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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.] | |
