400-599 Flashcards
Sake For sb’s sake
the couple moved to the coast for the sake of her health.
I have to make an effort for John’s sake.
For your sake (1)
For the sake of clarity (2)
Pour le bien de qq
Par égard pour qq
Pour l’amour de qq
syn: behalf, consideration, good, interest, profit, regard, respect, welfare, well-being
(1) pour votre bien
(2) par souci de clarté
To scold
She scolded him for being late
Gronder Réprimander
Scolding
Gronderie Réprimande
To scoff
Don’t scoff, I am serious
I left three pies in the fridge and someone’s scoffed the lot (2)
Se moquer (1)
Bouffer, s’empiffrer (2) = syn: to scarf sth up/down
Scorn
He could barely disguise his scorn for her
she was the scorn of the whole school
Mépris, dédain
To scorn
countries that scorn human rights…
the first step is to scorn the notion that length is a measure of thoroughness
Mépriser
bafouer
Scornful Scornfully
He smiled in a scornful way
Dédaigneux, méprisant Avec mépris
syn: arrogant, contemptuous, disdainful, sneering, snooty
anonyms: admiring,gracious, respectful
Derelict (adj) (n)
adj -
a derelict olf building
the derelict vessel leaked diesel oil
it was in a derelict condition after being sunk
n-
derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag.
adj= Abandonné, délaissé
n= vagabond, clochard (n) = someone who has no money or home and who has to live in the streets
To bemoan
She was bemoaning the fact that they had no money
I bemoan the fact that this initiative ….
1-pleurer, se lamenter
2-déplorer, regretter qquechose
Complacency
Docteurs have warned against complacency in fighting common diseases.
Autosatisfaction
A feeling of satisfaction with a situation or with what you have achieved so that you stop trying to improve or change things.
syn: contentment, smugness
Complacent
the nation cannot become complacent about the quality of our schools
we’ve been winning but we’re not going to get complacent
satisfait ou content de soit
pleased with a situation, especially something you have achieved, so that you stop trying to improve or change things
To cuddle
Jenny sat on the couch, cuddling a stuffed toy dog.
He cuddles the baby close.
Se faire un câlin, se câliner
=to hold someone or sth very close to you with your arms around them, especially to show that you love them
Câliner, bercer
to hold fondly, closely
A cuddle
Un câlin
Deterrence
Nuclear deterrence.
The death penalty for murder is a combination of punishment and deterrence.
Dissuasion Force de dissuasion
Deterrent (adj) (n)
The small fines do not act as much of a deterrent. (n)
The deterrent effect of prison sentences. (adj)
Dissuasif (adj) - dissuasion (n)
To deter sb from doing sth
It is not clear wether the death penalty deters crime.
The study may have deterred women from regular checkups.
Disssuader
Doom (n)
I sat there with a sense of imminent doom (=doom that will come very soon)
Thousand of soldiers met their doom (=died) on this field
Destin (malheureux) Sort (tragique) Perte, ruine Mort (death)
Destruction, death or failure that you are unable to avoid.
Doomsday
Jour du jugement dernier
Filth
Filth in the streets.
Some of the filth they show on television.
Filthy
Filthy clothes.
The bathroom was absolutely filthy.
Filthy language.
Crasse Saleté - An extremely dirty substance
Obscénités Grossièretés - Very offensive language, stories, or pictures about sex.
filthy=adj
thesaurus: dirty, dusty, muddy, grimy, grubby, greasy, soiled, contaminated, polluted
Fart
To fart
Pet
Pêter
Flabbergasted
I was absolutely flabbergasted by her attitude
Doctors said they were flabbergasted by/at the decision to close the hospital
Sidéré
extremely surprised or shocked
thesaurus: amazement, surprise, astonishment, speechless, to be at loss for words, dumbfounded,
Blatancy (n)
One had only to go to the working-class quarters of the city to be struck by the blatancy of that.
l’évidence, le caractère flagrant
A blatant quality or thing
Blatant
Blatant discrimination.
Blatant lies.
