audacity

[US]/ɔː'dæsɪtɪ/
[UK]/ɔ'dæsəti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. audace, témérité sans peur; comportement audacieux sans honte; discours impertinent.
Word Forms
Plurielaudacities

Example Sentences

your audacity is unbelievable.

Votre audace est incroyable.

the audacity of a successful financier

l'audace d'un financier prospère

have the audacity to (do)

avoir l'audace de (faire)

He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.

Il a eu l'audace de demander une augmentation de salaire.

he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan.

il a sifflé devant l'audace flagrante du plan.

He had the audacity to pick pockets in broad daylight.

Il a eu l'audace de voler des poches en plein jour.

The book is anodd combination of audacity andintense conservatism.

Le livre est une combinaison étrange d'audace et de conservatisme intense.

Sky-diving takes both audacity and skill.

Le parachutisme demande à la fois audace et compétence.

she had the audacity to suggest I'd been carrying on with him.

elle a eu l'audace de suggérer que j'avais une liaison avec lui.

21. The policy-related passages in “The Audacity of Hope”, his second autobiography, are scattershot and banal.

21. Les passages relatifs à la politique dans « The Audacity of Hope », sa deuxième autobiographie, sont décousus et banals.

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