Chapter 4.1

Question 1

to polish

[ != 1 ]

Answer 1

[ + to shine ]
astiquer [astike]
[ != asticoter - to bug ]

Question 2

potins

[ > 3 ]

Answer 2

m. pl. gossip

[ une commérage, un ragot, une rumeur ]

Question 3

badin (f badine) [badɛ̃, in]

[ > 1 ]

Answer 3

light-hearted, playful

[ > ludique ]

Question 4

vestiaire [vɛstjɛr]

Answer 4

m. locker, changing room

[un placard - cupboard, closet]

Question 5

se propager

[ > 6 ]

Answer 5

to spread (s’étendre), to be propagated

[ étaler, étendre, disséminer, déployer ]

[ > diffuser - to spread, to disseminate, to broadcast, to hand out, to distribute, to sell ]
[ > répandre - to spill, to spread, to scatter, to shed, to give off, to pour out ]

Question 6

primordial (f primordiale, mpl primordiaux) [primɔrdjal, o]

[ > 1 ]

Answer 6

fundamental, essential, primordial (ursprünglich)

[ indispensable ]

Question 7

bourrelet [burlɛ]

Answer 7

m. roll, fold (de chair, de graisse f.)

Question 8

argot [argo]

Answer 8

m. slang

Question 9

souder [sude]

[ > 4 ]

Answer 9

to weld, to bring / bind / join together

[ > rejoindre - to join, to meet with, to catch up with, to agree with, to get back, to return to ]
[ > joindre - to join, to combine, to connect, to put/bring together, to add, to attach, to contact, to get in touch with ]
[ > raccorder - to link, to connect, to join up, to couple, to align ]
[ réunir - to join/to tie/to bring together, to reunite ]

Question 10

fourrure [furyr]
[ > 2 ]
[ != 1 ]

Answer 10

f. fur, coat
[ le poil, le pelage ]
[ != le fourrage ]

Question 11

carabin [karabɛ̃]

Answer 11

m. medic (Mediziner)

Question 12

errer

Answer 12

to stray, to wander, to roam

[errant,e]

Question 13

canicule [kanikyl]

[ != 1 ]

Answer 13

f. scorching heat, midsummer heat

[ != un canular ]

Question 14

démuni (f démunie) [demyni]

Answer 14

[pauvre] destitute (Not leidend, mittellos, verarmt), powerless (sans défense)
[ > la pénurie, la pauvreté ]

Question 15

racket, din
[ > 5 ]
[ > une expression]

Answer 15

m. un vacarme [vakarm]

[ chahuter ]
[ > faire du foin ]
[ > un tintamarre, un tapage, un tumulte, un fracas ]

Question 16

altier (altière) [altje, ɛr]
[ > 1 ]
[ > une expression ]

Answer 16

haughty (hochmütig), arrogant
[orgueilleux,se]
avoir un port altier -
to carry oneself proudly

Question 17

délabrer [delabre]

[ > 5 ]

Answer 17

to damage, to ruin

[abîmer, détraquer, dégrader, casser, briser]

Question 18

décombres [dekɔ̃br]

Answer 18

m. pl. debris, rubble, wreckage, ruins (d’une civilisation)

[ le débris ]

Question 19

farineux (f farineuse) [farinø, øz]

Answer 19

floury, mealy ( > la farine )

Question 20

céder [sede]

[ > 3 ]

Answer 20

to give (up) [donner], to give away, to hand over [ remettre ], to sell, to donate
[ > vendre ]

Question 21

d’antan [ɑ̃tɑ̃]

Answer 21

of yesteryear (gestern, vergangenes Jahr)

Question 22

se livrer à

Answer 22

[s’engager dans] to conduct, to be engaged in, to give oneself up to

Question 23

défroisser [defrwase]

[ > 4 ]

Answer 23

to smooth out, to take the creases out of

[ < le froissement, froisser, friper, plisser ]

Question 24

silk

Answer 24

f. la soie [swa]

Question 25

hood (d’une automobile)

[ != 1 ]

Answer 25

m. capot [kapo]

[ != une capote ]

Question 26

interposer [ɛ̃tɛrpoze]

Answer 26

to interpose (eingreifen, dazwischentreten, dazwischenstellen)

Question 27

dérisoire [derizwar] (adj.)

[ > 2 ]

Answer 27

ridiculous / derisory, inadequate, trifling (unbedeutend, belanglos, oberflächlich), pathetic

[ > une vétille - Kleinigkeit ]
[ > vaseux,se - muddy, silty, hazy, woozy, pathetic]

Question 28

modalité [mɔdalite]

Answer 28

f. terms, conditions

Question 29

joaillier, joaillière [ʒɔaje, ɛr]

Answer 29

m./f. jeweller

[ > un joyau ]

Question 30

subsistance [sybzistɑ̃s]

Answer 30

f. subsistence (Lebensunterhalt, Existenz, Leben)

Question 31

s’emballer

[ > 1 ]

Answer 31

to race, to take off, to get carried away

[ démarrer, s’envoler ]

Question 32

pelouse [pəluz]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 32

f. lawn, grass, field (le sport)

[ le pré, une graminée ]

Question 33

appeal (+2)

Answer 33

( + attraction, fascination )

m. un attrait [atrɛ]

Question 34

émacier [emasje]

Answer 34

to emaciate (abzehren, ausmergeln)

Question 35

incessant (f incessante) [ɛ̃sesɑ̃, ɑ̃t]

Answer 35

ceaseless, continual, unremitting, constant, incessant

Question 36

aliter [alite]

Answer 36

to confine to bed

Question 37

survenir [syrvənir]

Answer 37

to arise, to occur, to take place

Question 38

niais (f niaise) [njɛ, njɛz]

[ > 5 ]

Answer 38

simple, simple-minded, inane (albern, dumm)

sot,te
débile
stupide
bête
con,ne

Question 39

graveleux (f graveleuse) [gravlø, øz]

Answer 39

smutty (schmutzig, unflätig), gritty (grobkörnig)

[coquin,ne - naughty, mischievous]
[ grivois,e - vilain,e]

Question 40

doughnut

Answer 40

m. un beignet [bɛɲɛ]

Question 41

désarroi [dezarwa]

Answer 41

m. dismay, (utter) confusion

Question 42

horn, honk

Answer 42

m. un klaxon

Question 43

gem

[ > 1 ]

Answer 43

[ + jewel ]
m. un joyau (pl joyaux) [ʒwajo]

[ > un joaillier ]

Question 44

fortune-teller

Answer 44

un diseur, une diseuse [dizɶr, øz]

Question 45

fourrage [furaʒ]

[ != 1 ]

Answer 45

m. fodder (Futter)

[ != la fourrure ]