17 - Colours, Lights and Shapes Flashcards

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blanc cassé

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off-white

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bleu marine (2)

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ultramarine
navy blue

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ocre

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ochre

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fauve

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tawny

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kaki

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khaki

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cramoisi

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crimson

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nacré, irisé

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pearly

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bordeaux

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burgundy

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grenat

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maroon

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doré

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golden

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argenté

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silver, silvery

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primaire

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primary

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secondaire

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secondary

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pale, clair

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light

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foncé

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dark

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vif (2)

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vivide, bright

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intense, soutenu

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deep

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chaud

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warm

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froid (2)

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cold, cool

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terne, fade (2)

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drab, dull

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21
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criard

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gaudy

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22
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tape-à-l’oeil

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garish

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coloré (2)

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colored/ colorful

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incolore

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colourless

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colorer
to color
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teinter légèrement
to tinge
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teinter, teindre
to dye
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décolorer
to bleach
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entre chien et loup
at dusk
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brillant, lumineux
bright
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sans éclat
dull
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terne
lacklustre
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sombre (lieu) faible (lumière)
dim
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lumineux
luminous
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éclatant
dazzling
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éblouissant
glaring
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aveuglant
blinding
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cru (lumière)
garish
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translucide
translucent
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éclairer
to light
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briller
to shine
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flamboyer
to blaze
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s'allumer, s'enflammer
to flare up
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rougeoyer, flamboyer, rutiler
to glow
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luire faiblement
to glimmer
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chatoyer, scintiller, miroiter
to shimmer
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scintiller, clignoter
to twinkle
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clignoter
to blink
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luire
to glisten
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miroiter
to gleam
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scintiller, étinceler (2)
to glitter, to sparkle
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faire clignoter, lancer des éclats
to flash
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rayonner
to beam
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une lumière
a light
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une lumière intermittente
a flicker
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une lueur soudaine
a flash
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un rayon, faisceau
a beam
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une étincelle
a spark
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l'obscurité
darkness = gloom
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une ombre
a shadow
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le demi-jour
twilight
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le crépuscule
dusk
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vert pomme
pea green
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gris acier
steel grey
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gris anthracite
charcoal grey
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rougir
to redden
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un plan
a plane
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un angle
an angle
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un losange
a lozenge
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une sphère
a sphere
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un cylindre
a cylinder
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un cube
a cube
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un cône
a cone
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une pyramide
a pyramid
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une (ligne) droite
a line
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une courbe
a curve
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aigu (angle)
acute
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obtus (angle)
obtuse
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droit (angle)
right
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rectangulaire (2)
rectangular, oblong
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cubique
cubic
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en 2 dimensions
two-dimensional
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en 3 dimensions
three-dimensional
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conique
conical
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cylindrique
cylindrical
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un oeil au beurre noir
a black eye
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être vert de jalousie
to be green with envy
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être vert de peur
to be white with fear
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c'est écrit là, noir sur blanc!
it's there, in black and white
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elle est devenue verte
she turned green
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elle a changé de couleur
to change colour
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voir un probleme sous un autre jour/ sous un jour favorable/défavorable
to see the issue in a new/good/bad light
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retourner sa veste
to change one's colours
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un pieux mensonge
a white lie
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être pale comme la mort, être blanc comme un linge, 2
to be as white as a sheet/ghost
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être noir comme du charbon
to be as black as coal/soot
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être couverts de bleu
to be black and blue
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être rouge comme une tomate
to be as red as a beetroot
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être à découvert (banque)
to be in the red
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être pris la main dans le sac
to be caught red-handed
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la paperasse, la bureaucratie
red tape
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un jour à marquer d'une pierre blanche
a red-letter day
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c'est une poule mouillée
he has a yellow streak
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bonne étoile
a lucky star
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Se faire des cheveux blancs
to get gray hair
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la remarque était inattendue
the remark came/fell out of the blue
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Tout ce qui brille n'est pas d'or
All that glitter is not gold