Le secret de Misha (Défs.) Flashcards by Hayden Benoit

Pas enviable; triste.
Dreadful; awful; sad; not nice.

Moche

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Lecteur de cassettes portatif.
Walkman.

Baladeur

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Personne qui réalise des cartes; géographe.
Mapmaker; geographer.

Cartographe

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Race de chien.
Spaniel.

Épagneul

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Mammifère carnivore; les chiens et les loups.
Canine (formal canid).

Canidé

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Changement d’état mental; changement d’habitudes.
Change of scene.

Dépaysement

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Bizarre; suspect.
Fishy; shady.

Louche

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Fenêtre qui fait porte.
French window; French door.

Porte-fenêtre

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Enlacements amicales.
Embraces; hugs.

Accolades

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Entrepôt.
Storage building; warehouse; depot.

Hangar

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Les cheveux gris.
Gray hair.

Poussières

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Plastronner.
Bragging; boasting.

Fanfaronner

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Mauvais conducteur.
Bad or reckless driver.

Chauffard

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Adversité; difficulté qui provoque de la souffrance.
Ordeal; hardship; trial; difficult experience.

Épreuve

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Changer de direction ou orientation.
Forks, changes direction

Bifurque

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Petits creux des joues.
Dimples.

Fossettes

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Briser avec un bruit sec; mange
Gnaws; crack (smt) open.

Gruge

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honteux; qui regrette une faute.
Sheepish; shameful.

Penaud

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J’était au paradis.
I was in Heaven.

J’étais au ciel

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Tomber amoureux; l’amour au premier regard.
Fall madly in love; fall head over heels; love at first sight.

Coup de foudre

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Détour.
Detour.

Crochet

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Siège confortable pour plusieurs.
Sofa; couch.

Canapé

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Surveiller; attendre que (qqn) passe.
Watch out for; lookout for; await.

Guette

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Petite valise.
Briefcase; organizer.

Mallette

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Depuis longtemps. For ages.

Belle lurette

Mettre au point. Construct; devise; put (smt) together.

Échafaude

Pas exceptionnel; ne pas être gai. Crazy; not be much fun or a bundle of laughs.

Folichon

Clarifier; résoudre. Clarify; clear (smt) up; solve.

Élucider

Roux; (qqu) aux cheveux roux. Ginger; redheaded.

Rouquin

Abondant en chair; composé de chair. Plump; fleshy.

Charnues

Arquer; courber en arrière. Bended; arched.

Cambrée

Envol; retrait d'une chose collée. Takeoff; detaching.

Décollage

Fou. Mad; crazy; unhinged.

Dingue

Grèce, dieu des rêves. Morpheus.

Morphée

Sonnette; petite horloge sonnant tous les quarts d'heure. Bells; chiming clock.

Carillon

Stupéfait; étonné. Astonished; surprised; stupefied.

Épatés

Nommer. Give a name.

Affubler

Plante grimpante à fleurs. Flowering plant; wisteria - flowering vine.

Glycines

Bredouiller. Stutter; stammer; mumble; falter.

Bafouille

Manipuler compulsivement. Fiddling with (smt); play with (smt).

Triturant

Se promener lentement. Walk; stroll; wander; roam.

Flâner

Plate-form d'étage; étape. Landing; corridor; on the same level/floor; stage.

Palier

Attraper brusquement. Impact; hit; grip; catch.

Happent

Peint; peindre grossièrement (maladroitement). Painted; paint (smt) roughly.

Peinturlurées

Marchandises exposées. Stands; displays.

Étalages

Bois rond scié; gros bâton. Log; large stick.

Rondins

Garde-corps; balustrade; garde-fou. Guardrail; barrier.

Rambarde

Astucieux; ingénieux; malin. Clever; smart; cunning; crafty; sly; astute.

Futés

Être trop cérémonieux; flatterie. Bow and scrape before (sb); flattery.

Salamalecs

Dominer (qch) à l'aplomb (directly above). Overhangs; overlook.

Surplombe

Qui a beaucoup de clients. Frequented; visited.

Achalandé

Déformer; blesser superficiellement; griffure. Irritating; scratch; graze; mangle.

Écorcher

Rauque; rude; âpre. Guttural; hoarse; rough.

Gutturaux/Gutturales

Masse de cheveux en désordre. Shock of hair; mop of hair; mane of hair.

Tignasse

Tenace; très dur. Tough; tenacious; stubborn; determined.

Coriace

Mouvement de bâton ou d'épée; tournoyer. Twirl; whirl.

Moulinets

Arrangeant; rendre possible. Accommodating; obliging; conciliatory - aimed at ending disagreement.

Conciliant

Très aigu; pointu. Sharp; keen.

Acéré

Tremblant. Quaking; trembling.

Chevrotant

Occupé. Busy.

Affairée

Varier le son de la voix; adapter. Modulate; regulate; adjust.

Modulant

Humide; sueur; chargé d'humidité. Clammy; sweaty; moist.

Moite

Regroupement. Crowd; mass; flock.

Attroupement

Moqueur; railleur. Mocking; derisive.

Narquoisement

Débuté. Started; began.

Entamée

En colère. Angry; irate.

Courroucé

Décisif; insister sur une attention immédiate. Decisive; peremptory; forceful; final.

Péremptoire

Donné l'aspect du parchemin. With a parchment finish.

Parcheminé

Regarder avec défi. Look (sb) up and down; give a defiant look.

Toise

Maison rurale. Shack; house.

Bicoque

Hématomes; contusion; bleu. Bruises; hematomas.

Ecchymoses

Sinistre; relatif à la mort. Grim; with element of horror; gruesome.

Macabrement

Influencé; lavage de cerveau. Indoctrinate; brainwash.

Endoctrine

Stupéfait; sous le choc. Stunned; stupefied; dazed.

Ahuri

Fille désagréable. Cow; mischievous.

Chipie

Dire agressivement en criant; agresser à haute voix. Berate; declare.

Vociféré

Être essouflé. Pant.

Haleté

Attitude silencieuse. Mutism; muteness; silence.

Mutisme

Partir; fuir. Flee; skedaddle.

Déguerpissons

Obscurité.

Pénombre

Non professionnel.

Amateur

Alerter. Alert; assemble.

Ameuter

Pourrissement; décomposition. Rotting; decomposition.

Putréfaction

Cadavre de animal. Rotting carcass.

Charogne

Devenir plus courageux. Becoming bolder; more daring.

Enhardi

Complice. Accomplice.

Acolytes

En déséquilibre; sans base solide. Wobbly; wonky; dicey.

Bancale

Machinalement. Like a robot; automaton.

Automate

Gros bâton. Club.

Gourdin

Flatteur. Full of praise; flatterer.

Élogieux

Critiquer fortement; faire trop payer; vaincre. Give a hard time; fleece; slaughter; verbal attack.

Étriller

Fenêtre d'une cave. Basement window.

Soupirail

Avec des à-coups; secouer; mouvement irrégulier. Jerky; shaking; trembling.

Saccadés

Déconcerté (perdu son assurance). Disconcerted (to feel unsettled); discombobulated; troubled.

Décontenancé

Bafouiller. Mumble; mutter; stammer; stutter.

Bredouille

Période de fragilité; avoir un repos médical pour récupérer.

Convalescence

Situation difficile. Chore; pain; hard task.

Galère

Dynamique. Lively; spirited; energetic.

Frétillante

Discours ou écrit confus; écrit peu intelligible. Gibberish; gobbledygook; jumble.

Charabia