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1 astuce
astuce [astys]feminine noun( = truc) trick• c'est ça l'astuce ! that's the clever part!* * *astys1) ( ingéniosité) gén cleverness; ( sagacité) shrewdness, astutenessêtre plein d'astuce — [enfant] to be very clever; [adulte] to be extremely shrewd
2) ( truc) trickune astuce juridique — a crafty legal manoeuvre [BrE]
3) ( jeu de mots) pun; ( plaisanterie) joke* * *astys nf1) (= truc) trick2) (= plaisanterie) wisecrack3) (nature astucieuse) shrewdness, astuteness* * *astuce nf1 ( ingéniosité) gén cleverness; ( sagacité) shrewdness, astuteness; être plein d'astuce [enfant] to be very clever; avoir beaucoup d'astuce [adulte] to be extremely shrewd;2 ( truc) trick; il doit y avoir une astuce there must be some trick to it; toute l'astuce consiste à faire the trick's in doing; une astuce juridique a crafty legal manoeuvre GB ou maneuver US;[astys] nom féminin3. (familier) [procédé ingénieux] tricken page 23, notre rubrique "astuces" our tips are on page 23je n'arrive pas à l'ouvrir — attends, il doit y avoir une astuce I can't open it — wait, there must be some knack (to it)comment fais-tu tenir le loquet? — ah, ah, c'est l'astuce! how do you get the latch to stay on? — aha, wouldn't you like to know! -
2 secret
secret, -ète [səkʀε, εt]1. adjectivea. secret• garder or tenir qch secret to keep sth secretb. [personne] secretive2. masculine nouna. ( = cachotterie) secret• ne pas avoir de secret pour qn [personne] to have no secrets from sb ; [sujet] to have no secrets for sb• « secret(-)défense » "official secret"• ce n'est un secret pour personne que... it's no secret that...b. ( = mécanisme, moyen) secret• le secret du bonheur/de la réussite the secret of happiness/of successc. ( = discrétion, silence) secrecy• le secret professionnel/bancaire professional/bank secrecy• le gouvernement a gardé le secret sur les négociations the government has remained silent about the negotiations* * *
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- ète səkʀɛ, ɛt adjectif1) ( non divulgué) [dossier, code, rite, société] secrettenir quelque chose secret — to keep something secret ou a secret
2) ( dissimulé) [passage, mécanisme] secret3) (intime, mystérieux) [vie, sentiment, raisons] secret4) ( réservé) [personne] secretive
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nom masculin1) ( ce qu'on cache) secretconfier un secret à quelqu'un — to let somebody into GB ou in on a secret
2) ( ce qui est caché) secretlivrer ses secrets — [nature, tombe] to yield up (its) secrets (à to)
3) ( discrétion) secrecymettre quelqu'un dans le secret — to let somebody into GB ou in on the secret
4) ( recette) secretil a le secret des solutions compliquées pour les problèmes simples — hum he has a knack of finding complicated answers to simple problems
5) ( prison) solitary confinement•Phrasal Verbs:* * *səkʀɛ, ɛt (-ète)1. adj1) (lieu, document) secret2) (personne) secretive2. nm1) (information confidentielle) secreten secret — in secret, secretly
2) (= discrétion absolue)3) (= isolement)au secret [mettre, tenir] — in solitary confinement
* * *A adj1 ( non divulgué) [dossier, code, rite, société] secret; tenir qch secret to keep sth secret ou a secret;2 ( dissimulé) [passage, mécanisme] secret;3 (intime, mystérieux) [vie, sentiment, raisons] secret; avoir le secret espoir de réussir secretly to hope to succeed;4 ( réservé) [personne] secretive.B nm1 ( ce qu'on cache) secret; c'est un/mon secret it's a/my secret; garder un secret to keep a secret; c'est un secret entre nous it's our secret; ne pas avoir de secrets pour qn to have no secrets from sb; confier un secret à qn to let sb into GB ou in on US a secret; ce n'est un secret pour personne it's no secret (que that); faire un secret de qch to make a secret of sth; il n'en fait pas un secret he makes no secret of it; ⇒ tombe;2 ( ce qui est caché) secret; livrer ses secrets [nature, substance, tombe] to yield up (its) secrets (à to); la mécanique n'a plus de secrets pour elle mechanics holds no secrets for her;3 ( discrétion) secrecy; dans le secret de leur atelier in the secrecy of their studio; faire qch dans le plus grand secret to do sth in the utmost ou greatest secrecy; être tenu au secret to be sworn to secrecy; dans le secret de ton cœur in your heart of hearts; être dans le secret (des dieux) to be in on the secret; mettre qn dans le secret/le secret de qch to let sb into GB ou in on US the secret/a secret about sth; garder le secret sur qch to keep sth a secret; promettre le secret absolu sur qch to promise to keep sth strictly secret; en secret in secret;4 ( recette) secret; le secret du bonheur the secret of happiness; quel est ton secret pour rester jeune? what's your secret for staying young?; avoir le secret de qch to know the secret of sth; encore une de ces gaffes dont il a le secret another of those blunders that only he knows how to make; il a le secret des solutions compliquées pour les problèmes simples he has a knack of finding complicated answers to simple problems;5 ( prison) mettre qn/être au secret to put sb/to be in solitary confinement;6 ( réserve) secrecy; leur goût du secret their taste for secrecy;7 ( mécanisme) secret mechanism; une serrure à secret a secret lock.secret bancaire Fin, Jur bank confidentiality; secret d'État Pol State secret; secret de fabrication industrial secret; secret de Polichinelle open secret; secret professionnel Jur professional confidentiality; être tenu au secret professionnel to be sworn to professional confidentiality.1. [inconnu - accord, code, document etc] secretgarder ou tenir quelque chose secret to keep something secret2. [caché - escalier, passage, tiroir] secret————————nom masculin1. [confidence] secretce n'est un secret pour personne it's no secret, everybody knows about ita. [personne] to have no secrets from somebodyb. [question, machine] to hold no secret for somebodyc'est un secret de Polichinelle it's an open secret ou not much of a secret2. [mystère - d'un endroit, d'une discipline] secretle secret du bonheur the secret of ou recipe for happiness4. [discrétion] secrecy (substantif non comptable)exiger/promettre le secret (absolu) to demand/to promise (absolute) secrecy5. RELIGION————————à secret locution adjectivale[cadenas] combination (modificateur)[tiroir] with a secret lock[meuble] with secret drawers————————au secret locution adverbiale————————en secret locution adverbiale
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