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A n1 Jur ( on person) agression f (on sur) ; ( sexual) agression f sexuelle (on sur) ; physical assault agression f ; verbal assault injures fpl ;2 gen, Mil ( attack) assaut m (on de) ; air/ground assault assaut aérien/terrestre ; to make an assault on monter à l'assaut de [fortress, town] ; attaquer [troops] ; to make an assault on a record Sport essayer de battre un record ;3 fig ( criticism) (on belief, theory, shortcoming) attaque f (on de) ; (on person, organisation, reputation) atteinte f (on à) ; to make an assault on attaquer [policy, supposition] ;C vtr2 Mil assaillir ;3 fig agresser [ears, nerves]. -
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assault [əˈsɔ:lt]1. noun• to make an assault on... donner l'assaut à...b. (on individual) agression f3. compounds* * *[ə'sɔːlt] 1.verbal assault — injures fpl
2) ( attack) assaut m (on de)2. 3.air/ground assault — assaut aérien/terrestre
transitive verb1) Law agresser2) Military assaillir3) fig agresser [ears, nerves] -
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frontal [ˈfrʌntl][assault, attack] de front• to make a frontal assault or attack on sth attaquer qch de front* * *['frʌntl]1) ( head-on) [assault] de front (after n)2) Anatomy frontal3) Meteorology frontal4) Cinema, Photography [lighting] de face -
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full [fʊl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. adverb3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective• I'm full! (inf) j'ai trop mangé !• "house full" (Theatre) « complet »b. ( = complete) I waited two full hours j'ai attendu deux bonnes heures• to pay full price for sth (for goods) acheter qch au prix fort ; (for tickets, fares) payer qch plein tarif2. adverb3. noun► in full4. compoundsto drive with one's headlights on full beam rouler en pleins phares ► full-blooded adjective ( = vigorous) vigoureux ; ( = of unmixed race) de race pure• full-frontal assault attaque f de front ► full-grown adjective [child] parvenu au terme de sa croissance ; [animal, man, woman] adulte• they had a full-on traditional wedding c'était un mariage traditionnel, fait dans les règles• she's a bit full-on elle est un peu envahissante ► full-page adjective [advert, article] pleine page• to be suspended on full pay être suspendu de ses fonctions sans perte de salaire ► full-sized adjective ( = life-sized) [drawing] grandeur nature inv ; ( = adult-sized) [bicycle, violin, bed] d'adulte• it's a full-time job looking after those children (inf) c'est un travail à temps plein de s'occuper de ces enfants-là* * *[fʊl] 1.1) ( completely filled) [box, glass, room] plein; [hotel, flight, car park] complet/-ète; [theatre] comblefull to overflowing — [bucket] plein à déborder; [suitcase] plein à craquer (colloq)
I've got my hands full — lit j'ai les mains pleines; fig je suis débordé
2) (also full up) [stomach] pleinI'm full — (colloq) je n'en peux plus
3) ( busy) [day, week] chargé, bien rempli4) ( complete) [name, breakfast, story] complet/-ète; [price, control, understanding] total; [responsibility] entier/-ière; [support] inconditionnel/-elle; [inquiry] approfondithe full implications of — toutes les implications de, toute la portée de
5) ( officially recognized) [member] à part entière; [right] plein (before n)6) ( maximum) [employment, bloom] plein (before n)to make full use of something, to use something to full advantage — profiter pleinement de quelque chose
to get full marks — GB obtenir la note maximale
7) ( for emphasis) [hour, kilo, month] bon/bonne (before n)8) ( rounded) [cheeks] rond; [lips] charnu; [figure] fort; [skirt, sleeve] ample9)10) ( rich) [flavour, tone] riche2.1) ( directly)2) ( very)3) ( to the maximum)3.in full adverbial phrase [describe, pay] intégralement••
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