Le cercle des 17 tomb 1 Flashcards
pourri
- rotten, decayed
- spoiled, to go bad
- corrupt
la biche
doe
ma biche
my darling
ça biche?
how’s it going
la bedaine
paunch, potbelly
décrocher
- to unhook, to take down, to undo
2. (fam) to get, to land
décrocher une bonne situation
to land a good job
émouvoir
- toucher: to move, to touch, to stir
2. troubler: to disturb, to upset
les mouchards
fam: informer, stoolpigeon
gaufre
waffle, honeycomb
gaufrer
to emboss, to crinkle
gaufrier
waffle iron
la gaufrette
wafer
tabasser
fam: to beat up, to clobber
la coquard
black eye
sirop d’érable
maple syrup
marre
enough
j’en ai marre
I’m fed up
débile
- weak, feeble
2. fam: stupid, idiotic
deux caries
two cavities
douillet
- cozy
2. over sensitive
une baraque
- hut, shack
2. stall, stand (at a fair, etc)
broyer
to grind, to crush
un aveu
confession, admission
un grill-pain
toaster
la louper
- fam: to bungle, to mess up
2. to miss (a train, etc)
esquiver
to avoid, to dodge,to evade
escamoter
- to cause to disappear
2. to retract, to fold away
dans quoi on a foutu les pieds?
what the hell did we step into?
la trouille
fam: fear fright
avoir la trouille
to be scared stiff
anguille
eel
un blouson
a jacket
asperger
to spray, to sprinkle, to splash
une guérite
- sentry box
2. (Fr): workman’s hut
buter contre / sur
- to stumble on, to trip over
- to prop up
- to antagonize
entretien
- maintenance, upkeep
2. discussion, talk, interview
entretien d’embauche
job interview
une fugue
running away
faire une fugue
to run away
repérer
- to mark
- to locate, to pinpoint
- to spot, to catch sight of
c’était son sosie
it’s your double
tu t’éclate?
fam: are you having a great time
échantillon
sample, specimen
une guenon
female monkey
le guépard
cheetah
éclore
- to hatch
2. to open out, to blossom
j’éternue
I sneezed
éternuer
to sneeze
habits
clothes, outfits
maboul
cinglé: loony, crazy
le terrier
hole, burrow
la marmotte
ground hog, wood chuck
marmotter
to mutter, to mumble
pioncer
to sleep
pionce un peu
sleep a little, nap
navrer
- to upset, to distress
être navré de
to be sorry about
râper
- to grate
2. to file down (with a rasp)
emprunter
to borrow
livreurs
delivery people
saper
to undermine
apeuré
frightened, scared
anéantir
- détruire: to destroy, to wipe out
2. to overwhelm, to exhaust
s’anéantir
to be dashed, to be shattered
un lavage
washing
lavage de cerveau
brainwashing
des charniers
- hinge
2. bridge
des hublots
potholes, windows
nid de poule
de loupiote
small lamp
codétenu (e)
fellow prisoners
se morfondre
to hang around, to mope
d’un air apeuré (rée)
frightened, scared
esclaffer
to burst out laughing
to guffaw
enflure
swelling
enfouir
- to bury
2. cacher: to hide
s’enfuir
to run away, to escape, to flee
une taupe
mole
un tatou
an armadillo
