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1 curry favour
( with with) (to seek (a) favour by flattery: She's currying favour with the boss.) chercher à gagner la faveur de -
2 curry
curry [ˈkʌrɪ]1. nouncurry m3. compounds* * *['kʌrɪ] 1.noun curry m2.transitive verb faire un curry de [meat]••to curry favour — chercher à se faire bien voir ( with somebody de quelqu'un)
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A n1 ( dish) curry m ; chicken/prawn curry curry de poulet/de crevettes ; hot/mild curry curry épicé/peu épicé ;B vtr1 faire un curry de [chicken, meat] ; curried chicken poulet au curry ;2 ( groom) étriller [horse] ;3 corroyer [leather].to curry favour chercher à se faire bien voir (with sb de qn). -
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1 nounCookery curry m, cari m;∎ chicken curry curry m ou cari m de poulet∎ to curry favour with sb s'insinuer dans les bonnes grâces de qn►► Cookery curry powder curry m, cari m;Cookery curry sauce sauce f au curry ou cari -
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I 1. American - curries; noun((an originally Indian dish of) meat, vegetables etc cooked with spices: chicken curry.) curry2. verb(to cook in this way: Are you going to curry this meat?) accommoder au curry- curried- curry powder II verb(to rub down or comb and clean (a horse).) étriller -
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1 †( court) courtiser [lady] ;2 fig ( curry favour with) courtiser [voters, company, country] ; to woo mothers back to work encourager les mères à reprendre la vie professionnelle.
См. также в других словарях:
curry favour — If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ( Curry favor is the American spelling.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
curry favour — ► curry favour ingratiate oneself through obsequious behaviour. [ORIGIN: from the name (Favel) of a horse in a medieval French romance who became a symbol of cunning and duplicity; hence ‘to rub down Favel’ meant to use cunning.] Main Entry:… … English terms dictionary
curry favour — verb seek favor by fawning or flattery This employee is currying favor with his superordinates • Syn: ↑curry favor, ↑court favor, ↑court favour • Hypernyms: ↑fawn, ↑toady, ↑truckle … Useful english dictionary
curry favour — If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ( Curry favor is the American spelling.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
curry favour — to try to make someone like you or support you by doing things to please them. The government has promised lower taxes in an attempt to curry favour with the voters. (usually + with) … New idioms dictionary
curry favour (with someone) — phrase to try to make someone like you or give you something Big tax cuts are often proposed to curry favour with voters. Thesaurus: to try hard to please or impress someonesynonym Main entry: curry … Useful english dictionary
curry favour (with somebody) — curry ˈfavour (with sb) idiom (disapproving) to try to get sb to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot • He s always trying to curry favour with the boss. Main entry: ↑curryidiom … Useful english dictionary
curry favour — ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour. → curried … English new terms dictionary
curry-favour — … Useful english dictionary
curry — Ⅰ. curry [1] ► NOUN (pl. curries) ▪ a dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian style sauce of strong spices. ► VERB (curries, curried) ▪ prepare or flavour with such a sauce. ORIGIN Tamil … English terms dictionary
favour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun 1 sth that helps sb ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ little, small ▪ special … Collocations dictionary