All words from Reading and Comprehension part 3 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
internet user
internaute (m.)
wearing
affublé de
rideau (m.)
curtain
susciter
to arouse, to provoke, to give rise
panne (f.)
breakdown
corbeille (f.)
dress circle
to grumble
maugréer
poitrine (f.)
chest
to be comfortable
être à l’aise
advantage
atout (m.)
reprise (f.)
revival
gladiateur (m.)
gladiator
feuillage (m.)
foliage
to be accustomed to
avoir l’habitude de
disappointed
déçu
paint, painting
peinture (f.)
emmener
to take (sb somewhere)
waiter
serveur (m.)
oven
four (m.)
cadré
structured
tant bien que mal
leather worker
à l’allure de
looking like
marge (f.)
margin
menton (m.)
chin
purpose
but (m.)
voile (f.)
sailing
char (m.)
float
amuser (s’)
to have a good time, to have fun
cravate (f.)
tie
jam
confiture (f.)
remonter le temps
to go back in time
ourson (m.)
bear cub
to give rise to
donner lieu à
to move away
éloigner (s’)
usine (f.)
factory
avenir (m.)
future
piqûre de rappel (f.)
booster shot
plan de sauvegarde (m.)
conservation plan
bouteille (f.)
bottle
boîte (f.)
box
appetizing
ragoûtant
to split, to cleave
fendre
heir
héritier (m.)
many (fmiliar)
pas mal de
task
tâche (f.)
steam-powered digging maching
excavatrice à vapeur (f.)
foul-smelling sludge
boue puante (f.)
se coucher
to go to bed
user
usager (m.)
light
léger
synthesizer
synthétiseur (m.)
bruyant
noisy
cavalcade (f.)
stampede, race
mustard
moutarde (f.)
average
moyen
to cut (hew) stone
tailler la pierre
piano
piano
issue, challenge
enjeu (m.)
to include
comporter
to argue
se disputer
victor
vainqueur
dommage (m.)
pity, shame
palais autrichien (m.)
Austrian Palace
adult
adulte (m./f.)
chauve
bald
arête (f.)
arris, edge
inside
dedans
tuyau (m.)
pipe
information sign
affiche signalétique (m.)
cadrer
to center
croissance (f.)
growth
to drag one’s feet
traîner les pieds
précaire
insecure
race against the clock
course contre la montre (f.)
cuire
to cook
prune (f.)
plum
gratte-ciel (m.)
skyscraper
jus de fruit (m.)
fruit juice
to slander
calomnier
tranche (f.)
section
accommodation
hébergement (m.)
pelliclule (f.)
film stock
riz (m.)
rice
silvery
argenté
beekeeping
apicole
which can be blamed on, for lack of
faute de
dream
rêve
congé (m.)
vacation, time off work, leave
galopade (f.)
gallop
to take a stroll
faire un tour
behavior
comportement (m.)
colline (f.)
hill
entouré de
surrounded with
sagement
quietly
Austrian Palace
palais autrichien (m.)
to cost
coûter
principal, headmaster
proviseur (m.)
piece of music
morceau (m.)
battle
bataille (f.)
métro aérien (m.)
elevated subway
saucepan
casserole (f.)
to demonstrate, to show
faire preuve de
noted
inscrit
to try, to attempt
tenter
selon
according to
film (m.)
film
to cook
faire la cuisine
avoir honte de
to be ashamed of
memorandum
mémoire (m.)
first name
prénom (m.)
profitable
rentable
to take place
dérouler (se)
learner
apprenant(e)
pity, shame
dommage (m.)
terre battue (f.)
beaten-earth floor
to wipe
essuyer
lieu de rencontres (m.)
meeting place
to come up against
heurter à (se)
comic book fan
bédéphile (m./f.)
bel et bien
well and truly
champion (ne) (m./f.)
champion
to renew (oneself)
renouveler (se)
couper les ailes
to clip somebody’s wings
partnership
partenariat (m.)
finish line
ligne d’arrivée (f.)
abdiquer
to abdicate
redhead
roux
saisir
to grasp
parité (f.)
equality between men and women
merveille (f.)
wonder
roman (m.)
novel
to swallow
avaler
infatuation, craze
engouement (m.)
flower
fleur (f.)
to form
nouer
couvrir
to cover
building permit
permis de construire (m.)
romain
Roman
(piece of) advice
conseil (m.)
rez-de-chaussée (m.)
ground floor
basson (m.)
bassoon
movie theater, theaters
cinéma (m.)
fonder
to found
angry
fâché
to have a drink
prendre un verre
violoncelle (m.)
violoncello
concern
souci (m.)
embarrassed
confus
south
sud
unicorn
licorne (f.)
handling
maniement (m.)
sense of hearing
ouïe (f.)
être à l’aise
to be comfortable
commande (f.)
order
bouquin* (m.)
book
modiste (m./f/)
milliner
faire la grasse matinée
to sleep late
prétendre
to claim
entamée
started, under way
foliage
feuillage (m.)
numérique
digital
clairement
clearly
tailler la pierre
to cut (hew) stone
link
maillon (m.)
estomper (s’)
to fade
transat (m.)
transatlantic race
trompette (f.)
trumpet
mecca for
haut-lieu (m.)
debout
standing
indeclinable
indéclinable
attempt
tentative (f.)
mine
le mien
enseignement (m.)
education
piercing
criard
survoler
to fly over
cou (m.)
neck
au cœur de
in the midst of
luth (m.)
lute
chemise (f.)
shirt
plaque tournante (f.)
hub
douloureux
painful
fournisseur (m.)
supplier
allier à
to combine
soit…. Soit
either… or
to do the houswork
faire le ménage
from Quebec
québécois
as soon as
ausitôt que
timide
shy
rentabilité (f.)
profitability
short film
court-métrage (m.)
son
fiston (m.)
luck, chance
hasard (m.)
par hasard
by chance
architecture intérieure (f.)
interior design
at the top of
en haut de
to prohibit
bannir
gant (m.)
glove
vitrail (m.)
stained-glass window
to convince
convaincre
double bass
contrebasse (f.)