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1 impress
impress [ɪmˈpres][+ person] impressionner• I am not impressed (negative opinion) (by object, performance) ça me laisse froid ; (by sb's behaviour) ça ne m'impressionne pas[work of art, performance] être impressionnant ; [person] faire bonne impression* * *1. ['ɪmpres]noun sout empreinte f2. [ɪm'pres]transitive verb1) ( arouse respect) impressionner ( with par; by doing en faisant)2) ( emphasize)3) ( imprint)3. [ɪm'pres]to impress something on/in — marquer quelque chose sur/faire une empreinte de quelque chose dans
intransitive verb faire bonne impression -
2 impress
B vtr1 ( arouse respect) impressionner [person, public, audience, panel] (with par ; by doing en faisant) ; to be impressed by ou with sb/sth être impressionné par qn/qch ; to be easily impressed se laisser facilement impressionner ; they were (favourably) impressed ça leur a fait bonne impression ; they weren't too impressed by his attitude/with the results ils n'ont guère apprécié son attitude/les résultats ; she/the company is not impressed elle/la société n'apprécie pas beaucoup ; she does it just to impress people elle ne fait ça que pour la galerie ○ ;2 ( emphasize) to impress sth (up)on sb faire bien comprendre qch à qn ; to impress upon sb that faire (bien) comprendre à qn que ;3 ( imprint) to impress sth on marquer qch sur [surface, material] ; to impress sth in faire une empreinte de qch dans [wax, plaster].C vi [person, quality, feature] faire bonne impression. -
3 impress
(a) (create impression on) faire impression sur, impressionner;∎ I was favourably impressed by her appearance son apparence m'a fait bonne impression;∎ I'm not in the least impressed ça ne m'impressionne pas du tout;∎ he impressed the jury il a fait une forte impression sur le jury;∎ I wasn't impressed by her friend son ami ne m'a pas fait grande impression∎ the clay was impressed with a design, a design was impressed onto the clay un motif était imprimé dans l'argile;∎ figurative her words are impressed on my memory ses paroles sont gravées dans ma mémoire2 noun['ɪmpres] empreinte f -
4 strike
strike [straɪk]1. nounb. ( = attack) attaque fc. (Baseball, bowling) strike ma. ( = hit) [+ person, ball] frapperb. ( = knock against) heurter ; [lightning, light] frapperc. [+ oil, gold] découvrird. [+ coin, medal] frapper ; [+ match] frottere. [clock] sonnerf. ( = delete) rayer• it strikes me that... il me semble que...• how did he strike you? quelle impression vous a-t-il fait ?• to be struck by sth ( = impressed) être frappé(e) par qchb. [clock] sonner4. compounds[committee, fund] de grèvea. abattre ; [disease] terrasser( = change direction)( = delete) (from list) rayer• to be struck off [doctor] être radiéa. ( = hit out) se débattreb. ( = set off) to strike out for the shore [swimmer] se mettre à nager vers le rivage( = delete) rayer[band] commencer à jouer[+ conversation] engager* * *[straɪk] 1.1) Industry, Commerce grève f2) ( attack) attaque f (on, against contre)3) ( in mining) découverte f (d'un gisement)2. 3.lucky strike — fig coup m de chance
transitive verb (prét, pp struck)1) ( hit) gen frapper; heurter [rock, tree, pedestrian]to strike somebody a blow — lit, fig porter un coup à quelqu'un
to strike somebody dead — [lightning] foudroyer quelqu'un
2) ( afflict) frapper [area, people]‘earthquake strikes San Francisco’ — ( headline) ‘San Francisco secoué par un tremblement de terre’
to strike terror into somebody ou somebody's heart — frapper quelqu'un de terreur
3) ( make impression on) [idea, thought] venir à l'esprit de; [resemblance] frapperit strikes me as funny that — je trouve drôle que (+ subj)
I was struck (colloq) with him — il m'a plu
4) (colloq) ( discover) tomber sur (colloq)5) ( achieve) conclure [bargain]6) ( ignite) frotter [match]7) [clock] sonner8) ( delete) supprimer9) ( dismantle) démonter [tent]10) Finance frapper [coin]4.intransitive verb (prét, pp struck)1) ( deliver blow) [person] frapper; [bomb] tomber2) ( attack) [killer, disease, storm] frapper; [army, animal] attaquerHenry strikes again! — (colloq) hum Henry nous en a fait encore une (colloq)
3) Industry, Commerce faire (la) grèveto strike for/against — faire (la) grève pour obtenir/pour protester contre
4) [match] s'allumer5) [clock] sonner6) ( proceed)to strike across — prendre à travers [field, country]
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5 favourably
(compare, react) favorablement; (consider) d'un bon œil;∎ to be favourably disposed to or towards sth voir qch d'un bon œil;∎ to be favourably disposed to or towards sb être bien disposé envers qn;∎ she speaks very favourably of you elle parle de vous en très bons termes;∎ I hope everything goes favourably for you j'espère que tout ira bien pour toi;∎ to compare favourably with sth n'avoir rien à envier à qch;∎ I was favourably impressed j'ai été favorablement impressionné -
6 taken
taken [ˈteɪkən]1. verb2. adjectivea. [seat, place] occupéb. to be very taken with sb/sth être très impressionné par qn/qch* * *['teɪkən] 1. 2.1) ( occupied)to be taken — [seat, room] être occupé
2) ( impressed)to be taken with — être emballé (colloq) par [idea, person]
she's quite/very taken with him — il lui plaît assez/beaucoup
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7 taken
taken ['teɪkən]1 pp of take(b) to be taken with sb/sth (impressed) être impressionné par qn/qch; (interested) s'intéresser à qn/qch;∎ they were quite taken with the performance l'interprétation leur a beaucoup plu;∎ I'm rather taken with Aztec art l'art aztèque me plaît beaucoup
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