First Master List Flashcards by sabrina n

moisir

to go moldy

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redire

to repeat, tell again, say again

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la rancune

resentment

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un(e) souffre-douleur

a whipping boy, punching bag, scapegoat

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l’articulation (f) (2 of 2)

a knuckle

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le sentiment d’appartenance

feeling of belonging

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apercevoir

to notice

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la naphtaline

moth balls

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le poignet

a wrist

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gamin(e)

kid (familiar), youngster

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broncher

to flinch; stumble, buck (trébucher)

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éternuer

to sneeze

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le rein

the kidney

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ne pas être en reste

expr. not to be outdone

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béant(e)

gaping (plaie, trou, sac)

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chétif -ive

scrawny, puny, sickly, stunted, undersized

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griffer

to scratch

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(jardin) potager -ère

vegetable garden (kitchen garden)

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le goudron

tar, asphalt

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renifler

to sniff

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lors de

during (pendant), at the time of

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habile

clever, skillful, smart

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s’égarer

to become lost; to wander

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un concours

contest, competition

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le sort

lot, fate (destin)

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un délice

a delight

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séculaire

age-old, age-long

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une lacune

a hole, gap

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arrêter de faire le zouave

imiter le courage, faire croire à son courage alors qu’on n’en a pas

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davantage

adv. more

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jacasser

chatter (birds), jabber

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hébété

stupefied, dazed

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être plus mal loti(e)(s) que

to be worse off than

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une ride

wrinkle, ripple

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frétillant(e)

wagging (chien)

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s’aviser

to risk, dare

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survenir

to arise, occur, to arrive unexpectedly

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la jouissance

pleasure, orgasm, joy; sensual pleasure

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alentour

adv. surrouding, around

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quérir (only used in infinitive)

to fetch; aller checher

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un rêve

a dream

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de nouveau

once again, once more

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une coquille

a shell (of eggs or nuts, not crustaceans or snails)

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un poing

a fist

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raidir

to tighten, stiffen

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se pavaner

to swagger, strut

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faire mine de

pretend to, appear to

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malin

clever, bright, crafty (rusé)

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au gré de

at the mercy of, at the will of

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un couvercle

a lid, cover

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la haleine

breath, breathing

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une miette

a crumb

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enfouir

to bury (enterrer)

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s’engager

to involve yourself; to promise, to be fully committed; to embark on a project

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indigne

unworthy

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les loques

rags

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atténuer

to lessen, minimize, to ease (tension, douleur, chagrin)

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le tonnerre

thunder, thundering, boom

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avoir droit à

to be entitled to, to be eligible for

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s’affoler

to panic

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un arbuste

a bush, shrub

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un écart

a distance, interval, gap

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froisser

crumple, crease (paper)

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le potin

noise (familier); gossip (noncountable)

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repérer

(remarquer qch) notice, detect, spot, pick out, catch

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la gorge

the throat

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une injure

an insult

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enfourner

to put in the oven

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une paupière

an eyelid

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une mare

duck pond, pool, pond

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le comble

attic

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esquisser

to sketch, draft, outline

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s’aplatir devant qn

to grovel in front of sb

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le gendre

son-in-law

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écarter

to become lost, wander

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dégrafer

to undo (clothes, belt, necklace), unfasten, unhook, unstaple

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rapace

predatory, avaricious (animals)

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une côte

a rib (of skeleton)

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sitôt

soon after, immediately after, as soon as

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rugir

to roar

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le mépris

contempt (de - for)

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la méfiance

mistrust, suspicion

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aplatir

to flatten, smooth out/down, to press

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le dévouement

selflessness

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dégouliner

to drip, leak

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nuire à

to take away from (plaisir, qualité, beauté), to harm, to be harmful to, to damage, to be detrimental to

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rassurer

to reassure, to put sb at rest

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un gîte

a shelter, home, resting place

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entretenir

to maintain, to look after, to keep in shape, to support

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une poutre

a beam (of wood)

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feignant(e)

lazy

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un cortège

a procession

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un pote

(familier) mate, pal, friend, buddy

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un bidule

(familier) thingy, thingamajig, doohickey, contraption

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étendre

to stretch (bras, jambe); to spread (out)

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un flocon

flake (de neige, savon), speck (de poussière), wisp (de fumée)

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un sou

a penny, cent

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(traiter qn) d’égal à égal

(to deal with sb) on a one-on-one basis, as an equal

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un foutoir

(familier) shambles, complete chaos, disorder, dump

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de # ans bien sonnés

year old (an old person, well-seasoned ?)

