OFF-COLOR - Traduzione inglese-francese

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

inglese

francese

off colour ingl brit, off color ingl am AGG colloq

1. off colour ingl brit (unwell):

off colour

patraque colloq

2. off colour story, joke:

off colour

indécent

set off colour, dress, tan

mettre [qc] en valeur

to be off colour

ne pas être en forme

to feel a bit off colloq(-colour) ingl brit

ne pas être dans son assiette colloq

francese

inglese

I. mine [min] SOST f

1. mine:

mine (expression)

expression

mine (aspect)

look

avoir la mine boudeuse

to have a sulky expression, to look sulky

faire triste mine

to have a gloomy expression, to look gloomy

tu en fais une mine!

why are you looking like that?

ne fais pas cette mine!

don't look like that!

sous sa mine aimable, c'est quelqu'un de très dur

beneath his/her pleasant exterior, he/she is very hard

juger les gens sur leur mine

to judge people by appearances

faire mine d'accepter/de ne pas comprendre

to pretend to accept/not to understand

faire mine de partir/frapper

to make as if to go/to hit

elle nous a dit, mine de rien colloq, que …

she told us, casually, that …

il est doué, mine de rien colloq

it may not be obvious, but he's very clever

mine de rien colloq, elle arrive toujours à ses fins

without being obvious about it, she always gets her way

elle a raison, mine de rien colloq

she's right, you know

2. mine (apparence):

avoir mauvaise mine

to look a bit off-colour ingl brit

avoir une sale colloq ou petite mine

to look a bit off-colour ingl brit

avoir une mine resplendissante

to be glowing with health

avoir une mine de papier mâché

to look washed out

avoir bonne mine personne:

to look well

avoir bonne mine tarte, rôti:

to look appetizing

j'aurais bonne mine! iron

I would look really stupid!

3. mine (pour dessiner):

mine

lead

crayon à mine dure/grasse

hard/soft pencil

4. mine MINER:

mine (gén)

mine

mine (de charbon) (gén)

colliery ingl brit

mine (de charbon) (gén)

mine

mine (puits)

pit ingl brit

mine (puits)

mine

mine à ciel ouvert

opencast mine

travailler à la mine

to be a miner, to work in a mine

l 'exploitation des mines

mining

une région de mines

a coal-mining area

mine d'or lett, fig

gold mine

5. mine (source):

mine

source

mine d'informations fig

mine of information

une mine d'adresses utiles

a source of useful addresses

6. mine MILIT:

mine

mine

sauter sur une mine

to be blown up by a mine

mine terrestre

land mine

mine antichar/antipersonnel

antitank/antipersonnel mine

II. mines SOST fpl

1. mines (minauderies):

mines

simpering uncountable

faire des mines

to simper

2. mines AMMIN:

les Mines

official body responsible for regulating weights and measures and changes made to motor vehicles

III. mine [min]

mine de crayon

lead

mine de plomb

graphite uncountable

IV. mine [min]

ne pas payer de mine colloq

not to look anything special colloq

Grande école Info

Grande école

A prestigious tertiary-level institution where admission is usually by competitive entrance examination or concours. Places are much sought after as they are widely considered to guarantee more promising career prospects than the standard university institutions. Many grandes écoles specialize in particular disciplines or fields of study, e.g. ENA, Sciences Po, etc.

École Info

École

The French school system has three tiers: l'école maternelle (from the age of two); l'école primaire comprising cours préparatoire (CP), cours élémentaire 1 et 2 (CE1, CE2), cours moyen 1 et 2 (CM1, CM2); and l'école secondaire (collège and lycée). School attendance is compulsory between the ages of 6 and 16.

école [ekɔl] SOST f

1. école SCUOLA (établissement):

école

school

être à l'école

to be at school ingl brit

être à l'école

to be in school ingl am

aller à l'école

to go to school

le directeur a réuni toute l'école

the headteacher assembled the whole school

école de garçons/filles

boys'/girls' school

enfants des écoles

schoolchildren

la grande/petite école

primary/nursery school

2. école (enseignement):

école

school

l'école est finie

school is over

avoir école

to have school

mettre un enfant à l'école

to send a child to school

dès l'école

from the very first days at school

quitter l'école à 16 ans

to leave school at 16

3. école (système):

école

education system

réformer l'école

to reform the education system

4. école:

