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ombre n. f. I. 1. Obscurité provoquée par un corps opaque qui intercepte la lumière. Lombre qui règne dans les forêts. Par ext. Lombre, les ombres de la nuit, son obscurité. Fig., fam. Faire de lombre à quelquun: le gêner en lui faisant concurrence.
2. Image, silhouette sombre projetée par un corps qui intercepte la lumière. Voir son ombre sur la route. Ombres chinoises: ombres de figures découpées ou de mains dans différentes positions, portées sur un écran et figurant des animaux, des personnages, etc. Théâtre dombres. Loc. fig. Suivre qqn comme son ombre, être lombre de qqn, le suivre partout. Courir après une ombre: poursuivre des chimères. Lâcher la proie pour lombre, un avantage réel pour un faux-semblant. Avoir peur de son ombre: être très craintif. Lombre de: lapparence de. Il ny a pas lombre dun doute.
3. Partie couverte de couleurs plus sombres, de hachures, etc., représentant les ombres, dans un tableau, un dessin. Impression de relief créée par les ombres. Loc. fig. Il y a une ombre au tableau, qqch qui fait que la situation nest pas totalement satisfaisante.
4. Fantôme, apparence à demi matérialisée dun mort, dans certaines croyances. Royaume des ombres. Fig. Être lombre de soi-même: être diminué, affaibli au point de paraître à peine vivant.
5. Fig. Obscurité, incognito. Votre nom ne sera pas mentionné, vous resterez dans lombre.
II. Loc. adv. À lombre, dans un endroit abrité du soleil. Fig., fam. Mettre qqn à lombre, en prison. Fig., litt. À lombre de: dans le voisinage de; sous la protection de.
peur n. f. 1. Crainte violente éprouvée en présence dun danger réel ou imaginaire. Une peur panique. En être quitte pour la peur: navoir subi dautre dommage que davoir eu peur. Fam. Une peur bleue: une grande peur. Laid à faire peur: très laid. HIST La Grande Peur: panique qui se répandit dans les campagnes françaises à la fin de juillet et au début daoût 1789 et qui donna lieu à des actions violentes contre les nobles.
2. (Sens atténué.) Légère crainte, légère appréhension. Jai peur quil ne vienne pas. Navoir pas peur des mots: appeler les choses par leur nom, ne pas craindre de les désigner clairement, au risque de choquer.
3. Loc. prép. De peur de (+ inf.): par crainte de. Il nest pas sorti de peur dattraper froid. Loc. conj. De peur que (+ ne + subj.): dans la crainte que. Couvrez bien cet enfant, de peur quil ne prenne froid. mentai
destruction noun
1. the act of destroying or state of being destroyed; demolition
2. a cause of ruin or means of destroying
History: C14: from Latin destructio a pulling down; see destroy
video game noun
any of various games that can be played by using an electronic control to move points of light or graphical symbols on the screen of a visual display unit
country noun -tries
1. a territory distinguished by its people, culture, language, geography, etc.
2. an area of land distinguished by its political autonomy; state
3. the people of a territory or state the whole country rebelled;
4. an area associated with a particular person Burns country;
5. (a) the part of the land that is away from cities or industrial areas; rural districts (b) (as modifier) country cottage; (c) (in combination) a countryman; Related adj: pastoral rural
6. Music short for: country music
7. (Archaic) a particular locality or district
8. up country away from the coast or the capital
9. one's native land or nation of citizenship
10. (usually preceded by the) Brit (informal) the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
11. (modifier) rough; uncouth; rustic country manners;
12. across country not keeping to roads, etc.
13. go or appeal to the country Chiefly Brit to dissolve Parliament and hold an election
14. unknown country an unfamiliar topic, place, matter, etc.
