6 Flashcards
rattraper
recapture
overtake
to catch up with
cloitre
cloister
lustre
chandelier
tressalir
to wriggle
vague
vague
wave
adjoint
assistant
passer le savon a quelq’un
to give somebody a telling off
relever
to pick up
to register
degarni
empty
chemise
folder
rouquin
ginger
en soi
per se, as such
lambiner
to linger
vif
alive, smart, lively
gigoter
to wriggle
gisant
recumbent
mare
pond, pool
tressauter
to start, jump
delaisse’
jilted, forsaken, neglected
entrebailler
to half open
passer quelque chose en revue
to go over something
to have a loot at it
joujou
plaything, toy
concretiser
to embody, shape
enrayer
to check or block to jam ( a weapon)
renfrogne’
sullen, grumpy
echelle
ladder
derobe’
secret, hidden
travaux
works, roadworks,
labour,TASK
outre
besides
deceler
to detect
haine
hatred
recaler
to fail (in school)
la veille
the day before
escrime
fencing
pli
letter
tacher de
to try to
exigence
demand, requirement
guetter
to watch out for
devoiler
to reveal
quiconque
whoever, whatsoever
frise’
curly
macule’
smeared, smudged
pellicule
dandruff
s’emporter
to fly into a rage
prodiguer
to lavish, to hand out
anerie
nonsense
tout de meme
even so, still, notwithstanding
bien entendu
of course
renseignement
information
passer au cribble
to sift through
crible
sieve
rang
row, line
buteur
striker
trecucher
to stumble
basculer
to topple
gyrophare
flashing lights
clignotant
blinking, flashing
amas
heap
bafouiller
to stammer, jabber
berner
to fool
cloison
partition
minable
miserable, pathetic, wretched
buisson
bush, shrub
alors que
while
alors
then, yet, here
crepu
frizzy, fuzzy
clarseme’
scanty, sparse
fanfaron
boastful, blusterous
frimeur
showy
rebrousse-poil
wrong way
carrure
stature, build
dont
whose, of which
ensuite
next, then
later, after
pepin
slight problem
minutage
timing
hebete’
stunned dazed
stupid
bouchon
cap, bottleneck
caler
to wedge, to steady
peignoir de bain
bathrobe,
echiquier
chessboard
dedente
trigger
depourvu de
devoid of
poignee
handle
se reperer
to get one’s bearings
en depit de
in spite of
sitot apres
soon after
sitot que
as soon as
trellis e.
frame or structure of latticework
lattice
s’eclipser
to slip away
fringale (j’ai une fringale)
ravenousness, extreme hunger
finalement
in fact, actually, after all
evidemment
of course
affubler
to lable, classify
ronflant
grandiloquent, fine sounding
obscur
vague
se fourrer
se mettre
