ill
(=sick) malade
to feel ill se sentir mal
I feel ill. Je me sens mal.
to be taken ill tomber malade
→ Shortly before Christmas, he was mysteriously taken ill.
She was taken ill while on holiday. Elle est tombée malade en vacances.
to fall ill with sth contracter qch
She fell ill with measles. Elle a contracté la rougeole.
(=badly)
to speak ill of sb dire du mal de qn
to think ill of sb penser du mal de qn
it bodes ill
(=is a bad sign) c'est de mauvaise augure
sb could ill afford to ..., He could ill afford to miss an important game. Il ne pouvait se permettre de rater un match important.
n
(=harm) mal m
to mean sb no ill ne pas vouloir de mal à qn
They mean you no ill. Ils ne te veulent pas de mal.
npl
the terminally ill les malades mpl en phase terminale
→ She became a nun and cared for the terminally ill.
→ levels of skills in treating the seriously ill
ills npl
(=problems) maux mpl → He's responsible for many of the country's ills. → the causes and cures of Britain's economic ills → an option that would cure all his ills
Ill.
abbr (US) ( Illinois)
ill-advised
adj
[decision, remark] peu judicieux (-euse)
→ We deplore this lamentably ill-advised decision.
→ She said Mr Baker's remarks had been ill-advised ...
[person] malavisé (e)
he was ill-advised to ... il a été malavisé de ...
→ I think he was ill-advised to put his suggestions down on paper.
They would be ill-advised to do this. Ils seraient malavisés de procéder ainsi.
ill-at-ease
adj mal à l'aise
→ He was ill at ease with people whom he didn't understand.
ill-bred
adj
(=uncouth) mal élevé (e)
→ They seemed to her rather vulgar and ill-bred.
ill-conceived
adj mal conçu (e)
→ ... an ill-conceived plan to close the coal mine.
ill-considered
adj
[action, words, plan, measures] inconsidéré (e)
ill-defined
adj mal défini (e)
staff with ill-defined responsibilities un personnel aux responsabilités mal définies
ill-disposed
adj
to be ill-disposed towards sb/sth être mal disposé (e) envers qn/qch
ill effects , ill-effects
npl effets mpl adverses
Did you suffer any ill effects after the operation? Avez vous souffert d'effets adverses après l'intervention?
to suffer ill effects from sth souffrir des effets adverses de qch
They are suffering ill effects from the contamination of their water. Ils souffrent des effets adverses de la contamination de leur eau.
ill-equipped
adj
[person] mal armé (e)
to be ill-equipped for sth être mal armé (e) pour qch
→ They often leave prison ill-equipped for life and work on the outside.
to be ill-equipped to do sth
[person, organization] être mal armé (e) pour faire qch
Universities were ill-equipped to meet the massive intake of students. Les universités étaient mal armées pour faire face à l'arrivée massive d'étudiants.
ill-fated
adj
[expedition] de triste mémoire, funeste
→ Alice recounted the story of her ill-fated boating expedition.
→ Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole
[attempt] de triste mémoire, funeste
→ the airfield where police launched their ill-fated attempt to free the hostages
→ Shackleton's ill-fated attempt to cross Antarctica
[organization, place] de triste mémoire
→ London's ill-fated Millennium Dome
→ New York's ill-fated World Trade Center
[romance] de triste mémoire
ill-favoured , (British) ill-favored (US)
adj déplaisant (e)
ill feeling
n ressentiment m , rancune f
ill-fitting
adj
ill-fitting shoes des chaussures qui ne vont pas bien
He wore an ill-fitting green corduroy suit. Il portait un costume en velours vert qui lui allait mal.
ill-founded
adj
[belief, argument] sans fondement
→ Suspicion and jealousy, however ill-founded, can poison a marriage.
[rumour] sans fondement
ill-gotten gains
npl biens mpl mal acquis
→ But many leaders have invested their ill-gotten gains in several different countries.
ill health
n mauvaise santé f
→ As a child she had suffered regular bouts of ill health.
He was forced to retire because of ill health. Il a été forcé de démissionner pour raisons de santé., Il a été forcé de démissionner pour cause de mauvaise santé.
ill-humoured , (British) ill-humored (US)
adj de mauvaise humeur
ill-informed
adj
[person] mal informé (e)
→ people who are ill-informed and not in possession of the full facts
to be ill-informed about sth être mal informé (e) à propos de qch
→ Most people today are relatively ill-informed about basic science
[comment, criticism, accusation] infondé (e)
→ the accusations are "ill-informed and quite simply wrong"
[judgment] infondé (e)
ill luck
n malchance f
→ She had brought ill luck into her family.
ill-mannered
adj
[person, behaviour] inconvenant (e)
→ Chantal would have found it ill-mannered to show surprise.
ill-prepared
adj
[person, organization] mal préparé (e)
to be ill-prepared for sth [+challenge, task] être mal préparé (e) à qch
→ The government was ill-prepared for the problems it now faces ...
to be ill-prepared to do sth être mal préparé (e) à faire qch
→ The organization was ill-prepared to meet this challenge.
ill-starred
adj
literary
(=ill-fated) de triste mémoire
→ ... an ill-starred attempt to create jobs in Northern Ireland.
ill-suited
adj
ill-suited for sth [+role, task] mal taillé (e) pour qch
a role for which she is ill-suited un rôle pour lequel elle est mal taillée
ill-suited to sth [+role, task] mal taillé (e) pour qch
He is ill-suited to the job. Il est mal taillé pour ce travail.
ill-tempered
adj
[person] grincheux (-euse) , d'humeur exécrable
→ He sounded like an ill-tempered child ...
[discussion] rageur (-euse)
It was a day of tense and often ill-tempered debate. Ce fut une journée de débat tendu, souvent rageur.
ill-timed
adj inopportun (e)
→ Her comments were ill-timed.
ill-treat
vt maltraiter
→ They thought Mr Smith had been ill-treating his wife.
ill treatment , ill-treatment
n mauvais traitements mpl
ill will , ill-will
n rancune f
to feel ill will towards sb nourrir une rancune contre qn
He assured me he felt no ill will toward me. Il m'a assuré qu'il ne nourrissait aucune rancune contre moi.
ill wind
n
it's an ill wind ..., it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good à quelque chose malheur est bon
→ But it's an ill wind; I recovered and married one of my nurses from that hospital.