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41 make a fool of oneself
(to act in such a way that people consider one ridiculous or stupid: She made a fool of herself at the party.) se rendre ridicule -
42 nonsense
['nons'ns, ]( American[) -sens](foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous: He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!) absurdité(s) -
43 altogether
1 ( completely) [ridiculous, impossible, different] complètement ; not altogether true pas complètement vrai ; he gave up altogether il a complètement abandonné ; that's another matter altogether c'est une tout autre histoire ;2 ( in total) en tout ; how much is that altogether? ça fait combien en tout? ;3 ( all things considered) tout compte fait ; altogether, it was a mistake tout compte fait, c'était une erreur.in the altogether ○ à poil ○. -
44 faintly
faintly ['feɪntlɪ](a) (breathe, shine) faiblement; (mark, write) légèrement; (say, speak) d'une voix éteinte, faiblement;∎ faintly visible à peine visible;∎ she smiled faintly elle esquissa un sourire(b) (slightly) légèrement, vaguement;∎ the taste is faintly reminiscent of cinnamon cela rappelle vaguement la cannelle;∎ faintly absurd/ridiculous quelque peu absurde/ridicule -
45 foolish
foolish ['fu:lɪʃ]∎ it would be foolish to leave now ce serait de la folie de partir maintenant;∎ that was very foolish of her ce n'était pas très malin de sa part;∎ I was foolish enough to believe her j'ai été assez bête pour la croire;∎ don't do anything foolish ne faites pas de bêtises;∎ a foolish hope un fol espoir(b) (ridiculous) ridicule, bête;∎ I felt rather foolish je me sentais plutôt idiot ou ridicule;∎ I feel really foolish in this costume je me sens vraiment ridicule dans ce costume;∎ the question made him look foolish la question l'a ridiculisé -
46 ruddy
∎ to have a ruddy complexion avoir le teint rouge, être rougeaud;∎ a ruddy glow (of fire) une lueur rouge∎ he's eaten the ruddy lot! il a tout mangé, ce sale goinfre!;∎ ruddy hell! nom de dieu!;∎ you ruddy idiot! espèce d'andouille!;∎ he's a ruddy liar! c'est un sacré menteur!2 adverb∎ he was ruddy marvellous! il a été super chouette!;∎ it's ruddy cold il fait rudement froid;∎ you look ruddy ridiculous t'as l'air vraiment ridicule►► Ornithology ruddy duck érismature m roux
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