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1 sumamente fácil
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2 pofon egyszerû
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3 прост
1. simple, plain(обикновен) common. ordinaryпрости хора (обикновени) ordinary/plain/homely/unpretentious people; common run of peopleпрост работник an unskilled labourerпрост войник a common soldierпрост (начин на) живот plain livingпрост факт a plain factпросто число мат. a prime numberпроста дроб мат. a vulgar/common fractionпроста лихва фин. simple interestпроста истина a copy-book truth, a common/homely truthпроста храна plain food. a simple dietпросто ядене a plain dish, a homely mealс просто око with the naked/unaided eye2. (лесен) simple, easy3. (без украшения) plain, ungar-nished, unadorned(първобитен, груб) rude, rough4. (неук) simple-minded; uneducated(просташки) vulgarпрост човек an uneducated man, a low-brow* * *прил.1. simple, plain; ( обикновен) common, ordinary; на \прост език (казано) in plain words; in common parlance; \прост войник common soldier; \прост (начин на) живот plain living; \прост работник unskilled labourer; \проста дроб мат. vulgar/common fraction; \проста истина coy-book truth, common/homely truth; \проста лихва фин. simple interest; \просто число мат. prime number; c \просто око with the naked/unaided eye;2. ( лесен) simple, easy; много е \просто that’s simple enough; съвсем \прост ( лесен) as easy as ABC/as winking, as easy as falling off a log, foolproof;4. ( неук) simple-minded; uneducated; ( просташки) vulgar; от \просто потекло low-born, baseborn; \прост човек low-brow; • не съм \прост know chalk from cheese, know on which side o.’s bread is buttered.* * *simple: прост interest - проста лихва, a прост example - прост пример; mere (пренебр.); bare; ordinary (обикновен): прост living - прост начин на живот, I am trying to use прост words. - Опитвам се да използвам прости думи.; chaste; churlish; common (обикновен): прост fraction - проста дроб; commonplace; easy (лесен): прост rules - прости правила; humble; matter-of-fact; rude (груб){ru;d}; uneducated (неук); straight forward; vulgar{`vXlgx}; prime (мат.): a прост number - просто число* * *1. (без украшения) plain, ungar-nished, unadorned 2. (лесен) simple, easy 3. (неук) simple-minded;uneducated 4. (обикновен) common. ordinary 5. (просташки) vulgar 6. (първобитен, груб) rude, rough 7. simple, plain 8. ПРОСТ (начин на) живот plain living 9. ПРОСТ войник a common soldier 10. ПРОСТ работник an unskilled labourer 11. ПРОСТ факт a plain fact 12. ПРОСТ човек an uneducated man, a low-brow 13. ПРОСТa дроб мат. a vulgar/common fraction 14. ПРОСТa истина a copy-book truth, a common/homely truth 15. ПРОСТa лихва фин. simple interest 16. ПРОСТa храна plain food. a simple diet 17. ПРОСТo число мат. a prime number 18. ПРОСТo ядене a plain dish, a homely meal 19. ПРОСТи хора (обикновени) ordinary/ plain/homely/unpretentious people;common run of people 20. много е ПРОСТо that's simple enough 21. на ПРОСТ език (казано) in plain words;in common parlance 22. не съм ПРОСТ know chalk from cheese, know on which side o.'s bread is buttered 23. от ПРОСТо потекло low-born. baseborn 24. с ПРОСТо око with the naked/unaided eye 25. съвсем ПРОСТ (лесен) as easy as ABC/as winking, as easy as falling off a log -
4 muy fácil
• as easy as falling off a log• as easy as pie• as easy as rolling off a log• easy as falling off a log• easy as pie• easy as rolling off a log• very easy -
