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Message de joy813 posté le 2004-11-01 16:30:50 (S | E | F | I)
To change, I propose you to match the opposites.

married female
neat dull
bright single
important trivial
male untidy
natural weak
public artificial
strong short
tall private
close right
wrong far away

ex: married ==> single
neat ==>

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de kayrol, postée le 2004-11-01 17:19:29 (S | E)
married - single
female - male
neat - untidy
dull - bright
important - trivial
natural - artificial
weak - strong
public - private
short - tall
close - far away
wrong - right

Kayrol

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de bridg, postée le 2004-11-01 17:30:20 (S | E)
tu es en forme aujourd'hui

married - single
female - male
neat - untidy
dull - bright (par déduction mais ?)
important - trivial
natural - artificial
weak - strong
public - private
short - tall
close - far away
wrong - right

Merci de nous maintenir en forme

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de morenita, postée le 2004-11-01 17:33:58 (S | E)
Im late!!! but I agree with kayrol & bridg!
another one plllllllllllllllllz

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de joy813, postée le 2004-11-01 18:25:50 (S | E)
It's perfect

Another one specially for Morenita, because she was late, and I know she likes it

attractive young
slim lively
old straight
shy ugly
dull quiet
curly thin
noisy fat
sociable outgoing
well-of unfriendly
thick poor

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de morenita, postée le 2004-11-01 21:40:19 (S | E)
thanx Joy!!!
old : young
slim : fat
well-off: poor
noisy: quiet
attractive : ugly
shy : lively
sociable: unfriendly
curly : straight

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de kayrol, postée le 2004-11-01 21:43:37 (S | E)
Hello,
I agree with Morenita
Joy
Kayrol

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de minouche15, postée le 2004-11-01 21:53:29 (S | E)
- married = single
- female = male
- neat = untidy
- dull = bright
- important = trivial
- natural artificial
- weak = strong
- public = private
-short = tall
- close = far away
- right = wrong

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de joy813, postée le 2004-11-01 21:55:50 (S | E)
oh, do you Kayrol ?

This one isn't correct : shy : lively
Anyway, Morenita didn't find everything ....

What about these ?

shy thin
dull outgoing
thick lively

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de morenita, postée le 2004-11-01 22:09:16 (S | E)
I think that the only word ,in the list, which can be an opposite of "shy" is "lively"!!!
I have no idea about the others!!!

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de kayrol, postée le 2004-11-01 23:07:55 (S | E)
I did not see there were words missing in Morenita's proposal, here I go

attractive ugly
slim fat
old young
shy outgoing
dull lively
curly straight
noisy quiet
sociable unfriendly
well-of poor
thick thin

Is it Ok now ?

Kayrol

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Edité par kayrol le 2004-11-01 23:17:49

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de speedjo905, postée le 2004-11-01 23:29:22 (S | E)
dull - sharp
natural - artificial
close - open
thick - thin
________________

old : young
slim : fat
well-off: poor
noisy: quiet
attractive : ugly
shy : lively
sociable: unfriendly
curly : straight

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de claire1, postée le 2004-11-02 09:23:15 (S | E)
joy813
married <---> single
neat<---> untidy
bright<--->dull
important<--->trivial
male<--->female
natural <--->artificial
strong<--->right
tall<--->short
close<----> far away
public<---> private
thanks
bye
claire1

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de joy813, postée le 2004-11-02 16:10:15 (S | E)
Kayrol, you're a

Thank you everybody for your participation

I give the hand .... can somebody propose another list ?

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de pascaline, postée le 2004-11-02 23:32:56 (S | E)
I propose another list in opposites two

