Impassive (fr. Impassible)
Translation into English
Chose étonnante, il semblait avoir perdu ce ton de froideur impassible qui lui était si naturel; il n’avait plus l’air anglais.
Strange to say, he seemed to have shed the tone of impassive coldness which was so natural to him; he had no longer the air of an Englishman.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 Notre cameraman, qui est assez nerveux en avion a demandé au pilote, avant de monter, combien de temps le vol durerait, le pilote un Russe impassible, a répondu.
Our cameraman, who it turned out was a pretty nervous flier at the best of times, actually asked the pilot, before we got on the plane, how long this flight would take, and the pilot Russian pilot completely deadpan, replied.
Example taken from data source: QED_v2.0a Face aux États qui s'emploient sincèrement à améliorer la situation, la communauté internationale peut adopter des approches qui tiennent compte des particularités historiques, culturelles et religieuses nationales dans le cadre d'un dialogue et d'une assistance, mais, face à ceux qui ne font pas le moindre effort et ignorent sa bonne volonté, elle ne saurait rester impassible.
Where States were sincerely doing their best to improve the situation, the international community could adopt approaches tailored to the country's history, culture and religion through dialogue and assistance, but in cases where countries were not making the slightest effort and were ignoring its goodwill, the international community could not sit idly by.
Example taken from data source: MultiUN_v1 L’impassible mais sublime beauté de ses personnages.
With the unmoving but sublime beauty of his figures.
Example taken from data source: CCAligned_v1 A-t-il des nerfs pour être impassible ?
Has it nerves in order to be impassible?
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Je pouvais difficilement garder un visage impassible.
I could barely keep a straight face.
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018 Aux véhicules si nous sommes à 1 km, nous.
Impassible to vehicles if we are 1 km away we.
Example taken from data source: CCAligned_v1 Synonyms
- calme
- imperturbable
- inflexible
- indifférent
- stoïque