Chapter 1.3 - Un Ovni ... Flashcards
épuiser
[ > 6 ]
to exhaust, to wear out, to tire out, to spend (l’argent)
[ lasser , anéantir, accabler, submerger, écraser ]
[ > exténuer - to exhaust, to tire out ]
mobile [mɔbil]
m. motive (d’un crime)
enquête [ɑ̃kɛt]
[ > 1 ]
f. investigation, inquiry, survey
> une étude [study, paper, office]
glande
[ != 1 ]
f. gland (Drüse)
[ != un gland - acorn ]
wedding ring
[ > 4 ]
( + alliance, pact, union )
une alliance
> > un cercle, une bague, un anneau
[ > un pacte ]
maquiller [makije]
to make up (le visage), to falsify, to fake
côte
f. coast (-line), slope, incline, hill, rib, chop (Kotelett [de porc, d’agneau, de veau])
judicieux (f judicieuse) [ʒydisjø, øz]
[ > 10 ]
judicious (klug, umsichtig), shrewd, astute
> malin, maligne > pointu,e > habile - skilfull, clever, cunning > savant,e - learned, scholary, skilfull, clever > adroit,e - skilfull, clever > astucieux > rusé,e > futé,e > perspicace - perceptive, sharp > mariol,le
publicitaire (adj.)
advertising, promotional
écrasant (f écrasante) [ekrazɑ̃, ɑ̃t]
[ > 3 ]
crushing, overwhelming, unbearable
[ > accabler - to overwhelm, to exhaust ]
[ > anéantir, submerger ]
soulever
to lift, to raise up, to jack up, to heave, to stir up, to arouse
sachet
m. (small) bag, packet, sachet (Beutel, Päckchen)
bise
f. north wind, kiss
plaisanterie [plɛzɑ̃tri]
f. joke, hoax (une blague)
prendre le relais (de quelqu’un)
[ > 1 ]
to take over (from sb.)
[ > relayer - to relay, to take over from, to relieve ]
lors de
during, at the time of (lorsque = when)
I’m sick of it (2)
I’m fed up with
> j’en ai ras-le-bol
> j’en ai marre
toile [twal]
[ > 2 ]
f. canvas, (plain) fabric, cloth, painting, web (une toile d’araignée)
[ > une étoffe, un tissu ]
pallier [palje]
[ > 7 ]
to alleviate / to mitigate [ > remédier à ]
[ > apaiser ]
[ > soulager - to relieve, to soothe, to ease ]
[ > bercer, adoucir]
[ > alléger - to lighten, to reduce, to relieve, to soothe ]
[ > atténuer - to ease, to alleviate, to reduce ]
to make the effort to (3)
to bother to, to take the trouble to
> se donner la peine de faire
faire l’effort de faire qc
se donner beaucoup de mal
instead of
au lieu de, à la place de
minable
[ > 2 ]
shabby, tacky, dingy (düster, dunkel), rotten, lousy, petty
[ = miteux,se ]
[ > pacotille - cheap, tacky ]
bathtub
f. une baignoire [bɛɲwar]
omnivore
omnivorous (omnivor, allfressend)
coupure [kupyr]
f. cut, break, (la finance) note, bill
bosquet
[ > 2 ]
m. coppice / copse (Gehölz)
[ > le bois - wood, thicket, grove, copse, coppice, frame ]
[ > le bocage - thicket, grove, copse, coppice ]
amas
[ > 2 ]
m. heap, pile, mass
> une pile
> un tas - heap, pile
déplorer
(regretter) to deplore (bedauern), to lament (beklagen, bejammern), to mourn for
rapporter
to report, to bring / put / take back, to return, to retrieve, to yield a profit
annoying
[ > 5 ]
[ != 1 ]
[bothersome] gênant, ennuyeux
[very irritating] énervant, agaçant, fâcheux
[ != fâché - angry ]
bedhead
m. le chevet (d’un lit)
abattre
[ > 1 ]
to cut down, to fell (un arbre), to knock down (un mur), to bring down, to shoot (down), to slaughter
[ != rabattre - to turn down, to pull down, to decrease, to reduce]
déposition [depozisjɔ̃]
f. testimony, statement (le témoignage), evidence, deposition (Ablagerung, Entthronung [d’un roi])
[ > la disposition ]
ôter
[ > 2 ]
to take off / away, to remove
[ > retirer - to withdraw, to pick up, to collect, to remove, to take off/away ]
enlever ]
exigu (f exiguë) [ɛgzigy]
[ > 2 ]
very small / narrow, tiny
> étroit,e - tight, narrow, limited
> infime - tiny
écraser
[ > 3 ]
to crush, to squash, to step on the gas, to outdo (dominer), to run over (un piéton)
[ > accabler - to overwhelm, to exhaust ]
[ > anéantir ]
[ > submerger - to submerge, to flood, to overwhelm, to swamp ]
anonymat [anɔnima]
m. anonimity
I’d rather
we might as well
> tant qu’à faire quelque chose
basculer
to topple, to fall / tip over, to switch to
collant
[ > 3 ]
m. [bas] (pair of) tights, pantyhose
> coller
> un bas
> une colle
tailleur [tajɶr]
[ > 4 ]
m. tailor, (lady's) suit > un costard > un costume > un ensemble > un complet
poste
[ > 5 ]
m. television, radio, extension, job, position, station, item (finance), shift
> un décalage - gap, difference, discrepancy, shift, displacement
un changement, un virage
un infléchissement- change of course, shift
un revirement - shift, change, reversal
de guingois [gɛ̃gwa]
[ > 1 ]
lop-sided (l’affiche est de guingois [Poster])
> crapuleux - crooked (malhonnête)
valeur
[ > 1 ]
f. value, worth, merit, denomination (Wert, Benennung, Kategorie, Klasse, Sekte), valour (Tapferkeit), bravery
[ > l’intrépidité ]
fissurer
to crack, to fissure (spalten, rissig werden)
to flirt
[ > 2 ]
to flirt, to frolic (scherzen, herumtoben, herumtollen)
batifoler
> draguer, flirter
éventrer [evɑ̃tre]
to disembowel, to break open, to tear open, to rip open / apart
cacahuète [kakawɛt]
[ > peanut butter]
f. peanut
> la beurre d’arachide
écarté (f écartée) [ekarte]
[ > 8 ]
isolated, remote (noun: un écart)
> marginaliser > isoler > exiler > expulser > bannir > éloigner > un ostracisme
gêner
to bother, to be in the way of, to embarrass
néanmoins [neɑ̃mwɛ̃]
[ > 3 ]
[ une phrase ]
nevertheless, nontheless
> il n’en reste pas moins que - the fact remains however that
par contre - nevertheless, on the other hand, on the contrary
cependant - however, nevertheless, yet
toutefois - however, nevertheless
manager
[ > 2 ]
m. /f. gérant, gérante [ʒerɑ̃, ɑ̃t]
> gérer, mener
en dépit de
[ > 1 ]
despite, in spite of (malgré)
