Advanced Composition Vocab_Engl to Fren4 Flashcards

1
Q

to bend

A

se courber

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2
Q

a procession

A

un defilé, une procession

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3
Q

to faint

A

s’évanouir

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4
Q

devoutly

A

dévotement

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5
Q

a nun

A

une religieuse, une nonne

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6
Q

to feel faint, to have a blackout

A

avoir une défaillance

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7
Q

to comb one’s hair

A

se peigner les cheveux

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8
Q

to tuck someone in

A

border quelqu’un dans son lit

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9
Q

idleness

A

le désoeuvrement, la oisiveté

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10
Q

idle

A

désoeuvré(e)

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11
Q

lace

A

la dentelle

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12
Q

to feel drained, sapped

A

être miné(e)

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13
Q

to set the table

A

dresser le couvert

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14
Q

to spare money

A

épargner la dépense

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15
Q

pride

A

l’orgueil (m), la fierté

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16
Q

to take something from someone

A

tirer quelque chose de quelqu’un

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17
Q

work

A

la besogne

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18
Q

discomfort, embarrassment

A

une gêne, un embarras

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19
Q

to embarrass

A

embarrasser

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20
Q

to grow lovelier, more beautiful, to embellish (something)

A

embellir

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21
Q

to become ugly

A

enlaidir

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22
Q

a liner, a streamship

A

un paquebot

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23
Q

a building site, a depot, a yard

A

un chantier

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24
Q

to accost someone

A

accoster quelqu’un

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25
Q

to hurry

A

se hâter

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26
Q

to bump into someone (physically)

A

se heurter contre quelqu’un

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27
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to catch sight of

A

apercevoir

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28
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to jostle, to shove someone

A

bousculer quelqu’un

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29
Q

(nautical) lock

A

une écluse

30
Q

a visiting room

A

un parloir

31
Q

a kid

A

un gamin

32
Q

a thunder storm

A

un orage

33
Q

thunder

A

la foudre

34
Q

a storm

A

une têmpete

35
Q

a prig, a pedant

A

un(e) cuistre

36
Q

pedantry

A

la cuisterie

37
Q

stupefaction, amazement

A

l’ahurissement (m)

38
Q

an indentation, a jagged edge,

A

une découpure

39
Q

to cut, to carve

A

découper

40
Q

ingenuousness, naivety

A

la candeur

41
Q

to open a letter

A

décacheter une lettre

42
Q

the mattress

A

le matelas

43
Q

a toughening, a hardening

A

un endurcissement

44
Q

to toughen

A

(s’)endurcir

45
Q

to weaken

A

s’affaiblir

46
Q

to blink

A

cligner les yeux

47
Q

a wink

A

un clin d’oeil

48
Q

to be drunk

A

être gris(e), être saoul(e), être bourré

49
Q

not very much, the width of two fingers

A

deux doigts (d’alcool)

50
Q

stagecoach

A

une diligence

51
Q

a steep alleyway

A

une ruelle escarpée

52
Q

to half-open

A

s’entrebâiller

53
Q

to have the hiccups

A

avoir le hoquet

54
Q

holy water

A

l’eau bénite

55
Q

a wake

A

une veille

56
Q

to turn yellow

A

jaunir

57
Q

to turn blue

A

bleuir

58
Q

to pinch

A

pincer

59
Q

a shroud

A

un linceul

60
Q

a lock of hair

A

une mèche de cheveux

61
Q

a graveyard

A

une cimetière

62
Q

to go up a slope

A

monter une côte

63
Q

relief

A

un soulagement

64
Q

to paint, to smear

A

badigeonner

65
Q

a cupboard

A

un placard

66
Q

a doll

A

une poupée

67
Q

a hoop

A

un cerceau

68
Q

a fold

A

un pli

69
Q

to chirp, to warble

A

gazouiller

70
Q

to happen to, to befall

A

advenir