All words from Reading and Comprehension part 6 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
inventory
inventaire (m.)
flute
flûte (f.)
weekly
habdomadaire
boisson (f.)
drink, beverage
outlet
déversoir (m.)
individual
particulier
dispositif (m.)
mechanism, device
public place
lieu public (m.)
brosser
to brrush
to center
cadrer
coude (m.)
elbow
right
droit (m.)
on the other hand
en revanche
intégrisme (m.)
fundamentalism
butcher shop
boucherie (f.)
proche
near, close
individual reward
récompense particulière (f.)
cross-staff, square
équerre (f.)
to start, to begin to
mettre à (se)
fort (m.)
fort
champion
champion (ne) (m./f.)
root
racine (f.)
prendre un verre
to have a drink
servir à
to be of use
pinceau (m.)
brush
mettre à l’écart
to keep in the background, to put aside
curly
bouclé
abordable
affordable
to divide
diviser
to be subject to
être soumis à
cuiller (cuillère) (f.)
spoon
retrouvailles (f.pl.)
reunion
équerre (f.)
cross-staff, square
shame
honte (f.)
approach
démarche (f.)
fièvre (f.)
fever
acétate de cellulose (m.)
cellulose acetate
élève (m./f.)
student
conservation plan
plan de sauvegarde (m.)
toe
orteil (m.)
menace
threat
emporter
to carry away
épouse (f.)
wife, spouse
pluvieux
rainy
en primaire
in elementary school
regard (m.)
look
(library) card
carte (f.)
pays natal (m.)
native country
au large
open-sea
lack of
manque (m.)
seat
siège (m.)
formerly
autrefois
ressentir
to feel, to experience
ancrage (m.)
anchoring
short
court
bypassing
contournement (m.)
neck
cou (m.)
divertissement (m.)
entertainment
souriant
smiling
acheter
to buy
to disconcert
déconcerter
œuvre (f.)
work, creation
feu (m.)
fire
bisou* (m.)
kiss
criard
piercing
usant
taxing
in a hurry to be done with
pressé d’en finir
folie meurtrière
murderous rage
reading
lecture (f.)
so many
tant que
comporter (se)
to behave
salarié(e)
salaried employee
to start one’s own business
mettre à son compte (se)
maçon (m.)
mason
from dawn to dusk
de l’aube au crepuscule
tin, sheet metal
tôle (m.)
granny
mamie (f.)
production
mise en scène (f.)
souligner
to emphasize
faufiler (se)
to weave in and out of
cellulose acetate
acétate de cellulose (m.)
growth
croissance (f.)
lécher
to lap against
to ditch, to pack in
paquer
bee
abeille (f.)
déménagement (m.)
moving
haut niveau (m.)
top level
lacemaker
dentellière (f.)
penguin
pingouin (m.)
réseau (m.)
network
chute (f.)
fall, descent
to yield
céder
à plein temps
full-time
to work
travailler
cuisinier (m.)
cook
a priori
in principle
piano
piano
dish, flat
plat (m.)
trick, cheating
tricherie (f.)
circumnavigation (f.)
circumnavigation
prendre une douche
to take a shower
on the ground
par terre
avoir lieu
to take place
cicatriser
to heal
enjeu (m.)
issue, challenge
oboe
hautbois (m.)
tellement
so much
to outdo, to go further
renchérir
avoir froid
to be cold (people)
thousand
millier (m.)
derrière
in the background
fauna
faune (f.)
honte (f.)
shame
intensive apprenticeship
apprentissage intensif (m.)
lâché
released
dentellière (f.)
lacemaker
incurable, inconsolable
inguérissable
éteindre (s’)
to die down, to fade away, to go out, to go dark
bridge
pont (m.)
well and truly
bel et bien
concevoir
to design
voice
voix (f.)
susceptible de
likely to
contournement (m.)
bypassing
danse (f.)
dance
être de bonne/mauvaise humeur
to be in a good/bad mood
contenter (se)
to make do with to content oneself with
presently
actuellement
painter
peintre (m.)
brûlure (f.)
burn
to bring
apporter
to act, to serve as
servir de
mettre en place
to implement
pourboire (m.)
tip
to call somebody names
traiter de
prêter
to lend
designer
cocepteur, conceptrice
to obtain, to get
obtenir
burin (m.)
chipping chisel
atout (m.)
advantage
screen
écran (m.)
aller
to go
fleuri
blossomed
écoulement d’eau (m.)
flow of water
street peddler
vendeur à la sauvette (m.)
to feel, to experience
éprouver
package
colis (m.)
banane (f.)
banana
beach
plage (f.)
enterrer
to bury
prouesse (f.)
feat, prowess
fig
figue (f.)
butter
beurre (m.)
cachalot (m.)
sperm whale
america
Amérique
oursuivre (se)
to continue
giroflées quarantaines (f.pl.)
gillyflower, stock
many
beaucoup de
to terminate
mettre fin à
rire (m.)
to laugh
population active (f.)
active population
front (m.)
forehead
faire un saut
to hop over to
xylophone (m.)
xylophone
sleep
sommeil (m.)
muret (m.)
low wall
bonheur (m.)
happiness
sheet
drap (m.)
toiture (f.)
roof, roofing
Afrique (f.0
africa
balise VHF (f.)
VHF beacon
diviser
to divide
to fly away toward
envoler vers (s’)
tirer
to burden, to be hard on, to display, to set off
retired
à la retraite
entitled
intitulé
escale (f.)
layover, stopover
among
parmi
obnoxious
odieux
tabou (m.)
taboo
emprunter
to borrow
au pied de
at the foot of
rompre (se)
to break
chou (m.)
cabbage
être fier de
to be proud of
situer (se)
to be located
banana
banane (f.)
avoir mal au cœur
to feel nauseated
stubborn
réfractaire
atteindre
to reach, to achieve
to be hungry
avoir faim
ball, bullet
balle (f.)
excavatrice à vapeur (f.)
steam-powered digging maching
sugar refinery
raffinerie de sucre (f.)
practically
quasiment
smiling
souriant
to cancel
annuler
to get rid of
débarrassser de (se)
resto* (m.)
restaurant
thing
truc (m.)
