200-399 Flashcards
Embodiment
The new building is the embodiment of modernity
Incarnation Personnification
To linger
The camera lingered on the scene
Persister, subsister s’attarder, traîner
Reluctantly
Reluctant
Reluctance
To do sth with reluctance
À contrecœur,
Avec réticence
Aim With the aim of His aim is to get rich
But
To aim He aimed his gun at the man’s head
Braquer
Alloy
Alliage
To embed, embedded Embedded in concrete To be embedded in somebody’s memory
Enfoncer Incruster Intégrer Imbriquer Sceller
Pit
Marque, piqûre, cicatrice
Compendium
Abrégé Précis
Oversized
Enorme Trop grand
Aloof She keeps aloof from her colleagues
Distant
Assignment
Tache
Astute How astute of you !
Astucieux, fin, perspicace Que vous êtes malin !
Astuteness
Finesse Perspiscacité
synonymes: acumen, perspicacity
Bashful
Timide pudique
synonym: shy, timid, embarrassed, diffident
To beguile
Envoûter Séduire Enjôler Tromper
to influence by trickery, flattery etc…
to mislead
Benchmark
Repère, point de référence, étalon
something that is used as a standard by which other things can be judged or measured
thesaurus: criterion, gauge, standard, touchstone
it constitutes the world benchmark ….il constitue la référence mondiale
benchmark indices …. les indices de références
Besotted To be besotted with sb She is besotted with her grandchildren
Fou épris
être follement épris de
elle est folle de ses petits enfants
To bid, bid, bid To bid for sth We bid 300 £ for the statue
Faire une offre, offrir
Bond There is a very close bond between us
Lien Attachement Contrat Engagement
Bosom In the bosom of the community
Sein (femme) Sein, fond (au sein de la communauté)
To bump into He bumped into a lamppost I bumped into an old school friend
Rentrer dedans, tamponner Rencontrer par hasard, tomber sur
Busybody
Fouineur
To carry away He was carried away by his enthusiasm Don’t get carried away !
Emporter, enlever
To carve up
Découper, morceler, démembrer balafrer Taillader
Challenging To find oneself in a challenging situation
demanding - ideas, theory] provocateur, stimulant, exaltant [- job, activity] stimulant, qui met à l’épreuve
Chatty
Bavard
To clench
to clench your fists/teeths/jaw etc.
to hold sth tightlly in your hand
Serrer,
empoigner, agripper
Close-knit Community, family
a close-knit of people have good relationships with each other and support each other
Très uni
Compelling Her book makes compelling reading
a compelling story
Envoutant, captivant (book, film, performance)
To con Con
Arnaquer, duper Arnaque, duperie
The pros and cons
Le pour et le contre
Conceit
Vanité, suffisance
Conceited
Vaniteux, Suffisant
Crappy
Merdique, à la con, dégueulasse
To feel crappy
Se sentir mal fichu Se sentir coupable
Cunning He is cunning as a fox
Astucieux, habile, Finesse, astuce, ruse, habileté, adresse
Diffidence Diffident Diffidently He was diffident about speaking out
Manquer d’assurance ou de confiance en soi, timidité Timide, hésitant
Diligent He is very diligent in his work
Assidu Appliqué
Conscientious Conscious
Consciencieux Conscient
Disdain To disdain He disdained to reply to his lettet To be disdainful of sb
Dédain, mépris Dédaigner Dédaigneux
Dogged
The dogged persistence of the police finally paid off when Hopper told them that he knew
Tenace Déterminé Persévérant
Synonyms: etermined, resolute, obstinate, perseverant, pigheaded, relentless steadfast, stubborn, tenacious
Doggedly
Avec ténacité ou persévérance
Doggedness
Ténacité, persévérance
Doom To meet one’s doom A feeling of doom Thousands were sent to their doom
The aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water
Destin, sort, perte, ruine, mort
death, destruction or some terrible fate
Down-to-earth
Direct, simple Qui a les pieds sur terre
practical and realistic
Draft To draft
Brouillon Faire un brouillon, esquisser (plan)
Dread
Terreur, effroi
great fear or apprehension
To dread
Jeanine was dreading the party
I dread to think what Russell will say
Craindre redouter
to anticipate with great apprehension of fear
Dreadful
Redoutable, effrayant, affreux, épouvantable
To drop out He dropped out of school
A dropout (n)
Renoncer Abandonner (ses etudes etc)
A dropout is a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle: a college dropout
Eager To be eager to do sth
Impatient enthousiaste
strongly wanting to do or have sth
Effusive
A effusive welcome
Expansif chaleureux
To encompass
