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perspective n gen, Art perspective f ; new/historical perspective perspective nouvelle/historique ; from one's (own) perspective de son (propre) point de vue ; to keep things in perspective garder un sens de la mesure ; to let things get out of perspective perdre le sens de la mesure ; to put sth in its true perspective ramener qch à ses véritables proportions ; to put sth/things into perspective relativiser qch/les choses ; to see sth from a different perspective appréhender qch sous un angle différent. -
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perspective [pə'spektɪv]1 noun∎ to draw sth in perspective dessiner qch en perspective;∎ the houses are out of perspective la perspective des maisons est fausse;∎ perspective made it look smaller l'effet de perspective le faisait paraître plus petit(b) (opinion, viewpoint) perspective f, optique f;∎ it gives you a different perspective on the problem cela vous permet de voir le problème sous un angle ou un jour différent;∎ from a psychological perspective d'un point de vue psychologique;∎ the latest developments put a new perspective on the case les derniers événements éclairent l'affaire d'un jour nouveau∎ we must try to keep our (sense of) perspective or to keep things in perspective nous devons nous efforcer de garder notre sens des proportions;∎ to get things out of perspective perdre le sens des proportions;∎ it should help us to get or to put the role she played into perspective cela devrait nous aider à mesurer le rôle qu'elle a joué;∎ the figures must be looked at in (their proper) perspective il faut étudier les chiffres dans leur contexte∎ a fine perspective opened out before his eyes une belle perspective s'ouvrit devant ses yeux(e) (prospect) perspective f;∎ the perspective of higher inflation la perspective d'une hausse du taux d'inflation(drawing) perspectifUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > perspective
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slant [slɑ:nt]1 noun∎ the table has a slant or is on a slant la table penche ou n'est pas d'aplomb(b) (point of view) perspective f, point m de vue;∎ his articles usually have an anti-government slant il a tendance à critiquer le gouvernement dans ses articles;∎ to put a different slant on things apporter une perspective différente sur les choses;∎ the book gives a different slant on the whole business le livre offre un point de vue différent sur toute cette affaire ou présente toute l'affaire sous un jour différent(a) (news, evidence) présenter avec parti pris ou de manière peu objective;∎ the article was slanted l'article était orienté(b) (line, perspective) incliner, faire pencher(line, handwriting) pencher; (ray of light) passer obliquement -
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face [feɪs]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. [of person] visage m• you're lying, it's written all over your face! (inf) tu mens, ça se lit sur ton visage !• to come face to face with [+ person] se trouver nez à nez avec• get out of my face! (inf!) fous-moi la paix ! (inf !)b. ( = front) he was lying face down il était à plat ventrec. ( = expression) mine fd. ( = appearance) visage mf. [of mountain] face f• it fell face up/down [playing card, photo] elle est tombée face en dessus/en dessousa. ( = look towards) faire face àb. ( = look out onto) [building] donner surc. ( = confront) two problems faced them ils se trouvaient devant deux problèmes• the government, faced with renewed wage demands... le gouvernement, confronté à de nouvelles revendications salariales...• he was faced with a bill for £100 il se voyait obligé de payer une note de 100 livresd. ( = face up to) [+ problem] affronter ; [+ truth] regarder en face• she won't face the fact that he's not going to come back elle ne veut pas se rendre à l'évidence et admettre qu'il ne reviendra pase. ( = risk incurring) risquerf. ( = appear before) affronterb. [house] être orienté4. compounds► face cloth noun ≈ gant m de toilette• to give a face-lift to [+ house] (exterior) ravaler la façade de ; (interior) retaper ; [+ political party, company] rajeunir l'image de• the town has been given a face-lift la ville a fait peau neuve ► face mask noun masque m ; (Cosmetics) masque m (de beauté)• it was a face-saving exercise on their part ils l'ont fait pour sauver la face ► face-to-face adjective face à face• to face up to the fact that... admettre que...* * *[feɪs] 1.to slam the door/laugh in somebody's face — claquer la porte/rire au nez de quelqu'un
to be face up/down — [person] être sur le dos/ventre
2) ( expression) air mto pull ou make a face — faire la grimace
3) fig ( outward appearance)to change the face of — changer le visage de [industry]
4) ( dignity)5) ( surface) (of clock, watch) cadran m; (of gem, dice) face f; ( of coin) côté m; ( of planet) surface f; (of cliff, mountain) face f; ( of rock) paroi f; ( of playing card) face f; ( of document) recto mto disappear ou vanish off the face of the earth — (colloq) disparaître de la circulation
2.face up/down — à l'endroit/l'envers
transitive verb1) ( look towards) [person] faire face à; [building, room] donner surto face north/south — [person] regarder au nord/sud; [building] être orienté au nord/sud
facing our house, there is... — en face de notre maison, il y a...
2) ( confront) se trouver face à [challenge, crisis]; se voir contraint de payer [fine]; se trouver menacé de [defeat, redundancy]; être contraint de faire [choice]; affronter [attacker, rival, team]to be faced with — se trouver confronté à [problem, decision]
to face somebody with — confronter quelqu'un à [truth, evidence]
3) ( acknowledge)face the facts, you're finished! — regarde la réalité en face, tu es fini!
let's face it, nobody's perfect — admettons-le, personne n'est parfait
4) ( tolerate prospect)he couldn't face the thought of walking/eating — l'idée de marcher/manger lui était insupportable
5) ( run the risk of) risquer [fine, suspension]6) Construction revêtir [façade, wall] ( with de)7) ( in printing) [photo etc] être face à [page]3.1)to face towards — [person, chair] être tourné vers; [building, house] être en face de
to face backwards — [person] tourner le dos
to be facing forward — [person] être de face
2) Military4.in the face of prepositional phrase1) ( despite) en dépit de [difficulties]2) ( in confrontation with) face à, devant [opposition, enemy, danger]•Phrasal Verbs:••
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