HP Vocabulary Flashcards
L’attaché-case
Briefcase (m)
La carte routière
Road map
La plaque
Sign
Les écriteaux
Writings, signs (m)
(Vert) émeraude
Emerald green
La fierté
Pride
Quiconque
Anyone, whoever, nobody (depends on context)
Les sornettes
Twaddle, poppycock; something or someone looked down upon in disdain (f)
La perceuse
Drill
La taille
Height or dimension
Les clôtures
Fences (f)
Convaincre
Persuade
L’épouvante
Horror (f)
S’éveiller
Awaken
Fredonner
Hum
(Ton) badin
Jovial, as in describing one’s tone
Les potins
Local gossip; may also mean noise (m)
Les poumons
Lungs (m)
L’hulotte
Tawny owl (f)
Mordoré
Golden brown or bronze
Glousser
Cluck, as in a chicken; chuckle
Insolite
Bizarre
Tigré
Tabby or striped, as in a cat
Cligner
Blink (one’s eyes)
L’embouteillage
The bottling of a liquid; a traffic jam (m)
Les accoutrements
Outfits, usually in a derogatory tone (m)
Pianoter
To tap one’s fingers (on piano keys, surfaces, or screens)
Le volant
Steering wheel
Les olibrius
Eccentrics (m)
Se chuchoter
Whisper (to oneself)
Les hiboux
Owls (m)
