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1 mœuurs
mœurs [mœʀ(s)]plural feminine nouna. ( = habitudes) [de peuple] customs• l'évolution des mœurs (comportement) changes in behaviour ; (mentalités) changes in the way people think• ils ont de drôles de mœurs ! they have some peculiar ways!b. ( = morale) affaire de mœurs sex case• la police des mœurs ≈ the vice squad -
2 mine
I.mine1 [min]feminine noun( = physionomie) expression• ... dit-il, la mine réjouie... he said with a cheerful expression on his face• tu as bonne mine maintenant ! now you look a complete idiot!il est venu nous demander comment ça marchait, mine de rien he came and asked us all casually (inf) how things were going• mine de rien, il n'est pas bête you wouldn't think it to look at him but he's no fool (inf)• mine de rien, ça nous a coûté 1 500 € believe it or not it cost us 1,500 eurosII.mine2 [min]1. feminine nouna. ( = gisement) mineb. ( = source) [de renseignements] minec. [de crayon] leadd. ( = explosif) mine2. compounds* * *min
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1) ( expression) expression; ( aspect) lookfaire triste mine — to have a gloomy expression, to look gloomy
elle nous a dit, mine de rien (colloq), que — she told us, casually, that
il est doué, mine de rien — (colloq) it may not be obvious, but he's very clever
2) ( apparence)avoir mauvaise mine, avoir une sale (colloq) or petite mine — to look a bit off-colour [BrE]
avoir bonne mine — [personne] to look well; [tarte, rôti] to look appetizing
j'aurais bonne mine! — iron I would look really stupid!
3) ( pour dessiner) leadcrayon à mine dure/grasse — hard/soft pencil
4) ( gisement) minemine d'or — lit, fig gold mine
5) ( source) sourcemine d'informations — fig mine of information
6) Armée mine
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mines nom féminin pluriel ( minauderies) simpering [U]Phrasal Verbs:••ne pas payer de mine — (colloq) not to look anything special (colloq)
* * *min1. nf1) (= physionomie) expression, lookElle avait une mine fatiguée. — She was looking tired.
avoir bonne mine > [personne] — to look well, ironique to look an utter idiot
Tu as bonne mine. — You look well.
Il a mauvaise mine. — He doesn't look well.
Elle a fait mine de le croire. — She pretended to believe him.
2) (apparence) [personne] appearanceIl ne faut pas juger les gens d'après leur mine. — You shouldn't judge people by their appearance.
3) [crayon] lead4) (= gisement, exploitation) minemine à ciel ouvert — opencast Grande-Bretagne mine, open-air USA mine
5) (= explosif) minemine de rien; Mine de rien, il est vraiment efficace. — You wouldn't think so but he's really efficient.
Elle a réussi mine de rien à le faire parler de lui. — Somehow or other she got him to talk about himself.
Il s'est installé, mine de rien, et il a tout réorganisé. — He settled in, cool as you please, and ended up reorganizing everything.
2. mines nfplpéjoratif simpering* * *A nf1 ( expression) expression; ( aspect) look; avoir la mine boudeuse to have a sulky expression, to look sulky; faire triste mine to have a gloomy expression, to look gloomy; tu en fais une mine! why are you looking like that?; ne fais pas cette mine! don't look like that!; sous sa mine aimable, c'est quelqu'un de très dur beneath his/her pleasant exterior, he/she is very hard; juger les gens sur leur mine to judge people by appearances; faire mine d'accepter/de ne pas comprendre to pretend to accept/not to understand; faire mine de partir/frapper to make as if to go/to hit; elle nous a dit, mine de rien○, que she told us, casually, that; il est doué, mine de rien○ it may not be obvious, but he's very clever; mine de rien○, elle arrive toujours à ses fins without being obvious about it, she always gets her way; elle a raison, mine de rien○ she's right, you know;2 ( apparence) avoir mauvaise mine to look a bit off-colourGB; avoir une sale○ or petite mine to look a bit off-colourGB; avoir une mine resplendissante to be glowing with health; avoir une mine de papier mâché to look washed out; avoir bonne mine [personne] to look well; [tarte, rôti] to look appetizing; j'aurais bonne mine! iron I would look really stupid!;3 ( pour dessiner) lead; crayon à mine dure/grasse hard/soft pencil;4 Mines gén mine; ( de charbon) gén colliery GB, mine; ( puits) pit GB, mine; mine à ciel ouvert opencast mine; travailler à la mine to be a miner, to work in a mine; l 'exploitation des mines mining; une région de mines a coal-mining area; mine d'or lit, fig gold mine;5 ( source) source; mine d'informations fig mine of information; une mine d'adresses utiles a source of useful addresses;6 Mil mine; sauter sur une mine to be blown up by a mine; mine terrestre land mine; mine antichar/antipersonnel antitank/antipersonnel mine.B mines nfpl1 ( minauderies) simpering ¢; faire des mines to simper;2 Admin les Mines official body responsible for regulating weights and measures and changes made to motor vehicles; ⇒ école.mine de crayon lead; mine de plomb graphite ¢.ne pas payer de mine○ not to look anything special○.[min] nom fémininfaire mine de: elle fit mine de raccrocher, puis se ravisa she made as if to hang up, then changed her mindne fais pas mine de ne pas comprendre don't act as if ou pretend you don't understandmine de rien (familier) : mine de rien, ça finit par coûter cher it may not seem much but when you add it all up, it's expensivemine de rien, elle était furieuse although ou though she didn't show it, she was furious2. [teint]tu as bonne mine, avec ta veste à l'envers! (figuré & ironique) you look great with your jacket on inside out!je lui trouve meilleure mine I think she looks better ou in better healthavoir une mine réjouie to beam, to be beamingmine de charbon ou de houille coal mine4. [source importante]une mine de a mine ou source of5. [d'un crayon] leadcrayon à mine grasse/dure soft/hard pencilmine de plomb graphite ou black lead[explosif] minemine aérienne/sous-marine/terrestre aerial/submarine/land mine7. [explosif]————————mines nom féminin pluriel1. [manières]il m'énerve à toujours faire des mines he irritates me, always simpering around2. GÉOGRAPHIE mining area, mines
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