All words from Reading and Comprehension part 7 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
tôle (m.)
tin, sheet metal
glass chandelier
lustre en verre (m.)
dairy
laiterie (f.)
job, position
poste (m.)
soupçonner
to suspect
il s’agit
it concerns, it is about
to fade
estomper (s’)
CDI (m.)
open-ended contract
cossu
fancy, opulent
noise
bruit (m.)
started, under way
étoile
to demonstrate, protest
manifester
à l’endroit
right side
faire de son mieux
to do one’s best
escape
fuite (f.)
to implement
mettre en œuvre
don (m.)
gift
rencontre (f.)
encounter
it’s done, it’s over
c’est plié*
ombrager
to shade
to reach, to achieve
atteindre
congested
congestionné
to crush
écraser
en outre
moreover, what is more
époustouflant
amazing
à l’abri libre
in the open air
to ride
chevaucher
coucher (se)
to lie down
it’s enough to
il suffit de
to belong to
appartenir à
apple
pomme (f.)
address
adresse (f)
enfermé
shut up in, imprisoned
gêner
to bother, to annoy
in a nod to
en un clin d’œil à
grand-mère (f.)
granmother
spinner
fileur (m.)
desk
pupitre (m.)
pont (m.)
bridge
roofer
vouvreur (m.)
isolation
isolement (m.)
assiette (f.)
plate
habituer à (s’)
to beome used to
tête (f.)
head
portion, part
partie (f.)
moreover, what is more
en outre
carrefour (m.)
crossroads
male chaubinism
machisme (m.)
cuisse (f.)
thigh
target
cible (f.)
waitress
serveuse (f.)
to attend
assister à
livrer
to expose
for want of
à défaut de
when
lorsque
to cause harm
porter préjudice
to be a benchwarmer
chauffer les bancs*
trompe (f.)
proboscis
caisse (f.)
case, box
to burglarise
cambrioler
from, based on
à partir de
mood
mode (f.)
apporter
to bring
d’ores et déjà
already
escarpolette (f.)
swing
meeting place
lieu de rencontres (m.)
allure (f.)
speed
to shake up
bousculer
coupure (f.)
cut
unrecognizable
méconnaissable
boots
bottes (f.pl.)
pastry chef
pâtissier, pâtissière
souhaiter
to want, to wish
book
bouquin* (m.)
army
armée
to serve
servir
to like, to love
aimer
critique (f.)
criticism
hamlet
hameau (m.)
liver
foie (m.)
lever
to get up
ceinture (f.)
belt
equipment damage
casse (f.)
crowd
foule (f.)
depressed
déprimé
kiss
bisou* (m.)
to move into
installer (s’)
to abdicate
abdiquer
retirer
to take away
notebook
cahier (m.)
close, narrow
étroit
within
au sein de
provisoire
temporary, provisional
miel (m.)
honey
emplacement (m.)
place setting
strawberry
fraise (f.)
to stage
mettre en scène
mur (m.)
wall
elder
aîné
assumer
to assume
sans le sou
penniless
avoir raison
to be right (people)
dès que possible
as soon as possiblee
treason, betrayal
trahison (f.)
film enthusiast
cinéphile (m./f.)
cauchemar (m.)
nightmare
full-fledged
à part entière
résigner à (se)
to resign oneself to
traîner
to drag
vue (f.)
sense of sight
brume (f.)
mist
crever*
to die
to catch
attraper
bagout (m.)
volubility, glibness
participe passé (m.)
past participle
out of the question
ça le fait pas*
léger
light
peach, fishing
pêche (f.)
shack
cahute (f.)
élever
to raise
assoupi
dozing
minimum wage
SMIC (m.)
ménager à (se)
to pace oneself
corde (f.)
string
bustard
outarde (f.)
willingly
de bonne grâce
busy
achalandé
plusieurs
several
brûler (se)
to burn oneself
lip
lèvre (f.)
traffic
circulation (f.)
oreiller (m.)
pillow
green bean
haricot vert (m.)
sofa, couch
canapé (m.)
requirement
exigence (f.)
analphabète (m./f.)
illiterate person
irritated
excédé
to earn one’s living
gagner sa vie
arched, vaulted
voûté
widening
élargissement (m.)
freshman
bizut (m.)
yet, nevertheless
pourtant
ray, stack
rayon (m.)
défrichable
easy to clear
la Défense
business district just outside of Paris
attraper
to catch
indemniser
to compensate
to play a part, to participate in, to be involved in
intervenir
apicole
beekeeping
to burn
brûler
abriter
to shelter
swindle, fraud
escroquerie (f.)
muqueuse (f.)
mucous membrane
to track down
dépister
nail factory
clouterie (f.)
inscrit
noted
inédit
new, original
déçu
disappointed
carnivore
carnivore (m.)
ordinateur (m.)
computer
to communicate to
transmettre
to realize
apercevoir
déprimé
depressed
dégager
to unearth
teacher
enseignant(e)
hedge
haie (f.)
watermelon
pastèque (f.)
gravir les échelons
to climb the rungs
artwork
maquette (f.)