this area of London encompasses Picadilly to the borth and St. Jame’s Park to the south
Englober, comprendre, regrouper
Endowment
His natural endowments were his height and intelligence
Don, talent
To endow To endow a hospice with £ 1 millio, To be endowed with great talents
Doter
Entitlement
Holiday entitlements for temporary workers are less than for permanent staff
Droit
the official right to have or receive st, especially money, that you get from a government or employer
Exciting
Palpitant, passionnant, sensationnel
Extrovert
Extraverti
Faithful
Many older people still remain faithful to the party
Fidèle, sûr
synonyms: devoted, staunch
Filth (skin, clothes,street …)
Crasse Sâleté
Flaw
A flaw in the glass
He had his flaws but was still a great teacher
Défaut
a mark, blemish or other imperfection which mars a substance or object
To flaw
Endommager, altérer
Flawless Flawlessly Flawlesness
Parfait Parfaitement Perfection
Fleeting for a fleeting moment To give sb a fleeting glance
for a fleeting moment I saw the face of a boy
Fugace, passager
lasting for a very short time
Fun-loving
Qui aime bien s’amuser ou rire
light-hearted and lively (gai et vivant)
Gangling / gangly
Dégingandé
used about a youg person who is tall and thin, and has very long legs
Garrulous
A garrulous cab driver
Bavard, loquace,
excessive talkative, especially on trivial matters
Wreath For funeral
Couronne
Witty
Marlowe was charming and witty
Spirituel Plein d’esprit
Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour
Whereabouts Whereabouts are you from ? Whearebouts in France do you live ?
Ou
Swarthy He has a swarthy complexion
Basané
dark-complexioned
Stingy
Radin
ungenerous
Standpoint From a late 20th - century stand point
Point de vue
Shrewish
Acariâtre,hargneux
bad-tempered or aggressively assertive
All-out Strike, war …
Total
All-over
Qui s’étend sur toute la surface (adjectif)
Anything but This music is anything but relaxing
Tout sauf
Blemish
Défaut, imperfection, tâche (fruit), bouton
To blemish
Gâter (pour un fruit) Tâcher ( pour une réputation)
Deed Ex: A brave deed
Action Ex: un acte de bravoure
Dimly
a dimy lit corridor
a single lamp glowed diimly in the gloom
Faiblement, sans éclat Indistinctement, à peine Vaguement, à peine
with a faint light; not brightly
Dismal Why are you looking so dismal ?
Lugubre, sombre (face,person,street) Triste, mélancolique (song)
causing a mood of gloom or depression
To dispirit
the army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions
Décourager, abattre
to lose enthusiasm or hope
Dyed-in-the-wool A dyed-in-the-wool communist
invétéré, profond, proondément ancré
syn: deep-rooted, absolute, fully-fledged,long-standing, entrenched, to the core (jusqu’à la moelle), entrenched, out-and-out, whole, etc…
To embezzle - money from sb
Escroquer de l’argent à qqun
to steal or misappropriate money
Embezzlement
Detournement
Embezzler
Escroc Fraudeur
Workplace
Lieu de travail
Wishful thinking
Irrealiste
Hindsight It is easy to say in hindsight that I should have done things differently
with hindsight, I should ever have gone
Sagesse acquise après coup
understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developped
To hit off To hit it off with sb We hit it off immediately
Bien s’entendre avec quelqu’un
Hitherto A hitherto incurable disease
Jusqu’ici, jusqu’à présent
until now or until the point in time under discussion
Hollow Hollow eyes, cheeks…
Un creux, une cavité, un enfoncement, dénivellations
To hone
Aiguiser, affuter
to sharpen a blade
to refine or perfect (sth) over a period of time
Idle
Inoccupé,oisif, paresseux,desoeuvré
Industrious
Travailleur
Infatuated with To become infatuated with sb/sth
Entiché de S’enticher de
to be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for
syn: to be besotted with
Infatuation
Engouement
unreasonably strong feelings of love that you have for only a short time, especially for someone that you do not know very well
Insecure
Inquiet, pas sûr de soi, qui manque d’assurance
Insight
1- a woman of great insight
2- new insights into how the universe began
1- perspicacité
the ability to understand and realize what people or situations are really like
2- idée, avancée
a very useful understanding of sth that you did not have before
Choosy
she’s become very choosy about food
Difficile
Demise End of newspaper, empire etc…
….will remember the demise of an airline company….
