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chiffre ⇒ 1 (a) ligne ⇒ 1 (b) silhouette ⇒ 1 (c) personnage ⇒ 1 (d), 1 (e) figure ⇒ 1 (f), 1 (g) figurine ⇒ 1 (j) penser ⇒ 2 (a) arriver à comprendre ⇒ 2 (b) figurer ⇒ 3 (a) sembler logique ⇒ 3 (b)1 noun∎ six-figure number nombre m de six chiffres;∎ the figures for 1995 les statistiques de 1995;∎ his salary is in or runs to six figures ≃ il gagne plus d'un million de francs;∎ our takings have reached four figures nous avons décroché les quatre chiffres;∎ in round figures en chiffres ronds;∎ to be in double figures (inflation, unemployment) dépasser la barre ou le seuil des 10 pour cent;∎ his score barely managed to get into double figures son score s'élevait tout juste à un nombre à deux chiffres;∎ to get inflation down to single figures réduire l'inflation à un taux inférieur à dix pour cent;∎ to put a figure on sth (give cost) évaluer le coût de ou chiffrer qch;∎ I couldn't put a figure on the number of people there je ne pourrais pas dire combien de personnes il y avait;∎ she's good at figures elle est bonne en calcul;∎ he has no head for figures il n'est pas doué en calcul;∎ have you done your figures? as-tu fait tes calculs?;∎ name your figure (to purchaser, seller) quel est votre prix?;∎ the boss told him to name his figure (for pay rise) le patron lui a demandé combien il voulait;∎ to find a mistake in the figures trouver une erreur de calcul(b) (human shape) ligne f;∎ she is always worrying about her figure elle s'inquiète constamment pour sa ligne;∎ she has a good figure elle a une jolie silhouette, elle est bien faite;∎ to look after one's figure faire attention à sa ligne;∎ think of your figure! pense à ta ligne!;∎ to keep/to lose one's figure garder/perdre la ligne;∎ a fine figure of a woman/man une femme/un homme qui a de l'allure;∎ to cut a fine figure avoir beaucoup d'allure;∎ to cut a sorry figure faire piètre figure;∎ he was a sorry figure standing there on the doorstep (wet, dirty etc) il faisait piètre figure, debout sur les marches(c) (human outline) silhouette f;∎ a figure appeared on the horizon une silhouette est apparue à l'horizon(d) (character in novel, film, painting etc) personnage m;∎ the group of figures on the left le groupe de personnes à gauche;∎ key figure personnage m central;∎ figure of fun objet m de risée;∎ a hate figure, a figure of hate un objet de haine∎ a distinguished figure une personnalité(f) (in geometry, skating, dancing) figure f(g) (illustration, diagram) figure f(h) (pattern → on material) dessin m∎ figure of speech figure f de rhétorique;∎ it was just a figure of speech ce n'était qu'une façon de parler(j) (statuette) figurine f∎ we figured something like that must have happened nous pensions ou nous nous doutions bien que quelque chose de ce genre était arrivé□∎ we couldn't figure it nous n'arrivions pas à comprendre ou saisir□∎ does he figure in your plans? est-ce qu'il figure dans tes projets?;∎ where do I figure in all this? quelle est ma place dans tout cela?;∎ guilt figures quite a lot in his novels la culpabilité a ou tient une place relativement importante dans ses romans;∎ she figured prominently in the scandal elle a été très impliquée dans le scandale∎ it figures that he'd do that ça paraît logique ou normal qu'il ait fait ça□ ;∎ American it just doesn't figure ça n'a pas de sens□ ;∎ American go figure! qui aurait imaginé ça?□figure skater patineur(euse) m,f artistique;1 nounpatinage m artistique(champion, championship) de patinage artistique(in calculations) inclure∎ to figure on doing sth compter faire qch;∎ when are you figuring on leaving? quand comptes-tu ou penses-tu partir?;∎ you didn't figure on that (happening), did you? tu ne comptais ou pensais pas que ça arriverait, hein?, tu ne comptais pas là-dessus, hein?∎ with the roadworks you should figure on an hour's delay il faut compter une heure de plus avec les travaux(a) (understand) arriver à comprendre;∎ we couldn't figure it out nous n'arrivions pas à comprendre ou saisir(b) (work out → sum, cost etc) calculer;∎ figure it out for yourself réfléchis donc un peu;∎ she still hasn't figured out how to do it elle n'a toujours pas trouvé comment faire
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