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1 soften
soften ['sɒfən]∎ a cream to soften chapped skin une crème pour adoucir les peaux gercées;∎ soften the paste by kneading it between your fingers ramollir la pâte en la malaxant avec les doigts;∎ centuries of erosion had softened the stone des siècles d'érosion avaient rendu la pierre tendre∎ to soften one's voice (make less strident) parler d'une voix plus douce; (make quieter) parler moins fort(c) (make less strict) assouplir;∎ he has softened his stance on vegetarianism son attitude envers le végétarisme est plus modérée qu'avant(d) (lessen → pain, emotion) soulager, adoucir, atténuer; (→ shock, effect, impact) adoucir, amoindrir; (→ opposition, resistance) réduire, amoindrir;∎ also figurative to soften the blow amortir le choc(b) (become gentler → eyes, expression, voice) s'adoucir; (→ breeze, rain) s'atténuer; (→ lighting, colour) s'atténuer, s'adoucir; (→ angle, outline) s'adoucir, s'estomper(c) (become friendlier, more receptive)∎ to soften towards sb se montrer plus indulgent envers qn;∎ their attitude towards immigration has softened noticeably leur position par rapport à l'immigration est nettement plus tolérante;∎ his face softened son expression se radoucit;∎ her heart softened at the sound of his voice elle s'attendrit en entendant sa voix(a) familiar (make amenable → gen) attendrir□, rendre plus souple□ ; (→ by persuasion) amadouer□ ; (→ aggressively) intimider□ ;∎ they tried to soften us up with champagne lunches ils ont essayé de nous amadouer à coups de déjeuners au champagne;∎ they sent in bully boys to soften the shopkeepers up ils ont envoyé des gros bras pour intimider les commerçants(c) (make softer → butter, ground, wax) ramollir; (→ skin) adoucir; (→ cloth, wool, leather) assouplir(a) (ground) devenir mou (molle), se ramollir; (butter, wax) se ramollir; (leather) s'assouplir; (skin) s'adoucir(b) (become gentler → person, voice) s'adoucir;∎ to soften up on sb faire preuve de plus d'indulgence envers qn -
2 softening
softening ['sɒfənɪŋ](of substance, ground) ramollissement m; (of cloth, wool, leather) assouplissement m, adoucissement m; (of attitude, expression, voice) adoucissement m; (of colours, contrasts) atténuation f;∎ there has been no softening of attitude on the part of the management la direction n'a pas modéré son attitude;∎ Medicine softening of the brain ramollissement m cérébral -
3 feel
feel [fi:l]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp felt━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = texture) toucher mb. ( = sensation) sensation fc. ( = impression) you have to get the feel of a new car il faut se faire à une nouvelle voiture• the palms bring a Mediterranean feel to the garden les palmiers donnent un aspect méditerranéen au jardind. ( = intuition) to have a feel for languages être doué pour les languesa. ( = touch) toucher ; ( = explore with one's fingers) palper• she felt the jacket to see if it was made of wool elle a touché la veste pour voir si c'était de la laine• he got out of bed and felt his way to the telephone il s'est levé et a avancé à tâtons jusqu'au téléphone• she's still feeling her way in her new job elle n'est pas encore complètement habituée à son nouveau travailb. ( = experience physically) [+ blow, caress, pain] sentirc. ( = be affected by) to feel the cold être sensible au froidd. ( = experience emotionally) [+ sympathy] éprouver ; [+ grief] ressentir• to feel o.s. blushing se sentir rougire. ( = believe) penser• he felt it necessary to point out... il a jugé nécessaire de faire remarquer...• I feel strongly that... je suis convaincu que...• I can't help feeling that something is wrong je ne peux m'empêcher de penser que quelque chose ne va pas• how do you feel today? comment vous sentez-vous aujourd'hui ?• to feel cold/hot/hungry/thirsty avoir froid/chaud/faim/soifb. (emotionally) I couldn't help feeling envious je ne pouvais pas m'empêcher d'éprouver de la jalousie• I feel sure that... je suis sûr que...• how do you feel about him? que pensez-vous de lui ?c. ► to feel like sth ( = want) avoir envie de qch• do you feel like a walk? ça vous dit d'aller vous promener ?d. ( = have impression) I felt as if I was going to faint j'avais l'impression que j'allais m'évanouire. ( = give impression) to feel hard/soft [object] être dur/doux au toucherf. ( = grope) she felt in her pocket for some change elle a fouillé dans sa poche pour trouver de la monnaie* * *[fiːl] 1.1) (atmosphere, impression created) atmosphère f2) ( sensation to the touch) sensation f3) (act of touching, feeling)let me have a feel — ( touch) laisse-moi toucher; (hold, weigh) laisse-moi soupeser
4) (familiarity, understanding)2.to get the feel of — se faire à [controls, system]
transitive verb (prét, pp felt)1) ( experience) éprouver [affection, desire, pride]; ressentir [hostility, obligation, effects]2) ( believe)I feel deeply ou strongly that they are wrong — j'ai la profonde conviction qu'ils ont tort
3) ( physically) sentir [blow, draught, heat]; ressentir [ache, stiffness, effects]she feels/doesn't feel the cold — elle est/n'est pas frileuse
4) ( touch deliberately) tâter [texture, washing, cloth]; palper [patient, body part, parcel]to feel one's way — lit avancer à tâtons; fig tâter le terrain
5) ( sense) avoir conscience de [presence, tension, seriousness, irony]3.intransitive verb (prét, pp felt)1) ( emotionally) se sentir [sad, happy, nervous, safe]; être [sure, surprised]; avoir l'impression d'être [trapped, betrayed]to feel afraid/ashamed — avoir peur/honte
to feel as if ou as though — avoir l'impression que
how does it feel ou what does it feel like to be a dad? — qu'est-ce que ça fait d'être papa?; feel for
2) ( physically) se sentir [ill, better, tired]to feel hot/thirsty — avoir chaud/soif
3) ( create certain sensation) être [cold, smooth]; avoir l'air [eerie]4) ( want)5) (touch, grope)to feel in — fouiller dans [bag, pocket, drawer]
4.to feel along — tâtonner le long de [edge, wall]; feel around, feel for
Phrasal Verbs:- feel for- feel out
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