Describing The Human Body Flashcards

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1
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Fat (just a bit) - chubby

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Gras, grasse

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Thick

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Épais, épaisse

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3
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Size, fatness

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La grosseur

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4
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Portly

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Corpulent(e)

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5
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Obese

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Obèse

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6
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Body weight

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La corpulence

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7
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Of medium build

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De corpulence moyenne

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8
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Overweight

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L’embonpoint

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9
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She’s putting on weight

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Elle prend de l’embonpoint

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10
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Roll of fat

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Un bourrelet

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11
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Saddlebags

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Une culotte de cheval

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12
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A pot-belly

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Une brioche

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13
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Chubby cheeked

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Joufflu(e)

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14
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Chubby (babies)

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Potelé

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15
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Tubby

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Rondouillard

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16
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Fat slob

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Gros lard

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17
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A great hulk

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Un mastodonte

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18
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A fatty (child)

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Un patapouf

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19
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To put on weight

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Grossir

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20
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To put on weight

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Engraisser

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21
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To put on weight (informal)

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Prendre des kilos

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22
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To acquire a middle age spread

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Prendre du ventre

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23
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Thin

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Maigre

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24
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Thinness

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La maigreur

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25
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A fat free diet

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Un régime maigre

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26
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Slim

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Mince

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27
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Slimness

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La minceur

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28
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Slender

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Svelte

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29
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Slenderness

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La sveltesse

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30
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Slim and shapely (fingers and limbs)

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Fuselé

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31
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Tall and slim

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Élancé

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32
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Skeleton like

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Squelettique

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33
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Emaciated

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Émacié

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34
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Scrawny

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Efflanqué

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35
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Half starved

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Famélique

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36
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Walking skeleton

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Un cadavre ambulant

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37
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A beanpole

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Une grande perche

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38
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She doesn’t have child bearing hips

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Elle a le bassin étroit

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39
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To lose weight

A

Maigrir

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40
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A diet

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Un régime

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41
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To be on a diet

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Faire un régime

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42
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To go on a diet

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Se mettre au régime

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43
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To eat a balanced diet

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Avoir un régime équilibré

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44
Q

Anorexia

A

L’anorexie

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45
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To be anorexic

A

Faire de l’anorexie

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46
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Anorexic

A

Anorexique

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47
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To be all skin and bone

A

N’avoir que la peau et les os

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48
Q

Flat as a board

A

Plate comme une planche à pain

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49
Q

Position

A

La position

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50
Q

She stood by the grave

A

Elle se tenait devant la tombe

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51
Q

Standing

A

Debout

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52
Q

Stand up

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Mets-toi debout

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53
Q

I was standing behind her

A

J’étais debout derrière elle

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54
Q

To get up (from a lying position)

A

Se lever

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55
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To stand up (from a sitting or kneeling position)

A

Se lever

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56
Q

To sit up, correctly

A

Se redresser

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57
Q

Sitting

A

Assis

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58
Q

The people remained seated

A

Les gens sont restés assis

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59
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A seat

A

Une place assise

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60
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To sit down

A

S’asseoir

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61
Q

Please come in and sit down

A

Je vous en prie, entrez et asseyez-vous

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62
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Sitting cross-legged

A

En tailleur

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63
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Lying down

A

Allongé

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64
Q

To lie down

A

S’allonger

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65
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On one’s back

A

Sur le dos

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66
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On one’s stomach

A

Sur le ventre

67
Q

On one’s side

A

Sur le côté

68
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Squatting

A

Accroupi

69
Q

To squat

A

S’accroupir

70
Q

To crouch

A

Se tapir

71
Q

On one’s knees

A

À genoux

72
Q

To get down on one’s knees

A

Se mettre à genoux

73
Q

Kneeling

A

Agenouillé

74
Q

To kneel

A

S’agenouiller

75
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On all fours

A

À quatre pattes

76
Q

Everybody was on all fours

A

Tout le monde était à quatre pattes

77
Q

To bend

A

Pencher

78
Q

To bow ones head

A

Pencher le front

79
Q

To lean over

A

Incliner le buste

80
Q

To bow

A

S’incliner

81
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Slouching

A

Voûté

82
Q

He stoops a bit now

A

Il marche un peu voûté

83
Q

To curtesy

A

Faire une révérence

84
Q

To bow (at the end of a show)

