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revealing [rɪˈvi:lɪŋ]b. [dress, blouse] ( = low-cut) très décolleté* * *[rɪ'viːlɪŋ]1) [remark] révélateur/-trice2) [blouse] décolleté -
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adjective (allowing or causing something to be known or seen: a revealing statement.) révélateur, éloquent -
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adj.révélateur; instructif; pf. éclairantEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > revealing
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insight [ˈɪnsaɪt]• this gave us new insights into what's been happening cela nous a donné un nouvel éclairage sur ce qui s'est passé• that will give you an insight into his reasons for doing it cela vous éclairera sur les raisons qui l'ont poussé à le faireb. ( = discernment) perspicacité f* * *['ɪnsaɪt]1) ( revealing glimpse) aperçu m, idée f2) ( intuition) perspicacité f, intuition f3) ( understanding) compréhension f ( into de) -
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telling [ˈtelɪŋ]1. adjectiveb. ( = effective) efficace2. nouna. [of story] récit m3. compounds• to get/give a good telling-off recevoir/passer un bon savon (inf)* * *['telɪŋ] 1.noun récit ma funny story that lost nothing in the telling — une histoire drôle qui ne perdait rien à être racontée
2.her adventures grew more and more fantastic in the telling — ses aventures devenaient de plus en plus fantastiques à mesure qu'elle les racontait
1) ( effective) [blow] bien porté; [argument] efficace2) ( revealing) [remark, omission] révélateur/-trice•• -
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[rə'vi:l]1) (to make known: All their secrets have been revealed.) révéler2) (to show; to allow to be seen: He scraped away the top layer of paint from the picture, revealing an earlier painting underneath.) laisser voir• -
9 cagey
( = discreet) cachottier* * *(colloq), cagy (colloq) ['keɪdʒɪ] adjective1) ( wary) réticent/-e2) US ( shrewd) astucieux/-ieuse -
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[eksi'biʃən]1) (a public display (eg of works of art, industrial goods etc): an exhibition of children's books.) exposition2) (an act of showing or revealing: What an exhibition of bad temper!) démonstration -
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[revə'leiʃən]1) (the act of revealing secrets, information etc: the revelation of the true facts.) révélation2) (something made known: amazing revelations.) révélation -
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giveaway n1 ( revealing thing) to be a giveaway être révélateur/-trice ; her expression was a giveaway son expression était révélatrice or la trahissait ; it was a dead giveaway ○ c'était une preuve accablante ; oops! what a giveaway ○ ! zut! je me suis coupé ○ ! ;2 (free gift, sample) cadeau m ; at £20 it's a giveaway ○ vingt livres pour ça, c'est donné. -
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❢ When here is used to indicate the location of an object/point etc close to the speaker, it is generally translated by ici: come and sit here = viens t'asseoir ici.When the location is not so clearly defined, là is the usual translation: he's not here at the moment = il n'est pas là pour l'instant. Remember that voici is used to translate here is when the speaker is drawing attention to an object/a place/a person etc physically close to him or her. For examples and particular usages, see entry below.A adv1 ( indicating place) ici ; let's stop here arrêtons-nous ici ; sign here please veuillez signer ici s'il vous plaît ; stand here mettez-vous ici ; far from/near here loin/près d'ici ; two kilometres from here à deux kilomètres d'ici ; come over here venez par ici ; up to here, down to here jusqu'ici ; put it in here mettez-le ici ; I'm up here je suis là-haut ; here below ( in text) ci-dessous ; those persons here present Jur les personnes ici présentes ; here lies ( on tombstone) ci-gît ; since you were last here depuis ta dernière visite ici ; following a visit here by members suite à la venue des membres ; here and there ( in places) par endroits ;2 ( to draw attention) I have here… j'ai ici… ; here they are/she comes! les/la voici! ; here comes the bus voilà le bus ; here you are ( offering sth) tiens, tenez ; here's a screwdriver tiens voilà un tournevis ; this thing here is ceci est ; this paragraph/sales assistant here ce paragraphe/vendeur ; my colleague here will show you mon collègue va vous montrer ; which one? this one here or that one? lequel? celui-ci ou celui-là? ; it says here that c'est marqué ici que ; here's what you do voilà ce qu'il faut faire ; here's why je vais vous expliquer pourquoi ;3 (indicating presence, arrival) she's not here right now elle n'est pas là pour le moment ; ‘Matthew?’