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  • 121 shame

    [ʃeim] 1. noun
    1) ((often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure: I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.) honte
    2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) honte
    3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) honte
    4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) dommage
    2. verb
    1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) obliger (qqn à) en lui faisant honte
    2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) faire honte à
    - shamefully - shamefulness - shameless - shamelessly - shamelessness - shamefaced - put to shame - to my - his shame

    English-French dictionary > shame

  • 122 shock

    I 1. [ʃok] noun
    1) (a severe emotional disturbance: The news gave us all a shock.) choc
    2) ((often electric shock) the effect on the body of an electric current: He got a slight shock when he touched the live wire.) choc
    3) (a sudden blow coming with great force: the shock of an earthquake.) secousse
    4) (a medical condition caused by a severe mental or physical shock: He was suffering from shock after the crash.) choc
    2. verb
    (to give a shock to; to upset or horrify: Everyone was shocked by his death; The amount of violence shown on television shocks me.) bouleverser; choquer
    - shocking - shockingly - shock-absorber II [ʃok] noun
    (a bushy mass (of hair) on a person's head.) tignasse

    English-French dictionary > shock

  • 123 smother

    1) (to kill or die from lack of air, caused especially by a thick covering over the mouth and nose; to suffocate: He smothered his victim by holding a pillow over her face.) étouffer
    2) (to prevent (a fire) from burning by covering it thickly: He threw sand on the fire to smother it.) étouffer
    3) (to cover (too) thickly; to overwhelm: When he got home his children smothered him with kisses.) couvrir de

    English-French dictionary > smother

  • 124 specify

    1) (to mention particularly: He specified the main ilnesses that are caused by poverty.) préciser
    2) (to order specially: She ordered a cake from the baker and specified green icing.) mentionner
    - specifically

    English-French dictionary > specify

  • 125 spot

    [spot] 1. noun
    1) (a small mark or stain (made by mud, paint etc): She was trying to remove a spot of grease from her skirt.) tache
    2) (a small, round mark of a different colour from its background: His tie was blue with white spots.) pois
    3) (a pimple or red mark on the skin caused by an illness etc: She had measles and was covered in spots.) bouton
    4) (a place or small area, especially the exact place (where something happened etc): There was a large number of detectives gathered at the spot where the body had been found.) endroit
    5) (a small amount: Can I borrow a spot of sugar?) un peu de
    2. verb
    1) (to catch sight of: She spotted him eventually at the very back of the crowd.) repérer
    2) (to recognize or pick out: No-one watching the play was able to spot the murderer.) découvrir
    - spotlessly - spotlessness - spotted - spotty - spottiness - spot check - spotlight 3. verb
    1) (to light with a spotlight: The stage was spotlit.) éclairé par un/des projecteur(s)
    2) (to show up clearly or draw attention to: The incident spotlighted the difficulties with which we were faced.) mettre en vedette
    - on the spot - spot on

    English-French dictionary > spot

  • 126 stabbing

    adjective ((of pain etc) very acute as though caused by a stab: He complained of a stabbing pain just before he collapsed.) lancinant

    English-French dictionary > stabbing

  • 127 stem

    I 1. [stem] noun
    1) (the part of a plant that grows upward from the root, or the part from which a leaf, flower or fruit grows; a stalk: Poppies have long, hairy, twisting stems.) tige
    2) (the narrow part of various objects, eg of a wine-glass between the bowl and the base: the stem of a wine-glass / of a tobacco-pipe.) pied
    3) (the upright piece of wood or metal at the bow of a ship: As the ship struck the rock, she shook from stem to stern.) étrave
    2. verb
    ((with from) to be caused by: Hate sometimes stems from envy.) provenir de
    II [stem] past tense, past participle - stemmed; verb
    (to stop (a flow, eg of blood).) arrêter

    English-French dictionary > stem

  • 128 sting

    1. [stiŋ] noun
    1) (a part of some plants, insects etc, eg nettles and wasps, that can prick and inject an irritating or poisonous fluid into the wound.) piquant, dard
    2) (an act of piercing with this part: Some spiders give a poisonous sting.) piqûre
    3) (the wound, swelling, or pain caused by this: You can soothe a wasp sting by putting vinegar on it.) piqûre
    2. verb
    1) (to wound or hurt by means of a sting: The child was badly stung by nettles/mosquitoes; Do those insects sting?) piquer
    2) ((of a wound, or a part of the body) to smart or be painful: The salt water made his eyes sting.) brûler

    English-French dictionary > sting

См. также в других словарях:

  • caused tension — caused suspense, caused strain …   English contemporary dictionary

  • caused — index causative, derivative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Caused — Cause Cause, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Causing}.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See {Cause}, n., and cf. {Acouse}.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • caused damage — injured, harmed, caused a flaw …   English contemporary dictionary

  • caused destruction — resulted in devastation, led to ruin caused havoc …   English contemporary dictionary

  • caused — un·caused; …   English syllables

  • caused — kɔːz n. factor, reason; principle, purpose; basis for a legal case v. make happen, bring about …   English contemporary dictionary

  • caused a disaster — bring about a catastrophe …   English contemporary dictionary

  • caused unnecessary complications — created implications which did not need to happen …   English contemporary dictionary

  • CAUSED — …   Useful english dictionary

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