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plain [pleɪn]plaine ⇒ 1 (a) simple ⇒ 2 (a) nature ⇒ 2 (a) clair ⇒ 2 (b) uni ⇒ 2 (c) franc ⇒ 2 (d) quelconque ⇒ 2 (e) pur ⇒ 2 (f)1 noun(b) (in knitting) maille f à l'endroit(a) (simple → style, furniture, dress) simple; (with nothing added → omelette, rice, yoghurt) nature (inv);∎ a plain dress une robe toute simple;∎ he's just a plain soldier il n'est que simple soldat;∎ she was just plain Sarah then elle s'appelait tout simplement Sarah à l'époque;∎ I like good plain cooking j'aime la cuisine simple;∎ a plain piece of bread and butter une simple tartine beurrée;∎ it's plain sailing from now on maintenant ça va marcher tout seul or comme sur des roulettes;∎ to be in or to wear plain clothes être en civil(b) (clear, obvious) clair, évident, manifeste;∎ it's plain (to see) that he's lying il est clair ou évident qu'il ment;∎ it soon became plain that I was lost j'ai vite réalisé ou je me suis vite rendu compte que j'étais égaré;∎ his embarrassment was plain to see on pouvait voir qu'il était gêné, sa gêne était évidente;∎ the facts are plain c'est clair, les choses sont claires;∎ I want to make our position absolutely plain to you je veux que vous compreniez bien notre position;∎ she made her intentions plain elle n'a pas caché ses intentions;∎ he made it plain to us that he wasn't interested il nous a bien fait comprendre que cela ne l'intéressait pas;∎ I thought I'd made myself plain je croyais avoir été assez clair;∎ familiar it's as plain as a pikestaff or as the nose on your face c'est clair comme de l'eau de roche, ça saute aux yeux(c) (of one colour, not patterned) uni;∎ plain blue wallpaper papier peint bleu uni;∎ under plain cover, in a plain envelope sous pli discret(d) (blunt, unambiguous) franc (franche);∎ the plain truth of the matter is I'm bored la vérité, c'est que je m'ennuie;∎ let me be plain with you je vais être franc avec vous;∎ I want a plain yes or no answer je veux une réponse claire et nette;∎ the time has come for plain words or speaking le moment est venu de parler franchement;∎ in plain language de manière claire;∎ I told him in plain English what I thought je lui ai dit ce que je pensais sans mâcher mes mots(e) (unattractive) pas très beau (belle), quelconque;∎ she's a bit of a plain Jane ce n'est pas une beauté ou une Vénus(f) (pure, sheer) pur (et simple);∎ that's just plain foolishness/ignorance c'est de la pure bêtise/ignorance∎ plain one, purl two une maille à l'endroit, deux à l'envers3 adverb∎ you couldn't have put it any plainer tu n'aurais pas pu être plus clair∎ he's just plain crazy il est complètement cinglé;∎ he's just plain ignorant il est tout simplement ignorant□ ;∎ I just plain forgot! j'ai tout bonnement oublié!□►► plain chocolate chocolat m noir;plain flour farine f (sans levure);Knitting plain row rang m à l'endroit;Knitting plain stitch maille f à l'endroit
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