Tough Adjectives 06

Question 1

Utopian / fanciful / “dream _____ “
Imaginary

Answer 1

chimérique 5

Question 2

Nicked ( corner of furniture, etc )

Worn ( at the corner )

Answer 2

écorné 6
( verb: écorner )

Pale Blue Eye, 42:18

Question 3

Hoarse

“he was hoarse from screaming so much”

Answer 3

Enroué 6

“il s’est enroué à force de crier.”

Question 4

In formal garbe, dressed up

“In one’s Sunday best”

Answer 4

Endimanché 7

Question 5

Grimy, nasty

Answer 5

crasseux 5

Question 6

To have something purely pathetic
(Intelligence, lack of class, rudeness)

Answer 6

crasse 6

“Être d’une ignorance crasse”

Question 7

Bare-bones, minimalist ( style, decor, etc )

In a sleek, sexy and refined way:

Answer 7

Bare-bones, minimalist ( style, decor, etc ) 5

In a sleek, sexy and refined way:

Dépouillé, minimaliste

épuré

Question 8

Moldy

Answer 8

Moisi 7
( du moisi - mold )

Question 9

No frills, no junk, simple, straightforward

Answer 9

Sans fioritures 5

Question 10

Down to earth, grounded

Answer 10

Terre à terre 6

Question 11

Disoriented, lost, thoroughly confused

Answer 11

déboussolé 6

Désorienté

Question 12

( animal ) hairless
( terrain, montagne ) bare​

Answer 12

pelé 6

Question 13

Spend-happy, wasteful, extravagant
( big spender, someone with a hole in their pocket )

Answer 13

dépensier 6

( un panier percé, un gaspilleur )

Question 14

“Between the divorce and your crazy spending habits…”

Answer 14

“Entre le divorce et ton train de vie dépensier…” 6

Question 15

Inconceivable, unthinkable

Answer 15

Impensable, inimaginable 6

Question 16

Rainy

Answer 16

Pluvieux 5

Question 17

Cloudy

Answer 17

Nuageux 5

Question 18

mopey, down

Answer 18

boudeur, tristounet, maussade 4

Question 19

Ruffled, messed up ( hair, fur )

Answer 19

[plumes, poils] ébouriffé 5

“il était tout ébouriffé” - his hair was all dishevelled / messed up

Question 20

Shaggy ( hair beard )

Answer 20

Hirsute

“L’homme à la barbe hisute.”
“L’homme aux cheveux hirsutes.”

Question 21

On standby ( machine / “sleep mode” )

( group - ready to spring into action )

Answer 21

être en veille 6

être prêt à intervenir

Question 22

Muted / muffled ( TV, speaker )

Made deaf / temporarily deafened

Answer 22

assourdi 5

Question 23

Despicable, vile, detestable

Worthless, shabby, miserable

Answer 23

Méprisable 6
Tenet, 55:46

Question 24

Well / poorly lit

Answer 24

bien éclairé 5

mal éclairé

Question 25

Conclusive

Answer 25

Concluant 6

Question 26

Loose / not tight / not firmly in

Answer 26

(=not firmly in place) [screw] desserré; [brick, tooth] descellé *a loose connection (electrical) un mauvais contact *to be working loose [knot, screw] se desserrer; [stone, brick] être descellé *to have come loose [knot] s’être défait; 6

Question 27

Under review / “in progress”

Answer 27

Être en cours de révision 5
Être en cours de traitement