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Dictionary translations for "au mépris des convenances"

au mépris des convenances adverb

in defiance of convention (locution adverbiale, manière d'agir)

Contexts with "au mépris des convenances"

Plus récemment, la tension a été nourrie par un colonialisme qui niait des droits et des opportunités à de nombreux musulmans, et une Guerre Froide lors de laquelle les pays à majorité musulmane étaient trop souvent traités comme des agents, au mépris de leurs propres aspirations. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations.

Il a sauvé la vie de son ami au mépris de la sienne. He saved his friend at the risk of his own life.

Il a sauvé sa fille des flammes au mépris de sa propre vie. He saved his daughter from the fire at the cost of his own life.

Ce magazine est à destination des adolescents. That magazine is aimed at teenagers.

Le silence est l'expression la plus parfaite du mépris. Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

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