Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thin adj. | fin, fine adj. | ||||||
| flimsy adj. - thin | fin, fine | ||||||
| light adj. - rain | fin, fine adj. - pluie | ||||||
| slender adj. - thin; fingers, neck, glass stem | fin, fine - doigts, cou, pied de verre | ||||||
| keen adj. - of smell, hearing, etc. | fin, fine - ouïe, odorat | ||||||
| fine adj. - wine, food, sand, hair, line | fin, fine - vin, nourriture, sable, cheveux, ligne | ||||||
| sheer adj. [TEXTIL.] | fin, fine adj. | ||||||
| medium-fine adj. | mi-fin, mi-fine adj. | ||||||
| in the evening | en fin de journée | ||||||
| capillary adj. - having a slender elongated form, resembling a hair | fin(e) comme un cheveu | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| goal - objective | la fin - au sens de : objectif | ||||||
| purpose - aim | la fin - but | ||||||
| end in itself pl.: ends in themselves | la fin en soi | ||||||
| close - of a period | la fin - d'une période | ||||||
| end - aim | la fin - objectif | ||||||
| turn of the year | la fin d'année | ||||||
| late summer | la fin de l'été | ||||||
| turn of the millennium | la fin de millénaire | ||||||
| death also [MED.] [LAW] | la fin de vie | ||||||
| weekend [abbr.: w/e] | la fin de semaine (Canada) | ||||||
| fine silver | l'argent fin m. | ||||||
| fine paper | le papier fin | ||||||
| the very end | la toute fin | ||||||
| pectoral fin [ZOOL.] | la nageoire pectorale | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| to end sth. | ended, ended | - put an end to sth. | mettre fin à qc. | ||||||
| to come apart | came, come | - relationship | prendre fin - relation | ||||||
| to draw to a close | drew, drawn | | toucher à sa fin | ||||||
| to be keen-eared | was, been | | avoir l'oreille fine | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a happy ending | une fin heureuse | ||||||
| by the end of next week | avant la fin de la semaine prochaine | ||||||
| to bring sth. to an end | mettre fin à qc. | ||||||
| the beginning of the end | le début de la fin | ||||||
| to close | closed, closed | - end | prendre fin | ||||||
| the cream of the crop | le fin du fin | ||||||
| ultimately adv. - finally or basically | en fin de compte | ||||||
| to bring sth. to a close | mettre fin à qc. | ||||||
| to put a stop to sth. | mettre fin à qc. | ||||||
| to suppress sth. | suppressed, suppressed | | mettre fin à qc. | ||||||
| to put an end to sth. | mettre fin à qc. | ||||||
| to terminate sth. | terminated, terminated | | mettre fin à qc. | ||||||
| to mark the end of sth. | marquer la fin de qc. | ||||||
| to close sth. | closed, closed | - end | mettre fin à qc. | ||||||
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