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Tough Adjectives 06 Flashcards

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Utopian / fanciful / “dream _____ “
Imaginary

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chimérique 5

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Nicked ( corner of furniture, etc )

Worn ( at the corner )

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écorné 6
( verb: écorner )

Pale Blue Eye, 42:18

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Hoarse

“he was hoarse from screaming so much”

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Enroué 6

“il s’est enroué à force de crier.”

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In formal garbe, dressed up

“In one’s Sunday best”

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Endimanché 7

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Grimy, nasty

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crasseux 5

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

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crasse 6

“Être d’une ignorance crasse”

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

In a sleek, sexy and refined way:

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

In a sleek, sexy and refined way:

Dépouillé, minimaliste

épuré

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Moldy

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Moisi 7
( du moisi - mold )

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No frills, no junk, simple, straightforward

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Sans fioritures 5

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Down to earth, grounded

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Terre à terre 6

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Disoriented, lost, thoroughly confused

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déboussolé 6

Désorienté

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( animal ) hairless
( terrain, montagne ) bare​

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pelé 6

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

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dépensier 6

( un panier percé, un gaspilleur )

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“Between the divorce and your crazy spending habits…”

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

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Inconceivable, unthinkable

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Impensable, inimaginable 6

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16
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Rainy

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Pluvieux 5

17
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Cloudy

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Nuageux 5

18
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mopey, down

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boudeur, tristounet, maussade 4

19
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Ruffled, messed up ( hair, fur )

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[plumes, poils] ébouriffé 5

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

20
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Shaggy ( hair beard )

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Hirsute

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

21
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On standby ( machine / “sleep mode” )

( group - ready to spring into action )

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être en veille 6

être prêt à intervenir

22
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Muted / muffled ( TV, speaker )

Made deaf / temporarily deafened

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assourdi 5

23
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Despicable, vile, detestable

Worthless, shabby, miserable

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Méprisable 6
Tenet, 55:46

24
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Well / poorly lit

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bien éclairé 5

mal éclairé

25
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Conclusive

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Concluant 6

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Loose / not tight / not firmly in

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(=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

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Under review / “in progress”

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Être en cours de révision 5
Être en cours de traitement

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