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Adjectives 05 Flashcards

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fierce ( competition )

relentless / determined ( efforts, work )

Staunch / firm ( defender )

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acharné, indéfectible, inlassable

( avec acharnement )

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dumbfounded, flabbergasted ( staggered )

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sidéré, scié, pantois, ahuri

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self-obsessed, entitled

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imbu

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entitled ( to have a sense of entitlement )

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avoir un sentiment de droit, se sentir / se croire en droit à quelque chose

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flabby ( fleshy )

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flasque

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unweildy, hard to carry ( /handle; because of awkward size or grips )

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peu maniable

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sticky

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poisseux, collant

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slimy

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visqueux

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shabby, low quality, pathetic ( “sad little” )

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minable, pourri, malheureux

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phoney, false, BS _____/ not real

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bidon

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reasonable, open-minded ( / open to other points of view )

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amenable à, ouvert d’esprit

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well-honed, sharp ( strategy, argument )

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affûté

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full of oneself

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imbu de soi-même

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careless, lacking necessary attention for something

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négligent

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careless, sloppy ( work )

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bâclé

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wobbly, shaky ( table, chair )

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bancal

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groggy, lightheaded

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patraque, étourdi, sonné

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disjointed ( ideas / thoughts )

“Coming undone” ( buttons, patches etc )

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décousu

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messy ( person )

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désordonné, bordélique

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messy ( place )

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en désordre

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poorly organized

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mal rangé, mal organisé

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Bone-chilling, spine-tingling

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à glacer le sang

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Mobbed, overrun, overtaken

( “During Christmas, the shops on this block are just mobbed with people” )

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assiégé

( “à Noel, les magasins dans cette rue sont tout à fait assiégés.” )

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Lost, confused by a place or explanation, “in a messed up mental state” ( person )

God-forsaken, forgotten ( place )

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Paumé

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1: Wiped out ( group )

2: Destroyed, wiped out ( place, building, etc )

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1: décimé

2: anéanti, rasé, balayé

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Vain, worried about one’s appearance

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Coquet, coquette

Vaniteux, vaniteuse

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Kooky, wacky, hare-brained, far-fetched ( idea, project )

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Farfelu

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Half-assed, ridiculous, lame, “good luck with that” kinda idea

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Foireux, foireuse

29
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[entreprise] large-scale

[auteur, politicien] of great stature

[projet, réforme] far-reaching

[opération] ambitious

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de (grande) envergure

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Sticky ( hands, surface )

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poisseux, poisseuse

Collant

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Slimy, gooey

( person or words ) slimy, scummy, untrustworthy

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visqueux

( person ) mielleux

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