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1 clumsy
clumsy adj [person, attempt, effort] maladroit ; [body, limbs] gauche ; [object] grossier/-ière ; [animal] pataud ; [tool] peu maniable ; [style] lourd ; to be clumsy at sports/drawing ne pas être très adroit en sport/dessin ; to be clumsy at tennis/volleyball ne pas être très adroit au tennis/volley ; to be clumsy with one's hands/a knife ne pas être très adroit de ses mains/avec un couteau dans les mains ; how clumsy of me! que je suis maladroit! -
2 clumsy
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3 clumsy
clumsy ['klʌmzɪ](a) (uncoordinated → person, movement) maladroit, gauche(b) (tactless) gauche, malhabile;∎ he made a clumsy apology il s'est excusé de façon gauche(c) (awkward → tool) peu commode ou pratique; (→ design) lourd, disgracieux; (→ painting) maladroit; (→ style) lourd, maladroit -
4 clumsy
(awkward in movement etc: He's very clumsy - he's always dropping things.) maladroit- clumsily- clumsiness -
5 awkward
awkward [ˈɔ:kwəd]a. [question, job, task] difficile ; [problem, situation, stage] délicat• tomorrow's awkward - how about Thursday? demain n'est pas très commode, que pensez-vous de jeudi ?b. ( = embarrassing) [silence] gêné• there was an awkward moment when... il y a eu un moment de gêne quand...c. ( = ill at ease) to feel awkward être mal à l'aised. ( = uncooperative) [person] difficilee. ( = cumbersome) encombrant ; [shape] peu commodef. ( = clumsy) maladroit ; [style, position] inconfortable* * *['ɔːkwəd]1) ( not practical) [tool] peu commode; [shape, design] difficile2) ( clumsy) maladroit3) (complicated, inconvenient) [arrangement, issue] compliqué, difficile; [choice] difficile; [moment, day] mal choisi4) ( embarrassing) [question] embarrassant; [situation] délicat; [silence] gêné5) ( embarrassed) mal à l'aise, gêné6) ( uncooperative) [person] difficile ( about à propos de) -
6 spastic
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7 TEPITZACTLI
tepitzactli:Pierres petites et allongées.Otra manera de cargajo - Another kind of clumsy stone.Evoquées dans Sah11,266.Form: sur pitzactli, morph.incorp. te-tl. -
8 oaf
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9 wording
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10 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) être empotéEnglish-French dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
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11 bumpkin
(a clumsy or stupid country person: a country bumpkin.) rustre -
12 cumbersome
((of things) heavy and clumsy: a cumbersome piece of furniture.) encombrant -
13 gauche
[ɡəuʃ](awkward and clumsy: a gauche young woman.) gauche -
14 gawky
['ɡo:ki]((of a person) looking clumsy or awkward: She is tall and gawky.) gauche -
15 ham-fisted
adjective (clumsy: He can't tie a knot in that rope - he's too ham-fisted.) maladroit -
16 heavy
['hevi]1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) lourd2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) lourd3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) gros, lourd4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) gros5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) lourd6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) difficile7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) lourd8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) lourd, pesant•- heavily- heaviness - heavy-duty - heavy industry - heavyweight - heavy going - a heavy heart - make heavy weather of -
17 hulk
1) (the body of an old ship from which everything has been taken away.) carcasse2) (something or someone enormous and clumsy.) mastodonte -
18 inexpert
[in'ekspə:t](unskilled or clumsy: inexpert attempts at dressmaking.) maladroit -
19 lout
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20 oaf
[əuf](a stupid or clumsy person: That stupid oaf is always knocking things over.) balourd, ourde- oafish
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