English 2 French 15 Flashcards
1
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compel (3)
A
contraindre, forcer, obliger
2
Q
light brown (chestnut)
A
châtain
3
Q
trunk (I.e. baggage)
A
malle
4
Q
to shake
A
secouer
5
Q
bread crumb
A
mie(tte) de pain
6
Q
to twist
A
tordre
7
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paw, leg (of an animal)
A
patte (2)
8
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falling out
A
brouille
9
Q
stairwell
A
cage d’escalier
10
Q
close to the edge
A
tout au bord
11
Q
to get maudlin
A
s’attendrir
12
Q
unscrewing
A
dévissage
13
Q
resolve
A
résoudre
14
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ramshackle
A
déglingué
15
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keen
A
passionné
16
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a lot of people
A
beaucoup de monde
17
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pleased with…
A
content de…
18
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from now on (2)
A
désormais, dorénavant
19
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did you sleep well?
A
tu as bien dormi?
20
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swollen
A
gonflé
21
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the engagement
A
les fiançailles
22
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to debate
A
débattre
23
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I feel awful
A
Je me sens affreusement
24
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terribly…
A
affreusement…
25
to conceal
cacher
26
with a sob in one's voice
avec des sanglots dans la voix
27
stunned (2)
ahuri, hébété
28
I'm still stunned.
Je suis encore ahuri.
29
chain (often gold) necklace (often) with pendant
sautoir
30
shark
requin
31
the bee
l'abeille
32
the spider
l'araignée
33
the mouse
la souris
34
the whale
la baleine
35
the hen
la poule
36
to approach
aborder
37
harmless
anodin
38
the return (after a break)
rentrée
39
anthology
florilège
40
torment
supplice
41
to play havoc with
chambouler
42
paperback
livre broché
43
he was late
il avait du retard
44
rough, calloused
rugueuse (2)
45
blunder (2)
gaffe
| bévue
46
rejoinder
réplique
47
to bring closer
rapprocher
48
printing (of a book)
tirage
49
a schoolboy
un potache
50
figurehead
potiche
51
terrific! (2); (1=n?)
chouette! (=owl); super!
52
crammed with
bourré de
53
lightning rod
paratonnerre
54
stool
tabouret
55
to sew
coudre
56
she was sewing
elle cousait
57
we were sewing
nous cousions
58
I was sewing
je cousais
59
she drank
elle but
60
I drank
je bus
61
we drank
nous bûmes
62
you drank (pl.)
vous bûtes
63
they drank
ils burent
64
pocket book
livre de poche
65
appearance, arraignment
comparution
66
gust (of wind)
bourrasque (de vent)
67
procrastination
atermoiement
68
the breath
le souffle
69
the background
la genèse
70
Ten days had passed
Dix jours se sont écoulés
71
nothing had changed
rien n'avait changé
72
ease
aisance
73
dizzy
étourdi
74
heavy
pesant
75
wheel
roue
76
shrewd
pénétrant
77
kindness
bonté
78
devoid of...
dénué de...
79
shriveled up
recroquevillé
80
gum [mouth]
gencive
81
surveyor
arpenteur
82
bankruptcy
faillite
83
debt
dette
84
to realize (i.e. achieve)
concrétiser
85
previously
auparavant
86
damage (n.)
dégât
87
acquired (I.e. bought)
a racheté
88
to buy back, to redeem
racheter (2)
89
to embed, to anchor
ancrer (2)
90
nightmarish (note: pl. usage)
cauchemardesques
91
to focus
cibler
92
to glean
glaner
93
display (computer)
affichage
94
school schedule/pace
rythmes scolaires
95
shortening
raccourcissement
96
implementation
mise en œuvre
97
resentment
rancœurs
98
to look out for
guetter
99
lazy
fainéant
100
intermediate
intermédiaire
