History 1 - Sheet1 Flashcards
adjoint au chef
assistant head
marquant
significant, notable
le bourreau
executioner, torturer
la plume
feather, nib, pen
décerner
to award
la ouvrage
work, piece of work
insubmersible
unsinkable
inflenchir
to change the course of
quel
who, what
quelle que soit
whatever
ce sont
they are
le tourment
torment
la ascendance
ancestry
la escrime
fencing
effréné
wild
en tant que
as
ressortir
to go out again, stand out
la epreuve
test, trial, proof
la témérité
rashness
étonnant
surprising
davantage
more
à l’aube
at the dawn
somnolent
drowsy, sleepy
le trublion
trouble maker
changeant
fickle
la imprudence
carelessness
éphémère
fleeting
que
that
celui que
the one that
inexorablement
inexorably
le marine de guerre
navy
le port d’attache
home base
redoutable
formidable
le mazout
oil
aeronaval
air and sea
ecoutes
listening
la folie
madness
le échec
failure
pourtant
yet
impitoyable
merciless
avant
before
maladroit
clumsy
assez
stop
ne … guère
scarcely
la calamité
disaster
l’étalon-or
the gold standard
son
his
en avant
forward
le char
cart, tank
la querelle
quarrel
aisément
easily
la viticulture
wine growing
implanter
to establish, implant
entier
whole, entire
inspirer
to inspire, breathe in
la antienne
chant
rabâcher
to harp on, keep on repeating
la vertu
virtue, quality
la rage
rabies, rage, fury
le aller
outward journey, one way ticket
à l’encontre de
against, counter to
la âme
soul
satané
damned
pencher
to tilt, to lean
le savant
scientist
savant
scholarly, learned
le os
bone
sans os
off the bone
la chair
flesh
en chair et en os
in the flesh
doré
gold, golden
laïque
secular
les vieillards
old people, the elderly
franc-comtois
from Franche-Comte
très lié avec
very friendly with
le souvenir
memory, souvenir
avec mes affectueux souvenirs
with love from
initier
to initiate
notable
noteworthy, notable
la forme
form, shape
hors pair
oustanding
toucher
to touch, affect, concern
le desiderata
requirements
puis
then, next
et puis
and then
gagner qn
to win sb over
la soutenance
viva
faire une communication sur
to give a paper on
au grand dam de
much to the annoyance of
s’ingénier à faire
to strive to do
le ver à soie
silk worm
la sériciculture
silkworm farming
sain
healthy, wholesome
congénères
fellow
valoir
to hold, apply, to be worth
le chevalier
knight
nommer
to call, name, appiont
maîtriser
to control, master, bring under control
entraîner
to pull, carry along, drag, lead
spontané
spontaneous
ça va barder
sparks will fly
la éprouvette
test tube
imbattable
unbeatable
rebuter
to put off
le precepte
precept
le rouget
red mullet
le bétail
livestock, cattle
décimer
to decimate
remanier
to rework, revise
autant
so much, so many
le baignore
bath, bathtub
le éleveur
livestock breeder
populaire
working class, popular, mass (modifier)
empirique
empirical
la variole
smallpox
affoler
to throw in to a panic
angoisser
distress, worry, fret
la moelle
marrow, pith, core
atténuer
to alleviate, ease, reduce, lighten
la plupart
most, most of them
la pression
pressure, beer
s’emparer de
to grab, seize
outre-Atlantique
across the Atlantic, in America
briguer
to seek
acharnement
fierceness, relentlessly
le brevet
patent
révéler
to show, disclose
étouffant
stifling
tardif
late, late in developing
doter
to give a dowry, to endow
sous-marin
submarine, underwater
le paquebot
liner
vecu (pp of vivre)
to live
vécu
real-life
le cratère
crater
afficher
to put up, to post, display
émettre
to give out, emit, transmit, express
le engouement
passion
faiblir
to weaken, dim
peaufiner
to polish
la gestuelle
body language
par
by, with, out of, through
le rang
row, rank
indigne
unworthy
la folie
madness, insanity
le bain
bath
pur
pure, undiluted
bouleversant
distressing, shattering
bouleverser
to overwhelm, to shatter
la chose
thing
nul
no, null, non existent
nul autre
no other
match nul
draw
la ampleur
scale, size, extent
incarner
to embody, personify, play
convoquer
to convene, summon
répondre
to answer, reply
trier
to sort out, select, sort
loufoque
crazy, zany
entretenir
to maintain, support, sustain
dès
from
surexposer
to overexpose
le pénombre
half-light
nulle part
nowhere
la énigme
riddle
tiers
third
le tiers
third party
ailleurs
elsewhere, somewhere else
dépeindre
to depict
déclassé
reclassification,
déclasser
to decommission, relegate
raté
unsuccessful, failed
le raté
failure
répandu
widespread
en dehors
outside, outwards
celui-ci
this one
celles-ci
these ones
tracer
to draw, write
la revanche
revenge
en revanche
on the other hand
recaler
to fail
grandiloquent
bombastic
celui qui
the one that
aboutir
to lead to, end up at
déchoir
to lower os, to demean
la refonte
reworking
la norme
norm, standard
la spéculation
speculation
travestir
to mispresent
tromper
to deceive, cheat on
me = myself (me)
myself
te = yourself (you)
yourself
se = himself/herself (him/her)
himself/herself/itself
nous = us
us
vous = you guys/them
you guys/them
