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
