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more [mɔ:r]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. pronoun3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjectivea. ( = greater in amount) plus de► more... than plus de... queb. ( = additional) encore de• more tea? encore un peu de thé ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• is there any more wine? y a-t-il encore du vin ?► a few/several more2. pronouna. ( = greater quantity) plus• that's more than enough c'est amplement suffisant► no/nothing more• no more, thanks (in restaurant) ça suffit, mercib. ( = others) d'autres• have you got any more like these? en avez-vous d'autres comme ça ?3. adverbc. ( = rather) plutôtd. ( = again) once more une fois de plus• once more, they have disappointed us une fois de plus, ils nous ont déçus• the more you rest the quicker you'll get better plus vous vous reposerez plus vous vous rétablirez rapidement• all the more so because... d'autant plus que...* * *Note: When used to modify an adjective or an adverb to form the comparative more is very often translated by plus: more expensive = plus cher/chère; more beautiful = plus beau/belle; more easily = plus facilement; more regularly = plus régulièrement. For examples and further uses see belowWhen used as a quantifier to indicate a greater amount or quantity of something more is very often translated by plus de: more money/cars/people = plus d'argent/de voitures/de gens. For examples and further uses see II 1 below[mɔː(r)] 1.1) ( comparative)2) ( to a greater extent) plus, davantageyou must work/rest more — il faut que tu travailles/te reposes davantage
the more you think about it, the harder it will seem — plus tu y penseras, plus ça te paraîtra dur
3) ( longer)4) ( again)5) ( rather)2.3.a little/lot more wine — un peu/beaucoup plus de vin
1) ( larger amount or number) plusit costs more than the other one — il/elle coûte plus cher que l'autre
many were disappointed, more were angry — beaucoup de gens ont été déçus, un plus grand nombre étaient fâchés
2) ( additional amount) davantage; ( additional number) plusseveral/a few more (of them) — plusieurs/quelques autres
in Mexico, of which more later... — au Mexique, dont nous reparlerons plus tard...
4.let's ou we'll say no more about it — n'en parlons plus
more and more phrasal determiner, adverbial phrase de plus en plus5.more or less adverbial phrase plus ou moins6.more so adverbial phrase encore plusin York, and even more so in Oxford — à York et encore plus à Oxford
he is just as active as her, if not more so ou or even more so — il est aussi actif qu'elle, si ce n'est plus
7.they are all disappointed, none more so than Mr Lowe — ils sont tous déçus, en particulier M. Lowe
more than adverbial phrase, prepositional phrase1) ( greater amount or number) plus de2) ( extremely)••she's nothing more (nor less) than a thief —
she's a thief, neither more nor less — c'est une voleuse, ni plus ni moins
he's nothing ou no ou not much more than a servant — ce n'est qu'un serviteur
and what is more... — et qui plus est...
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42 priceless
priceless [ˈpraɪslɪs]a. [picture, contribution, gift] inestimable* * *['praɪslɪs]1) ( extremely valuable) inestimable2) (colloq) ( amusing) impayable (colloq) -
43 seriously
seriously [ˈsɪərɪəslɪ]• yes, but seriously... oui, mais sérieusement...• seriously now... sérieusement...• to take sth/sb seriously prendre qch/qn au sérieux* * *['sɪərɪəslɪ]1) ( not frivolously) sérieusementare you seriously suggesting that...? — tu veux vraiment dire que...?
but seriously,... — blague à part,... (colloq)
to take somebody/something seriously — prendre quelqu'un/quelque chose au sérieux
2) ( gravely) [ill, injured, at risk, flawed] gravement; [mislead, underestimate] vraiment3) (colloq) ( extremely) vraiment -
44 terrifically
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45 truly
truly [ˈtru:lɪ]a. ( = genuinely) vraiment• really and truly? (inf) vraiment ?b. ( = faithfully) fidèlement* * *['truːlɪ]1) ( extremely) [amazing, delighted, sorry, horrendous] vraiment2) (really, in truth) [be, belong, think] vraiment3) ( in letter)...and who got it all wrong? yours truly! — ( referring to oneself)...et qui s'est trompé? mézigue! (colloq)
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46 wildly
wildly [ˈwaɪldlɪ]a. ( = excitedly) [applaud] frénétiquement ; [talk] avec beaucoup d'agitation ; [behave] de façon extravaganteb. ( = extremely) [optimistic] follement ; [vary] énormément* * *['waɪldlɪ]1) ( recklessly) [spend, talk] de façon insensée; [fire] au hasardto hit out/run wildly — envoyer des coups/courir dans tous les sens
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47 hedge
1 nounhedge fund société f d'investissement;hedge ratio ratio m de couverture;hedge transaction opération f de couverture(shares) arbitrer; (transactions) couvrirse couvrir;∎ to hedge against currency fluctuations se couvrir contre les fluctuations monétairesADB [Asian Development Bank] officials argued that developing countries could borrow extremely cheaply by denominating their loans in yen - at interest rates of 0.7 per cent - and hedging against the currency risk. But Mr Chino said the bank would review its lending policies following the latest round of international consultations on the subject.
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49 admirably
['ædmə-]adverb (extremely well: He's admirably suited to the job.) admirablement -
50 arrogant
['ærəɡənt](extremely proud; thinking that one is much more important than other people.) arrogant- arrogance -
51 atrocious
[ə'trəuʃəs]1) (very bad: Your handwriting is atrocious.) affreux2) (extremely cruel: an atrocious crime.) atroce•- atrocity -
52 atrocity
[ə'trosəti]noun (an extremely cruel and wicked act: The invading army committed many atrocities.) atrocité -
53 blazing
1) (burning brightly: a blazing fire.) ardent2) (extremely angry: a blazing row.) furieux -
54 calibre
['kælibə]1) (the inner diameter of a gun barrel etc.) calibre2) ((of a person) quality of character; ability: a salesman of extremely high calibre.) calibre -
55 crave
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56 craze
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57 dazzling
1) (extremely bright: a dazzling light.) aveuglant2) (colourful; impressive: a dazzling display of wit.) éblouissant -
58 detestable
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59 dreadfully
adverb (extremely: dreadfully ill; dreadfully clever.) terriblement -
60 drop a brick / drop a clanger
(unknowingly to say or do something extremely tactless.) faire une gaffe
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