Deck 1 Flashcards
râper
to grate
le maquis
dense shrubby vegetation typical of Mediterranean coast
une enclume
être entre l’enclume et le marteau
anvil
to be between a rock and a hard place
ratatiner
to kill
shrink
wither
le serpolet
wild thyme
le genêt
broom (plant)
un écueil
reef
pitfall
dangerous obstacle
raser
to shave
come too close
destroy
une démineuse
female mine clearer
déminage = mine clearing déminer = to clear mines
chantonner
to hum (to oneself)
contrefoutre
to not give a damn
un tong
thong
flip-flop
un râteau
rake
bossu (adj, nom m/f)
bossue
hunchbacked
écorner
to gore with horns (animal)
damage something jutting out
rentre le ventre
pull in one’s belly
un boulon
écrou et boulon
bolt
nut and bolt
un crawleur
une crawleuse
swimmer
trousser
to truss (as in cooking) to skillfully dash something off (eg. a composition)
corser
to spice up
to make more difficult
worsen
l’ola (f)
Mexican wave
un boulet
cannonball
ball and chain
un néné
boob
tit
une cigogne
stork
moufter
to protest
la corsitude
fortitude
friqué (adj)
rich
loaded
foldingue (adj)
le professeur foldingue
ma foldingue tante
nutty
crazy
the nutty professor
my crazy aunt
foirer
to become a disaster
rater
échouer
rigolote (adj)
odd
funny
indifférer qqc (vt)
to be indifferent to st
crâneur (adj, nom m/f)
pretentious
boutonneux
pimply
un pêne
bolt (of a latch)
une gâche
door strike
un véliplanchiste
windsurfer
une anse
cove
tutti quanti
everything
everybody
the whole enchilada
chatouiller
to tickle
titilat
le jeu de l’oie
snakes and ladders
moucher
to blow the nose
snuff out
griller
to grill
smoke (cigarette) go through (red light) blow past (adversary)
butiner
to harvest
collect
une rabat-joie
killjoy
un tube
tube
narrow cylinder
popular tune
le minou
cat (in child’s talk)
female genital area
le bas-ventre
groin
un fayot
bean
creep (informal)
repect à la beauté
respect for beauty
foutre le bourdon
to be a downer
un bourdon = bumblebee
pédant (adj)
self-important
crade (adj)
gross
nasty
filthy
les chiottes (fp)
toilettes (vulgar)
frondeur (adj)
mocking
impertinent
essorer
to wring
patatras! (exclamation)
crash!
d’aussi loin que… (+ subjonctif)
as far back as…
for as long as…
un raidillon
steep path
la cata
disaster
catastrophy
grossièrement
roughly
effrayer
to frighten
discourage
arrimer
to stow away
dock
déchu (adj)
fallen
dethroned
collatéral (adj)
les dommages collatéraux
collatteral
collateral damage
causant (adj)
talkative
bavard
communicatif
mon papounet
diminutive, affectionate form of papa
la georgette
thin silk or crepe material
fredonner
to hum
dégringoler
to fall
race down
une dégringolade
fall
collapse
la condescendance
condescension
défendable (adj)
defensible
étonnamment
astonishingly
inavouable (adj)
shameful
une réminiscence
reminiscence
recollection
sexué
sexed
having a gender
peiner
to sadden
chagriner
encaisser
encaisser le coup
to cash
to absorb
to take it in stride
suck it up
chavirer
to overwhelm
boulverser
émouvoir
to capsize
faire la fine bouche
be picky
quibble
emmagasiner
to store
stockpile
piquer une tête
have a dip
go in the water
enamourer
s’enamourer
to fall in love
une tétine
nipple (as on baby bottle)
l’embarras (m)
embarrassment
boredom
annoyance
exagérer
to exaggerate
à l’oral: abusé = exagéré