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1) General subject: as easy as pie, as easy as shelling peas, it is simplicity itself, plain sailing, waltz, as easy as ABC, as simple as ABC, there is nothing to it, it's as simple as anything, as easy as falling off a log, piece of cake, (it's a cakewalk) cakewalk, it couldn't be any easier, shooting fish in a barrel, it's a snap, simple as rolling off a log2) Slang: it's a joke, kid's stuff3) American: like taking candy from a baby -
6 muy fácil
adj.very easy, as easy as falling off a log, as easy as pie, as easy as rolling off a log. -
7 chupado
adj.lank, lean.past part.past participle of spanish verb: chupar.* * *1→ link=chupadochupado,-a► adjetivo2 figurado (ajustado) tight■ el examen estaba chupado the exam was dead easy, the exam was a cinch* * *chupado, -a1. ADJ1) (=flaco) gaunt, skinny *está chupado de cara — his face looks o he looks very gaunt, he looks very hollow-cheeked
2) [falda] tight3)4)estar chupado — * (=borracho) to be drunk
5)está chupado — * (=fácil) it's dead easy *
2.* * *I- da adjetivo1) [estar] (fam) ( flaco) skinny2) [estar] (Esp fam) ( fácil) dead easy (colloq)3) [estar] (AmL fam) ( borracho) plastered (colloq)4)a) [estar] (Chi, Per) ( inhibido) withdrawnb) [ser] (Chi, Per fam) ( tímido) shyII- da masculino, femenino (Per fam) mouse (colloq)* * *I- da adjetivo1) [estar] (fam) ( flaco) skinny2) [estar] (Esp fam) ( fácil) dead easy (colloq)3) [estar] (AmL fam) ( borracho) plastered (colloq)4)a) [estar] (Chi, Per) ( inhibido) withdrawnb) [ser] (Chi, Per fam) ( tímido) shyII- da masculino, femenino (Per fam) mouse (colloq)* * *A [ ESTAR] ( fam)(flaco): tiene la cara chupada he's looking gaunt o hollow-cheeked, his face is very thinestá todo chupado, debe haber perdido 10 kilos he's terribly skinny o he's all skin and bone, he must have lost 10 kilos¡claro que sé hacerlo! ¡está chupado! of course I can do it! it's dead easy o there's nothing to it o it's child play ( colloq)D1 [ ESTAR] (Chi, Per) (inhibido) withdrawnmasculine, feminine* * *
Del verbo chupar: ( conjugate chupar)
chupado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
chupado
chupar
chupado◊ -da adjetivo
1 [estar] (fam) ( flaco) skinny
2 [estar] (Esp fam) ( fácil) dead easy (colloq)
3 [estar] (AmL fam) ( borracho) plastered (colloq)
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chupar ( conjugate chupar) verbo transitivo
‹naranja/caramelo› to suck;
‹pipa/cigarrillo› to puff on
verbo intransitivo
chuparse verbo pronominal ‹ dedo› to suck
chupado,-a adjetivo
1 (un caramelo) half-eaten
2 (delgado) skinny, thin
3 familiar (pregunta, actividad) very easy: eso está chupado, it's dead easy
chupar
I verbo transitivo
1 (sacar líquido de algo) to suck
2 (lamer) to lick
3 (absorber un líquido) to soak up, absorb
II verbo intransitivo to suck
' chupado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chupada
English:
cake
- cinch
- downhill
- push
* * *chupado, -a adj1. [delgado] skinnyHumestar más chupado que la pipa de un indio to be as easy as falling off a log, to be like taking candy from a baby* * *adj1 fam ( delgado) skinny fam2 fam ( fácil) dead easy fam3 L.Am. fam ( borracho) drunk* * *1) : gaunt, skinny2) : plastered, drunk* * *chupado adj2. (fácil) dead easy -
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1) General subject: a piece of cake, cakewalk, as easy as ABC, as simple as ABC, as easy as falling off a log, there is nothing to it, simple as rolling off a log2) Colloquial: kid stuff, soft thing, no-brainer -
9 проще пареной репы
1) General subject: piece of cake, as easy as falling off a log, shooting fish in a barrel, simple as rolling off a log2) Colloquial: kid stuff (Climbing that hill is kid stuff), duck soup (The exam was duck soup. I am sure that I did very well - Сдать экзамен было проще пареной репы. Уверен, что справился.), kid's stuff (напр.: Driving an automatic car is kid’s stuff), a piece of cake, a piece of piss, it's a snap, no sweat3) Idiomatic expression: as easy as apple pieУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > проще пареной репы
