Français-26 Flashcards by I R

francilien

from the Île-de-France region

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mouvementée

lively, turbulent; rough, eventful

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agréablement

être agréablement surpris

agreeably to

be pleasantly surprised

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miséreux

On est des miséreux

destitute, poverty stricken

poor person, destitute person

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perturbation

disruption, disturbance; trouble, disobedience, mayhem

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poids lourds

heavyweight

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cariste

fork lift operator, driver

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rocade

bypass, belt-way

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dégager

clear, pull out, remove; unblock, decongest, give, grant

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bizarrerie

oddity, pecularity, anomoly

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tournage

filming, shooting, shoot; turning

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éclairages

lighting

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messagerie

messaging service; delivery service

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agir

s’agir

act, take action, do something; behave; take its course

be a question of something

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déplacement

displacement, moving; travel, trip

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apparat

d’apparat

pomp

ceremonial

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vertigineuse

breathtakingly high, steep or fast

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galèrian

galley slave

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ramer

row, paddle; struggle

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barque

small boat, hull

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tollé

out cry

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sevrer

sevrés

wean, wean [sb] off; deprive [sb] of, cut [sb] off

Sevrés porcelain

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avenant

likeable, affable, appealing; additional clause, amendment

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coquilie

shell; misprint, cup

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limace

slug, snail; sea-slug

maurette

red wine sauce

tunes

money

calcaire

limestone; chalky (rock), hard (water)

précarité

instability, insecurity, hesitancy

prêt

loan

pavé

cobblestone, cobbled; street, road

couramment

commonly, frequently, fluently

venter

be windy

dépriments

depressing

aller au restaurant

eat out

main | main course

principal | plat principal

aguerrir | s'aguerrir

harden, toughen up | get tougher, get harder

rapeller

remind; call back

se tromper

to be mistake, to mess up

se trouver

to happen to be

recroiser

meet again

raïs

Algerian music

perfectionnement

improvement, development, upgrading

heurté heurter se heurter

jerky hit, collide with, run into, bump into encounter, meet with [sth]

apercevoir

catch sight of, glimpse, notice, perceive

assomer

knock out, stun; bore [sb] stiff, bore [sb] to tears, stupefy

affranchir | s'affranchir de

free, emancipate, put a stamp on [sth]; tell, "get the memo" | free yourself from, free yourself of

indisposer

bother, annoy, indispose

maid

femmes de ménage, femmes de chambre, domestique

polémique

controversy, argument

peine capitale | peine de mort

death penalty

au grand dam

to the chagrin

rectorat

Board of Education

gifler

slap, smack, sting

carabiné

raging, ferocious; stinking

engueulade

reprimand

faucher

flatten; mow down, knock down; steal

s'affairer

busy yourself, be busy

dégringolade

fall, tumble; fall from grace, comedown, humiliation, disgrace

coincer se coincer se coincer qch

wedge; corner, nab, catch be caught, get [sth] caught, catch [sth]

attentisme

wait and see attitude

rajouter | en rajouter

add; tag on | rub it on, lay it on thick, over do it

avoirs

assets, holdings

supplier qqn de faire qch

beg [sb] to do [sth], plead with [sb] to do [sth]

doléances

complaints, grievances

grincheux

grumpy, grouchy, cranky

desserte

servicing, service road

calicot

banner

provenir de

come from, originate in, be a product of; arise from, stem from;

maladif

sickly, unhealthy, sickly-looking, pathological

détenteur | détenteur du permis de conduire

sharer | holder of a driver's license

branlante

shaky, wobbly; loose (i.e. teeth)

pâlir

grow pale, fade, die away

émoi

excitement, emotion; commotion, anxiety

de plus belle | coucher à la belle étoile

even more | sleep under the stars

achever | s'achever

finish, complete, finish [sth] off; kill, finish [sb] off | draw to a close, come to an end

corniche

cliff, ledge;

couteaux tirés

fiercely competitive

statuer | statuer sur

rule, decree; give a ruling, pronounce a judgment | rule on, determine

caracoler

turn your horse about; turn about

trimer

slave, slave away, work your fingers to the bone

lambeau

bit, scrap, shred, tatter

proxénétisme

procurement, pimping

renvoi

firing, dismissal; expulsion; return, return to sender;

libertinage

debauchery; libertinism

qualité

quality; occupation, profession

adeptes

followers; member; supporter; enthusiast

fourbir | fourbir ses armes

hone, refurbish | prepare for war

chalumeau

blowtorch

soudage

soldering

ingrédient

ingrediant

châtiment

punishment, penalty; retribution

perdition

distress; debauch

piège

trap

biréacteur

twinjet

extirper | s'extirper de

drag out, pull out; extract | extract yourself from, get out of

financement

financing

miner

mine, place mines; wear down; undermine

faire barrage tir de barrage barrage de la langue

stand in the way of; obstruct barrage language barrier

conducteur

driver, conductor, foreman, supervisor; conductive