Fiche de révision : English Idioms and Vocabulary

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Definitions of As As Idioms
2. Animal Comparison Idioms
3. Godzilla Vocabulary
4. Useful Verbs and Expressions

📖 1. Definitions of As As Idioms

★ À maîtriser

• The exercise requires matching each definition with the appropriate English idiom.

Compléments

• The definitions include very bad eyesight, being very busy, being squeaky clean, being clear and understandable, being calm, being very dark, being dead, being very easy, being very flat, feeling free, being very happy, being cruel and tough, being starving, being innocent, being crazy, being very old, being obvious, being almost finished, being healthy, being quiet and shy, feeling sick, being clever, acting as soon as possible, being stupid, and being obstinate.

📖 2. Animal Comparison Idioms

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📌 The pattern “as … as” is used to build comparisons between a quality and a person, animal, object, or image.

• The list contains comparison idioms such as “as shy as a fox”, “as hungry as a bear”, “as stubborn as a donkey”, “as busy as a bee”, “as thick as a brick”, “as mad as a hatter”, “as innocent as a lamb”, “as clear as glass”, “as fit as a fiddle”, “as blind as a bat”, “as quiet as a mouse”, “as plain as day”, “as easy as pie”, “as pleased as punch”, “as free as a bird”, “as cool as a cucumber”, “as soft as silk”, and “as sharp as a tack”.

Compléments

• Other comparisons appearing in the exercise include “as old as a dog”, “as deaf as a bell”, “as noisy as rats”, “as mild as a lamb”, “as dirty as an old woman in mud”, “as bright as a bed”, “as light as a feather”, “as busy as pie”, “as hungry as a horse”, “as black as a raven”, “as loud as a truck”, “as thick as a thief”, “as fierce as a witch”, and “as pleasant as a …”.

💡 Astuce mémo

Imagine chaque qualité incarnée par un animal ou un objet.

📖 3. Godzilla Vocabulary

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Smart : signifie intelligent, malin ou élégant.
• To starve : signifie mourir de faim.
• Superstitious : signifie « superstitieux » ou « superstitieuse ».
• To dare : signifie oser.
• Hopeless : signifie sans défense, impuissant ou incapable.
• Cunning : signifie rusé ou rusée.

📝 Points essentiels

• The Godzilla vocabulary includes “a nail” = un clou ou un ongle, “a means of transport” = un moyen de transport, “a donkey” or “an ass” = un âne, “a beekeeper” = un apiculteur ou une apicultrice, “DIY” or “Do-it-yourself” = le bricolage, “haunted” = hanté ou hantée, “my great grandmother” = mon arrière-grand-mère, “guilt” = la culpabilité, “guilty of” = coupable de, “failure” = un échec, and “request” = une requête.

• The documented idioms mean : ugly as sin = moche comme un pou, stubborn as a mule = têtu comme une mule, pleased as punch = très content, as old as the hills = vieux comme Hérode, mad as a mad hatter = fou comme le chapelier fou, easy as pie = très facile

📖 4. Useful Verbs and Expressions

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• To pass : signifie réussir un examen.
• To postpone : signifie reporter.

★ À maîtriser

📌 To agree signifie être d’accord, whereas to disagree signifie ne pas être d’accord.

Compléments

• The additional expressions include “to endear oneself to” = se mettre quelqu’un dans sa poche, “to demand” = exiger, “to wonder” = se demander, “a wonder” = une merveille, “an exigence” = une exigence, “to claw” = griffer, “plain” = évident ou banal, “to cough” = tousser, “to answer” = répondre, “to take care of” = prendre soin de, and “at the crack of dawn” = dès potron-minet.