Week 6 Flashcards
to complain (informal)
To moan ABOUT sth
to grieve the death of sb, faire son deuil
To mourn sb
able to be appreciated
Appreciable
to be aware of
To be conscious OF
someone who pays a lot of attention to details and likes to do things correctly
Conscientious
to believe sth is going to happen soon, before sth, to presume
Presumption
a line of people marching, walking
Procession (N)
zero value
Worthless
so valuable
Priceless
To take action AGAINST sth
To take action AGAINST sth
to solve a problem
To overcome
personality, sb who doesn’t think about others
Inconsiderate (adj)
large number
Considerable (adj)
A considerable number of people
with respect
Respectfully
now
Current
a type of berry
Currant (N)
in my opinion
As far as I’m concerned
to describe a person, situation that you cannot tolerate
Intolerable
main, primary
Principal (adj)
head of a school
A principal (N, p)
values you believe in
Principle (n,c)
what’s left over (maths, financial) (le reste dans une division)
Remainder (unc)
News coverage
News coverage
ambidextre
Ambidextrous (adj)
unfair preference for sth, sb
Favoritism
person who thinks about other people
Considerate (adj)
Motorist (N,p)
Motorist (N,p)
when you stop working because you’re demanding sth, i.e. more money
To go ON strike
There is a public transport, teacher’s, police, nurse’s strike
peak hour
Rush hour
used
Second hand
often expensive, often to impress other people
(A) flash(y) (car)
to be scared, cautious, nervous, usually because of a lack of experience
To be wary OF sth
I am wary of the major roads because I don’t have much experience
used to describe a person who always tries to cheat people
Deceitful (adj)
to abandon your responsibilities, duties
To desert sb
A deserter (N,p)
to spend a lot of money
To spend a fortune ON sb, sth
Astronomical
- > costs,
- > prices
Astronomical
- > costs,
- > prices
to become worse and worse (health, economy)
To deteriorate /ditiriorate/
to make sb angry
To infuriate
Furious (adj)
Fury (N)
because I can, I have no reason to do it
To do sth for the sake of it
To finalise the details
To finalise the details
the place where you hunt
Hunting ground
the lines man in soccer
Referee
worth mentioning
Notable
made especially for an individual
A tailor-made
- > trip
- > course
- > suit
- > service
designed for consumers, people who want the latest and greatest
Consumer-driven
- > fashion
- > technology
- > design
has high moral standards, the bad and the good
A high-minded
- > person
- > ambition
- > reason
- > principle
excessively, overly upper-class
High-brow
- > interests
- > lifestyles
firmly rooted, established
Entrenched
To dig a trench (tranchée)
nurse who specialises in childbirth
Midwife (N,p)
a seller (old fashioned)
Peddler (N,p)
someone who pretends to be a doctor
Quack (N,p)
to appear after
To supervene
to appear in the middle; to interrupt
To intervene
to get (pour maladies)
To contract
- > a disease
- > an illness
adj when you cover all the areas, to have skills in all the areas
All-encompassing (adj)
when you realise, come into a lot of information, knowledge
To be enlightened
to pull with great force
To heave
great, big change, almost chaotic
Upheaval (adj)
The French Revolution caused great upheaval to the monarchy and aristocrats.
