Book 1 Flashcards
Hard/painful
pénible
to sob
sangloter
rags
les guenilles
thickness
l’épaissuer (f)
to despise
mépriser
to unfold
déplier
crack/slit
l’interstice (m)
to squeeze up/huddle
se serrer
tireless
inlassable
to sow (grains)
semer
around (adv) surroundings (noun)
alentours (m)
sea spray
l’embruns (m)
armrest
l’accoudoir (m)
dial
le cadran
frame
l’encadrement (m)
juicy
juteux
disdainful
dédaigneux
to sell off/dispose off
écouler
crumpled
froissé
nonsense
les balivernes (f)
heap
le monceau
dilapidated/broken down
délabré
to skewer
embrocher
glimmer
la lueur
string
la ficelle
to monopolise/take all the attention of
accaparer
deaf
sourd
audacity
l’hardiesse (f)
furious
endiablé
to pin on
épingler
hem
ourlet
to sneeze
éternuer
to stammer
bégayer
to lower
abaisser
depressing
déprimant
to curse
maudire
scarlet
écarlate
to relieve
soulager
to feel
ressentir
doubtful
douteux
sweet
friandise
to knock out
assomer
dirtiness
la saleté
bristling
hérissé
to pave
daller
to satisfy
rassasier
to bolt
verouiller
greyish
grisâtre
emaciated
décharné
bedlam
le chahut
crossbow
arbalète
to mount
enfourcher
chalk
la craie
basket
la corbeille
sprain
l’entorse (f)
to dodge
esquiver
to show (interest/gratitude)
témoigner
to let down/deflate
dégonfler
eagerness
l’avidité (f)
to unpack
déballer
beam
le faisceau
twig
la brindille
smooth
lisse
to throw
désarçonner
terraces
les gradins (m)
foolishly
sottement
binoculars
les jumelles (f)
to blink
ciller
fir tree
le sapin
to save (money/time)
épargner
to unearth
dénicher
wart
la verrue
high-pitched/shrill
aigu
to have at one’s disposal
doté
booming
tonitruant
cloakroom
le vestiaire
to embalm
embaumer
top/peak
le ceam
stammering/stuttering
bégaiement
to loose
détendre
overwhelmed
accablé
shell
la coquille
budding
naissant
trap
le piège
to jam
coincer
stream
le ruisseau
damage
les dégâts (m)
to conceal
dissimuler
racket/row
le raffut
oath
le serment
to kick out
ruer
stifling
étoufffant
proposterous
saugrenu
envrions
les parages (m)
to walk around with
balader
with difficulty
péniblement
whirlwind
le tourbillon
to surround
cerner
to torture
supplicier
to sob
sangloter
to land/tackle
aborder
to cut into (e.g. a cake)
entamer
to throw into a panic
affoler
