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41 less
less [les]moins de ⇒ 1, 7 1 moins ⇒ 2, 3 (a) de moins en moins ⇒ 5 encore moins ⇒ 6 moins que ⇒ 7 2 rien de moins ⇒ 8 (b) pas moins de ⇒ 9(compar of little) moins de;∎ less money/time/bread moins d'argent/de temps/de pain;∎ we have less time than we thought nous avons moins de temps que nous ne pensions;∎ of less importance/value de moindre importance/valeur2 pronoun(compar of little) moins;∎ a bit less un peu moins;∎ the evening was less of a success than she had hoped la soirée était moins réussie qu'elle ne l'avait espéré;∎ let's hope we see less of them in future espérons que nous les verrons moins souvent à l'avenir;∎ less of your noise! faites moins de bruit!;∎ familiar less of that!, less of it! ça suffit!3 adverb(a) (forming comparatives) moins;∎ they couldn't be less friendly if they tried il leur serait difficile d'être plus désagréables;∎ she is less musical than her sister elle est moins musicienne que sa sœur;∎ he was less amusing than I remembered il était moins drôle que dans mes souvenirs∎ the blue dress costs less la robe bleue coûte moins cher;∎ not a penny less pas un sou de moins;∎ we saw his books less as literature than as propaganda nous considérions ses livres moins comme de la littérature que comme de la propagande;∎ I don't think any (the) less of her or I think no less of her because of what happened ce qui s'est passé ne l'a pas fait baisser dans mon estime;∎ we don't like her any the less for all her faults nous ne l'aimons pas moins à cause de ses défauts;∎ the more I see of her the less I like her plus je la vois moins elle me plaît;∎ the less you know the better moins tu en sais, mieux c'est;∎ there's nothing I want less than to hurt him je ne veux surtout pas le blesser∎ that's £300 less ten percent for store card holders ça fait 300 livres moins dix pour cent avec la carte du magasin;∎ 8 less 3 is 5 8 moins 3 ou 3 ôté de 8 égale 5de moins en moins;∎ I seem to have less and less energy on dirait que j'ai de moins en moins d'énergie2 adverbde moins en moins;∎ less and less interesting de moins en moins intéressant;∎ we found we had less and less to say to each other nous nous sommes rendu compte que nous avions de moins en moins de choses à nous dire;∎ I see him less and less these days je le vois de moins en moins ces temps-ciencore moins;∎ they don't own a fridge, much less a freezer ils n'ont pas de réfrigérateur, et encore moins de congélateur;∎ he wouldn't even phone her, much less visit her il ne voulait même pas l'appeler, encore moins aller la voir;∎ I hadn't really thought about it, much less talked to anyone else je n'y avais pas vraiment réfléchi, et j'en avais encore moins parlé à qui que ce soit(with numbers, measurements etc) moins de;∎ it took me less than five minutes ça m'a pris moins de cinq minutes;∎ you won't get another one like it for less than $1,000 vous n'en retrouverez pas un comme ça à moins de 1000 dollars;∎ nothing less than a four-star hotel is good enough for them il leur faut au moins un quatre étoiles;∎ in less than no time en un rien de temps, en moins de deux2 adverbmoins que;∎ there was less than I expected il y en avait moins que je m'y attendais;∎ he eats less than he used to il mange moins qu'avant;∎ the weather was rather less than ideal le temps était vraiment loin d'être idéal;∎ it would have been less than fair to have kept it from her ça aurait été vraiment injuste de le lui cacher(a) (in size, amount, degree)∎ I expected no less from you je n'en attendais pas moins de vous;∎ the news of his death came as no less of a shock for being expected on avait beau s'y attendre, la nouvelle de sa mort n'en fut pas moins un choc∎ he won the Booker prize, no less! il a gagné le prix Booker, rien que ça!;∎ she married a duke, no less! elle a épousé un duc, s'il vous plaît!;∎ she had invited no less a person than the President himself elle avait invité rien moins que le président lui-même;∎ the letter was signed by Vincent, no less! la lettre était signée de Vincent, s'il vous plaît!pas moins de;∎ this wall is no less than a metre thick ce mur n'a pas moins d'un mètre d'épaisseur;∎ taxes rose by no less than 15 percent les impôts ont augmenté de 15 pour cent, ni plus ni moins -
42 mystery shopping
Mktgthe use of employees or agents to visit a store or use a service anonymously and assess its quality. Mystery shopping is used to assess such factors as the quality of customer service, including general and technical efficiency, and friendliness of staff, layout and appearance of the premises, and quality and variety of goods or services on offer. Mystery shoppers fill in a questionnaire based on their impressions and this information is then used to identify possible areas for business or service improvement.
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