Adjectives Flashcards
(201 cards)
1
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minor
A
mineure
2
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great
A
redoutable
3
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specialised
A
pointus
4
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secure
A
sécurisant
5
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early/premature
A
précoce
6
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thirsty
A
assoiffe
7
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loud
A
bruyament
8
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everyday
A
quotidien
9
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tameable
A
domptable
10
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persuasive
A
convaincant
11
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obediant
A
obéissant
12
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irritating
A
embêtant
13
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lame
A
ringard
14
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effective
A
effectif
15
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switched on/plugged in
A
branché
16
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slim
A
élancé
17
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wet
A
mouillé
18
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surrounding
A
environnant
19
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real
A
réel
20
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halfway
A
mi-chemin
21
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be breathless
A
être à bout de souffle
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unpublished
A
inédite
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surprising
A
suprenant
24
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bare/naked
A
nue
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annoying/irritating
énervant
26
widowed
veuf
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light (weight)
léger
28
delghtful
ravissant
29
dazing, marvellous, blinding
éblouissant
30
terribly/dreadfully
affreuse
31
drunk
ivres
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deriliously happy
ivre de joie
33
weary/fed up
las
34
formed
conçu
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deep/thoughtful
profond
36
hollow/empty
creux
37
sly/fierece
farouche
38
peaceful
paisible
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refined
recherchée
40
arrogant/proud
orgueilleux
41
sudden/immediate
subite
42
emaciated/scraggy (flanked by line of models)
efflanqué
43
ghastly/appaling
épouvantable
44
temporary
provisoire
45
sudden
soudain
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exhausting
accablant
47
heavy/bulky
pesant
48
verteux
virtuous
49
resentful/spiteful
rancunier
50
undone
défait
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weak/cowardly
veule
52
terse/short and sharp (lapin is terse; not enough air)
lapidaire
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crimson
craimoisi
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sumptous
fastueuse
55
joyful
réjouissant
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inexhaustible
inépuisable
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pregnant
enceinte
58
dirty
sale
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disrespectful/indignant
outrageants
60
à sens unique
one-way
61
thirlling/gripping
palpitant
62
wide/broad
large
63
lucky (inf)
veinard
64
daft, crazy (inf.), corrupt, blemished (tara is corrupt)
taré
65
watered
arrosé
66
stuffy, stifling (hot)
étouffant
67
golden
dorée
68
strong
puissant
69
sullen, sour (frog)
renfrogne
70
dirty
sale
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guard, duty
gard
72
kid (inf.) ball (testicle, quebecois)
gosse
73
species, type
espèce
74
mug, face
gueule
75
lip
lèvre
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stroke, deal, shot, blow, punch
coup
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ennemi
enemy
78
cop, copper, pig
flic
79
look, glance
regard
80
give off, release (a smell), reach (an agreement) (degas gave off a smal off fat (zhyr) so we reached an agreement for him not to eat fries)
dégager
81
appear, seem
paraître
82
keep quiet about
taire
83
be bad-tempered
avoir un sale caractère
84
look awful/rotten
avoir une sale tète
85
suffer badly, go through hell
passer une sale quart
86
creep, pig
sale type
87
filthy weather
sale temps
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brat
sale gosse
89
childhood dream
rêve de gosse
90
threatened species
espèce menacée
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have a hangover/a thick head
avoir la gueulle de bois
92
for sure (inf)
a coup sur
93
feel the effects, be affected
accuser le coup
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impulse buy
achat coup de cœur
95
fall madly in love
avoir un coup de foudre pour qqn
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it's worth it
ça vaut le coup
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it's worth having a look at
ça vaut le coup d’œil
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helping hard
coup de main
99
at first sight
au premier regard
100
clear (the roads), emerge
se dégager
101
look your best
paraître a son avantage
102
will you be quiet!
veux-tu te taire!
