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1 pale
pale [peɪl]1. adjective• it pales into insignificance beside... cela paraît dérisoire par rapport à...3. noun4. compounds* * *[peɪl] 1.adjective [colour, complexion] pâle; [light, dawn] blafard2.to turn ou go pale — pâlir
intransitive verb lit pâlir; fig••to be beyond the pale — [remark, behaviour] être inadmissible; [person] être infréquentable
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2 pale
pale [peɪl]∎ to grow or become pale pâlir;∎ to turn pale with fright pâlir de terreur;∎ (as) pale as death blanc comme un linge∎ a pale blue dress une robe bleu pâle∎ it was a pale imitation of the real thing c'était une pâle copie de l'original(person, face) pâlir, blêmir; (sky, colour) pâlir;∎ my adventures pale beside yours mes aventures semblent bien pâles auprès des vôtres;∎ our problems pale into insignificance beside hers nos problèmes sont insignifiants comparés aux siens ou à côté des siens3 noun∎ British figurative he's beyond the pale il n'est pas fréquentable;∎ I find such behaviour beyond the pale je trouve un tel comportement inadmissible►► pale ale pale-ale f, bière f blonde légère -
3 pale
A adj [complexion, colour] pâle ; [light, dawn] blafard ; pale blue bleu pâle ; you look pale tu es pâle ; to turn ou go pale pâlir ; pale with fright blanc de peur.B vi1 [person, face] pâlir ;2 fig to pale into insignificance devenir dérisoire.to be beyond the pale [remark, behaviour] être inadmissible ; [person] ( socially) être infréquentable. -
4 insignificance
insignificance [‚ɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkəns]* * *[ˌɪnsɪg'nɪfɪkəns]noun insignifiance fto pale ou fade into insignificance — devenir dérisoire
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5 insignificance
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pale by comparison (with something) — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale … Useful english dictionary
pale in comparison (to something) — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale … Useful english dictionary
pale by comparison (to something) — ˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificance idiom to seem less important when compared with sth else • Last year s riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. • Our problems pale … Useful english dictionary