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10 let
1. aлёгкий; нетру́дный2. advлегко́* * *caprice, cushy, easily, easy, effortless, effortlessly, faintly, frothy, light, lightly, mild, simple, smooth, smoothly* * *adj(mods tung) light ( fx burden, sleep; as light as a feather);(mods vanskelig) easy ( fx task);(mods kraftig) slight ( fx pain, headache, attack of influenza);( om tobak) mild;(med.) mild ( fx a mild attack of asthma);adv lightly ( fx float lightly on the water, lightly armed), easily (fx easily done), slightly ( fx damaged, wounded), mildly ( fxcynical, ironic, retarded);[ lettere syg] not very ill, slightly ill;[ let at reparere (, fornærme etc)] easy to repair (, offend etc), easily repaired (, offended etc);[ gå let hen over] pass lightly over,T skate over;[ hvad der kommer let går let] easy come easy go;[ let kompagni](mil.) rifle company;[ det er en let sag] it is easy (enough),T it is a piece of cake;[ det er ikke nogen let sag] it is no easy matter; it takes a lot of doing;[ det er den letteste sag af verden] it is as easy as falling off a log;[ have let til tårer] be easily moved to tears;[ have let ved noget] have a talent (el. gift) for something, do something easily;[ have let ved at] find it easy to, have no difficulty in -ing;( også) it comes easy to him;[ have let ved at lære] be a quick learner;[ have let ved at holde taler] be a ready speaker. -
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1. (as) easy as ABC coll.2. (as) easy as anything coll.3. (as) easy as falling off a log coll.4. (as) easy as pie coll.5. as easy as winking6. easy-peasy Br. coll.7. foolproof8. potty9. very easy -
12 coser
v.1 to sew.coser un botón to sew on a buttonElla pega botones She sews on buttons.2 to staple (together).3 to be easy. (informal figurative)ser coser y cantar to be child's play o a piece of cake* * *2 MEDICINA to stitch up3 (grapar) to staple together5 figurado (atravesar) to pierce\coser a puñaladas familiar to cut to pieceseso es coser y cantar familiar it's plain sailing, it's a piece of cake, it's child's play* * *verb1) to sew2) stitch* * *1. VT1) [+ vestido] to sew, sew up; [+ botón] to sew on, stitch ones cosa de coser y cantar — it's easy as pie *, it's as simple as ABC *
2) (Med) to stitch, stitch up; (Náut) to lash3) (=unir) to unite, join closely ( con to)4)2.VI to sew3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (Indum, Tex) < dobladillo> to sew; < botón> to sew on; < agujero> to sew (up)cóselo a máquina — sew o do it on the machine
ser coser y cantar — to be as easy as pie
b) < herida> to stitch2.coser vi to sew* * *= stitch, sew (together), stitch together.Ex. At the other end of the scale, controversial pamphlets, and such things as single poems, plays, or sermons were normally sold stitched.Ex. The codex book was originally a group of leaves folded and gathered into quires which were then stitched together and to other quires as necessary.----* coser el dobladillo = hem.* coser y cantar = plain sailing, walkover.* máquina de coser = sewing machine.* máquina de coser libros = book-sewing machine.* tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (Indum, Tex) < dobladillo> to sew; < botón> to sew on; < agujero> to sew (up)cóselo a máquina — sew o do it on the machine
ser coser y cantar — to be as easy as pie
b) < herida> to stitch2.coser vi to sew* * *= stitch, sew (together), stitch together.Ex: At the other end of the scale, controversial pamphlets, and such things as single poems, plays, or sermons were normally sold stitched.
