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1 obnoxious
[əb'nokʃəs](offensive: an obnoxious man; The smell of that mixture is really obnoxious.) odieux, nauséabond -
2 jerk
A n1 ( jolt) gen secousse f, saccade f ; ( twitch) (of muscle, limb) tressaillement m, (petit) mouvement m brusque ; with a jerk of his hand/head avec un brusque mouvement de la main/tête ; to pull the knife/drawer out with a jerk tirer le couteau/le tiroir d'un coup sec ; to start off with a jerk [vehicle] démarrer avec une secousse ;C vtr tirer brusquement [object] ; she jerked her head back elle releva brusquement le menton ; he jerked his hand away d'un mouvement brusque il a retiré la main ; try not to jerk the camera essaie de ne pas faire bouger l'appareil.D vi1 ( jolt) to jerk to a halt [vehicle] s'arrêter avec une secousse ; to jerk around/bolt upright [person] se retourner/se redresser brusquement ;2 ( twitch) [person, limb, muscle] tressaillir.■ jerk around ○ US:▶ jerk around ( idle about) fainéanter ○ ;■ jerk away [person] se dégager brusquement ; to jerk away from sb/sth reculer brusquement devant qn/qch.■ jerk off ◑2 US ( idle about) se tourner les pouces ○.■ jerk out:▶ jerk out [sth]1 ( stammer) bafouiller [reply, excuse, apology] ;2 ( pull out) sortir brusquement [gun, knife etc]. -
3 jerk
jerk [dʒɜ:k]1. nouna. ( = movement) secousse f( = move abruptly) bouger brusquementb. [person, muscle] se contracter* * *[dʒɜːk] 1.1) ( jolt) gen secousse f; ( twitch) (of muscle, limb) tressaillement m, (petit) mouvement m brusqueto start off with a jerk — [vehicle] démarrer avec un soubresaut
2) (colloq) péj ( obnoxious man) salaud (sl) m; ( stupid) crétin (colloq) m2.transitive verb tirer brusquement [object]3.1) ( jolt)to jerk to a halt — [vehicle] s'arrêter avec un soubresaut
2) ( twitch) [person, muscle] tressaillir -
4 quite
1 ( completely) [new, ready, differently] tout à fait ; [alone, amazed, empty, exhausted, obnoxious, ridiculous] complètement ; [impossible] totalement ; [justified] entièrement ; [extraordinary, peculiar] vraiment ; I quite agree je suis tout à fait or complètement d'accord ; I quite understand je comprends tout à fait ; you're quite right vous avez complètement raison ; you're quite wrong vous vous trompez complètement ; it's quite all right ( in reply to apology) c'est sans importance ; it's quite out of the question il n'en est pas du tout question, c'est complètement hors de question ; I can quite believe it je veux bien le croire ; are you quite sure? en êtes-vous certain? ; to be quite aware of sth/that être tout à fait conscient de qch/du fait que ; quite frankly très franchement ; I saw it quite clearly je l'ai vu très clairement ; it's quite clear c'est parfaitement clair ; it's quite clear to me that pour moi il est complètement évident que ; he's quite clearly mad/stupid il est manifestement complètement fou/stupide ; and quite right too! à juste titre! ; that's quite enough! ça suffit! ; have you quite finished? iron ce sera tout? ;2 ( exactly) not quite pas exactement ; it's not quite what I wanted ce n'est pas exactement ce que je voulais ; I'm not quite sure je ne sais pas exactement ; not quite so much un petit peu moins ; not quite as many as last time pas tout à fait autant que la dernière fois, un peu moins que la dernière fois ; not quite as interesting/expensive pas tout à fait aussi or un peu moins intéressant/cher ; he didn't quite understand il ne comprenait pas vraiment ; I don't quite know je ne sais pas du tout ; nobody knew quite what he meant personne ne savait exactement ce qu'il voulait dire ; it's not quite that ce n'est pas tout à fait ça ; that's not quite all ( giving account of sth) et ce n'est pas tout ;3 ( definitely) it was quite the best answer/the most expensive seat c'était de loin la meilleure réponse/la place la plus chère ; he's quite the stupidest man! il est vraiment stupide! ; our whisky is quite simply the best! Advertg notre whisky est tout simplement le meilleur! ;4 ( rather) [big, wide, easily, often] assez ; it's quite small ce n'est pas très grand ; it's quite good ce n'est pas mauvais ; it's quite cold today il ne fait pas chaud aujourd'hui ; it's quite warm today il fait bon aujourd'hui ; it's quite likely that il est très probable que ; I quite like Chinese food j'aime assez la cuisine chinoise ; quite a few ou quite a lot of people/examples etc un bon nombre de personnes/d'exemples etc ; quite a lot of money pas mal d'argent ; quite a lot of opposition une opposition assez forte ; it's quite a lot colder/warmer today il fait nettement plus froid/plus doux aujourd'hui ; I've thought about it quite a bit j'y ai pas mal réfléchi ;5 ( as intensifier) quite a difference/drop une différence/baisse considérable ; that will be quite a change for you ça te changera beaucoup ; she's quite a woman, she's quite some woman! quelle femme! ; that was quite some party! quelle soirée! ; their house/car is really quite something ○ leur maison/voiture vaut le coup d'œil ○ ; it was quite a sight iron ça valait le coup d'œil ○ ;6 ( expressing agreement) c'est sûr ; ‘he could have told us’-‘quite (so)’ ‘il aurait pu nous le dire’-‘c'est sûr’.
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