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1 farewell speech
Pol., Entr. discours d'adieuEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > farewell speech
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2 speech
speech n1 ( oration) discours m (on sur ; about à propos de) ; Theat tirade f ; farewell/opening speech discours d'adieu/d'ouverture ; in a speech dans un discours ; to give/make/deliver a speech tenir/faire/prononcer un discours ; the Speech from the Throne GB Pol le Discours du Trône ;2 ( faculty) parole f ; ( spoken form) langage m ; direct/indirect speech Ling discours m or style m direct/indirect ; in speech par le langage ; to express oneself in speech rather than writing s'exprimer oralement plutôt que par écrit ; the power of speech le pouvoir de la parole ; -
3 farewell
farewell [fεəˈwel]adieu m• you can say farewell to your chances of promotion! tu peux dire adieu à tes chances de promotion !* * *[ˌfeə'wel] 1.noun, exclamation adieu m2. -
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6 stumble
B vi1 ( trip) trébucher (against contre ; on, over sur) ;2 ( stagger) to stumble in/out/off entrer/sortir/s'en aller en chancelant ; he stumbled around the room il a fait le tour de la pièce en chancelant ;3 ( in speech) hésiter ; to stumble over [phrase, word] buter sur ; he stumbled through his farewell speech il a prononcé son discours d'adieu en bafouillant.▶ stumble across [sth] tomber par hasard sur [person, information, fact].■ stumble on:▶ stumble on [walkers, travellers] avancer en trébuchant ; fig [undertaking, leadership] continuer tant bien que mal ;▶ stumble on [sth], stumble upon [sth] tomber par hasard sur [person, place, date, event, item]. -
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emotional adj [development, impact, need, problem] émotif/-ive ; [distress, charge, content, power, reaction, state] émotionnel/-elle ; [tie, response] affectif/-ive ; [film] émouvant ; [campaign, speech] passionné ; [atmosphere, farewell, occasion, scene] chargé d'émotion ; to feel emotional se sentir ému (about par) ; she's rather emotional elle est facilement émue ; he gets rather emotional ( cries easily) il a la larme facile ; ( gets irrational) il a tendance à s'énerver ; emotional health santé f mentale ; emotional abuse Psych sévices mpl psychologiques. -
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2 ( marked by tears) [speech, conversation] ému, larmoyant pej ; a tearful reunion des retrouvailles émues ; a tearful farewell des adieux éplorés. -
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emotional [ɪ'məʊʃənəl]∎ to have or carry a lot of emotional baggage avoir accumulé les échecs sentimentaux;∎ to be afraid of emotional commitment avoir peur de s'engager sur le plan émotionnel;∎ emotional shock choc m émotif ou émotionnel;∎ she's an emotional wreck elle a de gros problèmes émotionnels;∎ he was something of an emotional cripple il était quelque peu handicapé sur le plan affectif(b) (person → easily moved) sensible, qui s'émeut facilement; (→ stronger) émotif; (appealing to the emotions → plea, speech, music) émouvant;∎ he got very emotional at the funeral il était très ému à l'enterrement;∎ why do you always have to get so emotional? pourquoi faut-il toujours que tu te mettes dans de tels états?;(c) (charged with emotion → issue) passionné, brûlant; (→ reunion, farewell, scene) chargé d'émotion∎ you shouldn't be so emotional tu es vraiment trop sensible►► emotional blackmail chantage m affectif
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