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
