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1 unfairly
unfairly [ˈʌnˈfεəlɪ][treat, judge, compare] injustement* * *[ʌn'feəlɪ]adverb [treat] injustement; [play] irrégulièrement; [critical] injustementto be unfairly dismissed — Law faire l'objet d'un licenciement abusif
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2 unfairly
unfairly adv [treat, condemn] injustement ; [play] irrégulièrement ; [critical] injustement ; rates are unfairly high les loyers sont excessivement chers ; to be unfairly dismissed Jur faire l'objet d'un licenciement abusif. -
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4 unfairly
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6 hard done by
(unfairly treated: You should complain to the headmaster if you feel hard done by.) injustement traité -
7 advantage
advantage [ədˈvα:ntɪdʒ]avantage m* * *[əd'vɑːntɪdʒ], US [-'vænt-]1) avantage m2) ( asset) atout mtheir big advantage is to have... — leur grand atout, c'est d'avoir...
‘computing experience an advantage’ — ( in job ad) ‘une expérience en informatique serait un atout’
3) ( profit)4) ( best effect)5)to take advantage of — utiliser, profiter de [situation, offer]; ( unfairly) exploiter [person]
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8 dirty
dirty [ˈdɜ:tɪ]1. adjectivea. sale ; [job, work] salissantc. ( = unpleasant) sale━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► With this meaning sale goes before the noun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• it's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it c'est un sale boulot (inf), mais il faut bien que quelqu'un le fasse2. adverbb. ( = smuttily) to talk dirty dire des cochonneries[+ hands, clothes, reputation] salir4. noun5. compounds• dirty-minded kids des gamins à l'esprit mal tourné ► dirty old man (inf) noun vieux cochon (inf) m* * *[dɜːtɪ] 1.1) (messy, soiled) [face, clothing, street] sale; [work] salissantto get ou make something dirty — salir quelque chose
2) ( not sterile) [needle] qui a déjà servi; [wound] infecté3) (colloq) ( obscene) [book, joke] cochon/-onne (colloq); [mind] mal tourné4) (colloq) ( dishonest) [contest, fighter] déloyal; [cheat] sale; [lie] grossier/-ière5) [colour] sale2.(colloq) adverb1) ( dishonestly)to play ou fight dirty — donner des coups en traître
2) ( obscenely) grossièrement3.transitive verb lit, fig salir••to do the dirty on — (colloq) faire une crasse (colloq) à
to give somebody a dirty look — (colloq) regarder quelqu'un d'un sale œil
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9 favour
1. noun• do me a favour and... sois gentil,...b. ( = approval) to be in favour être en faveur• to find favour with sb [person] s'attirer les bonnes grâces de qn ; [suggestion] gagner l'approbation de qn• they voted in favour of accepting the pay offer ils ont voté en faveur de la proposition salarialec. ( = advantage) faveur fd. ( = partiality) faveur fa. ( = be in favour of) [+ idea, option] être partisan deb. ( = prefer) [+ person] préférer ; [+ candidate, pupil] montrer une préférence pourc. ( = help) favoriser* * *1.GB, favor US ['feɪvə(r)] noun1) ( approval)to regard somebody/something with favour — considérer quelqu'un/quelque chose avec bienveillance
to win/lose favour with somebody — s'attirer/perdre les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un
to be out of favour with somebody — [person] ne plus être dans les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un; [idea, method] ne plus être en vogue auprès de quelqu'un
to fall ou go out of favour — [idea, method] passer de mode
2) ( kindness) service mthey're not doing themselves any favours — ils desservent leur (propre) cause ( by doing en faisant)
to ask a favour of somebody —
to return a favour — lit
to return the favour — iron rendre la pareille ( by doing en faisant)
3) ( advantage)2. 3.to be in somebody's favour — [situation] être avantageux pour quelqu'un; [financial rates, wind] être favorable à quelqu'un
transitive verb1) ( prefer) être pour [method, solution]; préférer [clothing, colour]; être partisan de [political party, course of action]to favour somebody — gen montrer une préférence pour quelqu'un; ( unfairly) accorder un traitement de faveur à quelqu'un
2) ( benefit) [plans, circumstances] favoriser; [law, balance of power] privilégier4.favoured past participle adjective gen favori/-ite; ( most likely) [date, plan, view] privilégié5.in favour of prepositional phrase1) ( on the side of) en faveur deto be in favour of somebody/something — être pour quelqu'un/quelque chose
to speak in favour of — soutenir [motion]
to come out in favour of — exprimer son soutien à [plan, person]
2) ( to the advantage of)to decide in somebody's favour — gen donner raison à quelqu'un; Law donner gain de cause à quelqu'un
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10 affirmative action
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11 bias
1. noun1) (favouring of one or other (side in an argument etc) rather than remaining neutral: a bias against people of other religions.) parti pris2) (a weight on or in an object (eg a bowl for playing bowls) making it move in a particular direction.) déviation2. verb(to influence (usually unfairly): He was biased by the report in the newspapers.) influencer- biassed- biased -
12 do (someone) an injustice
(to treat or regard (someone) unfairly: You do me an injustice if you think I could tell such a lie.) être injuste envers -
13 do (someone) an injustice
(to treat or regard (someone) unfairly: You do me an injustice if you think I could tell such a lie.) être injuste envers -
14 do (someone) wrong
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15 do (someone) wrong
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18 prejudice
['pre‹ədis] 1. noun((an) opinion or feeling for or especially against something, formed unfairly or unreasonably ie without proper knowledge: The jury must listen to his statement without prejudice; Is racial prejudice (= dislike of people because of their race) increasing in this country?) préjugé2. verb1) (to cause to feel prejudice for or against something.) prévenir (contre)2) (to harm or endanger (a person's position, prospects etc) in some way: Your terrible handwriting will prejudice your chances of passing the exam.) faire du tort à, porter préjudice à• -
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20 advantage
advantage, US [transcription][-"v_nt-"]A n1 ( favourable position) avantage m ; economic/political/psychological/competitive advantage avantage m en termes économiques/politiques/psychologiques/de compétition ; to have an advantage over avoir un avantage sur [person, system, theory, model, method] ; to give sb an advantage over sb donner à qn un avantage sur or par rapport à qn ; to put sb at an advantage avantager qn ; to gain the advantage prendre l'avantage ;2 ( beneficial aspect) avantage m ; there are several advantages il y a plusieurs avantages ; there is an advantage in doing il y a avantage à faire ; the advantage is that… l'avantage est que… ; the advantage that l'avantage que ; there is some/no advantage in doing il est intéressant/il n'est pas intéressant de faire ;3 ( asset) avantage m ; to have the advantage of an education/of living near the sea avoir l'avantage d'avoir fait des études/d'habiter près de la mer ; their big advantage is to have… leur grand avantage est qu'ils ont… ; ‘computing experience an advantage’ ( in job ad) ‘expérience en information atout supplémentaire’ ;4 ( profit) it is to his/their advantage to do il est dans son/leur intérêt de faire ; to do/use sth to one's (own) advantage faire/utiliser qch à son avantage ; it's to everyone's advantage that tout le monde profite du fait que ; to turn a situation to one's advantage transformer une situation à son avantage ;5 ( best effect) to show sth to (best) advantage montrer qch sous un jour avantageux ;6 to take advantage of utiliser, profiter de [situation, facility, offer, service] ; ( exploit unfairly) utiliser, exploiter [person] ;7 ( in tennis) avantage m ;8 Sport France's 3-point advantage l'avantage de 3 points de la France.
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