to make smaller, to dwarf
rapetisser
to make a mistake
tromper (se)
habdomadaire
weekly
bouton (m.)
button
manque (m.)
lack of
à mobilité réduite
with limited mobility
to concern
préoccuper
to go to bed
se coucher
écrivain(e)
writer
under the supervision of
sous la conduite de
compte tenu
considering
to date back to
remonter à
à l’encontre
agaist, contrary to
empreine (f.)
to give birth to
donner naissance à
to flee
fuir
aménagé
built, fitted out
charpentier (m.)
carpenter
voilier (m.)
sailboat
today, currently
à ce jour
in the background
derrière
pelle (f.)
shovel
dizaine (f.)
about ten
to harmonize with
harmoniser (s’) avec
to admit, to confess
avouer
to do window-shopping
faire du lèche-vitrines
heritage
patrimoine (m.)
to run
courir
mourir
to die
chasse (f.)
hunting, hunt
âme (f.)
soul
contraption
machin (m.)
look
regard (m.)
to bury
enfouir
asseoir (s’)
to sit down
avoisiner
to border on
poisson (m.)
fish
to acquire
acquérir
jeu de cartes (m.)
card game
looking like
à l’allure de
corriger
to correct
cinéma (m.)
movie theater, theaters
beaux-arts (m.pl.)
fine arts
forehead
front (m.)
résonner
to resonate
district
arrondissement (m.)
cymbales (f.pl.)
cymbals
boum* (f.)
party (teenagers’)
full-time
à plein temps
faire la queue
to stand in line
chanson (f.)
song
to smile
sourire
peintre (m.)
painter
to murmur, to whisper
murmurer
to groan about
râler
champ (m.)
field
bouteille (f.)
bottle
to improve
améliorer (s’)
clothing
vêtement (m.)
beam
poutre (f.)
boucler
to complete
licorne (f.)
unicorn
potato
pomme de terre (f.)
jacinthe (f.)
hyacinth
enorgueillir de (s’)
to pride oneself on
borgne
shady, recessed
latter
dernier
illettrisme (m.)
illiteracy
exposition (f.)
exhibition, show
tricherie (f.)
trick, cheating
business district just outside of Paris
la Défense
reunion
retrouvailles (f.pl.)
fellow
gaillard (m.)
revers de la médaille (m.)
other side of the coin
céder
to yield
roof, roofing
toiture (f.)
rebrousser chemin
to turn back
visitor
habitué
autant de autant que possible
as much as possible
face
visage (m.)
arm
bras (m.)
raw wood
bois brut (m.)
to rise to the surface
affleurer
ciseaux (m.pl.)
scissors
moutarde (f.)
mustard
méconnaissable
unrecognizable
case (f.)
box
cave (f.)
cellar
to dilute
diluer
reverse view
regard renversé (m.)
grandson
petit-fils (m.)
framboise (f.)
raspberry
piano à queue (m.)
grand piano
to snap away at
mitrailler
quant à
as for
to chop
hacher
fenêtre (f.)
window
mistral (cold, dry wind that blows in the Rhône Valley and the south of France)
mistral (m.)
joyau (m.)
gem
content
happy
weight
poids (m.)
scieur (m.)
sawyer
set, circle
milieu (m.)
riddled with
criblé de
loger (se)
to stay
lighthouse
phare (m.)
clearly
clairement
grumpy
bougon
joke
blague (f.)
apple tree
pommier (m.)
to be listed in
être inscrit à
comic strip
bande dessinée (f.)
beurre de cacaheètes
peanut butter
surtout
especially
channel
chaîne (f.)
enracinement (m.)
rooting, settling
lecture
conférence (f.)
boucherie (f.)
butcher shop
box
boîte (f.)
naissance (f.)
birth
paquer
to ditch, to pack in
relâcher (se)
to relax
roommate
camarade (m./f.) de chambre
grade, mark, (musical) note
note (f.)
paritarisme (m.)
principle of gender equality
mistake, fault
faute (f.)
enfouir
to bury
vouvreur (m.)
roofer
agrafeuse (f.)
stapler
to accommodate, to welcome, to host
accueillir
chestnut
châtaigne (f.)
actor
acteur (m.)
crochet (calligraphie) (m.)
hook
plat (m.)
dish, flat
alcohol
alcool (m.)
sensibilité (f.)
sensitivity
bande sonore (f.)
soundtrack
inconvénient (m.)
drawback
back
dos (m.)
cartoon
dessin animé (m.)
envoûtant
spellbinding
heat wave
chaleur (f.)
ship
navire (m.)
to apply
appliquer (s’)
to expect
attendre à (s’)
chaussures (f.pl)
shoes
dérouler (se)
to take place
bassoon
basson (m.)
to concern, to be a matter of
agir de (s’)
piste (f.)
ring
fence
clôture (f.)
hocher la tête
to nod one’s head
courage (m.)
courage
plsterer
plâtrier (m.)
good timing
ça tombe bien
écrasant (for the majority)
overwhelming
cambioleur, cambrioleuse
burgler
directly on
à même de
data
indices (m.pl.)
insaisissable
elusive
other side of the coin
revers de la médaille (m.)
