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1. verb(to answer: `I don't know,' he replied; Should I reply to his letter?; She replied that she had never seen the man before; She replied by shrugging her shoulders.) répondre2. noun1) (an answer: `I don't know,' was his reply; I'll write a reply to his letter.) réponse2) (the act of answering: What did he say in reply (to your question)?) réponse -
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1. past tense, past participle - shrugged; verb(to show doubt, lack of interest etc by raising (the shoulders): When I asked him if he knew what had happened, he just shrugged (his shoulders).) hausser les épaules2. noun(an act of shrugging: She gave a shrug of disbelief.) haussement d'épaules -
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∎ to shrug one's shoulders hausser les épauleshausser les épaules3 noun(a) (of shoulders) haussement m d'épaules(disregard) dédaigner;∎ to shrug off an illness se débarrasser d'une maladie;∎ to shrug off one's problems faire abstraction de ses problèmes;∎ she just shrugged off her failure elle ne s'est pas laissé abattre par son échec;∎ it's not a problem you can simply shrug off on ne peut pas faire simplement comme si le problème n'existait pas
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Shrug — (shr[u^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrugged} (shr[u^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrugging} (shr[u^]g g[i^]ng).] [Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk; cf. Dan. skrugge, skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka, skruga, to crouch.] To draw up or contract… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shrugged — Shrug Shrug (shr[u^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrugged} (shr[u^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrugging} (shr[u^]g g[i^]ng).] [Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk; cf. Dan. skrugge, skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka, skruga, to crouch.] To draw up or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
