Donna Leon 2 Flashcards
Costs
Frais nmpl
And chilly, fresh , sweet, freshness, cool etc
Imply, hint v
Sous-entendre
Snuffle, snivel
Reniflement m
Disregard, contempt, scorn n
Mépris m
Scammer, con man
Gaillard m
Mon gaillard = mate
Reluctantly, grudgingly, unwillingly
À contrecoeur
Dwell on
S’appentisir sur qqc
Wipe out, destroy
Anéantir
Scaffolfing n
Échafaudage m
Enjoy
Jouir de
Hide, conceal v
Dissimuler
Greedily, keenly, eagerly
Avidement
Rumpled, creased, dishevelled
Froissé
Lighter
Briquet m
Disappearing, death, passing
Disparation f
Pout n v
Moue f
Faire la moue
Clue, hint. Evidence, sign,
Indice m
The type of man he was
Le genre d’homme qu’il était
More, for longer
Davantage
More every time/day chaque fois/jour davantage
More than davantage que
Cause, produce, create
Engendrer
Surgery, practice
Cabinet m
Words, remarks,
aim, intention
Propos mpl m
By the way à propos
in this respect à ce propos
Blink, bat an eye
Ciller
Predict, foresee
Presager
solemn, pompous adj
formal, grandiose adj
Solennel adj
Tune n music
Rengaine f
Awful, vile, horrible
Ignoble
Hang
Pendre
Trouble n
Ennuis nmpl
Stuff yr self/face
S’empiffrer
Listener, audience
Auditeur m
Bastard
Saligaud
Renorse
Remords nm
Avoir des remords feel guilty
Gossip, piece of gossip
Commérage m
Not long ago, recently, formerly
As before, previoulsly
Naugère
Comme naugère
Cat nap, doze v
Somnoler
In spite of
En dépit de
Dépit disappointment bitterness m
Weight adj
Pondérale
Ordinary, non descript, so and so
Some, any
Quelconque adj
Il est un homme quelconque
Death, demise n
Trépas m
Spick and span, immaculate, spot less
Nickel
And nickel m
Liver
Foie m
Flash bolt lightening thunder
Foudre f
Rash hurried adj
Hâtif -ve
Conversation interview talk
Entretien m
Conviction sentence
Condamnation f
Steering wheel
Volant m
Collapsed
Écroule
Have a criminal record
Avoir un casier
Casier n m rack, filing cabinet, pigeon hole, compartment, locker
not care about, laugh at vi + prep
laugh in the face of v expr
ignore vtr
Se moquer de qch⇒ v pron
Will n
Testament m
Sign, initial, annotate v
Émarger
Pot belly, paunch
Bedaine f
Person opposite
Son vis-à-vis
Peaceful, calm, serene adj
Paisible
Belong, belong to
Appartenir
Talkative
Loquace
Cave, hole n
hollow
Creux
Tickle v
Titiller
Dismiss, banish, shoo, expel, dismiss
Chasser
Underwrite, subscribe
Souscrire
Cover v
Joncher
Tilted, sloping, inclined
Penché
L’écriture penchée vers la droite
Snout
Groin m
Trough
Auge
Ils avaient plongé le groin dans l’auge
Hunchback n
Bossu m
Pork hog swine
Porc m
File, make v
déposer
Il dépose plainte après son agression.
He filed a complaint following the attack.
Déposer contre qqn
Assessment, analysis, statement, official report
Constat m
Barrel, cask
Barrique f
Le torse en barique
Baldness n
Calvitie f
Simmer, stew, plot, scheme
Mijoter
Take offence, be offended
Se formaliser
Get yr bearings
Se repérer
Whisk
Lash,flog
Fouetter
Even w wind
Drizzle n
Crachin m
Unrivalled, matchless
Inégalable
Scarf, headscarf
Foulard m
Bundle
Wad money
Liasse f
Composure n
Flegme m
Complicity, collusion
Connivence f
Chartered accountant
Expert-comptable m
Motive, reason, cause n
Mobile m
Stubborness, obstinancy, pig headedness
Entêtement m
Wall, partition
Paroi f
Hint, veiled reference
Allusion f
Racket, row
Raffut m
Stench, odeur, awful smell
Puanteur f
Reproach reprimand v
Houspiller
Hateful detestable loathsome
Haïssable
Bribe backhander
Pot-de-vin m
Pots-de-vin pl
Scornful contemptuous
Méprisant
Request n
Requête f
as you please, as you like, in your own way adv
Guise n f
En guise de by way of
A ma guise as I please
Exhaust pipe
Pot d’échappement m
Mental, dementia, insane, lunacy adj
Démentiel
Rotten adj
Avarié
Mischievous adj
Mutin
Colourful multicoloured adj
Bariolé
Unclip, undo, unfasten
Dégrafer
Il lui a dégrafé son soutien-gorge avec dextérité.
He deftly unclipped her bra.
Fur, furcoat
Fourrure f
Work, slog, slog away v
Bosser
Strap ( for shoes fex)
Lanière f
Passenger seat
Le siège du passenger
Pimp
Souteneur
Crazy, mad, around the bend adj
weirdo, luny n
Maboul m
Disgust, distate, repulsion
Répugnance f
Bullet proof vest
Gilet pare-balles m
Cunning, sly, slick adj
Rusé
Slander, libel, defamation
Calomnie f
Calomnier v
Knotted, gnarled, nobbly
Noueux -se
Deposit’ security, guarantee
Pay token
Gage m
Factor, piece of information
Elément m
aspect n
demeanour n
Development, turn
Tournure f
Gossip, tittle tattle, idle gossip
Commérage m
Tough cookie, hard nut to crack
Un dur à cuire
Bite yr nails
Se ronger les ongles
Snub
Be rebuffed
Rabrouer
Se faire rabrouer
Imitate, copy
Mimer
gradually adv
as we go along expr
bit by bit expr
au fur et à mesure
take [sth] away from [sb] vtr phrasal sep
leave [sb] without [sth] vtr
deprive [sb] of [sth] vtr
Priver qqn de qch
Small fry
Menu fretin m
Onlooker’ gawper, rubber necker
Badaud
Gently, half heartedly, nonchalantly adv
Mollement
Interfere with
Parasiter
Static, interference (music) n
Free loader, scrounger
Parasite
Umpteenth
Énième
Also nième
Le professeur répéta la règle une énième fois.
Creditor n
Créancier m
Stabbing in the back
Coup de poignard dans le dos
point vtr aim vtr turn vtr train Antagonise, dig yr heels in
Braquer
Relentlessly
D’arrache-pied
Puzzle, brain teaser, headache
Casse-tête m
Rise to the bait
Hook fish
Mordre à l’hameçon
Hameçon m
Legacy, bequest
Legs m
) put great effort into doing [sth], wear yourself out doing [sth] v expr
(informal, figurative) work yourself to death doing [sth], break your back doing [sth] v expr
(informal, figurative) bust a gut doing [sth]
s’échiner
Appallingly, terribly, deplorably adj
Consternant -e
Consterner dismay, distress
Not straight, not level adv adj
En biais, biais
Biais m angle slant, way, means
Account, tab, slate inf
Ardoise f
Erase, clean, delete, wipe
Effacer
Dip in to, embark upon, start, initita, make a dent in etc
Entamer
Miscarriage
Fausse couche f
V- neck, low neck line
Échancrure f
Kid, nipper , ankle biter. slang
Mioche m
Offload, vent, unleash
Unwrap
Déballer
News, rumour, talk
Bruit m
Noisiness, noise pollution
