All words from Reading and Comprehension part 1 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
exigeant
meticulous
to land
atterrir
douane (f.)
customs
blouson (m.)
jacket, windbreaker
fournir
to provide, to supply
habiller (s’)
to dress
to put oneself at the service of
mettre au sevice (se)
place setting
couvert (m.)
to make fun of
moquer (se) de
essence (f.)
fuel, gas
mitrailler
to snap away at
mishap
mésaventure (f.)
dessiner
to draw
autriche (f.)
austrian
speck
grain (m.)
machisme (m.)
male chaubinism
anchoring
ancrage (m.)
assister à
to attend
to improve
améliorer
lancer
to launch
to hop over to
faire un saut
droits d’accès (m.pl.)
access rights
intéresser à (s’)
to be interested in
dessin animé (m.)
cartoon
mastery
maîtrise (f.)
plate
assiette (f.)
vagabonder
to run loose
fever
fièvre (f.)
approach
parti pris (m.)
conquest
conquête (f.)
in elementary school
en primaire
shielded from
à l’abri de
experienced
vécu
chambre (f.)
room
cabinetmaker, restorer
ébéniste (m.)
film stock
pelliclule (f.)
bande sonore (f.)
sound track
rêve
dream
music lover
mélomane (m.)
nouer
to form
to devote
consacrer
to brrush
brosser
tie
cravate (f.)
faire des courses
to run errands
à force de
by dint of
shirt
chemise (f.)
to open onto
donner sur
heat wave
canicule (f.)
gladiator
gladiateur (m.)
en moyenne
on average
blessé
injured
third
tiers (m.)
atténuer
to ease
to run loose
vagabonder
farmer
fermier (m.)
marbrier (m.)
marble worker
sailing dinghy
dériveur (m.)
hard
dur
immeuble (m.)
building
tendre à
to tend to
assiette (f.)
plate
voûté
arched, vaulted
rider
écuyer (m.)
plaie (f.)
wound
to disown, to disavow
désavouer
par cœur
by heart
telephone call
coup de fil (m.)
to admire
admirer
orchard
verger (m.)
glisser
to slide
toit (m.)
roof
eve
veille (f.)
escrime (f.)
fencing
rendre compte de (se)
to realize, to grasp
radish
radis (m.)
disappointment
déception (f.)
hat
chapeau (m.)
court-métrage (m.)
short film
rejet (m.)
rejection
to smell, to inhale
humer
écraser
to crush
reliable
fiable
équilibrer
to balance
to lead to
entrainer
to be thirsty
avoir soif
huile (f.)
oil
myrtille (f.)
bilberry, huckleberry
to master
maîtriser
school bag
sacoche (f.)
unusual
insolite
hormis
except for, apart from
servir
to serve
attendre
to wait (for)
bon sens (m.)
common sense
aider
to help
to design
concevoir
pastèque (f.)
watermelon
repérer
to spot, to locate, to identify
armchair
fauteuil (m)
surnom (m.)
nickname
singer
chanteur, chanteuse (m./f.)
prise de conscience (f.)
realization
exhausting
fatigant
un sur trois
one out of three
cultiver
to farm
taboo
tabou (m.)
efforcer de (s’)
to try
to raise consciousness
éveiller la conscience
shadowy light
pénombre (f.)
garden
jardin (m.)
unauthorized billposting
affichage sauvage (m.)
pasta
pâtes (f.pl.)
oignon (m.)
onion
intoxication, passion
ivresse (f.)
to take (sb somewhere)
emmener
to feel like
avoir envie de
to wink
cligner de l’œil
to stir
remuer
demeurer
to live, to stay, to remain
to fly over
survoler
espace de détente (m.)
rest area
to collect
collectionner
soundtrack
bande sonore (f.)
student librarian
élève conservateur (m.)
viola
alto (m.)
regard renversé (m.)
reverse view
sinon
otherwise
costume designer
costumier, costumière
noyau (m.)
small group
lecture (f.)
reading
aire (f.)
area
with time
au fil des ans
to come across, to run into
tomber sur
passant
passerby
suppositoire (m.)
suppository
to appeal to
attirer
frère aîné
older brother
participer à
to participate in
palissade (f.)
picket fence
section
tranche (f.)
instrument à vent (m.)
wind instrument
pool
vivier (m.)
rigging
haubanage (m.)
dédié à
devoted to, dedicated to
surgir
to emerge
maquette (f.)
artwork
et des poussières
and a bit
faire preuve de
to demonstrate, to show
guitare (f.)
guitar
congestionné
congested
dovecote
colombier (m.)
bureau (m.)
office, desk
to report
faire état de
coiffeur (m.)
hairdresser
affaires (f.pl.)
personal effects, business
retenir par cœur
to memorize
cacre (m.)
coronation
école (f.)
school
pareil à
similar to
autobus (m.)
bus
sap
sève (f.)
droits des femmes (m.pl.)
women’s rights
éloigner (s’)
to move away
douleur (f.)
pain, ache
to draw back
écarter
worried about
soucieux
à l’étage
upstairs
to face
faire face à
to break into fits of laughter
marrer comme des fous (se)*
on board
à bord de
cheat sheet
antisèche (f.)
to move
bouger
success factor
facteur de réussite (m.)
to travel, to cover
parcourir
place for social interaction
lieu de convivialité (m.)
garçonnet (m.)
small boy
dance
danse (f.)
peanut butter
beurre de cacaheètes
attirer (s’) les foudres
to provoke an angry response
ocean race
course hauturière (f.)
cambrioler
to burglarise
tant que
so many
to digitize
numériser
cheek
joue (f.)
to unearth
dégager
déversoir (m.)
outlet
bouclé
curly
mer (f.)
sea
pea
petit pois (m.)
faire demi-tour
to do an about-face
navire (m.)
ship
rajeunissement (m.)
rejuvenation
forgeron (m.)
blacksmith
croiser
to come across, to pass, to meet
à partir de
from, based on
sauter le couvercle
to blow the lid off
worker
travailleur (m.)
dung
crotte (f.)
tremblement de terre (m.)
earthwuake
bay leaf
feuille de laurier (f.)
