world-weariness in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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dégoût, dégout [deɡu] N m

I.mal <mpl maux> [mal, mo] ADJ inv

II.mal <mpl maux> [mal, mo] N m

2. mal (douleur):

faire mal lit, fig
to hurt
se faire mal
to hurt oneself
ça ne fait pas mal
it doesn't hurt
ça va faire mal lit
it's going to hurt ou be painful
ça va faire mal (nouvel impôt)
it's going to hurt
ça va faire mal (apprendre la vérité)
it's going to be painful
ça va faire mal (être remarquable)
it's going to be big inf
j'ai mal
it hurts
avoir mal partout
to ache all over
elle avait très mal
she was in pain
ma jambe me fait mal
my leg hurts
ces bottes me font mal aux pieds
these boots hurt my feet
avoir mal à la tête/à l'estomac
to have a headache/a stomach-ache
avoir mal au dos/aux dents/aux oreilles
to have backache/toothache/earache
avoir mal à la gorge
to have a sore throat
j'ai mal aux yeux
my eyes are sore
j'ai mal au genou/au cou/au doigt
my knee/neck/finger hurts
j'ai mal au cœur
I feel sick Brit
j'ai mal au cœur
I feel nauseous Am
j'ai mal au ventre
I have a stomach-ache
ça me fait mal au ventre lit
it gives me a stomach-ache
ça me fait mal au ventre fig, inf
I find it really upsetting
j 'ai mal aux articulations
I have aching joints
souffrir mille maux
to suffer the torments of the damned

III.mal <mpl maux> [mal, mo] ADV

7. mal (défavorablement):

aller mal personne:
not to be well
aller mal affaires, vie:
to go badly
aller mal vêtement:
not to fit well
‘comment va-t-elle?’—‘mal!’
‘how is she?’—‘not very well!’
le vert te va pas mal inf
green rather suits you!
aller de plus en plus mal personne:
to be getting worse
aller de plus en plus mal affaires, vie:
to get worse and worse
se sentir mal (santé)
not to feel well
se sentir mal (mal à l'aise)
to feel awkward
se trouver mal
to faint
être mal personne:
to feel awful
être mal (assis ou couché ou installé)
not to be comfortable
être au plus mal
to be critically ill
être mal remis
not to have fully recovered
dormir/tourner/commencer mal
to sleep/to turn out/to begin badly
ne le prenez pas mal
don't take it badly ou the wrong way
être mal avec qn
to be on bad terms with sb
se mettre mal avec qn
to fall out with sb
être mal vu
not to be well thought of
aller pas mal inf personne, affaires:
to be fine

IV.pas mal inf ADV (beaucoup)

V.mal <mpl maux> [mal, mo]

mal de l'air
airsickness
avoir le mal de l'air (ponctuellement)
to feel airsick
avoir le mal de l'air (généralement)
to suffer from airsickness
mal blanc
whitlow
mal de dents
toothache
avoir des maux de dents
to have frequent toothache Brit
avoir des maux de dents
to have frequent toothaches Am
mal de dos
backache uncountable
mal d'estomac
stomach-ache
avoir des maux d'estomac (ponctuellement)
to have a stomach-ache
avoir des maux d'estomac (souvent)
to suffer from stomach-ache Brit
avoir des maux d'estomac (souvent)
to suffer from stomach-aches Am
mal de gorge
sore throat
avoir un mal de gorge
to have a sore throat
avoir des maux de gorge
to get sore throats
mal des grands ensembles
social problems attendant on high-density housing
mal de mer
seasickness
avoir le mal de mer (ponctuellement)
to feel seasick
avoir le mal de mer (généralement)
to suffer from seasickness
mal du pays
homesickness
avoir le mal du pays
to feel homesick
mal du siècle
world-weariness
mal de tête
headache
avoir des maux de tête (ponctuellement)
to have headaches
avoir des maux de tête (souvent)
to suffer from ou get headaches
mal des transports
motion sickness
avoir le mal des transports
to be prone to travel ou motion sickness

VI.mal <mpl maux> [mal, mo]

See also remède, patience, étreindre, cordonnier, an, acquis, acquérir

remède [ʀ(ə)mɛd] N m

patience [pasjɑ̃s] N f

I.étreindre [etʀɛ̃dʀ] VB trans

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II.s'étreindre VB refl

III.étreindre [etʀɛ̃dʀ]

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cordonnier [kɔʀdɔnje] N m

an [ɑ̃] N m

I.acquis (acquise) [aki, iz] VB pp

acquis → acquérir

II.acquis (acquise) [aki, iz] ADJ

III.acquis <pl acquis> N m

IV.acquis (acquise) [aki, iz]

I.acquérir [akeʀiʀ] VB trans

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II.s'acquérir VB refl

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Whilst the good-natured interplay and humorous banter is still part of their shtick, there's also an air of regret, fear and world-weariness in their performances that lift the film.
www.edinburghguide.com
Her actions are a challenge to anyone who feels that age -- or world-weariness or life's hard knocks -- should excuse anyone from engagement with issues as big as climate change.
www.smh.com.au
Here, he combines a bad-boy air with a world-weariness, sometimes comically.
www.sfexaminer.com
For starters, you've hit your straps so early that by your mid-20s, you've got the world-weariness of a 30-something, and a voice hoarse from fighting the patriarchy.
www.canberratimes.com.au
But that one sentence -- with its luminous mixture of scars-earned world-weariness as well as tomorrow-is-another-day cockeyed optimism -- told us everything there was to know about the woman.
news.nationalpost.com
But the couple's world-weariness in understandable.
www.avclub.com
The world-weariness of the medium humanizes the distinctly artificial experiments pressed onto the magnetic film.
www.residentadvisor.net
He sees it as a sort of decadence, a world-weariness, and the wilful rejection of the moral boundaries governing the world.
en.wikipedia.org
His commitment to action remains, tempered perhaps with a certain world-weariness.?
nymag.com
When you live long enough, a certain world-weariness sets in.
www.patheos.com

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