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1 grâce
grâce [gʀαs]feminine nouna. ( = charme) grace• de grâce, laissez-le dormir for pity's sake, let him sleepd. (Religion) grace• à la grâce de Dieu ! it's in God's hands!e. (locutions) faire qch de or avec bonne/mauvaise grâce to do sth with good/bad grace* * *gʀɑsnom féminin Grace* * *ɡʀɒs1. nfJe suis arrivé à l'heure grâce à toi. — I arrived on time thanks to you.
1) (= don) [personne] grace2) (= disposition)3) RELIGION grace4) (= faveur) soutenu5) DROIT pardon2. grâces nfpl1)2) RELIGION (= prière) grace sg* * *A nf1 ( beauté) (de geste, personne) grace; ( de paysage) charm; ( de style) elegance; sans grâce [geste] ungraceful; [visage] plain; [personne] lacking in charm ( jamais épith); [paysage] nondescript; [style] inelegant; se mouvoir avec/sans grâce to move gracefully/awkwardly;2 ( volonté) bonne/mauvaise grâce good/bad grace; de bonne/mauvaise grâce with (a) good/bad grace, willingly/grudgingly; avoir la bonne grâce d'admettre que to have the good grace to admit that; il aurait mauvaise grâce à refuser it would be ungracious of him to refuse;3 ( faveur) favourGB; accorder une grâce à qn to grant sb a favourGB; chercher/gagner les bonnes grâces de qn to seek/win sb's favourGB; trouver grâce auprès de qn/aux yeux de qn to find favourGB with sb/in sb's eyes; faire à qn la grâce d'accepter fml to do sb the honourGB of accepting; il nous a fait la grâce d'assister à la réunion he honouredGB us with his presence at the meeting; fais-nous la grâce de te taire! do us a favourGB, be quiet!, please, be quiet!; à la grâce de Dieu! it's in God's hands!; de grâce fml please; ( avec impatience) for pity's sake; donner le coup de grâce à qn lit, fig to deal sb the death blow; ce fut le coup de grâce pour lui that was the final stroke for him;4 ( pardon) mercy; Jur (free) pardon; demander/crier grâce to beg/cry for mercy; solliciter/obtenir sa grâce Jur to seek/receive a pardon; grâce présidentielle/royale Jur presidential/royal pardon; grâce! (have) mercy!; je vous fais grâce des détails I'll spare you the details;5 ( remerciement) liter thanks; rendre grâce(s) à qn de qch to give thanks to sb for sth; grâce à Dieu! thank God!;B grâces nfpl1 ( prière) dire les grâces to say grace (after a meal);2 †( gracieusetés) hum avec mille grâces very graciously; elle lui fit mille grâces pour essayer de le fléchir she used all her charm to get round him.C grâce à loc prép grâce à thanks to; il s'en est tiré grâce à Dieu fig by some miracle he was all right.[gras] nom féminin2. [volonté]de bonne grâce with good grace, willinglyavoir la bonne grâce de dire/faire to have the grace to say/to dovous auriez mauvaise grâce à ou de vous plaindre it would be ungracious of you to complain3. [faveur] favourcrier ou demander grâce to beg for mercyfaire grâce à quelqu'un (de quelque chose): je te fais grâce des centimes I'll let you off the centimesune semaine/un mois de grâce one week's/month's gracea. [advienne que pourra] come what mayb. [n'importe comment] any old way[pour exprimer la reconnaissance]rendre grâce ou grâces à Dieu to give thanks to God6. [titre]Sa Grâce His/Her Grace————————[gras] interjection————————grâces nom féminin pluriel1. [faveurs]rechercher les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un to curry favour with somebody, to seek somebody's favourêtre/entrer dans les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un to be/to get in favour with somebody[manières]2. RELIGIONgrâce à locution prépositionnelle -
2 insinuer
insinuer [ɛ̃sinye]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb• que voulez-vous insinuer ? what are you insinuating?2. reflexive verb* * *ɛ̃sinɥe
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2) ( introduire) to slip ( dans into)
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s'insinuer verbe pronominal [personne] ( physiquement) to slip; ( socialement) to ingratiate oneself ( auprès de quelqu'un with somebody); [sentiment, idée] to creep; [liquide, odeur] to seeple doute s'insinuait en eux or dans leur esprit — doubt crept into their minds
* * *ɛ̃sinɥe vt* * *insinuer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( suggérer) to insinuate (que that);2 ( introduire) to slip (dans into).B s'insinuer vpr [personne] ( physiquement) to slip (dans into); ( socialement) to ingratiate oneself (auprès de qn with sb); [sentiment, idée] to creep (dans into); [liquide, odeur] to seep (dans into); le doute s'insinuait en eux or dans leur esprit doubt crept into their minds; s'insinuer dans les bonnes grâces de qn to curry favourGB with sb.[ɛ̃sinɥe] verbe transitifque veut-elle insinuer? what's she hinting at ou trying to insinuate?insinuez-vous que je mens? are you insinuating ou implying that I'm lying?————————s'insinuer verbe pronominal intransitifa. [suj: arôme, gaz] to creep inb. [suj: eau] to filter ou to seep inc. [suj: personne] to make one's way in, to infiltrate, to penetrates'insinuer dans les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un to insinuate oneself into somebody's favour, to curry favour with somebodyle doute/une idée diabolique s'insinua en lui doubt/an evil thought crept into his mind -
3 flagorner
flagɔʀneverbe transitif to fawn on, to toady to [personne]; to curry favour [BrE] with [groupe, public]* * *flagorner verb table: aimer vtr to fawn on, to toady to [personne]; to curry favourGB with [groupe, public].[flagɔrne] verbe transitif
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