Franceză | Engleză |
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concourir verbe | vie [vied, vying, vies]◼◼◻(to rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete) |
concours nom {m} | competition [competitions]◼◼◼(contest for a prize or award) contest [contests]◼◼◼(competition, see also: competition) |
concours complet nom {m} | eventing◼◼◼(equestrian event which comprises dressage, cross-country, and showjumping) |
concours d'entrée nom {m} | entrance examination◼◼◼(examination used by an educational institution to select which students it will grant admission to) |
concours de beauté nom {m} | beauty pageant◼◼◼(competition on attractiveness) |
concours de bite nom {m} | pissing matchnoun |
concours de circonstances nom {m} | turn of events◼◼◼(deviation from the expected) |
concours de saut d'obstacles nom {m} | show jumping◼◼◼(equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles) |
contre-courant nom {m} | countercurrent [countercurrents]◼◼◼(Current that flows against the prevailing one) |
contre-courant nom | eddy [eddies]◼◼◻(air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current) |
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire nom propre {m} | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire◼◼◼(a town in Nièvre, France) |
côté cour nom | stage left◼◼◼(area to the left (facing audience) of the stage) |
coupure de courant nom {f} | power cut◼◼◼(interruption in the supply of power) blackout [blackouts]◼◼◼(a large-scale power failure) |
coupure de courant nom | power failure◼◼◻(power failure, see also: power cut; outage; blackout) |
dans le courant preposition | in the swim(actively participating in the flow of events) |
dans le sens du courant (descente adverbe | downstream◼◼◼(Following the path of a river or stream) |
de la couronne adjectif | crown◼◼◼(of, related to, or pertaining to a crown) |
découragé adjectif | despondent◼◼◼(in low spirits from loss of hope or courage) dejected◼◼◻(sad and dispirited) exanimate(spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively) |
décourageant adjectif | daunting◼◼◼(discouraging; inspiring fear) |
décourager verbe | discourage [discouraged, discouraging, discourages]◼◼◼(to dishearten) deter [deterred, deterring, deters]◼◼◼(to persuade someone not to do something) dishearten [disheartened, disheartening, disheartens]◼◼◻(discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage) daunt [daunted, daunting, daunts]◼◻◻(to discourage) dispirit [dispirited, dispiriting, dispirits]◼◻◻(Lower the morale of) |
décourtoisie nom {f} | inattention(failure of courtesy) |
demi-couronne nom {f} | half-crown◼◼◼(coin) |
dernier recours nom {m} | last resort◼◼◼(only remaining option) |
détourner le courant électrique verbe | shunt [shunted, shunting, shunts](to divert electric current) |
discourir verbe | orate [orated, orating, orates]◼◼◼(to speak formally; to give a speech) |
discours nom {m} | speech [speeches]◼◼◼(an oration, session of speaking) address [addresses]◼◼◼(act of addressing oneself to a person or group) discourse [discourses]◼◼◻(expression in (spoken or written) words) discourse [discourses]◼◼◻(formal lengthy exposition of some subject) discourse [discourses]◼◼◻(verbal exchange or conversation) discourse [discourses]◼◼◻noun talk [talks]◼◼◻(major topic of social discussion) |