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péniblement

barely, with difficulty (avec peine), wearily (d’un air las)

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la poitrine

the chest

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aviné

inebriated, drunken

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inouï

unprecedented, incredible, tremendous, unheard of

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le bord

edge, rim, bank

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la pelouse

lawn (gazon); field, grass

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à la hâte

in haste, hastily

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un repère

bearing (as in social bearings)

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tasser

pack, press, compress

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buter contre/sur qch

trip over (trébucher); t o come up against (obstacle, difficulté)

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la balourdise

clumsiness; blunder, faux-pas

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remuer

swing, move (as in dancing)

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une aisselle

an armpit

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balourd(e)

uncouth, oafish, simple-minded

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tranchant(e)

sharp (couteau)

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la justesse

correctness, accuracy

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tout au long de

throughout (not physical)

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attentant(e) à

adjacent to

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le genou

the knee

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la cire

n. wax

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épier

to spy on, to be on the lookout for

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en proie à

fallen prey to, in the grip of, consumed by, racked by, ravaged by, beset by, to be in the midst of (difficulties)

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empêtrer/s’empêtrer (dans)

to get tangled in, to get mixed up in, to get bogged down in

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somnoler

to doze, catnap

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le mollet

a calf (body)

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folâtre

playful (personne, humeur)

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une lame

a blade

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creux

hollow; gaunt, sunk

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décroître

to decrease, to wane, to decline, to go down

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un cil

an eyelash

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le rebord

edge, ledge, rim, hem; side

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le menton

the chin

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l’effroi

n. dread, terror

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ramper

to crawl

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une emprise

n. hold, influence

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se ralentir

to slow down

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une baraque

shack, shanty, hut

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lâcher

to let go of, to drop, to release (from one’s grip; balloons, birds…); laisser tomber

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épargner

to spare

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s’engouffrer

to rush (dans = in) (dans une pièce, passage)

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un tapage

(familier) din, racket

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jamais de la vie

à aucun moment au cours de ma vie; never ever ; not on your life

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une griffe

a claw

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mener à croire

to lead to believe

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manquer de

faillir (almost)

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une devanture

front window

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depuis tout à l’heure

since earlier, since a short while ago

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à bout de souffle

breathless

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être mal loti

to be badly off

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grincer

to creak (porte), screech (violon), squeak (craie)

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un oreiller

a pillow

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le cou

the neck

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un sourcil

an eyebrow

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s’apaiser

to die down, to calm down (un débat), to subside (curiosité, faim, douleur)

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guérir (qn de)

to cure, heal (sb of)

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chercher midi à quatorze heures

to complicate things, do things the hard way

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ça ne te regarde pas

that’s none of your business !

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la sève

sap (plants)

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enjamber

to step over; …span (pont, rivière)

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déguenillé

tattered, ragged

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griffonner

to scrawl, scribble

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un prout /prut/

a fart, toot (connotation puérile et enfantin, pet)

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ramper

to crawl, grovel

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haletant(e)

panting, breathless

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un cure-dents

a toothpick

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enivrer

to intoxicate, make drunk

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les saloperies

(vulgar) crap, junk, trash, scum ; worthless objects

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pâtir de

to suffer from

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la lisière

edge, outskirts

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titubant

unsteady, staggering (chanceler)

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emporter

win (un match de foot)

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feuilleter

to leaf through (livre)

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boiter

to limp, wobble, to be shaky; to be badly put together (phrase, incorrecte)

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se séparer de

to part with, give up, give away

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la queue

a tail (animal)

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cul(s)-de-jatte

a legless cripple

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nigaud(e)

silly, goof, sucker, twit

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un manège

little game

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(il faut cogner) pour le/la mettre en marche

(you have to hit it) to make it work

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carrément

adv. straight out, downright, bluntly

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une pente

n. slope

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la gaucherie

awkwardness

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le cerveau

the brain

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se guérir de

to overcome (timidité)

