Le Cercle Des 17 tomb 2 Flashcards
de débile
- weak, feeble
2. fam: stupid, idiotic
ça vas décoiffer
fam: it takes your breath away
décoiffer qqn
to mess up s.o.’s hair
tabasser
fam: to beat up, to clobber
des soucoupes
saucers
le piège
- the trap, snare
2. snag, pitfall
angoisser
to anguish
embrayer
to engage the clutch
embrayer sur
fam: to get going on, to lavish oneself into
le guetteur
lookout
ironiser
to seal ironically, to be ironic
galérer
- to have a hard time
2. (travailler): to slave away
bourrer
to fill, to stuff, to cram
to be filling
se bourrer
to stuff oneself
chômer
to be unemployed , to be idle
chouré
stolen
un mouchard
- (de police) informer
2. (en prison) snitch
moucher
- to wipe the nose of a child
se moucher
to blow one’s nose
une planque
- fam: hideout
2. easy job
le charabia
fam: gibberish, gobbledygook
une sangle
strap, cinch
un plombage
(tooth) filling
le loupiote
kid, little boy
la loupiote
small lamp
la loupiotte
kid, little girl
a crépité
to crackle, to sputter, to patter
berlue
to be seeing things, to delude oneself
rutilant
gleaming
patibulaire
sinister-looking
semer
- to sow, to seed
- répandre: to strew, to scatter
- fam: to lose, to shake off (persuers)
un fourgon
van, freight car
épave
wreck (of a ship)
épave flottante
flotsam
râler
- to groan
2. fam: to moan, to grumble
un aimant
a magnet
bobine
- spool, reel
2. electric coil
un rencard
a date
je te revaudrai ça
I owe you
sbires
henchmen
maousse
massive
aiguille
needle
toiser
to look (a person) up and down
entonnoir
to strike up a song, to start singing
l’accoudoir
armrest
se ratatiner
- to dry up, to shrivel
2. to become wizened
se dévouer
- to devote oneself to
2. to sacrifice oneself
le jeton
token, counter
affréter
to charter
vols affrétés
chartered flights
bidule
thing-amajig
hais
hate
la tignasse
mop, shock(of hair)
rageur
- furieux
2. coléreux, bad tempered
guet(s)-apens
une embuscade
ambush
liseuse
- (vest): bed jacket
- book cover
- small reading lamp
un appât
bait, lure
l’appât
to take the bait
appâter
- to bait
2. to lure, to entice
entretenir
- to look after
2. to maintain
apprêter
- to finish, to size, to dress
2. préparer: to prepare
glousser
- to cluck
2. to chuckle, to chortle
glouglouter
- fam: to gargle
2. to gobble (turkey sound)
lésiner
to skimp on, to be stingy with
congédier
to dismiss
fourvoyer
to lead astray
se fourvoyer
to make an error, to go astray
Se fourvoyer dans
to stray into, to get involved in
abattez - le
cut it out, knock it off
abattoir
slaughter house
assommer
- to stun, to knock out
2. to bore stiff
une escale
- port of call
2. stop over
la mallette
briefcase
logiciels
software
siège social
head office
apeuré
frightened
un atèle
spider monkey
octroyer qch à qn
to grant sb sth
ie. pardon, favor, time
une attelle
splint
les entraves
hindrance, restriction
délégué
delegate, representative
giclée
spurt, squirt
enfreindre
to infringe, to break
estomper
to blur, to dim
s’estomper
to fade away, to diminish
la civière
stretcher
béton
cement
le racloir
gratter, scraper
rabique
rabies
déballer
to unpack
chacun son truc
to each his own
déménager
moved
s’enlacer
to hug each other
ils sont dans le pétrin
they are having difficulties
débarrasser
to get rid of
colis
package
ma parole
my man/ buddy, mec
ça me démange
it itches me
virer
to get fired
vient de rompre
just broke up
Atlantide
Atlantis
rappelle l’orage
remembers the thunderstorm
ont l’air abattus
seemed depressed
emmener
- to take
2. to carry, to transport ( person or animal)
écrouler
to collapse, to fail, to fold
