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ill [ɪl]1. adjectivea. ( = unwell) maladeb. ( = bad) mauvais• as ill luck would have it, he... le malheur a voulu qu'il... + subj• no ill feeling! sans rancune !• just to show there's no ill will, I'll do it je vais le faire pour bien montrer que je ne suis pas rancunier2. nounmal m3. plural noun4. adverb5. compounds• you would be ill-advised to do that vous auriez tort de faire cela ► ill-at-ease adjective mal à l'aise• to be ill-equipped to do sth [person] être mal armé pour faire qch ► ill-fated adjective malchanceux• ill-fitting shoes des chaussures qui ne vont pas bien ► ill-founded adjective [belief, argument] mal fondé ; [rumour] sans fondement► ill-informed adjective [person] mal informé ; [comment, criticism] mal fondé ; [essay, speech] plein d'inexactitudes* * *[ɪl] 1.noun mal m2.adjective maladeto be ill with something — ( serious illness) être atteint de quelque chose; ( less serious) souffrir de quelque chose
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adverb sout1) ( badly)to bode ou augur ill for something — littér être de mauvais augure pour quelque chose
2) ( scarcely)••it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good) — Prov à quelque chose malheur est bon Prov
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A nB adj1 ( having particular illness) malade ; to be ill with sth ( serious illness) être atteint de qch ; ( less serious) souffrir de qch ; to be taken ill, to fall ill tomber malade ;2 ( nauseous) to feel ill avoir mal au cœur or des nausées ; the smell made him feel ill l'odeur lui a donné mal au cœur or des nausées.1 ( badly) they have been ill served by their government leur gouvernement les a desservis ; he is ill suited to the post il n'est guère fait pour ce poste ; to speak ill of sb dire du mal de qn ; to bode ou augur ill for sth littér être de mauvais augure pour qch ;2 ( scarcely) he ill deserves your praise il ne mérite guère vos louanges ; it ill becomes you to criticize il ne vous sied guère de critiquer. -
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ill [ɪl](a) (sick, unwell) malade;∎ to fall or to be taken ill tomber malade;∎ seriously ill gravement malade;∎ the smell makes me ill l'odeur me rend malade;∎ I feel ill just thinking about it rien que d'y penser, j'en suis malade∎ he is critically ill with stab wounds il est dans un état critique après avoir reçu de nombreux coups de couteau∎ ill fortune, ill luck malheur m, malchance f;∎ the ill effects of alcohol les effets mpl néfastes de l'alcool;∎ ill deeds méfaits mpl;∎ a house of ill repute une maison mal famée;∎ proverb it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good à quelque chose malheur est bon2 noun∎ to think/speak ill of sb penser/dire du mal de qn;∎ for good or ill (whatever happens) quoi qu'il arrive(b) (difficulty, trouble) malheur m;∎ the nation's ills les malheurs mpl du pays∎ I have suffered no ill at his hands il ne m'a fait aucun tort3 adverb∎ we can ill afford these luxuries ce sont des luxes que nous pouvons difficilement nous permettre;∎ we can ill afford to wait nous ne pouvons vraiment pas nous permettre d'attendre∎ it ill becomes or befits you to criticize il vous sied mal de critiquer;∎ to augur or to bode ill être de mauvais augure►► ill feeling ressentiment m, animosité f;ill health mauvaise santé f;∎ to suffer from ill health, to be in ill health avoir des problèmes de santé;∎ because of ill health pour des raisons de santé;ill humour mauvaise humeur f;∎ to be in an ill humour être de mauvaise humeur;ill will malveillance f;∎ I bear them no ill will je ne leur garde pas rancune, je ne leur en veux pas -
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augur ['ɔ:gə(r)]∎ this weather augurs ill/well for our holiday ce temps est de mauvais/bon augure pour nos vacances;∎ it doesn't augur well for the future cela ne présage ou n'annonce rien de bon(predict) prédire, prévoir; (be omen of) présager;∎ it augurs no good cela ne présage ou n'annonce rien de bon3 noun(prophet) augure m
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