All words from Reading and Comprehension part 5 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
surname
nom patronymique (m.)
to sink into
enfoncer (s’)
to shade
ombrager
open-ended contract
CDI (m.)
place setting
emplacement (m.)
être à l’heure
to be on time
sometimes… sometimes
taper dans
blossomed
fleuri
to spangel, to stud
émailler
to emerge
surgir
older brother
frère aîné
prénom (m.)
first name
fourchette (f.)
fork
à défaut de
for want of
donner sur
to open onto
castagnettes (f.pl.)
castanets
en revanche
on the other hand
marquee
chapiteau (m.)
river
fleuve (m.)
to tremble
frissonner
winner
gagnat(e)
aménager
to lay out, to develop, to adapt
effectif (m.)
number
héberger
to house
formulaire (m.)
form
tour du monde (m.)
trip around the world
to feel, to experience
ressentir
wonder
merveille (f.)
to implement
mettre en place
enfance (f.)
childhood
changer
to change
crane (m.)
skull
flancher
to fail
voiler
to veil
à l’écart de
away from, out of the way
spellbinding
envoûtant
méconnaissance (f.)
ignorance
to need
avoir besoin de
emmerdeur* (m.)
pain in the neck
dénicher
to unearth
to get the better of, to damage
avoir raison de
poids (m.)
weight
poil (m.)
body hair
bottle
bouteille (f.)
trombone (m.)
trombone
discovery
découverte (f.)
dériveur (m.)
sailing dinghy
gifted
doué
cirque (m.)
circus
puces (f.pl.)
computer chips
instrument à clavier (m.)
keyboard instrument
lock, lock-gate
écluse (f.)
heavenly peace
paix céleste (f.)
augmenter
to increase
to join
rejoindre
hanche (f.)
hip
auparavant
before
to play the harp
jouer de la harpe
brown bear
ours brun (m.)
remonter à
to date back to
suivre
to follow
button
bouton (m.)
fontionnaire (m./f.)
civil servant
ear
oreille (f.)
ground floor
rez-de-chaussée (m.)
comic strip, comic book
bande dessinée (f.)
carrot
carotte (f.)
truc (m.)
thing
to be located
situer (se)
hyacinth
jacinthe (f.)
châtaigne (f.)
chestnut
to border on
avoisiner
in principle
a priori
mistral (m.)
mistral (cold, dry wind that blows in the Rhône Valley and the south of France)
raincoat
imperméable (m.)
fermier (m.)
farmer
faîne (f.)
beechnut
jus d’orange pressée (m.)
freshly squeezed orange juice
sensibilisation (f.)
raising awareness
bank
rive (f.)
earthwuake
tremblement de terre (m.)
integral part
partie intégrante
path, way
chemin (m.)
restorer
restaurateur, restauratrice
fundamentalism
intégrisme (m.)
sans doute
probably
translator
traducteur (m.)
vieewer
spectateur, spectatrice
mener (à)
to run, to lead (to), to manage
digital
numérique
mode (f.)
mood
manche (m.)
neck, handle
to replace
renouveler
il suffit de
it’s enough to
leg
jambe (f.)
to know how to reply
avoir le sens de la répartie
indices (m.pl.)
data
bookstore
librairie (f.)
pierre (f.)
stone
acorn
gland (m.)
VHF beacon
balise VHF (f.)
genou (m.)
knee
nord
north
to act on
passer à l’acte
rejuvenation
rajeunissement (m.)
craft, trade, profession
métier (m.)
deeply rooted
ancré
ricaner
to sneer
to be ashamed of
avoir honte de
ancré
deeply rooted
at that time
à ce moment-là
latticework
résille (f.)
forêt
forest
visage (m.)
face
mill
moulin (m.)
differently
différemment
crevant
exhausting
récolte (f.)
harvestt
realization
prise de conscience (f.)
soap opera, serial
feuilleton (m.)
elsewhere
ailleurs
restaurant
resto* (m.)
maillon (m.)
link
surpeuplé
overpopulated
partenariat (m.)
partnership
européocentrisme (m.)
eurocentrism
to involve
impliquer
criticism
critique (m./f.)
predictable
prévisible
to lead to
conduire
meticulously
minutieusement
exiger
to require
although
bien que
mélomane (m.)
music lover
couler
to flow
den
tanneur (m.)
really, truly
réellement
renchérir
to outdo, to go further
bayaronde (m.)
tree in Haiti
decreasing
en baisse
costume (m.)
men’s suit
built, fitted out
aménagé
layover, stopover
escale (f.)
mesh
maille (f.)
mollet (m.)
calf
raffinerie de sucre (f.)
sugar refinery
coordonnées (f.pl.)
address and phone number
tirer sur la aueule
to pull hard
entertainment
divertissement (m.)
déposer (qn)
to drop (sb) off
lieu public (m.)
public place
butin (m.)
booty
aimer
to like, to love
to turn back
rebrousser chemin
bar (candy)
barre (f.)
to take into account
tenir compte de
wife, spouse
épouse (f.)
detective novel
roman policier (m.)
chasseur (m.)
hunter
vitrier (m.)
glazier
circulation (f.)
traffic
to injure
blesser
to amuse
amuser
to dress
habiller (s’)
horn (animal)
corne (f.)
to resign oneself to
résigner à (se)
crossroads
carrefour (m.)
à l’étranger
abroad
moucharabieh (m.)
mashrabiya
héritier (m.)
heir
relever de
to fall within the category of
coalman
charbonnier (m.)
to sew
coudre
size, waist
taille (f.)
chercher
to look for
radis (m.)
radish
rendre hommage
to pay tribute
déranger
to disturb, bother
english
anglais (m.)
diseuse (f.) de bonne aventure
fortune teller
unforeseen difficulty
empêchement (m.)
to fight
battre (se)
acquérir
to acquire
disposer de
to have a hold
equestrian show
spectacle équestre
photographe (m./f.)
photographer
to sneer
ricaner
to draw
dessiner
ajouter
to add
guesthouse
maison d’hôte (f.)
to provoke an angry response
attirer (s’) les foudres
lancement (m.)
launching
adventurer, trailblazer
baroudeur (m.)
barre (f.)
bar (candy)
tel que
such as
eager
avide
rayon (m.)
ray, stack
chant (m.)
singing
hébergement (m.)
accommodation
assaisonnement (m.)
seasoning
