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figure, US [transcription]["fIgj\@r"]A n1 (number, amount) chiffre m ; a provisional/disappointing figure un chiffre provisoire/décevant ; a figure of 15 million un chiffre de 15 millions ; a figure of £150 la somme de 150 livres ; government/official figures les chiffres gouvernementaux/officiels ; a four-/six-figure sum un montant de quatre/six chiffres ; her salary runs into six figures elle gagne plus de 100 000 livres GB or dollars US ; inflation is in single/double figures le taux d'inflation est à unchiffre/à deux chiffres ; to have a head forfigures, to be good with figures être doué pour lecalcul ;2 ( known or important person) personnalité f, personnage m ; controversial/well-known/political figure personnalité controversée/célèbre/politique ; a minor ou marginal figure une personnalité peu importante ; a legendary figure in rugby/rock music un personnage légendaire du rugby/du rock ;3 (person, human form) personnage m ; (in painting, sculpture) figure f ; a familiar/imposing/diminutive figure un personnage familier/imposant/minuscule ; human/reclining figure Art figure humaine/allongée ; a figure appeared through the mist une silhouette est apparue dans le brouillard ; to cut a sorry/fine figure faire piètre/bonne figure ; to cut a dashing figure avoir l'air fringant ;4 ( representative or symbol) mother/father figure image f de la mère/du père ; authority figure symbole m de l'autorité ; hate figure bète f noire ; she is something of a Cassandra/Lady Macbeth figure c'est une sorte de Cassandre/Lady Macbeth ;5 ( body shape) ligne f ; to keep one's figure garder la ligne ; to lose one's figure prendre de l'embonpoint ; to watch one's figure surveiller sa ligne ; to have a great figure ○ avoir une silhouette sensationnelle ○ ; made for a man's/woman's figure fait pour une silhouette masculine/féminine ;8 (in dance, skating) figure f de style.B vtrC vi1 (feature, appear) figurer ; to figure in ou on a list figurer sur une liste ; to figure in a novel/report figurer dans un roman/rapport ;2 ○ ( make sense) se comprendre ; that figures ça se comprend ; it doesn't figure ça n'a pas de sens.■ figure in US:▶ figure in [sth], figure [sth] in inclure, compter.■ figure on ○: figure on [sth] s'attendre à ; I hadn't figured on that! je ne m'attendais pas à ça! ; to figure on doing compter faire ; to figure on sb doing s'attendre à ce que qn fasse.■ figure out:▶ figure out [sth], figure [sth] out trouver [answer, reason, best way] ; to figure out who/why/how etc arriver à comprendre qui/pourquoi/comment etc ; I can't figure him out je ne comprends rien à cet homme-là ; she's got her future figured out elle a son avenir tout tracé.
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