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