-‘here sir’ ( revealing whereabouts) ‘Matthew?’-‘ici Monsieur’ ; ( during roll call) ‘Matthew?’-‘présent Monsieur’ ; here we are at last nous voilà enfin, nous voici arrivés ; when will he be getting here? quand est-ce qu'il arrivera? ; the train will be here any minute le train va arriver d'un moment à l'autre ; we get off here c'est là qu'on descend ;4 ( indicating juncture) now that summer's here maintenant que c'est l'été ; here' s our chance voilà notre chance ; I may be wrong here je me trompe peut-être ; so here you are, a bachelor of 25 te voilà donc, célibataire à vingt-cinq ans ; ⇒ here and now ;here goes! c'est parti! ; here's hoping j'espère ; here's to our success/to you! à notre succès/la tienne! ; here there and everywhere partout, par-ci par-là ; to be here there and everywhere fig [person] être au four et au moulin ; it's neither here nor there ce n'est pas le problème ; here we go ○ ! ( sneeringly) c'est parti!, nous y voilà! -
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insight n1 (enlightening fact, revealing glimpse) aperçu m, idée f ; a fascinating insight into un aperçu fascinant sur ; to give an insight into donner une idée de ; the book provides no new insights le livre n'apporte rien de nouveau (into sur) ; to gain an insight into sth arriver à mieux connaître qch ; we didn't gain much insight ou many insights into on n'a pas appris grand-chose sur ;2 (perceptiveness, intuition) perspicacité f, intuition f ; to have insight avoir de la perspicacité or de l'intuition ; her remarkable insight into male psychology sa compréhension remarquable de la psychologie masculine ; -
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outing n2 ( revealing homosexuality) the outing of sb la révélation (au public) de l'homosexualité de qn. -
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A n récit m, narration f ; a funny story that lost nothing in the telling une histoire drôle qui ne perdait rien à être racontée ; her adventures grew more and more fantastic in the telling ses aventures devenaient de plus en plus fantastiques à mesure qu'elle les racontait.B adj2 ( revealing) [remark, detail, omission] révélateur/-trice, éloquent.there's no telling what will happen next personne ne peut dire ce qui va se passer maintenant. -
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exposure [ɪk'spəʊʒə(r)]∎ exposure to danger is something he encounters daily il est quotidiennement exposé au danger∎ to suffer from the effects of exposure souffrir des effets d'une exposition au froid;∎ to die of exposure mourir de froid(c) (unmasking, revealing → of crime, scandal) révélation f, divulgation f(d) Photography pose f;∎ a 36-exposure film une pellicule (de) 36 poses;∎ time exposure pose f(e) (position of house) exposition f;∎ the building has a southern exposure le bâtiment est exposé au sud(f) (media coverage) couverture f;∎ to receive a lot of exposure (book, person) faire l'objet d'une couverture médiatique importante;∎ pop stars suffer from too much media exposure les stars de la musique pop sont l'objet d'une attention excessive des média(g) (abandonment → of baby) abandon m, exposition f►► Photography exposure counter compteur m de prises de vue;Photography exposure meter exposimètre m, posemètre m;Photography exposure time temps m de pose -
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giveaway ['gɪvə‚weɪ]1 noun(c) (revelation) révélation f (involontaire);∎ her guilty expression was a dead giveaway son air coupable l'a trahie;∎ the fact that he knew her name was a giveaway le fait qu'il sache son nom était révélateur ou en disait long►► American giveaway program Radio jeu m radiophonique; Television jeu m télévisé -
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telling ['telɪŋ]∎ it was a telling blow le coup fut bien asséné, le coup porta(b) (revealing → smile, figures, evidence) révélateur, éloquent;∎ a telling look un regard qui en dit long;∎ her remarks were very telling ses remarques étaient très révélatrices2 nounrécit m, narration f;∎ the story is long in the telling l'histoire est longue à raconter
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