At first, I tried ignoring his blatant sexual hints
évident, flagrant, Manifeste
Bewilderment
A bewilderment of smoke, noise and pushing people
Confusion,
perplexité
Bewildered
The kids seemed bewildered and scared after the accident
perplexe, dérouté, déconcerté
totally confused
thesaurus: bemused, mixed-up, puzzled, baffled, perplexed, mystified
Bewildering
A bewildering number of options
Déconcertant
Confusing, especially because there are too many choices or things happening at the same time.
To bewilder
To confuse someone.
These shifting attitudes bewilder me.
Déconcerter, rendre perplexe
Bewilderingly
De manière déconcertante, déroutante
Bloom
Fleur
To bloom
éclore Fleurir
to blossom,
a blossom
The apple trees are just beginning to blossom
The cherry trees are just coming into blossom
The chestnut trees are in full blossom
éclore, fleurir
fleur
a blunder
She stopped finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made.
Une bourde, gaffe, impair
thesaurus: indiscretion, to put your foot in it, faux pas, gaffe, to make a mistake, to get sth wrong, to go wrong, to slip up
To blunder
Police admitted that they blundered when they let Wyllie go.
Just pray that he doesn’t blunder again and get the names wrong.
Without my glasses I blundered into the wrong room.
Faire une gaffe ou un impair
Bluntly
To put it bluntly, the situation has gotten much worse.
Carrément Franchement
Bliss
I didn’t have to get up until 11 - it was sheer bliss
Bonheur, contentement
Perfect happiness or enjoyment
Bruised
Meurtri, blessé
Bruise
A few cuts and bruises
Bleu, contusion Meurtrissures
A purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen, been hit etc.
thesaurus: black mark, blemish, contusion, injury, swelling, wound
To bruise
Contusionner, blesser
Conundrum
One of the most difficult conundrums for the experts
Devinette, énigme
a confusing and difficult problem
thesaurus: puzzle, brain-teaser, enigma, mystery, mystification, problem, riddle, puzzlement
To thrive, thrived/throve, thriven
Concerned about their baby daughter’s failure to thrive.
These traditions continue to thrive
The plant needs direct sunlight to thrive
Business thirved in the freedom of the 1920s
Playing music helped my daughter to thrive
Pousser (plant) Grandir (child) Se porter bien, respirer la santé (adult)
Threshold
The country is on the threshold of a new era.
He stood on the threshold of Kim’s bedroom.
She was on the threshold of a dazzling career.
Seuil, pas de porte
Le seuil d’une époque, siècle
La limite, seuil financier
syn doorstep
Thwart
I was thwarted in my attempts to leave the country
Efforts to clean up the oil spill have been thwarted by storms
Contrecarrer, contrarier (plan) Déjouer (a plot) Contrarier les efforts (person)
Thrilled
I was thrilled with the new chairs
We’re thrilled with the results
The were thrilled that you came.
I am thrilled to be here
Ravi
Teeming
The teeming city streets.
Every garden is teeming with wildlife.
Grouillant de monde (streets) Grouillant, fourmillant (crowds, shoppers) Grouillant (insects, ants)
To swathe
to be swathed in something
his hands were swathed in bandages
Envelopper Emmailloter
To swagger
He swaggered along the corridor
Se vanter, Se pavaner
to walk in a relaxed way, taking large steps, in a way that shows you are extremely confident.
A swagger
He entered the room with a swagger
Air arrogant (manner) Démarche arrogante (walk)
A way of talking or behaving that shows you are very confident
Stubborn
She’s as stubborn as a mule.
Tétu, obstiné Récalcitrant
thesaurus: obstinate, unyielding
adamant, balky, bullheaded, dogged, inflexible,mulish, perservering, pigheaded,single-minded, tenacious, willful
antonyms= broad-minded, complacent, compliant,giving, willing, yielding
Dumbness
Mutité
Dumb
She’s always asking such dumb questions.
I just did the dumbest thing back there, I forgot my briefcase.
She was born dumb and deaf.
1-Muet (unable or unwilling to speak) : mute
2- Stupide (that was a dumb thing to do)
Empty-handed
The burglars fled empty-handed.
