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1 diabolique
diabolique [djabɔlik]adjective* * *djabɔlik1) Religion diabolic2) ( malveillant) [personne, sourire] demonic; [machination, idée, ruse] devilish3) (pénible, difficile) [problème, situation] diabolical4) ( extrême) [précision, habileté] uncanny* * *djabɔlik adj* * *diabolique adj1 Relig [inspiration, pouvoir] diabolic;2 ( malveillant) [personne, sourire] demonic; [machination, idée, ruse] devilish; [invention] devilish, diabolical;3 (pénible, difficile) [problème, situation] diabolical;4 ( extrême) [précision, habileté] uncanny.[djabɔlik] adjectif -
2 surnaturel
surnaturel, -elle [syʀnatyʀεl]1. adjectivesupernatural ; ( = inquiétant) uncanny2. masculine noun* * *- elle syʀnatyʀɛl adjectif1) ( non naturel) supernatural2) ( extraordinaire) eerie* * *syʀnatyʀɛl surnaturel, -le1. adj2. nm* * *surnaturel, - elleA adj1 ( non naturel) supernatural;2 ( extraordinaire) eerie.B nm le surnaturel the supernatural.( féminin surnaturelle) [syrnatyrɛl] adjectif1. [d'un autre monde] supernatural2. [fabuleux, prodigieux] uncanny3. [divin] spiritual————————nom masculin -
3 étrangement
étrangement [etʀɑ̃ʒmɑ̃]adverb( = bizarrement) strangely ; ( = étonnamment) surprisingly* * *etʀɑ̃ʒmɑ̃1) ( fort curieusement) curiouslyvous me rappelez étrangement un ami — it's strange ou uncanny but you remind me of a friend
2) ( remarquablement) surprisingly* * *etʀɑ̃ʒmɑ̃ adv* * *étrangement adv1 ( fort curieusement) curiously; être étrangement silencieux to be curiously silent; votre composition ressemble étrangement à celle de mademoiselle Grunard your essay is curiously like Miss Grunard's; rappeler étrangement qn/qch [livre, objet] to be curiously reminiscent of sb/sth; vous me rappelez étrangement un ami it's strange ou uncanny but you remind me of a friend; étrangement le ministre reste invisible curiously enough the minister is nowhere to be seen;2 ( remarquablement) surprisingly; le cri des dauphins ressemble étrangement à celui des bébés the cry of dolphins is surprisingly like that of babies.[etrɑ̃ʒmɑ̃] adverbe[inhabituellement] strangely -
4 chic
I.n. m.1. Avoir le chic pour (iron.): To have an uncanny knack for. Quel pique-assiette! Il a le chic pour arriver quand on est à table! What a scrounger, he always manages to time his visits with mealtimes!2. Faire du chic: To 'swank', to show off.II.adj. Chic alors! Smashing! — Super! — Great! -
5 débrouille
n. f. La débrouille: Resourcefulness. Savoir se tirer d'affaire à la débrouille: To have an uncanny knack of dodging difficulties. -
6 nez
n. m.1. Avoir du nez (also: avoir bon nez): To be well-inspired where making a decision is concerned. On peut dire que tu as eu du nez de ne pas y aller: You certainly made the right choice in keeping away!2. Avoir le nez creux: To have an uncanny knack at guessing right first time. (When uttered, this expression is often accompanied by the 'bodyspeak' gesture of tapping the side of one's nose with the index finger.)3. Avoir quelqu'un dans le nez: To be unable to 'stomach' someone, to have a strong antipathy towards someone. Depuis sa vacherie je l'ai dans le nez: I can't stand the sight of him since he did the dirty on me!4. Avoir un verre dans le nez: To have had 'one over the eight', to be 'tipsy', to be slightly drunk.5. Se piquer le nez: To get 'pickled', to get drunk as a matter of habit.6. A vue de nez: At a rough guess. A vue de nez, je dirais qu'elle a la cinquantaine: My guesstimate is she's well into her fifties!7. Tirer les vers du nez à quelqu'un: To 'pump' someone, to extract information from a reluctant party.8. Se casser le nez:a To find no-one at home.b To 'come a cropper', to fail.9. Se bouffer le nez: To 'squabble', to quarrel.10. Ça va nous tomber sur le nezl We're sure to 'cop it'—We're certainly in for some trouble!11. Ça lui pend au nez! He's got it coming to him! (The expression is quite often used in the past tense as if to prove the foresight of the speaker in a 'He had it coming to him!' stance.)12. Les doigts dans le nez: With the greatest of ease. Il a gagné la course les doigts dans le nez: He romped home to victory. -
7 portrait
n. m. 'Mush', 'dial', face. Etre le portrait ( tout) craché de quelqu'un: To be 'the spitting image' of someone, to bear an uncanny likeness to someone. Rentrer dans le portrait à quelqu'un: To give someone a 'knuckle-sandwich', to sock someone in the jaw. Se faire abîmer leportrait: To get one's face pushed in. -
8 mystérieux
mysterious, uncanny
См. также в других словарях:
uncanny — [un kan′ē] adj. [see UN & CANNY] 1. mysterious or unfamiliar, esp. in such a way as to frighten or make uneasy; preternaturally strange; eerie; weird 2. so remarkable, acute, etc. as to seem preternatural [uncanny shrewdness] SYN. WEIRD uncannily … English World dictionary
Uncanny — Un*can ny, a. Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott. {Un*can ni*ness}, n. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
uncanny — I adjective astonishing, exceptional, inconceivable, incredible, intuitional, magical, mysterious, mystifying, noteworthy, odd, peculiar, preternatural, rare, remarkable, secret, singular, strange, supernatural, unaccountable, unbelievable,… … Law dictionary
uncanny — (adj.) 1590s, mischievous; 1773 in the sense of associated with the supernatural, originally Scottish and northern English, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + CANNY (Cf. canny) … Etymology dictionary
uncanny — *weird, eerie Analogous words: *strange, singular, erratic, eccentric, odd, queer: *mysterious, inscrutable … New Dictionary of Synonyms
uncanny — [adj] very strange, unusual astonishing, astounding, creepy, devilish, eerie, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, ghostly, ghoulish, incredible, inexplainable, inspired, magical, miraculous, mysterious, mystifying, preternatural, prodigious,… … New thesaurus
uncanny — ► ADJECTIVE (uncannier, uncanniest) ▪ strange or mysterious. DERIVATIVES uncannily adverb … English terms dictionary
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uncanny — adj. 1) positively uncanny 2) uncanny to + inf. (it was uncanny to see how closely they resemble each other) 3) uncanny that + clause (it s uncanny that we got here on the same day after traveling for three months) 4) (misc.) it s uncanny how… … Combinatory dictionary
uncanny — adjective a) strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor. b) The Uncanny is a … Wiktionary
uncanny — uncannily, adv. uncanniness, n. /un kan ee/, adj. 1. having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble. 2. mysterious; arousing… … Universalium