idiot « don't be daft »! « that's a daft question. » to be daft about sb = être toqué de qn
to be daft about sth = être mordu de qch « he's daft about football. » « daft as a brush » = con comme la lune.
pâquerette « A field of daisies. »
daisy chain = guirlande de pâquerettes
as fresh as a daisy = frais comme une rose
daisy-wheel printer = imprimante à marguerite
intimider → « he often takes on a workload that would daunt a journalistic Samson. » to feel daunted = se sentir intimidé daunting [tâche, projet] = intimidant
tromperie (=deceit) « You must forgive my little deception. » to obtain sth by deception = obtenir qch par des moyens frauduleux self-deception = aveuglement m to deceive = tromper « I was really hurt that he had deceived me. » to deceive sb into doing sth = amener qn à faire qch par la ruse « He deceived the council into giving him money. » to deceive o.s. = se faire des illusions deceptive (=deceitful) = trompeur « Beth knew his fragile appearance was deceptive »
petit coup d'oeil. « If you bring your new work along this evening I'll take a dekko. » to have/take a dekko at = jeter un coup d'œil à. « I will have a dekko at that later. »
tanière, antre repaire → a drinking den : un repaire d'ivrognes → illegal drinking dens a den of sth (vice, debauchery) : un lieu de qch → his flat became a den of debauchery → « a den of greed »
1- se débarrasser de → they ate food discarded by the soldiers → read the guidelines before discarding the box.
2- abandonner (fig.), renoncer à → they should discard the present system entirely.
consternation, désarroi much to my dismay = à ma grande consternation, à mon grand désarroi → « I discovered, much to my dismay, that the house was no longer there. »
pénible, bouleversant « Some viewers may find these scenes distressing. »« Seeing your baby vomit can be very distressing. »« Tranquillizers help alleviate the distressing symptoms of anxiety. »
laisser tomber, abandonner the soft drink company has ditched plans to use Madonna in its advertising [= to dump] plaquer she's just ditched her boyfriend.
truc, combine he tried all sorts of dodges to avoid paying. esquiver, éviter, éluder « he dodged military service by feigning illness. »« He is dodging the question, refusing to answer. »
douteux → « predicting voting trends is a dodgy business. » louche →« he was a bit of a dodgy character → cash made in dodgy underworld deals » peu sûr → « you have to walk across this awfully dodgy rope bridge » to dodge = truc, combine (he tried all sorts of dodges to avoid paying) / = esquiver, éviter.
[+cream, mayonnaise] bonne cuillerée (fig) (=large amount) bonne part → large dollops of cash = de généreuses sommes en liquide. « He will help out friends with large dollops of cash »
[clothes] terne, morne Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress. [room, place] glauque his drab little office [life] monotone a way of escaping the tedium of their drab lives
[weather] affreux « The weather was dreadful » [mistake] terrible « a dreadful mistake » [news, situation] terrible, affreux « They told us the dreadful news » My « financial situation is dreadful. » (=appalling) You look dreadful = Tu as une mine affreuse.
[place] triste a dreary little town [life] monotone They live such dreary lives. [day] ennuyeux he gazed out of an office window on a wet and dreary day.