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un aléa(s)

a hazard

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aussitôt

immediately, straight away

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la veille

the day before

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une astuce

n. cleverness, shrewdness

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un rire crispé

a tense/nervous laugh

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(de) bouts de ficelle

adj. (m.) amateurishly, with whatever bits and pieces we could lay our hands on; makeshift; ends of strings; when the proper tools or materials are unavailable to you; (working on a tight budget)

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glauque

murky (eau, lumiere), squalid (rue), grim (film, ambiance)

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atteindre

to reach, get to

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effaré

alarmed

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inoffensif

harmless

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épurer

purify, purge, clean up, refine

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en prime

as a bonus, into the bargain

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se mettre (de)

to recover from, to get over

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chargé de…

laden with…

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une gaule

a pole; fishing pole

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entasser

to pile up

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émouvoir

to move, touch (emotionally); unsettle, upset

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s’apprêter (à faire qch)

to get ready to do sth

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il y a de l’eau dans le gaz entre vous, c’est ça ?

there’s trouble between you two?

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ronfler

to snore

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une douairière

a dowager, rich old woman

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effectivement

actually, indeed, really

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vrombir

vroom, zoom, whiz

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émoi

agitation, turmoil

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s’accrocher

to hang on

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le grésillement

static, interference

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une mise à jour (les mises à jour)

an update

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un chuchotement

n. whispering

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une guenille

n. a rag

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une corvée

task, drudgery

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être mitigé(e) sur qch

to be ambivalent/uncertain/mixed about sth

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las(se)

adj. weary

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un faubourg

suburb, working class area (on the outskirts)

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grelotter

shivering

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tant

so much

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un tabouret

a stool

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de fond en comble

from top to bottom (shaken from top to bottom)

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convive (m/f)

a guest

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frimer

to show off

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la braise

embers

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une écurie

a stable (de chevaux)

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vitreux -uese

glazed (yeux, regard), glassy

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paisible

peaceful, tranquil, calm, quiet

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prendre parti(e)

to take sides

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le pouce

the thumb

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broyer

to grind, crush

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l’allure

pace, speed

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une épave

item of wreckage, flotsam and jetsam

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pincer

to pinch, nip

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se heurter

to clash

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un lacet

a shoelace

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en revanche

on the other hand

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potelé

chubby, plump

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se débattre

to struggle

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une cassure

n. coupure, fêlure, rupture, crevasse ; endroit où un objet a été cassé

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la pénombre

half-light, feeble light, shadowy light

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roussi

scorched, singed, something burnt

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prêter à

to lend (to sb)

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raide

stiff, straight, taut, rigid, steep

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une baleine

a whale

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bourru

gruff, rough

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avoir la manie de ___

to have a habit, compulsion, fixation for/with

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être mieux loti(e)(s) que

to be better off than

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sillonner

to go up and down (personne, vélo, automobile), criss-cross (réseau), to go to and fro

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une goutte

a drop (of rain, oil)

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bon an mal an

year in year out

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un postillon

a drop of saliva, a spray of spit, sputter

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le jour

the light

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tenir le bon bout

expr. to be on the right track

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déterrer

to dig up

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fâcheux

detrimental (influence, exemple), unfortunate, unpleasing, distressing, inauspicious, unwelcome

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costaud

tough, beefy, hefty (physical frame)

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sournois

devious, shifty, sly, underhanded, insidious, sneaky, tricky

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vu que…

seeing as to how…, since…

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du jour au lendemain

overnight

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un manche

a handle (place to grip a tool, object)

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un bond en arrière

a step back

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fichu

(familier) rotten, dreadful, damned, nasty

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errer

to wander, roam

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prendre la suite (de)

to take over (as boss, as head of family)

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(faire qch) bien des fois

many times

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(utiliser qch) à mauvais escient

ill-advisedly

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s’adonner à

(se livrer); to give yourself over to sth, to give urself up to sth, to devote urself to

