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1 untrue
untrue [‚ʌn'tru:]∎ to be untrue to sb être déloyal envers ou infidèle à qn;∎ to be untrue to oneself trahir ses principes -
2 untrue
untrue [ˈʌnˈtru:]* * *[ʌn'truː]1) ( false) faux/fausse2)it is untrue to say that — il est faux or inexact de dire que
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3 untrue
1 ( false) [allegation, report] faux/fausse ;3 ‡[sweetheart] infidèle. -
4 untrue
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5 untrue allegation
Jur. allégation mensongère/controuvéeEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > untrue allegation
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6 untrue excuse
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > untrue excuse
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7 untrue entry
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9 true
[tru:]1) ((negative untrue) telling of something that really happened; not invented; agreeing with fact; not wrong: That is a true statement; Is it true that you did not steal the ring?) vrai2) ((negative untrue) accurate: They don't have a true idea of its importance.) exact3) ((negative untrue) faithful; loyal: He has been a true friend.) fidèle4) (properly so called: A spider is not a true insect.) véritable•- trueness- truly -
10 much
much [mʌt∫]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. pronoun2. adjective3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. pronoun• does it cost much? est-ce que ça coûte cher ?• is it worth much? est-ce que ça a de la valeur ?► much of ( = a large part of) une bonne partie de• much of what you say une bonne partie de ce que vous dites► to make much of sth attacher beaucoup d'importance à qch► not/nothing... much ( = a small amount) pas beaucoup• what was stolen? -- nothing much qu'est-ce qui a été volé ? -- pas grand-chose━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Constructions with valoir are often used when assessing value or merit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• there isn't much in it (in choice, competition) ça se vaut2. adjective• it's a bit much! (inf) c'est un peu fort !3. adverba. ( = to a great degree) beaucoup• I very much hope that... j'espère de tout cœur que...b. ( = more or less) it's much the same c'est quasiment la même chose► as much• I thought as much! c'est bien ce que je pensais !• as much time as... autant de temps que...• twice as much money as... deux fois plus d'argent que...• you could pay as much as $200 for that ça peut te coûter jusqu'à 200 dollars► however much• however much you like him... quelle que soit votre affection pour lui,...► how much? combien ?• how much does it cost? combien ça coûte ?► much as• much as I dislike doing this,... bien que je n'aime pas du tout faire cela,...► much less ( = and even less)he couldn't understand the question, much less answer it il ne pouvait pas comprendre la question et encore moins y répondre► not much of a (inf) ( = not a great)• he'd drunk so much that... il avait tellement bu que...• so much so that... à tel point que...• so much for his help! c'est ça qu'il appelle aider !• so much for that! tant pis !• so much the better! tant mieux !► not so much... as• I think of her not so much as a doctor but as a friend je la considère plus comme une amie que comme un médecin► this/that much• this much? (ça ira) comme ça ?• I know this much... ce que je sais, c'est que...• this much is certain... un point est acquis...* * *Note: When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by beaucoup: it's much longer = c'est beaucoup plus long; she doesn't talk much = elle ne parle pas beaucoupFor particular usages, see I belowWhen much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by beaucoup: there is much to learn = il y a beaucoup à apprendre. However, in negative sentences grand-chose is also used: I didn't learn much = je n'ai pas beaucoup appris or je n'ai pas appris grand-choseWhen much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by beaucoup de: they don't have much money = ils n'ont pas beaucoup d'argent[mʌtʃ] 1.1) ( to a considerable degree) beaucoup2) ( often) beaucoup, souvent3) ( nearly) plus ou moins, à peu prèsvery much — ( a lot) beaucoup; ( absolutely) tout à fait
I thought as much — ça ne m'étonne pas, je m'en doutais
you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — il va falloir que tu acceptes la décision même si tu n'es pas d'accord
5) (emphatic: setting up a contrast)2.the discovery wasn't so much shocking as depressing — la découverte était moins choquante que déprimante
1) ( a great deal) beaucoup; ( in negative sentences) grand-chosemuch of the difficulty lies in... — une grande partie de la difficulté réside dans...
to make much of something — ( focus on) insister sur quelque chose; ( understand) comprendre quelque chose
2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)so much — tellement, tant
so much of the time, it's a question of patience — la plupart du temps c'est une question de patience
it's too much! — lit c'est trop!; ( in protest) c'en est trop!
I'll say this much for him, he's honest — il a au moins ça pour lui, il est honnête
this much is certain, we'll have no choice — une chose est certaine, nous n'aurons pas le choix
it can cost as much as £50 — ça peut coûter jusqu'à 50 livres sterling
as much as to say... — d'un air de dire...
do you know how much this means to me? — est-ce que tu sais à quel point or combien c'est important pour moi?
