mine explosive
n.
explosive mine
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mine
(=physionomie) expression, look
Elle avait une mine fatiguée. She was looking tired.
avoir bonne mine >
[personne] to look well
ironique to look an utter idiot
Tu as bonne mine. You look well.
avoir mauvaise mine to look unwell
Il a mauvaise mine. He doesn't look well.
faire mine de faire quelque chose to pretend to do something
Elle a fait mine de le croire. She pretended to believe him.
(apparence)
[+personne] appearance
Il ne faut pas juger les gens d'après leur mine. You shouldn't judge people by their appearance.
ne pas payer de mine to be not much to look at
(=gisement, exploitation) mine
mine de charbon coal mine
mine à ciel ouvert opencast (Grande-Bretagne) mine, open-air (USA) mine
(autres locutions)
mine de rien, Mine de rien, il est vraiment efficace. You wouldn't think so but he's really efficient.
Elle a réussi mine de rien à le faire parler de lui. Somehow or other she got him to talk about himself.
Il s'est installé, mine de rien, et il a tout réorganisé. He settled in, cool as you please, and ended up reorganizing everything.
mines nfpl péjoratif simpering
barre à mine
nf crowbar
porte-mine
nm propelling pencil (Grande-Bretagne) , mechanical pencil (USA)
puits de mine
nm mine shaft
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