History: C13: from Old French contrée, from Medieval Latin contrata, literally: that which lies opposite, from Latin contra opposite
world noun
1. the earth as a planet, esp including its inhabitants
2. mankind; the human race
3. people generally; the public in the eyes of the world;
4. social or public life to go out into the world;
5. the universe or cosmos; everything in existence
6. a complex united whole regarded as resembling the universe
7. any star or planet, esp one that might be inhabited
8. (often capital) a division or section of the earth, its history, or its inhabitants the Western World; the Ancient World; the Third World;
9. an area, sphere, or realm considered as a complete environment the animal world;
10. any field of human activity or way of life or those involved in it the world of television;
11. a period or state of existence the next world;
12. the total circumstances and experience of an individual that make up his life, esp that part of it relating to happiness you have shattered my world;
13. a large amount, number, or distance worlds apart;
14. worldly or secular life, ways, or people
15. See: possible world
16. all the world and his wife a large group of people of various kinds
17. bring into the world (a) (of a midwife, doctor, etc.) to deliver (a baby) (b) to give birth to
18. come into the world to be born
19. dead to the world (Informal) unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk
20. for the world (used with a negative) for any inducement, however great
21. for all the world in every way; exactly
22. give to the world to publish
23. in the world (usually used with a negative) (intensifier) no-one in the world can change things;
24. man (or woman) of the world a man (or woman) experienced in social or public life
25. not long for this world nearing death
26. on top of the world (Informal) exultant, elated, or very happy
27. (Informal) wonderful; excellent
28. set the world on fire to be exceptionally or sensationally successful
29. the best of both worlds the benefits from two different or opposed ways of life, philosophies, etc.
30. think the world of to be extremely fond of or hold in very high esteem
31. world of one's own a state of mental detachment from other people
32. world without end for ever
33. (modifier) of or concerning most or all countries; worldwide world politics; a world record;
34. (in combination) throughout the world world-famous;
History: Old English w(e)orold, from wer man + ald age, life; related to Old Frisian warld, wrald, Old Norse verold, Old High German wealt (German Welt)
philosophy noun -phies
1. the academic discipline concerned with making explicit the nature and significance of ordinary and scientific beliefs and investigating the intelligibility of concepts by means of rational argument concerning their presuppositions, implications, and interrelationships; in particular, the rational investigation of the nature and structure of reality (metaphysics), the resources and limits of knowledge (epistemology), the principles and import of moral judgment (ethics), and the relationship between language and reality (semantics)
2. the particular doctrines relating to these issues of some specific individual or school the philosophy of Descartes;
3. the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a discipline the philosophy of law;
4. (Archaic or literary) the investigation of natural phenomena, esp alchemy, astrology, and astronomy
5. any system of belief, values, or tenets
6. a personal outlook or viewpoint
7. serenity of temper
History: C13: from Old French filosofie, from Latin philosophia, from Greek, from philosophos lover of wisdom
autopsy noun -sies
1. Also called: necropsy postmortem examination dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
2. an eyewitness observation
3. any critical analysis
History: C17: from New Latin autopsia, from Greek: seeing with one's own eyes, from auto- + opsis sight
hell noun
1. (sometimes capital) (a) the place or state of eternal punishment of the wicked after death, with Satan as its ruler (b) forces of evil regarded as residing there
2. Non-Christian Religions (sometimes capital) (in various religions and cultures) the abode of the spirits of the dead See also: Hel Hades Sheol
3. pain, extreme difficulty, etc.
4. (Informal) a cause of such difficulty or suffering war is hell;
5. US and Canadian high spirits or mischievousness there's hell in that boy;
6. a box used by a tailor for discarded material
7. (Now rare) a gambling house, booth, etc.
8. as hell (intensifier) tired as hell;
9. for the hell of it (Informal) for the fun of it
10. from hell (Informal) denoting a person or thing that is particularly bad or alarming neighbour from hell; hangover from hell;
11. give someone hell (Informal) (a) to give someone a severe reprimand or punishment (b) to be a source of annoyance or torment to someone
12. hell of a or helluva (Informal) (intensifier) a hell of a good performance;
13. hell for leather at great speed
14. (come) hell or high water (Informal) whatever difficulties may arise
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