Les mains vides
Encroachment
Minor encroachments on our individiual liberties
Empiètement (on land, rights) Envahissement (by sea)
To encroach on / upon
The sea is encroaching on the land.
Urban development is encroaching on rural land.
Gang members who encroach on other gangs’ territory.
Empiéter sur
Flagging
The nation’s flagging economy
Qui baisse (strenght, enthusiasm)
=becoming tired, weaker or less interested
To flag
By the end of the day her enthusiasm had begun to flag.
Faiblir (strenght, energy, enthusiasm, interest …)
To flaunt
She’s always flaunting her hewelry.
If you’ve got it, flaunt it (spoken, humorous)=used to tel so not to hide their beauty, wealth or abilities
étaler, faire étalage (wealth, knowledge, jewellery…) Afficher (bad manners, ignorance)
To downplay
She downplays the seriousness of her health problems.
Minimiser l’importance Dédramatiser
Drawback
The major drawback of being famous is the lack of privacy.
Inconvénient, désavantage
To embroil
To embroil sb in sth
To get embroiled in sth
She is embroiled in a child custody battle with her ex-husband.
The organization is currently embroiled in running battles with pressure groups.
Mêler, impliquer
To entangle
The bird was entangled in the net.
They were suspiciois of becoming entangled ina civil war.
Empêtrer, enchevêtrer Emmêler (hair, threads) Impliquer (envolve)
Epoch
These events marked an epoch in their history.
époque
Fluke
Their victory was a bit of a fluke.
We wanted to show that the win was not just a fluke.
Coup de bol Hasard
thesaurus: chance, occurence
blessing, fortuiy, fortunate, fortune, good fortune, good luck, odd chance, quirk
Damp
The room smelled damp.
The rain had made the walls damp.
Our clothes got a little damp.
Humide Moite
Bully
Leave him alone, you big bully !
The school bully
Brute, tyran
To bully
He used to bully the younger kids.
Brutaliser
Disincentive
Taxes are a disincentive to expansion
Facteur décourageant
To incent= to incentivize
The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs
Encourager
to give incentives to
Incentive
Low prices give the farmers little incentive.
The high-tech industry was lured here by tax incentives.
Motivation Incitation
Wiry
She was a small, wiry woman.
His wiry black hair
1 -Sec et musclé Nerveux
2- wiry hair is stiff and curly
Wisdom
An old man of great wisdom.
Wisdom tooth.
Sagesse
To wiggle
To wiggle one’s hips
Remuer, Se remuer
thesaurus: to shake back and forth
jerk, jiggle, squirm, twist, wave, worm, wriggle, writhe
Whore
Putain
prostitute, harlot
To go whoring
Se prostituer Fréquenter les prostituées
Whorehouse
Maison close
thesaurus: brothel
bawdy house, call house, cathouse, house of ill fame, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, massage parlor, red-light district
Whoremonger
Vicieux
A person who has dealings with prostitutes, especially a sexually promiscuous man
Compelling
A compelling speaker.
There is no logically compelling argument to support their claims.
His eyes were strangely compelling.
1 - Convaincant
2 - Envoûtant (film, book)
To compel
The law will compel employers to provide health insurance.
Harris felt compelled to resign.
His performance compels attention.
Contraindre, obliger (force) Imposer, forcer
thesaurus: to force, to act
coerce, constrain, enforce, drive, impel, make necessary, oblige, squeeze
Compellingly
Irresistiblement
To enforce
The police are strict about enforcing the speed limit.
The difficulties of enforcing discipline.
she enforced strict order on her children.
Mettre en oeuvre, appliquer: policy, décision Mettre en vigueur: law Faire exécuter Faire respecter
Enforceable
Enforceable judgement
Exécutoire
Enforcement
The strict enforcement of environmental regulations.
Mise en oeuvre: policy, decision Application, execution: law Execution: contrat
Expendable
No one’s job is safe. Everyone is expendable.
Superflu (equipment, workforce)
Qui peut être sacrifié (troops, spies)
thesaurus: not important
dispensablle, disposable, nonessentiel, replaceable, superfluous, unimportant
Fated
He was fated never to return.
Achilles was fated to die after Hector.
