érudit,e
Qui a de l'érudition.
Synonyme: cultivé, docte, instruit, lettré, savant
Exemples:
"Les spécialistes érudits ou de comptoir s’escrimeront vainement en contestations de chiffres et arguties stériles de droit fiscal sur telle ou telle mesure marginale, contribuant au nuage de fumée."
"Mis à part quelques érudits, l’Ancien Régime ne considérait pas le patrimoine, mais s’interrogeait sur l’utilité de tel ou tel édifice."
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Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Words in the News - volatile
volatile
Following no predictable pattern.
Synonym: capricious, changeable, erratic, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable
Examples from wsj.com:
"Utility stocks tend to trade in a less volatile manner than say technology stocks."
"China's markets are notoriously volatile and often move in exaggerated swings."
Following no predictable pattern.
Synonym: capricious, changeable, erratic, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable
Examples from wsj.com:
"Utility stocks tend to trade in a less volatile manner than say technology stocks."
"China's markets are notoriously volatile and often move in exaggerated swings."
Words in the News - tepid
tepid
Lacking warmth, interest, enthusiasm, or involvement.
Synonym: halfhearted, lukewarm, unenthusiastic
Examples from wsj.com:
"The tepid mood in equity Market spilled into Europe."
"U.S. holiday shopping season got off to a tepid start over the key Thanksgiving weekend."
Lacking warmth, interest, enthusiasm, or involvement.
Synonym: halfhearted, lukewarm, unenthusiastic
Examples from wsj.com:
"The tepid mood in equity Market spilled into Europe."
"U.S. holiday shopping season got off to a tepid start over the key Thanksgiving weekend."
Monday, 15 November 2010
Vocabulaire de C1 - vedette
vedette n.f.
Synonyme: étoile, star, superstar
mettre en vedette
Mettre en évidence, en valeur.
Exemples:
"Le dernier salon de l'automobile de Paris était tout entier focalisé sur les questions environnementales, avec en vedette la voiture électrique."
"Wayne Rooney, vedette du football anglais, doit se préparer à vivre des prochains mois difficiles."
Synonyme: étoile, star, superstar
mettre en vedette
Mettre en évidence, en valeur.
Exemples:
"Le dernier salon de l'automobile de Paris était tout entier focalisé sur les questions environnementales, avec en vedette la voiture électrique."
"Wayne Rooney, vedette du football anglais, doit se préparer à vivre des prochains mois difficiles."
Words in the News - rectify
rectify
1. To make right what is wrong.
Synonym: amend, correct.
2. To bring (something) into a state of agreement or accord.
Synonym: resolve, settle, smooth over, straighten out.
Example sentences from wsj.com:
"Hopefully the problem will be rectified sometime before Christmas Season 2011."
"Wendy's/Arby's intends to rectify this gap through the end of this year and into next with "strategic pricing initiatives" at the stores it owns."
1. To make right what is wrong.
Synonym: amend, correct.
2. To bring (something) into a state of agreement or accord.
Synonym: resolve, settle, smooth over, straighten out.
Example sentences from wsj.com:
"Hopefully the problem will be rectified sometime before Christmas Season 2011."
"Wendy's/Arby's intends to rectify this gap through the end of this year and into next with "strategic pricing initiatives" at the stores it owns."
Vocabulaire de C1 - vanter
vanter
Parler très favorablement de (qqn ou qqch.), en louant publiquement et avec excès.
Synonyme: célébrer, exalter.
se vanter
Exagérer ses mérites ou déformer la vérité par vanité.
se vanter de
Tirer vanité, se glorifier de (qqch. de vrai ou de faux).
Synonyme: se flatter, prétendre, Se faire fort de
Contre: abaisser, dénigrer, déprécier.
Exemples:
"Pour vanter son navigateur Chrome, Google découvre les vertus de la publicité."
"Ce gouvernement se vante de protéger les victimes, mais quid quand la victime est un gitan multirécidiviste?"
Parler très favorablement de (qqn ou qqch.), en louant publiquement et avec excès.
Synonyme: célébrer, exalter.
se vanter
Exagérer ses mérites ou déformer la vérité par vanité.
se vanter de
Tirer vanité, se glorifier de (qqch. de vrai ou de faux).
Synonyme: se flatter, prétendre, Se faire fort de
Contre: abaisser, dénigrer, déprécier.
Exemples:
"Pour vanter son navigateur Chrome, Google découvre les vertus de la publicité."
"Ce gouvernement se vante de protéger les victimes, mais quid quand la victime est un gitan multirécidiviste?"
Words in the News - setback
setback
A change from better to worse.
Synonym: reverse
Example sentences from wsj.com:
"ETF managers see stocks heading higher long term, but don't rule out a setback in the short term."
"While the declines were relatively small, the bond slump was swift enough to leave investors wondering if this was a brief setback or the start of something worse."
A change from better to worse.
Synonym: reverse
Example sentences from wsj.com:
"ETF managers see stocks heading higher long term, but don't rule out a setback in the short term."
"While the declines were relatively small, the bond slump was swift enough to leave investors wondering if this was a brief setback or the start of something worse."
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