Mort, disparition
a person death
the end or failure of en enterprise or institution
To demise
the father demised everything to his children
Léguer Transmettre
a dent
my car has a small dent in the hood
Bosse …in metal, wall Creux … in bed, pillow
To dent
the hail dented the roaf of the car
Cabosser
la grêle a cabossé le toit de la voiture
Buffer
trains have buffers between wagons to absorb shocks
a buffer solution
Tampon Pare-chocs Butoir , heurtoir Substance (chimie) qui fait tampon
Endeavour
to wish sb good luck in their endeavours….
despite her best endeavours….
Effort
To endeavour to do sth
the surgeon endeavours to treat you ….
S’efforcer ou essayer de faire quelque chose
Fateful
Fatal, funeste, fatidique, décisif, désastreux, catastrophique
Fondness
I have a fondness for old cars
she has a fondness for reading
Affection
To be fond of sb / sth
Avoir de l’affection pour quelqu’un Aimer
Fond
Affectueux, tendre Fervent, cher
Albeit
Bien que, quoique, encore que
Aftermath
How does a country cope with the aftermath of war ?
The president visited the region in the immediate aftermath of the disaster
Séquelles, suites, répercussions, contrecoup
To bewilder
songs that could bewilder listeners….
Rendre perplexe, derouter, déconcerter
to confuse someone
syn: to puzzle, confuse
Bewildered Bewildering Bewilderment
Perplexe, Déconcertant, déroutant, Confusion, perplexité
-dweller (suffix) City-dweller Cave-dweller
Habitant Citadin Triglodyte
Adrift. (Adverb) To run or go adrift Their boat had gone adrift
à la dérive Aller à la dérive Leur bateau a été détaché
Ailing The ailing state of the country
Souffrant, en mauvaise santé (personnes, économie, industrie,)
syn: feeble, ill, sick, unwell, weak ….
To ail
Être souffrant
Ailment
Mal, affection
All-out All-out war
Total, maximum
Animus
Animosité, antipathie
To arouse The sound aroused their curiosity Sexually aroused
his strange behavior aroused my suspicions
Stimuler, provoquer
Arse Move your arse ! My arse !
Cul Crétin
Artful
Astucieux, habile, rusé, malin
syn: foxy, clever, proficient, sharp, shrewd, tricky
Ashen
Cendré, couleur de cendres Blême, livide
Ass
Ane Imbécile, Cul
A kick in the ass
Un coup de pied au cul
Avail To no avail To little avail
1-his efforts were of no avail
2 -to little avail
Effet, Sans effet, Sans grand effet
1-ses efforts sont resté ans effet
2sans grand effet
To demote
the head of the army was demoted to deputy defence secretary
Rétrograder
to move so to a lower position or rank, usually as a punishment
Dire
dire consequences
dire straits
dire need
Affreux, terrible, désastreuses, urgent
conséquences terribles
situation précaire
desoin patent
Charcoal Charcoal grey
Charbon de bois Gris foncé
To back down
Admettre qu’on est dans son tort Faire marche arrière
Backbone She’s the backbone of the movement
Colonne vertébrale Pivot Fermeté, caractère
Evil (adj)
people today are evil (1)
protected by evil means (1)
the police called it a brutal and evil attack (1)
there’s an evil smell coming from the fridge (2)
1- Malveillant, Néfaste, Maléfique
2- extremement déplaisant
Evil (name)
Le mal
Weaning
to wean somebody from /off sth
she wanted to wean him off junk food
Sevrage
Bewilderment,
the bewilderment of the mind
bewilderment of the public
Confusion, aveuglement, égarement
l’égarement de la pensée
la confusion du public
To blunt (Blade, pencil, feeling …)
émousser (lame) épointer (crayon) émousser (sentiments)
Bluntly To put it bluntly
Carrément, Franchement
Bumbling
Empoté, maladroit
syn: clumsy, gauche, graceless, inept, awkward….