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se reveler

to get off the ground, to get back on one’s feet

enflé

swollen

la gencive

the gums

(ne pas) perdre la main

to (not) lose your touch

une puanteur

stench

ainsi

thus, like this, thereby, so (de cette manière)

la mâchoire

the jaw

si ça se trouve

(it) could be that, it may be the case that, maybe

une chaudière

water heater, boiler

un rebut

waste, reject (déchet)

faute de (qch)

for lack of (sth)

le sillage

wake, trail

viser

to aim

vermoulu

worm-eaten

(verbe) en pleine figure

right in the face

un fossé

a ditch

dévaler

(déscendre vite) to hurtle down

trépigner

to stamp one’s feet (de = with), to jump up and down

étouffer

to suffocate, choke; stifle, suppress, hush up

une écaille

n. scale (de poisson), shell (d’huitre)

un grabat

a terrible bed (a shoddy bed)

tousser

to cough

ne…aucunement

in no way, not at all

un nombril

a bellybutton

une limace

a slug

voguer

to sail (boat), wander, drift

un pâté de maisons

a block (as in street)

faire le zouave

play the fool

échu(e)

expired

sucrer

(familier, colloquial) to cancel (supprimer)

un abris

shelter, refuge, protection

être (très) coté

to be (very) well thought of (prestigieux)

la mine

look, (aspect, appearance); expression

un fardeau

(figuratif et litéral) burden, weight, onus, load

un récif

a reef

une clôture

a fence

âpre

rough (mur; il y a une dimension tactile), raspy, harsh, bitter, lumpy

endosser

to put on (clothes); to take on, shoulder (responsibility, consequence)

évidemment

needless to say

une bulle

a bubble

un poumon

a lung

la misère

poverty, destitution

un chapelet

a rosary

le coude

the elbow

être à la traîne

to lag behind

un radeau

a raft

une immondice

filth

interpeller qn

to call out to, to shout to, to shout out to, hail, shout at

se sentir défaillir (défaillir stays in infinitive)

to feel faint

pourtant

though, even, yet (malgré tout) ; however

la tôle/taule

sheet metal (ondulée = corrugated)

frissonner

to shiver, shudder, tremble

une couche

a coat, layer, film

à jamais

forever

une étincelle

a spark

un poêle

a stove

le givre

n. frost, ice

mirer/se mirer

to reflect, be reflected; to gaze at one’s reflection ; to mirror

somme toute

on the whole, all in all

mûrir

to ripen, mature, develop

un seau

pail, bucket

un cercueil

a coffin

louche

shady, seedy, fishy, dodgy

gêner

to disturb, to bother

la mort-aux-rats

rat poisoning

frétiller

to wiggle (poisson); wag (chien)

agripper

hang onto, grasp, grip, grab onto

un chargement

a load, cargo, freight

gauche

clumsy, awkward

sourd(e)

deaf

envirant(e)

intoxicating

l’écume (f)

foam, scum, froth

la crasse

filth, grime, dirt, muck

autrement

differently, otherwise, in a different way

insolite

unusual, strange, out of the ordinary

l’auriculaire (m)

pinkie finger

dessus/dessous

above/beneath

une palissade

(garden) fence

dégourdir

to stretch, reawaken, bring to life, warm, loosen

un renseignement

information, detail

l’attouchement (m)

(sexual) interfering, molesting, fondling (noncountable), laying on of hands

un carreau

window-pane; tile (floor, wall)

un supplice

n. torture

frémissant

trembling

le cuivre

copper

haché

disjointed (style, phrase, discours)

la risée

the laughing stock

écrouler/s’écrouler

to collapse, fade, crumble, demolish, devastate

l’étain (m)

tin (metal)

éblouir (de)

to dazzle (with), blind

jadis

formerly, in the past

la lessive

undry, washing powder/soap/liquid• un cortège

dans le fond,…

expr. baiscally, fundamentally

la senteur

scent, fragrance (odeur, parfum)

engourdi(e)

numb, sleepy, drowsy

crispé

tense, nervous, on edge; contracted, twitchy, contorted

enfoncer

to push in; to break down (door); to defeat (army)

une gouttière

a gutter

engueuler

to tell off (sb)

un miche

a loaf (bread)

la taille

the waist

à votre/notre/ta guise (f)

just as you/we please/like

une fale

a scab

défouler

unwind, let off steam

la malchance

misfortune, bad luck

nouer

tie, tie up, knot

une cicatrice

a scar

pendre

to hang (exécuter, condamné)

avérer/s’avérer

to prove to be, to turn out to be

à tour de rôle

in turns, successively, in turn

imprévu

adj. qui n’a pas été prévu; qui arrive lorsqu’on ne s’y attend pas

boucher

to block/clog/cork

épouvanter

to terrify, horrify

abîmer

ruin, damage, spoil

le zouave

clown, comdedian

tant bien que mal

as best as one can

yeux cernés

ringed eyes; rings under eyes

à califourchon sur

astride, straddling

secouer

to shake

une cuiller

a spoon

plutôt

rather, instead

engourdir

numb, benumb

décombres (mpl)

rubble, debris, ruins

une papille

a tastebud

trancher

to slice, cut off, chop off

le sentier

a track, path

la cotisation

membership dues/fees

une épicerie

a grocery store

la cheville

the ankle

est-ce que je suis la seule/le seul à trouver ça bizarre ?