completely uninjured, undamaged
Unscathed (adj)
Surprisingly, he came out of the car accident unscathed (not even a scratch)
designed to hurt and offend
Scathing (adj)
To make a scathing remark, comment
passion, energy, excitement
Fervor (N)
Slightly
- > tired
- > excited
- > annoyed
- > scared
Slightly
- > tired
- > excited
- > annoyed
- > scared
Unbelievably
- > tired
- > excited
- > annoyed
- > scared
Unbelievably
- > tired
- > excited
- > annoyed
- > scared
Practically
- > perfect
- > finished
- > impossible
Practically
- > perfect
- > finished
- > impossible
Old and rotting
Mouldy
Not dangerous
Benign
Impossible to go through
Impassable
Depressing
Dispiriting
Untroubled
Unperturbed
Lasting for a short time
Ephemeral
Very angry
Incensed
Mad
Potty
Dead
- > tired
- > serious
- > opposed
Dead
- > tired
- > serious
- > opposed
Disgusting
Vile
Pretty
Gorgeous, ravishing
Embarrassed
Mortified
Confused
Bewildered, bemused, baffled
Very tired
Exhausted
Cold
Freezing
Hot
Boiling
Scared
Terrified, petrified
Surprised
Flabbergasted, astonished (positive), shocked (negative)
Old
Ancient
Cute
Adorable
Bad
Awful, horrible, dreadful, appalling
Good
Magnificent, amazing, phenomenal, mind-blowing
Big
Huge, enormous, gigantic, ginormous (informal)
Small
Tiny
Angry
Furious, livid
Sad
Devastated
Happy
Delightful, ecstatic, euphoric, elated
Stupid
Ridiculous
Smart
Brilliant
Hungry
Starving, ravenous, famished
Clean
Spotless, pristine (for natural places)
Dirty
Filthy
Ugly
Hideous, ghastly
the worst possible kind
A heinous (ungradable)
- > crime
- > behaviour
Bitterly
- > cold
- > disappointed
- > opposed
- > upset
Bitterly
- > cold
- > disappointed
- > opposed
- > upset
Completely
- > different
- > incomprehensible
- > new
- > sure
- > terrified
- > impossible
- > free
- > wrong
- > full
- > empty
Completely
- > different
- > incomprehensible
- > new
- > sure
- > terrified
- > impossible
- > free
- > wrong
- > full
- > empty
Deeply
- > ashamed
- > attached
- > divided
- > unhappy
- > emotional
Deeply
- > ashamed
- > attached
- > divided
- > unhappy
- > emotional
Entirely
- > beneficial
- > different
- > satisfactory
- > unexpected
- > convinced
- > persuaded
Entirely
- > beneficial
- > different
- > satisfactory
- > unexpected
- > convinced
- > persuaded
Heavily
- > armed
- > dependent
- > polluted
Heavily
- > armed
- > dependent
- > polluted
Highly
- > contagious
- > critical
- > intelligent
- > likely
- > sensitive
- > valuable
- > plausible
Highly
- > contagious
- > critical
- > intelligent
- > likely
- > sensitive
- > valuable
- > plausible
Painfully
- > aware
- > obvious
- > sensitive
- > slow
Painfully
- > aware
- > obvious
- > sensitive
- > slow
Perfectly
- > balanced
- > normal
- > safe
- > serious
- > adequate
- > reasonable
- > acceptable
Perfectly
- > balanced
- > normal
- > safe
- > serious
- > adequate
- > reasonable
- > acceptable
Seriously
- > damaged
- > hurt
- > rich
- > wealthy
- > worried
Seriously
- > damaged
- > hurt
- > rich
- > wealthy
- > worried
Totally
- > harmless
- > inadequate
- > unbelievable
- > unspoilt
- > absurd
- > useful
- > perfect
- > devastated
Totally
- > harmless
- > inadequate
- > unbelievable
- > unspoilt
- > absurd
- > useful
- > perfect
- > devastated
Utterly
- > different
- > disastrous
- > impossible
- > useless
- > exhausted
- > devastated
- > ridiculous
Utterly
- > different
- > disastrous
- > impossible
- > useless
- > exhausted
- > devastated
- > ridiculous
Widely
- > available
- > held
- > publicised
- > used
Widely
- > available
- > held
- > publicised
- > used
cannot hurt you
Harmless
Opposite of well-respected
ill-respected
all details included, nothing missing (in research)
Comprehensive research
To rely ON sth
Reliable
Reliant
To rely ON sth
Reliable
Reliant
to be dependent on, you cannot survive without sb/sth
To be reliant ON sb/sth
showing
Revealing
enlightened
Revelatory
impossible to imagine
Unthinkable (doesn’t exist without un-)
to undergo or show change, typically within ONE process
Varying
likely to change
Variable
easily becomes excited
Excitable
easily becomes irritated
Irritable
very blind
As blind as a bat
He is as blind as a bat, so make sure you type in a large front.
