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41 disguise
disguise [dɪs'gaɪz]1 noundéguisement m;∎ in disguise déguisé;∎ to put on a disguise se déguiser;∎ figurative it was all a disguise ce n'était qu'un masque;∎ to be a master of disguise être un roi du déguisement(a) (voice, handwriting, person) déguiser;∎ to be disguised as sb/sth, to disguise oneself as sb/sth être déguisé en qn/qch(b) (feelings, disappointment etc) dissimuler, masquer; (truth, facts) dissimuler, cacher; (unsightly feature) cacher; (bad taste of food, cough mixture etc) couvrir;∎ there's no disguising the fact that business is bad on ne peut pas cacher le fait que les affaires vont mal;∎ there's no disguising the fact that I'm in love with you je dois avouer que je vous aime -
42 recognize
(a) (identify → person, place, voice etc) reconnaître;∎ you'll recognize him by his hat vous le reconnaîtrez à son chapeau;∎ they recognized him for what he was ils le reconnurent pour ce qu'il était(b) (acknowledge → person) reconnaître les talents de; (→ achievement) reconnaître; Sport (record) homologuer;∎ to recognize sb as king reconnaître qn comme ou en tant que roi(c) (be aware of, admit) reconnaître;∎ I recognize (that) I made a mistake je reconnais ou j'admets que je me suis trompé;∎ the scale of the disaster has finally been recognized on a fini par se rendre compte de l'étendue du désastre;∎ he can certainly recognize a good business opportunity il sait repérer les bonnes affaires -
43 boom
A n1 ( noise) (of voices, cannon, thunder) grondement m ; ( of waves) mugissement m ; ( of organ) ronflement m ; ( of drum) boum m ; ( of explosion) détonation f ;2 onomat badaboum! ;3 Econ, Fin ( period of prosperity) boom m, période f de forte expansion ; (in demand, prices, sales etc) explosion f (in de) ; baby boom baby-boom m ; export/consumer boom boom des exportations/de la consommation ; property/credit boom boom immobilier/du crédit ; a boom and bust economy une économie f en dents de scie ;4 ( increase in popularity) boom m (in de) ;6 ( on crane) gui m ;B modif [economy, industry, sector, town] en pleine expansion ; [period, year] de croissance ; [share] à la hausse.C vtr1 US ( cause to grow) donner un coup de fouet à ;2 US (publicize, push) pousser ;3 ( shout) ‘welcome!’ he boomed ‘bienvenue!’ dit-il d'une voix de stentor.D vi1 ( make a noise) [cannon, thunder] gronder ; [bell, voice] retentir ; [organ] ronfler ; [sea] mugir ;2 ( prosper) [economy, trade] prospérer ; [exports, prices, sales] monter en flèche ; [industry] être en plein essor ; [hobby, sport] être en plein boom ; business is booming les affaires vont bien.to lower the boom on sb ○ US serrer la vis à qn.■ boom out:▶ boom out [music, sound] retentir ;▶ boom [sth] out, boom out [sth] [person] brailler [speech] ; [loudspeaker] faire retentir [announcement] ; [drum] faire retentir [rhythm]. -
44 shaky
(a) (unsteady → chair, table) branlant, peu solide; (→ ladder) branlant, peu stable; (→ hand) tremblant, tremblotant; (→ writing) tremblé; (→ voice) tremblotant, chevrotant; (→ steps) chancelant;∎ he's a bit shaky on his legs il ne tient pas bien ou il n'est pas très solide sur ses jambes;∎ I'm still shaky after my accident je ne me suis pas encore complètement remis de mon accident;∎ to be based or built on shaky foundations avoir des bases chancelantes(b) (uncertain, weak → health, faith) précaire, vacillant; (→ authority, regime) incertain, chancelant; (→ future, finances) incertain, précaire; (→ business) incertain;∎ her memory is a bit shaky sa mémoire n'est pas très sûre;∎ my memories of the war are rather shaky mes souvenirs de la guerre sont assez vagues;∎ things got off to a shaky start les choses ont plutôt mal commencé;∎ my knowledge of German is a bit shaky mes notions d'allemand sont plutôt vagues;∎ he came up with some very shaky arguments ses arguments étaient très peu convaincants
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