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1 disgrace
disgrace [dɪsˈgreɪs]1. noun• it's a disgrace! c'est une honte !• you're a disgrace! tu devrais avoir honte de toi ![+ family] faire honte à ; [+ name, country] déshonorer• to disgrace o.s. se couvrir de honte• to be disgraced [officer, politician] être discrédité* * *[dɪs'greɪs] 1.2.to be in disgrace — ( officially) être en disgrâce
transitive verb déshonorer [team, family]3.disgraced past participle adjective [leader, player] disgracié -
2 disgrace
A n1 ( shame) honte f (of doing de faire) ; to bring disgrace on sb déshonorer qn ; to be in disgrace ( officially) être en disgrâce ; hum ne pas être en odeur de sainteté ; there's no disgrace in that il n'y a pas de honte à cela ;2 ( scandal) honte f ; it's a disgrace that c'est une honte que (+ subj) ; he's a disgrace to the school il est la honte de l'école ; it's a disgrace! c'est une honte! ; it's an absolute disgrace! c'est scandaleux!D v refl to disgrace oneself ( dishonour oneself) se déshonorer ; ( behave badly) se conduire mal ; he disgraced himself il s'est mal conduit. -
3 positive
['pozətiv] 1. adjective1) (meaning or saying `yes': a positive answer; They tested the water for the bacteria and the result was positive (= the bacteria were present).) positif2) (definite; leaving no doubt: positive proof.) indéniable3) (certain or sure: I'm positive he's right.) certain4) (complete or absolute: His work is a positive disgrace.) vrai5) (optimistic and prepared to make plans for the future: Take a more positive attitude to life.) positif6) (not showing any comparison; not comparative or superlative.) positif7) ((of a number etc) greater than zero.) positif8) (having fewer electrons than normal: In an electrical circuit, electrons flow to the positive terminal.) positif2. noun1) (a photographic print, made from a negative, in which light and dark are as normal.) positif2) ((an adjective or adverb of) the positive (not comparative or superlative) degree.) affirmatif•- positively -
4 scandal
scandal ['skændəl](a) (disgrace) scandale m;∎ the whole business is an absolute scandal! toute cette affaire est absolument scandaleuse ou est un véritable scandale!;∎ to cause or create a scandal provoquer un scandale;∎ it would cause a dreadful scandal if the newspapers found out cela provoquerait un horrible scandale si les journaux en entendaient parler;∎ it's a scandal that people like them should be let free c'est scandaleux de laisser des gens pareils en liberté;∎ it's a national scandal c'est une honte nationale ou un scandale public∎ to spread scandal about sb répandre des ragots sur le compte de qn;∎ this newspaper specializes in scandal c'est un journal à scandale;∎ the latest society scandal les derniers potins mpl mondains;∎ a juicy bit of scandal des ragots mpl savoureux ou croustillants►► Press scandal sheet journal m à scandale
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