Happy Meal Short Story Vocab Flashcards

(37 cards)

1
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bougonner

A

to grumble, grouch

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2
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s’offusquer, se vexer

A

be offended

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3
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offusquer, vexer

A

to offend

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4
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piquer du nez

A

make a nosedive

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5
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baisser la tête

A

lower the head (in shame)

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6
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un haut-le-coeur

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a retching, gagging

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7
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la nausée

A

nausea

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8
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le graillon

A

the smell of burnt grease

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9
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trépigner

A

to stamp your feet enraged

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10
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le dédain, le mépris

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contempt, scorn, disregard

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11
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dodeliner

A

sweetly bob head, shake head, nod

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12
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gracile

A

slender

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13
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déglutir

A

to swallow

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14
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avaler

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to swallow, eat, take

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15
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saugrenu

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crazy, absurd

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16
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minauder

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to mince, walk delicately in order to seduce

17
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preux

A

heroic, courageous

18
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valeureux

19
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le pépiement

A

twittering, tweeting, chirping

20
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un oiseaux

21
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un bouquiniste

A

second-hand bookseller

22
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d’occasion

23
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glisser

24
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soulever

25
étonner
to surprise
26
le pardessus
coat
27
prometteur, prometteuses
promising
28
hausser
to increase, raise
29
un épaule
a shoulder
30
Je suis ému
I'm touched
31
émouvoir
to move, touch, affect
32
allonger
to lay, stretch out
33
nacré
pearly
34
un ongle
a fingernail
35
une libellule
drangonfly
36
radoter
ramble
37
un ringard
unfashionable person