Français-38 Flashcards by I R

incitation

incitement, encouragement, promoting

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calé

être calé à qch

tough, quite a job; thawed

be good at [sth]

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plaisanterie

plaisanter

funny comment, joke, banter;

joke around, tease, mess around

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goutte d’eau

drop of water

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c’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

that’s the last straw

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cracher

cracher su

spit

sput on; turn your nose up at

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omerta

code of silence

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graveleux

coarse, smutty, salacious

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engendrer

conceive, create; engender; beget

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terreau

compost; furtile ground,

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savourer

savor, enjoy, relish

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évincer

oust, depose; topple, disinherit

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fomenteur de trouble

agitator, firebrand, trouble maker

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débolonner

unbolt; oust

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pourchasser

hunt down, pursue, hound; do battle with

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opiniâtre

persistent, unrelenting, obstinate, stubborn

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attraper

catch, capture

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scintillant

sparkling, twinkling, glittering

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jaillir

spring, gush, spurt, sprout; suddenly come to mind,

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pupille

pupil (eye), lens; ward, orphan

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éblouir

dazzle, bedazzle, overwhelm

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oubli

oversight; memory lapse; forgetfullness; oblivion

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souder

weld, solder; knit, mend; bring together; bond

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cicatrice

scar

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immiscer

involve; interfere, meddle

séropositif

HIV-positive person

encaisser

box, pack; pay in, bank; enclose; put up with

moquerie

teasing, mocking

arroser

water (plants), sprinkle, spray, hose

asperger | s'asperger

spray | spray/splash yourself

profaner

profane, desecrate, violate

déese

goddess

glousser

giggle

matinal

morning

curer | se curer

scrape [sth] out; scrape [sth] clean | pick (ie nose)

persiennes

shutters

millénaire

millenium, thousand years; ancient

graver

carve, engrave, etch; burn (a cd)

nasse

fishing trap, lobster pot

gastronomique

gastronomic

mouvementée

eventful

délirant

exuberant

limogeage

superseding; dismissal

affolant

worrying, frightening

putsch

coup d'état,

refouler

retreat, push back, suppress

retombées

consequences, aftermath, fallout

abasourdi

stunned, taken aback

régie

public company; management, stage management; | control-room

exigu

cramped; confined

éparpiller | s'éparpiller

scatter, divide, share, spread | spread yourself

capote

condom; soft-top from a convertible

capote

condom; soft-top from a convertible

imprévue

unforeseen

ruisseau | ru

stream | rivulet

soubresaut

convulsion, spasm

gaze | pansement

gauze | dressing (gauze), band-aid

mise à mal

undermined

bourrer | se bourrer

stuff, fill | get: drunk; slosshed; wasted; smashed; pissed

froncer

frown; gather (ie a skirt)

foncer

darken; have drive; hurry

éreintant

exhausting; back breaking

ovationner

give [sb] a standing ovation

colistier

running-mate

enrouer; | rauque

make [sth] hoarse; | hoarse

surpoids

over weight

caritatif

charitable

douteux

doubtful; unlikely; dubious

séduisante; | attirant

attractive, charming; enticing, tempting; | attractive, alluring

immuable

unchangeable, immutable

chouette

owl; nice ("neat"); great

non marqué; | banalisé

unmarked paper money; | unmarked police car

gringalet

weakling, wimp, puny

plaie

wound

flanc

side, flank

patte

leg (human), paw (cat, dog), hoof (cow); dish cloth

débiter

cut (meat), slice; make [sth], put [sth] out (ie manufacture)

dépecer

cut sth up, carve sth up, chop sth up; rip sth apart

costaud

strong, tough

vestiaire

cloak room, locker, locker room

crépuscule

twilight, dusk

falot

colorless, bland; lantern; military court

échiquier

chessboard; exchequer

à la sauvette | vendeur à la sauvette

in a rush; secretly; illegally | street vender

portuaire

port

heure de pointe

rush hour

rétribution

remuneration; pay, wage

franchir le pas

take the plunge; go for it

recrudescence

increase; outbreak, resurgence

braconnage

poaching (of animals)

faune

fauna (wildlife)

collé | colle

stuck, glued | glue, adhesive, paste

sillonner

travel, roam, traverse

rayure

stripe, band; scratch, scrape, scuffmark

portière

door, car door

embrasure

door frame, window frame

nonchalamment

casually, nonchalantly

boutoir

snout; hoof knife

effroyable

dreadful, frightful, appalling