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1 staggering
staggering ['stægərɪŋ](news, amount) stupéfiant, ahurissant; (problems) énorme;∎ figurative it was a staggering blow ce fut un sacré coup;∎ the price tag is a staggering $500,000 ça vaut la somme astronomique de 500 000 dollars2 noun(b) (unsteady gait) démarche f chancelante -
2 staggering
staggering adj [amount, increase, loss] prodigieux/-ieuse ; [news, revelation] renversant ; [event] bouleversant ; [achievement, contrast, transformation] stupéfiant ; [success] étourdissant ; it was a staggering blow to his self-esteem son amour-propre en a pris un coup. -
3 staggering
staggering [ˈstægərɪŋ]( = astounding) stupéfiant* * *['stægərɪŋ]adjective [amount, increase] prodigieux/-ieuse; [news] renversant; [event] bouleversant; [achievement, contrast] stupéfiant; [success] étourdissant -
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adjective (causing unsteadiness, shock or astonishment: a staggering blow on the side of the head; That piece of news is staggering.) renversant -
5 staggering
adj.stupéfiant; inouï; prodigieux; ahurissant; fam. époustouflantEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > staggering
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6 staggering of holidays
Entr., Trav., Org. étalement des vacancesEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > staggering of holidays
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7 staggering sum
Fin. somme colossaleEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > staggering sum
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8 as
as [æz, əz]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. conjunction2. preposition3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For set combinations in which as is not the first word, eg such... as, the same... as, disguised as, look up the other word.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. conjunctiona. ( = while) alors que• as she was falling asleep she heard a noise elle entendit un bruit alors qu'elle commençait à s'endormirb. (with comparative) things will get more difficult as the year goes on ça va devenir de plus en plus difficile au fil de l'annéec. ( = just when) (juste) au moment oùd. ( = because) comme━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• as he hasn't phoned, we don't know where he is comme il n'a pas téléphoné, nous ne savons pas où il est• this is important as it reduces the effectiveness of the drug c'est important parce que cela diminue l'efficacité du médicamente. ( = though) long as it was, I didn't find the journey boring bien que le trajet ait été long, je ne me suis pas ennuyé• France, as you know, is... la France, comme vous le savez, est...• she is very gifted, as is her brother elle est très douée, comme son frère• don't tidy up, leave it as it is ne range rien, laisse ça comme ça• the village, situated as it is near a motorway,... le village étant situé non loin d'une autoroute,...2. prepositiona. ( = in the capacity of) commeb. ( = being) en tant que• as a mother of five children, she is well aware... en tant que mère de cinq enfants, elle sait très bien...c. ( = when) as a child, she was rather shy quand elle était enfant, elle était plutôt timide• as a young woman, she was interested in politics quand elle était jeune, elle s'intéressait à la politique3. adverba. ( = in the way) comme► as + as (in comparisons of equality) aussi... que• is it as far as that? c'est vraiment aussi loin que ça ?• you ate as much as me tu as mangé autant que moi► twice/half as...• as for that quant à cela► as from (referring to past) depuis ; (referring to present, future) à partir de• he was staggering as if or as though he'd been drinking il titubait comme s'il avait bu• it's not as if or as though he was nice-looking ce n'est pas comme s'il était beau garçon• as if to confirm his prediction there was a loud explosion comme pour confirmer ses prédictions on entendit une forte explosion• don't tell her, will you? -- as if! (inf) ne lui dis rien ! -- pour qui tu me prends !• did he finally own up? -- as if! (inf) est-ce qu'il a fini par avouer ? -- tu parles ! (inf)► as it is ( = in fact) dans l'état actuel des choses ; ( = already) comme ça• as it is, it doesn't make much difference dans l'état actuel des choses, ça ne fait pas grande différence• the balance of your account as of 16 June ( = on 16 June) le solde de votre compte au 16 juin• the work as such is boring but... le travail en soi est ennuyeux mais...• they are the best players in the world and, as such, are highly paid ce sont les meilleurs joueurs du monde et, à ce titre, ils sont très bien payés• he was still a novice and they treated him as such ce n'était qu'un débutant et ils le traitaient comme tel• he had no qualifications as such il n'avait pas de qualification à proprement parler► as to quant à* * *[æz, əz] 1.1) ( in the manner that) commeknowing you as I do, it didn't surprise me — je te connais tellement bien que ça ne m'a pas étonné
he lives abroad, as does his sister — il vit à l'étranger, tout comme sa sœur
as with so many people in the 1960s, she... — comme beaucoup de personnes dans les années 60, elle...
2) (while, when) comme, alors que; ( over more gradual period of time) au fur et à mesure queas a child, he... — (quand il était) enfant, il...
3) (because, since) comme, puisque4) ( although)comfortable as the house is, it's still very expensive — aussi confortable que soit la maison, elle reste quand même très chère
try as he might, he could not forget it — il avait beau essayer, il ne pouvait pas oublier
5)the same... as — le/la même... que
6) ( expressing purpose)2.so as to do — pour faire, afin de faire
1) ( in order to appear to be)2) (showing function, status) commespeaking as his closest friend, I... — en tant que son meilleur ami, je voudrais dire que je...
with Lauren Bacall as Vivien — Cinema, Theatre avec Lauren Bacall dans le rôle de Vivien
3)3.he was quoted as saying that... — il aurait dit que...
