Français-27 Flashcards
outrance
excess, outrageousness
crispations
twitching, tensing, contracting; tensing, state of tension
tenailles
pliers; pincers
faucon
falcon, hawk; hawk (war)
noeud
knot; bow; junction, node;
fendre
se fendre
split, chop, cleave
crack, be split
âprement
closely, bitterly
concevoir
design, design, come up with; understand, appreciate;
tomber dans en guet-apens
fall into a trap
moine
monk, hermit,
cotoyer
rub shoulders with; mix with; stand alongside [sth]
boucler
be curly, curl; close off cordon off; complete, settle, put an end to
paysage
landscape, scenery; view, panorama, overview
feux d’artifices
fireworks
raquette
racket (tennis), snowshoe;
évoluer
progress, develop; change, evolve; play, perform;
lecteur
reader ( one who loves to read); i.e. a DVD;
maison d’édition
publishing house
au détail
retail
ludique
fun, playful, play
soupape
valve, plug
tambour
drum (musical); revolving (door)
flouer
swindle
démarcheur
door-to-door sales rep, door-to-door sales
contrer
block (ie a punch), counter (plans)
fuyant
sits-on-a fence, evasive; elusive; receding; weak
pudiquement
modestly, decorously, discreetly
déchiffrer
decipher, decode, sight- read
brio
brilliance, verve, panache
battre
se battre
bat
beat, hit, defeat
fight each other, fight one another
(slang) a joint (pot); pétard
confession
confession, admission; faith, denomination
grâce
grace, charm; gracefulness; pardon, mercy
reposante
relaxing
rèciproque
mutual, reciprocal; vice versa
engelures
chilblain-an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or hands) to cold
haut-de-gamme
gamme
top of the range, high end, premium service, upscale
scale, range
salement
messily
apostats
apostate: someone whose beliefs have changed and who no longer belongs to a religious or political group
septentrionale
northern
décrire
describe,
steppe
steppe
one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia;
arid land with xerophilous vegetation found usually in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil
talonné
talonner
followed
spur; followon [sbs] heels; hound; torment
loufoque
zany, madcap; wild, bizarre, crazy
clos
clore
enclosed plot; enclosed, closed
close off, fence off
arpenter
survey, stride along, stride across
comédienne
actor
à la fois
bien de fois
both, at the same time, at once
many times over
emmerdeur
nuisance, pain in the neck/ass
trousse
pencil case (school); bag, case (makeup)
filou
crook, imp, rascal
obscurantisme
obscurantisme: opposition to the spread of knowledge : a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public; a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness
rigolard
pour rigoler
grinning
for fun, for the fun of it
rapt
kidnappng, abduction
pratique courante
courant
common practice
common, commonplace; everyday, ordinary; current
assainissement
clean-up, cleanup operation, purification, sanitation; stabilization
veston
jacket
assimilé
assimiler
assimilated, understood; equivalent; absorbed; integrated
assimilate, integrate, digest
supercherie
fraud, confidence trick
monnayer
make money out of; give [sb] change for; sell, trade
dégâts
damage; injury; harm
prendre fin
toucher à sa fin
expire, end
come to an end, near the end, draw to a close
biais
crooked (as a picture), askew, aslant, not straight/level
tancer
scold, reprove, admonish
abrogation
repeal, abrogation
atteindre
get to, reach; attain, achieve, meet; harm, touch, affect
fronde
revolt; sling-shot
fougère (plante de sous-bois)
fern
empiéter
impinge, encroach upon,
atterrer
atterrées
dismay, appal
dismayed, distressed
excentré
way out of the center
auditeurs
listeners; audience; auditor
dédommager
compensate, indemnify; pay [sb] damages for [sth]
fédérer
unite, group, federate
numérique
numerical; digital, digital technology
parapher
initial, signed
compagne
partner, companion
lettonne
Latvian
embourgeoisement
gentrification
congé
leave, take time off, vacation; notice, resignation
résiliation
cancellation, termination
étayer
support, hold up, prop up
lenteur
slowness
fioul
heating oil, fuel oil
feuille de route.
roadmap
piétiner
stamp (as, one’s feet); get nowhere, make no headway
hantise
obsessive fear; obsession
trajet
journey, flight, ride
superficie
area, surface area; outward appearance
provenance
en provenance de
origin, source
from, coming from
recrue
recruit, recruitement
Romand
inhabitant of French speaking Switzerland
Alémanique
a group of dialects spoken in Switzerland, Germany and Austria
rivalités
rivaliser
rivalry, competion
rival, compete
touareg
Tuareg (African group)
dessus
au-dessus de
au-dessus de la moyenne
top, back (the back); upstairs, on it (ie, sat on it)
above, over, higher than
above average
dessous
underneath, on the bottom, below, downstairs; underware, undies
navigateur (navigatrice)
seafarer, sailor, navigator; browser (internet)
nageuse, nageur
swimmer
dépassement
overtaking, passing; overcharging, overspending, overspend
vertement
vivaciously