bodily activity Flashcards

1
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hocher la tête

A

to nod

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2
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faire un signe à qqn

A

to beckon to sb

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3
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donner une poignée de main,
serrer la main

A

to shake hands with

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4
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faire signe à qqn de la main

A

to wave at

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5
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donner un petit coup de coude, ou le bout du doigt

A

to poke

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6
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marche à quatre pattes (bébé),
le fait de ramper

A

crawling

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7
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porter/ soulever

A

to lift

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8
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être couché

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to lie, to be lying

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9
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se coucher, se détendre

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to lie down

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10
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être debout

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to stand, to be standing

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11
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se mettre debout

A

to stand up

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12
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être assis

A

to sit, to be sitting

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13
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s’asseoir

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to sit down

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14
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se dresser, se redresser

A

to sit up

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15
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se (re)lever

A

to get up, to rise up

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16
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sortir

A

to got out

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17
Q

se déplacer

A

to move around/ about

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18
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immobile

A

motionless

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19
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la demarche

A

gait

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20
Q

l’allure

A

pace

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21
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une enjambée

A

a stride

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22
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marcher, se promener

A

to walk

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23
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marcher d’un pas nonchalant, flaner

A

to saunter, to stroll

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24
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s’attarder, traîner

A

to linger, to loiter, to dawdle

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25
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trainer derrière qqn/qqch,
être à la traîne

A

to lag behind sb/sth

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26
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se hâter, se dépêcher

A

to hurry, to hasten

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27
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marcher à grand pas

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to stride (along)

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28
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marcher péniblement

A

to plod along

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29
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traîner les pieds

A

to shuffle along

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30
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cheminer,
marcher lentement et d’un pas lourd

A

to tramp

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31
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errer, vagabonder

A

to wander, to roam about

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32
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rapide

A

fast

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33
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lent

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slow

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34
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pressé

A

in a hurry

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35
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marcher à pas chancelants

A

to toddle, to totter (along)

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36
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tituber

A

to reel, to stagger

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37
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trébucher,
faire un croche pied à qqn

A

to stumble (on/over sth) to trip sb up

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38
Q

chanceler

A

to falter

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39
Q

glisser sur qqch

A

to slip on

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40
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garder/ perdre l’équilibre

A

to keep/lose one’s balance

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41
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tomber

42
Q

à quatre pattes

A

on all fours

43
Q

prendre ses jambes à son cou, s’enfuir rapidement

A

to take one’s heels

44
Q

s’élancer, se précipiter

A

tu rush/ dash/ dart

45
Q

aller à toute vitesse

A

to tear along

46
Q

un salut, une révérence

47
Q

saluer, s’incliner

A

to bow, to make/take a bow

48
Q

se baisser

49
Q

s’abaisser à qqch

A

to stoop to sth

50
Q

être voûté

A

to have a stoop

51
Q

se croiser les bras

A

to fold one’s arms

52
Q

se pencher, se courber;
se plier (genou, coude)

A

to bend sth

52
Q

se ruer, se précipiter

A

to scramble

52
Q

gravir/descendre/grimper (à quatre pattes), crapahuter

A

to scramble up/ down/ over

53
Q

saisir qqch

54
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attraper qqch

55
Q

tenir qqch

56
Q

porter qqch

57
Q

saisir vivivement

58
Q

empoigner

59
Q

serrer fort, s’agripper

A

to clutch sth/ at sth

60
Q

se cramponner/ s’agripper/ s’accrocher

A

to cling to

61
Q

étreindre

A

to clasp sb

62
Q

serrer qqch (poings, dents, machoire)

A

to clench sth

63
Q

se raccrocher au moindre espoir/ à ce que l’on peut

A

to clutch at straws

64
Q

presser (agrume, éponge, tube)
serrer (bras, main)

A

to squeeze

65
Q

faire sortir qqch en pressant

A

to squeeze sth out

66
Q

tordre qqch

67
Q

tordre, retourner qqch

68
Q

arracher de force

69
Q

allonger, tendre

A

to stretch (out)

70
Q

atteindre (qqch de la main)
établir un contact avec qqn

A

to reach / to reach out to

71
Q

se tortiller, gigoter

A

to wriggle

72
Q

se tordre (de douleur)

73
Q

glisser (personne, serpent)

A

to slither

74
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glisser

75
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glisser (sur de l’eau ou une surface lisse)

76
Q

glisser, déraper

77
Q

se lamenter

A

to wring one’s hand

78
Q

forcer la main à qqn

A

to twist sb’s arm

79
Q

hors de portée

A

out of reach

80
Q

frapper

81
Q

donner un coup

A

to deal a blow

82
Q

battre, rosser

A

to beat, to thrash

83
Q

gagner, se diriger vers

84
Q

se frayer un passage

A

to fight one’s way through

85
Q

fouler aux pieds, écraser, piétiner

A

to trample

86
Q

pousser

86
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tirer

87
Q

tirer, traîner qqch

88
Q

soulever

A

to lift/ raise

89
Q

trainer qqch avec peine

A

to drag sth along

90
Q

enfoncer, fourrer

91
Q

pousser, bousculer qqn/qqch
fourrer, enfoncer qqch

92
Q

lancer qqch à qqn (pour qu’il l’attrape)

A

to throw sth to sb

93
Q

lancer qqch à qqn (pour le blesser)

A

to throw sth at sb

94
Q

lancer/jeter qqch avec violence

A

to fling/ to hurl sth (at sb)

95
Q

rester tranquille

A

to keep quiet/still

96
Q

fatiguer qqn

A

to tire sb out

97
Q

las

98
Q

vif, vivant

99
Q

remuant, agité