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 | audio articulé {adj} [son] | articulate |  |
 | bredouille {adj} [qui n'a pas atteint son but] | empty-handed [not brought back a prize, achieved a goal etc] |  |
 | dur {adj} [son, voix, ton] | harsh |  |
 | éclatant {adj} {pres-p} [bruit, son] | deafening |  |
 | feutré {adj} [son] | muffled [sound] |  |
 | frêle {adj} [voix, son] | faint |  |
 | lugubre {adj} [son, chant] | lugubrious |  |
 | lugubre {adj} [son, chant] | mournful |  |
 | mat {adj} [son, bruit] | dull [sound] |  |
 | moelleux {adj} [voix, son] | mellow |  |
 | pénétrant {adj} {pres-p} [vent, air, son, voix, bruit] | penetrating |  |
 | mus. plaintif {adj} [note, musique, son] | mournful |  |
Verbs |
 | bourse fin. placer qc. [son argent] | 3 to invest sth. [one's money] |  |
 | enregistrer qc. [son, video, acte, opération, etc.] | 2 to record sth. |  |
 | ling. adoucir qc. [son, voix, language] | to moderate sth. |  |
 | commenter qc. [dire son opinion sur] | to comment on sth. |  |
 | commenter qc. [dire son opinion sur] | to give a commentary on sth. |  |
 | vêt. débarrasser qn. [de son manteau] | to take sb.'s coat |  |
 | mus. phonet. donner qc. [son, note de musique] | to pitch sth. [note, level of sound] |  |
 | renvoyer qc. [son] | to echo sth. |  |
 | comm. reprendre qc. [prendre la suite] | to take sth. over [business: by a son etc.] |  |
 | s'agiter [perdre son calme] | to become agitated |  |
 | s'agiter [perdre son calme] | to become restless |  |
 | s'avancer [donner son point de vue] | to commit oneself |  |
 | s'enfler [voix, son] | to rise |  |
 | s'enfoncer [fam.] [aggraver son cas] | to make things worse for oneself |  |
 | s'étaler [fam.] [tomber de tout son long] | to fall flat (on one's face) |  |
 | s'éteindre [son] | to die away |  |
 | s'exprimer [donner son avis] | to give one's opinion |  |
Nouns |
 | enregistrement {m} [de son, fait, plainte, données] | 4 recording |  |
 | parricide {m} [homme qui a tué sa mère/son père] | 2 parricide |  |
 | bip {m} [son] | beep |  |
 | démission {f} [de son travail] | resignation [from a post] |  |
 | parricide {f} [femme qui a tué sa mère/son père] | parricide |  |
 | parricide {m} [fait de tuer son père] | patricide |  |
 | parricide {m} [le fait de tuer sa mère/son père] | parricide |  |
 | audio puissance {f} [de son] | volume |  |
 | restitution {f} [de son, d'image] | reproduction |  |
 | mus. phonet. timbre {m} [son] | timber [Am.] [sound quality, tone color] |  |
 | mus. phonet. timbre {m} [son] | timbre |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | rebondir contre qc. [rayon, son] | to bounce off sth. |  |
 | vêt. se débarrasser [de son manteau] | to take off one's coat |  |
 | se découvrir [enlever son chapeau] | to take one's hat off |  |
 | se dérober [se soustraire à son devoir] | to shirk responsibility |  |
 | vêt. se déshabiller [ôter son manteau] | to take one's coat off |  |
 | se froisser [être blessé dans son amour-propre] | to take offence [Br.] |  |
 | se froisser [être blessé dans son amour-propre] | to take offense [Am.] |  |
 | se payer qn. [fam.] [lui régler son compte] | to give sb. what for [coll.] |  |
 | se rattraper [compenser son désavantage] | to make up for it |  |
 | se répercuter [son] | to echo |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | hist. Prince {m} Noir | Black Prince [Edward of Woodstock (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England] |  |
 | question {f} cruciale [question qui oblige son interlocuteur à une prise de position sans ambiguïté] | crucial question |  |
 | question {f} cruciale [question qui oblige son interlocuteur à une prise de position sans ambiguïté] | crunch question [coll.] |  |
 | question {f} cruciale [question qui oblige son interlocuteur à une prise de position sans ambiguïté] | sixty-four-thousand-dollar question [coll.] |  |
 | audio se répandre {noun} [son] | to carry [e.g. sound] |  |
3 Words: Others |
 | à défaut de qn./qc. {prep} [en son absence] | if sb./sth. is not available |  |
4 Words: Others |
 | clair comme le cristal {adj} [voix, son] | as clear as a bell |  |
5+ Words: Others |
 | L'erreur est humaine, persévérer [dans son erreur] est diabolique. | To err is human, (but) to persist is diabolical. [Citation : Seneca] |  |
5+ Words: Verbs |
 | fin. tirer les marrons du feu [faire son profit] [fig.] | to reap the benefits |  |
 | cuis. tremper son biscuit dans son thé | to dunk one's biscuit in one's tea [Br.] |  |
 | tremper son biscuit dans son thé | to dunk one's cookie in one's tea [Am.] |  |