as far as, as much… as
autant… que
film sonore (m.)
sound film
disarming
désarmant
school
école (f.)
to prejudge
préjuger
orthographe (f.)
spelling
plier
to fold
aguerri
trained, experienced
freestone
pierre de taille (f.)
new, original
inédit
esquisser
to draw, to skip
heir apparent
Dauphin (m.)
gaillard (m.)
fellow
veuf, veuve
widower, widow
célèbre
famous
appeler (s’)
to be called
beekeeper
apiculteur (m.)
librairie (f.)
bookstore
mediator
médiateur, médiatrice
to train
former
laisser tomber
to drop
lâcher
to let go
rule
règle (f.)
penniless
sans le sou
frissonner
to tremble
raisn (m.)
grapefruit
in spite of
malgré
chance (f.)
luck
menuisier (m.)
carpenter, cabinetmaker
team manager
patron de l’écurie (m.)
tough, difficult
redoutable
to run errands
faire des courses
lettre de motivation (f.)
cover letter
to clip somebody’s wings
couper les ailes
ouvrier de chantier naval (m.)
shipyard worker
fougue (f.)
spirit, enthusiasm
brass drum
grosse caisse (f.)
prolonger
to extend, to continue
gillyflower, stock
giroflées quarantaines (f.pl.)
song
chanson (f.)
cherry
cerise (f.)
écran (m.)
screen
wall
mur (m.)
investissement (m.)
inveestment
trou de mémoire (m.)
memory lapse
connaissances de base (f.pl.)
basic knowledge
faire du lèche-vitrines
to do window-shopping
feindre
to feign, to pretend
carnivore (m.)
carnivore
trial
procèc (m.)
introductory training
stage d’initiation (m.)
maugréer
to grumble
murmurer
to murmur, to whisper
millier (m.)
thousand
to die
mourir
empreine (f.)
spy
espion(ne)
légumes (m.pl.)
vegetables
conte (m.)
story
mount
monture (f.)
rainy
pluvieux
now
maintenant
hierarchy
hiérarchie (f.)
to reason
raisonner
streetlamp
lampadaire (m.)
on average
en moyenne
reculer
to draw back
next door
à côté
pierre de taille (f.)
freestone
hill
colline (f.)
troquer
to barter, to swap
hair
cheveux (m.pl.)
heurter à (se)
to come up against
to hope
espérer
Roman
romain
manifester
to demonstrate, protest
pas grand-chose
not much
traîner les pieds
to drag one’s feet
conférence (f.)
lecture
ambassade (f.)
embassy
tier
gradin (m.)
insolite
unusual
tortoise
tortue (f.)
thigh
cuisse (f.)
arrondissement (m.)
district
theortician
théoricien(ne)
barbe (f.)
beard
democracy, citizenship
citoyenneté (f.)
harvestt
récolte (f.)
currency
devise (f.)
reception, reception area
accueil (m.)
fontaine (f.)
fountain
fond (m.)
bottom
sharp
sec
dépister
to track down
to heal
soigner
débarrasser la table
to clear the table
network
réseau (m.)
cheveux (m.pl.)
hair
disposition (f.)
provision
jouer de la harpe
to play the harp
formation (f.)
training
to instill
inculquer
pied (m.)
foot
sirop (m.)
syrup
injured
blessé
jupe (f.)
skirt
échapper à
to escape
Morocco
Maroc (m.)
tour (m.)
tower
to weigh in the balance
peser au trébuchet
to blow one’s brains out
faire sauter le cervelle (se)
rappel à l’ordre (m.)
reminder
pumpkin
citrouille (f.)
auprès de
with as much as
fâché
angry
tambourine
tanière (f.)
usine d’outils (f.)
tool factory
witness
témoin (m.)
angry
fâché
to call
appeler
faire un effort
to make an effort
trop de
too much, too many
coupe-coupe (m.)
machete
historien(ne)
historian
sève (f.)
sap
machete
coupe-coupe (m.)
fiévreux
feverish
to pick up sb
aller chercher qqn
room
chambre (f.)
aller chercher qqn
to pick up sb
feat, prowess
prouesse (f.)
tenter
to try, to attempt
déménager
to move
quotidien (m.)
daily, everday life
chair (f.) de poule
goosebumps
film muet (m.)
silent film
bastingage (m.)
ship’s rail
to chat
papoter
soucil (m.)
eyebrow
ouvrier (m.)
worker
gagner sa vie
to earn one’s living
mildew
mildiou (m.)
favoriser
to favor, to appreciate, to encourage
échelle (f.)
scale, ladder
probably
sans doute
road worker
terrassier (m.)
accorder
to grant, to give
hardiesse (f.)
boldness
trépied (m.)
tripod
trait appuyé (m.)
line falling rightward
grain (m.)
speck
balayer
to sweep
to grant, to give
accorder
to apply
postuler
to catch
attraper
to slow down
ralentir
development
aménagement
courbe (f.)
curve
subscription
abonnement (m.)
essuyer
to wipe
steak haché (m.)
ground beef
un écolier sur cinq
one schoolchild out of five
diluer
to dilute
