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I.sheer [Brit ʃɪə, americ ʃɪr] ADJ

1. sheer (pure, unadulterated):

sheer boredom, desperation, hypocrisy, immorality, panic, stupidity

pur

it was sheer coincidence/luck

c'était pure coïncidence/chance

out of sheer malice/stupidity

par pure méchanceté/bêtise

it is sheer lunacy to do/on his part

c'est pure folie de faire/de sa part

to cry out in sheer amazement/happiness

pousser un cri de stupeur/bonheur

to succeed by sheer bravery/determination/hard work

réussir uniquement grâce à son courage/sa détermination/son acharnement au travail

by sheer accident

tout à fait par accident

2. sheer (utter):

the sheer immensity/volume of it is incredible

son immensité/volume même est incroyable

3. sheer (steep):

sheer cliff, rockface

à pic

4. sheer (fine):

sheer fabric

léger/-ère, fin

sheer stockings

extra-fin

II.sheer [Brit ʃɪə, americ ʃɪr] ADV

sheer rise, fall:

sheer

à pic

sheer away VERBO [Brit ʃɪə -, americ ʃɪr -], sheer off VERBO

sheer away

faire une embardée

to sheer away or off to the right/left

effectuer un virage à droite/gauche

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out of sheer contrariness

par pur esprit de contrariété

it's sheer drudgery

c'est une vraie corvée

by sheer manpower

à la force des poignets

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ultrafin (ultrafine) collant

sheer

crétinisme

(sheer) stupidity

voilage

sheer curtain americ

à-pic

sheer drop

un à-pic de plus de 800 mètres

a sheer drop of more than 800 metres Brit

par lassitude

from sheer weariness

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Traduções para sheer no dicionário inglês»francês

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to do sth by sheer force of habit

faire qc par pure habitude

by (sheer) force of numbers

par le nombre

by sheer force of numbers

par la force du nombre

it's sheer lunacy

c'est de la folie douce

by sheer willpower

par pure force de caractère

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c'est insensé!

it's sheer madness!

c'est de la démence!

it's sheer madness!

pur(e) hasard, méchanceté

sheer

mais c'est de la folie pure!

but it's sheer madness!

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by (sheer) force of numbers

par le nombre

by sheer force of numbers

par la force du nombre

to do sth by sheer force of habit

faire qc par pure habitude

by sheer willpower

par pure force de caractère

it's sheer lunacy

c'est de la folie douce

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inglês

Nearly every street was lined with trees, and each hill that was too sheer to build on was topped by a toupee of plant life.

arstechnica.com

Can you imagine the sheer terror if a 10-foot, armour-plated fish suddenly surfaced next to your canoe?

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But apart from sheer escapism the music carries a considerable emotional heft.

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The problem was that the sheer number of people they stopped guaranteed that stop-and-frisk would get untethered from that logic.

citylimits.org

Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive, never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral.

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Perhaps the largest obstacle to testing occurs with the sheer diversity of nanoparticles, of which the only unifying factor is their minuscule size.

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Lumps of the hulk were lifted up the sheer cliffs using ropes and pulleys, the salvers using rope ladders for access.

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Although all problems are theoretically resolvable it is estimated this would take at least 17 months and the sheer number of issues would prohibit a practical inspection regime.

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Police, overwhelmed by the sheer size of the crowd, pulled out.

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She was captured in 1780, converted to a sheer hulk in 1791 and was broken up in 1816.

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