bad in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad book, harvest, spelling, eyesight, answer, memory, cook, father, liar, management, decision, idea
mauvais
bad attr joke
stupide
a bad thing
une mauvaise chose
to have bad hearing
ne pas très bien entendre
to have bad teeth/bad legs
avoir de mauvaises dents/de vilaines jambes
to be bad at subject
être mauvais en
to be bad at sport
ne pas être doué pour le sport
to be bad at doing (do badly)
ne pas être doué pour faire
to be bad at doing (dislike doing, do reluctantly)
avoir du mal à faire
that's bad! (disapproving)
c'est une honte!
not bad inf
pas mauvais, pas mal inf
it wouldn't be a bad idea to…
ce ne serait pas une mauvaise idée de…
as bosses go she's not bad
comme patronne elle n'est pas mal inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

bad-tempered [Brit ˌbadˈtɛmpəd, Am ˌbædˈtɛmpərd] ADJ

bad-mouth [Brit, Am ˈbædˌmaʊθ] VB trans inf

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bad-mannered [Brit ˌbadˈmanəd, Am ˌbædˈmænərd] ADJ

bad in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bad in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

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I.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADJ

II.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADV inf

III.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] N

bid1 <-dd-, bid [or bade] , bid [or -den]> [bɪd] VB trans form

II.bid2 <-dd-, bid, bid> [bɪd] VB intr

III.bid2 <-dd-, bid, bid> [bɪd] VB trans

Translations for bad in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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Eliciting sympathy by telling exaggerated stories about bad deeds of other people (e.g. during gossip).
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In such (copyright) cases, prevailing defendants seeking recompense were bound to show that the original suit was frivolous or made in bad faith.
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And things go really bad, their lives kind of fall apart.
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The doctor said the fall had not been that bad and the child would have survived had he not been a haemophiliac.
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It only takes one off day -- or even a few bad overs -- for a favourite to be bundled out.
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They give the fox some anesthetic and proceed to treat the bad tooth.
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Other issues she has written/spoken of are unruly children, the behaviour of which she attributes to bad parenting, inconsiderate cellphone users, and copyright violators.
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His more sustained work sometimes displays a bad selection of measure; and his occasional poetryepistles, eclogues, elegies, etc. --is injured by its vast volume.
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There's a fairly bland cast of locals, including the archetypal good cop, bad cop.
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All waxworks are a bit unnerving, but mostly they're hilariously bad.
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