3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)it's not ou nothing much — ce n'est pas grand-chose
it's not up to much — GB ça ne vaut pas grand-chose
3.I'm not much of a one for cooking — (colloq) la cuisine ce n'est pas mon fort (colloq)
quantifier beaucoup de4.much+ combining form5.much-loved/-respected — très apprécié/respecté
much as conjunctional phrase bien que (+ subj)6.much as we regret our decision we have no choice — bien que nous regrettions or nous avons beau regretter notre décision, nous n'avons pas le choix
much less conjunctional phrase encore moins7.I've never seen him much less spoken to him — je n'ai jamais eu l'occasion de le voir encore moins de lui parler
so much as adverbial phrasewithout so much as saying goodbye/as an apology — sans même dire au revoir/s'excuser
••there isn't much in GB ou to US it — (in contest, competition) ils se suivent de près
there isn't much in it for us — ( to our advantage) ça ne va pas nous apporter grand-chose
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11 unlikely
unlikely [ʌnˈlaɪklɪ]• an unlikely place to find... un endroit où l'on ne s'attend guère à trouver...* * *[ʌn'laɪklɪ]1) ( unexpected) improbable, peu probableit is unlikely that — il est peu probable que (+ subj)
2) ( strange) [partner, choice, situation] inattendu3) ( probably untrue) [story] invraisemblable; [excuse] peu probable -
12 a tall story
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13 embellish
[im'beliʃ]1) (to increase the interest of (a story etc) by adding (untrue) details: The soldier embellished the story of his escape.) enjoliver2) (to make beautiful with ornaments etc: uniform embellished with gold braid.) orner (de)• -
14 fable
['feibl]1) (a story (usually about animals) that teaches a lesson about human behaviour: Aesop's fables.) fable2) (a legend or untrue story: fact or fable?) légende•- fabulous- fabulously -
15 fairy-story
1) (an old, or children's, story of fairies, magic etc: a book of fairy-stories.) conte de fées2) (an untrue statement; a lie: I don't want to hear any fairy-stories!) histoire invraisemblable; mensonge -
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17 tale
[teil]1) (a story: He told me the tale of his travels.) conte, récit2) (an untrue story; a lie: He told me he had a lot of money, but that was just a tale.) histoire -
18 which
[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) quel; lequel, laquelle2. relative pronoun((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) qui; que; lequel3. relative adjective, relative pronoun(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) (ce) que/qui; auquel (cas)- which is which? - which is which -
19 unlikely
1 ( unexpected) improbable, peu probable ; highly ou most unlikely extrêmement improbable ; it is unlikely that il est peu probable que (+ subj) ; they are unlikely to succeed il est peu probable qu'ils réussissent ; it's not unlikely that il n'est pas impossible que (+ subj) ;2 ( strange) [partner, marriage, choice, situation] inattendu ; -
20 bum
1 noun∎ to put bums on seats attirer le public□(b) (tramp) clochard(e)□ mf, clodo m; (lazy person) fainéant(e)□ mf, flemmard(e) m,f; (worthless person) minable mf, minus m;∎ to give sth the bum's rush (idea, suggestion) rejeter qch□ ;∎ my idea was given the bum's rush mon idée est passée à la trappe∎ a beach bum un(e) fana ou mordu(e) des plages∎ to be or live on the bum vagabonder;∎ he went on the bum il s'est mis à dormir sous les ponts∎ he got a bit of a bum deal il a été très mal traité;∎ American he was in jail on a bum rap il était en prison pour un délit qu'il n'avait pas commis∎ (beg, borrow) to bum sth off sb emprunter qch à qn□, taper qn de qch□ ;∎ he's always bumming cigarettes il est toujours à quémander ou mendier des cigarettes;∎ to bum a lift or ride se faire accompagner en voiture□ ;∎ can I bum a lift or a ride to the station? est-ce que tu peux me déposer à la gare?□ ;∎ they bummed a lift to the border ils ont réussi à se faire emmener en voiture jusqu'à la frontière□(a) (be disappointed) l'avoir mauvaise(b) (laze about) traîner►► British bum bag banane f;bum steer tuyau m percé;∎ to give sb a bum steer donner un tuyau percé à qn∎ (spend time in) to bum around Australia/the country parcourir l'Australie/le pays sac au dos□ ;∎ to bum around the house rester chez soi à glanderglander, glandouiller; (travel) vadrouiller;∎ they spent three months bumming around in Mexico ils ont passé trois mois à se balader au Mexique
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