Le Père Goriot Flashcards
la médisance
slander
les moeurs
customs
la demeure
home
prodigue
generous
larmes
tears
les buttes
mounds
les hauteurs
heights
plâtras
plaster
incessamment
shortly
ruisseaux
stream
la boue
mud
souffrance
pain, suffering
s’apitoyer
to pity
la peine
punishment
broyer
crush
enrayer
jam, block
la roue
wheel
briser
to break
enfoncer
to sink
moelleux
soft, spongy, sweet
le fauteuil
armchair
assombrir
darken
teindre
dye
insouciance
lack of concern
attrister
sadden
prenant
time-consuming
la muraille
wall
égaré
lost
creuser
dig, hollow out
crâne
skull
crâner
show off
jardinet
small garden
caillou
pebble
cuvette
basin, bowl
sabler
grit, sandblast
faïence
earthenware
criard
shrill/gaudy
abaisser
lower
la pente
slope
le bruit
noise
un char
chariot, tank, sail wagon, charade
border
tuck in, to border, to mark out
le grenadier
pomegranate
le bout
end, tip, point/piece
le vernis
varnish
écailler
to scale, to open, to chip off
le socle
base, platform, stand
guérir
to cure
rappeler
call back
encaisser
to encase
mitoyen
common, attached
pendre
to dangle, hang
un manteau
overcoat, mantle, blanket
le lierre
ivy
pittoresque
picturesque
tapisser
to wallpaper
la pondreuse
powder snow/ crop duster
étroit
narrow
mener
to lead
le tilleul
lime tree, lime tea
le hôte
host
malgré
despite, in spite of
carré
m. square, patch, scarf, straightforward (adj)
la laitue
lettuce
le persil
parsley, slang for pubes
caniculaire
scorching, sweltering
la chaleur
heat
le convive
guest
(faire) éclore
break, come out
la mansarde
attic room
bâtir
build, construct, tack
moellon
rubble
badigeonner
smear
ignoble
awful, disgusting
la percée
opening
carreaux (m.)
tiles
garnir
stuff, fill, fit, decorate
jurer
swear, cuss
la profondeur
depth
comporter
to comprise
la cour
courtyard, entourage of the king
sorte (f.)
sort, kind
le barreau
bar
le cochon
pig, sex maniac, dirty old man
la poule
hen, dear, significant other
le lapin
rabbit
le hangar
shed, warehouse
serrer
press, tighten up, clench
le garde-manger
pantry
gras
greasy, fatty
la chasse
hunting ground, catch, pull
jadis (adv)
formerly
plaquer
press something against something, flatten, break up with, ditch
le crin
horsehair
une pendule
clock
bleuâtre
bluish
renfermé
musty
moisi
moldy
rance
rancid
le goût
taste
puer
stink of
la carafe
glass bottle, slang for head/noggin
échancré
low-cut
ternir
to fade
la pile
battery, pile, tail of a coin, on the dot (adv)
épaissir
to thicken
la crasse
dirt, dirty trick
gluant
viscous, slimy
proscrire
ban, forbid, proscribe
la gravure
engraving
exécrable
appalling, detestable, execrable
ôter
take off, remove
verni
patent leather
dorer
gild, bronze, tan, glaze
le cuivre
copper
poêle
frying pain, wood-burning stove
poussière
(une) dust, dirt, about (adj), or so (adv)
la toile
web, painting
cirer
to polish
facétieux
mischievous
estropier
to cripple, maim
le paillasson
doormat literally and figuratively
dérouler
to roll out, uncoil, (se) take place
la chaufferette
heater
chauffer
to heat up, boil
le trous
hole, gap, pothole, tear, slang for jail like English and grave
râper
rasp, grate, scratch
mobilier
nm furniture, adj movable
charnière
nf hinge, adj transitional
crevasser
to crack
ronger
gnaw, eat away at, bite
manchot
nm penguin, adj clumsy/armless
borgne
blind in one eye
presser
press, se presser = hurry to do something
pardonner
pardon
frotter
to rub
le(s) haillon(s)
tatters
fange
mire, muck
la pourriture
rot
la maîtresse
mistress
sauter
to jump, miss, skip
le buffet
sideboard, dresser, buffet lunch, café, slang for belly
flairer
to smell
contenir
to contain
la jatte
basin, bowl
matinal
adj early riser
la veuve
widow
traînasser
to slouch
la pantoufle
slipper
grimacer
make faces, grimace
vieillot
old-fashioned
grassouillet
plump, podgy
le perroquet
parrot
potelé
chubby, plump
dodu
plump
un rat
rat, cheapskate, slang for tight
le corsage
blouse
flotter
to float
suinter
seep, ooze
blottir
huddle, nestle, cuddle up to
fétide
fetid, rank, stinky
écoeurer
to disgust, to nauseate
la fraîche
early morning, daybreak
prescrire
to prescribe
se renfrogner
to scowl
le bagne
penal servitude
embonpoint (m.)
fatty
blafard
(adj) pasty, white-faced
la laine
wool
tricoter
to knit
ouate (f.)
wadding, cotton wool
échapper (à)
escape
la fente
crack, split
étoffer
flesh out, develop, expand, pad, put on weight
lézarder
bask in the sun, lounge about, crack
pressentir
sense, foresee
vitreux
glassy, glazed
entremetteur
mediator, matchmaker
prêter
to offer
mesurer
measure
le soin
care, job, aid, neatness
le poids
weight
le linge
washing, laundry, cloth
les gants (mpl)
gloves
habits (mpl)
clothes
avide
hungry, greedy
lueur
to glow
muet
mute
crasseux
dirty
effaroucher
to alarm, frighten
maigre
thin, skinny
dépouiller
to skin, strip
cupidité
greedy
la cigale
cicada (insects that produce a loud sound)
calomnier
to slander
frappant
gripping, striking
frapper
to strike
arbuste (m)
bush, shrub
courber
bend, curve
la lâcheté
cowardice
éloigner
keep away
lointain
far
peu sûr de soi, peu assuré
insecure
mépriser
despise
distrait, étourdi
having poor memory
furieux
angry
avouer
confess
fausse piste
red herring
la foule
crowd
fouler
strain, beat
primitif
primal