1) (expressing degree, extent)the population may increase by as much as 20% — l'augmentation de la population risque d'atteindre 20%
as many as 10,000 people attended the demonstration — il n'y avait pas moins de 10000 personnes à la manifestation
he has a house in Nice as well as an apartment in Paris — il a une maison à Nice ainsi qu'un appartement à Paris
2) ( expressing similarity) comme4.as against prepositional phrase contre, comparé à5.as and when conjunctional phrase6.as and when the need arises — quand il le faudra, quand le besoin s'en fera sentir
as for prepositional phrase quant à, pour ce qui est de7. 8.as if conjunctional phrase comme (si)he looked at me as if to say ‘I told you so’ — il m'a regardé avec l'air de dire ‘je te l'avais bien dit’
9.as if by accident/magic — comme par hasard/magie
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9 consumer
consommateur(trice) m, fconsumer acceptance réceptivité f des consommateurs;consumer adviser conseiller(ère) m, f de clientèle;Consumers' Assocation = association britannique de consommateurs;consumer audit audit m consommateur;consumer behaviour comportement m du consommateur;consumer behaviour study étude f du comportement du consommateur;consumer benefit bénéfice m consommateur;consumer brand marque f grand public;consumer confidence niveau m de confiance des consommateurs;consumer credit crédit m à la consommation;consumer debt endettement m des consommateurs;consumer demand demande f des consommateurs;consumer durables biens m pl de consommation (durables);consumer expenditure dépenses f pl de consommation;consumer goods biens de (grande) consommation;consumer group groupe m de consommateurs;consumer industry industrie f de consommation;consumer journalism = journalisme dans le cadre de la défense des consommateurs;consumer loan prêt m à la consommation, prêt personnel;consumer loyalty fidélité f du consommateur;consumer magazine magazine m pour les consommateurs;consumer market marché m de la consommation;consumer motivation motivation f de consommateur;consumer organization organisme m de défense des consommateurs;consumer panel groupe-témoin m, panel m de consommateurs;consumer preference préférence f du consommateur;American consumer price index indice m des prix à la consommation;consumer product bien m de consommation;consumer profile profil m du consommateur;consumer protection défense f des consommateurs;consumer protection agency bureau m d'acceuil des consommateurs;consumer purchasing power richesse f vive;consumer research recherche f sur les besoins des consommateurs;consumer resistance résistance f ou réticence f des consommateurs;consumer satisfaction satisfaction f du consommateur;consumer society société f de consommation;consumer sovereignty souveraineté f du consommateur;consumer spending dépenses de consommation ou des ménages;consumer survey enquête f auprès des consommateurs;consumer test test m auprès des consommateurs;consumer test group groupe test des consommateurs;consumer testing tests m pl auprès des consommateurs;consumer trends tendances f pl de la consommationThat is a bit extreme, but making assumptions about people can be counter-productive and lead to a puzzling, if not insulting, experience. It is a case of traditional brand-value building competing with the current digital-channels marketing mantra of tailoring the retail offering to an audience of one. The Internet has given retailers more direct access to consumer behaviour and is capable of producing staggering amounts of "clickstream" and other data for analysis.
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10 stagger
['stæɡə]1) (to sway, move or walk unsteadily: The drunk man staggered along the road.) tituber2) (to astonish: I was staggered to hear he had died.) atterrer3) (to arrange (people's hours of work, holidays etc) so that they do not begin and end at the same times.) échelonner•
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staggering — [stag′əriŋ] adj. 1. that staggers 2. that causes one to stagger; astonishing; overwhelming; specif., astonishingly great [a staggering sum] staggeringly adv … English World dictionary
staggering — index incredible, ineffable, portentous (eliciting amazement), unbelievable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
staggering — (adj.) amazing, 1560s, from prp. of STAGGER (Cf. stagger) (v.). Related: Staggeringly … Etymology dictionary
staggering — [adj] overwhelming amazing, astonishing, astounding, distressing, mindblowing, mind boggling, shocking, stunning; concepts 548,571 … New thesaurus
staggering — adj. staggering to + inf. (it was staggering to total up the losses) * * * [ stæg(ə)rɪŋ] staggering to + inf. (it was staggering to total up the losses) … Combinatory dictionary
staggering — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ The number of dead is truly staggering. ADVERB ▪ absolutely, quite, simply, truly … Collocations dictionary
staggering — [[t]stæ̱gərɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is staggering is very surprising. ...a three year contract reputed to be worth a staggering ₤25,000 a week... The results have been quite staggering. Syn: astounding Derived words: staggeringly ADV… … English dictionary
staggering — adjective Date: 1565 so great as to cause one to stagger ; astonishing, overwhelming < a staggering feat > < staggering medical bills > • staggeringly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
staggering — stag|ger|ing [ˈstægərıŋ] adj extremely great or surprising = ↑amazing ▪ The cost was a staggering $10 million. ▪ The financial impact on the town was staggering. >staggeringly adv ▪ a staggeringly beautiful landscape … Dictionary of contemporary English
staggering — stag|ger|ing [ stægərıŋ ] adjective extremely surprising: the staggering success of the books a staggering 63 percent increase ╾ stag|ger|ing|ly adverb: staggeringly effective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
staggering — UK [ˈstæɡərɪŋ] / US adjective extremely surprising the staggering success of the books a staggering 63 per cent increase Derived word: staggeringly adverb staggeringly effective … English dictionary