Deck 4.2

Question 1

voûte [vut]

[ > 3 ]

Answer 1

f. vault, archway, canopy
[ > le dais, le baldaquin ]
[ > un auvent + porchroof ]

Question 2

haïr [ʼair]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 2

to hate, to detest
> détester
> la haine

Question 3

parchemin [parʃəmɛ̃]

Answer 3

m. parchment (Pergament), diploma, degree

Question 4

incivilité [ɛ̃sivilite]

[ > 1 ]

Answer 4

f. rudeness, disrespect, petty crime

[ ~ une grossièreté ]

Question 5

épurer [epyre]

Answer 5

to filter, to refine, to purge (reinigen, säubern)

Question 6

risée [rize]

Answer 6

f. laughing stock (Lachnummer)

Question 7

fauteuil [fotɶj]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 7

m. (arm-) chair, seat
[un fauteuil pivotant]
[ > un siège, une chaise ]

Question 8

ravaler [ravale]

[ > 4 ]

Answer 8

to clean, to swallow (avaler, déglutir),
to stifle (retenir), to lower (abaisser)
> étouffer

Question 9

main-d’œuvre [mɛ̃dɶvr] (pl mains-d’œuvre)

Answer 9

f. labour, labour force, workforce

Question 10

puits [pɥi]

[ > 5 ]

Answer 10

m. well, shaft, pit
[ > une alvéole - cell, cavity, pit ]
[ > un abîme, un gouffre, une fosse ]
[ > un creux]

Question 11

emprunt [ɑ̃prœ̃]

[ > 1 ]

Answer 11

m. borrowing, loan

[ emprunter ]

Question 12

se tapir [tapir]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 12

to hide, to lurk, to crouch down

[ > ramper, s’accroupir ]

Question 13

lisse [lis]

[ > 1 ]

Answer 13

smooth, sleek, bald

[ > chauve ]

Question 14

autrui [otrɥi]

Answer 14

others, other people

peu m’importe l’opinion d’autrui

ne fais pas à autrui ce que tu ne voudrais pas qu’on te fît (proverbe)

Question 15

écaille [ekaj]

Answer 15

[de poisson, de serpent] scale, chip, flake

les écailles finiront par lui tomber des yeux - the scales will fall from his eyes

Question 16

patelin (pateline) [patlɛ̃, in]

[ > 3 ]

Answer 16

fawning, unctuous (schmeichlerisch)
[ > obséquieux, plat ]
[ > une flagornerie - flattering, fawning ]

Question 17

courber

Answer 17

to bow, to bend

[ > une courbette ]

Question 18

emprise [ɑ̃priz]
[ > 2 ]
[ != 1 ]

Answer 18

f. (sous) under, in the grip of, ascendancy (Aufstieg), expropriation (Enteignung)
[ > en proie à ]
[ != une reprise (resumption) ]
[ > une préponderance - ascendancy, predominance, preponderance (Überlegenheit, Übergewicht) ]

Question 19

fredonner [frədɔne]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 19

to hum

[ronflement, bourdonnement]

Question 20

treille [trɛj]

Answer 20

f. climbing vine, arbour (Laube, Pergola)

Question 21

rampe [rɑ̃p]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 21

f. handrail, banister
> une rambarde - rail
> un garde-corps - railing, handrail

Question 22

vétille [vetij]
[ > 1 ]
[ != stained glass window ]

Answer 22

f. trifle (Kleinigkeit)
[ > dérisoire - ridiculous, derisory, pathetic, trifling (belanglos, oberflächlich, unbedeutend) ]
[ != un vitrail ]

Question 23

issue [isy]

Answer 23

f. exit, way out, solution, outcome

Question 24

palier [palje]

[ != 1 ]

Answer 24

m. stage, level, landing (Flur, Gang, Treppenabsatz)

[ != pallier - to alleviate, to mitigate]

Question 25

envergure [ɑ̃vɛrgyr]

[ > 1 ]

Answer 25

f. scale, scope (une portée)

Question 26

sur-le-champ [syrləʃɑ̃]

Answer 26

immediately, at once, straightaway

Question 27

joindre

[ > 4 ]

Answer 27

to join, to combine, to connect, to put / to bring together, to add, to attach, to contact, to get in touch with
[ > rejoindre, raccorder, souder, réunir ]

Question 28

noircir [nwarsir]

Answer 28

to go black, to blacken, to darken
[ > obscurcir ]
[ > foncer - to darken, to drive, to race ]

Question 29

saccadé (f saccadée) [sakade]

[ != 1 ]

Answer 29

jerky, halting (stockend, zögernd, unsicher)

[ != saccager - to wreck, to devastate, to ransack, to gut ]

Question 30

raviner [ravine]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 30

to furrow (furchen, pflügen, runzeln)
[une ravine - ravine (Schlucht), gully (Schlucht, Gully)]

[ > sillonner - to criss-cross, to cross, to furrow ]

Question 31

pétarader [petarade]

[ > 5 ]

Answer 31

to crackle, to bang, to put-putt

[ > crachoter ]
[ > grésiller ]
[ > craquer - to crackle (papier) ]
[ > crépiter - to crackle (feu) ]
[ > un pétard - joint, firecracker]

Question 32

obtempérer à

[ > 1 ]

Answer 32

to comply with, to obey

[ se soumettre à ]

Question 33

palmé (f palmée) [palme]

Answer 33

palmate (handförmig)

Question 34

démarche [demarʃ]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 34

f. gait (Gang, Gangart), walk, step, approach
[ > une enjambée ]
[ > une foulée - stride]

Question 35

fortuit (f fortuite) [fɔrtɥi, it]

Answer 35

fortuitous, by chance

Question 36

épingle [epɛ̃gl]

Answer 36

f. pin

Question 37

vitrail (pl vitraux) [vitraj, o]

Answer 37

m. stained-glass window

Question 38

demeurer [dəmɶre]

[ > 2 ]

Answer 38

to remain, to be left, to stay

> une demeure - residence
subsister - to remain, to live

Question 39

ebony

Answer 39

f. ébène [ebɛn]

Question 40

to blink

[ > 1 ]

Answer 40

cligner, ciller

Question 41

sticker #2

Answer 41

une gommette

> un timbre

Question 42

to curse

Answer 42

pester