Additional - Tintin Flashcards
chiper
to pinch, to nick
courant (adj)
common, everyday, usual, ordinary
un courant
current, flow, wave, movement
une puce
flea
un cliché
a snapshot, picture
un raid
long distance hike/walk, trek, military attack
la carosserie
car body
une fouille
a baggage search, a frisk
inculper
to charge, to accuse
un cachot
dungeon, solitary confinement, cell
un virage
bend, turn, curve, shift (fig)
un poursuivant
a pursuer
malin
smart, shrewd, clever, cunning, malignant
hurler
shout, scream, howl
ça gaze
awesome, great
ça gaze?
how are things?
pourvu que
provided that, let’s hope that
rebrousser chemin
to turn back, to retrace one’s steps
pareil
the same, identical
sans pareil
without parallel, unique, peerless
échéance
due date
une bobine
a spool, a bobbin, a reel, someone’s face
boulotter
to eat
le moindre
the slightest
moindre
lower, lesser
un cabot
cur, hound, dog
maudit
wretched, damnable, cursed
maudire
to curse
une chute
fall, drop, loss, downfall
fourrer
to jam, to stuff, to shove, to line, to fill
un soigné
a sick person, patient, the sick
soigné
tidy, neat, well-dressed, smart, conscientious, meticulous (or for an illness: bad)
épouvanter
to horrify, to scare, to dismay, to terrify
sauter
to jump
un tas
a pile, a heap
fournir
to supply, to furnish
la ferraille
scrap iron
débrouillard
crafty, resourceful, wiley
breveter
to patent
prévenu
biased, prejudiced, the accused
prévenir qch
prevent, forestall, stop, avert, anticipate, foresee
morne
gloomy, dismal
guérir
to heal, to cure
hors
outside, beyond
pourtant
yet, even, though
la paille
straw
avaler
to swallow