Ex: The codex book was originally a group of leaves folded and gathered into quires which were then stitched together and to other quires as necessary.* coser el dobladillo = hem.* coser y cantar = plain sailing, walkover.* máquina de coser = sewing machine.* máquina de coser libros = book-sewing machine.* tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.* * *coser [E1 ]vtcoser un dobladillo to sew a hem¿me coses este botón? will you sew this button on for me?zapatos de suela cosida shoes with stitched solescosió la falda a mano she made the skirt by handcóselo a máquina use the machine to sew it, sew o do it on the machineser coser y cantar to be as easy as falling off a log, to be child's play2 ‹herida› to stitch■ coservito sewles cose a los hijos she makes her children's clothes* * *
coser ( conjugate coser) verbo transitivo
‹ botón› to sew on;
‹ agujero› to sew (up);
verbo intransitivo
to sew
coser verbo transitivo
1 to sew
2 Med to stitch up
♦ Locuciones: familiar es coser y cantar, it's a piece of cake
' coser' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esto
- liarse
- máquina
- pegar
- aguja
- hilvanar
- labor
- molde
English:
burr
- machine
- sailing
- sew
- sew on
- sew up
- sewing machine
- stitch
- cotton
- mend
- sewing
- splice
* * *♦ vt1. [ropa, vestido] to sew;coser un botón to sew on a button2. [herida] to stitch (up)3. [con grapas] to staple (together)4. Compcoser a alguien a balazos to riddle sb with bullets;coser a alguien a cuchilladas to stab sb repeatedly♦ vito sew;Famser coser y cantar to be child's play o a piece of cake* * *v/t sew;ser coser y cantar fam be dead easy fam ;coser a tiros riddle with bullets* * *coser vt1) : to sew2) : to stitch upcoser vi: to sew* * *coser vb¿sabes coser? can you sew?2. (botón) to sew on3. (herida) to stitch -
13 bête
bête [bεt]1. feminine nouna. ( = animal) animal ; ( = insecte) insect• c'est une brave or une bonne bête ! (humorous) he's a good-natured chap2. adjectivea. ( = stupide) [personne, idée, sourire] stupid• ce qu'il peut être bête ! he's such a fool!• il est plus bête que méchant he's not really nasty, just stupid• lui, pas si bête, est parti à temps he's no fool, so he left in time• c'est bête, on n'a pas ce qu'il faut pour faire des crêpes it's too bad we haven't got the ingredients for making pancakes• que je suis bête ! how stupid of me!3. compounds• ils nous ont regardés comme des bêtes curieuses they looked at us as if we were two-headed monsters ► bête féroce wild animal• c'est ma bête noire (chose) that's my pet hate ; (personne) I just can't stand him ► bête sauvage wild animal* * *bɛt
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adjectif [personne, air, idée, question] stupid; [problème] simple; [accident] sillyc'est bête, je ne peux pas venir — it's a shame I can't come
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nom féminin gén creature; ( quadrupède) animalPhrasal Verbs:••il est bête comme ses pieds (colloq) or à manger du foin — (colloq) he's (as) thick as two short planks (colloq) GB, he's as dumb as can be
chercher la petite bête — (colloq) to nit-pick (colloq)
reprendre du poil de la bête — (colloq) to perk up
travailler comme une bête — (colloq) to work like crazy (colloq)
* * *bɛt1. nf1) (tout animal) animalcomme une bête [travailler] — like a dog
2) (= bestiole) insect, creature3)2. adjstupid, silly* * *A adj1 ( pas intelligent) [personne, air, idée, question] stupid; ce que tu peux être bête! you can be so stupid sometimes!; il est loin d'être bête he's far from stupid; il n'est pas bête he's no fool; tiens ce n'est pas bête ça! hey that's not a bad idea!; suis-je bête! how stupid of me!; c'est bête à pleurer it's too stupid for words; tu es bien bête d'avoir accepté it was really stupid of you to accept; je suis restée toute bête I was dumbfounded; bête et méchant [personne, plaisanterie] nasty; il est bête et discipliné he just does as he's told;2 ( très