La Lecture Flashcards
Le Blocus
blockade
Secourir (adj. secouru)
to save, rescue
débarquer
to unload, disembark
Le saccage
vandalizing, trashing
l’avant-veille (fem.)
two days prior, the day before yesterday
avoir failli faire (exp: les choses ont failli mal tourner)
almost did, nearly did, all but did
un torchis
cob
Caler
to wedge in place; to stall (car)
Sommaire
basic (simple, elementary); summary
un bilan
assessment, appraisal; checkup (medical)
Manquer + infinitif
to almost do something
le bilan carbone
carbon footprint
un déplacement
trip, movement; transfer
Donner tort à
to rule against
Un Tort
wrongdoing, harm
chichement
frugally, sparingly
Héberger
to accommodate, host
d’occasion
second-hand, used
le réconfort
comfort
le remède
medicine, cure
la corvée
chore, drudgery, duty
la flotte
fleet; (familier) rain, water
un complice
accomplice, partner
un clin d’oeil complice
a knowing wink, conspiratorial wink
un tricheur
cheat
un condé
(argot) cop
inébranlable
unshakeable, resolute
pudique
modest, prudish; discreet
un divertissement
show, entertainment
Barboter
to splash around; (familier) swipe, pinch
traquer
to track, hunt down
Décaler
to move, shift; reschedule
exprès
on purpose, intentionally
un flatteur
flatterer
un/une Lâche
coward
un plaqué
veneer
Prévu
anticipated, planned
une auberge
hostel
la traversée
crossing, driving through
le cadrage
framing, composition
Trimbaler
to lug around
Maléfique
evil; baleful (look)
Chanceux
lucky
las, lasse
weary
Fugace
fleeting, momentary
grouillant (de)
teeming (with), swimming (with)
un ver
worm; computer virus
Passionner
to interest, excite
éveiller
to wake,
un mets
dish
soûler
to get drunk; (familier) to have had enough of
importuner
to disturb, bother
un(e) citadin, citadine
city-dweller, city slicker
Proscrire
to forbid; (littéraire) banish
accabler (de)
to overwhelm, heap on
Gueuler
(familier) to cry, shout
âpre
rough, lumpy; harsh
emmerder
to piss off; bore
Or
but, yet; well, now
Inculte
uncultivated, uneducated
irrespirable
unbreathable, stifling
la lourdeur
weight, heaviness; awkwardness; dullness
titiller
to titillate, pique, excite
Enlacer
to embrace, take in your arms
La Croûte
crust; scab
irréfléchi
thoughtless; irrational
un festin
feast
Péter les plombs
(familier) to lose it, blow a fuse
funeste
gruesome, macabre
minable
wretched, pathetic, hopeless
Alors Que
when, while; even though; whereas
un pot de départ
farewell party/drinks
ne plus être d’actualité
yesterday’s news, no longer topical
d’actualité
topical, relevant
enjoué
cheerful, happy
déluré
cheeky, smart ass
atemporel
timeless
