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English-French Dictionary: being

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NOUN	a being \| beings
VERB	to be \| [I/he/she/it] was/wis [Scot.]// [you/we/they] were \| been being \| is
SYNO	being \| organism \| beingness ...
being \| organism being \| beingness \| existence © Princeton University

being: être {m}
human (being): être {m} humain
living being: vivant {m}
être {m} vivantbiol.
mortal being: mortel {m}
mortal being [female]: mortelle {f}
well-being: bien-être {m}
confort {m} [bien-être]
being cheated on [by one's partner]: cocu {adj}
that being said: ceci dit {adv}
that being said [nevertheless]: cela dit {adv}
à part cela {adv}
en dehors de cela {adv}
this being said [nevertheless]: cela dit {adv}
ceci dit {adv}
à part cela {adv}
en dehors de cela {adv}
This being so, ...: Ceci étant, ...
without being asked: volontairement {adv} [sans être contraint]
sans y avoir été invité {adv} [de son propre gré]
You're being stingy! [coll.]: Mais tu mégotes ! [fam.]
to avoid being infected: pour éviter la contagionméd.
to be being done: se faire
to bring sth. into being: engendrer qc. [fig.] [causer, faire naître]
to deny being compromised: se défendre de toute compromission
to deny being jealous: se défendre d'être jaloux
to stamp sb./sth. as (being) sb./sth.: étiqueter qn./qc. comme qn./qc.
[the state/condition of] being in love: fait {m} d'être amoureux
being an extra: figuration {f}filmthéâtre
economic well-being: prospérité {f} économiqueécon.
fellow (human being): semblable {m}
fellow (human being) [female]: semblable {f}
way (of being) [mode of existence]: manière {f} d'êtrephilos.
all things being equal [idiom]: sauf imprévu {adv} [loc.]
for the time being: actuellement {adv}
ces temps-ci {adv}
pour l'instant {adv}
provisoirement {adv}
pour le moment {adv}
à l'heure actuelle {adv}
dans un premier temps {adv}
pour l'heure {adv} [pour le moment]
not being averse to sth.: ne dédaignant pas qc. {adj}
to accuse sb. of being biased: accuser qn. de partialité
to accuse sb. of being corrupt: taxer qn. de corruption
to do sth. without being disturbed: faire qc. sans être inquiété [pour une action courte]
to flatter oneself on being sth.: se flatter d'être qc.
to insist on being paid: exiger d'être payé
to insist on being repaid: exiger d'être remboursé
to like being in Canada: se plaire au Canada
to pride oneself on being sth.: s'honorer d'être qc.
ne pas cacher son orgueil d'être qc.
sense of well-being: sensation {f} de bien-être
all other things being equal: tout bien considéré {adv}
Everything is being turned upside down. [idiom]: C'est le grand chambardement. [loc.]
I felt (that) I was being followed.: J'ai senti qu'on me suivait.
I got away with my licence being suspended. [idiom]: Je m'en suis tiré avec une suspension de permis. [loc.]
man as a social being: l'homme {m} en tant qu'être social
Not being sure I didn't say anything.: Dans le doute, j'ai préféré ne rien dire.
without a drop of blood being spilt: sans qu'une goutte de sang n'ait été versée {adv}
I sensed (that) I was being followed: J'ai senti qu'on me suivait.
to be incapable of being objective: manquer de recul
to come back from being down [scoring]: rattraper un retardsport
to feel one is being got at: se sentir visé
to feel that one is being watched: se sentir surveillé
to give a feeling of well-being: apporter une sensation de bien-être
to give the impression of being busy [idiom]: brasser de l'air [loc.]
to have the distinction of being sth.: avoir le privilège d'être qc.
to have the reputation of being a liar: avoir une réputation de menteur
to know that one is being hunted (down): se savoir traqué
to listen to what's being said: écouter ce qui se dit
to make the most of being with sb.: profiter de qn. [fam.]
to stop the truth (from) being revealed: empêcher que la vérité ne soit révélée
to suffer the pain of being misunderstood: souffrir d'être incompris
(state of) being a widower: veuvage {m} [état de veuf]
feeling of being a loser: sentiment {m} d'être un raté
Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology: L'être et le néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique [Jean-Paul Sartre (1943)]littérat.philos.F
Being and Time [Martin Heidegger (1927)]: Être et Tempslittérat.philos.F
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!: La Grande Vadrouille [Gérard Oury (1966)]filmF

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