B2-Unit 8 - L’APPRÉCIATION NÉGATIVE Flashcards

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affreux

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dreadful

awful

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artificiel

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artificial

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banal

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banal

so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

La violence est devenue banale à la télévision. Violence has become commonplace on television.

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confus

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confused

unclear

J’ai trouvé ses explications confuses. I thought his explanation was unclear.

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5
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ennuyeux

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boring

tedious

annoying

awkward

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exagéré

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excessive

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grotesque

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grotesque

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8
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horrible

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horrible

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impersonnel

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impersonal

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10
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insolite

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strange / unusual

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11
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kitsch

A

kitsch

kitschy

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12
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laid

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ugly

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lamentable

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appalling

pitiful

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mauvais

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poor

Il est en mauvaise santé. He is in poor health.

une mauvaise note a bad mark

de mauvaise qualité poor quality

avoir mauvaise mine

Tu as mauvaise mine. You don’t look well.

être mauvais en to be bad at

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moche

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ugly

Cette couleur est vraiment moche. That colour’s really awful.

Je me trouve moche ! I think I look awful!

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16
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monstrueux

A

monstrous

17
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moyen

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average

medium

middle

le français moyen the average Frenchman

de taille moyenne medium-sized

les classes moyennes the middle classes

18
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nul

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useless

hopeless

être nul to be no good

Je suis nul en maths. I’m no good at maths.

Ce film est nul. This film’s rubbish.

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ordinaire

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ordinary

Ce sont des gens ordinaires, pas des héros. They are ordinary people, not heroes.

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ridicule

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ridiculous

Je trouve ça complètement ridicule. I think that’s absolutely ridiculous.

21
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scandaleux

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scandalous

outrageous

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snob

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snobbish

23
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vulgaire

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vulgar

coarse

Ne dis pas ça, c’est très vulgaire. Don’t say that, it’s very vulgar.

24
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la déception

A

disappointment

une immense déception a huge disappointment

25
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l’exagération (f.)

A

exaggeration

26
Q

la laideur

A

ugliness

meanness

27
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le mauvais

A

bad

poor

28
Q

goût

A

taste

29
Q

décevoir

A

to disappoint

au risque de vous décevoir, … I’m sorry to disappoint you, but …

30
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déplaire

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to upset

disagreeable

Son nouveau film me déplaît. I don’t like her new film.

déplaire souverainement à qn

Cette idée lui déplaît souverainement. He doesn’t like this idea one little bit.

31
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détester

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to hate

to detest

32
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ennuyer

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to bother

to bore

si cela ne vous ennuie pas if you don’t mind

J’espère que cela ne vous ennuie pas trop. I hope it’s not too much trouble.