Les Verbes Flashcards

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faire la une (des journeaux)
faire les frais de [qch]
prendre du galon
tirer son épingle du jeu

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FAIRE LA: to make the headlines, be on the front pages
FAIRE LES: to bear the cost/consequences of
P: to get a promotion
T: to play your cards right

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(se) garer

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to park, pull over

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bassiner
vaporiser [avec]

(se) tarir

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B & V: to spray, sprinkle
Quand il fait très chaud, elle bassine régulièrement son visage.

(SE) T: to dry up (s’assécher), run out, be exhausted
La sécheresse a tari tous les puits.

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abattre
s’abattre

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A: to knock down/out, slaughter/kill, lay down, shoot down
S: to fall/collapse (down)

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aborder
atteindre
parvenir

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to reach
* AB: [approach, address, or tackle] -> Robinson Crusoé aborda une île déserte
* AT: L’entreprise a atteint ses objectifs.
* P: [reach, manage to do, or succeed] -> Les inondations parviennent jusqu’au centre-ville.

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aboutir (à)
emmener
entraîner

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A: to succeed, lead to
EM: to take, lead, drive -> * Ce train vous emmènera à Paris.*
EN: to sweep along/away, to take, to drag/pull away, to train/coach

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abriter

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to shelter, be home to, house, accomodate

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abroger
affranchir
écoper
promulguer
se livrer ([à qqn])

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AB: to repeal, revoke
Certaines lois seront abrogées
AF: to free/emancipate/liberate, stamp
Affranchir les otages
É: to bail out, get/receive
P: to enact
SE L: to turn yourself in, surrender

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accabler (de)
outrager
vexer

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A: to oppress, overwhelm (with)
O: to insult, abuse, offend, rape
V: to offend, hurt, upset

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acclamer
prétendre que
proférer

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A: to cheer, acclaim
PRÉ: to maintain, claim
PRO: to proclaim, pronounce, declare

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feindre
simuler

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F: to fake, pretend
S: to fake/pretend to have, practice

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accoupler
accoucher (de)
s’accroupir

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ACCOU: to mate
Ils ont passé des années à essayer d’accoupler deux pandas.
ACCOU: to give birth (to)
Elle devrait accoucher en mai.
S: to squat, crouch
La jeune maman s’est accroupie pour consoler sa petite fille.

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abaisser
accroître
affaisser
affaler
augmenter
avilir
faire descendre
haucher

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To lower:
* Abaisser
* Affaler
* Affaisser (also collapse)
* Faire descendre

To increase, augment, heighten:
* Accroître
* Augmenter
* Haucher

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avilir

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to debase, degrade, demean, depreciate

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achever
devancer

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A: to finish, complete
Vous pourrez lire mon roman quand je l’aurai achevé.
D: to get ahead of, beat to it

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actionner

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to activate, work
Il faut actionner la manette pour démarrer la machine.

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adjoindre
désigner
embaucher
endosser

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ADJOINDRE: to appoint, enlist
Il adjoint son fils à son entreprise.
D: to show, appoint, designate, indicate
Désigne-moi le nouveau professeur !
Le professeur désigne l’élève responsable en son absence.
EM: to take on, appoint
Le patron embauche un apprenti.
EN: to assume, endorse, put on [on the back], take on
Le directeur a endossé la responsabilité de l’échec de son programme.

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adjuger

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to award, grant
L’administration lui adjugea une pension après son accident de travail.

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adosser
apposer

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AD: to lean against
Il a adossé cette plaque au mur pour l’empêcher de tomber.
AP: to append
Il appose sa signature en bas de la lettre.

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affaler
s’affaler
crouler

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A: to lower
S: to slump, collapse
C: to droop/sag, crumble, be weighed down, fall/collapse
La vieille toiture de la grange croule.

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aligner

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to line up
Le serveur aligne les verres sur l’étagère.

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allonger
déplier
gésir
poser

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A: to lay, extend, lengthen
D: to unfold, stretch, lay out
G: to lie [physically]
P: to put/place (down), install, fit, lay, land, pose

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amener
ramener

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A: to bring about
R: to take/bring again/back

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amonceler
cumuler

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A: to pile/heap up, accumulate, amass
C: to do at the same time, hold concurrently, accumulate

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apitoyer
appâter
apprivoiser

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APIT: to pity
Il cherche toujours à apitoyer sa grand-mère sur ses malheurs.
APPÂ: to lure, entice, bait
APPRI: to tame, domesticate
Le Petit Prince apprivoise le renard.