103
you should have kept you mouth shut
tu as rate l'occasion de te taire
104
to be down in the dump (living in the dump, have a cocroach friend)
avoir le cafard
105
it goes without saying
il va de soi
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disrespectful, indignant
outrageants
107
harm, damage
s'endommager
108
give out, fail, weaken (this flan is too cher, ut if i don't buy it my legs will give out)
flancher
109
one-way
a sens unique
110
turn off (the road), forks
bifurquer
111
hinder, get it (inf)
entraver
112
bitten, buff, addict, fan
mordu
113
damage
abîmer
114
give out under the weight of
flancher sous le poids de
115
organization (group), prescription, order
la ordonnance
116
backfire (lighting your farts on fire will backfire you retard)
pétarader
117
to scratch
égratigner
118
pain, grief, distress
la douleur
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to sparkle (tinsel)
étinceler
120
to wear down, wear away
user
121
vertigo
vertige
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to maintain, support
entretenir
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rubble, debris (rubble de combs)
décombres
124
to stroll about
déambuler
125
it very nearly happened
il s'en est fallu de peu que (qqch ne arriver pas)
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he is far from being
il s'en faut de beaucoup qu'il soit
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to converse about
s'entretenir de
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the open sea
le large
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broad-minded
large d'esprit
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pencil case (underwear (trusy) in pencil case)
la trousse
131
to sow, spread (confusion)
semer
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riddled with (difficulties)
semé de
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full of (negative)
parsemé de
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act up, play up
faire des siennes
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one who falls in love easily
un cœur d'artichaut
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tighten up, clutch, grasp
serrer
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glaze (glazes les vitrines with honey)
vitrer
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clumsy, ungainly (clumsy like a potato)
pataud
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boucles
curls, ringlets
140
to guillotine, trim (messi trimming his coat)
massicoter
141
press smth against smth, flatten, dump (boy)
plaquer
142
margin
la marge
143
chin
le menton
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at the same time
a la fois
145
bless you
a tes souhaites
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comfortable, at ease with yourself
bien dans sa peau
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of course, obviously
bien entendu
148
seriously, all kidding aside
blague a port
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to put shoes on, to fit
chausser
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well-fitting, sun-fitting
chaussant
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simple, without any fuss, informal (good frankness)
a la bonne franquette
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to skip school/work
faire l'ecole buissonnière
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lucky (inf)
veinard
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by the way, get to the point, informed
au fait
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earrings
boucles d'oreilles
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be dumped
se faire plaquer
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thus
ainsi
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it fascinates me
ca me passione
159
ultimately
en fin de compte
160
can't bear
ne supporter pas
161
holiday-maker
un estivant
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to swallow (swallow avocado with lait)
avaler
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steering wheel
le volant
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to carry out
effectuer
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broadband
haut debit
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absurd
abberant
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flesh (chair made of flesh)
la chair
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limit
le plafond
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to give rise to
susciter
170
rooted
enracine
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beyond
au-delà de
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a difference
un ecart
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to worsen
s'aggraver
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in the wrong direction
a contresens
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court
un tribunal
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cumbersome
encombrant
177
move out
se deplacer
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to moan
râler
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a fine (amanda lobley got a fine for her driving)
une amende
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to pay
rémunérer
181
to spoil/ruin (someone cut the pipeline and now the gas is cher)
gâcher
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to blame (take yourself for sin)
s'enprendre
183
widespread
répandu
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a crime
un délit
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a seed
une semence
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to rely on
se fonder sur
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to demand
revendiquer
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to give into
capituler a
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roofing
la toiture
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to get ready to
s’apprêter a
191
to process
traiter
192
without somebody's knowing
a l'insu de qqn
193
a trial
un procès
194
a discalimer
un démenti
195
compliant
conciliant
196
to annoy
agacer
197
a crowd ( crowd gathers up to see a travelling troupe)
l'attroupement
198
neighbourhood
le voisinage
199
unruly
turbulent
200
to ruin/lay waste to
aneantir
201
to make someone aware of
sensibiliser
