Advanced 3 Vocab_Engl to Fren Flashcards
to keep fit
ÿþgarder la forme
to run a bath
faire couler le bain
to be doing (rather) well
se porter (plutôt) bien
to mass produce
fabriquer à grande échelle.
submarine
le sous-marin
depth
profondeur
knot (either in a rope, or the nautical speed of 1 nautical mile per hour)
le noeud
a magnet
un aimant
affectionate
aimant
magnetic
aimanté
to keep to hand
garder sous la main
to diet
faire un régime
to move away
éloigner
don’t go too far!
ne t’éloigne pas trop!
a can / tin opener
un ouvre-boîte
all the rage, latest fashion
le dernier cri
state-of-the-art
du dernier cri
anyway
de toute façon
foundry
la fonderie
factory
l’usine (m)
to force sb to do sthg
contraindre qn à faire qch
rate level
le taux
grumpy
grincheux
to recover / to get well (from illness)
se rétablir
out in the open for everyone to see
au grand jour
excessive
à outrance
drought
La sécheresse
flood
L’inondation (f)
raw material
la matière première / la matière brute
red blood cell
la globule rouge
biofuels
les agrocarburants
to assert to declare to maintain
affirmer
to lead to
entraîner
cattle livestock
le bétail
yield output productivity
le rendement
to spare sb sthg
épargnér qch à qn
damage
les dégâts
commodities perishables
les denrées (f)
to corner a market to monopolise to absorb
accaparer
food-producing agriculture
l’agriculture vivrière
manure fertilizer
l’engrais (m)
seed semen
la semence
stockpiling storage
le stockage
book show / motor show (etc.)
le salon de livre / de l’auto etc.
to haunt
hanter
to bother, to worry
tracasser
ghost
le revenant
piercing, striking
saisissant
out of stock
en rupture de stock
mastery
la maîtrise
to trick to trap
piéger
to put in place to position
mettre en place
fortification a thick tall wall
la muraille
lessor backer
le bailleur
to contain
renfermer
to lead to
aboutir
burial sowing
mise en terre
successfully completed
abouti
young plant seedling
le plant (cf la plante)
to cross a line, to cover a distance
franchir
to meet (again) to get together
se retrouver
to build
édifier
to consist of doing sthg
consister à faire qch
to consist of sthg
consister de qch
It is important to
Il importe de
harmful
néfaste
to call for to ask for
réclamer
a challenge
un défi
pop-up menu
un menu déroulant
in bold (font / type)
en gras
to warn
prévenir
to face (a situation)
affronter
really well and truly
bel et bien
to carry out
assurer
to condemn (a person, testimony)
accabler
self-proclaimed
autoproclamé
bereavement mourning
le deuil
to spot to locate
repérer
underlined
souligné
plaits braids
les nattes
hairstyle hairdressing
la coiffure
there is nothing that surpasses it
il y a rien qui dépasse
to tidy up to put away
ranger
spoiled damaged
abîmé
limestone
le calcaire
beautiful eyes
des yeux en amande
to make sthg up (as in “make up”)
maquiller
gifted talented
doué
whatever!
n’importe quoi (as an expression)
to blow up to inflat to puff out
gonfler
angel
un ange
Well then
Bon alors
to dig sthg up to disinter
déterrer
end tip
un bout
~ “well, I say” in various contexts
dis donc
you’re right!
Tu as gagné! T’as gagné
pedestal
un socle
galley (as in a big ship)
la galère
jumble, mess
le méli-mélo
silver birch
le bouleau
body building
la musculation
cliff
une falaise
wall side face (of an object)
la paroi
What happened to you?
qu’est-ce qui t’arrive?
dying
mourant
to break
briser
you can do it.
tu peux y arriver.
a slave
un esclave
strong, sturdy, beefy
costaud
why certainly! of course!
c’est normal!
physically strong
balaise
tubby
boulot
