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be that as it may (nevertheless) adverb [UK: bi ðæt əz ɪt meɪ] [US: bi ˈðæt ˈæz ˈɪt ˈmeɪ] | de toute façon◼◻◻adverbe |
come what may (idiomatic) adverb [UK: kʌm ˈwɒt meɪ] [US: ˈkəm ˈhwʌt ˈmeɪ] | advienne que pourra◼◼◼adverbe quoiqu'il arrive◼◼◻adverbe |
devil-may-care (carefree) adjective [UK: ˌdevl meɪ ˈkeə(r)] [US: ˌdevl meɪ ˈkeər] | insouciant◼◼◼adjectif |
dismay (a sudden loss of courage) noun [UK: dɪs.ˈmeɪ] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈsmeɪ] | consternation◼◼◼nom {f}To my dismay, my wallet was gone. = À ma consternation, mon portefeuille s'était envolé. désarroi◼◼◻nom {m}To my dismay, I found I had lost my money. = À mon grand désarroi, j'ai découvert que j'avais perdu mon argent. |
dismay [dismayed, dismaying, dismays] (to disable with alarm or apprehensions) verb [UK: dɪs.ˈmeɪ] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈsmeɪ] | affliger◼◻◻verbe |
dismay [dismayed, dismaying, dismays] (to take dismay or fright) verb [UK: dɪs.ˈmeɪ] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈsmeɪ] | avoir peur◼◻◻verbe |
dismay [dismayed, dismaying, dismays] (to render lifeless) verb [UK: dɪs.ˈmeɪ] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈsmeɪ] | mortifierverbe |
dismayed (having the emotion of dismay) adjective [UK: dɪs.ˈmeɪd] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈsmeɪd] | consterné◼◼◼adjectifI was dismayed at the news. = J'ai été consterné de ces nouvelles. |
Jan Mayen (Norwegian territory) proper noun | Jan Mayen◼◼◼nom propre |
Mount Mayon (the most active volcano in the Philippines) proper noun | Mayon◼◼◼nom propre |
ne'er cast a clout til May be out (advice not to change from winter clothes) phrase | |
Proto-Mayan (hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language) proper noun | proto-maya◼◼◼nom propre |
sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me (a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference) phrase | |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (two distinct dependencies of Norway) proper noun | Iles Svalbard et Jan Mayennom propre |
the fox may grow grey but never good (one cannot change one's own nature) phrase | les loups peuvent perdre leurs dentsphrase mais non le naturelphrase |
the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature (one cannot change one's own nature) phrase | les loups peuvent perdre leurs dentsphrase mais non le naturelphrase |
to whom it may concern (phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient) phrase [UK: tuː huːm ɪt meɪ kən.ˈsɜːn] [US: ˈtuː ˈhuːm ˈɪt ˈmeɪ kən.ˈsɝːn] | à qui de droit◼◼◼phrase |
tomayto, tomahto (to suggest a distinction without a difference) phrase | blanc bonnetphrase bonnet blancphrase |
your mileage may vary (this is just my opinion, see also: there's no accounting for taste) phrase | ce n'est que mon avisphrase des goûts et des couleursphrase on ne discute pasphrase |
Yucatec Maya (Yucatec Maya language) proper noun | maya yucatèque◼◼◼nom propre |