Adjectives Flashcards
minor
mineure
great
redoutable
specialised
pointus
secure
sécurisant
early/premature
précoce
thirsty
assoiffe
loud
bruyament
everyday
quotidien
tameable
domptable
persuasive
convaincant
obediant
obéissant
irritating
embêtant
lame
ringard
effective
effectif
switched on/plugged in
branché
slim
élancé
wet
mouillé
surrounding
environnant
real
réel
halfway
mi-chemin
be breathless
être à bout de souffle
unpublished
inédite
surprising
suprenant
bare/naked
nue
annoying/irritating
énervant
widowed
veuf
light (weight)
léger
delghtful
ravissant
dazing, marvellous, blinding
éblouissant
terribly/dreadfully
affreuse
drunk
ivres
deriliously happy
ivre de joie
weary/fed up
las
formed
conçu
deep/thoughtful
profond
hollow/empty
creux
sly/fierece
farouche
peaceful
paisible
refined
recherchée
arrogant/proud
orgueilleux
sudden/immediate
subite
emaciated/scraggy (flanked by line of models)
efflanqué
ghastly/appaling
épouvantable
temporary
provisoire
sudden
soudain
exhausting
accablant
heavy/bulky
pesant
verteux
virtuous
resentful/spiteful
rancunier
undone
défait
weak/cowardly
veule
terse/short and sharp (lapin is terse; not enough air)
lapidaire
crimson
craimoisi
sumptous
fastueuse
joyful
réjouissant
inexhaustible
inépuisable
pregnant
enceinte
dirty
sale
disrespectful/indignant
outrageants
à sens unique
one-way
thirlling/gripping
palpitant
wide/broad
large
lucky (inf)
veinard
daft, crazy (inf.), corrupt, blemished (tara is corrupt)
taré
watered
arrosé
stuffy, stifling (hot)
étouffant
golden
dorée
strong
puissant
sullen, sour (frog)
renfrogne
dirty
sale
guard, duty
gard
kid (inf.) ball (testicle, quebecois)
gosse
species, type
espèce
mug, face
gueule
lip
lèvre
stroke, deal, shot, blow, punch
coup
ennemi
enemy
cop, copper, pig
flic
look, glance
regard
give off, release (a smell), reach (an agreement) (degas gave off a smal off fat (zhyr) so we reached an agreement for him not to eat fries)
dégager
appear, seem
paraître
keep quiet about
taire
be bad-tempered
avoir un sale caractère
look awful/rotten
avoir une sale tète
suffer badly, go through hell
passer une sale quart
creep, pig
sale type
filthy weather
sale temps
brat
sale gosse
childhood dream
rêve de gosse
threatened species
espèce menacée
have a hangover/a thick head
avoir la gueulle de bois
for sure (inf)
a coup sur
feel the effects, be affected
accuser le coup
impulse buy
achat coup de cœur
fall madly in love
avoir un coup de foudre pour qqn
it’s worth it
ça vaut le coup
it’s worth having a look at
ça vaut le coup d’œil
helping hard
coup de main
at first sight
au premier regard
clear (the roads), emerge
se dégager
look your best
paraître a son avantage
will you be quiet!
veux-tu te taire!
you should have kept you mouth shut
tu as rate l’occasion de te taire
to be down in the dump (living in the dump, have a cocroach friend)
avoir le cafard
it goes without saying
il va de soi
disrespectful, indignant
outrageants
harm, damage
s’endommager
give out, fail, weaken (this flan is too cher, ut if i don’t buy it my legs will give out)
flancher
one-way
a sens unique
turn off (the road), forks
bifurquer
hinder, get it (inf)
entraver
bitten, buff, addict, fan
mordu
damage
abîmer
give out under the weight of
flancher sous le poids de
organization (group), prescription, order
la ordonnance
backfire (lighting your farts on fire will backfire you retard)
pétarader
to scratch
égratigner
pain, grief, distress
la douleur
to sparkle (tinsel)
étinceler
to wear down, wear away
user
vertigo
vertige
to maintain, support
entretenir
rubble, debris (rubble de combs)
décombres
to stroll about
déambuler
it very nearly happened
il s’en est fallu de peu que (qqch ne arriver pas)
he is far from being
il s’en faut de beaucoup qu’il soit
to converse about
s’entretenir de
the open sea
le large
broad-minded
large d’esprit
pencil case (underwear (trusy) in pencil case)
la trousse
to sow, spread (confusion)
semer
riddled with (difficulties)
semé de
full of (negative)
parsemé de
act up, play up
faire des siennes
one who falls in love easily
un cœur d’artichaut
tighten up, clutch, grasp
serrer
glaze (glazes les vitrines with honey)
vitrer
clumsy, ungainly (clumsy like a potato)
pataud
boucles
curls, ringlets
to guillotine, trim (messi trimming his coat)
massicoter
press smth against smth, flatten, dump (boy)
plaquer
margin
la marge
chin
le menton
at the same time
a la fois
bless you
a tes souhaites
comfortable, at ease with yourself
bien dans sa peau
of course, obviously
bien entendu
seriously, all kidding aside
blague a port
to put shoes on, to fit
chausser
well-fitting, sun-fitting
chaussant
simple, without any fuss, informal (good frankness)
a la bonne franquette
to skip school/work
faire l’ecole buissonnière
lucky (inf)
veinard
by the way, get to the point, informed
au fait
earrings
boucles d’oreilles
be dumped
se faire plaquer
thus
ainsi
it fascinates me
ca me passione
ultimately
en fin de compte
can’t bear
ne supporter pas
holiday-maker
un estivant
to swallow (swallow avocado with lait)
avaler
steering wheel
le volant
to carry out
effectuer
broadband
haut debit
absurd
abberant
flesh (chair made of flesh)
la chair
limit
le plafond
to give rise to
susciter
rooted
enracine
beyond
au-delà de
a difference
un ecart
to worsen
s’aggraver
in the wrong direction
a contresens
court
un tribunal
cumbersome
encombrant
move out
se deplacer
to moan
râler
a fine (amanda lobley got a fine for her driving)
une amende
to pay
rémunérer
to spoil/ruin (someone cut the pipeline and now the gas is cher)
gâcher
to blame (take yourself for sin)
s’enprendre
widespread
répandu
a crime
un délit
a seed
une semence
to rely on
se fonder sur
to demand
revendiquer
to give into
capituler a
roofing
la toiture
to get ready to
s’apprêter a
to process
traiter
without somebody’s knowing
a l’insu de qqn
a trial
un procès
a discalimer
un démenti
compliant
conciliant
to annoy
agacer
a crowd ( crowd gathers up to see a travelling troupe)
l’attroupement
neighbourhood
le voisinage
unruly
turbulent
to ruin/lay waste to
aneantir
to make someone aware of
sensibiliser
