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1 four-star
à quatre étoiles►► four-star hotel hôtel m quatre étoiles ou de première catégorie;British four-star petrol super m, super-carburant m;Military four-star general général m d'armée -
2 -star
- star [stɑ:(r)]∎ a two-star hotel un hôtel deux étoiles;∎ a four-star general un général à quatre étoiles;∎ British two-star petrol (essence f) ordinaire m;∎ British four-star petrol super m -
3 star
A n1 Astron, Astrol étoile f ; the stars are out les étoiles brillent ; to navigate by the stars naviguer aux étoiles ; born under a lucky star né sous une bonne étoile ;2 ( person) vedette f, star f ; a star of stage and screen une vedette de la scène et de l'écran ; a tennis/soccer star une vedette du tennis/du football ; to make sb a star faire une star de qn ;3 ( asterisk) astérisque m ;B stars npl Astrol horoscope m ; what do the stars foretell? qu'est-ce que l'horoscope prédit? ; it's written in the stars c'est le destin.D - star (dans composés)1 Tourism three-/four-star hotel/restaurant restaurant/hôtel (à) trois/quatre étoiles ;2 Mil four-/five-star general général à quatre/cinq étoiles.1 [film, play] avoir [qn] pour vedette [actor] ; the play stars Alan Bates and Maggie Smith as the uncle and aunt la pièce a pour vedettes Alan Bates dans le rôle de l'oncle et Maggie Smith dans le rôle de la tante ; a comedy starring Lenny Henry une comédie avec Lenny Henry en vedette ;2 ( mark with star) ( gén au passif) marquer [qch] d'un astérisque ; the starred items/dishes are… les articles/plats marqués d'un astérisque sont… ;F vi ( p prés etc - rr-) [actor] jouer le rôle principal (in dans) ; Bela Lugosi stars as Dracula ou in the role of Dracula Bela Lugosi joue (le rôle de) Dracula ; Meryl Streep also stars Meryl Streep est également à l'affiche.to reach for the stars vouloir décrocher la lune ; to see stars voir trente-six chandelles. ⇒ all-star, ill-starred.
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