Francia | Angol |
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oindre verbe | anoint [anointed, anointing, anoints]◼◼◼(to apply oil to or to pour oil upon) anoint [anointed, anointing, anoints]◼◼◼(to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance) |
adjoindre verbe | adjoin [adjoined, adjoining, adjoins]◼◼◼(mathematics: to add (an element) to a structure) |
avoir la moindre chance [interrogative / negative form] verbe | stand a chance◼◼◼(have a chance) |
conjoindre verbe | conjoin [conjoined, conjoining, conjoins]◼◼◼(to join together) |
dans une moindre mesure preposition | to a lesser extent◼◼◼preposition |
dernier mais non des moindres adverbe | last but not least◼◼◼(An expression to start the last item of a list) |
décrocher; [to eke out a living / an existence]: essayer de joindre les deux bouts verbe | eke out(to obtain with difficulty) |
enjoindre verbe | enjoin [enjoined, enjoining, enjoins]◼◼◼(to lay on, as a command) |
joindre verbe | join [joined, joining, joins]◼◼◼(to combine more than one item into one; to put together) |
joindre l'utile à l'agréable verbe | mix business with pleasure◼◼◼(to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work) |
joindre les deux bouts verbe | make ends meet◼◼◼(get by financially) |
le moindre [cf. moindre] determiner | least◼◼◼(the smallest amount of) |
moindre adjectif | lesser◼◼◼(the comparative of little) |
moindre mal nom {m} | lesser of two evils◼◼◼noun |
moindre; moins adverbe | least◼◼◼(in the smallest degree) |
ne pas avoir la moindre idée verbe | have the foggiest("I haven't the foggiest": I don't know) |
principe de moindre surprise nom propre {m} | principle of least astonishment(user interface principle) |
rejoindre verbe | join [joined, joining, joins]◼◼◼verb meet◼◼◻(to adjoin; be physically touching) enlist [enlisted, enlisting, enlists]◼◻◻(to join a cause or organization) subsume [subsumed, subsuming, subsumes](to consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule) |
sans le moindre doute adverbe | verily(truly, doubtlessly) |
se joindre verbe | join [joined, joining, joins]◼◼◼(to become a member of) join [joined, joining, joins]◼◼◼(to come into the company of) |
se rejoindre verbe | meet◼◼◼(to come face to face with someone by arrangement) meet◼◼◼(to converge and finally touch or intersect) rendezvous◼◻◻(meet at an agreed time and place) |