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1 victime
victime [viktim]feminine noun• il est mort, victime d'une crise cardiaque he died of a heart attack• être victime de [+ escroc, accident, calomnie] to be the victim of* * *viktim1) (d'accident, de désastre, phénomène) victim, casualtyle joueur, victime d'une blessure au genou... — the player, suffering from a knee injury...
victime d'une panne, il a abandonné la course — hit by mechanical problems, he abandoned the race
2) Droit victim3) ( créature offerte en sacrifice) sacrificial victim* * *viktim nf1) [crime, injustice, malheur] victim2) [accident] victim, casualty* * *victime nf1 (d'accident, de désastre, phénomène) victim, casualty (de of); le cyclone a fait de nombreuses victimes the cyclone claimed many victims ou casualties; les victimes des accidents de la route road accident victims, road casualties; leur entreprise fut l'une des victimes de la crise du pétrole fig their firm was one of the casualties of the oil crisis; être victime de calomnies/d'une idéologie/des circonstances fig to be a victim of slander/of an ideology/of circumstances; être victime d'un infarctus to be the victim of a heart attack; être victime d'un complot fig to be the victim of a conspiracy; les victimes du cancer cancer victims; arrête de jouer les victimes iron stop playing the victim iron; le joueur, victime d'une blessure au genou… the player, suffering from a knee injury…; victime d'une panne, il a abandonné la course hit by mechanical problems, he abandoned the race; il a été victime de son succès/bon cœur/orgueil his success/kind-heartedness/pride has been his undoing;2 Jur victim;3 ( créature offerte en sacrifice) sacrificial victim.[viktim] nom fémininaccident de la route, trois victimes car crash, three casualties4. [d'un préjudice] victimêtre la victime d'un escroc to fall prey to ou to be the victim of a con man -
2 revers
revers [ʀ(ə)vεʀ]masculine nound. ( = coup du sort) setback* * *ʀ(ə)vɛʀnom masculin invariable1) ( dos) ( de feuille) back, reverse; ( de tissu) wrong side; ( de médaille) reversele revers de la médaille — fig the downside (colloq)
2) ( repli) ( de veste) lapel; ( de pantalon) turn-up GB, cuff US; ( de manche) cuff3) ( au tennis) backhand (stroke)•Phrasal Verbs:••toute médaille a son revers — Proverbe there is no rose without a thorn
* * *ʀ(ə)vɛʀ nm1) [feuille, main] back2) [étoffe] reverse, reverse side3) [pièce, médaille] back, reverse4) TENNIS, PING-PONG backhandElle a un excellent revers. — She has an excellent backhand.
5) [veston] lapel, [pantalon] turn-up6) (= échec) setback7)prendre à revers MILITAIRE — to take from the rear
* * *revers nm inv1 ( dos) ( de feuille) back, reverse; ( de tissu) wrong side; ( de main) back; (de médaille, pièce) reverse; d'un revers de la main with the back of one's hand; le revers de la médaille fig the downside○, the disagreeable aspect; prendre une armée à revers Mil to attack an army from the rear;3 ( au tennis) backhand (stroke); faire un revers to play a backhand (stroke);revers de fortune reversal of fortune.toute médaille a son revers Prov there is no rose without a thorn.[rəvɛr] nom masculin1. [d'une blouse, d'un veston] lapel[d'une manche] (turned-back) cuff[d'un uniforme] facingcol/bottes à revers turned-down collar/boots2. [d'une feuille, d'un tissu, d'un tableau, de la main] back[d'une médaille, d'une pièce] reverse (side)c'est le revers de la médaille that's the other side of the coin, there's the rub3. [échec, défaite] setbackrevers de fortune reverse of fortune, setback (in one's fortunes)à revers locution adverbialeMILITAIRE from ou in the rear
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