French Vocab 3 Flashcards
at all costs
coûte que coûte
to fire, sack
virer
spit
un crachat
to bury, hide
ensevelir
down below
contrebas
he had left them a free hand, rein
il leur avait laissé le champ libre
to attack
agresser
to gnaw, eat away
ronger
to tinker with
se bidouiller
to trample under foot
piétiner
to lug, drag around
trimballer
to collapse, fall
s’affaler
to come undone, to get rid of, to part with
se défaire
to hide
planquer
gear
les fringues (f)
fire, shoot
tir
coat rack
le portemanteau
to leak out, filter
filtrer
to make do with
se rebattre
marksman, woman
un/une tireur/tireuse
scratch
un rayure
bitch, whore
un salope
to understand
saisir
got it
vu
to end up (fail)
échouer (à)
airlock
un sas
to squeeze up, huddle up
se serrer
dusty
poussiéreux
to struggle
lutter
to collapse, sink
s’affaisser
boarder
un/une pensionnaire
offence
un délit
knock, strike down
terrasser
off the rails
hors rails
Shady going’s on
l’embrouille (f)
to catch
happer
to spit out, cough up
cracher
does that bother you?
ça te gêne ?
compress
un comprimé
to bash up
amocher
badly
salement
to get through
to slaughter, destroy
to knock, pull, bring down
abattre
filthy
immonde
to grow fat
s’engraisser
hovel
un gourbi
to roam around, prowl, wander about
roder
before continuing
avant de reprendre
trial
le procès
lifeless
amorphe
to record, write down, also to confine, give detention
consigner
louvre window
un vasistas
that suits us fine
ça nous arrange
disappointment
une déception
unfinished
inachevé(e)
crazy
cinglé(e)
to chuckle
glousser
parcel
un colis
to shovel
pelleter
crazy
timbré(e)
jaunty, perky
guilleret
negligence
l’incurie (m)
saucer
un soucoupe
to conceal
celer
chuckling
des gloussements
to give somebody notice
donner/signifier son congé à quelqu’un
bastard
un batarde
dirty, soiled
souillé (e)
lost, missing
wild, disturbed
égaré (e)
lost, missing
wild, disturbed
égaré (e)
to atone for
expier
to stick, to put
fourrer
to decipher
déchiffrer
label
une étiquette
swear word
un juron
pile up
un carambolage
they’re dragging their feet
ils traînent la patte
to understand
piger
to kill
dézinguer
together
collé (e)
to make oneself up as
se grimer en
to behave
se conduire
to tame
apprivoiser
to dismiss
démettre
due to
du fait
prison, clink
une taule
to stick one’s hands deep in one’s pockets
fourrer ses mains au fonds de ses poches
toppled over
basculé (e)
condemnation
la dénonciation
pleasure
une jouissance
to get carried away
s’entraîner
to damage, ruin
abîmer
cleanness
la netteté
to run off
se barrer
to tense up
se raidir
to submit
soumettre
to subscribe
souscrire
to stagger
sidérer
signature
un paraphe
to throw out
virer
to stumble
buter
to undermine, damage, infringe, threaten
porter atteinte à
oaf
un cuistre
hitting
atteignant
an infringement of human rights
un atteinte aux droits de l’homme
to fall
s’affaler
horro
l’épouvante
as it happens
pour le coup
to be idle
chômer
to be up to
to fiddle with
trafiquer
pit
une fossa
to coax, cajole
amadouer
abjectness
l’abjection
aboutir
to succeed
highly charged
survolté
leaping
bondissant
to fade, wither
faner
to add, to state, to specify
préciser
to ramble, rave
divaguer
to examine, search, rummage through, dig
fouiller
not to come off
ne pas aboutir
new development
du nouveau
pickpocketing
vol à la tire
to hoist
hisser
to knit one’s brow
plisser son front
an infantryman
un tirailleur
to puff out one’s chest
se rengorger
search
la fouille
to wall in
emmurer
a straw mattress
une paillasse
to silt up
envaser
foul
méphitique
to force/make oneself to do
s’astreindre
to build, line with bricks
maçonner
ordeal
le calvaire
dreadful, terrible
épouvantable
to devote oneself to
se vouer à
to obsess
obnubiler
compass
une boussole
indifference
la cuirasse
nap
un siest
to stretch, to spread out
étendre
to admit (also to suit)
convenir (à)
jolts
les secousses
restless wandering
l’errance (f)
severely lacking
durement défaut
to carry along
charrier
bank
une berge
talkative, eloquent
disert
to suit, to be suitable for
convenir à
inquisitive
fureteur (euse)
I get bored
je m’ennuie
I’m fighting against
je me bats
to hang up/out the washing
étendre du linge
does that suit you?
cela vous convient
to allow oneself
s’accorder
attributable to
imputable à
to fill, stuff
rassasier
well accustomed to
rompu à
trigger
déclencheur
neurotic
névrotique
confinement
la claustration
withdrawal
un repli
except for
hormis
tormented
talonné(e)
cheerful
rieur
to bury
enfouir
to become tame
s’apprivoiser
those locked away
les séquestrées
substantial
consistant(e)
guest
un convive
I will take it into account
j’en tiendrai compte
to fit in
s’insérer
to close in, tighten
se resserrer
timid
craintif (ive)
to shut oneself away
se claquemurer
to set off
déclencher
obsessed by
obnubiler par
chirping
le piaillement
dumped
déversée
to lie about everything
mentir sur toute la ligne
clouding
brouillant
garden spider
une épeire
I’m preparing myself
I’m training
je m’entraîne
knowingly
sciemment
to try hard
s’efforcer
ruin, abyss
un abîme
danger, pitfall, reef
un écueil
to struggle, labour
to sadden, upset
peiner
filling in the gaps
colmatant les brèches
mast
un mât
rotten
avariée
to change radically
to topple over
basculer
grace, smoothness
la souplesse
chasm/ abyss
un gouffre
to swallow, also to clean, renovate
ravaler
plaid, ashen
blême
growling
grondant
right hook
un crochet du droit
to slip away
s’esquiver
to try to
tâcher de
to mutate
muter
well accustomed to
rompue
lair
un antre
I kept my word/my promise
j’ai tenu parole
completely
carrément
luck
la veine
to cheer up
égayer
to manage
se démerder
dread
une hantise
madness
la démence
to manage
se débrouiller
