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1 -handed
- handed ['hændɪd]∎ right-handed droitier;∎ single-handed tout seul;∎ empty-handed les mains vides, bredouille;∎ two-handed sword épée f (que l'on tient) à deux mains;∎ four-handed game of cards jeu m de cartes pour quatre personnes;∎ one-handed catch interception f à une main -
2 single-handed
single-handed [-'hændɪd]1 adverb(on one's own) tout seul, sans aucune aide;∎ she's tripled our sales single-handed elle a triplé nos ventes à elle toute seule(a) (unaided → voyage) en solitaire;∎ to be single-handed être tout seul, n'avoir aucune aide(b) (using one hand) à une main►► single-handed backhand shot (in tennis, squash etc) revers m à une main;single-handed saw (scie f) égoïne fUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > single-handed
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3 empty-handed
empty-handed [-'hændɪd]les mains vides;∎ to leave empty-handed repartir les mains vides;∎ to return empty-handed rentrer bredouille ou les mains videsUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > empty-handed
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4 left-handed
∎ she's left-handed elle est gauchère(b) (scissors, instrument, golf club) pour gauchers(c) (blow, punch, shot) de la main gauche2 adverbde la main gauche►► American a left-handed compliment un faux complimentUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > left-handed
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5 high-handed
adjective (done, acting, without consultation of, or consideration for, other people: a high-handed decision; A new headmaster should try not to be too high-handed.) tyrannique -
6 single-handed
adjective, adverb (working etc by oneself, without help: He runs the restaurant single-handed; single-handed efforts.) tout seul -
7 empty-handed
empty-handed adj [arrive, leave] les mains vides ; [return] bredouille inv ; to be empty-handed avoir les mains vides. -
8 single-handed
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9 clean-handed
∎ American he got out of the inquiry clean-handed l'enquête l'a lavé de tout soupçonUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > clean-handed
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10 mob-handed
mob-handed [-'hændɪd]familiar (with many people) avec plein de gens;∎ they arrived mob-handed ils sont arrivés avec plein d'autres gens -
11 red-handed
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12 three-handed
Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > three-handed
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13 two-handed
(c) (in tennis) à deux mains;∎ a two-handed backhand un revers à deux mains -
14 catch red-handed
(to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong: The police caught the thief red-handed.) pris en flagrant délit -
15 empty-handed
adjective (carrying nothing: I went to collect my wages but returned empty-handed.) les mains vides -
16 right-handed
adjective ((of people) using the right hand more easily than the left, eg for writing: The majority of people are right-handed.) droitier -
17 two-handed
adjective, adverb ((to be used, played etc) with two hands: a two-handed stroke.) à deux mains -
18 cack-handed
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19 even-handed
even-handed adj impartial. -
20 four-handed
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