Callous
Dur, sans cœur, Impitoyable, Calleux (peau)
Dumbfounded
Abasourdi
Dubious
dubious morality
dubious behaviour
dubious reputation
douteux, suspect
Elusive
The gray fox is a very shy elusive creature.
A cure for the disease has proven to be elusive.
We repeatedly tried to contact the manager, an elusive man who was never in his office
Insaisissable,
difficile à définir
évasif
To encompass
The Hindu religion encompasses many widely differing forms of worship.
It was a fruitful discussion which encompassed several differentviewpoints.
Englober, comprendre, regrouper
syn: to embrace, cover, incorporate, involve, comprise….
Far-fetched A far-fetched alibi A far-fetched story
Farfelu
hard to believe
syn: doubtful, dubious, hard to swallow, incoherent, queer, unlikely, unbelievable ….
Flunkey Flunky Flunkies
Laquais Larbins
Wanton (adj or noun)
A wanton attack.
A wanton cruelty
Vicieux (syn: cruel, malicious)
licencieux, dévergondé (sexually lawless or unrestrained)
extravagantly or excessively luxurious, as a manner, person, manner of living or style.
Antonym: clean, decent, moral, righteous
Warlock
Sorcier
To weave
Tisser, tresser
Uproot
Déraciné
To vanquish
Vaincre
Vanquisher
Vainqueur
Vagrancy Vagrant
Vagabondage Vagabond
Unkempt
Unkempt hair.
Unkempt clothes.
Unkempt lawn.
Mal peigné, Hirsute Négligé, débraillé Mal entretenu, en friche
syn: disordered, messed up, messy, neglected, grungy, coarse, untidy etc….
Unscathed Luckily, he emerged unscathed from the accident
Sain et sauf Indemne heureusement, il est sorti indemne
not scathed, unharmed, uninjured
Scathing He can be very scathing.
A scathing review of the play
Caustique, cinglant
1-bitterly severe, as a remark.
2-harmful, injurious or searing
Tuition Tuition fees
Cours Frais de scolarité
Tizz To be in a tizz Don’t get into a tizz about it
Panique Être dans tous ses états, Ne t’affole pas pour cela
To tackle …a task, a problem
S’attaquer à Aborder
Syllabus
Programme
Swift
Rapide, Prompt, rapide Malin
To stir Stir the flour in the sauce
Remuer, tourner, mixer
Stocky He is a stocky man and he plays rugby
Trapu
Soothing The music has a soothing effect on them
Apaisant, calmant
To soothe
Calmer, apaiser
Soothingly
D’une manière apaisante
Sloth Slothful Slothfulness Slothfully
Paresse Paresseux Paresse Paresseusement
syn: do-nothingness, idleness, indolence, inertia, sluggishness, slackness
Backdrop
Toile de fond Arrière plan
syn scenery
To baffle
The exact nature of black holes continues to baffle scientists.
Déconcerter, Dérouter
=to confuse, to bewilder or to perplex
syn: to puzzle, bewilder, amaze,astound, disconcert, dumbfound, stun etc….
Battered
She carried a battered old suitcase
A battered wife.
A pair of battered black boots
Délabré (building) Cabossé, bosselé (car, hat…) Meurtri, battu (wife…) Buriné (ravaged)
To bash
I told him I’d bash his head in if he ever touched her again
Frapper, cogner Cabosser, bosseler
to hit someone very hard, especially in a fight
syn: to clobber, beat, beat up, batter, knock, club etc
A bash
Un coup, une entaille, Une bosse
Dent
Bosse Creux
To dent
Cabosser, bosseler (metal, wall) Froisser,entamer
syn: chip, scrape, depress, furrow, hollow, indent, mark, notch, perforate, pit ….
Awe He starred at her in awe
Admiration mêlée de respect
syn: admiration, esteem, regard, respect, reverence …
To awe The children were awed by the tone of her voice
Impressionner
syn: to daunt, frighten, impress, intimidate, scare,stun, terrify …..
Axe
Hache
To axe
Couper, hacher
Booty
Butin
Bottleneck
Retrécissement de la chaussée, étranglement (road) Embouteillage, bouchon (of traffic)
Cesspool Cesspit
Fosse d’aisance Cloaque
Chary
Précautionneux (wary)
Parcimonieux (ungenerous)
Balloon
Ballon (toy) Ballon aerostat Bulle (comic strip)
To balloon
Gonfler Augmenter démesurement
To covet
I covet one of their smart bags.
