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embarras du choix nom {m} | embarrassment of riches◼◼◼(too much of a good thing) |
embarrassant adjectif | embarrassing◼◼◼(causing embarrassment) |
embarrassant adjectif {m} | awkward◼◼◼(not easily managed or effected; embarrassing) |
embarrassé adjectif | embarrassed◼◼◼(Having a feeling of shameful discomfort) shy [shyer, shyest]◼◻◻(embarrassed) |
embarrassé adjectif {m} | confused◼◼◻(embarrassed) |
embarrasser verbe | embarrass [embarrassed, embarrassing, embarrasses]◼◼◼(to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely) |
entre l'arbre et l'écorce (between the wood and the bark) preposition | between a rock and a hard place◼◼◼(in a difficult and inescapable position) |
faire une embardée verbe | swerve [swerved, swerving, swerves]◼◼◼verb lurch [lurched, lurching, lurches]◼◻◻(to make a sudden, unsteady movement) |
figue de Barbarie nom {f} | prickly pear◼◼◼(cactus fruit) |
figuier de Barbarie nom {m} | prickly pear◼◼◼(any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) |
fil barbelé nom {m} | barbed wire◼◼◼(twisted strands of steel wire) |
fil de fer barbelé nom {m} | barbed wire◼◼◼(twisted strands of steel wire) |
gabardine nom | worsted(fine smooth wool fabric) |
gabarit nom {m} | template [templates]◼◼◼(physical object) gauge [gauges]◼◼◼(a measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard) clearance [clearances]◼◼◻(height or width of a passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage) loading gauge◼◼◻(maximum permitted height) loading gauge◼◼◻(structure) |
galaxie spirale barrée nom {f} | barred spiral galaxy◼◼◼(spiral galaxy) |
grande barrière de corail nom {f} | Great Barrier Reef◼◼◼proper noun |
guimbarde nom {f} | jalopy◼◼◼(old, dilapidated car) clunker◼◼◻(decrepit motor car) Jew's harp◼◼◻(musical instrument) |
guimbardiste nom {m} nom {f} | Jew's harpistnoun |
guitare baroque nom {f} | Baroque guitar◼◼◼(archaic form of guitar from the Baroque era) |
hallebarde nom {f} | halberd◼◼◼(hand weapon) bill [bills]◼◻◻(weapon of infantry) |
hallebardier nom {m} | halberdier◼◼◼(a soldier armed with a halberd) bill [bills]◼◻◻(somebody armed with a bill) |
houbara nom {f} nom {m} | houbara bustard◼◼◼(Chlamydotis undulata) |
hyperbare adjectif | hyperbaric◼◼◼(of, relating to, or utilizing greater than normal pressure) |
idea: embrouillé; the false friend confus means "embarrassed" adjectif {m} | confused(unable to think clearly or understand) |
Iles Svalbard et Jan Mayen nom propre | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands(two distinct dependencies of Norway) |
isobare nom {f} | isobar [isobars]◼◼◼((thermodynamics) set of points at constant pressure) isobar [isobars]◼◼◼(either of two nuclides) isobar [isobars]◼◼◼(line on a map connecting places of equal pressure) |
isobare adjectif | isobaric◼◼◻(having a constant pressure throughout) isobaric◼◼◻(having the same pressures, masses, or densities) |