simple) [problème, objet] simple; j'ai une question toute bête I have a very simple question; c'est tout bête it's quite simple; tu prends une boîte toute bête you just take an ordinary box;3 ( regrettable) [accident] silly; c'est (trop) bête d'échouer/d'en arriver là it's (such) a shame to fail/that things should come to this; c'est bête, je ne peux pas venir it's (such) a shame I can't come.B nf1 Zool ( quadrupède) animal; ( insecte) insect, bug; la sale bête m'a mordue the wretched animal bit me; on n'est pas des bêtes! we're not animals!; la Belle et la bête Beauty and the beast; nos amis les bêtes our four-legged friends;2 Agric ( vache) cow; ( taureau) bull; il a une cinquantaine de bêtes he has around 50 head of cattle;4 ○( personne talentueuse) au tennis/en musique c'est une (vraie) bête! he's/she's (really) brilliant at tennis/music; une bête de scène/du rock a brilliant actor/rock star; une bête de travail a workaholic.bête à bon Dieu Zool ladybird GB, ladybug US; bête à concours○ exam fiend○; bête à cornes Zool horned animal; bête curieuse freak; regarder qn comme une bête curieuse to look at sb as if he/she were a freak; bête féroce Zool ferocious animal; bête noire bête noire GB, pet hate, pet peeve US; être la bête noire de qn [personne, sujet, problème] to be sb's bête noire GB ou pet hate; bête sauvage Zool wild animal; bête de somme Zool beast of burden.il est bête comme ses pieds○ or une oie he's (as) thick as two short planks○ GB; elle est bête à manger du foin○ or de la paille○ she's got nothing between her ears; bon et bête commencent par la même lettre kind souls are easily duped; chercher la petite bête○ to nit-pick○; reprendre du poil de la bête○ to perk up; travailler comme une bête○ to work like crazy○.[bɛt] adjectifil est plus bête que méchant he's not wicked, just (plain) stupidmais non, cela ne me dérange pas, ce que tu peux être bête! of course you're not putting me out, how silly (can you be ou of you)!c'est encore moi qui vais payer, je suis bien bête, tiens! I'll end up paying again, like an idiot!mais oui, je me souviens maintenant, suis-je bête! ah, now I remember, how stupid of me!je ne suis pas bête au point de... I know better than to...pas si bête, j'ai pris mes précautions I took some precautions, since I'm not a complete idiotêtre bête comme ses pieds ou comme une cruche ou comme une oie ou à manger du foin to be as thick as two short planks (UK), to be as dumb as the day is long (US)je suis bête et discipliné, moi, je fais ce qu'on me dit de faire! I'm just carrying out orders!2. [regrettable]je n'ai pas su le retenir, comme c'est bête! I didn't know how to keep him, what a pity ou waste!c'est bête de ne pas y avoir pensé it's silly ou stupid not to have thought of itce serait trop bête de laisser passer l'occasion it would be a pity not to take advantage of the occasion3. [simple]c'est tout bête, il suffisait d'y penser! it's so simple, we should have thought of it before!ce n'est pas bête, ton idée! that's quite a good idea you've got there!c'est bête comme tout ou chou (familier) it's simplicity itself ou easy as pie ou easy as falling off a log4. [stupéfait]en être ou rester tout bête to be struck dumb ou dumbfounded————————[bɛt] nom féminina. [généralement] wild animal ou beastb. [félin] big catbête féroce ou sauvage wild animal ou beastbête de somme ou de charge beast of burdenje ne veux pas être la bête de somme du service I don't want to do all the dirty work in this department2. [personne]grosse bête, va! you silly fool!c'est une bonne ou brave bêtea. (familier) [généralementéreux] he's a good sortb. [dupe] he's a bit of a suckersa/ma bête noire his/my bugbearle latin, c'était ma bête noire Latin was my pet hatebête de scène/télévision great live/television performerse payer ou se servir sur la bête to get one's payment in kind (by docking it off a man's pay, or by demanding a woman's sexual favours)3. RELIGION -
14 как два пальца об асфальт!