I gave up a coveted job, that of editor-in-chief.
Convoiter Avoir très envie de
To yearn to possess (sth, especially sth belonging to another)
syn: to aspire to, envy, long for, lust after, yearn for,
To dangle
Dangling from her ears were two large gold earrings.
He dangled helplessy from the cliff, trying not to look down.
We sat on the edge of the pool with our legs dangling in the water.
Laisser pendre (legs, arms, hands) Balancer (object on chain, string) Pendre
Dagger
Poignard Dague
Cumbersome
Organizations with cumbersome hierarchical structures.
Cumbersome diving suits
Encombrant, embarassant (bulky)
To decay
Pourrir (food, flowers) Avarier (meat) Se carier (tooth) Tomber en décadence
Rowdy
Rowdy behaviour at school.
Chahuteur Bagarreur
Run-of-the-mill
A run-of-the-mill performance.
Ordinaire, banal
syn: ordinary, mediocre, everyday, routine unexceptional etc
Ruthless
Impitoyable, sans pitié Brutal
syn: callous, adamant, dog-eat-dog, fierce, grim, hard-hearted, merciless, pitiless, revengeful etc…
Ruthlessness
Caractère impitoyable Dureté
To condone We cannot condone such immoral behaviour
The state appears to condone police brutality.
I am not condoning his behaviour, but I can nderstand why he wanted revenge on his attacker.
Fermer les yeux Pardonner
to say or show that you approve of sth that most people think is wrong
To debunk
Comedy takes delight in debunking heroes.
This article will debunk these myths…
Démystifier
to expose the falseness or hollowness of an idea or belief
syn: demystify, discover, show up, unmask ….
Delusion
I was still under the delusion that everyone was trying to cheat me.
It is self-delusion to believe that we are safe….
illusion Délire Fantasme
syn: apparition, daydream, false impression, fallacy, fantasy, hallucination, ghost, phantasm,
Dearth
A dearth of qualified workers
Pénurie
syn: lack need, paucity, poverty, deficiency, absence, defaut, shortage, want
antonym: abundance, excess, plentifulness
Discrepancy There is a discrepancy between these reports
Contradiction Désaccord
Disclosure The disclosure of classified information
Révélation Divulgation
synonyms: betrayal, broadcast, divulgation, divulgence, exposal, exposure,leak, revealing, snitch, unveilment
To disclose
She was accused of disclosing confidential material to a competitor.
He failed to disclose all the information.
Révéler Dévoiler Divulguer
- synonyms*: to bring to light, communicate, display, divulge, let slip, make known, publish, reveal, unveil
- antonyms:* to conceal, hide, withold
Cluster
A dense cluster of buildings
Grappe (fruits) Bouquet (flowers) Amas (stars) Essaim (bees)
syn: array, band, bunch, bundle, clutch gathering, lot, pack, party, set….
To cluster around (people)
Se grouper autour de
Craftsman
Artisan Homme de métier (writer, actor)
Credence
1- to give or to lend credence to sth
2- I don’t give any credence to these reumors
3- the DNA results lend credence to his claim of innocence
Croyance, foi
1- rendre quelque chose de crédible
2 -je n’accorde aucune crédiblité à ces rumeurs
3- les résultats ADN rendent crédible son innocence
syn: trust, acceptance, reliance, confidence, accepting….
To deem
Judges can give any punishment they deem appropriate.
Officials deemed that the risks of the mission were to great.
Juger, considérer, estimer
to regard, to consider.
syn: believe, conceive, esteem, estimate,presume, reckon, supposethink, understand, view ….
To disclaim
The group has disclaimed all responsability for the attack.
Rejeter, décliner Nier Démentir
syn: to deny
Disclaimer
The president issued a disclaimer denying all knowledge of the affair
Démenti, désaveu
Demeanor
A calm demeanor.
Carvell was brusque in demeanor…
As a leador, your attitude and demeanor can have a considerable impact on your subordinates.
Comportement
1-conduct; behavior, deportment
2-facial appearance; mien
Fallacy
It’s a fallacy that money brings happiness.
Erreur, Idée fausse
Fallacious
Fallacieux Faux illusoire
To epitomize
- the company epitomizes the problems faced by French industry.
- if we had a single word to epitomize our aspirations, it would….
- young business people who epitomize successful young entrepreneurs
Personnifier, Incarner, être l’exemple typique
To be a very typical example of something.
