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