am I the only one who thinks this is strange ?

battre la chamade

to beat wildly (coeur)

défricher

to weed, clear out (désherber)

d’ailleurs

moreover, besides, for that matter, incidentally, then, furthermore

guetter

to look out for (surveiller); to threaten

une brindille

a twig

déranger

to disturb, upset, bother

être à même de

to be up to (the task); to be able to (avoir la capacité)

accabler

to devastate, overcome, overpower, to weigh down (with worries, bad news)

une lubie

a whim

une poignée

a door handle

chanceler

to stagger, wobble (threatening/about to fall)

racler

to scrape, scrub

meurtrir

to bruise, wound

assis en tailleur

cross-legged (sitting)

blême

adj. pale, wan

provenir

to come from, arise from

un/une drôle de (qch)

(sth) funny, strange, odd

un ruban

a ribbon

dépasser les bornes

to go too far

les gravats

rubble (from demolition)

une chimère

a wild dream

aigri(e)

embittered

escalader

to climb (over), scale

farouchment

fiercely, doggedly, wild

dénicher (dans)

to dig out (d’un placard), to track down (personne), dig out, unearth

la friche

fallow land, uncultivated land

receler

to contain, hold, receive (stolen items)

les sourcils froncés

frowning (eyebrows gathered)

naguère encore

until recently

(devoir) faire avec

expr. (to have to) make do

en l’occurence

expr. as it happens

ce que je viens de dire n’a aucun sens

what I just said makes no sense

écorcher

to skin, flay

une brouette

a wheelbarrow

un matelas

a mattress

un tiroir

drawer

un bled

a dump, hole, godforsaken place

les souvenirs

memories

cogner

to knock (contre = against), to bang

finaud(e)

wily, cunning

s’améliorer

to improve

étourdir

to stun, daze, overwhelm, make your head spin

insensible

insensitive (emotional and physical)

un coffre

chest, box, trunk

le tombereau

a flatbed (truck)

vieil

adj. old (before a vowel or an non-aspirated ‘h’)

un chevelure

a ponytail

être à l’écart (de)

to be isolated from

les propos

words, remarks

étaler

to spread out (document, drap, tapis); to scatter (éparpiller); to spread

être/sentir à bout de forces

exhausted

une leurre

lure; (figuré) decoy, illusion

se sauver (de)

to escape (from), to run away, to run in the face of danger

poilu

hairy

se rendre compte de

to realize

empoigner

to grab (hold of) (par/au = by)

un ruisseau

a stream, brook

rafistoler

fix, patch up

tenir tête à

to stand up to (sb)

délabré(e)

dilapidated, crumbling, ragged, damaged

se ficher de

to not give a damn/crap about

en guenilles

in rags

la marée

n. tide, wave; a catch (fishing)

un casse-pieds

(familier) pain in the neck (someone is un casse-pieds)

tressaillir

to quiver, wince, start, twitch, vibrate

rauque

hoarse, husky

causer

(familier) to talk

essoufflé

to be out of breath

un poteau

n. a post (architecture)

une enquête (sur)

n. inquiry, investigation (sur = into)

rude

hard, tough, harsh

un tome

a volume

mendier

to beg

trébucher

to stumble, trip, slip up

l’estomac (m)

the stomach

s’insinuer (dans)

to integrate oneself, to creep, to seep

arrondi(e)

round, rounded

(regarder) à la dérobée

(look at) secretly, furtively

le foie

the liver

un pavé

a cobblestone, a large book

bon gré mal gré

like it or not

bégayer

to stammer, stutter

l’éveil

awakening (de nature, dormeur, d’intelligence), dawning

le mal du pays

homesickness

à tout jamais

forever and ever

une gousse

pod (pea), bean (vanilla), clove (garlic)