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > как два пальца об асфальт!
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15 плюнуть и растереть!
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > плюнуть и растереть!
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16 раз чихнуть!
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17 щёлкать как семечки
( что)разг.make light (short) work of smth.; deal with smth. very easy (as easy as shelling peas; as easy as falling off a log, as easy as pie)Я задумал перерешать все задачи для третьего класса. Там было много простых задач, и я щёлкал их, как будто семечки, но попадались и такие, над которыми приходилось ломать голову. (Н. Носов, Витя Малеев в школе и дома) — I had made up my mind to go through last year's arithmetic from beginning to end. Most of the problems were as easy as shelling peas, but there were some that gave me quite a bit of trouble.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > щёлкать как семечки
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ПЛЁВОЕ ДЕЛО highly coll NP\ sing only usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum ( subj: infin or abstr, often это))1. doing sth. is very easy, does not require any effort: (it's) a snap (a cinch, a breeze)(that's) nothing (as) easy as pie (as) easy as falling off a log.Собрать автомат за 25 секунд с завязанными глазами было для Мосина плёвым делом. Reassembling a submachine gun in 25 seconds with his eyes blindfolded was a snap for Mosin(author's usage) «По мне, мужики, чего ни делается, все к лучшему, сунут нашим корешам от силы по пятерику (пять лет тюрьмы) за соучастие, детский срок, плёвое дело...» (Максимов 1). ( context transl) uIn my opinion, lads, whatever happens is for the best. They'll give our mates five years at the most for complicity-kids' stuff, hardly worth bothering about" (1a).2. doing sth. reprehensible (unethical etc) is easy for s.o., elicits in s.o. no feelings of regret, remorse etc: сделать Y для X-a -плёвое дело - X doesn't feel the least bit bad about (guilty for) doing YX doesn't feel bad at all about doing Y X doesn't think ift (doesn't consider it) any big deal to do Y (in limited contexts) X would do Y to s.o. as soon as look at him. -
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• ПЛЕВОЕ ДЕЛО highly coll[NP; sing only; usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: infin or abstr, often это)]=====1. doing sth. is very easy, does not require any effort:- (it's) a snap <a cinch, a breeze>;- (as) easy as falling off a log.♦ Собрать автомат за 25 секунд с завязанными глазами было для Мосина плёвым делом. Reassembling a submachine gun in 25 seconds with his eyes blindfolded was a snap for Mosin♦ [author's usage] "По мне, мужики, чего ни делается, все к лучшему, сунут нашим корешам от силы по пятерику [пять лет тюрьмы] за соучастие, детский срок, плёвое дело..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "In my opinion, lads, whatever happens is for the best. They'll give our mates five years at the most for complicity-kids' stuff, hardly worth bothering about" (1a).2. doing sth. reprehensible (unethical etc) is easy for s.o., elicits in s.o. no feelings of regret, remorse etc: сделать Y для X-a - плёвое дело ≈ X doesn't feel the least bit bad about (guilty for) doing Y; X doesn't feel bad at all about doing Y; X doesn't think it's (doesn't consider it) any big deal to do Y; [in limited contexts] X would do Y to s.o. as soon as look at him.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > плевое дело
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20 simple
simple [sɛ̃pl]1. adjectivea. simple ; [nœud, cornet de glace] single• pour faire simple... (faire les choses simplement) to make things simple... ; (dire les choses simplement) to put it simply...b. ( = modeste) [personne] unpretentiousc. ( = de condition modeste) ce sont des gens simples they are simple folkd. ( = naïf) simplee. ( = ordinaire) [particulier, salarié] ordinary• vous obtiendrez le cadeau sur simple envoi de ce bon for your free gift, simply send us this voucher• vous obtiendrez des informations sur simple appel simply pick up the phone and you will get all the information you need2. masculine noun• les prix peuvent varier du simple au double prices can vary by as much as 100%• simple messieurs/dames men's/women's singles* * *sɛ̃pl
