feelings • preference and indifference Flashcards

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avoir envie de qqch./de + inf.

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to feel like sth./ + ger

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je préfèrerais + inf./ que vous, etc. + subj.

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l’d rather + do/you, etc. + did

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vouloir que qqch. soit fait

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to want sth. done

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souhaiter (obtenir) qqch.

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to wish for sth.

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regretter de ne pas + inf./ que… ne pas… + subj.

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to wish + I, you. etc. + pret

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regretter de ne pas + inf. passé/que… ne pas + subj.

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to wish + I, you, etc. pluperf.

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regretter de ne pas pouvoir/de ne pas avoir pu, que… ne pas… + subj.

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to wish + I, you, etc. could/could have

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tant vouloir (au cond.) que + subj.

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to wish + I, you, etc would

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être soucieux de + inf./que

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to be anxious to do/that

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en vouloir à qqch.,

chercher à obtenir qqch.

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to be after sth.

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passionné

être impatient d’obtenir qqch., désirer très vivement, être très pressé de + inf.

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(to be) eager (for sth./ to do)

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convoiter qqch.

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to covet sth.

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se languir de qqch.

tarder à qqn. de + 
inf.

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to long for sth./to do

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rêver de qqch. (en étant éveillé)

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to hanker after, for sth

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avoir la nostalgie de qqch

avoir grande envie
 de + inf.

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to yearn for sth./to do

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avoir le, un désir incontrôlable de qqch.

se mourir de ne pas avoir qqch.

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to crave sth./for sth.

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préférer qqch. à qqch./+ inf. à + inf.

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to prefer sth. to sth./+ger. to + ger.

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bien avoir envie de + inf.

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to have a good mind to

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Ça (qqch.) m’est égal (de + inf./comment, ce que)

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I don’t mind (sth./+ ger./how, what, etc.)

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je m’en moque

je me moque de comment, ce que, etc.

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I don’t care (how, what, etc.)

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cela revient au même pour moi

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it is ail the same to me

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(p. ) hésitant, peu enthousiaste

(cpt. ) fait à contre cœur

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reluctant

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hésiter (sur qqch.)

éprouver une certaine répugnance à + inf.

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to be reluctant (about sth./to do)

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ne
 pas éprouver beaucoup d’enthousiasme pour qqch./pour + inf.

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to be half-hearted about sth./ about + ger

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sans grand enthousiasme

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half-heartedly (adv.)

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(ch. ) ennuyeux

(p. ) terne ou borné

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dull

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très ennuyeux, barbant

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boring

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fastidieux

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tedious

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(avoir, montrer de) l’intérêt (pour qqch./pour + inf.)

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(to have, to show an) interest (in sth./in + ger.)

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être intéressé

s’intéresser à qqch./trouver intéressant de + inf.

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to be interested (in sth./in ger.)

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bâiller

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to yawn

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s’ennuyer

trouver qqch. qqn. ennuyeux/ trouver ennuyeux +inf.

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to be, get bored (with sth. s.o./(with) + ger.)

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l’ennui

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boredom

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peu importe (comment, _ce que, etc.)

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never mind (how, what etc)

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(cpt.) se relâcher, faiblir

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to flag

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sauter qqch. (par ennui)

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to skip sth.

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se lasser (de qqch., qqn.) 
lasser qqn.
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to weary (of sth., s.o.) s.o.

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ennuyeux, fastidieux

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irksome

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lassant

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wearisome

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être las, être de plus en plus las (de qqch./de + inf.)

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to be, grow weary (of sth./pf + ger.)