Quantifiers and intensifiers Flashcards

1
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légèrement

A

slightly

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2
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plutôt

A

fairly (+- rather)

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3
Q

à peine

A

barely / hardly / scarcely

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4
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quasiment, presque

A

almost / nearly

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5
Q

la moindre (chance)

A

the slightlest (chance)

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6
Q

une courte tête d’avance

A

a razor-thin marge

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7
Q

de justesse

A

by the skin of your teeth

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8
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une part

A

a fraction

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9
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une tranche

A

a slice

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10
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un minimum

A

a modicum (of skills)

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11
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un repas léger / un casse-croûte

A

a spot of (lunch)

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12
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dont aucun (n’est) …

A

non of which (is) …

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13
Q

insignifiant

A

paltry (a … amount)

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14
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un soupçon de, une once de

A

a tad, an ounce of

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15
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sans l’ombre de, le moindre …

A

without a hint of

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16
Q

un sur 5

un cinquième

A

1 in 5

1 out of 5

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17
Q

une goutte d’eau dans la mer

A

a drop in the ocean

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18
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un grain, une poussière, un tout petit peu

A

a speck

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19
Q

la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase, le comble

A

the last straw

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20
Q

des revenus bas

A

a meagre income

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21
Q

un manque

A

a shortage of

22
Q

la pénurie, la disette

A

ø dearth ø

23
Q

qui se raréfie(nt), s’amenuise(nt)

A

thinning

24
Q

qui se réduit

A

receding

25
Q

sur le déclin

A

on the wane

26
Q

qui part à vau l’eau

A

going to the dogs

27
Q

siminuer, rétrécir, s’amenuiser

A

shrink, shrank, shrunk

28
Q

(inf) une tonne

A

a gazillion

29
Q

un grand nombre

A

a myriad of (things), a plethora

30
Q

l’énième

A

the umpteenth

31
Q

innombrables, nombreux

A

countless

32
Q

des tas

A

heaps, loads of

33
Q

(acheter en) gros / grandes quantités

A

(to buy in) bulk

34
Q

une nuée de …

A

a host of

35
Q

une grande quantité

A

a large amount of ..

36
Q

un excès

A

a surfeit

37
Q

remplir à ras, bachoter (revision)

A

to cram

38
Q

ça en dit long sur …

A

it speaks volume about

39
Q

déployer des efforts, faire des pieds et des mains

A

to go to great lenghts

40
Q

un essaim

pulluler

A

a swarm

to swarm

41
Q

des multitudes de (gens …)

A

droves

42
Q

se rendre en nombre, groupes

A

to flock

43
Q

une batterie de

A

an array

44
Q

ça couvre toute la gamme

A

it runs the whole gamut

45
Q

un large éventail

A

a wide range

46
Q

de gros morceaux

A

chunks, lumps

47
Q

il y a de rares references

A

there are scant references to …

48
Q

truffé de, pasemé de

A

the document is peppered with, studded with

49
Q

moins de choses

A

fewer things

50
Q

moins (+ uncountables)

A

less (øfood, øhappiness, ømoney)

51
Q

peu de (+ uncountables)

A

little time / hindsight / progress / information

52
Q

de nombreuses choses

beaucoup (d’argent)

A

many things

a lot of (ømoney)