La resistance Flashcards
take a census of, enumerate
recenser
recently, we had a censur in this area
sphere, area
l’aire
darken, obscure, cast a gloom over
assombrir
his sombrero casts a gloom over our laughter
to be convenable, opportune, fashionable
etre de mise
this miss is fashionable, opprtune that i know her
clear, neat, distinct (adv. - outright)
net
that was an outright let!
rehash, revive, drag up
remettre sur le tapis
we have to drag up tap dancing onto tables again
put on the table, bring to the fore
mettre sur le tapis
spray can
une bombe aerosol
turn a spray can into a bomb!
guardianship, supervision
la tutelle
you tutor elle how to live
to anchor
ancrer
siginificant
significatif
protective
protecteur
swastika
la croix gammée
the cross if it was gammed and then pooped out again
to amputate
amputer de
operation, running of, cultibation
la exploitation
soap
le savon
save on not buying soap; stink
commodity, merchandise, foodstuff
la denrée
then, commodities were rare
fasten, complete
boucler
fasten your curly seatbelts
mark off, restrict
borner
since we are born, we are restricted by our gender
trowel
la houlette
who let the nazi have a trowel?
redemption, buyback
le rachat
predominance
la prépondérance
the predominance of pondering is a good characteristic to have
track, hunt
la traque
grant, bestow
octroyer
i grant upon yer eight octopuses
subtract
soustraire
he betrayed me, now i subtract his sum of sous
hide from, shield
soustraire a
hide the traitor under a pile of sous
one swallow does not make a summer
une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps
shortly
prochainement
save the day, someone’s skin
sauver la mise
save the miss
be on top form
avoir la frite
these frites are going to get me in top form
fertility
la fécondité
fertilitey depends on the condiments you eat, they dit
rasping, squeaky
grinçante
this grinning, healthy aunt has a squeaky voice
budgie, parakeet
la perruche
pernatyj budgie made into a peluche after death
jewelerry, finery
la parure
lure children into the park using fine jewellry not a good idea
polish, shine
astiquer
polish your egg tiquer using your ass
accomodate, take in
héberger
take in tilly berger
arouse, awaken
éveiller
that veil arouses suspicion that you are a man
resisting, defiant, unwielding
réfractaire
refracts all your atempts to brun them with light
memeber of the resistance
maquisard
shift, transfer, mutate
muter
fall sharply, slump, tumble down (colloq)
dégringoler
he feel from the ring because he’s a goalie not a boxer, degrading
cheer up
dérider
cheer me up by deriding tony abbott
accomodation
le accomodement
vise, clamp
le étau
states try to use a vise to clamp down on the price of water; screwing rivers together
narrow, become stronger, tighten
se resserrer
winegrower
vigneron
ron becomes a winegrower
feudatory, sharecropper (tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop)
métayer
i grow metal on my factory, does that mean i have to give metal to yer
drunkedness, exhilaration
la ivresse
lavish, give lots of
prodiguer
prodigy kid lavished with praise, but became a digger during la guerre
throw somebody into confusion
désemparer
throw someone into confusion by deserting emma and throwing a pear at her
dispatch, send
expedier
dispatch someone to look at expedia prices
assembly, gathering
le rassemblement
barn
la grange
hermione granger hiding out in a barn
comic
cocasse
heel
le talon
he’s a tall one in heels
commotion, turmoil
le branle-bas
caused a commotion by throwing bran in the bas etage
nip in the bud
étouffer dans l’oeuf
we have to strangle evil chicken in the egg
pelvis, pond
le bassin
i base my bass playing in the strength of my pelvis - can even play in a pond
refuelling
le ravitaillement
scrub, thicket
le maquis
pram
le landau
land grenade landed strates au the pram
to divide up, partition
cloisonner
cloe moretz divides her sounds beweetn intereviews
harmless, inncuous
anodine
sweing machine
la machine a percer
percey can’t even use a seqing machine himself, has to ask his mother
clock
la pendule
wavering, fluctuation
un flottement
the gloating paper boat wavered for a moment,but came back up to surface
decorate with flag
pavoiser
pals decorated their nazi voisin’s house with french flags
surprised, blissful
béat
suprised at hearing this beat, but blisful
bloom, thrive
fleurir
rosette, cockade (french)
la cocarde
my cock goes hard when i see a rosette
tommy gun
la mitraillette
french military academy
saint-Cyr
provisions
la victuaille
i’ll evict you for stealing all the chicken wing provisions, colonel sanders
cornerstone
pierre angulaire
pierre’s philosphy cornerstone is to be an angel in the lair
leaflet, pamthplet
le tract
spread leaflets by driving around in a tractor
