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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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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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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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