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121 dark
1. adjective1) (without light: a dark room; It's getting dark; the dark (= not cheerful) side.) noir2) (blackish or closer to black than white: a dark red colour; a dark (= not very white or fair) complexion; Her hair is dark.) foncé3) (evil and usually secret: dark deeds; a dark secret.) noir2. noun(absence of light: in the dark; afraid of the dark; He never goes out after dark; We are in the dark (= we have no knowledge) about what is happening.) noir- darken- darkness - keep it dark -
122 deficiency
plural - deficiencies; noun ((a) shortage or absence of what is needed.) manque -
123 fair play
(honest treatment; an absence of cheating, biased actions etc: He's not involved in the contest - he's only here to see fair play.) franc jeu -
124 inexplicable
[inik'splikəbl](impossible to explain or understand: His inexplicable absence worried all of us.) inexplicable -
125 ostensible
[o'stensəbl]((of reasons etc) apparent, but not necessarily true: Illness was the ostensible reason for his absence, but in fact he was just lazy.) prétendu -
126 pitilessness
noun absence de pitié -
127 silence
1. noun1) ((a period of) absence of sound or of speech: A sudden silence followed his remark.) silence2) (failure to mention, tell something etc: Your silence on this subject is disturbing.) silence2. verb(to cause to be silent: The arrival of the teacher silenced the class.) faire taire3. interjection(be silent!) silence!- silencer- silent - silently - in silence -
128 space
[speis] 1. noun1) (a gap; an empty or uncovered place: I couldn't find a space for my car.) place2) (room; the absence of objects; the area available for use: Have you enough space to turn round?; Is there space for one more?) place3) ((often outer space) the region outside the Earth's atmosphere, in which all stars and other planets etc are situated: travellers through space.) espace2. verb((also space out) to set (things) apart from one another: He spaced the rows of potatoes half a metre apart.) espacer- spacing- spacious - spaciously - spaciousness - space-age - spacecraft - spaceship - spacesuit
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absence — [ apsɑ̃s ] n. f. • XIIIe; lat. absentia 1 ♦ Le fait de n être pas dans un lieu où l on pourrait, où l on devrait être. On a remarqué l absence de Monsieur X dans, (à) cette réunion. Nous avons regretté votre absence. Loc. Briller par son absence … Encyclopédie Universelle
absence — ab‧sence [ˈæbsns] noun [countable, uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES when a person is not at work, for example because they are ill: • Evelyn took charge in his absence. • The work of the department suffered because of her frequent absences. ˌleave… … Financial and business terms
absence — I (nonattendance) noun abandonment, absentia, abstention, avoidance, defection, desertion, nonappearance, nonpresence, removal, truancy, withdrawal associated concepts: absence from the state, absent creditors, absent debtor, absent defendant,… … Law dictionary
absence — Absence. s. f. Eloignement d une personne qui n est point dans le lieu de sa residence ordinaire. Longue, courte absence. élégie sur une absence. en mon absence. Il se dit aussi du deffaut de presence d une personne qui ne se trouve pas à une… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Absence — Ab sence, n. [F., fr. L. absentia. See {Absent}.] 1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; opposed to {presence}. [1913 Webster] Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
absence — ► NOUN 1) the state of being away from a place or person. 2) (absence of) the non existence or lack of. ● absence makes the heart grow fonder Cf. ↑absence makes the heart grow fonder … English terms dictionary
absence — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. absence (14c.), from L. absentia, noun of state from absentem (nom. absens), prp. of abesse be away from, be absent, from ab away (see AB (Cf. ab )) + esse to be (see ESSENCE (Cf. ess … Etymology dictionary
absence — Absence, f. penac. Absentia. Absence legitime, Absentia iusta et causaria. En nostre absence, Absentibus nobis, vel absente nobis … Thresor de la langue françoyse
absence — [n1] state of not being present absenteeism, AWOL*, cut*, French leave*, hooky*, nonappearance, nonattendance, no show*, truancy, vacancy; concept 746 Ant. existence, presence absence [n2] state of lacking something needed or usual dearth,… … New thesaurus
absence — [ab′səns] n. [ME < OFr < L absentia: see ABSENT] 1. the condition of being absent, or away 2. the time of being away 3. the fact of being without; lack [in the absence of evidence] 4. inattentiveness … English World dictionary
Absence — (fr., spr. Abfangs), Abwesenheit; A. d esprit (fr., spr. A. d Espri), Geistesabwesenheit … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon