C Flashcards
assister
to help, assist, support, give aid to; to comfort, be with
assister à
to see, witness; to be present, attend, be at/there
assister à des cours
to take a course/classes
aviser
to decide, make a decision; to inform, let sb know
avisé
wise, shrewd, sound, well-considered
s’aviser de (qch)
to realise, notice, become aware of sth
s’aviser de faire (qch)
to risk doing sth, dare to do sth
être bien/mal avisé de faire
to be a good/bad idea to do sth
bercer
to rock, cradle, lull, soothe; to beguile, delude; to bring sb up, raise
se bercer d’illusions
to delude yourself
ça a fait tilt
the penny dropped, it suddenly clicked
ça a fait tilt entre nous
we clicked when we met
Comment ça se fait?
How come?
les commérages
gossip
confondre
to get mixed up, mistake, confuse; to confound, baffle, stun; to foil; to combine
se confondre
to become mixed up/confused
se confondre avec (qch)
to merge/blend into sth
se confondre en excuses
to apologise profusely
se confondre en remerciements
to thank sb profusely
la contenance
capacity; attitude; composure
faire bonne contenance
to keep your composure
perdre contenance
to lose your composure
se donner une contenance
to put up a front
égarer
to lose, misplace; to distort; to get the better of sb
s’égarer
to get lost; to disgress; to forget yourself
embêter (fam)
to annoy, irritate, bother, be a nuisance
s’embêter
to be/get bored; to bother with, worry about
emmener
to take (transport; go with sb); to lead
s’enfuir
to flee, run away, make your escape
s’enfuir à toutes jambes
to leg it
l’esprit (m)
mind, psyche, intellect; sense; spirit, ghost
à l’esprit fermé
to be close-minded, narrow-minded
l’état d’esprit
state of mind; mood
étroit d’esprit
narrow-minded
ouvert d’esprit
open-minded, broad-minded
avoir (qch) à l’esprit
to have sth in mind
avoir bon esprit
to be open-minded, be approachable, be good-natured
avoir de l’esprit
to be witty
avoir l’esprit à faire (qch)
to be in the mood to do sth, feel like doing sth
avoir l’esprit de compétition
to be competitive
avoir l’esprit de famille
to be family-oriented
avoir l’esprit d’escalier
to be slow off the mark, always think of a witty comeback when it’s too late
avoir l’esprit mal tourné
to have a dirty mind
avoir l’esprit vif
to be quick-witted
avoir mauvais esprit
to be a negative person, have a negative outlook
chasser (qch) de son esprit
to get sth out of your head
l’esprit de contradiction
argumentative nature
faire du mauvais esprit
to be nasty, make snide remarks
faire le vide dans son esprit/sa tête
to clear your mind
garder (qch) à l’esprit
to bear/keep sth in mind
l’idée m’a traversé l’esprit
the idea crossed my mind
(s’)occuper l’esprit
to keep your mind off things, occupy your mind
la tournure d’esprit
way of thinking
étroit
narrow
être/se sentir à l’étroit
to be/feel cramped/hemmed in, not have much space; to be tight (clothes)
s’évanouir
to faint, pass out; to vanish, disappear
facturer
to charge (sth) for (sth)
facturer (qch) à (qn)
to charge sb for sth
facturer (qn)
to bill/invoice sb
surfacturer
to overcharge
la facture
receipt; bill, invoice
la facture (non) échue
bill that is not yet due; overdue bill
régler une facture
to pay a bill
facturable à (qn)
chargeable to, payable by
l’adresse de facturation
billing address
la facturette
card receipt
fiable
reliable, dependable, trustworthy
fouiller
to search, conduct a search of; to rummage/go through; to excavate; to rack your brains; to look deeply into
se fouiller (fam)
dream on
fouiller dans ses souvenirs/son esprit
to search your memory/mind
fuir
to flee, run away; to leak; to avoid, shun; to fly by
fuir (qch) comme la peste
to avoid like the plague
fuir les problèmes
to avoid/run away from one’s problems
faire fuir (qn)
to put sb off, deter; to scare sb off
la malchance
bad luck, misfortune
jouer de malchance
to be plagued by bad luck
par malchance
unfortunately
pour comble de malchance
to cap it all off, to make things worse
se moquer de qch
to pay no attention to sth, not care/give a damn about sth
se moquer de qn
to laugh at, make fun of, tease, taunt; to make a fool of
s’en moquer
to really not care, not give a damn
se moquer du monde
to have one hell of a nerve, to be taking the piss
nickel (fam)
spotless, spick and span; great, excellent, awesome
c’est nickel
it’s fantastic, it’s amazing
nier
to deny, refute
nier l’évidence
to ignore the evidence, deny the obvious
nier tout en bloc
to deny everything completely
oser
to dare; to be daring, be bold
oser faire (qch)
to dare to do sth, have the audacity/cheek to do sth
osé
daring, audacious; risqué
outrepasser
to overstep; to override
pile-poil (fam)
exactly, right, dead
plaisanter (sur)
to joke, mess around; to tease, make fun of sb
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a?
What’s wrong? What is it?
rapprocher
to bring sth closer; to bring sth forward; to magnify, enlarge
rapprocher qch de qch
to compare sth with sth
rapprocher qn de qn
to put sb in touch with sb
se rapprocher (de)
to come/get/move closer; to become more frequent; to be getting there; to become/grow closer
remplir
to fill, refill; to fill sth in
se remplir
to fill up
remplir ses objectifs
to achieve your targets
remplir son rôle
to do your job, carry out your duties, fulfil your responsibilities
remplir un critère/une condition
to meet/fulfil a criterion/condition/requirement
royalement (fam)
royally, utterly, completely
se moquer royalement de (qch)
could not care less about sth
taquiner
to tease, annoy
se taquiner
to tease each other
tromper
to mislead, deceive, trick, outwit; to cheat on sb; to fail (memory); to betray
se tromper
to make a mistake, be mistaken
se tromper de chemin
to take the wrong path
se tromper lourdement/royalement
to make a big/huge mistake
se tromper sur le compte de (qn)
to be mistaken about sb
se tromper sur toute la ligne
to get everything wrong, be way off the mark
tromper l’attente/le temps
to kill time
tromper l’ennui/la faim
stave off boredom/hunger
tu ne peux pas te tromper
you can’t go wrong
(le) veuf
widowed, widower
la veuve
widow
