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1 impressive
impressive [ɪmˈpresɪv]* * *[ɪm'presɪv]adjective [achievement, display, result] impressionnant; [building, sight] imposant -
2 impressive
impressive adj [achievement, cast, collection, display, result, total] impressionnant ; [building, monument, sight] imposant ; she is very impressive elle en impose. -
3 grand
grand [grænd]1. adjectiveb. ( = ambitious) [scheme, design] ambitieux2. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Dans le système judiciaire américain, le grand jury est le jury d'accusation, qui décide si une personne devra comparaître devant le jury de jugement (« trial jury » ou « petit jury »), qui statuera sur son éventuelle culpabilité.Composé de 12 à 23 personnes, le grand jury se réunit à huis clos ; il a le droit de citer des témoins à comparaître.* * *[grænd] 1.noun GB mille livres fpl sterling; US mille dollars mpl2.1) ( impressive) [building, ceremony] grandiose; [park] magnifiqueon the grand scale — ( expensively) sur un grand pied
2) ( self-important)3) (colloq) ( fine)‘is everything all right?’ - ‘it's grand thanks’ — ‘tout va bien?’ - ‘très bien merci’
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4 grand
A nB adj1 ( impressive) [building, ceremony] grandiose ; [park] magnifique ; in grand style en grande pompe ; on a grand scale sur une très grande échelle ; in the grand manner dans un style de grand seigneur ; to make a grand entry faire une entrée spectaculaire ; the grand old man of theatre/of letters le grand monsieur du théâtre/de la littérature ;2 ( self- important) she's very grand elle joue à la grande dame pej ; to put on a grand air prendre de grands airs ;3 ○ (fine, excellent) to have a grand time passer un moment formidable ; ‘is everything all right?’-‘it's grand thanks’ ‘tout va bien?’-‘très bien merci’ ; he did a grand job il a fait un travail splendide ; that's grand! c'est formidable! ;4 (in titles, names) grand, Grand. -
5 feat
[fi:t](an impressive act or achievement: Building the pyramids was a brilliant feat of engineering.) -
6 add
add [æd](a) (put together) ajouter;∎ add her name to the list ajoute son nom à la liste;∎ this book adds little to the debate ce livre n'apporte pas grand-chose au débat;∎ figurative to add fuel to the fire jeter de l'huile sur le feu∎ I have nothing to add je n'ai rien à ajouter∎ add 4 and or to 9 additionnez 4 et 9;∎ add these numbers together additionnez ces nombres, faites l'addition de ces nombres;∎ it will add (on) another £100 to the cost cela augmentera le coût de 100 livres;∎ they added (on) 10 percent for service ils ont ajouté 10 pour cent pour le servicefaire des additionsajouter(building) faire une addition à, agrandir; (difficulty, surprise etc) augmenter, ajouter à; (beauty) rehausser; (crisis) accentuer;∎ inflation only added to our worries l'inflation ne faisait qu'ajouter à nos soucis;∎ this will add to the cost ceci va venir s'ajouter au prix;∎ to add to my misfortune pour mettre le comble à mon malheur;∎ to add to what we were saying yesterday… pour compléter ce que nous disions hier…➲ add up(find the sum of → figures) additionner; (→ bill, column of figures) totaliser;∎ we added up the advantages and disadvantages nous avons fait le total des avantages et des inconvénients;∎ when you add it all up it was quite cheap si on fait le total, c'était assez bon marché;∎ you've added this up wrong tu t'es trompé dans l'addition(a) (give correct total) se recouper;∎ these figures don't add up ces chiffres ne font pas le compte;∎ the bill doesn't add up la note n'est pas juste;∎ figurative it just doesn't add up il y a quelque chose qui cloche ou qui ne marche pas(b) (calculate) additionner;∎ that boy can't add up ce garçon ne sait pas additionner(a) (of figures) s'élever à, se monter à;∎ it adds up to £22 cela s'élève à 22 livres∎ it all adds up to our having to leave autrement dit, nous devons partir;∎ his qualifications add up to an impressive CV ses qualifications constituent un CV impressionnant;∎ what evidence we've got doesn't add up to much really les preuves dont nous disposons ne constituent pas vraiment grand-chose;∎ is that all you've done? it doesn't add up to much est-ce que c'est tout ce que tu as fait? ça ne fait pas beaucoup -
7 noble
noble ['nəʊbəl](a) (aristocratic) noble;∎ of noble birth de haute naissance, de naissance noble(b) (fine, distinguished → aspiration, purpose) noble, élevé; (→ bearing, manner, proportions, building) noble, majestueux; (→ mountain) altier, imposant; (→ person, animal) noble; (→ wine) grand(c) (generous → gesture) généreux, magnanime;∎ humorous that's very noble of you c'est très généreux de votre part(d) (brave → deed, feat) noble, héroïque;∎ the noble art or science le noble art(e) (impressive → monument) noble, majestueux2 nounnoble mf, aristocrate mf►► noble rot pourriture f noble;noble savage bon sauvage m
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