the object you’re cleaning must be able to shine or show a reflection
As clean as a whistle
As cool as a cucumber
As cool as a cucumber
As easy as pie
As easy as pie
sb who is not easily affected by emotional things, typically because of years of experience and difficult life
As hard as nails (clous)
As quiet as a mouse
- > low volume
- > timid, shy
As quiet as a mouse
- > low volume
- > timid, shy
As sick as a dog
As sick as a dog
As happy as Larry
As happy as Larry
As busy as a bee
As busy as a bee
Between
Inter
Intercontinental, intercity, interview
Very big
Super
Superpower
Previous
Ex
Ex-wife
Small
Mini
Mini-hifi
Not
Ab
Abnormal
Too much
Over
Overspend
Together
Co
Coauthor
Main
Arch
Archenemy, archenemesis, archangel
Across
Trans
Transcontinental
Before
Pre
Preview
To warn sb ABOUT the danger OF sth
To warn sb ABOUT the danger OF sth
to warn beforehand
To forewarn
planned, there was intention (about a murder)
Premeditated murder
Omnipotent : power
Omnipotent : power
Omniscient : knowledge
Omniscient : knowledge
redundant, more than necessary
Superfluous (adj)
Fellow
- > victims
- > workers
- > classmates
Fellow
- > victims
- > workers
- > classmates
never happened before
Unprecedented
a method, solution to fight against a problem
Countermeasure
never ending
Interminable
cannot be explained
Inexplicable (adj)
Unexplainable (US)
to satisfy one’s thirst
To quench one’s thirst
Unquenchable thirst FOR sth
impossible to satisfy
Insatiable hunger FOR sth
to make sb appear more important than it really is
Overblown
decided, determined beforehand
Pre-ordained (adj)
cannot be denied, disproved
Irrefutable (adj)
To refute a claim
mainly
Predominantly
Absolutely
- > enormous
- > furious
- > perfect
- > amazed
- > essential
- > sure
- > necessary
- > fabulous
Absolutely
- > enormous
- > furious
- > perfect
- > amazed
- > essential
- > sure
- > necessary
- > fabulous
Quite
- > unremarkable
- > exceptional
- > painful
- > good
- > tasty
Quite
- > unremarkable
- > exceptional
- > painful
- > good
- > tasty
Fairly
- > predictable
- > rich
- > important
- > busy
Fairly
- > predictable
- > rich
- > important
- > busy
Somewhat
-> surprised
Somewhat
-> surprised
extremely
- > excited
- > effective
- > important
- > complicated
- > popular
- > hard
extremely
- > excited
- > effective
- > important
- > complicated
- > popular
- > hard
rather
- > relieved
- > difficult
- > hot
- > important
- > excited
- > fascinating
rather
- > relieved
- > difficult
- > hot
- > important
- > excited
- > fascinating
hugely
- > important
- > entertaining
- > successful
hugely
- > important
- > entertaining
- > successful
very
- > different
- > simple
- > disappointed
very
- > different
- > simple
- > disappointed
terribly
- > boring
- > tired
- > sorry
terribly
- > boring
- > tired
- > sorry
really
- > terrifying
- > awful
- > powerful
really
- > terrifying
- > awful
- > powerful
pretty
- > upset
- > hard
- > frightening
- > awful
- > tall
- > quiet
pretty
- > upset
- > hard
- > frightening
- > awful
- > tall
- > quiet
virtually
- > identical
- > deserted
- > unchanged
virtually
- > identical
- > deserted
- > unchanged
enormously
- > popular
- > powerful
- > satisfying
enormously
- > popular
- > powerful
- > satisfying
badly
- > needed
- > hurt
- > damaged
badly
- > needed
- > hurt
- > damaged
