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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 soften
soften [ˈsɒfn][+ butter, clay, ground] ramollir ; [+ leather] assouplir ; [+ skin, outline] adoucir ; [+ lighting] tamiser ; [+ sb's anger, effect] atténuer ; [+ resistance] réduire= softena. = softenb. [+ person] attendrir* * *['sɒfn], US ['sɔːfn] 1.transitive verb1) lit ( make less firm or rough) amollir [ground, metal]; adoucir [skin, hard water]; ramollir [butter]; assouplir [fabric]2) fig atténuer [blow, impact, shock, pain, resistance]; adoucir [refusal]; assouplir [attitude, position, rule]; minimiser [fact]3) ( make quieter) adoucir [sound, voice]4) ( make less sharp) adoucir [form, outline, light]2.1) lit [light, outline, music, colour] s'adoucir; [skin] devenir plus doux; [substance, ground] se ramollir2) fig [person, approach] s'assouplir ( towards somebody vis-à-vis de quelqu'un)3) Economics fléchir•Phrasal Verbs: -
3 ultraviolet
((of light) consisting of rays from the invisible part of the spectrum beyond the purple, that have an effect on the skin, eg causing suntan.) ultraviolet -
4 expose
A vtr1 ( display) gen exposer [body, skin] ; montrer [teeth] ; ( provocatively) exhiber [chest, thighs] ; to expose one's ignorance étaler son ignorance ;2 ( make public) révéler [fact, identity, secret] ; dénoncer [injustice, person, scandal] ; to expose sb as a spy démasquer qn comme espion ; to expose sb for what they are dévoiler la vraie nature de qn ;3 ( uncover) exposer [contents, inside, dirt] ; dénuder [wire] ; exposer [nerve] ; [low tide] découvrir [rocks] ; [excavations] mettre à jour [fossil, remains] ;4 ( introduce) to expose sb to initier qn à [opera, politics] ; exposer qn à [effect, influence, reality] ;5 ( make vulnerable) to expose sb/sth to exposer qn/qch à [danger, infection, light] ; livrer qn/qch à [ridicule, temptation] ;6 Phot exposer [film] ;B v refl -
5 heighten
heighten ['haɪtən](a) (make higher → building, ceiling, shelf) relever, rehausser(b) (increase → effect, fear, pleasure) augmenter, intensifier; (→ flavour, colour) relever; (→ contrast) accentuer; (→ impression, speculation) renforcer; (→ fever) faire monter, aggraver;∎ the incident has heightened public awareness of environmental problems l'incident a sensibilisé encore plus le public aux problèmes de l'environnement;∎ the riots have heightened racial tensions in the city les émeutes ont accentué ou aggravé les tensions raciales dans la ville;∎ the colour heightened the deathly pallor of her skin cette couleur faisait ressortir ou accentuait sa pâleur cadavérique
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