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French vocabulary C1: Good, bad and pleasant
C1
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Words for praising or criticising people, work and places, such as “fabuleux”, “de premier ordre”, “alambiqué”, “fastidieux” and “piètre”, and the idioms “gagner sur les deux tableaux” and “un pis-aller”.
100 French words at level C1, with their translation.
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digne (de qqch)
worthy (of sth)
apte (à qqch)
fit (for sth)
gâché (par qqch)
marred (by sth)
compromis (affaibli)
compromised
le préjudice
detriment
destructeur
destructive
détestable
detestable
insensé
insane (foolish)
rude
harsh (unpleasant)
flagrant
glaring (of a mistake)
de mauvais goût
tacky (in bad taste)
prenant
gripping
plaisant
pleasurable
engageant
inviting
quelconque (sans caractère)
nondescript
grotesque (ridicule)
ludicrous
l'excellence
excellence
constructif
constructive
la perfection
perfection
la fiabilité
reliability
la crème de (qqch)
the cream of (sth)
diabolique
fiendish
brutalement
brutally
pis
worse (literary)
la faille
flaw (in a plan or system)
la lacune
gap (in knowledge)
l'insuffisance
inadequacy
boiteux (raisonnement)
shaky (argument)
piètre
wretched
déplacé
out of place
exagéré
exaggerated
sommaire
sketchy
impardonnable
unforgivable
déplaisant
disagreeable
insultant
insulting
atroce
atrocious
atroce (sanglant)
gruesome
monstrueux
monstrous
puant
stinking
immonde
filthy (disgusting)
décent
decent (not shocking)
défavorable
adverse
abominable
abominable
de premier ordre
first-rate
glorieux
glorious
avantageux
advantageous
grandiose
grand (impressive)
luxueux
luxurious
imparfait
imperfect
fastidieux
tedious
instructif
informative
majestueux
stately
imaginatif
imaginative
la mascarade
farce
rudimentaire
rudimentary
risible
laughable
à sensation
sensational (shocking)
bêtement
stupidly
répétitif
repetitive
méchamment
wickedly
lamentablement
dismally
pervertir
to pervert (corrupt)
d'un point de vue éthique
ethically
préjudiciable (à qqch)
damaging (to sth)
dégradant
degrading
de façon néfaste
detrimentally
miteux
shabby
peu glorieux
a poor show
humoristique
humorous
gratifiant
rewarding
enjoué (sans gravité)
light-hearted
captivant
riveting
envoûtant
beguiling
inexcusable
inexcusable
alambiqué
convoluted
passable
fair (average)
médiocrement
poorly (not well)
enviable
enviable
peu enviable
unenviable
bien loti
well provided for
macabre
macabre
à faire dresser les cheveux sur la tête
hair-raising
horrifiant
horrific
la monotonie
monotony
l'inexactitude
inaccuracy
vide de sens
empty (meaningless)
de façon inappropriée
inappropriately
peu inspirant
uninspiring
fastidieusement
tediously
méritant
deserving
bien trouvé
apt
être adapté à (qqch)
to be suited to (sth)
entre de bonnes mains
in safe hands
avoir l'étoffe de (qqn)
to have the makings of (sb)
le meilleur substitut
the next best thing
de standing
high-class
de classe mondiale
world-class
bien noté
highly rated
gagner sur les deux tableaux
to have the best of both worlds
de façon monotone
monotonously
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