sangfroid

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sang-froid

or sang·froid  (säN-frwä′)
n.
Coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances.

[French : sang, blood (from Old French, from Latin sanguis) + froid, cold (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *frigidus, alteration of Latin frīgidus; see frigid).]
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Translations
kaldblodiguberørt

sangfroid

[ˈsɑ̃ːŋˈfrwɑː] Nsangre f fría
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sangfroid

nGelassenheit f, → Seelenruhe f
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sangfroid

[ˌsɑ̃ːŋˈfrwɑː] nsangue m freddo
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References in classic literature
All this he would do with an air of feigned indifference and sangfroid, as though he were free ALWAYS to use his son's books, and his son's kindness were no rarity at all.
Although mutual funds had kept their sangfroid with minor sale of $0.06m worth stocks, a fund manager admitted that in the event of massive selling for some more days, mutual funds could also be prompted to liquidate their positions to meet call for redemptions.
Where the ex-premier has kicked open a veritable Pandora's box with his latest sangfroid statement implicating Pakistan as the perpetrator behind the Mumbai attacks, the ensuing scuffle over the little-too-late gag order on the press for having the temerity to publish the interview in the first place is another ironic spectacle running alongside the chaotic turn of events preceding the election season.
He added: "I salute the sangfroid and quick reactions of the police."
I suspect the writer would display less sangfroid if Corbyn, after being elected Prime Minister by the people, revealed plans to abolish the monarchy.
She said that as against it the leader of the PML (N) had always advised them to exercise tolerance and sangfroid and nobody from PML (N) had ever indulged in using abusive language and insulting treatment to others.
Although she might have profitably delved more deeply into her subject's life and work, Danish helmer Nicole Horanyi certainly found a true character in Motley, who mixes savvy and sangfroid, along with an appealingly straightforward way of speaking.
Throughout the period in late 2012 and the first half of 2013, when the market fell out of love with the firm and its shares fell around 40 percent from their peak, Apple executives showed remarkable sangfroid.
He said: "Since Friday, the entire world admires your courage, your sangfroid, your spirit of solidarity.
Mr Cazeneuve said the American passengers "were particularly courageous and showed great bravery in very difficult circumstances" and that "without their sangfroid we could have been confronted with a terrible drama".
Freudian sangfroid. I like to think I would have dropped my prescription
Montaser is always at his most fluent from off a decent pace, which was initiated here by All The Aces, and came from last to first within a handful of strides under a sangfroid Jamie Spencer.
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