Pascaline

Réponse: re:Opposites (two) de speedjo905, postée le 2004-11-03 00:12:07 (S | E)
1- strong ---------- weak
2- generous-------- mean
3- exciting-------- boring
4- simple ---------- complicated (difficult)
5- hard-working---- lazy
6- careful --------- careless
7- deep lazy ------ shallow
8- quiet ---------- noisy
9- happy --------- depressed
10- ugly --------- attractive (beautiful pleasant)
11- tidy --------- untidy (messy)
12- unusual ------ ordinary
13- modern ------old-fashioned
14- nervous ------calm
15- silly-----------sensible

ex:
1- strong weak

Réponse: re:Opposites (two) de bridg, postée le 2004-11-03 06:45:54 (S | E)
HI
1- strong /weak
2- generous / mean
3- exciting /boring
4- simple / complicated
5- hard-working / lazy
6- careful / careless
8- quiet / noisy
9- happy / depressed
10- ugly / attractive
11- tidy / untidy
12- unusual ------ ordinary
13- modern ------old-fashioned
14- nervous ------calm
15- silly-----------sensible

Réponse: re:Opposites (two) de joy813, postée le 2004-11-03 13:04:54 (S | E)

1- strong >< weak
2- generous >< mean
3- exciting >< boring
4- simple >< complicated
5- hard-working >< lazy
6- careful >< careless
7- deep >< shallow
8- quiet >< noisy
9- happy >< depressed
10- ugly >< attractive
11- tidy >< untidy
12- unusual >< ordinary
13- modern >< old fashioned
14- nervous >< calm
15- silly >< sensible

Réponse: re:Opposites (two) de lyne, postée le 2004-11-03 14:36:49 (S | E)

1- strong weak
2- generous mean
3- exciting boring
4- simple complicated
5- hard-working lazy
6- careful careless
7- deep shallow
8- quiet noisy
9- happy depressed
10- ugly attractive
11- tidy untidy
12- unusual ordinary
13- modern old-fashioned
14- nervous calm
15- silly sensible

Réponse: re:Opposites (two) de pascaline, postée le 2004-11-03 17:11:18 (S | E)
Speedjo, Bridg, Joy and Lyne

I agree with you. No mistakes. Congratulations.

Bridg, number seven?

Thank for your participation.

See you soon.

Pascaline

Réponse: Opposites (two) de pascaline, postée le 2004-11-02 23:41:49 (S | E)
What's the opposite of each word on the left?
Choose from the words on the right

1- strong attrative
2- generous boring
3- exciting calm
4- simple careless
5- hard-working complicated
6- careful depressed
7- deep lazy
8- quiet mean
9- happy noisy
10- ugly old-fashioned
11- tidy ordinary
12- unusual sensible
13- modern shallow
14- nervous untidy
15- silly weak

ex:
1- strong weak

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Edité par bridg le 03-11-2004 18:12
je groupe les 2 topics puisque le même sujet

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de guy_de, postée le 2004-11-03 19:41:11 (S | E)
an other

Generous bitter -
Polite brave -
Nervous casual -
Coward selfish --
Energetic wild -
Interesting calm -
Messy tired -
Formal neat -
Sweet boring -
Tame rude -

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de joy813, postée le 2004-11-03 20:16:51 (S | E)
Guy

Generous >< selfish
Polite >< rude
Nervous >< calm
Coward >< brave
Energetic >< tired
Interesting >< boring
Messy >< neat
Formal >< casual
Sweet >< bitter
Tame >< wild

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de morenita, postée le 2004-11-03 20:59:59 (S | E)
I agree with you Joy!I would give the same answer

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de guy_de, postée le 2004-11-03 21:36:38 (S | E)

correct

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de claire1, postée le 2004-11-04 07:56:30 (S | E)

1)srtong<--->weak
2)generous <--->mean
3)exciting<--->boring
4) simple<--->complicated
5)hard working<--->lazy
6)careful<--- 7)deep<--->shallow
8)quiet<--->noisy
9)happy<--->depressed
10) ugly<--->attractive
11)tidy<--->untidy
12)unusual<--->ordinary
13)modern<--->old fashionnned
14)nervous<--->calm
15 silly<--->sensible
with a good dictionary,it's easy!
thanks
claire1

Réponse: re:Vocabulary : opposites de claire1, postée le 2004-11-04 08:09:54 (S | E)
antoher exercise
1) generous<--->selfish
2)polite<--->rude
3)nervous<--->calm
4)coward<--->brave
5)energetic<--->tired
6)messy<--->neat
7)formal<--- 8)sweet>--->bitter
9)tame<--- 10)interesting<--->boring

thanks a lot to Guy de
claire1

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