A

Saluer

85
Q

To bow and scrape

A

Faire des courbettes

86
Q

DNA

A

ADN

87
Q

Artery

A

L’artère

88
Q

A joint

A

L’articulation (f)

89
Q

My joints are giving me trouble

A

J’ai mal dans les articulations

90
Q

A cell

A

Une cellule

91
Q

Chromosome

A

In chromosome

92
Q

Gene

A

Un gène

93
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A muscle

A

Un muscle

94
Q

To have strong muscles

A

Avoir des muscles

95
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Muscle tissue

A

Tissu musculaire

96
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Muscular

A

Musculeux

97
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A nerve

A

Un nerf

98
Q

The dentist touched a nerve

A

Le dentiste à touché un nerf

99
Q

Nervous

A

Nerveux (nerveuse)

100
Q

Nervous system

A

Le système nerveux

101
Q

A nerve ending

A

Une terminaison nerveuse

102
Q

Nucleus

A

Un noyau cellulaire

103
Q

An organ

A

Un organe

104
Q

An organ transplant

A

Une greffe d’organe

105
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Bone

A

Un os

106
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Bony

A

Osseux (osseuse)

107
Q

Blood

A

Le sang

108
Q

A blood donor

A

Un donneur de sang

109
Q

Vein

A

La veine

110
Q

The veins stood out on the back of her hand

A

On voyait les veines du dos de sa main

111
Q

Pelvis

A

Un bassin

112
Q

Rib cage

A

Une cage thoracique

113
Q

Collarbone

A

Une clavicule

114
Q

Spine

A

Une colonne vertébrale

115
Q

Rib

A

Une côte

116
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A skull

A

Un crâne

117
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Shoulder blade

A

Une omoplate

118
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Kneecap

A

La rotule

119
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Skeleton

A

Un squelette

120
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Brain

A

Cerveau

121
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Heart

A

Un cœur

122
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Diaphragm

A

Un diaphragme

123
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Stomach

A

L’estomac

124
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Liver

A

Le foie

125
Q

Pancreas

A

Un pancréas

126
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A lung

A

Un poumon

127
Q

Spleen

A

Une rate

128
Q

Rectum

A

Le rectum

129
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Kidney

A

Un rein

130
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Trachea

A

La trachée

131
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Bladder

A

Une vessie

132
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Kidney (food)

A

Un rognon

133
Q

Tonsil

A

La amygdale

134
Q

Appendix

A

Un appendice

135
Q

Small intestine/large intestine/the bowels

A

L’intestin grêle/le gros intestin/les intestins

136
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Ovary

A

Un Ovaire

137
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Fallopian tube

A

La trompe de Fallope

138
Q

Vagina

A

Un vagin

139
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Egg

A

In oeuf

140
Q

Sperm

A

Un sperme

141
Q

Mental health

A

Santé mentale

142
Q

Mentally

A

Mentalement

143
Q

Physical exercise

A

Exercise physique

144
Q

He’s very physically fit

A

Physiquement il est très en forme

145
Q

I feel shivery all over

A

J’ai des frissons dans tout le corps

146
Q

Mind

A

L’esprit

147
Q

Light brown, auburn

A

Châtain

148
Q

Auburn, copper coloured

A

Cuivré

149
Q

A gesture

A

Un geste

150
Q

Nobody move!

A

Pas un geste

151
Q

He silenced then with a movement of his hand

A

D’un geste de la main, il les a fait taire

152
Q

To wave one’s arms about

A

Gesticuler

153
Q

To nod (yes) to shake one’s head (no)

A

Secouer la tête

154
Q

To point at somebody

A

Montrer quelqu’un du doigt

155
Q

To give somebody the finger

A

Faire un bras d’honneur à quelqu’un

156
Q

To wave

A

Agiter la main

157
Q

To wave one’s arms about (urgently)

A

Agiter les bras

158
Q

To move

A

Bouger

159
Q

To move

A

Se mouvoir

160
Q

To move around gracefully

A

Évoluer

161
Q

To move feebly

A

Remuer

162
Q

To move

A

Faire un mouvement

163
Q

Fat

A

Gros (-sse)