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81 enhance
(to make to appear greater or better.) mettre en valeur -
82 exaggerate
[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) exagérer2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) exagérer• -
83 face-saving
adjective (of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in: He agreed to everything we asked and as a face-saving exercise we offered to consult him occasionally.) qui sauve la face -
84 figure
['fiɡə, ]( American[) 'fiɡjər] 1. noun1) (the form or shape of a person: A mysterious figure came towards me; That girl has got a good figure.) silhouette2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) figure3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) chiffre4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) figure2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) figurer2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) penser•- figuratively - figurehead - figure of speech - figure out -
85 formality
[-'mæ-]1) (something which is done for appearance but has little meaning: The chairman's speech was only a formality.) formalité2) (unrelaxed correctness of behaviour: His formality made him appear unfriendly.) raideur -
86 girdle
['ɡə:dl]1) (a belt or cord worn round the waist: She wore a girdle round her tunic.) ceinture2) (an undergarment worn by women in order to appear thinner.) gaine -
87 incubate
['iŋkjubeit]1) (to produce (young birds) from eggs by sitting on them or by keeping them warm by some other means.) couver2) ((of germs or disease) to develop until signs of the disease appear: How long does chickenpox take to incubate?) incuber•- incubator -
88 line up
1) (to form a line: The children lined up ready to leave the classroom; She lined up the chairs.) (s')aligner, (se) mettre en rangs2) (to collect and arrange in readiness: We've lined up several interesting guests to appear on the programme (noun line-up).) trouver -
89 look like
1) (to appear similar to: She looks very like her mother.) ressembler à2) (to show the effects, signs or possibility of: It looks like rain.) avoir l'air de -
90 loom
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91 magnify
(to cause to appear greater: A telescope magnifies an image; to magnify one's troubles.) grossir, exagérer- magnifying-glass -
92 magnifying-glass
noun (a piece of glass with curved surfaces that makes an object looked at through it appear larger: This print is so small that I need a magnifying-glass to read it.) loupe -
93 make a fool of
(to make (someone) appear ridiculous or stupid: He made a real fool of her by promising to marry her and then leaving her when he had spent all her money.) (se) rendre ridicule -
94 merge
[mə:‹]1) (to (cause to) combine or join: The sea and sky appear to merge at the horizon.) (se) mêler2) ((with into) to change gradually into something else: Summer slowly merged into autumn.) se fondre (dans)3) ((with into etc) to disappear into (eg a crowd, back-ground etc): He merged into the crowd.) se perdre (dans)•- merger -
95 mimic
['mimik] 1. past tense, past participle - mimicked; verb(to imitate (someone or something), especially with the intention of making him or it appear ridiculous or funny: The comedian mimicked the Prime Minister's way of speaking.) imiter2. noun(a person who mimics: Children are often good mimics.) imitateur/-trice- mimicry -
96 optical
['optikəl]adjective (of or concerning sight or what one sees: The two objects in the picture appear to be the same size, but this is just an optical illusion (= they are not actually the same size); microscopes and other optical instruments.) (d')optique -
97 perspective
[pə'spektiv]1) (the way of drawing solid objects, natural scenes etc on a flat surface, so that they appear to have the correct shape, distance from each other etc: Early medieval paintings lacked perspective.) perspective2) (a picture or view of something: I would like a clearer perspective of the situation.) perspective• -
98 play a trick / tricks on
(to do something which is amusing to oneself because it deceives or frightens (someone else), or makes them appear stupid: He played a trick on her by jumping out from behind a wall as she passed.) jouer un tour -
99 play down
(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) minimiser -
100 pop up
(to appear: I never know where he'll pop up next.) surgir
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