G Flashcards
arriver à bon port
to arrive safe and sound
ça peut aller
I’ll get by, I’ll manage
ça peut se faire
it can be done, why not?
la carabine
rifle
le/la carabin(e)
medical student (inf)
carabiné
raging, ferocious
le mal de tête carabiné
pounding headache
se carrer
to settle yourself comfortably
se carrer (qch) quelque part
to stick sth somewhere
la charge de travail
workload
les chaussettes
socks
(le/la) chauve
bald (person)
la chauve-souris
bat
chouette
nice (inf)
la chouette, le hibou
owl
la civilité
manners, politeness; title
les civilités
pleasantries, polite greetings
constater
to note, notice, observe; to record, certify
force est de constater que
it is clear/evident
le constat
report
le constat d’échec
acknowledgement of failure
le constat inquiétant
disturbing observation
un constat s’impose
one thing is certain/clear
dresser un constat
to draw up a report
dresser le même constat
to come to the same conclusion
avoir la dalle, crever la dalle
to be starving
casser la dalle
to have a bite to eat
le casse-dalle
snack
que dalle (fam)
nothing (at all), nowt
ça coûte que dalle
it costs peanuts
défaillir
to faint; to fail
défaillant
deficient, defective, failing; feel faint, be unsteady; inadequate, ineffective, incompetent, inept; insufficient, lacking
la défaillance
misstep, slip, error; failure, breakdown; dizziness; infringement, violation
la défaillance cardiaque
heart failure
la défaillance physique
mechanical failure; physical weakness
déjouer, faire échec à, mettre en échec
to thwart, foil, frustrate; to make sb/sth fail
déjouer un piège
to avoid a trap/pitfall
(se) dissoudre
to dissolve
l’échec (m)
failure
les échecs
chess
rester sur un échec
to dwell on a failure
être en échec scolaire
to underperform at school; to fail at school; to be a school drop-out
être voué à l’échec
to be destined to fail
s’efforcer (à/de faire qch)
to try hard, make an effort, do your best (to do sth)
emménager
to move in; to help sb move in; to furnish
empirer
to get worse; to make sth worse, aggravate, exacerbate
l’engueulade (f)
argument, fight, quarrel, row (inf)
entêter
to give a headache to
s’entêter à faire qch
to persist in doing sth
entraver (qch)
to hinder, hamper; to get it (understand)
le foin
hay; racket (loud noise)
faire du foin
to cause a stir; to make a racket
gâcher
to waste, squander, throw sth away; to spoil, ruin, mess up
le gâchis
waste, misuse
C’est du gâchis!
What a waste!
C’est un beau gâchis!
It’s a real mess!
le gendre
son-in-law
la belle-fille
daughter-in-law
le grand voyageur
frequent flyer
investir à perte
to make a loss on your investment
s’investir dans (qch)
to throw yourself into sth, put a lot into sth, get involved in sth
s’investir dans son travail
to dedicate yourself to your work
le lointain
distance
lointain
distant, remote
dans un avenir lointain
in the distant future
le passé lointain
distant past
le parent lointain
distant relation
faire marche arrière
to back out; to reverse
(le/la) mondain(e)
sociable; socialite, social butterfly
les mondanités
social niceties, small talk; social events
moyennement
averagely, moderately; not much, not really, hardly
neutre
neutral
passablement
reasonably well; quite a lot
peinard
chilled, laid-back; easy, simple, cushy
piger
to get it, understand
ne piger que dalle à (qch)
to not understand a bloody thing about
le pneu
tyre
procurer (qch) à (qn)
to get sth for sb; to bring sb sth
se procurer
to get (hold of), obtain
le renard
fox; cunning person
renommer
to reappoint, re-elect; to rename
renommé
renowned, famous
la renommée
reputation
faire la renommée de (qch/qn)
to make (sth/sb) famous, be the reason for (sth/sb’s) fame
le rhume
cold
attraper un rhume
to catch a cold
le rhume carabiné, vilain rhume
bad/nasty cold
le rhume des foins
hay fever
Ça roule?
How are things? How’s it going?
Ça roule!
All good! I’m good! That works!
le séisme
earthquake
le sosie
spitting image, doppelganger
(le) superflu
unnecessary (things)
tenace
stubborn; tenacious, persistent, persevering; (long-)lasting
le tournant
corner, bend; turning point, watershed
tousser
to cough
la toux
cough
l’accès de toux
coughing fit
trouer
to make a hole in, tear, pierce; to stagger, astonish (inf)
troué
with holes in it; ripped (jeans)