file (nail)
la lime
file your finger with a lime
renounce, give up
abjurer
the jury renounces their job, it’s too hard to make a judgement on what brings out abs
disown
renier
rudolf the red nosed reindeer disowned by santa claus after becoming too famous and going into hrd drugs
go back on everything you’ve stood for
se renier
rudolf goes back on veerything he stands for by takning cocaine
prison bar
le barreau
surely we can crack this prison bar open with enough water
sea buckthorn
agrousier
establish, set up
mettre sur pied
I established a fungal colony on my foot
herbal tea
le tisane
herbal tea makes me sane
bolster (long ornamental pillow for sofa)
traversin
companion, mate
la compagne
stamp
le timbre
stamps made of timber aren’t a very good idea
support, co-operation
le concours
treasure, thesaurus
le trésor
give his laft breath
rendre son dernier souffle
textile mill
la filature
fill the voiture with textiles; robbing a textile mill
monthly
mensuel
scout
éclaireuse
scout lights the way for other to use
frame, bed
bâti
ugly betty tied to a bed frame in a hotel room
pinprick
coup d’épingle
harbor, conceal
receler
conceal your recipe for celery from the nazis
catch a glimpse of, make out
entrevoir
just make something out between the two uildings
pitfall, snare
la embûche
emma’s mouth is a snare; her voice is her pitfall
breath
la haleine
helen holding her breath
christin
chrétien
prior to, previously
préalablement
previously to being 2, he just went alabla, but noe he can talk about wheat at any moment
boo
huer
boo the fuhrer
mining village
coron
mining village takes the korona in wealth
rescue
la rescousse
declutch, be off duty, take a brake
débrayer
take a break from braying like a donkey on your duty
spot, locate
reperer
spot the giant pear
in one’s sunday best
endimanche
trestle
treteaux
crowd together, cluster around
s’agglutiner
everyone clusters around to look at your saggy glutes
slab, stall (market), stand
le étal
a tall stall of tomatoes
german person
les Boches
they’re such posh boches
enclosure
l’enceinte
ashing, smart
pimpant
he’s very dashing and smart, i could pimp him out
underlying
sous-jacent
what’s that underlying in your jacket
watermark
filigrane
watermark on bags full of grain
crumble, disperse, scatter
émietter
cake crumbles into little miettes
bird catcher
oiseleur
one who lures oiseaus
finch
un pinson
put a pin in that finch, son
nest
nicher
canopy
l’auvent
the canopy will protect us from the vent
covered playground, inner courtyard
le préau
protects from eau
convict
bagnard
he stole a bag, and not has to sleep on the nary
pirate, bucaneer, foam, remove foam from
ecumer
pirates remove cumi foam from thsi sea, crazy foaming at the mouth
calf
mollet
have a soft calf
dungeon vault
le cachot
fans himself with cash i the dungeon volt - it’s hot in there
warbler
la fauvette
my favourite bird is the warbler
nestle, huddle up
blottir
huddles up to the wall to inhale his blow, but get tired at
map of the world
la mappemonde
demise, expiration (lit)
le trépas
if you tresspass here, it’ll be your demise
rosary
le chapelet
the chapel lets us use their rosaries
nest
nid
birds need a nest
godmother
la mirabelle
sophie mirabella as evil godmother
string, wire
la ficelle
the flic tried to catch elle by putting a wire across the street
crow
corbeau
the coeur of a crow is beautiful, even if his corps isnt
playground
la aire de jeu
to come full circle
boucler la boucle
this book seller has come full circle to being a book himself
limit oneself
se borner a faire
i get bored being born to limit myself
under the leadership of
sous la houlette de
who let this guy take leadership with his trowel under his cap?
to allow oneself
s’octroyer
alow yourself eight octopus legs
to avoid, evade
se soustraire a
to be on someone’s back
etre sur les talons de qqn
set the record straight
remettre les pendules a l’heure
to tail somebody
prendre qqn en filature
tailing somebeody, taken into the filing cabinet room and there’s a voiture hidden there
keep someone in suspense, spellbound
tenir qqn en haleine
helen of troy kept her suitors spellbound
be out of breath
etre hors d’haleine
out of breath running away from helen; she’s bad luck
read between the linesl
lire en filigrane
girl read a secret messages in the ags of grain
be implicit in
etre en filigrane dans
this fille is implicit in stealing the grain
as happy as a lark
gai comme un pinson
legs like sticks
des mollets de coq
soft boiled egg
oeuf mollet
on a shoestring
avec des bouts de ficelle
he has bouts of sadness where only fiction and her keep him on a shoestring to life
push ones’ luck
tirer sur la ficelle
pull on the bell string to a nazi officer’s house
go on a pub crawl
ecumer les bars
crawl the bars looking for cumin
