Chapter 35 Flashcards by Hervé GAUTHIER

Désinvolte, léger (false friend)

Flippant

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Découvrir, apprendre (sur)

To find out more (about)

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Volant (de direction)

Steering wheel, wheel

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Vitesse (de transmission), sur un véhicule

Gear

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Retomber dans, revenir à

To revert to

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Découper

To cut up, to carve up

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Sidérer

To flummox

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Dérouter

To bewilder

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Perplexe

Bewildered

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Cohérent (false friend)

Consistent

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Supposer que, partir du principe que

To assume that

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Un break, une familiale (voiture)

Estate car (uk)
Station wagon (us)

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Se télescoper

To collide (with each other)

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Vivement, rapidement, brusquement

Sharply

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Consécutif

Dos à dos

Back to back

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Petite crêpe épaisse

Crumpet

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Soutenir (supporter)

To back, to support

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Rester dans les parages

To stick around

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Tremper

To soak

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À vos marques, prêts, partez !

Ready, steady, go! (UK)
Ready, set, go! (US)
On your marks, get set, go!

Imper, imperméable

Mac, mackintosh

Sablier

Hourglass

Coquelicot, pavot, opium, coquelicot en papier (on the 11/11 UK)

Poppy

Plateau

Tray

Coupe de cheveux

Trim

Signifier, représenter

To stand for

Plan de guitare

Guitar lick

Bourde, ratage, pain

Flub

Fuite, perte

Leakage

Déterrer, exhumer, dénicher

To unearth

Gros bonnet, huile, grosse légume

Big shot

A l’insu de tous, sans qu’on le sache, cachette,

Unbeknownst to everyone

Être sur le point d’éclore

To be about to be hatched

Déchiffrer

To decipher

Sincère

Genuine

Tenter (de faire), essayer (de faire)

To attempt to do

Éreintant, épuisant, exténuant

Gruelling (uk), grueling (us)

Gêner, entraver, faire obstacle

To hinder

Hâte, précipitation

Haste

Lendemain

Morrow

Inversement

Conversely

Soutirer

To finagle

Détrempé, gorgé d’eau

Waterlogged

Culotté, effronté,impudent

Brash

Cabotin, cabot

Ham

Imposteur, charlatan, hypocrite

Phoney

Chevaucher, se chevaucher

To overlap

Soutenir (physiquement), faire respecter, maintenir, confirmer

To uphold

Responsable

Liable