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stiff competition

âpre concurrence

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adj

   (=rigid)
[card, cloth, material]   raide, rigide
[brush]   dur (e)
the stiff upper lip        (British)   le flegme
→ the tradition of the stiff upper lip
to keep a stiff upper lip      faire bonne contenance
→ Many of us have been brought up to `be brave" and `keep a stiff upper lip" and expressive grieving goes against all we have learned.
We must try to keep a stiff upper lip.      Nous devons essayer de faire bonne contenance.

   (=hard to open)
[door, window]   dur (e)
→ The door was rather stiff.

   [muscles]   raide
to be stiff      [person]     (from exercise)    avoir des courbatures
     (from sitting still)    avoir des courbatures
→ I'm too stiff to move after that yoga last night.
to feel stiff        (from exercise)    avoir des courbatures
     (from sitting still)    avoir des courbatures
to have a stiff neck      avoir le torticolis

   (=unfriendly)
[person, manner, behaviour, smile]   guindé (e)
→ The letter was stiff and formal.

   (=difficult)
[competition, laws, penalties]   sévère
→ Competition is so stiff that he'll be lucky to get a place at all.
→ There will be stiffer penalties for drunken drivers.
[opposition]   farouche
[climb]   difficile
to meet stiff opposition      rencontrer une opposition farouche

[drink] bien tassé (e)
a stiff whisky un whisky bien tassé

   (=strong)
[wind, breeze]   cinglant (e)
→ There was a stiff breeze blowing up from the estuary.

      adv
*   to be bored stiff      s'ennuyer à mourir
to be frozen stiff      être mort (e)   de froid
to be scared stiff      être mort (e)   de peur
to be worried stiff      être mort (e)   d'inquiétude

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stiffness, stiffen, stiffly, STI

Collaborative Dictionary English-French


stiffing	v.	arnaquer, refuser de payer
stiff	adj.	raide
stiff-necked	adj.	entêté
stiffer	adj.	plus rigide
worried stiff	adj.	mort d'inquiétude
scared stiff	adj.	mort de peur
stiff back	n.	mal au dos	[Med.]
stiff fingers	n.	symphalangie	[Med.]
stiff joint	n.	rigidité articulaire	[Med.]
stiff lungs	n.	perte de la compliance des poumons	[Med.]
stiff pupil	n.	signe d'Argyll Robertson	[Med.]
stiff-man syndrome	n.	syndrome de l'homme raide	[Med.]
stiff-neck fever	n.	méningite cérébro-spinale épidémique	[Med.]
stiff neck	n.	raideur de la nuque	[Med.]
stiff neck	n.	torticolis ; nuque raide
stiff sentence	n.	lourde peine
stiff with cold	adj.	frigorifié	[Med.]
stiff egg white	n.	blanc battu en neige
stiff jail sentence	n.	lourde peine de prison
stiff prison sentence	n.	lourde peine de prison
a stiff neck	exp.	un torticolis
to be stiff	exp.	avoir des courbatures
to feel stiff	exp.	avoir des courbatures
a stiff whisky	exp.	un whisky bien tassé
it bores me stiff	exp.	cela m'ennuie à mourir
to be bored stiff	exp.	s'ennuyer à mourir
to scare sb stiff	exp.	faire une peur bleue à qn
I was scared stiff.	exp.	J'avais une peur bleue.

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'stiff competition' also found in translations in French-English dictionary
entrave à la concurrence	n.	distortion of competition ; restriction of competition ; hampering competition	[Leg.]

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