Destiné (destined) Voué au malheur (doomed)
Fleeting
Fugace
Realm
The spiritual realm.
Ne discoveries in the realm of science.
The real of applied chemistry
Domaine, apanage
Reckoning
By my reckoning, you own £50.
Calcul, compte Estimation Avis opinion
Redudancy
Licenciement (layoff) Chomage
Redudancy
Licenciement (layoff) Chomage
Redundant (adj)
Licencié, au chômage Redondant
Blurred
Blurred vision
The blurred distincttions between childhood and adulthood.
Flou
To blur
His novels tends to blur the distinctions between reality and fantasy.
Estomper, effacer Brouiller
thesaurus: to cloud, fog
becloud, befog, blind, darken, daze, dim, glare, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague, mask, obscure, shade
antonyms=clear, uncloud, unsmudge
Eerie
An eerie silence.…
I had the eerie feeling that sb was watching me.
Inquiétant, sinistre
Flamethrower
Lance-flammes
Flimsily
D’une manière peu solide
Flimsiness
Légèreté Fragilité Faiblesse
Flimsy
A flimsy summer dress.
A flimsy argument.
The evidence against him is very flimsy.
Fin, léger Fragile
To flip out
The guy just flipped out and started shooting.
Exploser, piquer une crise (to get angry) Craquer (under effects of stress)
Flip-flop
An embarassed flip-flop on the goovernment’s domestic policy.
Tong (sandal)
Volte-face, revirement (in attitude, policy…)
To foreclose
The mortgage company has threatened to foreclose on their home
Saisir un bien hypothéqué
Foreclosure
Saisie (juridique)
Hinterland
The port cities relied on their immediate rural hinterlands for foods.
Arrière pays
To indict - for/on sth
Two men were indicted on fraud charges.
Three men were indicted for kidnapping
Inculper, mettre en examen
Indictment
An indictment for murder.
Owners of the city’s biggest casino are under indictment (=charged with a crime)
Inculpation, mise en examen Acte d’accusation
To avenge
He avenged his brother’s death.
Venger
Avenger (n) Avenging (adj)
Vengeur
Aftermath The aftermath of war
Séquelles, suites (of event) Regain
To defuse
To defuse a situation/crisis
A joke can often defuse the situation.
Diplomats are trying to defuse the situation.
Explosive specialists tried to defuse the grenade.
Désamorcer une situation ou une bombe
thesaurus: to disarm, smooth over
deactivate, alleviate, disable, mollify, soften, soothe, subdue.
To disentangle
It was difficult to disentangle fact from fiction.
The president was eager to disentangle himself from the scandal.
Démêler (string, mistery)
Diffidence
Manque d’assurance ou de confiance en soi Timidité
thesaurus: hesitancy, lack of confidence
backwardess, bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, reluctance, reserve, shyness, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness
antonyms: boldness, confidence
To castigate
In his speechn he castigated the president for being soft onb drugs.
Corriger, punir, réprimander Critiquer sévèrement,
To scold
She scolded the boys for taking the candy whout permission.
Our parents were strict and we were frequently scolded for our bad behaviour.
Gronder, réprimander
Thesaurus
to rebuke, reprimand
Scolding
Betty got a severe scoding and had to apologize.
Gronderie, réprimande
Dusk - At dusk
Crépuscule
Flurry
A flurry of activity.
After his statement, he received a flurry of phone calls.
A few flurries are expected tonight.
Rafale (snow, wind) Un branle bas de combat
To flurry
The waiter flurried between them.
Gusts of snow flurried through the door.
verb used with object
to put a person into a flurry
verb used without object:
1-(of snow) to fall or be flawn in a flurry
2-to move in an excited or agitated manner
Frenzy
To work yourself in a frenzy.
Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage.
There are just two minutes to go of this game, and the crowd is in an absolute frenzy.
People were in a frenzy when this shop opened.
Frénésie
Folie.
Excitation
Frenzied
A frenzied applause
Frénétique Forcené Déchainé
Wildly excited or uncontrolled.
Grief ☝️faux ami
The man’s grief over /at the death of his wife.
