Harry Potter French

Question 1

drill

Answer 1

perceuse nf

Question 2

They wouldn’t recover/get over (Check with Guillaume)

Answer 2

ils ne s’en remettraient pas

Question 3

horror

Answer 3

épouvante nf

Question 4

to wake up

Answer 4

s’éveiller

Question 5

hum

Answer 5

fredonner

Question 6

to tie/know

Answer 6

nouer

Question 7

light-hearted, playful

in a jovial way

Answer 7

badin

d’un ton badin

Question 8

local gossip

Answer 8

potin nm

Question 9

try hard to do [sth], struggle to do [sth], make an effort to do [sth], do your best to do [sth]

Answer 9

s’efforcer de faire [qch]

Question 10

owl

Answer 10

chouette nf

Question 11

bawl/yell

Answer 11

brailler

Question 12

golden brown, bronze

Answer 12

mordoré

Question 13

be prey to [sth]/be in the grip of [sth]

Answer 13

être en proie à [qch]

Question 14

try your hardest to do [sth]

Answer 14

s’appliquer à faire [qch]

Question 15

giggle/chuckley

Answer 15

glousser

Question 16

bizarre, unusual, out of the ordinary

quirky

Answer 16

insolite

Question 17

to be fooled by/ to be taken advantage by (Check with Guilaume p 9)

Answer 17

se laisser abuser

Question 18

to blink/flicker

to squint

Answer 18

cligner

cligner les yeux

Question 19

banner, sign

Answer 19

écriteau nm

Question 20

reach, get as far as

turn up

Answer 20

parvenir

Question 21

manage to do [sth], manage to make [sth]

Answer 21

parvenir à (faire) [qch]

Question 22

traffic jam

Answer 22

embouteillage nm

Question 23

get-up (outfit)

Answer 23

accoutrement nm

Question 24

to be about/ a matter or/ a question of

Answer 24

s’agir de [qch]

Question 25

to tap your fingers

Answer 25

pianoter

Question 26

wheel, steering wheel

Answer 26

volant nm

Question 27

oddball, eccentric

Answer 27

olibrius nm

Question 28

to whisper

Answer 28

chuchoter

Question 29

emerald, emerald-green

Answer 29

émeraude

Question 30

it could only be that

Answer 30

ce ne pouvait être que ça

Question 31

speechless

Answer 31

bouche bée

Question 32

sharply/roundly

Answer 32

vertement

Question 33

to think of
to think of doing
to daydream

Answer 33

songer à [qch]
songer à faire [qch]
songer

Question 34

stretch your [sth] legs

get the blood flowing to [sth] again

Answer 34

se dégourdir les jambes

se dégourdir [qch]

Question 35

angry

Answer 35

courroucé