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1) ( facile)c'est (bien) simple, il ne fait plus rien — he simply doesn't do anything any more
2) ( sans prétention) [repas, cérémonie, mariage, vie, goûts] simple; [décoration, intérieur] plain; [vêtement] simple, plain; [personne, air] unaffected, unpretentious3) ( modeste) [origines] modest4) ( ordinaire) [fonctionnaire, travailleur] ordinarymême en hiver, il n'est vêtu que d'une simple chemise — even in winter he only ou just wears a shirt
ce ne sera qu'une simple formalité/vérification — it will be a mere formality/a simple check
réduire quelque chose à sa plus simple expression — to reduce something to a minimum, to pare something down to basics
5) ( peu intelligent) [personne] simple6) Chimie, Botanique simple7) Linguistique [passé, futur] simple8) ( non multiple) [cornet de glace, nœud] single
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nom masculin1) ( dans un calcul)2) Sportsimple dames/messieurs — ladies'/men's singles (pl)
* * *sɛ̃pl1. adj1) (pas compliqué) (personne, méthode, chose) simple2) (non multiple) single3) (avant le nom) (= ordinaire)2. nm1) TENNIS (= match)2)3. simples nmplMÉDECINE medicinal plants* * *A adj1 ( facile) [problème, question, situation, idée] simple, straightforward; [choix, moyen, façon, explication, calcul] simple; son raisonnement est très simple his/her reasoning is very simple; je veux des phrases simples mais correctes I want simple but correct sentences; la situation est loin d'être simple the situation is far from (being) simple ou straightforward; c'est (bien) simple, il ne fait plus rien he simply doesn't do anything any more; pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué? iron why not make life even more difficult for yourself?;2 ( sans prétention) [repas, cérémonie, mariage, vie, goûts] simple; [décoration, intérieur] plain; [vêtement] simple, plain; [personne, air] unaffected, unpretentious; elle portait une jupe toute simple she was wearing a very simple ou plain skirt; elle est simple et naturelle she's unaffected and natural; il est resté très simple malgré son succès he's remained very unpretentious in spite of his success;4 ( ordinaire) [avertissement, remarque] mere; [fonctionnaire, travailleur] ordinary; c'est une simple question d'honneur/de bon sens it's simply ou purely a question of honourGB/of common sense; un simple tour de clé suffit just one turn of the key does it; il est simple garçon de café/employé du bureau he's just a waiter in a café/a clerk; il l'a mis KO d'un simple coup de poing he knocked him out with a single blow; même en hiver, il n'est vêtu que d'une simple chemise even in winter he only ou just wears a shirt; pour la simple raison que for the simple reason that; le simple fait de poser la question the mere fact of asking the question; par simple curiosité out of pure curiosity; sur simple présentation du passeport simply on presentation of one's passport; ce ne sera qu'une simple formalité/vérification it will be a mere formality/a simple check; réduire qch à sa plus simple expression to reduce sth to a minimum;5 ( peu intelligent) [personne] simple; il est gentil mais un peu simple he's nice but a bit simple;7 Ling [passé, futur] simple;8 ( non multiple) [cornet de glace, nœud] single.B nm1 ( dans un calcul) le prix varie du simple au double the price can turn out to be twice as high;simple d'esprit simple-minded; c'est un or il est simple d'esprit he's simple-minded; simple soldat private.[sɛ̃pl] adjectifc'est très simple à utiliser it's very easy ou simple to usec'est une simple question d'argent it's simply ou only a matter of moneypour la simple raison que... for the simple reason that...vous aurez une démonstration gratuite sur simple appel all you need do is (to) ou simply phone this number for a free demonstrationce n'est qu'une simple formalité it's merely a ou it's a mere formality————————[sɛ̃pl] nom masculin1. [ce qui est facile]2. [proportion]simple messieurs/dames men's/ladies' singles————————simples nom masculin plurielmedicinal herbs ou plantssimple d'esprit nom masculinsimple d'esprit locution adjectivale
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