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1 dull
dull [dʌl]1. adjectivec. [pain, sound, feeling] sourdd. ( = slow-witted) bornée. ( = blunt) émoussé[+ blade, appetite, senses, pleasure] émousser ; [+ mind] engourdir ; [+ pain, grief, impression] atténuer ; [+ sound] assourdir ; [+ colour, metal] ternir[edge, blade] s'émousser ; [light] baisser4. compounds* * *[dʌl] 1.1) ( uninteresting) [person, play, book] ennuyeux/-euse; [life, journey] monotone; [music] sans intérêt; [food] médiocre; [appearance, outfit] triste2) ( not bright) [eye, colour] éteint; [weather, day] maussade; [complexion] terne3) ( muffled) [explosion] sourd4) ( not sharp) [pain] sourd5) Finance [market] terne2.transitive verb ternir [shine]; émousser [blade, senses, pain] -
2 dry
B adj1 ( not wet or moist) [clothing, ground, hair, hand, paint, crackle, rustle] sec/sèche ; [skin, hair, throat, mouth, cough] sec/sèche ; [riverbed, well] à sec ; to run dry [river, funds, supplies] se tarir ; dry bread pain sec ; to be ou feel dry ( thirsty) [person] avoir le gosier sec ○ ; to keep sth dry tenir qch au sec ; to keep (oneself) dry rester au sec ; to get dry se sécher ; to get sth dry (faire) sécher qch ; to wipe sth dry essuyer qch ; the kettle has boiled dry toute l'eau de la bouilloire s'est évaporée ; on dry land sur la terre ferme ;2 ( not rainy) [weather, climate, season, month, heat] sec/sèche ; [day, spell] sans pluie ; it will be dry tomorrow il ne pleuvra pas demain ;3 ( not sweet) [wine, sherry etc] sec/sèche ;5 ( dull) [book, reading, subject matter] aride ;6 ( forbidding alcohol) [state, country] qui interdit la vente de boissons alcoolisées ;C vtr faire sécher [clothes, washing] ; sécher [fruit, meat, flowers] ; to dry the dishes essuyer la vaisselle ; to dry sb's hair sécher les cheveux de qn ; to dry one's hair/hands se sécher les cheveux/les mains ; to dry one's eyes sécher ses larmes.D vi [sheet, clothes, hair, paint, blood, concrete] sécher.(as) dry as a bone sec/sèche comme un coup de trique ; (as) dry as dust ennuyeux/-euse comme la pluie.■ dry off:■ dry out:▶ dry out1 lit [wood, walls, clay, soil] sécher ; don't let the plant dry out ne laissez pas la plante se dessécher ;2 ○ [alcoholic] se faire désintoxiquer ;▶ dry out [sth/sb], dry [sth/sb] out2 ○ désintoxiquer [alcoholic].■ dry up:▶ dry up3 ( wipe crockery etc) [person] essuyer la vaisselle ;4 ○ ( be unable to speak) [speaker, actor, interviewee] sécher ○ ; oh, dry up will you! GB boucle-la, tu veux bien ○ ! ;▶ dry up [sth], dry [sth] up1 [heat, drought] assécher [puddle, river, pond] ;2 [person] essuyer [plates, crockery]. -
3 grey
1. adjectivea. (in colour) grisb. [person, face, complexion] blêmec. ( = bleak) [time, world] morne ; [outlook, prospect] sombre ; ( = boring) [person, image] terne ; [city, town] tristed. ( = of old people) the grey vote le vote des plus de 60 ans2. noun( = colour) gris m[hair] grisonner4. compounds* * *1.GB, gray US [greɪ] noun1) ( colour) gris m2) ( horse) cheval m gris2.1) ( colour) gris2) ( grey-haired) aux cheveux gris, grisonnantto go ou turn grey — grisonner
3) (dull, boring) [existence, day] morne; [person, town] terne3.intransitive verb grisonner -
4 flat
flat [flæt]1. adjectivea. plat ; [tyre] crevé2. adverb► flat outb. [sing, play] trop bas3. nouna. (British) ( = apartment) appartement mb. [of hand, blade] plat md. ( = note) bémol me. ( = tyre) crevaison f4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ The French word appartement has a double p and an extra e in the middle.* * *[flæt] 1.1) GB ( apartment) appartement mone-bedroom flat — deux pièces m inv
2) ( level part)the flat of — le plat de [hand, sword]
on the flat — GB [walk, park] sur le plat
3) (colloq) ( tyre) pneu m à plat4) Music bémol m2.flats plural noun1) (colloq) US ( shoes) chaussures fpl plates3.1) (level, not rounded) gen plat; ( of flat appearance) [nose, face] aplati2) ( deflated) [tyre, ball] dégonflé3) ( pressed close)4) ( low) [shoes, heels] plat5) ( absolute) [refusal, denial] catégorique6) ( standard) [fare, fee] forfaitaire; [charge] fixe7) ( monotonous) [voice, tone] plat, monocorde; ( unexciting) [performance, style] plat8) ( not fizzy) [beer etc] éventé9) ( depressed)to feel flat — [person] se sentir déprimé
10) GB [battery] Electricity usé; Automobile à plat4.1) ( horizontally) [lay, lie] à plat; [fall] de tout son longto lie flat — [person] s'étendre; [hair] s'aplatir; [pleat] être aplati
to fall flat on one's face — fig se casser la figure (colloq)
2) ( in close contact)3) ( exactly)4) (colloq) ( absolutely) carrémentto turn [something] down flat — refuser [quelque chose] tout net [offer, proposal]
5) Music [sing, play] faux••to fall flat — [performance] faire un bide (colloq); [joke] tomber à plat; [party, evening] tourner court; [plan] tomber à l'eau
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5 mousy
1) ((of hair) dull brown in colour.) châtain terne2) (timid; uninteresting: a mousy little woman.) effacé -
6 lifeless
lifeless ['laɪflɪs](a) (dead body) sans vie;∎ his lifeless form son corps sans vie;∎ she fell lifeless to the floor elle est tombée raide sur le sol(b) (where no life exists) sans vie;∎ a lifeless desert un désert sans vie
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