Français-23 Flashcards
égrener
shuck, shell, seed; list, say one by one
chapelet
rosary, beads
fric
dough (money), moolah
fac
faculty
ras-le-bol
en avoir ras le bol
gloominess, bleakness, despair
to be really fed up with; be sick and tired of
maintien
upkeep, maintenance; upholding; bearing, deportment;
soutien-gorge
bra
ensevelir
s’ensevelir
bury
bury one self away, hide oneself away
secousses
tremor; jolt, shake-up
précoce
early, mature beyond one’s years; precocious
organismes publics
government agencies
particulier
particular, specific; private individual; own (as in: my own car), personal
amenuiser
thin down; whittle down, diminish, lower
stylo-bille
ball point pen
surgir
appear suddenly; emerge, loom, show up
escadrille
squadron
chef-lieu
administrative center
impitoyablement
ruthlessly, pitiless, merciless
conforter
reinforce, strengthen; reassure, bolster; comfort
comptabiliser
account for; keep a record of
treillis
trellis, mesh; canvas
fouiller
search, rummage through, body search, excavate
enjamber
step over, cross over; span
ruisseau
stream
clous
des clous
être dans les clous
crosswalk; nail; climax, highlight
nothing doing; no way
be right on course; be where we expected to be
épingle
sortir son épingle de jeu
pin; hairpin
emerge unscathed; play your cards right; hold your own
endiguer
dyke, dyke up; contain, restrain
bannir
banish; ostracize, bar, ban, exclude
préjuger de
préjuger
préjugé
anticipate, foresee, predict
jump to conclusions
prejudice, bias
cuvette
basin, bowl
amont
en amont de qch
en amont
uphill
upstream part of [sth]
beforehand, in advance, ahead of time
UMP
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
exsangue
worn out; pale, bloodless
virer
pay by bank transfer; throw out; fire (employment); tack, turn
babord
port, port side
asséner
deal [sth] to, hammer [sth]
subventionner
subsidise
s’envoler
fly away
trône
throne
exemplaire
copy, example, specimen
prétention
ambition, aim, objective; hope; flamboyance; requirements
anéantir
annihiliate, destroy, wipe out; devestate
réseau
grid, network
coutumier
customary, traditional; accustomed
éclairer
light up, illuminate; enlighten
HLM (Habitation á Loyer Modéré)
housing project
départager
decide between, separate, split
postulant
candidate
émouvoir
s’émouvoir
move (emotionally), stir, touch, affect
be moved, be touched, be affected
devancer
get ahead of, get in front of, pre-empt, precede
aventurer
aventurés
risk, chance
safa, adventures
cahute
hut, shack
vague
unclear, vague, fuzzy; wave (ocean)
digues
dyke, seawall, embankment; barrier
fouetter
fouet
whip, flog, lash; beat against; whip up
whip, lash
éclosion
hatching, blooming
affolement
panic, spinning
boussole
perdre le boussole
compass; barometer, indicator, guide
lose your marbles; go gaga
limogeage
dismissal, firing
étreindre
s’étreindre
embrace, hug, clasp
embrace each other, hug each other
dans l’ensemble
overall
argile
clay, malleable
bouc
billy goat; goatee
pommette
cheekbone
saillante
prominent, projecting, protruding
malhonnête
dishonest, indecent, disobedient
élan
run-up, momentum, impetus, (sexual) urge, desire,
ribambelle
flock, bevy; ton, heap
notaires
notary, lawyer, attorney
prud’homme
labor court
paritaire
equal
tonitruante
blaring; booming, thundering
irréductibles
unsolvable, unsimplifiable; hardliner, resolute person
fondre
se fondre
melt, dissolve
merge, mingle
requis
required, stated, requested; labor conscript;
requérir
apply for, call for, necessitate, require
nonchalance
nonchalance, indolence
dissimulation
concealment, hiding, cover up
séquelles
consequences, after-effect; legacy
dilettante
dabbler, amateur, dilettante
preuve
proof, evidence
tournevis
vis
screwdriver
screw
voiture-bélier<>
bélier
ramming car/vehicle<>
ram (the animal); battering ram; Aries (astrological sign)
contraignant
constraining; restrictive
abréger
s’abréger
shorten, abbreviate, abridge, summarize; make [sth] go quickly
be shortened, be abbreviated
gaieté
gaieté de coeur
gaiety, cheerfulness; playfulness; joyfulness
gladly, willlingly, happily
atterrer
atterré
appal, dismay
dismayed, distressed
lampiste
maintenance man, underling
entrave
hinder, hamper
manne
godsend
sorcellerie
sorcery, witchcraft, magic
priver
take away [sth] from [sb]; deprive,
cran
notch, hole, rung
désespérément
desperately
pare-balle
bullet proof, backstop
poitrine
chest, bust, bosom
pan
section, part; side, face (ie of a mountain)
affaisser
s’affaisser
lower;
subside, cave in, sink, slump
chavirer
capsize, sway,
asperger
s’asperger
spray
spray yourself; spray each other