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1 possessed
possessed [pə'zest](a) (controlled → by an evil spirit) possédé;∎ she/her soul is possessed by the devil elle/son âme est possédée du démon;∎ he was shouting like one possessed il criait comme un possédé∎ possessed by curiosity dévoré de ou en proie à la curiosité;∎ possessed by hatred en proie à la haine∎ or literary none of her children was possessed of any great talent aucun de ses enfants n'était particulièrement doué -
2 devil
A n3 ○ ( for emphasis) what the devil do you mean? que diable veux-tu dire? ; why the devil do you think I invited her? pourquoi diable est-ce-que tu crois que je l'ai invitée? ; I wondered what the devil he was talking about/why the devil he had come je me demandais de quoi il pouvait bien parler/pourquoi donc il était venu ; how the devil should I know? comment veux-tu que je le sache? ; we'll have a devil of a job cleaning the house ça va être sacrément ○ dur de nettoyer la maison ;4 ○ (expressing affection, sympathy) a lucky devil un sacré ○ veinard ○ ; he's a handsome/cheeky devil il est sacrément ○ beau/effronté ; the poor devil le pauvre diable ; that child is a little devil cet enfant est un vrai petit diable ; some poor devil of a soldier un pauvre (diable de) soldat ;5 ○ †( nuisance) to be a devil for doing avoir la manie de faire ; she's a devil for contradicting people elle a la manie de contredire les autres ; these pans are a devil to clean ces casseroles sont une vraie plaie ○ à nettoyer ; he's a devil for gambling c'est un joueur invétéré ;6 GB Jur avocat stagiaire non rémunéré.be a devil ○ ! allez, laisse-toi tenter! ; the devil you know is better than the devil you don't un danger connu est préférable à un danger inconnu ; to be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea être pris entre l'enclume et le marteau ; we won-the devil looks after his own hum on a gagné-on a eu une sacrée veine ○ ; the devil only knows where/why etc Dieu seul sait où/pourquoi etc ; to have the luck of the devil ○ GB avoir une veine de cocu ○ or de pendu ○ ; like the devil ○ [scream, run] comme un fou/une folle ○ ; speak of the devil! quand on parle du loup (on en voit la queue) ○ ! ; there will be the devil to pay when he finds out! ça va barder ○ quand il l'apprendra! ; go to the devil ○ ! va au diable ○ ! ; the devil you did ○ ! sans blague ○ ! ; to give the devil his due… il faut quand même l'admettre… -
3 possess
possess [pəˈzes]• what can have possessed him to say that? qu'est-ce qui lui a pris de dire ça ?* * *[pə'zes] 1.transitive verb1) ( have) posséder [property, weapon, proof, charm]; avoir [power, advantage]; ( illegally) détenir [arms, drugs]to be possessed of — sout avoir [charm, feature]
2) ( take control of) [anger, fury] s'emparer de [person]; [devil] posséder [person]2.to be possessed by — être obsédé par [idea, illusion]
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