English to French 10 Flashcards
1
Q
buttoned lips (lit. “stitched”)
A
lèvres cousues
2
Q
his hideout,
den,
cave
A
son antre (3)
3
Q
rancor,
grudge
A
rancune (2)
4
Q
the liking,
preference
A
le gré (2)
5
Q
overflowing
A
débordant
6
Q
to spread
A
se répandre
7
Q
tangled
A
emmêlé
8
Q
redirect (2)
A
rediriger
détourner
9
Q
collapse (n.)
A
effondrement
10
Q
varnished box
A
boîte vernie
11
Q
box whose…
A
boîte dont…
12
Q
grocer
A
épicier
13
Q
I reached (a place)
A
j’atteignais
14
Q
pride
A
orgueil
15
Q
bather
A
baigneur
16
Q
frankly
A
franchement
17
Q
a character (lit.)
A
un personnage
18
Q
swirling
A
tournoyant
19
Q
orchard
A
verger
20
Q
I was overwhelmed
A
On m’abbordait
21
Q
1) to watch (surveillance)
2) he is watching you
A
1) guetter
2) il vous guette
22
Q
chubby
A
replet
23
Q
informer
A
délateur
24
Q
1) closely
2) closely enough
A
1) de pres
2) d’assez pres
25
as I please (idiom.)
à ma guise
26
to display
afficher
27
temple (head)
tempéries
28
the curfew
le couvre-feu
29
an outcry
un tollé
30
upsetting,
shocking,
distressing
bouleversant (3)
31
a short film
un court-métrage
32
brilliant
génial
33
nutty
dingue
34
breathless
essoufflé
35
fed up (lit. "short of bowl")
ras de bol
36
to topple,
| to tip over
basculer (2)
37
worried
soucieux
38
leader (gem.)
meneuse
39
sailing ship
voilier
40
principal
proviseur
41
hamper,
| obstruct
entraver (2)
42
self control,
| calmness
sang-froid (2)
43
a refuge,
| a shelter
un abri (2)
44
to start the day
entamer la journée
45
to deprive,
| to deny
priver (2)
46
crash,
roar,
fuss
fracas (3)
47
with a lot of fuss
à grand fracas
48
to free
dégager
49
quite a few
pas mal
50
parcel
colis
51
a holiday home (for rent)
un gîte
52
first name
prénom
53
1) to bring someone
| 2) to bring something
1) amener
| 2) apporter
54
the key point,
| what to remember
ce qu'il faut retenir (2)
55
guy (slang)
mec
56
jerk (caution - vulgar: harsher word)
connard
57
the plan is not yet tied up
le plan n'est pas encore ficelé
58
(new) development
rebondissement
59
at its height
à son comble
60
the height,
the ultimate,
the last straw
le comble (3)
61
on the run
en fuite
62
because of
à cause de
63
no hard feelings!
sans rancune!
64
certainly
bien entendu
65
that depends
ça dépend
66
it's all the same to me
ça m'est égal
67
the yellow shirt (worn by the leading cyclist in the Tour de France)
le maillot jaune
68
movement,
| shifting
déplacement (2)
69
candidate,
| applicant
postulant (2)
70
neck and neck
coude à coude
71
the survey,
| poll
le sondage (2)
72
the navel gazing,
| self centeredness
le nombrilisme (2)
73
if we dare
si l'on ose
74
by denial
par déni
75
blindness
cécité
76
advocating,
| promoting
prônant
77
failed
échoué
78
1) to mess up, fall apart, go wrong
| 2) they mess up
1) foirer (3)
| 2) ils foirent
79
the merit,
| justification
le bienfondé
80
handout
aumône
81
rewrite
récrire
82
excessiveness
outrance
83
mawkishness
mièvrerie
84
lovebird
tourtereau
85
cast iron
fonte
86
paste,
| dough
pâte
87
governing
encadrant
88
flake
flocon
89
dense
épais
90
steep
escarpé
91
narrow
étriquée
92
cozy
cossu
93
an intercom
un interphone
94
fifty year old
quinquagénaire
95
potbellied
bedonnant
96
baldness
calvitie
97
guests
convives
98
abounds,
| is full of
regorger (2)
99
to move in (with)
emménager
100
pension
retraite
