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
midway
à mi-parcours
avoir soif
to be thirsty
automne (m.)
fall
to target
cibler
to lend
prêter
integrator
intégrateur, intégratrice
étoile
started, under way
bande magnétique (f.)
magnetic tape
to add
ajouter
to get sth
aller chercher qqch
de bon augure
promising
douter
to doubt
amoureux, amoureuse (de)
in love (with)
window
fenêtre (f.)
planche (f.)
plank
bald
chauve
harpe (f.)
harp
shy
timide
s’appuyer sur
to rely on
to bring up to standard
remettre à niveau (f.)
émerveillé
filled with wonder
pomme de terre (f.)
potato
maîtriser
to master
couverture (f.)
blanket
exercer (a job)
to perform
scissors
ciseaux (m.pl.)
ausitôt que
as soon as
before
auparavant
otherwise, moreover
par ailleurs
métier (m.)
craft, trade, profession
cinéma parlant (m.)
talking films
main (f.)
hand
chisel
ciseau (m.)
xylophone
xylophone (m.)
chaise (f.)
chair
expensive
cher
somnambule (m.)
sleepwalker
mechanism, device
dispositif (m.)
shoe
chaussure (f.)
century
siècle (m.)
art house cinema
cinéma d’art et d’essai (m.)
corne (f.)
horn (animal)
compagnon (m.)
companion
day-to-day experience
vécu quotidien (m.)
in turn
à leur tour
truck
camion (m.)
brûler un feu rouge
to run a red light
discordant (ref. to music)
heurté
de l’ordre de
approximately
however
toutefois
fork
fourchette (f.)
to sleep late
faire la grasse matinée
to cover
recouvrir
opinion
avis (m.)
spectateur, spectatrice
vieewer
to doubt
douter
trumpet
trompette (f.)
to perform
exercer (a job)
novel
roman (m.)
to wedge
caler
actualités (f.pl.)
newsreels
pain, ache
douleur (f.)
sleepwalker
somnambule (m.)
lieu de convivialité (m.)
place for social interaction
vacuum cleaner
aspirateur (m.)
consciemment
consciously
sous la conduite de
under the supervision of
prestation (f.)
service
excess weight
surpoids (m.)
le mien
mine
computer
ordinateur (m.)
éclatant
blazing
baisser
to lower
cour (f.)
court, courtyard
to bury
enterrer
effriter (s’)
to crumble, to decline
movie, film
film (m.)
with limited mobility
à mobilité réduite
betterave (f.)
beet
ainsi que
as well as
témougner
to state, to declare, to demonstrate
curve
courbe (f.)
to sing
chanter
to pay tribute
rendre hommage
ceinture de sécurité
seat belt, safety belt
printing
impression (f.)
little girl
fillette (f.)
tiers (m.)
third
retransmettre
to broadcast
chauffer les bancs*
to be a benchwarmer
bien-être (m.)
well-being
tromper (se)
to make a mistake
to shelter
abriter
decreased
décédé
clarté (f.)
brightness
champignon (m.)
mushroom, fungus
tripod
trépied (m.)
ruche (f.)
hive
couche de cire (f.)
layer of wax
to wait (for)
attendre
campaign
campagne (f.)
actuellement
Presently, currently
conférer
to award
fountain
fontaine (f.)
moulin (m.)
mill
tip
pourboire (m.)
taille (f.)
size, waist
Brésil (m.)
Brazil
pic (m.)
pickaxe
active population
population active (f.)
ring
piste (f.)
bousculer
to shake up
verger (m.)
orchard
cornemuse (f.)
bagpipe
healing substance
cicatrisant
cabbage
chou (m.)
bagpipe
cornemuse (f.)
fog
brouillard (m.)
to be on time
être à l’heure
renseigner
to give information
restauration
restaurant business
haubanage (m.)
rigging
cheville (f.)
ankle
flâner
to stroll
envoler vers (s’)
to fly away toward
écorcher
to chafe
procurer
to furnish
seriuos problem
problème de taille (m.)
peine (f.)
difficulty
air conditioning
climatisation (f.)
Presently, currently
actuellement
carpenter
charpentier (m.)
videotape
bande magnétique vidéo (f.)
événement (m.)
event
insecure
précaire
blesser
to injure
droplet
gouttelette (f.)
surprenant
surprising
to circulate
faire circuler
to emphasize
souligner
to take away
retirer
repas (m.)
meal
number
effectif (m.)
to react
réagir
inculquer
to instill
party (teenagers’)
boum* (f.)
diffuser
to broadcast
carpenter, cabinetmaker
menuisier (m.)
