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41 worse
worse [wɜ:s]1. adjective• I'm bad at English, but worse at maths je suis mauvais en anglais et pire en maths• things could be worse! ça pourrait être pire !• and, what's worse,... et, qui pis est...• and, to make matters worse, he... et pour ne rien arranger, il...• to be the worse for drink ( = drunk) être ivre• you're worse than he is! tu es pire que lui !d. ( = more harmful) smoking is worse for you than cholesterol le tabac est plus mauvais pour la santé que le cholestérol2. adverba. (in quality, behaviour) [sing, play] plus mal• and, worse,... et, qui pis est,...• now I'm worse off than before maintenant, je suis moins bien loti qu'avantb. ( = more intensely) it hurts worse than ever ça fait plus mal que jamais3. nounpire m* * *[wɜːs] 1.1) (more unsatisfactory, unpleasant) pireto get worse — [pressure, noise] augmenter; [conditions, weather] empirer
‘you missed the bus’ - ‘yes worse luck!’ — ‘tu as raté le bus’ - ‘oui pas de veine (colloq)!’
2) (more serious, severe) pire ( than que)and what is worse, she doesn't care — et le pire, c'est que ça lui est égal
to get worse (and worse) — [illness, conflict] s'aggraver; [patient] aller de plus en plus mal
to be made worse — être aggravé (by par)
you'll only make things ou it worse! — tu ne feras qu'empirer les choses!
and to make matters worse, he lied — et pour ne rien arranger, il a menti
3) ( of lower standard) pire ( than que)4) (more unwell, unhappy)to feel worse — ( more ill) se sentir plus malade; ( more unhappy) aller moins bien
5) ( more inappropriate)he couldn't have chosen a worse place to meet — il n'aurait pas pu choisir un lieu de rendez-vous moins approprié
2. 3.the decision couldn't have come at a worse time — la décision n'aurait pas pu arriver à un moment plus inopportun
1) (more unsatisfactorily, incompetently) moins bien ( than que)2) (more seriously, severely) [cough, bleed, vomit] plus -
42 aftermath
[-mæƟ]noun (the situation etc resulting from an important, especially unpleasant, event: The country is still suffering from the aftermath of the war.) suites -
43 ask for
1) (to express a wish to see or speak to (someone): When he telephoned he asked for you; He is very ill and keeps asking for his daughter.) demander, réclamer2) (to behave as if inviting (something unpleasant): Going for a swim when you have a cold is just as asking for trouble.) chercher -
44 bad
[bæd]comparative - worse; adjective1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) mauvais2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) méchant3) (unpleasant: bad news.) mauvais4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) pourri5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) mauvais6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) malade, sale7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) mal8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) grave9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) douteux•- badly- badness - badly off - feel bad about something - feel bad - go from bad to worse - not bad - too bad -
45 beast
[bi:st]1) (a four-footed (especially large) animal: beasts of the jungle.) bête (à quatre pattes)2) (a cruel, brutal person.) brute3) (an unpleasant person: Arthur is a beast for refusing to come!) brute•- beastly- beastliness -
46 bitch
[bi ]1) (the female of the dog, wolf or fox.) chienne, louve, renarde2) (a (bad-tempered or unpleasant) woman.) garce•- bitchy -
47 bitchy
adjective ((usually of women) fond of making unpleasant comments about people: She is sometimes very bitchy about her colleagues.) vache -
48 bitter
['bitə]1) (having a sharp, acid taste like lemons etc, and sometimes unpleasant: a bitter orange.) amer; acide2) (full of pain or sorrow: She learned from bitter experience; bitter disappointment.) amer3) (hostile: full of hatred or opposition: bitter enemies.) acharné4) (very cold: a bitter wind.) glacial•- bitterly - bitumen - bituminous -
49 clash
[klæʃ] 1. noun1) (a loud noise, like eg swords striking together: the clash of metal on metal.) choc métallique2) (a serious disagreement or difference: a clash of personalities.) conflit3) (a battle: a clash between opposing armies.) affrontement4) ((of two or more things) an act of interfering with each other because of happening at the same time: a clash between classes.) coïncidence fãcheuse2. verb1) (to strike together noisily: The cymbals clashed.) s'entrechoquer2) (to fight (in battle): The two armies clashed at the mouth of the valley.) s'affronter3) (to disagree violently: They clashed over wages.) ètre en désaccord (sur)4) (to interfere (with something or each other) because of happening at the same time: The two lectures clash.) tomber en mème temps5) ((of colours) to appear unpleasant when placed together: The (colour of the) jacket clashes with the (colour of the) skirt.) jurer (avec) -
50 come to a sticky end
(to have an unpleasant fate or death.) finir mal -
51 culprit
(a person responsible for something wrong, unpleasant etc: As soon as he saw the broken window he began to look for the culprit.) coupable -
52 deafen
verb (to make hearing difficult; to have an unpleasant effect on the hearing: I was deafened by the noise in there!) assourdir -
53 deodorant
[di:'əudərənt](a substance that destroys or conceals unpleasant (body) smells: She perspires a lot - she should use (a) deodorant.) désodorisant -
54 disagreeable
adjective (unpleasant: a disagreeable task; a most disagreeable person.) désagréable -
55 distaste
[dis'teist](dislike (of something unpleasant): She looked at the untidy room with distaste.) dégoût- distastefully - distastefulness -
56 dose
[dəus] 1. noun1) (the quantity of medicine etc to be taken at one time: It's time you had a dose of your medicine.) dose2) (an unpleasant thing (especially an illness) which one is forced to suffer: a nasty dose of flu.) attaque2. verb(to give medicine to: She dosed him with aspirin.) administrer (un médicament)- dosage -
57 end up
1) (to reach or come to an end, usually unpleasant: I knew that he would end up in prison.) (se) retrouver2) (to do something in the end: He refused to believe her but he ended up apologizing.) finir par -
58 escapism
noun (the tendency to escape from unpleasant reality into day-dreams etc.) évasion (du réel) -
59 euphemism
['ju:fəmizəm](a pleasant name for something that is unpleasant: `Pass on' is a euphemism for `die'.) euphémisme -
60 extreme
[ik'stri:m] 1. adjective1) (very great, especially much more than usual: extreme pleasure; He is in extreme pain.) extrême2) (very far or furthest in any direction, especially out from the centre: the extreme south-western tip of England; Politically, he belongs to the extreme left.) extrême3) (very violent or strong; not ordinary or usual: He holds extreme views on education.) extrémiste2. noun1) (something as far, or as different, as possible from something else: the extremes of sadness and joy.) extrême2) (the greatest degree of any state, especially if unpleasant: The extremes of heat in the desert make life uncomfortable.) extrême•- extremism - extremist - extremity - in the extreme - to extremes
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