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