GESTURE AND MOVEMENT Flashcards
to approach
s’approcher de
to be in constant motion
être sans cesse en mouvement
to be restless
ne pas se tenir en place
to bustle about, move about, fidget
s’agiter
to change places
changer de place
to circulate; go the rounds (news); move (vehicles); move along (crowd )
circuler
circulation, movement, spread, traffic flow
la circulation
to clear (obstacle); cross, step across; cover (distance)
franchir
clearing, crossing
le franchissement
crossing
la traversée
to fly over
survoler
to follow
suivre
gait, walk
la démarche
to get going
se mettre en marche / se mettre en mouvement
to go across
traverser
to go round
contourner
to move
bouger
to move away from
s’éloigner de
to move, be displaced; move around; travel
se déplacer
to move, shift, displace
déplacer
movement, shifting, displacement, transfer
le déplacement
pace
l’allure (f )
to pass by
passer devant
to pass near
passer près de
posture
la posture
to precede
précéder
propulsion
la propulsion
restless, fidgety
agité
restlessness
l’agitation (f )
to set out
se mettre en route
to stir, fidget
remuer
trajectory
le trajectoire
to turn round
se retourner
Balance and imbalance
L’équilibre
to be steady on one’s feet
être bien campé sur ses jambes
to be unsteady on one’s feet
être mal assuré sue ses jambes
to limp, hobble
clopiner, boiter
to limp slightly, have a slight limp
boitiller
to mount
enfourcher
to oscillate, sway
osciller
oscillation, swaying
l’oscillation
to sag at the knees, quake at the knees
flageoler
to sit aside, straddle
chevaucher
to somersault
faire la culbute
to stagger, sway
chanceler, tituber
to straddle
monter à califourchon
to stumble, trip
trébucher
to sway
vaciller
swaying
le balancement
to tip up, tip out
faire basculer
to topple, fall over
basculer
unsteadiness, swaying, wobbling, faltering
la vacillation
unsteady, shaky
vacillant
The speed
La vitesse
to accelerate
accélérer
to be on the run
être en cavale
to bum around
glander
to burst in
faire irruption dans
to bustle about, fidget
s’agiter, s’empresser
caper
la cabriole
to caper, cavort
cabrioler
to chase
poursuivre
to clear off, scarper
prendre le large, ficher le camp, se cavaler
to clear out, decamp
décamper
to creep into
se glisser dans
to dash
s’élancer
to dash by, make off
filer
to dawdle, idle
muser, musarder
to flit about, flutter about
voltiger
to gambol, caper
gambader
to go for a jaunt, mooch about
baguenauder
to hang about, loiter
se trainer
to hop about
sautiller
to hurry
se dépêcher, se hâter
to hurry up, get a move on, get one’s skates on
se grouiller
to hurry, rush
se précipiter
to leap, spring
bondir
to loiter
s’attarder
to make off, scamper
détaler
to make one’s way towards
s’acheminer vers
to march
marcher au pas
to mill about
grouiller
to prowl
rôder
to quicken one’s pace
hâter le pas
to quicken one’s step, speed up
presser le pas
to quicken, speed up
accélérer
to rove around
vadrouiller
to run as fast as one can, run like the wind
courir à toutes jambes, courir à perdre haleine
to run away
s’enfuir
to run flat out
courir à bride abbatue
to run up
accourir
to saunter
flâner
to shuffle
traîner les pieds
to slip
glisser
to slip away
filer à l’anglaise
stride
une enjambe’e
to stride
marcher à grand pas
to stroll
déambuler
to strut
se pavaner
to sway one’s hips
remuer les hanches
to take off, clear off, skedaddle
détaler
to take one’s heels
prendre ses jambes à son cou
to thrash about, struggle
se démener
to trot
trotter
to wander
errer
to work one’s way in, wriggle one’s way in
s’introduire
to worm one’s way into
s’insinuer
Gait
La démarche
to hobble along, limp along
aller clopin-clopant, clopiner
rolling gait
une démarche chaloupée
to sway one’s hips
se déhancher
swaying walk
le déhanchement
to waddle
se dandiner
waddling
le dandinement
Impact
L’impact
to beat
rosser
to brush against, skim
friser, frôler
to bump into
bousculer
bumpy, rough
cahoteux
to collide with, cannon into
caramboler
collision
la collision/le téléscopage
to concertina
se téléscoper
contact
le contact
to crash, run into
emboutir
to graze, scrape, skim
raser
to hit
taper
impact, shock, crash, smash
le choc
jerky
saccadé
jolt, bump
le cahot
to jolt; buffet
cahoter
jolting, bumping
le cahotement
to knock against, bump into
heurter
to knock, hammer, thump
cogner
light touch, light contact
le contact léger/le frôlement
multiple crash, pile up
le carambolage
to overturn, knock over
bouleverser, renverser
to ram into, crash
tamponner
to roll, bang about; bounce, toss, bob; loll
ballotter
