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upstaging

/ʌpˈsteɪdʒɪŋ/

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verb

Voler la vedette, éclipser

To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.

Examples :

"She only wore that dress to upstage everyone."

Elle ne portait cette robe que pour voler la vedette à tout le monde.

entertainment stage action culture

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verb

Voler la vedette

To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.

Examples :

"The taller actor was unintentionally upstaging his shorter co-star by standing too far back on the stage, forcing the shorter actor to turn away from the audience. "

L'acteur plus grand volait involontairement la vedette à son partenaire plus petit en se tenant trop en retrait sur la scène, forçant l'acteur plus petit à se détourner du public.

stage entertainment art action

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verb

Traiter avec condescendance, toiser

To treat snobbishly.

Examples :

""Sarah was upstaging her classmates by bragging about her expensive vacation and new clothes." "

Sarah toisait ses camarades de classe en se vantant de ses vacances coûteuses et de ses nouveaux vêtements.

attitude character entertainment human action

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verb

Reclassifier (un cancer) à un stade supérieur

To restage (cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment (compare downstage).

Examples :

""After further testing, the doctor determined the tumor had metastasized, effectively upstaging his cancer from stage II to stage III." "

Après d'autres examens, le médecin a déterminé que la tumeur avait métastasé, reclassifiant ainsi son cancer du stade II au stade III.

medicine disease

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noun

Éclipse, vol de vedette

A situation where somebody or something is upstaged.

Examples :

"The bride considered her sister's elaborate speech at the wedding an upstaging, feeling that the attention should have been on the happy couple. "

La mariée a considéré le discours élaboré de sa sœur au mariage comme une éclipse, estimant que l'attention aurait dû être portée sur les heureux époux.

situation entertainment stage