école, a. grande école UNIV

higher education institution with competitive entrance examination

une école d'ingénieurs

a Grande École of Engineering

une école de commerce

a business school

5. école (source de formation):

école

training (de in)

la lexicographie est une école de patience

lexicography is a training in patience

être à bonne école

to be in good hands

être de la vieille école

to be of the old school

l'école de la vie

the university of life

6. école (mouvement):

école

school

école flamande/romantique

Flemish/Romantic school

école de pensée

school of thought

faire école

to gain a following

locuzioni:

école communale

local school

école de conduite

driving school

école de danse

dancing school

école élémentaire

primary school

école de gestion UNIV

business school

école de gestion UNIV

school of business and management ingl brit

école hôtelière

hotel management school

école d'infirmières

nursing college

école de journalisme

school of journalism

école de langues

language school

école libre (système)

independent education

école libre (établissement)

independent school

école maternelle

nursery school

école militaire

military academy

école de musique

music school

école normale, EN

primary teacher training college

école obligatoire

compulsory schooling

école parallèle

progressive school ingl brit

école parallèle

alternative school

école de pilotage

flying school

école de police

police college ingl brit

école de police

police academy ingl am

école primaire

primary school

école privée

private school

école professionnelle

training college

école publique (établissement)

state school ingl brit

école publique (établissement)

public school ingl am

école publique (système)

state education ingl brit

école publique (système)

public education ingl am

école de secrétariat

secretarial college

École centrale des arts et manufactures, Centrale colloq

Grande École of Engineering

École des chartes, les Chartes colloq

School of Palaeography and Archival Studies

École des Mines, les Mines colloq

Grande École of Mining Studies

École nationale d'administration, ENA

Grande École of Public Management

École nationale des ponts et chaussées, les Ponts et chaussées colloqles Ponts colloq

Grande École of Civil Engineering

École nationale supérieure des arts et métiers, les Arts et métiers colloqles Arts colloqENSAM

Grande École of Engineering

École normale supérieure, ENS

Grande École preparing teachers for higher education

ne pas avoir la frite (physiquement)

to be off colour ingl brit

nel dizionario PONS

inglese

francese

off colo(u)r AGG

1. off colo(u)r ingl brit (bad):

to feel a bit off color

se sentir mal

2. off colo(u)r (somewhat obscene):

off colo(u)r

obscène

francese

inglese

saumâtre [somɑtʀ] AGG

1. saumâtre:

saumâtre

briny

2. saumâtre colloq (désagréable):

saumâtre impression

unpleasant

saumâtre plaisanterie

off-colour ingl brit

saumâtre plaisanterie

off-color ingl am

mine¹ [min] SOST f

1. mine sans pl (aspect du visage):

mine

expression

avoir bonne mine

to look well

avoir bonne mine scherz, iron colloq (avoir l'air ridicule)

to look stupid

avoir mauvaise/une petite mine

to look ill/off-colour ingl brit

faire bonne/grise mine à qn

to give sb a warm/cool reception

ne pas payer de mine

to be not much to look at

2. mine sans pl (allure):

mine

appearance

locuzioni:

avoir une mine de papier mâché

to look like death warmed up ingl brit

avoir une mine de papier mâché

to look like death warmed over ingl am

mine de rien colloq (sans se gêner)

all casually

mine de rien (malgré les apparences)

you'd never think it but

nel dizionario PONS

inglese

francese

off-color AGG

off-color

obscène

francese

inglese

mine¹ [min] SOST f

1. mine sans pl (aspect du visage):

mine

expression

avoir bonne mine

to look well

avoir bonne mine scherz, iron colloq (avoir l'air ridicule)

to look stupid

avoir mauvaise/une petite mine

to look ill/off-color

ne pas payer de mine

to be not much to look at

2. mine sans pl (allure):

mine

appearance

locuzioni:

mine de rien colloq (sans se gêner)

all casually

mine de rien (malgré les apparences)

you'd never think it, but

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

My humiliation was completed when he merely reached under the skirting board and flicked the wall switch off and on, whereupon the wretched machine returned instantly to its previous settings.

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She served off and on as a disc jockey from age 15 to 21.

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After the agenda was decided talks proceeded slowly, with off and on again discussions.

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A switch on top of the unit allows the player to turn the device off and on if a code causes interference during certain situations.

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We recorded off and on for many months in our really comfy and clubhouse-like home studio.

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