stress
/stɹɛs/ verbe B2En français : stresser, emphaser, souligner
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word). · “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
- To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion. · I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.
He/she/it stresses · Prétérit stressed · Participe passé stressed · Forme en -ing stressing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- stress
- He/she/it
- stresses
- Prétérit
- stressed
- Participe passé
- stressed
- Forme en -ing
- stressing
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it second nature to me.
In the midst of this growing and important stress the broker became suddenly aware of a high-rolled fringe of golden hair under a nodding canopy of velvet and ostrich tips, an imitation sealskin sacque and a string of beads as large as hickory nuts, ending near the floor with a silver heart.
“Do you consider the forms of introduction, and the stress that is laid on them, as nonsense?
Not at all, prince,” said Monte Cristo laying a marked stress on the title, “what have I done for you?
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