Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Anglais > 2A4 > Flashcards

2A4 Flashcards

1
Q

une artère

A

an artery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

la nourriture grasse

A

fatty food

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

avoir l’air vieux

A

to look old

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

s’économiser

A

to spare oneself

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

un rire

A

a laughter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

s’esclaffer

A

to guffaw

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

aigu (son)

A

high-pitched

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

une bourgeoise

A

a posh middle-class lady

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

pouffer

A

to burst out

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

réprimer (une parole, un geste…)

A

to hold back, to restrain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

un élan/afflux/poussée/déferlement

A

a surge –> to surge

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

le sang-froid

A

composure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

lisse (sans aspérités)

A

smooth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

couvrir (un bruit)

A

to drown

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

tinter –> un tintement

A

to clink –> a clink

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

la perspective

A

the prospect

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

une issue fatale/mortelle

A

a fatal outcome

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

furtivement

A

furtively

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

réjouir

A

to delight/ to please

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

contrarier

A

to annoy / to upset

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

déjouer/ contrecarrer

A

to thwart/ to frustrate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

médusé

A

stunned/ dumbfounded

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

un projet de loi

A

a draft bill

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

le parti d’opposition

A

the opposition party

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

voter une loi

A

to pass a bill/law

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

un stratège

A

a strategist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

un conseiller municipal

A

a city concillor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

tenace, opiniâtre –> travailler sans relâche

A

dogged –> to work doggedly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

ridicule, dérisoire

A

laughable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

le mal du pays

A

homesickness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

à vie –> apprentissage tout au long de la vie

A

lifelong –> lifelong learning

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

promettre monts et merveilles

A

to promise the earth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

un comptable

A

an accountant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

un cheval de trait / un bourreau de travail

A

a workhorse

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

un constructeur automobile

A

an automaker

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

prophétiser

A

to prophesy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

les arts du spectacle

A

performing arts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

les arts visuels

A

visual arts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

les beaux-arts

A

the fine arts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

transmettre, communiquer (connaissance, histoire…)

A

to impart

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

perspicace, astucieux, habile

A

canny

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

autoriser, donner l’autorisation de

A

to licence to do

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

compétent, très bon

A

proficient

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

la candidature

A

application/ candidacy (politics)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

l’âge de glace

A

the Ice Age

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

un mécène

A

a patron

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

un collectionneur

A

a collector

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

subjuguer, captiver

A

to transfix

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

une cascade (film) –> un cascadeur

A

a stunt –> a stuntman

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

un collant

A

tights

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

un figurant

A

a walk-on actor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

un metteur en scène/ réalisateur

A

a film director

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

le scénariste

A

the scriptwriter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

il est impossible que ce film

A

this film can’t have

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

un film à succès

A

a box-office hit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
56
Q

la doublure (ciné)

A

the understudy

57
Q

en or massif

A

in solid gold

58
Q

à petit budget

A

low-budget

59
Q

la représentation (spectacle)

A

the performance

60
Q

des lustres

A

ages

61
Q

les nouvelles sont bonnes

A

the news is good

62
Q

indépendant

A

independEnt

63
Q

enregistrer (graver etc)

A

to record

64
Q

écran plat

A

flat-screen TV

65
Q

enfin

A

at last

66
Q

volonté/ motivation intérieure

A

an inner motivation

67
Q

un frein

A

a brake

68
Q

un contre-poids

A

a counterweight

69
Q

interminable, à n’en plus finir

A

never-ending

70
Q

il s’agit de

A

it is a question of / what is at stake is

71
Q

l’ensemble de la société

A

the whole of society

72
Q

faire la lumière sur

A

shed a light on

73
Q

anodin

A

insignificant / trivial

74
Q

des inquiétudes/préoccupations

A

concerns

75
Q

un harnais/ harnachement –> maîtriser, exploiter

A

a harness –> to harness

76
Q

une station de ski

A

a ski resort

77
Q

un diplomate

A

a diplomat

78
Q

être originaire de

A

to hail from

79
Q

répugner à faire

A

to loath to do

80
Q

un participant(e)

A

an attendee

81
Q

un blasphème

A

blasphemy

82
Q

désobligeant, dénigrant

A

derogatory

83
Q

attendu que, vu que, dans la mesure où

A

inasmuch as

84
Q

un bonimenteur/aboyeur

A

a barker

85
Q

une semaine sur deux

A

every other week

86
Q

épuiser (consommer, finir)

A

to use up

87
Q

c’est pas trop tôt !

A

it’s none too soon

88
Q

des munitions

A

ammunition

89
Q

encore trois jours (trois jours de +)

A

another three days

90
Q

encore un autre

A

yet another

91
Q

encore plus (vite, dur etc)

A

faster/harder still

92
Q

l’heure de fermeture

A

(the) closing time

93
Q

expresso

A

espresso

94
Q

poireauter, attendre

A

to hang about

95
Q

“attends un instant”/ne bouge pas etc

A

hang about

96
Q

le fond de la mer

A

the bottom of the sea

97
Q

le fond du problème

A

the root of the problem

98
Q

musique de fond

A

background music

99
Q

“juste un fond, pas plus”

A

just a drop, no more!

100
Q

ski de fond

A

cross-country skiing

101
Q

course de fond

A

long-distance running

102
Q

une touche (clavier, piano etc)

A

a key

103
Q

servir (job d’un serveur)

A

to wait on someone

104
Q

faire le grand écart

A

to do the splits

105
Q

entamer (ex: commencer à jouer de la musique), engager (la conv)

A

to strike up (struck/struck)

106
Q

une migraine

A

a splitting headache

107
Q

une trompette

A

a trumpet

108
Q

une flute

A

a flute

109
Q

demander du feu

A

to ask for a light

110
Q

aller à la messe/ assister à l’office

A

to attend Mass/chapel

111
Q

le mal de mer

A

seasickness

112
Q

le mal des transports

A

carsickness

113
Q

interrompre, interpeller (qqun qui fait un discours)

A

to heckle

114
Q

large/vaste

A

broad

115
Q

désemparé, bouleversé (fou d’inquiétude/ grande tristesse)

A

distraught

116
Q

lancer qqch sur/à qqun

A

to fling stg at so

117
Q

mépriser

A

to despise

118
Q

se mettre à l’aise, l’installer confortablement

A

to cosy up

119
Q

toucher à/ falsifier/ trafiquer qqch

A

to tamper with stg

120
Q

un trou de mémoire

A

a memory lapse

121
Q

tomber dans (fig: coma, silence, dans un travers…)

A

to lapse into

122
Q

faire dérailler/capoter etc

A

to derail

123
Q

serrer/ resserrer / se resserrer, se tendre

A

tighten

124
Q

bon à rien, incapable (adj)

A

feckless

125
Q

fantôme (imaginaire)

A

phantom

126
Q

miner, saper

A

to undermine

127
Q

dénué de qqch

A

devoid of stg

128
Q

un napperon

A

a doily

129
Q

un set de table

A

a tablemat

130
Q

une nappe

A

a tablecloth

131
Q

un cèdre

A

a cedar tree

132
Q

un sapin

A

a fir tree

133
Q

du gravillon

A

gravel

134
Q

un sentier

A

a footpath

135
Q

serpenter

A

to wind (wound/wound)

136
Q

un peuplier

A

a poplar tree

137
Q

mince, élancé

A

slender

138
Q

la silhouette

A

the figure

139
Q

une canne

A

a cane

Anglais (23 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions