c Flashcards
gangling, lanky, ungainly
dégingande
to be going on
aller sur … ans
hook, peak (mountain), bolt
un piton
devour, consume
devorer
handle
manier
to slip on
enfiler
shoulder strap, harness
le baudrier
projection
ressaut
bowl
la cuvette
wall (cave), inner surface
la paroi
to cart, haul
charrier
lowest water level
l’etiage
skimming (smth) eg ground, waves
au ras de.. (sol, vagues)
plug, seal
colmater
steep slope
l’escarpement
crack, split
craqueler
sheer drop
un a-pic
tripod
le trépied
confidence
aplomb
waterproof
étanche
split into two
dédoubler
stopover at
faire halte a
eye lens
cristallin
to drain
assécher
to covet
convoiter
to sack, lay waste, create havoc
saccager
regular customer, barge
le chaland
sweet potatoe
la patate douce
checkerboard, tartan
un damier
lose your voice
s’etrangler
real estate, (adj) basic, fundamental
foncier
fallow land
jachère
change course
rectifier le tir
challenge
une gageure
cash flow
liquidite
throny, prickly
epineux
patch, plot (of lan)
le lopin
resort, solution, plea
le recours
stunning, appaling
ahurissant
trace, model on
calquer
deposit (of minerals), potential customer base
gisement
crested, posh
huppe
bear fruit, be productive
fructifier
marshy, swampy
marecageux
lease agreement, ages (ca fait..)
un bail
witchcraft
la sorcellerie
to bargain, haggle
marchander
post, mail, send, hurry through
expedier
here and there
ca et la
be dumbfounded, come down to earth with a bang
tomber de haut
favourable, opportune
propice
wingspan, stature, calibre
la envergure
(adj) rough (surface)
raboteux
weeding
le sarclage
as (as he did smth)
a mesure que
scrawny, paltry, meagre
rachitique
to weed
désherber
rags
loque
dishonest, unfair
déloyal
water (plant), deluge sb with
abreuver
stout, portly
corpulent
ornament, trinket
le bibelot
tin
le étain
sheath (sword)
un forreau
swap, trade
troquer
insece
l’encens
exactly, precisely
au juste
knick-knack
babiole
without, lackin in
dépourvu
slab, blotch (skin), patch
une plaque
embroidress
une brodeuse
successful
couronne de succès
segment (fruit), section (road)
le tronçon
silvered, well off
argente
stan, dirty (verb)
tacher
to dent
cabosser
muted
adouci