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noun1) the space behind the principal or most important figures or objects of a picture etc:خَلفيّه، خَلفِيَّة الصّورهtrees in the background of the picture.
2) happenings that go before, and help to explain, an event etc:خَلفِيَّة الأحْداثthe background to a situation.
3) a person's origins, education etc:جُذور، خَلفِيَّة الأنسانShe was ashamed of her humble background.
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102 background
1) (the space behind the principal or most important figures or objects of a picture etc: He always paints ships against a background of stormy skies; trees in the background of the picture.) fond2) (happenings that go before, and help to explain, an event etc: the background to a situation.) arrière-plan3) (a person's origins, education etc: She was ashamed of her humble background.) origines -
103 background
1) (the space behind the principal or most important figures or objects of a picture etc: He always paints ships against a background of stormy skies; trees in the background of the picture.) fundo2) (happenings that go before, and help to explain, an event etc: the background to a situation.) pano de fundo3) (a person's origins, education etc: She was ashamed of her humble background.) antecedentes -
104 beginning
A n ( start) début m, commencement m ; in ou at the beginning au départ, au début ; since the beginning of March depuis le début du mois de mars ; at the beginning of September début septembre ; at the beginning of the month au début du mois ; from beginning to end du début jusqu'à la fin ; to go back to the beginning reprendre au début ; since the beginning of time depuis la nuit des temps ; in the Beginning was the Word au commencement était le Verbe.1 ( origins) (of person, business) débuts mpl ; (of theory, movement) origines fpl ; his humble beginnings ses modestes débuts ; the theory has its beginnings in the 19th century l'origine de la théorie remonte au XIXe siècle ; to grow from small beginnings [company] s'agrandir après des débuts modestes ; -
105 ignoble
1 [thought, feeling, conduct, act] infâme ; [nature, character] vil ;2 littér [origins] humble.
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