She was overcome with grief.
Frank always gives me grief about my sloppy handwriting.
Good grief ! (an expression of surprise or alarm)
Chagrin, peine, tristesse
Embêtement
To grieve
We are still grieving the death of our mother.
It grievs me to see him wasting his talent like that.
Peiner, chagriner Avoir de la peine, du chagrin
Grievance
Smith has a legitimate grievance against the company.
One woman filed a grievance (=officially complained) after she was refused a promotion.
A deep sense of grievance.
Grief, sujet de plainte
Rancune, ressentiment Injustice, tort Mécontentement
Grieved To be deeply grieved at something
The whole community is deeply grieved by her tragic death.
Peiné, chagriné Etre chagriné de quelque chose
Grievious
A grevious error.
A grevious wound or pain is severe and hurts a lot.
Affreux, cruel, atroce Grave, sérieux
Greviously
Gravement, sérieusement
Craving
A craving for chocolate.
After a week without smoking , the craving began to disappear.
The symptoms include a craving for sweet foods.
Envie impérieuse ou irresistible Besoin impérieux
thesaurus: lust, appetite, temptation, compulsion, urge, whim, impulse
To crave
I always craved love and acceptance
The review gave Picasso a taste of the recogition he craved.
Avoir terriblement envie de Cigarette, drink, affection, love
Dauting
Climbing Everest is a daunting challenge for any montaineer.
I was faced with the daunting task of learning the wole script in 24hours
Intimidant
If sth is daunting, it seems almost impossible and the idea of doing it makes you feel nervous
To daunt
the lightning did little to daunt local golfers
Intimider
Dauntless
A dauntless courage
adj :
confident and not easily fightened
To disguise
To get into the building, I disguised myself as a reporter.
The two women were disguised as nuns.
Se déguiser Dissimuler, masquer
Dismal
They lived in a dismal apartment in the poorest part of the town.
A dismal gray afternoon.
Dismal economic news.
Lugubre, sombre Horrible (day, weather) Lugubre (streets, countryside) Mélancolique (so,g) Sombre (future, prospect) Lamentable (performance, résult)
Enema
Lavement (méd)
Flaw
It is half price because of a slight flaw.
There was a flaw in the glass.
Défaut (material, character)
thesaurus : defect, fault, weakness, bug
Flawless
He spoke flawless Spanish
Flawless skin
Parfait
Flawed
Défectueux
Flawlessly
Parfaitement
Flawlessnness
Perfection
Fleabag
Sac à puces (animal, person) Hotel miteux
To flog
People caught breaking the liquor laws may be flogged.
He’s been on a lot of TV shows, flogging his new book.
There was a man at the market who was flogging watches at $10 each.
Fouetter (to beat)
Vendre Bazarder Fourguer
Foothold
The company is attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market
Prise de pied, position avantageuse
Forerunner
Theleague was a forerunner of the NBA.
Cirrus clouds are usually forerunners of a cold front.
Précurseur Ancêtre Présage, signe avant coureur
Ominous
An ominous silence.
There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
Menaçant, inquiétant De mauvaise augure, de sinistre présage
Ominously
The sea was ominously calm
De façon inquiétante ou menaçante
Gullibility Gullible
An attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money.
A group of gullible tourists.
Crédulités Crédule, naif
Gruesome
A gruesome accident.
Horrible (sight) Macabre (discovery)
Hardship
Early settlers endured great hardship.
The new taxes are creating extreme hardship to poor families
épreuves
Haughty
A haughty laugh
A look of haughty disdain
A haughty British aristocrat
Hautain, arrogant
Haughtiness
Arrogance, de manière hautaine
Haughtily
Avec arrogance, de manière hautaine
Insight
New insights into how the universe began.
The reports provided little insight about the economy’s condition
Perpiscacité Aperçu , idée
Insightful
Thank you for all the insightful comments
I don’t have anything insightful to say about that.
Pénétrant, perspicace
Kindred (n)
= kinship
Relationship by blood: ties of kindred.
Parenté (relationship) Famille, parents
Kindred (adj)
Books on kindred subjects.
To find a kindred soul.