Erstwhile
His erstwhile critics..
D’autrefois
syn: former, bygone, late, old, once, one-time, past, previous ….
Evil-looking
Qui a l’air mauvais (person) Menaçante (weapon)
Endeavour Endeavor
Effort
To endeavour, endeavor
S’efforcer de faire quelque chose
Evil-minded
An evil-minded person is always thinking of evil things to do.
Evil-minded calls and emails have been directed to Korean…
Malveillant, mal intentionné
Adj :wicked:
depraved, malevolent, malicious
Adj: licentious
dirty-minded, lecherous, lewd, prurient, salacious
Evildoer
Do not resist an evildoer.
To establish a distinction between the evildoers and the majority of Muslims.
malfaiteur
Wrongdoer.
syn: criminal, bad person, lawbreaker, sinner, evil person, etc…
Evilly (adv)
Avec malveillance D’un mauvais oeil
Fate
They saw themselves as victims of fate.
It was fate that brought us together.
Destin, sort
To fetch
To fetch sb from the airport.
Fetch ! [to a dog]
Aller chercher
Yearning
A yearning for freedom.
After a year abroad, he felt a yearning to be back home.
Désir ardent Nostalgie
Desire.
syn: aspiration, eagerness, longing, thirst etc…..
To yearn
He yearned for a simpler life after retirement.
Désirer ardemment quelque chose Avoir la nostalgie
Yearningly
Avec désir, avec envie Avec nostalgie
A longing
A nostalgic longing for the past.
She had a desperate longing to go back.
Human longing for truth and meaning.
He felt an overwhelming longing to hea her voice again.
Une envie, un désir
A yearning desire (noun)
Having or showing a yearning desire (adjective)
Longing (adj)
D’envie de désir A longing look …
Longingly
A young girl looked longingly at a box of paints displayed in the window.
Avec désir, avec envie
Goodwill
The scheme is dependent on goodwill between the two sides.
A goodwill gesture.
Bienveillance Bonne volonté
Gloom
1- A prophet of doom and gloom.
2 - The staff are experiencing a feeling of gloom and distrust
Obscurité, ténèbres
Tristesse, mélancolie
1-un prophète de malheur
2-le personnel ressent un climat de mélancolie et de méfiance
To gloom
Etre mélancolique Broyer du noir
Gloomy
Triste, mélancolique Sombre, lugubre Déprimant
Gloominess
Obscurité, ténèbres Tristesse, mélancolie
Hazard
Flashing signs on the motorway warn drivers of hazards ahead.
Risque, danger
syn: danger, endangement, jeopardy, peril, risk, hot potato (informal !) risky business, threat, thin ice
To hazard
The cargo business is too risky to hazard money on.
Risquer, hasarder
Hazardous
He works on hazardous conditions.
It’s hazardous to personal safety.
Dangereux, risqué Incertain, hasardeux
Hazard lights
Feux de détresse
To rehearse
The director made us rehearse the opening scenes over and over.
The band has been rehearsing at the studio all day.
Répéter Faire répéter Réciter, énumérer
syn: to go /run through
Let’s go through it just once more
We went through the whole symphony four times and he still wasn’t satisfied
Rehearsal
Répétition
To encompass
The Hindu religion encompasses many widely differing forms of worship.
Englober, comprendre,
syn:
To embrace.
The world “culture” embraces both artistic and sociological aspects of society.
Encroachment
Minor encroachments on our individual liberties.
Empiètement, Envahissement
Intrusion on a personn territory, rights etc…
syn: inroad, intrusion, invasion, trespass
Evildoer
Méchant scélérat
Gotcha
Pigé ! Je t’y prends ! Je t’ai eu ! Je te tiens !
Herein
En ceci, en cela Ci inclus (in this document)
syn: here, in this, in view of this, included, within
to doom
Her plan was doomed to failure
condemn to certain death or destruction
to be endowed with
Jefferson wrote that all citizes were endowed with the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
to have sth good, especially a natural ability or social advantage
syn: gifted, blessed, enriched, equipped, supplied
excited
When we get home, the dogs are excited to see us.
Doctors are very excited by the discovery
feeling happy and full of energy about sth good that has happened or is going to happen
filthy
the inside of the oven was filthy
filty streets
the water looked filthy
extremely dirty
syn: foul, squalid
