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1 sympathy
sympathy [ˈsɪmpəθɪ]a. ( = pity) compassion f• I am in sympathy with your proposals but... je suis favorable à vos propositions mais...* * *['sɪmpəθɪ] 1.1) ( compassion) compassion f2) ( solidarity) solidarité f3) ( affinity) affinité f2.sympathies plural nounwhat are her political sympathys? — quelles sont ses tendances fpl politiques?
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2 win
(in competition) gagner;∎ she always wins at tennis elle gagne toujours au tennis;∎ they're winning three nil ils gagnent trois à zéro;∎ he won by only one point il a gagné d'un point seulement;∎ did you win at cards? avez-vous gagné aux cartes?;∎ who do you think will win? à votre avis, qui va gagner ou l'emporter?;∎ he won by a length (in horseracing) il a gagné d'une longueur;∎ to let sb win laisser gagner qn;∎ OK, you win! bon, d'accord!;∎ I (just) can't win! j'ai toujours tort!;∎ to win hands down gagner haut la main∎ he won first prize il a gagné ou il a eu le premier prix;∎ he won £100 at poker il a gagné 100 livres au poker;∎ win yourself a dream holiday! gagnez des vacances de rêve!;∎ she won a gold medal in the Olympics elle a obtenu une médaille d'or aux jeux Olympiques;∎ his superior finishing speed won him the race il a gagné la course grâce à sa vitesse supérieure dans la dernière ligne ou au finish;∎ British to win a place at university obtenir une place à l'université;∎ figurative he has won his place in history il s'est fait un nom dans l'histoire;∎ the Greens have won ten seats les Verts ont gagné dix sièges;∎ they won the seat from Labour ils ont enlevé le siège aux travaillistes;∎ we have won a great victory nous avons remporté une grande victoire;∎ this offensive could win them the war cette offensive pourrait leur faire gagner la guerre∎ to win sb's heart gagner ou conquérir le cœur de qn;∎ to win the right to do sth obtenir le droit de faire qch;∎ archaic to win sb's hand obtenir la main de qn;∎ she was desperate to win his favour elle cherchait désespérément à attirer ses bonnes grâces;∎ intransigence has won him many enemies son intransigeance lui a valu de nombreux ennemis;∎ his impartiality has won him the respect of his colleagues son impartialité lui a valu ou fait gagner le respect de ses collègues;∎ he has finally won recognition for his work son travail a finalement été reconnu;∎ you've just won yourself a friend tu viens juste de te faire un ami∎ or literary (reach) we finally won the shore after three days at sea nous avons fini par gagner le rivage après trois jours de mer3 noun∎ they've had an unprecedented run of wins ils ont eu une série de victoires sans précédent;∎ we haven't had one win all season nous n'avons pas remporté une seule victoire de toute la saison∎ win, place, show gagnant, placé et troisième(money, trophy) reprendre, recouvrer; (land) reprendre, reconquérir; (loved one) reconquérir; (esteem, respect, support) retrouver, recouvrer; Politics (votes, voters, seats) récupérer, recouvrer;∎ they were determined to win back the Cup from the Australians ils étaient décidés à reprendre la Coupe aux Australiens;∎ I won every penny back from him je lui ai repris jusqu'au dernier centime;∎ you won't win back your wife with threats tu ne vas pas reconquérir ou retrouver l'amour de ta femme avec des menacestriompher;∎ the need for peace won out over the desire for revenge le besoin de paix triompha du désir de revanche(convert, convince) rallier;∎ he has won several of his former opponents over to his ideas il a rallié plusieurs de ses anciens adversaires à ses idées;∎ the report won her over to the protesters' cause le rapport l'a gagnée à la cause des protestataires;∎ we won him over in the end nous avons fini par le convaincre;∎ I won him round to my point of view j'ai réussi à le rallier à mon point de vueremporter;∎ the striking rail workers won through in the end les cheminots en grève ont fini par obtenir gain de cause
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