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Adjectives 07 Flashcards

1
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Busy, hectic ( day, zone, etc )

A

chargé, mouvementé, agité, animé

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Restless

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Agité, remuant
( s’agiter )
( passer / avoir une nuit agitée )

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Quick-witted, sharp

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À l’esprit vif

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Sharp ( blade, edge )

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( bien ) aiguisé, coupant, tranchant

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5
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Sharp ( pencil, point )

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Bien taillé

Pointu

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Well-defined, sharp ( contrast, TV image )

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Net, claire

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7
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Overly indecisive, “wait and see” style

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Attentiste

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8
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Half-assed, crappily done

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Foireux, bâclé

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9
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Fake, bogus

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Bidon

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10
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Rigged, fixed

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Truqué

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Cheapo, worthless, half-ass, etc

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À deux balles, de pacotille, minable, de mes deux

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Wannabe, knock-off, “lame excuse for,” diet, discount

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____ au rabais

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13
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Thrifty

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Économe

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14
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Stingy

( portion )

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Radin, pingre

Mesquin

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15
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Petty, immature

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Mesquin

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16
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Torn, undecided

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tiraillé entre deux choses/personnes
( tirailler = gnaw at )

I’m very torn - j’hésite beaucoup (entre les deux)

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Sickly, prone to sickness

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maladif, maladive

18
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Puny, scrawny, weakling, shrimp

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Chétif, maigrelet, ( être une ) mauviette

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Wrinkly ( person )

20
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Wrinkled ( cloth, shirt, paper, etc )

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Froissé, plissé

21
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Crumpled

22
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Age-old, ancient, “for as long as anyone can remember”

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immémoriaux

23
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To be set in one’s ways, slave to routine

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Routinier, routinière, avoir ses habitudes, être mis dans ses voies

24
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Crazy

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Fou, dingue, taré, insensé, cinglé

25
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well-timed [remark, entrance]

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tout à fait opportun

26
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Sparkling, gleaming, shining

  • Clean, - with joy, - with anger
A

étincelant

de propreté

(de colère)
(de joie)

27
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To be screwed, eff’d, toast

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cuit, être mal barré

28
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soggy

A

ground] détrempé; [vegetables, pasta] trop cuit; [bread] ramolli

29
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groggy, shakey

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( se sentir ) patraque, sonné, étourdi

30
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Hairy

31
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Indecisive

Undecided ( about )

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indécis(e)

indécis ( sur / quant à )

32
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Sharp

A

Tranchant, coupant, bien aiguisé

33
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Neglected, ignored

A

Délaissé

Négligé

34
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Left behind

A

“Laissé pour compte”

Abandonné

35
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To not be up to the task

To not be cut out for something

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Ne pas être à la hauteur

Ne pas être de taille

Ne pas avoir l’étoffe de ( faire quelque chose )

36
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forgettable

A

Peu mémorable

37
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dotted
[sous-entendu] / hinted at

“marked by stops and starts”

A

en pointillé

38
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Bumpy, rough, uneven ( terrain )

A

Cahoteux, mouvementé, accidenté

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