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Quelques mots à éviter…..
Good :
A job : interesting, exciting, stimulating,first-class…
Someone: smart, hard-working, intelligent, motivated, bright, excellent...efficient,
A book, film: exciting, thrilling, interesting, breathtaking, impressive....
Advice: sound, shrewd, wise, discerning, useful, relevant, efficient, reliable...
Fine, positive, appropriate, convenient, desirable, first-class, genuine( vrai, sincère), satisfactory,
Bad:
A job : boring, underpaid, difficult, unpleasant....
Someone: lazy, incompetent, under-achieving....
A book, film: boring, dull, tedious, dreary(ennuyeux), monotonous...
Advice: silly, useless, irrelevant, unreliable, foolish...
Unacceptable, unsuitable, absurd, appalling (épouvantable), awkward (maladroit, bizarre), evil, false,
harmful (nocif), second-class, unfortunate, useless
Nice:
Someone: friendly, kind, lovely, attractive,generous...
Weather, place: pleasant, beautiful, enjoyable, lovely...
Big:
Someone: tall, stout(corpulent), sturdy(robuste), heavily-built, strong...
A crowd: huge, enormous, large, impressive...
A building: high, large, huge, gigantic...
A problem: important, serious, vital, crucial, major, main, great...
Large, outstanding (marquant), tremendous(énorme), weighty (de poids),significant
Small:
Insignificant, minor, limited, secondary, trifling (sans importance),insufficient,
inconsequential, tiny, of no importance.
Interesting:
Captivating, curious, exciting, fascinating, provocative, stimulating, thought-provoking
Important:
Major, significant, decisive, consequential, crucial, essential, of substance, paramount, capital
A problem:
A dilemma, an issue, a predicament ( situation difficile), a puzzle, a quandary ( prob. Insoluble),
a bone of contention ( une pomme de discorde), a difficulty, a critical/unfortunate/awkward/
hopeless situation
an idea:
a notion, an opinion, an assumption, a belief, a conviction, a perspective, a point of view/ a viewpoint,
a plan/ a scheme ( plan, projet), an impression
To like:
enjoy, be fond of, be partial to, be interested in, be crazy about, be keen on, appreciate,
take pleasure in Ving, have a weakness for, be eager to (être désireux de), be inclined to,
be prone to(être enclin à), have a tendency to, think highly of
to look at:
watch, stare, glare, peep, glance, gaze, scowl, squint, scrutinize, eye
to think:
believe, assume, examine, feel, imagine, picture, conceive, reckon, suppose, acknowledge, presume
divers adverbes:
very much, quite, rather, very well, greatly, heavily, extremely, highly, terribly...