Inquirers who have kindred interests
Apparenté (related) Similaire, analogue
Leech
1 - Sangsue
2- so who takes advatage of other people , usually by taking their money, food, etc….
To leech on sb
S’accrocher ou coller à qqun comme une sangsue
Leer
He gave me a sly leer
Regard méchant
Regard lubrique
To leer at sb
Bystanders were leering at the nude painting.
Regarder qqun méchamment
Lorgner qqun
Malevolent Malevolence Malevolently
He gave me a malevolent look.
Malveillant Malveillance Avec malveillance
Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
Leering ☝️☝️☝️ ne pas confondre avec « leery »
Méchant Ne pas confondre avec leery = méfiant
Astute
Astucieux , fin, perpsicace Malin, rusé Astucieux
Astuteness
Finesse, perspicacité
Astutely
Astucieusement, avec finesse ou perspicacité
To berate He berated them for being late
Réprimander
To bolster
Soutenir
Dismay To be filled with dismay by sth
Consternation, désarroi
To dismay
The horrible pictures on TV dismayed the American public.
They were dismayed by the U-turn in poicy.
Consterner, emplir de désarroi
To engrave Engraved in her memory
The crystal glasses were engraved with the Queen’s cipher
Graver
To expend
Manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort to improve computer security
Billions of dollars have been expended on research
Consacrer à Dépenser à Utiliser à
Expenditure
Unnecessary expenditure of time and money.
Cuts in public expenditure.
Dépense
To embezzle
Détourner, escroquer
Embezzlement
Charges of fraud and embezzlement.
Détournement (of funds)
Feud
A bloody feud.
A long-running feud between the two brothers.
Querelle
To feud
The two countries have long been feuding over the island.
Hoover feuded with the CIA for decades
Se quereller, se disputer
Wreck
Epave Naufrage, déraillement, accident Guimbarde
To wreck
She’s wrecked my plans.
The car was completely wrecked.
The store was wrecked by a bomb.
Alcohol problems wrecked their marriage.
Provoquer le naufrage Détruire Démolir Casser, démolir, Briser, anéantir
Wrathful (formel)
En colère (literary or humorous)
Wrath (formel)
Extreme anger (literary or humorous)
To wince
To wince with pain
Grimacer Grimacer de dégout Crisper le visage
To usher
A waiter ushered me to a table.
Security guards ushered the man out of the theater.
Conduire, accompagner Placer (at concert, theater…)
Usher
Someone who guides people to their seats at a theater, wedding etc…
Portier (doorkeeper) Huissier (jur)
Turmoil
His life was in turmoi
Most of the country is in political turmoil;
Agitation, trouble, chaos Trouble, émoi
To wane
When the moon wanes, you gradually see less of it.
Confidence in the dollar waned
Décroitre, décliner Diminuer
To be on the wane
The epidemic was on the wane
Décroitre, décliner Diminuer (popularity, power…)
Sallow (adj)
Sallow skinlooks slightly yellow and unhealthy.
His skin was sallow and pitted.
derivative: sallowish - sallowishness
Jaunâtre Cireux
Sallowness
Teint cireux (person, complexion)
Scowling (adj)
Renfrogné, hargneux
Scowl
She stamped into the room with a scowl on her face.
Mine renfrognée Air renfrogné, air menaçant.
An angry or disapproving expression on someone’s face.
To scowl
To scowl at sb
She scowled at him defiantly.
Se renfrogner, faire la grimace Prendre un air menaçant Jeter un regard mauvais
Scrawny
He had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam’s apple.
Efflanqué, décharné Maigre
Underweight
A premature underweight baby
Trop maigre, qui ne pèse pas assez
thesaurus: thin, slim, slender, skinny, lean, slight, emaciated, anorexic, skeletal
Gaunt
His gaunt face.
A tall, gaunt woman in black.
Gaunt tenement blocks.
derivatives: gauntly (adv) and gauntness
Creux, émacié Décharné (corps)
Grim or desolate in apparence (for a building or place)
Slender
Mince, svelte
Flimsy
Flimsy underwear
Fin, léger
To taper
The jeans taper toward the ankle.
