nitty-gritty no Dicionário de Francês-Inglês da Oxford-Hachette

Traduções para nitty-gritty no dicionário inglês»francês

I.nitty-gritty [Brit nɪtɪˈɡrɪti, americ ˌnɪdiˈɡrɪdi] coloq SUBST

the nitty-gritty

la réalité pure et dure

to get down to the nitty-gritty

passer aux choses sérieuses

II.nitty-gritty [Brit nɪtɪˈɡrɪti, americ ˌnɪdiˈɡrɪdi] coloq ADJ

nitty-gritty

pur et dur

Traduções para nitty-gritty no dicionário francês»inglês

I.sér|ieux (sérieuse) [seʀjø, øz] ADJ

1. sérieux (réfléchi):

sérieux (sérieuse) élève, employé

serious, serious-minded

sérieux (sérieuse) activité, travail

serious

sérieux (sérieuse) politique, réforme

serious

Michel est un élève sérieux et appliqué

Michel is serious and conscientious

être sérieux dans son travail personne:

to be serious about one's work

2. sérieux (qui ne rit pas):

sérieux (sérieuse) personne, air, visage

serious

dire qc d'un air très sérieux

to say sth in a very serious way

c'est bien vrai, tu es sérieux?

is it really true, are you serious?

soyons sérieux, cette idée est totalement idiote

let's be serious, this idea is totally stupid

3. sérieux (qui mérite considération):

sérieux (sérieuse) affaire, raison, menace

serious

sérieux (sérieuse) piste, indice

important

passer aux choses sérieuses

to move on to serious matters

passer aux choses sérieuses

to get down to the nitty-gritty coloq

4. sérieux (non fait pour l'amusement):

sérieux (sérieuse) étude, sujet, livre, conversation, débat, film

serious

sérieux (sérieuse) annonce, proposition

genuine

une enquête très sérieuse révèle

a very serious survey reveals

avoir des lectures très sérieuses

to read very serious books

5. sérieux (digne de confiance):

sérieux (sérieuse) personne, maison, établissement

reliable

tu peux lui faire confiance, c'est quelqu'un de sérieux

you can trust him, he's reliable

‘pas sérieux s'abstenir’ (dans petite annonce)

‘genuine inquiries only’, ‘no time-wasters’

6. sérieux (grave):

sérieux (sérieuse) conséquences, blessure, problème, incident, crise

serious

être confronté à de sérieux ennuis

to be faced with serious difficulties

il souffre de sérieux troubles de la vue

he has serious problems with his eyesight

la situation est jugée très sérieuse par le gouvernement

the government is treating the situation as very serious

7. sérieux (considérable):

sérieux (sérieuse) effort, besoin

real, concerted

sérieux (sérieuse) progrès

considerable

sérieux (sérieuse) handicap

serious

conserver une sérieuse avance

to retain a considerable lead

opérer une sérieuse restructuration des services

to carry out a complete restructuring of services

prendre un sérieux retard dans son travail

to fall seriously behind with one's work

avoir un sérieux besoin de vacances

really to need a vacation, to be seriously in need of a vacation

8. sérieux (responsable):

sérieux (sérieuse) personne

responsible

il n'est pas très sérieux ce garçon

this boy is a bit irresponsible

cela ne fait pas très sérieux

that doesn't make a very good impression

II.sér|ieux SUBST m

1. sér|ieux (expression grave):

sér|ieux

seriousness

dire qc avec beaucoup de sérieux

to say sth very seriously

garder son sérieux

to keep a straight face

perdre son sérieux

to start to laugh

2. sér|ieux (caractère réfléchi):

sér|ieux

seriousness

faire qc avec sérieux

to do sth carefully

elle travaille avec sérieux et application

she is serious and conscientious in her work

il a fait preuve de beaucoup de sérieux dans ses études

he's shown himself to be very serious about his studies

3. sér|ieux:

sér|ieux (de situation)

seriousness, gravity formal

sér|ieux (de projet, démarche)

seriousness

je mets en doute le sérieux de leur proposition

I have my doubts about the seriousness of their proposal

prendre qc/qn au sérieux

to take sth/sb seriously

se prendre au sérieux

to take oneself seriously

4. sér|ieux (chope de bière):

sér|ieux

beer mug (1 litre)

nitty-gritty no Dicionário PONS

Traduções para nitty-gritty no dicionário inglês»francês

nitty-gritty [ˌnɪtiˈgrɪti, americ ˌnɪt̬ɪˈgrɪt̬-] SUBST no pl coloq

the nitty-gritty

la dure réalité

to get down to the nitty-gritty

passer aux choses sérieuses

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

It's the nitty-gritty which can make us fail.

en.wikipedia.org

It's something he is not now doing and should do, as he gets down to the nitty-gritty of governing.

news.nationalpost.com

By the end of her book, she was able to vividly describe many nitty-gritty details that were typically overlooked.

en.wikipedia.org

As basic as this is, we can get down to the nitty-gritty and focus in on the way we actually perform our reps.

www.mensfitness.com

But for ordinary peoples housing, forget it: evidently for the top architects, housing (design) fees are much too low and working with the nitty-gritty housing marketplace too difficult.

en.wikipedia.org

But what about the nitty-gritty nuggets... the stuff you really need to know?

www.irishexaminer.com

How do you make the nitty-gritty of the city work?

www.southcoasttoday.com

But has anyone looked into the nitty-gritty of what its consolidation will mean for competition?

www.crikey.com.au

Let's get down to the nitty-gritty of the barbell back squat, and why it's worth your attention.

www.lifehacker.com.au

Alloy helps coach entrepreneurs through the drafting of business plans, hiring of teams, and hammer(ing) out the nitty-gritty that's needed to build a company from scratch.

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