stare

stare
stare [{{t}}steə(r)]
1 intransitive verb
regarder (fixement);
to stare at sb/sth regarder qn/qch fixement;
it's rude to stare! ça ne se fait pas de regarder les gens comme ça!;
stop it, people are staring! arrête, les gens nous regardent!;
I stared into his eyes je l'ai regardé dans le blanc des yeux;
she stared at me in disbelief elle m'a regardé avec des yeux incrédules;
to stare in amazement regarder d'un air ébahi;
he stared straight ahead il regardait fixement devant lui;
she sat staring into the distance elle était assise, le regard perdu (au loin);
I stared out of the train window j'ai regardé longuement par la fenêtre du train;
doesn't being stared at in the street bother you? ça ne vous gêne pas d'attirer les regards des gens dans la rue?
2 transitive verb
(a) (intimidate)
to stare sb into silence faire taire qn en le fixant du regard;
her steely eyes stared him into submission son regard d'acier l'a réduit à l'obéissance
(b) (idioms)
the answer is staring you in the face! mais la réponse saute aux yeux!;
I'd looked everywhere for my keys and there they were staring me in the face j'avais cherché mes clefs partout alors qu'elles étaient là sous mon nez;
failure was staring us in the face nous courions à l'échec
3 noun
regard m (fixe);
to give sb a hostile/an incredulous stare fixer qn d'un regard hostile/incrédule
stare out, {{}}American{{}} stare down separable transitive verb
faire baisser les yeux à
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