All words from Reading and Comprehension part 2 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
civil servant
fontionnaire (m./f.)
to lap against
lécher
critique (m./f.)
criticism
améliorer (s’)
to improve
chaleur (f.)
heat wave
hike
randonnée (f.)
saxophone
saxophone (m.)
sense of smell
odorat (m.)
mettre à son compte (se)
to start one’s own business
pillow
oreiller (m.)
box (m.)
llose box
during
lors de
microwave onion
four (m.) à micro-ondes
travaux (m.pl.)
construction
ago
il y a
to offer
offrir
préoccuper
to concern
according to
selon
être sur le point de
to be about to
avoir faim
to be hungry
effet cocotte-minute (m.)
pressure cooker effect
right side
à l’endroit
sucreries (f.pl.)
candy, sweets
customs
douane (f.)
tiers de la surface
one-third of the area
mouth
bouche (f.)
agreement
accord (m.)
strength
puissance (f.)
améliorer
to improve
c’est pas sorcier!
it’s easy!
perle (f.)
pearl
bande dessinée (f.pl.)
comic books
lecteur invétéré (m.)
inveterate reader
barely, hardly
à peine
to burden, to be hard on, to display, to set off
tirer
eurocentrism
européocentrisme (m.)
to stay
loger (se)
lieu de culture (m.)
cultural site
illettré
illiterate
hôte(sse)
host
to be about to
être sur le point de
manquer
to be lacking, to miss
carré (m.)
square
exhausting
crevant
faire partie de
to be one of, to be part of
way
voie (f.)
freshly squeezed orange juice
jus d’orange pressée (m.)
building
immeuble (m.)
to move around
déplacer (se)
pain in the neck
emmerdeur* (m.)
fébrile
feverish, excited
cheminée (f.)
chimney, smokestack
to whisper
chuchoter
sawmill
scierie (f.)
as long as
tantôt… tantôt
except for, apart from
hormis
high-pitched
aigu
sud
south
place to drink and have fun
goguette (f.)
painful
douloureux
to dry
sécher
hasard (m.)
luck, chance
appeler
to call
to be interested in
intéresser à (s’)
cinéphile (m./f.)
film enthusiast
brouillard (m.)
fog
rest area
espace de détente (m.)
clavecin (m.)
harpsichord
to tend to
tendre à
to bring together
réunir
to do an internship
faire un stage
monture (f.)
mount
au sein de
within
to extend
élargir
vainqueur
victor
to slide
glisser
courage
courage (m.)
tâche (f.)
task
inscrire (s’)
to be included in, added to
faire le ménage
to do the houswork
bougon
grumpy
déclic (m.)
trigger mechanism
transmitter
émetteur (m.)
a short distance
à deux pas
to signal
faure un signe
bow
archet (m.)
recording
enregistrement (m.)
salt
sel (m.)
vivier (m.)
pool
parterre (m.)
orchestra
to oversee
chapeauter
to resonate
résonner
poire (f.)
pearl
miller
meunier (m.)
event
événement (m.)
cicatrisant
healing substance
flûte (f.)
flute
inveterate reader
lecteur invétéré (m.)
lèvre (f.)
lip
filled with wonder
émerveillé
observation, finding
constat
volubility, glibness
bagout (m.)
kid
gamin€
sky
ciel (m.)
to chat
discuter
goosebumps
chair (f.) de poule
chair
chaise (f.)
toutefois
however
calf
mollet (m.)
feu d’artifice (m.)
fireworks
soulager
to ease, to relieve, to soothe
or (m.)
gold
exigence (f.)
requirement
last name
nom de famille (m.)
to act
agir
developed, valued
valoriser
ground beef
steak haché (m.)
à cheval
on horseback
fanfaire (f.)
brass bands
mildiou (m.)
mildew
conference
congrès (m.)
basement
sous-sol
élargir
to extend
réellement
really, truly
to be a thing of the past, to have lived
avoir Vécu
travailleur (m.)
worker
courir
to run
n’importe qui
anybody
intentionally
à dessein
supplier
fournisseur (m.)
as much as possible
autant de autant que possible
socks
chaussettes (f.pl)
honey
miel (m.)
gem
joyau (m.)
mettre en scène
to stage
daily, everday life
quotidien (m.)
skin
peau (f.)
rêver
to dream
drum
tambour (m.)
ferme (f.)
farm
épaule (f.)
shoulder
marmotte (f.)
marmot, woodchuck
pioche (f.)
pickax
chemin (m.)
path, way
pièce de théâtre (f.)
play
brûler
to burn
autant… que
as far as, as much… as
tip
tuyau* (m.)
aubergine (f.)
eggplant
to extirpate oneself
extirper (s’)
small boat
barque (f.)
principle of gender equality
paritarisme (m.)
fauteuil (m)
armchair
aspirateur (m.)
vacuum cleaner
dissuader
to dissuade
faire un stage
to do an internship
colocataire (m./f.)
housemate
to clear the table
débarrasser la table
plate
assiette (f.)
to ease
atténuer
instrument à cordes (m.)
string instrument
to broadcast
diffuser
beet
betterave (f.)
déception (f.)
disappointment
faire des économies
to save money
to spot, to locate, to identify
repérer
méconnu
little-known
il y a
ago
emprunter un sentier
to take a path
color film
pellicule couleur (f.)
already
d’ores et déjà
béton (m.)
concrete
required
requis
likely to
susceptible de
pâtes (f.pl.)
pasta
contrebasse (f.)
double bass
glazier
vitrier (m.)
on horseback
à cheval
crop
jabot (m.)
to expose
livrer
body hair
poil (m.)
consciously
consciemment
to manage
gérer
personal effects, business
affaires (f.pl.)
ignorance
méconnaissance (f.)
computer science
informatique (m.)
chapiteau (m.)
marquee
pétard (m.)
firecracker
torsadé
twisted
proud
fier
sense of sight
vue (f.)
hive
ruche (f.)
moving, shifting
déplacement (m.)
chin
menton (m.)
observation, follow-up
suivi (m.)
jardin (m.)
garden
avoir besoin de
to need
to make (oneself) look ugly
enlaidir (s’)
consacrer
to devote
paysage (m.)
landscape