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cher(chère)
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English
French
French
expensive [Brit ɪkˈspɛnsɪv, ɛkˈspɛnsɪv, Am ɪkˈspɛnsɪv] ADJ
expensive area, car, coat, house
cher/chère
expensive holiday, procedure, mistake, repair
coûteux/-euse
expensive taste
de luxe
expensive to maintain
cher à entretenir
it's getting expensive to eat out
ça revient de plus en plus cher d'aller au restaurant
ruinously expensive [ˈruːɪnəslɪ] ADJ
ruinously expensive
ruineux/-euse
absurdly wealthy, expensive
ridiculement
unwarrantably late, expensive
injustifiablement
scandalously expensive, underpaid
scandaleusement
French
French
English
English
budgétivore
expensive
dispendieux (dispendieuse)
expensive, extravagant
ruineux (ruineuse) goût, plaisir, sortie, fête
very expensive, extravagant
ruineux (ruineuse) achat, guerre, affaire, objet
ruinously expensive
être ruineux
to be very expensive
onéreux (onéreuse) achat
expensive
le blanchissage coûte cher
laundering is expensive
English
English
French
French
expensive [ɪkˈspensɪv] ADJ
expensive
cher(chère)
to have expensive tastes
avoir des goûts de luxe
French
French
English
English
coûteux (-euse)
expensive
onéreux (-euse)
expensive
être excessivement cher
to be inordinately expensive
il est incontestable que c'est cher
it's undeniably expensive
ruineux (-euse) voiture, voyage
ruinously expensive
avoir des goûts ruineux
to have wildly expensive tastes
l'inconvénient, c'est que c'est cher
the problem is, it's expensive
augmenter marchandise, vie
to become more expensive
ça coûte cher
it's expensive
cher (chère)
expensive
revenir cher à qn
to be expensive for sb
English
English
French
French
expensive [ɪk·ˈspen(t)·sɪv] ADJ
expensive
cher(chère)
to have expensive tastes
avoir des goûts de luxe
I agree that it's expensive, it's expensive, I agree
c'est cher, je suis d'accord
French
French
English
English
coûteux (-euse)
expensive
onéreux (-euse)
expensive
être excessivement cher
to be inordinately expensive
il est incontestable que c'est cher
it's undeniably expensive
ruineux (-euse) voiture, voyage
ruinously expensive
ça coûte cher
it's expensive
augmenter marchandise, vie
to become more expensive
l'inconvénient, c'est que c'est cher
the problem is that it's expensive
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to have expensive tastes
avoir des goûts de luxe
to have expensive tastes
avoir des goûts de luxe
either way it's expensive
dans les deux cas, c'est cher
I agree that it's expensive, it's expensive, I agree
c'est cher, je suis d'accord
to be too expensive to run
être trop cher
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Rapeseed oil had a distinctive taste and a disagreeable greenish color, due to the presence of chlorophyll.
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Only streaky bacon that has been air-dried and stored produces when cooked that pleasant taste of seasoned fat that melts in the mouth.
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The originality of his compositions comes from his taste for eclecticism, mixing genres, assembling textures and developing melody.
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Careful preparation seeks to neutralise the acrid taste.
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Good boza of high quaility is sweetened with raw cane sugar and it has genuine taste of boza.
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