Chap 1 Flashcards
weather forecast
le météo
owl
la chouette
meter
le compteur
greed
la cupidité
casual
décontracté
(to) breakdown
dépanner, dépanneuse
to quarrel
se disputer
to entertain
divertir
to take (someone somewhere)
emmener
to resign
démissioner
to fall apart
échouer
to explode, to burst
éclater
to burst out laughing
s’éclater de rire
to run out of breath
s’essouffler
show (e.g. TV), issue (magazine)
une emission
to move emotionally, to touch
émouvir
to run away
s’enfuir
to feel like, to wish that
avoir envie de/que
parade, procession, stream
un défilé
break-in
un effraction
to break in
entrer par effraction
city dweller
citadin
to get confused
s’embrouiller
to steal (something from someone
dérober (quelque chose à quelqu’un
offense
un délit
to pick (a lock)
crocheter
to cross, run into someone, to pass (as a car)
croiser
ladder
échelle (f)
to climb
escaler
to prevent
empêcher
investigation
enquête (f)
to teach
enseigner
training, practice
entrainement (m)
to be out of practice
manquer d’entrainement
thick
épais
horse riding
équitation (f)
breathlessness
essoufflement (m)
pond
étang (m)
to extinguish, to turn off
éteindre
label
étiquette (f)
price tag
étiquette de prix (f)
to label
étiqueter
to faint, to pass out
s’évanouir
to express
exprimer
mail carrier
facteur (f/m)
bill, invoice, workmanship
facture (f)
beautifully made
de très bonne facture
to park
garer
guy
gars (m)
to slap in the face
gifler
to grow
grandir
to grow up in a place
grandir à (une place)
soft
grasse
cricket
grillon (m)
hip
hanche (f)
lodging, (computer) hosting
hébergement (m)
to hit something, to collide w/ someone, to be upset
hurler
unexpected
inattendu (adj or m)
unusual, strange
insolite
to launch, throw, to fire
lancer
baby carriage
landau (m)
dishwasher
lave-vaisselle (m)
sailor
marin (m)
wick of a lamp, lack of hair
mèche (f)
cigarette butt
mégot (m)
significant, memorable
marquante(e)
ripe (fruit), mature (person)
mûr
wedding
noce (f)
wedding reception
repas de noce
thunderstorm
orage (m)
to dare
oser
to run away
partir en courant
inheritance
patrimoine (m)
sorrow, sadness, trouble, effort
peine (f)
to upset someone
faire de la peine à quelqu’un
to go to the trouble
se donner de la peine
confused
perplexe
ceiling
plafond (m)
groan, complaint
plainte (f)
joke
plaisanterie (f)
to tell a joke
raconter une plaisanterie
meaningful
pleine de sens
police officer
policier/policière
detective story
roman (m) policier
however, though, yet
pourtant
to lend, to attribute to
prêter
to warn, to inform
prévenir
forecast
prévision (f)
in anticipation of
en prévision de
nearby, close
proche
close friend
proche (m)
ransom
rançon (m)
row
rang (m)
to go wrong, to miss (e.g. train)
rater
to recover, retrieve
récupérer
to write (article, letter) to draw up (contract)
rédiger
regime, diet, system
regime (m)
to be on a diet
suivre un regime
to turn over (car crash), to turn around, to go back
se retourner
to meet up, to find one’s way around, to end up somewhere
se retrouver
rear view mirror
rétroviseur (m)
celebrations (du premier de l’an, de Noel)
réveillon (m)
wrinkle, ripple
ride (f)
tear
sanglot (m)
to jump
sauter
to seal, to embed, to lock
sceller
within
au sein de
sensitive, delicate
sensible
to hold tight
serrer
to shake someone’s hand
serrer la main de quelqu’un
to hug someone
serrer quelqu’un dans les bras
or else, otherwise
sinon
to sip
siroter
to underline
souligner
deaf
sourde
turn a deaf ear
faire la sourde oreille
to suffer, to undergo (an operation)
subir
to put up with, to stand
supporter
about to (verb)
sur le point de (verbe)
task
tâche (f)
a difficult task
une tâche lourde
as
en tant de
testimony
témoignage (m) - no plural
roof
toit (m)
hole, gap
trou (m)
to address someone using the “tu” form
tutoyer
it seems to me that
il me parait que