fondre

to melt

une plaie

a wound, sore, cut

un naufrage

shipwreck

il faut que j’arrête de + infinitif

i have to stop (doing___)

astreindre à

to force sth upon sb; to make sb do sth

ah oui, tout est plus clair d’un coup

ah yes, I understand (all of a sudden/now)

dépérir

to perish, wither, fade, decay, waste away

aller de soi

to go without saying

le mensonge

lying (le principe) (the noun of not telling the truth)

une jointure (1 of 2)

a knuckle (1 of 2)

mordu

bitten

une ruelle

an alleyway, backstreet, narrow street

un sillon (une rainure plus profonde)

a furrow

un point de repère

a point of reference, benchmark, landmark

tendre

to tighten, stretch, extend

(non) dissimulé

(un) hidden, maksed

la netteté

clarity (physical and figurative)

la semelle

sole (shoe), tread (shoe)

une perche

pole

la cervelle

brains (the gooey stuff)

une échelle

a ladder (hierarchy)

quand on parle du loup (on en voit la queue)

speak of the devil

un orteil

a toe

en function de

expr. according to (ex: according to my wishes)

un tas

n. heap, pile (de = of) (invariable, cannot make plural)

se plaindre

to complain

sucer

to suck (also, to go down on)

l’aptitude à

ex: l’aptitude à exprimer des notions complexes

ability to (note the prép)

un mamelon

a nipple

huileux

oily

bondir

to leap, jump, spring

la joue

the cheek

l’embarras (m)

embarassment

une acception

a sense/meaning of a word

naguère

quite recently, not long ago, formerly (autrefois)

s’acharner/acharner

to perservere (s’obstiner)

cru

raw (pas cuit)

un pensionnat

a boarding school

une cuisse

a thigh

ricaner

to snigger, giggle

l’annulaire (m)

ring finger

un aperçu (de)

a glimpse (of)

ballant(e)

dangling

la tempe

n. temple (head)

un ressort

a spring (metal)

une rainure (un sillon très peu profond)

a groove

(utiliter qch) à bon escient

advisedly, wittingly

anéantir

destroy, wipe out, annihilate

apaiser

pacify (person) (calmer), ease, clam, satisfy, soothe

par-dessus

on, on top of, over

sous-jacent(e)

underlying

réduire à néant

to negate

une narine

a nostril

énième

umpteenth

la calvitie

baldness

avancer/aller/chercher à l’aveuglette

to feel one’s way along, to grope for

faner

to wither (plante), fade (couleur), to toss (herbe)

être bien/mal avisé

to be well-/ill-advised; well-informed

un accablement

despondency, depression

du côté de

as for.. (en ce qui concerne…); (this can indicate physical location)

crépu

frizzy (hair)

se précipiter

se dépêcher, to rush at/for, to hurry ; to jump

siroter

to sip

s’en mordre les doigts / se mordre les doigts d’avoir faire qch

to kick yourself for doing/not doing sth

une ficelle

a string

un clin d’oeil

a wink (of an eye)

le squelette

skeleton

en tant que

as/like (a) (ex: to work as an agent)

un recoin

a nook, cranny, recess, corner

émoussé

dull, blunt (une lame)

la convoitise

n. desire, greed (the sin), lust

un rafale

gust (de vent, pluie), flurry (de neige)

frôler

to brush, graze against

cerner

to define (quesiton, problem), to make [sb] out, to determine (personalité, besoins); to outline (figure, dessin

le front

the forhead

mordre

to bite

percevoir

feel (sensation, colors, sounds, emotional sensing of sth)

froncer

to gather (facial features)

se repérer

to get your bearings, find your way

une ampoule

a light bulb

à poil

(familier) stark naked

effaroucher

to frighten (sth) away (personne, animal), (faire fuir)

le chevet

bedside

un manteau

a coat (clothes)

un indice

a hint, clue, sign

un tronçon

a section, part, chunk (lump)(cut from sth)

tout au bout (de)

at the very end (of)

un coussin

cushion

un point de repère

sth that guides or achors (morally, emotionally etc.)

un dépôt

a deposit (bank)

une carapace

a shell (of crustaceans and snails, not eggs or nuts)

j’ai hâte que + subj. / de + ind.