à deux reprises
twice
mésaventure (f.)
mishap
as best they can
tant de
top level
haut niveau (m.)
beaucoup de
many
window (airplane)
hublot (m.)
terrassier (m.)
road worker
to overhang
surplomber
chest
poitrine (f.)
mettre en œuvre
to implement
heurté
discordant (ref. to music)
mason
maçon (m.)
parcourir
to travel, to cover
gorge (f.)
throat
to stroll
flâner
fillette (f.)
little girl
to amuse, to entertain
divertir
jabot (m.)
crop
canard (m.)
duck
criblé de
riddled with
benjamin (m.)
youngest
foot
pied (m.)
brass instrument
cuivre (m.)
pâtissier, pâtissière
pastry chef
dur
hard
gouttelette (f.)
droplet
chevaucher
to ride
façonner
to form, to shape
to go back in time
remonter le temps
to move
déménager
to earn
gagner
to help
aider
dedans
inside
accessible
accessible
satisfaire de (se)
to be satisfied with
to balance
équilibrer
fleur (f.)
flower
private sector
privé
low wall
muret (m.)
mourning
deuil (m.)
scholarship
bourse (f.)
centaine (f.)
about a hundred
synthétiseur (m.)
synthesizer
order
commande (f.)
to make an effort
faire un effort
base
soubassement (m.)
isolement (m.)
isolation
alcool (m.)
alcohol
ligne d’arrivée (f.)
finish line
school year
année scolaire (f.)
veille (f.)
eve
raspberry
framboise (f.)
actress
actrice (f.)
to be lucky
être chanceux, chanceuse
to cost
coûter
framework, manager
cadre (m.)
bande dessinée (f.)
comic strip, comic book
newsreels
actualités (f.pl.)
fraise (f.)
strawberry
couramment
fluently
to take place
produire (se)
ça tombe bien
good timing
drill
tarière (f.)
ciel (m.)
sky
châtaignier (m.)
chestnut tree
film (m.)
movie, film
rail
ferroviaire
in the open air
à l’abri libre
harp
harpe (f.)
Colisée (m.)
Coliseum
cymbals
cymbales (f.pl.)
fileur (m.)
spinner
aveugle
blind
impôt
tax
cuivre (m.)
brass instrument
estragon (m)
tarragon
battre les records
to break the records
truelle
trowel
Matignon
official residence of the Prime Minister
omnivore
omnivore (m.)
renverser
to spill
orgue (m.)
organ
airplane
avion (m.)
to disturb, bother
déranger
building
bâtiment (m.)
bilberry, huckleberry
myrtille (f.)
recouvrir
to cover
to learn
apprendre
swing
escarpolette (f.)
beechnut
faîne (f.)
point (m.)
dot
poste de direction (m.)
management position
to farm
cultiver
wrong side
à l’envers
autoroute (f.)
freeway
to owe
devoir
clarinette (f.)
clarinet
odd
décalé
opposite
inverse (m.)
elbow
coude (m.)
moquer (se) de
to make fun of
to go on a trip, take a trip
faire un voyage
freshness
fraîcheur (f.)
grand piano
piano à queue (m.)
achever
to complete
dénombrer
to count, to list
gagnat(e)
winner
odieux
obnoxious
plank
planche (f.)
stained-glass window
vitrail (m.)
peau (f.)
skin
to punctuate
rythmer
onion
oignon (m.)
monocoque (m.)
monohull
with as much as
auprès de
avoir Vécu
to be a thing of the past, to have lived
achalandé
busy
fauché*
broke, without money
trottoir (m.)
sidewalk
fuite (f.)
leak, flight, escape
embrumer
to mist over, to coud
règle (f.)
rule
gradually, little by little
peu à peu
difficulty
peine (f.)
fier, fière
proud
apercevoir
to realize
adoucir
to ease, to soften
colline (f.)
hill
england
Angleterre (f.)
chimney, smokestack
cheminée (f.)
to require
exiger
faire (la) grève
to be on strike
pushing, ambitious
pressé
to drag
traîner
uprooting
déracinement (m.)
anodin
insignificant
to launch
lancer
gravement (malade)
seriously (ill)
education
enseignement (m.)
accident
accident (m.)
to peel
éplucher
artist
artiste (m./f.)
as soon as possiblee
dès que possible
bottes (f.pl.)
boots
to keep in the background, to put aside
mettre à l’écart
chaîne (f.)
channel
timpani
timbales (f.pl.)
pupitre (m.)
desk
to be right (people)
avoir raison
carreleur (m.)
tiler
dress
tenue (f.)
réfractaire
stubborn
