================== 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 #### ----- - 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 #### ----- - 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 #### ----- - 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 #### ----- - 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 #### ----- - 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: #### ----- - 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