelqu'un à [university, college]; faire passer quelqu'un par [suffering, ordeal]; faire passer [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [test]; faire suivre [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [course]
to put one's hand to — porter la main à [mouth]
3) (devote, invest)to put money/energy into something — investir de l'argent/son énergie dans quelque chose
to put a lot into — s'engager à fond pour [work, project]; sacrifier beaucoup à [marriage]
4) ( add)to put tax/duty on something — taxer/imposer quelque chose
to put a penny on income tax — GB augmenter l'impôt sur le revenu d'un pourcent
5) ( express)6) ( offer for consideration) présenter [point of view, proposal]to put something to — soumettre quelque chose à [meeting, conference, board]
7) (rate, rank) placer8) ( estimate)9) Sport lancer [shot]2.to put oneself in a strong position/in somebody's place — se mettre dans une position de force/à la place de quelqu'un
Phrasal Verbs:- put away- put back- put by- put down- put in- put off- put on- put out- put over- put up- put upon••to put one over ou across GB on somebody — (colloq) faire marcher quelqu'un (colloq)
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16 unsettled
unsettled [ˈʌnˈsetld]a. ( = uncertain) [situation, market, weather] instable ; [future] incertainb. ( = restless) [person, life] perturbéc. ( = unresolved) [issue] non résolu ; [conflict] non réglé* * *[ʌn'setld]1) [weather, economic climate] instable2) ( not paid) [account] impayé3) ( disrupted) [schedule] perturbé -
17 whether
whether [ˈweðər]a. ( = if) si• I doubt whether... je doute que... + subj• I'm not sure whether... je ne suis pas sûr que... + subjb. ( = regardless of) que + subjc. ( = either) soit* * *['weðə(r)], US ['hweðər]Note: When whether is used to mean if, it is translated by si: I wonder whether she got my letter = je me demande si elle a reçu ma lettre. See 1 in the entry belowwhether often occurs after verbs such as ask, doubt, decide, know, say, see and wonder, with adjectives such as doubtful, sure, and with nouns like doubt, question. You can find further examples at these entriesIn whether...or not sentences whether is translated by que and the verb that follows is in the subjunctive: whether you agree or not = que vous soyez d'accord ou non. See 2 in the entry below1) (when outcome is uncertain: if) siI wasn't sure whether to answer or not ou whether or not to answer — je ne savais pas s'il fallait répondre, je n'étais pas sûr qu'il faille répondre
2) (when outcome is fixed: no matter if)whether you have children or not, this book should interest you — que vous ayez des enfants ou non, ce livre devrait vous intéresser
whether or not people are happy is of little importance — que les gens soient heureux ou non ce n'est pas très important
everyone, whether students or townspeople, celebrates — tout le monde, que ce soient les étudiants ou les habitants de la ville, fait la fête
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18 be on tenterhooks
(to be uncertain and anxious about what is going to happen: He was on tenterhooks about the result of the exam.) charbons ardents -
19 chancy
adjective (risky or uncertain: a chancy arrangement.) risqué -
20 dicey
adjective (uncertain; risky: a dicey situation.) risqué
См. также в других словарях:
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