ADJ | far | farther / further | farthest / furthest | |
SYNO | ALIR | Army for the Liberation of Rwanda | FAR | ... |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
| loin {adv} | far 13 | |
2 Words: Others |
| loin de {prep} | far from | |
| bien plus | far more | |
| par trop {adv} [littéraire] | far too | |
| tiré par les cheveux {adj} {past-p} [fig.] | far-fetched | |
| étendu {adj} [réseau] | far-flung | |
| lointain {adj} [avante-poste] | far-flung | |
| lointain {adj} [dans l'espace] | far-off | |
| considérable {adj} | far-reaching | |
| vaste {adj} [réforme] | far-reaching | |
| gros de conséquences {adj} | far-reaching | |
| lourd de conséquences {adj} | far-reaching | |
| dans quelle mesure {adv} | how far | |
| jusqu'ici {adv} | so far | |
3 Words: Others |
| jusqu'à {prep} | as far as | |
| à condition que {conj} [+subj.] | as far as | |
| pas folichon [fam.] | far from brilliant [coll.] [lacking intellect] | |
| loin de là {adv} [loc.] | far from it [idiom] | |
| pas loin de {prep} | not far from | |
3 Words: Verbs |
| voir loin [être perspicace] | to be far-sighted | |
| exagérer | to go too far | |
| dépasser la mesure | to go too far | |
| commettre des excès | to go too far | |
| tomber dans l'excès | to go too far | |
| dépasser les bornes [fig.] | to go too far | |
| dépasser les limites [fig.] | to go too far | |
| abuser [exagérer] | to go too far [fig.] | |
| charrier [fam.] | to go too far [fig.] [coll.] | |
| pousser qc. trop loin | to push sth. too far | |
4 Words: Others |
| de loin {adv} [loc.] | (by) far and away [idiom] | |
| autant que faire se peut {adv} | as far as possible | |
| bien au-dessus des arbres {adv} | far above the trees | |
4 Words: Verbs |
| fin. être bien plus coûteux | to be far more expensive | |
| pousser le bouchon un peu loin [expression] | to carry things too far | |
| se prolonger jusqu'à qc. [chemin, route, voie ferrée, mur, clôture] | to extend as far as sth. | |
| se prolonger jusqu'à qc. [chemin, route, voie ferrée, mur, clôture] | to go as far as sth. | |
5+ Words: Others |
| Autant que je sache. | As far as I gather. | |
| à ce que je sache | as far as I know [from what I've been told] | |
| à ce que je sais | as far as I know [it is my belief that] | |
| Que je sache. | As far as I know. | |
| Autant que je sache. | As far as I know. | |
| de mon côté | as far as I'm concerned | |
| en ce qui me concerne | as far as I'm concerned | |
| autant qu'on puisse en juger {adv} | as far as one can judge | |
| en ce qui concerne qn./qc. {adv} | as far as sb./sth. is concerned | |
| pour ce qui concerne qn./qc. {adv} | as far as sb./sth. is concerned | |
| pour (ce qui est de) qc. | as far as sth. is concerned | |
| pour ce qui est de cela {adv} | as far as that goes | |
| à perte de vue {adv} | as far as the eye can see | |
| d'aussi / aussi loin que je m'en souvienne {conj} | as far back as I can remember | |
| au fond de {prep} | at the far end of | |
| au fin fond de qc. {adv} | at the far end of sth. | |
| Il n'est pas au bout de ses peines [dans une situation pénible] | His troubles are far from over. | |
| Il s'en faut de beaucoup. | It is (very) far from it. | |
| Ça s'approche de la vérité. | It's not far from the truth. | |
| Pas à ma connaissance ! | Not as far as I know! | |
| Si près et pourtant si loin. | So close, yet so far. | |
| Cette fois il est allé trop loin ! | This time he's gone too far! | |
5+ Words: Verbs |
| être bien loin de faire qc. | to be a far cry from doing sth. | |
| revenir de loin | to come back from far away | |
| être un peu poussé [loc.] | to go a bit too far | |
| pousser le zèle jusqu'à faire qc. | to go so far as to do sth. | |
| brûler les étapes | to go too far too fast | |
| s'étendre à perte de vue | to stretch as far as the eye can see | |
Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| littérat.F Le pisseur de copie [1989] | A Far Cry from Kensington [Muriel Spark] | |
| littérat.F À cent lieues de Kensington [2003] | A Far Cry from Kensington [Muriel Spark] | |
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi) |
| bot.T adonis {m} de l'Amour [Adonis amurensis] | (Far East) Amur adonis | |
| bot.T adonide {f} de l'Amour [Adonis amurensis] | (Far East) Amur adonis | |
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- "Lakeland Boating" is a regional magazine that ships eleven times a year and covers the interests of freshwater boaters on the Great Lakes and connecting waterways and inland lakes as far south as Tennessee, as far north as Lake Superior, as far west as Minnesota, and as far east as Quebec.
- It can be heard as far east as Newberry, as far north as Thunder Bay, as far west as Bergland, and as far south as Ludington.
- Especially between 1995 and 1997 several far-right crimes were committed in Jena.
- Manuel Abramowicz (born 1967) is a far-left Belgian reporter, specialist of the far right.
- There remain other, far longer epic poems, such as the Indian "Mahabharata" and Persian "Shahnameh", although these are far older.
- The WFGR signal can be heard as far north as Stanwood, Michigan, far east as Pewamo, Michigan, and as far south as Plainwell, Michigan.
- WMAG is one of North Carolina's most powerful stations, providing at least secondary coverage as far east as Raleigh, as far north as Martinsville, Virginia and as far south as the Charlotte suburbs.
- Far, far into the future, inter-planetary archaeologist Vick XIII, makes a choking discovery.
- On C compilers targeting the 8086 processor family, far pointers were declared using a non-standard far qualifier.
- The Mansfield signal is strong enough to be heard as far north as Scunthorpe, far outside Nottinghamshire. The Nottingham signal may be heard as far south as Leicester.
- Though some spices have antimicrobial properties in vitro, pepper—by far the most common spice—is relatively ineffective, and in any case, salt, which is far cheaper, is also far more effective.
- Less integrated into the Romansh verbal system are constructions following the pattern of "far il" ('doing the') + a German infinitive.
- The school is attended by around 243 pupils. Pupils are from a catchment area that is particularly vast, stretching as far north as Kinbrace, as far south as the Mound and as far west as Rosehall.
- Exo's mandate includes the operation of Montreal's commuter rail service, which links the downtown core with communities as far west as Hudson, as far east as Mont-Saint-Hilaire, as far south as Candiac, and as far north as Saint-Jérôme and commuter buses formerly operated by local operators.
- Violence was expected among far right and far left demonstrators and police.
- "Far Far Away": About border guards far from home, protecting their homeland.
- By 1960 the Atlantic GL reached as far to the north as Columbus and Pittsburgh, as far to the east as the Atlantic Ocean, as far to the south as Jacksonville, and as far to the west as Cincinnati, Knoxville, and Atlanta.
- The "Post" [...] s distribution area reaches as far south as North Fremantle, as far north as Wembley Downs and Woodlands, and as far east as West Perth and West Leederville.
- In 1890 that company had 3000 mules, 600 cars, and [...] of rail line. Lines ran north as far as Tlalnepantla, as far south as Tlalpan, as far east as Peñón de los Baños.
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