Chapitre 4 :1.movement and gestures

Question 0

Bouger,faire un mouvement

Answer 0

To move

Question 1

Un mouvement

Answer 1

A movement

Question 2

Un geste

Answer 2

A gesture

Question 3

To gesticulate

Answer 3

Gesticuler

Question 4

Il désigna la chaise d’un geste

Answer 4

He gestured towards the chair

Question 5

Elle leur fit signe de s’asseoir

Answer 5

She gestured them to sit down

Question 6

Se lever

Answer 6

To stand up

Question 7

Être debout

Answer 7

To stand/to be standing

Question 8

S’asseoir

Answer 8

To sit down

Question 9

Être assis

Answer 9

To sit/to be sitting

Question 10

S’asseoir bien droit

Answer 10

To sit up straight

Question 11

S’asseoir à califourchon

Answer 11

To sit astride

Question 12

Se tenir droit

Answer 12

To stand up straight

Question 13

Se redresser

Answer 13

To straighten one’s back

Question 14

Être voûté

Answer 14

To have a stoop

Question 15

Se tenir mal

Answer 15

To have poor posture

Question 16

Se pencher,se courber

Answer 16

To bend

Question 17

Se baisser

Answer 17

To bend down

Question 18

Plier les genoux

Answer 18

To bend one’s knees

Question 19

Courber la tête

Answer 19

To bend one’s head / to bow one’s head

Question 20

S’agenouiller

Answer 20

To kneel down

Question 21

Être à genoux

Answer 21

To be kneeling

Question 22

S’accroupir

Answer 22

To crouch

Question 23

À quatre pattes

Answer 23

On all fours

Question 24

Se coucher,s'étendre

Answer 24

To lie down

Question 25

Être couché,être etendu

Answer 25

To lie

Question 26

S'enfoncer dans un fauteuil

Answer 26

To sink back into a chair

Question 27

Se vautrer dans l'herbe

Answer 27

To sprawl in the grass

Question 28

S'étirer

Answer 28

To stretch

Question 29

Se retourner

Answer 29

To turn round

Question 30

Se tourner vers qqn

Answer 30

To turn towards sb

Question 31

Se retourner vivement

Answer 31

To spin/swing round

Question 32

Tourner le dos à qqn

Answer 32

To turn one's back on sb

Question 33

Il avait le dos tourné à la porte

Answer 33

His back was turned towards the door

Question 34

Croiser les bras

Answer 34

To fold one's arms

Question 35

Les bras croisés

Answer 35

With one's arms folded

Question 36

Croiser les jambes

Answer 36

To cross one's legs

Question 37

Les jambes croisées

Answer 37

With one's legs crossed

Question 38

Les bras ballants

Answer 38

With arms dangling

Question 39

Les poings sur les hanches

Answer 39

With arms akimbo

Question 40

Se déhancher en marchant

Answer 40

To Sway one's hips

Question 41

Garder/perdre l'équilibre

Answer 41

To keep/lose one's balance

Question 42

S'appuyer contre qqch

Answer 42

To lean against sth

Question 43

Se pencher sur qqch

Answer 43

To lean over sth

Question 44

Se pencher en avant /en arrière

Answer 44

To lean forward/backward

Question 45

Secouer la tête ,faire non de la tête

Answer 45

To shake one's head

Question 46

Hocher la tête

Answer 46

To nod

Question 47

Faire oui de la tête

Answer 47

To nod one's head

Question 48

Menacer qqn du poing

Answer 48

To shake one's fist at sb

Question 49

Ne pas tenir en place

Answer 49

To be restless

Question 50

Être remuant

Answer 50

To be fidgety

Question 51

Un tic

Answer 51

A nervous twitch/a tic

Question 52

Lever la main

Answer 52

To raise one's Hand

Question 53

Balancer les bras

Answer 53

To swing one's arms

Question 54

Hausser les épaules

Answer 54

To shrug one's shoulders

Question 55

Faire signe de la main à qqn

Answer 55

To wave to sb

Question 56

Montrer qqch du doigt

Answer 56

To point at sth

Question 57

Faire signe à qqn de venir

Answer 57

To beckon to sb

Question 58

Serrer le poing

Answer 58

To clench one's fist

Question 59

Faire claquer ses doigts

Answer 59

To click/snap one's fingers

Question 60

Trembler

Answer 60

To shake/tremble

Question 61

Frissoner

Answer 61

To d'hiver

Question 62

Un frisson

Answer 62

A shiver

Question 63

Trembler de peur

Answer 63

To shake/quake with fear

Question 64

Frémir

Answer 64

To shudder

Question 65

Un frisson

Answer 65

A shudder

Question 66

Frémir (d'espoir ,de colère )

Answer 66

To quiver

Question 67

Se tordre

Answer 67

To writhe

Question 68

Gracieux

Answer 68

Graceful

Question 69

Élégant

Answer 69

Elegant

Question 70

Maladroit

Answer 70

Clumsy

Question 71

Gauche

Answer 71

Awkward