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1 soufflé
souffle [sufl]1. masculine noun• pour jouer d'un instrument à vent, il faut du souffle you need a lot of breath to play a wind instrumentb. ( = respiration) breathing• trouver son second souffle (Sport) to get one's second wind ; (figurative) to find a new lease of lifec. [d'incendie, explosion] blast• il n'y avait pas un souffle (d'air or de vent) there was not a breath of aire. ( = force créatrice) inspiration2. compounds* * *suflnom masculin1) ( respiration) breathcouper le souffle à quelqu'un — lit to wind somebody; fig to take somebody's breath away
à couper le souffle — [beauté, vitesse] breathtaking; [beau] breathtakingly
(en) avoir le souffle coupé — lit to be winded; fig to be speechless
être à bout de souffle — [personne] to be out of breath; [pays, économie] to be running out of steam
retrouver un second souffle — ( après un effort) to get one's second wind; (après un marasme, vieillissement) to get a new lease of GB ou on US life
donner un second or nouveau souffle à quelqu'un/quelque chose — to put new life into somebody/something
avoir du souffle — lit [trompettiste] to have good lungs; [acteur, chanteur] to have a powerful voice; [sportif] to be fit; fig ( avoir de l'endurance) [personne] to have staying power; ( avoir de l'esprit) [auteur, œuvre] to be inspired; ( avoir de l'audace) (colloq) to have nerve
2) ( bruit de respiration) breathing3) ( brise) breeze4) ( esprit) spirit5) ( force) inspiration6) ( élément) touch7) Physique (d'explosion, de réacteur, ventilateur) blast8) Médecine ( en cardiologie) murmur* * *sufl nm1) (= expiration) breathdans un souffle [répondre, dire, avouer] — in a whisper
2) (= respiration) breathing, (= haleine) breath3) [explosion, ventilateur] blast4) fig inspiration* * *souffle nm1 Physiol ( respiration) breath; retenir/reprendre son souffle to hold/to catch one's breath; avoir le souffle court to be short of breath; retrouver son souffle lit, fig to get one's breath back; couper le souffle à qn lit to wind sb; fig to take sb's breath away; à couper le souffle [beauté, vitesse] breathtaking; [beau] breathtakingly; (en) avoir le souffle coupé lit to be winded; fig to be speechless; être à bout de souffle [personne] to be out of breath; [pays, économie] to be running out of steam; travailler jusqu'à en perdre le souffle to work till one drops; jusqu'au dernier souffle till one's dying breath; dire qch dans un souffle to say sth in a whisper; parler dans un même souffle de ceci et de cela to speak in the same breath of this and that; retrouver un deuxième or second or nouveau souffle ( après un effort) [personne] to get one's second wind; (après un marasme, vieillissement) [pays, entreprise, activité, personne, machine] to get a new lease of GB ou on US life; donner un deuxième or second or nouveau souffle à qn/qch [personne, décision, changement] to put new life into sb/sth; avoir du souffle lit [trompettiste] to have good lungs; [acteur, chanteur] to have a powerful voice; [sportif] to be fit; fig ( avoir de l'endurance) [personne] to have staying power; [moteur] to be powerful; ( avoir de l'esprit) [auteur, œuvre] to be inspired; ( avoir de l'audace)○ to have nerve; avoir un souffle de marathonien to have the stamina of a marathon runner; manquer de souffle lit [personne] to be short of breath; fig ( manquer d'endurance) [personne] to lack staying power; ( manquer d'esprit) [œuvre] to lack that vital spark; ⇒ rendre;2 ( bruit de respiration) breathing; souffle léger/précipité light/rapid breathing;3 ( brise) breeze; souffle parfumé scented breeze; pas un souffle (de vent/d'air) not a breath of wind/of air; au moindre souffle at the slightest breeze;4 ( esprit) spirit; souffle révolutionnaire/olympique revolutionary/Olympic spirit; souffle de la liberté/révolte spirit of freedom/rebellion;5 ( force) inspiration; souffle d'un film/roman/discours inspiration of a film/novel/speech; souffle créateur creative inspiration; souffle vital breath of life;6 ( élément) touch; souffle de génie touch of genius;7 Phys (d'explosion, de réacteur, ventilateur) blast;8 Méd ( en cardiologie) murmur; souffle au cœur heart murmur; souffle diastolique/systolique diastolic/systolic murmur.être battu/échouer d'un souffle to be beaten/to fail by a whisker GB ou hair US; sentir le souffle de la mort to feel the cold hand of death.1. TECHNOLOGIE blownj'étais soufflé! I was speechless!, you could have knocked me down with a feather!soufflé nom masculin -
2 renverser
I.v. trans.1. To 'bowl over', to dumbfound, to surprise. La nouvelle de sa mort m'a renversé: You could have knocked me down with a feather when they told me he was dead!2. Renverser la vapeur (fig.): To make an about-turn, to change one's mind or tactics completely.II.v. intrans.1. To come to terms with fate, to accept the inevitable (also: rengracier).2. To start behaving in a totally different manner (one that could not be seen as an improvement). -
3 sidérer
➭ TABLE 6 transitive verb( = abasourdir) to stagger (inf)• je suis sidéré par son intelligence/son insolence I'm dumbfounded by his intelligence/his insolence• la foule regardait, sidérée the crowd watched, dumbfounded* * *(colloq) sideʀe verbe transitif to stagger (colloq), to astonish* * *sideʀe vt[personne] [nouvelle] to staggerLa nouvelle les a tous sidérés. — They were all staggered by the news.
* * *sidérer○ verb table: céder vtr to stagger○, to astonish.[sidere] verbe transitif(familier) [abasourdir] to staggerj'étais sidéré d'apprendre cela I was staggered to hear that, you could have knocked me down with a feather when I heard that -
4 abalober
v. trans. To 'flabbergast', to astound. Alors là, j'en ai été abalobé! You could have knocked me down with a feather! -
5 époustoufler
v. trans. To 'flabbergast', to astound. Ça m'a drôlement époustouflé! You could have knocked me down with a feather!
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you could have knocked me down with a feather — I was astounded • • • Main Entry: ↑feather * * * you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down (or over) with a feather informal used to express great surprise * * * you could have knocked me down with a ˈfeather … Useful english dictionary
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