English Vocabulary

- D -

despite:

• préposition

  malgré:

  • despite, in spite of, after, in the face of, for

  en dépit de:

  • despite, in spite of

  bien que:

  • despite

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- F -

forecast:

• verbe

  prévoir:

  • provide, predict, foresee, anticipate, forecast, envisage

• nom

  la prévision:

  • forecast, forecasting, anticipation, prevision, projection, expectation

  le pronostic:

  • prognosis, forecast, prognostication

  le plan:

  • blueprint, plan, map, plane, scheme, forecast

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- L -

lack:

• nom

  le manque:

  • lack, miss, shortage, want, absence, deficiency

• verbe

  manquer de:

  • lack, be short of, go short of

  faire défaut:

  • fail, default, lack

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- M -

mean:

• verbe

  signifier:

  • mean, signify, imply, notify, denote, import

  vouloir dire:

  • mean

• adjectif

  méchant:

  • wicked, bad, nasty, evil, mean, naughty

  terrible:

  • terrible, awful, dreadful, tremendous, dire, mean

  mesquin:

  • mean, shabby, paltry, niggardly, wretched, pitiful

  avare:

  • stingy, miserly, avaricious, greedy, mean, niggardly

  pingre:

  • stingy, mean, miserly, niggardly, cheeseparing, mingy

  misérable:

  • miserable, wretched, paltry, unhappy, measly, mean

  minable:

  • shabby, pathetic, miserable, seedy, wretched, mean

  vicieux:

  • vicious, wicked, depraved, mean, wanton

  chiche:

  • stingy, sparing, mean, skimpy, miserly, miser

  radin:

  • maean, miserly, tightfisted, mingy

  salaud:

  • dirty, lousy, mean, scummy, stinking, villainous

  sadique:

  • sadistic, mean

  du milieu:

  • middle, mean

  formidable:

  • tremendous, wonderful, fantastic, terrific, marvelous, mean

  ennuyant:

  • tiresome, bothering, upsetting, vexing, troubled, mean

  rapiat:

  • stingy, mean

  riche:

  • rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent, splendid, mean

• nom

  le moyen terme:

  • middle term, mean

  le milieu:

  • medium, middle, environment, mid, midst, mean

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- R -

remains:

• nom

  les restes:

  • remains, left-overs, scraps, leavings, pickings, scrapings

  les vestiges:

  • remains, remnants

  les débris:

  • debris, remains, fragments, wreckage, remnant, scraps

  les ruines:

  • ruins, remains

  les déchets:

  • waste, garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, remains

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- S -

size up:

dimensionner:

• verbe

  jauger:

  • gauge, measure, size, weigh, size up, gage

  mesurer:

  • measure, gauge, scale, measure up, size, size up

stake a claim:

• verbe

  revendiquer qch:

  • stake a claim

stand for:

: Signifie / représente:

surprisingly:

• adverbe

  avec surprise:

  étonnement:

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- T -

tell-tale:

• nom

  le témoin:

  • witness, telltale, second

  le rapporteur:

  • protractor, telltale, talebearer, taleteller

  indicateur:

  • indicator, informer, signpost, telltale, stool pigeon

  le cafard:

  • cockroach, roach, blue, sneak, hypocrite, hump

• adjectif

  révélateur:

  • revealing, telling, indicative, telltale

  jaseur:

  • chattering, telltale, gossipy

• verbe

  indiquer:

  • indicate, show, say, point out, mark, denote

thoroughly:

• adverbe

  complètement:

  • completely, fully, totally, absolutely, wholly, thoroughly

  parfaitement:

  • perfectly, absolutely, thoroughly, excellently, nicely, fluently

  tout à fait:

  • quite, entirely, absolutely, altogether, fully, thoroughly

  minutieusement:

  • thoroughly, minutely, closely, nicely, narrowly