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B adj1 ( unpleasant) [crime, experience, sight, taste, surprise, suspicion] horrible ; [feeling, task] désagréable ; [habit] mauvais ; [expression, look] méchant ; [rumour] inquiétant ; [stain] gros/grosse ; [affair, business] sale (before n) ; I got a nasty fright j'ai vraiment eu un choc ; the nasty weather le mauvais temps ; to smell nasty sentir mauvais ; to taste nasty avoir mauvais goût ; it's nasty and hot il fait une chaleur désagréable ; things could get nasty les choses pourraient mal tourner ; to turn nasty [dog] devenir méchant ; [person] s'emporter ; [weather] se gâter ; to be a nasty piece of work être un sale type/une sale femme ;2 ( unkind) [person] désagréable ; [trick] sale (before n), vilain ; [gossip, letter] méchant ; you've got a nasty mind tu vois toujours le mal partout ; a nasty sense of humour un humour méchant ; he gets nasty when he's tired il devient méchant quand il est fatigué ; to be nasty to être dur envers ; to say nasty things about dire des choses méchantes au sujet de ;3 ( serious) [cut, bruise] vilain (before n) ; [bump, crack, fall, accident] grave ; [cold] mauvais (before n) ;4 ( ugly) [colour, shape, style] affreux/-euse ; -
22 angle
angle ['æŋgəl]1 noun∎ at an angle of… formant un angle de…;∎ the roads intersect at an angle of 90° les routes se croisent à angle droit;∎ the car hit us at an angle la voiture nous a heurtés de biais;∎ she wore her hat at an angle elle portait son chapeau penché;∎ cut at an angle coupé en biseau;∎ the shop stands at an angle to the street le magasin fait l'angle∎ seen from this angle vu sous cet angle;∎ he examined the issue from all angles il a étudié la question sous tous les angles;∎ from an economic angle d'un point de vue économique;∎ what's your angle on the situation? comment voyez-vous la situation?;∎ we need a new angle il nous faut un éclairage ou un point de vue nouveau∎ she knows all the angles elle en connaît un bout ou un rayon∎ what's his angle in all this? qu'est-ce qu'il espère y gagner?∎ I angled the light towards the workbench j'ai orienté ou dirigé la lumière sur l'établi∎ the article was deliberately angled to provoke a certain response l'article était rédigé de façon à provoquer une réaction bien précise;∎ it's angled towards the 16-18 age group cela vise les 16-18 ans, c'est destiné aux 16-18 ans;∎ studies are angled towards exams les études sont très axées sur les examens∎ to angle a shot envoyer la balle en diagonale∎ the road angled (off) to the right la route tournait à droite∎ to go angling aller à la pêche (à la ligne);∎ figurative to angle for sth chercher (à avoir) qch;∎ stop angling for compliments! arrête de chercher des compliments!;∎ he's always angling for an invitation/a job il est toujours en train de chercher à se faire inviter/à se faire embaucher►► Military angle of altitude angle m de hausse ou de tir positif;Aviation angle of attack angle m d'attaque;Building industry angle bar cornière f, équerre f;Building industry angle brace (tool) foret m à angle;Typography angle bracket crochet m en chevron;Military angle of deflection angle m de dérive;Military angle of depression angle m de dépression;Physics angle of dip inclinaison f magnétique;angle of elevation Military angle m de hausse ou de tir positif; Architecture angle m d'élévation;Physics angle of incidence angle m d'incidence;Building industry angle iron cornière f, équerre f;Building industry angle plate équerre f;Military angle of sight angle m de mire ou de visée -
23 dodge
dodge [dɒdʒ]1 noun∎ to make a dodge faire un écart ou une esquive∎ to be up to all the dodges connaître toutes les combines(make evasive movement) s'écarter vivement; (footballer, boxer) faire une esquive;∎ he dodged into the doorway il s'est esquivé ou il a disparu dans l'entrée;∎ she dodged to the side elle a fait un bond de côté;∎ to dodge in and out of the crowd faire du slalom dans la foule;∎ to dodge out of the way s'écarter vivement;∎ figurative to dodge out of doing sth se défiler pour ne pas faire qch(blow) esquiver; (falling rock, ball) éviter; (bullets) passer entre, éviter; (pursuer, police) échapper à; (creditor, landlord etc) éviter; (question) éluder;∎ he has dodged the taxman or paying tax all his life il a échappé au fisc toute sa vie;∎ to dodge military service échapper au service militaire;∎ to dodge the issue éluder ou esquiver le problème;∎ you dodged doing the dishes last night! tu t'es défilé pour la vaisselle hier soir!;∎ to dodge school sécher l'école -
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∎ to be nasty to sb être méchant avec qn;∎ to turn nasty devenir méchant;∎ that was a nasty thing to do c'était vraiment méchant de faire ça;∎ he's got a nasty temper il a un sale caractère;∎ what a nasty man! quel homme désagréable ou déplaisant!;∎ nasty trick vilain tour, familiar sale tour;∎ familiar he's a nasty piece of work c'est un sale individu ou un sale type(b) (unpleasant → smell, taste, impression, surprise) mauvais, désagréable; (→ weather, job) sale; (→ crime) atroce;∎ a nasty war une sale guerre;∎ to give sb a nasty fright faire une peur bleue à qn;∎ it was a very nasty moment! on a passé un mauvais moment!;∎ things started to turn nasty la situation a pris une vilaine tournure;∎ the weather turned nasty le temps s'est dégradé(c) (in children's language) (dragon, giant, wolf) vilain, méchant(d) (ugly, in bad taste) vilain, laid;∎ nasty plastic flowers d'horribles fleurs artificielles(e) (serious → sprain, burn, disease) grave;∎ a nasty cold un gros rhume;∎ she had a nasty accident elle a eu un grave accident;∎ she's had a nasty attack of bronchitis elle a fait une mauvaise bronchite;∎ he's had quite a nasty blow to the head il a pris un mauvais coup sur la tête(f) (dangerous → bend, junction) dangereux(g) (difficult → problem, question) difficile, épineux∎ she makes a nasty pizza elle fait super bien la pizza2 noun
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