Français-36 Flashcards
retentir
ring out, resound; reververate
cor
horn ( instrument); callus (on foot)
pourvu (:)
pourvu que
endowed, equipped (:)
provided that; let’s hope that
impasse
cul-de-sac, dead end; impass, stalemate; skip, miss out
extrader
extradite
muet
mute, dumb; silent, quiet, mum; speechless, at a loss for words
bout
tip, end, point; piece, length, bit; end, far end, bottom
percuteur
hammer (of a gun), firing pin
cuisine américaine
open-plan kitchen
gargariser qch(:) se gargariser
send [sb] to sleep; (:)
gargle; delight in [sth]
plutôt (:)
ou plutôt
rather, instead, quite, sooner (:)
or more accurately, or rather
pensable
thinkable
SMS (texto)
text, text message
miraculé
a person who has been miraculously cured
gibier
game (animal)
affût
blind (ie duck blind)
cloîtrer
cloister
investir (:)
s’investir
invest (money); surround, beseige, block off (:)
throw yourself into
implanter (:)
s’implanter
implant; establish; (:)
establish yourself, set up shop
surlendemain
two days after, two days later
trempe
thrashing, belting; moral fiber; quenching
apéro
aperitif; pre-dinner drink
confession
confession; belief; persuasion
patrimoine
estate, property; assets; inheritence, heritage
mener
lead; carry out; give [sb] a ride (emmener)
complice
accomplice; partner; knowing (a knowing look)
figure
face (visage)
ride
wrinkle; ripple
au fil de (:)
au fil de l’eau (:)
in the course of, over (:)
in real time, cobstantly updated (:)
scandalisé
shocked, outraged, incensed
piétiner
stamp (one’s feet); shuffle along; not make any headway
crapule
scoundrel, crook, low-life; dishonest
marchand
merchant, shopkeeper
trompe
trunk (elephant); horn (trumpet); horn (fog)
baraque
shack, shanty; dump, hovel; house, pad
rafistolage
makeshift work, patching up
precarisation
casualisation of industry,
baissé le garde
lower your guard
sociétés écrans
paradis fiscaux
front companies
tax havens
pompette
tipsy, merry
étroit
narrow, close; strict
galette
pancake
destitution
deposition
invectiver qqn
curse, insult; heap abuse on; castigate
ornière
rut
compromettre
compromise, jeopardize; incriminate
increvable
puncture-proof, bullet-proof; tireless, relentless
ferraille
ferrailler
scrap iron
sword fight
cogner se cogner (contre qch);
bang, knock;
bang into sth;
intermittent
intermittent, irregular, spordatic; occassional worker
présager
presage, predict, foretell
foncière
ground rent
colza
canola
orge
barley
fendre
chop, split, cleave
gérance
management
injoignable
unreachable, uncontactable
colza
canola
orge
barley
braconnage
poaching
savant
scholar, scientist, savant
caritatif
charitable
balise
marker, beacon (as in aviation)
rase-motte
rase-mottes
low altitude, hedge hopping
low flying
au beau milieu de qch
au beau milieu de la nuit
right in the middle of sth;
in the middle of the night; in the dead of the night
infos
news, update
fisc
tax authorities
flux
flow, incoming tide
béant
gaping hole, wide open
mis en examen;
remis en liberté
indicted, indictee;
release (ie a prisonner)
poule pondeuse
laying hen, layer, good layer
criante
crying, shouting; blatant, flagrant, resounding
contre-la-montre
time trial
bêtise
stupidity, idiocy, mistake, something stupid
fumigène
smoke-bomb, smoke grenade
poteau
post, pole; goalpost; buddy, bud
fleurissant
blossoming, flowering
chenapan
tyke, rascal, scallywag
porte-conteneur
container ship
accrocher-
accrocher sur
hang, hang [sth] up; hook [sth] up-
grip
tranchée
trench, cutting
arrosage
watering, spraying
atout
advantage, attractive feature; asset (to an organiz, etc) virtue
tournoi
tournament
tri
sorting, selecting
crue
rise, rise in water level, spate
bac
bac à glacon
ferry, ferryboat; tray
ice cube tray
jeûne
fast, fasting
essuie
cloth, dish cloth; bath towel
boîte de nuit
night club
Hexagone
France
berge
riverbank, embankment
nerfs
nerves; pep, energy
cortège
cortege, procession
entièreté
entirety, whole of [sth]
fluidifier
make [sth] flow better; liquify; decongest
recrudescence
increase; fresh outbreak, resurgence
transpercer
run through, pierce, pass through
enchainement
chain, series, succession; link, linkage
potiche
porcelain vase; window dressing
