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1 sophisticated
sophisticated [sə'fɪstɪkeɪtɪd](a) (person, manner, tastes → refined) raffiné; (→ chic) chic, élégant; (→ well-informed) bien informé; (→ mature) mûr; (style) recherché;∎ they used to think it was sophisticated to smoke ils croyaient que ça faisait chic de fumer;∎ a sophisticated restaurant un restaurant chic;∎ our more sophisticated readers nos lecteurs les plus avertis;∎ the electorate has become too sophisticated to believe that promise l'électorat est désormais trop bien informé ou trop averti pour croire à cette promesse(c) (machine, system, technology → advanced) sophistiqué, perfectionnéUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > sophisticated
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2 cool
cool [ku:l]∎ it's getting cooler in the evenings (weather) les soirées sont plus fraîches;∎ keep in a cool place tenir au frais(b) (colour → blue, green) clair(c) (calm → person, manner, voice) calme;∎ familiar keep cool! du calme!□ ;∎ to keep a cool head garder la tête froide, garder son sang-froid;∎ familiar she's a cool customer! (cheeky) elle a du culot!, elle en prend à son aise!; (self-possessed) elle a beaucoup de sang-froid!;∎ to be cool, calm and collected être d'un calme olympien;∎ to be/look as cool as a cucumber garder son sang-froid ou calme(d) (unfriendly → person, greeting, welcome) froid∎ she earned a cool million dollars last year elle a gagné la coquette somme d'un million de dollars l'année dernière;∎ I lost a cool thousand j'ai perdu mille livres bien comptées∎ Glasgow's a really cool city Glasgow est une ville hyper-branchée;∎ he still thinks it's cool to smoke il pense encore que ça fait bien de fumer∎ we had a really cool weekend on a passé un super week-end;∎ that's a cool jacket elle est cool ou super, cette veste;∎ that's cool! c'est génial!;∎ I'll be there at eight - cool! je serai là à huit heures - super!∎ is it cool to skin up in here? on peut se rouler un joint ici?;∎ it's not cool to wear jeans in that restaurant on ne peut pas entrer dans ce restaurant si on porte un jean∎ are you cool with that? ça te va?;∎ they're not cool about me smoking at home ils n'aiment pas que je fume à la maison;∎ I thought she'd be angry, but she was really cool about it je pensais qu'elle se fâcherait, mais en fait elle a été très cool2 adverb∎ play it cool! ne nous énervons pas!□3 noun(a) (coolness) fraîcheur f;∎ the cool of the evening la fraîcheur du soir∎ to keep/to lose one's cool garder/perdre son calme(air, liquid, room) rafraîchir, refroidir; (brow, feet) rafraîchir;∎ to cool sb's ardour refroidir l'ardeur de qn;∎ figurative to cool one's heels faire le pied de grue;∎ they left him to cool his heels in jail ils l'ont laissé mijoter en prison;∎ familiar cool it! du calme!□(food, liquid) (se) refroidir; (friendship etc) se refroidir; (enthusiasm, passion, temper) s'apaiser, se calmer►► cool bag glacière f;familiar Cool Britannia = formule qui tend à véhiculer l'image d'une Grande-Bretagne jeune, dynamique et tournée vers l'avenir; il s'agit d'un jeu de mots avec "Rule Britannia", chant patriotique britannique;Music cool jazz cool m∎ give him time to cool down donne-lui le temps de se calmer∎ things have cooled down between them les relations se sont refroidies entre eux(b) (of cold drink) rafraîchir
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