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1 elitism
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2 élitism
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3 elitism
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4 ugly
1 ( hideous) [person, appearance, furniture, building, place] laid ; [sound] désagréable ; to be an ugly sight être hideux/-euse à voir ; [wound] vilain (before n) ;2 ( vicious) [situation, conflict] dangereux/-euse ; [tactics, campaign] bas/basse ; [accusation] vicieux/-ieuse ; [passion, violence] effroyable ; the situation turned ugly la situation a dégénéré ; to give sb an ugly look regarder qn d'un sale œil ; he had an ugly expression on his face/an ugly look in his eye il avait l'air méchant/l'œil méchant ; to be in an ugly mood [group, mob] gronder ; [individual] être d'humeur massacrante ; the ugly face of l'aspect inacceptable de ;3 ( repugnant) [incident, scene, crime] déplorable.an ugly customer ○ un sale type ○ ; he looks like an ugly customer ○ il a une sale tronche ○ ; as ugly as sin laid comme un pou ; racism/elitism rears its ugly head on voit surgir le spectre du racisme/de l'élitisme. -
5 equate
equate [ɪ'kweɪt](a) (regard as equivalent) assimiler, mettre sur le même pied;∎ some people wrongly equate culture with elitism certaines personnes assimilent à tort culture et élitisme;∎ you can't equate Joyce with Homer on ne peut pas mettre Homère et Joyce sur le même pied(b) (make equal) égaler, égaliser;∎ our aim is to equate exports and imports notre but est d'amener au même niveau les exportations et les importations;∎ Mathematics to equate sth to sth mettre qch en équation avec qch -
6 straightforward
straightforward [‚streɪt'fɔ:wəd](a) (direct → person) direct, franc (franche); (→ explanation) franc (franche); (→ account) très clair;∎ to give a straightforward answer to a question répondre franchement ou sans détours à une question;∎ it's impossible to get a straightforward answer out of her il est impossible d'obtenir d'elle une réponse nette et précise∎ it was all quite straightforward ce n'était pas compliqué du tout(c) (pure, utter) pur;∎ it's straightforward elitism c'est de l'élitisme pur et simpleUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > straightforward
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