L'étranger - le meutre Flashcards
amasser
to amass or to accumulate
se secouer
to shake itself
gâchette
trigger
dégouter
disgust; find it disgusting, to lose one’s taste for;
se dégouter = to get sick of
canotier
boater
appuyer
to lean on/against/something else on; to support or to back, to press on
chalutier
a fishing boat used for trawling.fish with a trawl net or seine : the boats trawled for flounder | [as n. ] ( trawling) restrictions on excessive trawling were urgently needed.
• [ trans. ] catch with a trawl net.
• sift through as part of a search : they trawled through twenty-five-year-old confidential files | [ trans. ] he trawled his memory and remembered locking the door.
• [ trans. ] drag or trail (something) through water or other liquid : she trawled a toe to test the temperature.
léger
light, slight, delicate
cueillir
to pick, to gather, to catch
cueillir à froid = hand pick
coller
to stick, to seal, to stick up, to shove, to be sticky
tailladée
slashed - taillader : to slash
se taire
to fall silent, to be quiet, to shut up
sourcils
eyebrows (sans sourciller - without batting an eyelid, without frowning (literally) or raising an eyebrow)
fuir
to flee from, to avoid, to run away, to leak
bagarre
fight, a brawl
adossé
leaning against, backed against, built against
congé
holiday, time off, a leave
mine
an expression or look (elle avait une mine fatiguée), appearance, a coal mine
ivresse
drunkenness, intoxication
épée
sword
poing
a fist: coup de poing - a punch; faire le coup de poing - to start a fight; arme de poing - handgun
assourdir
to deafen, to muffle
mouiller
to wet, to add liquid to, make more moist, se mouiller - to commit oneself
surchauffer
to overheat