Long tapering fingers.
Effiler, tailler en pointe
Very + adverb or adjective
I very nearly fell
Very few/very little
So very little
J’ai bien failli tomber
Très peu
Si peu
Very : emphatic use
Our very best wine.
The very best of friends.
It’s the very worst thing that could have happened.
Notre meilleur vin
Le meilleur ami du monde
C’est bien ce qui pouvait arriver de pire
The very first person
La toute première personne
The very next day
Dès le lendemain, le lendemain même
It’s my very own
C’est à moi
The very same day
Le jour même
At the very end (of street, row, …)
Tout au bout (de la rue, la rangée)
At the very back
Tout au fond
At the very beginning
Tout au début
At the very bottom of the sea
Au plus profond de la mer
At that very moment
Juste à ce moment là (dans le sens d’exact)
The very man I need
Juste l’homme qu’il me faut
There were his very words
C’est exactement ce qu’il a dit
This is the very room where they were murdered
C’est dans cette pièce même qu’ils ont été tués
Heedful
He is heedful of his own intuitions.
Attentif
To heed
He should have heeded the warnings.
If he had heeded my advice, none of this would have happened.
Tom paid no heed to her warnings
Faire bien attention à Tenir compte de Prendre garde à …warning, words…
Heedlessly
Sans faire attention, à la légère Avec insouciance
Heedless
Heedless of danger, he ran out into the street.
Sans se soucier du danger
Kinky
He likes kinky sex
She wears kinky clothes
Kinky hair has a lot of tight curls.
Farfelu, loufoque Qui a des goûts spéciaux
Qui fait des boucles, ondulé (cheveux)
Kinkiness Sexual tastes
Bizarrerie
Kink
Ondulation (hair)
Perversion, bizarrerie
To kink
Tordre (cable)
Faire une boucle
Uncanny
He has an uncanny ability to guess what you’re thinking.
An uncanny feeling that she was being watched.
Troublant, étrange Sinistre, mystérieux
Undeterred
She was undeterred by this setback.
He was undeterred by these disasters
Sans se laisser décourager Elle ne s’est pas laissée décourager par ce revers
Twilight
We took a walk on the beach at twilight.
Crépuscule (in evening)
Aube (in morning) Pénombre, obscurité
Twilight (adj)
The twilight hours.
A twilight word.
His twilight years .
A twilight zone in a city.
Nébuleux Le crépuscule Un monde nébuleux Les dernières années de sa vie Un quartier délabré dans une ville
Tearful
A tearful goodbye.
Larmoyant
Rampage
To be on the rampage
A shooting rampage.
Rioters went on a rampage through the city.
Fureur
Etre déchainé
To rampage
They rampaged through the town.
Anto-government demonstrators rampaged through the capital today.
Se déchainer
Rank and files (n)
Simple soldats La base
Rank and file (adj) Rank and file soldiers
Adj: de la base
Ranker
Officier, sorti du rang
Ranking
She is now fifth in the world rankings.
Classement
Rank
Grade, rang (grade) Rangée, rand (row, line)
To rank
Classer Ranger Figurer
Behind-the-scenes
A behind-the-scenes look
Is the commission involved behind-the-scenes party to negociations ?
….officially but behind-the-scenes…
Secret
un regard intime
La commission est elle impliquée officieusement dans des négociations ?
….officiellement mais en coulisses….
To deem
Judges can give any punishment they deem appropriate
Juger, considérer, estimer
Diehard[n]
A diehard opponent of new taxes
Conservateur, réactionnaire
Diehard (adj)
Intransigeant Réactionnaire
Idle
Inoccupé, désoeuvré (person) =lazy
Arrêté, à l’arrêt (factory, equipment)
Inutile, vain (futile, pointless)
Idleness
Oisiveté Désoeuvrement Paresse
Idling
Fainéantise
Idler
Paresseux, fainéant
Idly
Paresseusement Négligemment
Jumpy
People still feel jumpy after last month’s violence
Nerveux (edgy) Instable, fluctuant Saccadé (gestures, style…)
To jolt sb
The passengers were jolted about in the bus
Secouer
Jolt
Residents felt the first jolt of the earthquake at about 8:00 a.m.