I look forward to/I can’t wait until

éncombré(e)

cluttered, obstructed, blocked, overcrowded

un élan

n. momentum, impetus, enthusiasm, impulse

un antre

a lair, den

manger à sa faim

to eat one’s fill

la taie

pillowcase

épars(e)

scattered

le béton

n. concrete (material)

la scarlatine

scarlet fever

supprimer

remove

je cède

i give up

le crâne

the skull

crisser

(grincer) to squeak, squeal (not animal)

défaillir

to faint

on n’y peut rien

there’s nothing we can do about it

une nuit blanche (ex: j’ai passé une nuit blanche)

a sleepless night

échapper à

escape from

un goûter

a snack

se faire des idées

to get ideas, imagine things

une punaise

bug (insects)

une agrégation

n. degree (college)

trempé (de)

soaked (with)

l’écorce (f)

bark (d’arbre), peel (de fruit), skin (de châtaigne = /ʃɑtɛɲ/ chestnut)

délaissé

adj. deserted (épouse), abandoned, neglected

la pudeur

a sense of modesty; decency; reserve/reticence;  the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

la carence

deficiency, lack (ex: iron deficiency)

entrouvert

half-open, ajar

redouter

to fear, dread (craindre)

un guidon

a handlebar (bike)

advenir

to happen (events), befall

désemparer

to throw (sb) into confusion; cripple/diable (un navire)

entrevoir

to catch a glimpse of, barely see, to make out, to glimpse

le dénouement

outcome, conclusion

lors de

during (pendant), at the time of

une foire

a faire, exhibition, market

jaillir

v. spring, gush, spurt, sprout (water)

enhardir

to grow bolder

une pagaie

paddle (boat)

fredonner

to hum

à même

directly

combler

to fill in (lacunes); to satisfy, fulfill

le tibia

the shin

la chair

flesh (of creature)

un bac

a ferry

la charpente

framework, frame, structure

égayer

to enliven (conversation, soirée), cheer [sb] up, amuse, brighten [sth] up (maison, robe), lighten, brighten (journée, vie)

mettre dans le mille

to hit the ball on the head, hit the bull’s-eye

le lobe de l’oreille

ear lobe

aigu

sharp

minable

wretched, crummy

bruire

to rustle, murmur, whir, swoosh

averti(e)

informed, experienced (avisé)

le moisi

n. mold

une malle

a trunk, chest

un fouillis

a mess, jumble, confusion

une bourrasque

gust, flurry (de vent, neige) (une rafale)

un rivage

shore, coastline

cela n’a rien avoir avec

that has nothing to do with

puiser (qch) dans qch

to draw (sth) from sth

une file

n. queue, line

envoyer qn sur les roses

idiom. to dump sb (not necessarily romantically), to send sb packing

un berceau

a cradle (de bébé)

faire en sorte que + subj / de + ind

expr. to make sure that, to see to it that, ensure

il y a belle lurette que (+ le passé)

it’s been ages since

un dessein

aim, design, intention, plan, intent, scheme (but, projet)

un réverbère

a street light

édenté

toothless

un mensonge

a lie

franchir

to cross (mountain, ditch, barrier)

se figer

to freeze, to become fossilizedfossilized (idéologie, société); to congeal, thicken (sauce), clot (sang)

cela ne se demande pas

that’s not the kind of thing you ask

revenir au même

to amount to the same thing

une cuillère

a spoon

une paume

a palm (hand)

un pantin

a puppet

faire du cinéma

to be dramatic

une flaque (d’eau)

puddle (of water), still water

un banc

a bench

une humeur

a mood

une pelle

a shovel

la trotteuse

second hand (clock)

une sente

footpath

rouillé

rusted

mener à bien

to bring to fruition, to complete sth successfully, to carry through, to bring to successful conclusion, to handle successfully

un acabit

a type, sort (ce mot a un sens dépréciatif, nuance de méfiance ou de mépris)

une déchirure (de)

a tear (of clothing, muscle) (de = in); rupture

la hanche

the hip

à toute allure

at top speed

une pommette

the cheekbone

en guise de

use as (a)… ; un objet qui n’est pas utilisé dans son usage normal

une souche

stump (tree); strain (of a virus; science)

se redresser

to stand up (straight), to sit up (straight), (se mettre debout); (industrie, economie, plante, pays, compagnie) to pick up again, to recover, to get back on its feet

le parquet

wooden floor

une liasse

a bundle, batch, wad

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