dire

  • 41-dire — bien dire c est à dire ouï dire …

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  • 42dire — s. director, jefe. ❙ «Que te apuntes las horas extra y te des un buen lote con el dire...» Ángel Palomino, Las otras violaciones. ❙ «...alguna enchufada del dire, cualquier amiguita de Dios sabe qué consejero.» Andrés Berlanga, La gaznápira. ❙ ▄▀ …

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  • 43dire — adjective 1) the dire economic situation Syn: terrible, dreadful, appalling, frightful, awful, atrocious, grim, alarming; grave, serious, disastrous, calamitous, ruinous, hopeless, irretrievable, wretched, desperate …

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  • 44dire — adj. 1 a calamitous, dreadful (in dire straits). b ominous (dire warnings). 2 urgent (in dire need). Derivatives: direly adv. direness n. Etymology: L dirus …

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  • 45dire — adjective /daɪə(ɹ)/ a) Ill boding; portentous. dire omens b) Dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. dire consequences …

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  • 46dire — /ˈdaɪə / (say duyuh) adjective (direr, direst) 1. causing or attended with great fear or suffering; dreadful; awful: a dire calamity. –phrase 2. in dire straits, in extreme difficulty; in danger. {Latin dīrus fearful, portentous, ill boding}… …

  • 47dire — adj. Dire is used with these nouns: ↑circumstance, ↑consequence, ↑emergency, ↑implication, ↑necessity, ↑need, ↑peril, ↑predicament, ↑prediction, ↑shortage, ↑situation, ↑ …

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  • 48dire —    Il est vrai de dire ; dites seulement, il est vrai . Faute commune, même à quelques auteurs …

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  • 49Dire — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Dire Country and Admin Code ML.09.7701473 ML …

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  • 50dire — [ˈdaɪə] adj very severe, serious, or bad dire warnings[/ex] …

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