Le Cercle Des 17 tomb 2b

Question 1

les sous-fifres

Answer 1

underlings

Question 2

escadron

Answer 2

1. (military) company

Question 3

escadron de la mort

Answer 3

death squad

Question 4

éventrer

Answer 4

1. to disembowel
2. to gore
3. to tear open

Question 5

un essaim

Answer 5

ribambelle: swarm

Question 6

ribambelle

Answer 6

essaim: flock, swarm, multitude

Question 7

le scrutin

Answer 7

1. ballot, voting

2. polling, polls

Question 8

la dentelle

Answer 8

lace

Question 9

entrave

Answer 9

shackle, hindrance

Question 10

sans entraves

Answer 10

unfettered

Question 11

dépouiller

Answer 11

1. to strip (off)
2. to dispossess
3. to peruse

Question 12

poilant

Answer 12

hilarious, killingly funny

Question 13

le périple

Answer 13

the journey

Question 14

gerbe

Answer 14

1. sheaf (of wheat)
2. bunch (of flowers, etc)
3. spray, burst (of water, fireworks, etc)

Question 15

ligoter

Answer 15

to tie up

Question 16

vigie

Answer 16

1. lookout

2. crow’s nest, lookout post

Question 17

du gaz lacrymogène

lacrymo

Answer 17

tear gas

Question 18

morte de trouille

Answer 18

scared to death

Question 19

le bétail

Answer 19

livestock, cattle

Question 20

avoir de l’abattant

Answer 20

flap, leaf (of furniture)

Question 21

la roupiller

Answer 21

to snooze, to sleep

Question 22

ambulante

Answer 22

traveling (musician, comedian, salesman,etc)

Question 23

étouffer

Answer 23

1. réprimer: to stifle, to suppress
2. asphyxie : to suffocate, to smother
3. to muffle

Question 24

un abattoir

Answer 24

slaughterhouse

Question 25

entonnoir

Answer 25

1. funnel

2. crater

Question 26

un vestiaire

Answer 26

1. cloakroom
2. locker room
3. locker

Question 27

monte-charge

Answer 27

freight elevator

Question 28

la buée

Answer 28

steam, mist, condensation

Question 29

de l’embouchure

Answer 29

1. mouth of a river

2. mouthpiece

Question 30

une guérite

Answer 30

1. sentry box

2. France: workman’s hut

Question 31

les braconniers

Answer 31

the poachers

Question 32

une mallette

Answer 32

briefcase

Question 33

un bosquet

Answer 33

a grove

Question 34

percute

Answer 34

hits (crashes into)

Question 35

en contrebas

Answer 35

below

Question 36

borgne

Answer 36

one-eyed

Question 37

dégager

Answer 37

1. to release, to free

2. to clear

Question 38

hache

Answer 38

ax

Question 39

choper

Answer 39

attraper: to get, to catch

Question 40

se faire choper

Answer 40

to be nabbed

Question 41

déconner

Answer 41

1. to talk nonsense
2. to mess around
3. to be on the blink

Question 42

gênant

Answer 42

bothersome

Question 43

agaçant

Answer 43

annoying

Question 44

déballer

Answer 44

unpack

Question 45

empirer

Answer 45

aggraver: to worsen, to make worse, to deteriorate

Question 46

vantard

Answer 46

boastful

Question 47

débarrasser

Answer 47

to clear out, to clear

Question 48

quenottes

Answer 48

baby talk

Question 49

nerfs

Answer 49

nerves

Question 50

futé

Answer 50

cunning, crafty

Question 51

une mitrailleuse

Answer 51

a machine gun

Question 52

déchiqueter

Answer 52

to tear into pieces

Question 53

trimer

Answer 53

to slave away

Question 54

bourreaux

Answer 54

1. executioner, hangman

2. torturer, tormentor

Question 55

bourreau de travail

Answer 55

workaholic

Question 56

des capuches

Answer 56

hoods

Question 57

en tôle

Answer 57

sheet metal

Question 58

luire

Answer 58

1. to shine, to gleam, to glisten

2. to glow, to glimmer

Question 59

l’espoir luit

Answer 59

there’s a glimmer of hope

Question 60

le pente

Answer 60

slope

Question 61

en pente

Answer 61

sloping

Question 62

Le castor

Answer 62

beaver

Question 63

la griffe

Answer 63

claw, talon

Question 64

coup de griffe

Answer 64

scratch

Question 65

griffer

Answer 65

to scratch, to claw

Question 66

le griffonnage

Answer 66

scrawl, scribble

Question 67

relâcher

Answer 67

to slacken, to loosen, to relax
to sag, to release, to liberate

Question 68

noircir

Answer 68

to blacken, to darken, to sully , to besmirch,
to scribble on (paper)

Question 69

débiter

Answer 69

to retail, to sell (com), to cut up (bois)
to recite, to utter

Question 70

le bercail

Answer 70

sheepfold

Question 71

emparer

Answer 71

to take possession of, to lay hands on, to secure, to seize

Question 72

le mollet

Answer 72

calf

Question 73

poireauté

Answer 73

1. (fam) attendre debout sans se déplacer
2. Ça fait deux heures que je poireaute devant sa porte

Question 74

gnangnan

Answer 74

sappy

Question 75

supplier

Answer 75

to bag

Question 76

casanière

Answer 76

to be a homebody

Question 77

contourné

Answer 77

to outline, to go round, to distord, to evade

Question 78

foutu(e)

Answer 78

1. mauvais -il a un foutu caractère
   sym: sacré , sale
2. perdu ruiné ou condamné - c’est un type foutu

Question 79

rappliquer

Answer 79

(fam) venir, arriver :ils ont rappliqué à l’improviste