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121 junk
junk [dʒʌŋk]1 noun∎ this watch is a real piece of junk cette montre, c'est vraiment de la camelote ou c'est de la vraie camelote;∎ all his so-called antiques were just a pile of junk ses prétendues antiquités n'étaient en fait qu'un ramassis de vieilleries;∎ his latest film is utter junk son dernier film est absolument nul ou un vrai navet;∎ she eats nothing but junk elle mange que des saloperies(b) (UNCOUNT) (second-hand or unwanted goods) bric-à-brac m∎ can you get your junk off the table? tu peux enlever tes trucs ou ton bazar de la table?;∎ what's all that junk in the hall? qu'est-ce que c'est que ce bric-à-brac ou ce bazar dans l'entrée?familiar jeter (à la poubelle)□, balancer►► Stock Exchange junk bond junk bond m (obligation à haut rendement mais à haut risque);Biology junk DNA ADN m non génique;Computing junk e-mail messages mpl publicitaires;familiar junk food nourriture f de mauvaise qualité□ ;∎ their kids eat nothing but junk food leurs gosses ne mangent que des cochonneries;junk heap dépotoir m;junk jewellery (UNCOUNT) bijoux mpl fantaisie;junk mail (UNCOUNT) courrier m publicitaire;junk room pièce f de débarras;junk shop magasin m de brocante;∎ at the junk shop chez le brocanteur -
122 liking
liking ['laɪkɪŋ](a) (affection) sympathie f, affection f;∎ I have a great liking for Alan j'ai beaucoup de sympathie pour Alan;∎ to take a liking to sb se prendre d'amitié pour qn;∎ I took an instant liking to Rome j'ai tout de suite aimé Rome∎ to have a liking for sth avoir du goût pour qch, aimer qch;∎ she has a liking for expensive jewellery elle a un faible pour les bijoux de prix;∎ the decor is not really to my liking le décor n'est pas tout à fait à mon goût;∎ is everything to your liking? est-ce que tout est à votre convenance?;∎ it's too small for my liking c'est trop petit à mon goût -
123 neckband
neckband ['nekbænd](a) (on garment) bande f d'encolure;∎ a lace neckband un col en dentelle(b) (piece of jewellery) tour m de cou -
124 novelty
1 noun∎ the novelty soon wore off l'attrait de la nouveauté n'a pas duré(b) (thing, idea) innovation f, nouveauté f;∎ it was a real novelty c'était une nouveauté, c'était tout nouveau;∎ as the only Chinese child, he was something of a novelty seul enfant chinois, il faisait figure de nouveauté(object) fantaisie (inv)►► novelty jewellery bijoux mpl fantaisie;novelty value attrait m de la nouveauté -
125 ornament
(b) (embellishment) ornement m;∎ rich in ornament richement orné['ɔ:nəment] orner;∎ the dress was ornamented with gold braid la robe était ornée d'un liseré d'or;∎ the ceiling was ornamented with frescoes le plafond était orné de fresques;∎ his style is highly ornamented il a un style très fleuri -
126 overdo
(a) (exaggerate) exagérer, pousser trop loin;∎ he rather overdoes the penniless student (bit) il joue un peu trop l'étudiant pauvre;∎ the battle scenes are a bit overdone les scènes de combat sont un peu exagérées;∎ all that jewellery is really overdoing it! tous ces bijoux? c'est vraiment un peu trop!;∎ Maxine rather overdoes the make-up Maxine se maquille un peu trop;∎ you've overdone the curry powder tu as eu la main un peu lourde avec le curry;∎ she overdoes the jogging elle force un peu trop sur le jogging(b) (eat, drink too much of)∎ don't overdo the whisky n'abuse pas du whisky∎ to overdo it, to overdo things se surmener;∎ I've been overdoing it again j'ai de nouveau un peu trop forcé;∎ ironic don't overdo it! surtout ne te surmène pas! -
127 paste
paste [peɪst]1 noun(a) (smooth substance) pâte f;∎ Ceramics hard/soft paste pâte f dure/tendre∎ fish/meat paste = pâte à tartiner à base de poisson/viande;∎ tomato paste concentré m de tomate(d) (for jewellery) strass m, stras m;∎ paste necklace/diamonds collier m/diamants mpl en stras ou strass∎ paste the labels on the parcel collez les étiquettes sur le colis(b) (cover → wall) recouvrir;∎ the crate was pasted with stickers la caisse était couverte d'autocollants -
128 pendant
pendant ['pendənt]1 noun(a) (necklace) pendentif m(c) (chandelier) lustre m(b) (overhanging) en surplomb, en saillie►► pendant earrings pendants mpl d'oreille
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