His death was a jolt to the whole community
Electric jolts
Secousse,à-coup
Chieftain
Chef (de tribu)
Outward (adj)
To outward apparences
My parents showed no outward signs of affection
To all outward apparences ( = as much as can be judged by the way things see) Jodie seemed like a normal 12-year-old.
Extérieur, externe Apparent
To abscond
To abscond from prison
She absconded with our money
1 - Soustraire à la justice (escape, get away, flee, break out, break free/ break away, fly)
2- to suddenly leave the place where you work after having stolen money from it
Absconding
Fuite évasion
Adamant She is adamant that she saw him
Résolu, inflexible Elle affirme l’avoir vu
Adze
Herminette
To allude to sb/sth
Faire allusion à quelqu’un ou quelque chose
Anguished
Plein de souffrance
Appealing
Joli Séduisant Attrayant Sympathique, attachant émouvant, attendrissant Suppliant, ignorant
Barnyard
Cour de ferme Basse-cour
Barter
Echange, troc
To operate
Vi: fonctionner, marcher Vt: faire fonctionner,
To work reliably
Travailler de façon fiable
To hail a cab
Héler un taxi
To hail insults, blows…
Faire pleuvoir coups, insultes…
Hail !
Salut !
Geofenced
Géolocalisé
The roll-out The roll-out of robotaxis in urban areas…
Le déroulement, l’extension…
To run around the clock
Fonctionner 24/24
To retrofit
Moderniser
To manhandle
Transporter
Platoon
Armée, sectio,
Far-reaching (adj)
D’une grande portée
Overseer
Surveillant, contremaitre, chef d’équipe
Drawback
Inconvénient, désavantage
To slam on
Freiner brutalement
To slay, slew, slain
Tuer
Grid The power grid
Réseau, Grille
Urban dweller City-dweller
Habitant des villes
A fix for the problems…
Une solution aux problèmes …
Horse manure
Fumier
To grapple with sth
Se débattre avec quelque chose (problème, ordinateur …)
To reassign
Réaffecter
To ferry
Conduire des passagers
Sozzled
Bourré, beurré
To kit out
équipper
To pair up
Assortir, mettre par 2
To herald
Annoncer, proclamer
Errand
Commission, course
To encroach on sth
Empiéter sur (freedom etc)
To vanish
Disparaitre, s’évanouir
To undermine
Ruiner, saper
Sprawl Suburban sprawl
étendue (city) Banlieue tentaculaire
Kerb
Bord du trottoir
The fringes of cities
La périphérie des villes
To subsidise
Subventionner
To retrofit
Moderniser
Thoroughfares
Voies de communications
Roadway
Chaussée
To hamstring
Handicaper
To liken
Comparer
To be in limbo
Etre dans l’incertitude
Backlash
Retour de manivelle
Fine-tuning
Réglage Peaufinage
To fine-tune
Régler avec précision, Peaufiner
To fence off
Séparer avec l’aide d’une clôture
To be mindful of sth
Se souvenir de quelque chose Etre soucieux ou préoccupé par quelque chose
With the benefit of hindsight
Avec du recul
A wintry morning
Glacial, hivernal
Pothole
Nid de poule
Lane markings
Marquage au sol
To jump or to climb on the bandwagon
Prendre le train en marche
Metal-bashing
Métallurgie
Entrant
Candidat
Onlooker
Spectateur, Badaud
Contraption
Engin, truc (fam)
Mishap
Mésaventure Accident
Ditch
Fossé, rigole
To set the bar too high
Fixer la barre trop haute
Broken-down
Détraqué, en panne
To bend the rules
Faire une entorse au règlement
To break the rules
Ne pas respecter les règles
Cue
Signal
On the cusp of the 20th century
Au tout début du 20 e siècle
To doom
The threat of a costly legal battle doomed the proposal.
Are we doomed to lose our memory as we get older ?
Over 50,000 species a year are being doomed to extinction.
The marriage seems doomed to failure.
to make so or sth certain to fail, be destroyed, or die.
