soft pedal in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.pedal [Brit ˈpɛd(ə)l, Am ˈpɛdl] N (all contexts)

II.pedal <pres part etc pedalling, pedalled Brit pedaling, pedaled Am> [Brit ˈpɛd(ə)l, Am ˈpɛdl] VB trans

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III.pedal <pres part etc pedalling, pedalled Brit pedaling, pedaled Am> [Brit ˈpɛd(ə)l, Am ˈpɛdl] VB intr

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I.soft [Brit sɒft, Am sɔft] ADJ

1. soft (yielding, not rigid or firm):

soft ground, soil, clay
meuble
soft SPORTS, HORSE RAC
lourd
soft rock, metal
tendre
soft snow
léger/-ère
soft bed, cushion, pillow
moelleux/-euse
soft fabric, fur, skin, hand, cheek
doux/douce
soft brush, hair, leather
souple
soft muscle
flasque
soft mixture, dough, butter
mou/molle
soft pencil
doux/douce
to get soft soil, ground, butter, mixture:
s'amollir
to get soft mattress:
devenir mou
to get soft muscle:
se ramollir
to make sth soft ground
amollir qc
to make sth soft butter, mixture
ramollir qc
to make sth soft fabric
assouplir qc
to make sth soft hard water, skin
adoucir qc
soft to the touch
doux au toucher
soft ice cream
glace f italienne

II.soft [Brit sɒft, Am sɔft] ADV

soft → softly

See also softly

softly [Brit ˈsɒftli, Am ˈsɔf(t)li] ADV

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II.pedal <Brit, Aus -ll- [or Am -l-]> [ˈpedəl] VB intr

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Either there is a perfectly wild noise or else a whisper with the soft pedal down.
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On grand pianos, the soft pedal moves the hammers sideways so each hammer strikes only part of its string group.
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I don't expect any of the parties to soft pedal on this initiative.
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Then the rider on the bike will soft pedal until the right foot is back and level with the left foot in the front.
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The national media's bias has never been in question, while the local affiliates, mostly, soft pedaled their lead stories as scripted.
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As a result, our factory has soft pedaled our production capacity, because, we have a lot of stock and if they have not been absorbed into the network.
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Are we expecting the police to soft pedal this issue?
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The coda of the finale, marked pianissimo and to be played with the soft pedal, returns to and expands upon material from the movement's introduction.
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Indication that the soft pedal should be used is the instruction "una corda" or sometimes "due corde", with "tre corde" or sometimes "tutte le corde" cancelling it.
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But that doesn't mean we should soft pedal our differences.
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