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appréhender

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to arrest/apprehend, comprehend/understand, be worried/nervous about

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arranger
repriser

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A: to arrange, settle, suit, mend, repair, organize
R: to mend

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arrondir
enfler

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A: to bow/bend, to round (up/down), to tone down/soften, to increase/swell
Nous arrondirons le total
L’homme arrondit le dos
E: to swell, inflate

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asséner [qch]
assommer
avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez

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ASSÉ: porter un coup violent (deal/give)
Son père lui assena une bonne fessée
ASSO: to knock out, knock unconscious
Le voleur a assommé les propriétaires et s’est enfui avec les bijoux.
AVOIR: to loose your temper

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aviser
se raviser

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A: to decide, inform
J’aviserai demain en fonction de la météo.
SE: réconsidérer
Il voulait sortir, mais se ravisa à cause de la pluie.

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avoir du pain sur la planche
ce n’est que partie remise
garder rancune
mettre au premier plan
ne pas être dans son assiette

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A: to have a lot on your plate
C: let’s take a rain check
G: to hold a grudge against
M: to bring to the forefront
N: to be under the weather

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32
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balbutier, bégayer

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to stammer, stutter

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33
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borner
cantonner
comprimer

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B & CA: to confine, limit, restrict
Je refuse qu’on me cantonne aux travaux de photocopie.
CO: to compress, constrict

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basculer
bousculer
fouler
frôler
piétiner

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BAS: to topple, tumble, tip over
BOU: to jostle, shove, push
FO: to tread, trample (Ils sont heureux de pouvoir fouler leur sol natal.)
FR: to brush past/against, verge on, approach (Sa main a frôlé la mienne.)
P: to trample, crush

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chanceler
frémir
saccader
tituber
trébucher

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C & TI: to stumble, stagger
F: to tremble, quake
S: to shake, tremble
TR: to stumble

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36
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brandir

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to brandish, wave

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brouter
paître

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B: to graze, nibble, browse
P: to graze

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38
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brouiller
se brouiller
débrouiller
se débrouiller

barbouiller
bouillir

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BROUILLER: to scramble/interfere, to blur/cloud
SE B: to quarrel
D: to untangle, arrange, unravel
SE D: to manage, handle things

BAR: to smear
BO: to boil

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aboyer
bruire
éclore
fredonner
ronronner
siffler

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A: to bark
B: to rustle, hum, buzz, murmur
La forêt bruyait de cris des oiseaux.
ÉC: to hatch, open, bloom
F: to hum
R: to purr
S: to whistle, [of a bird] to sing/chirp

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40
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crépiter
grésiller

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to crackle

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attraper
engluer
s’emparer de

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AT: to catch, grab, capture
EN: to catch, glue (Ces rouleaux engluent les mouches.)
S’E: seize, capture, catch, grab (Les policiers se sont emparés du suspect)

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assiéger
capituler
envahir
esquiver
vaincre

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AS: to beseige, encircle, mob (Les ennemis assiégèrent la ville pendant un an.)
C: to surrender, give in
ENV: to invade, swarm, overrun, overwhelm
ESQ: to evade, avoid, elude
V: to defeat

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43
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chatouiller
éternuer

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C: to tickle
É: to sneeze

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chiffonner
déchiqueter
émietter
froisser
offenser
offusquer

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C: to crumple, bother, worry (Cette affaire me chiffonne.)
D: to shred, tear apart, rip apart
E: to crumble
F: to crease/crumple, offend, hurt/wound, strain/pull [muscle] (Je ne sais pas comment faire pour ne pas froisser mes chemises quand je voyage.)
O & O: to offend

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45
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annéantir
déchiqueter
démonter
nuire à

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A: to destroy, annihilate, wipe out
DÉC: to shred, tear apart, rip apart
Le chien a déchiqueté les coussins.
DÉM: to dismantle, take off/apart
Un bon soldat sait démonter et remonter son fusil.
N: to harm, damage
Les sauterelles nuisent aux récoltes.

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46
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clocher

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to be wrong, not quite right (aller mal)

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cloisonner

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to partition/divide, compartmentalize
Cet espace est trop grand, il faudrait le cloisonner

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compulser

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to consult
Ce journaliste a compulsé 10 ans d’archives pour faire cet article.

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concevoir
imaginer

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C: to conceive, to design/create, see/perceive
C’est son mari qui a conçu l’installation électrique.
Nous ne concevons pas les choses de la même façon.

E: to invent, conceive, devise
Marie a imaginé un nouveau produit.
Peut-on imaginer une ville sans voiture ?

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chavirer
contourner
éconduire
infléchir

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CH: to capsize/overturn, to be deeply moved
Notre navire chavira plusieurs fois
CO: to bypass, circumvent
Il a contourné la loi pour payer moins d’impôts.
É: to turn/send away, dismiss
I: to bend/curve, inflect

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51
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convenir à

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to be suitable for

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52
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convier
inviter

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to invite

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creuser
crever

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CREUSER: to dig
Prends cette pelle et creuse !
CREVER: to burst, puncture
Les pointes sur la route ont crevé le pneu

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crisper
se crisper

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C: to tense, contract, irritate
La colère crispait les muscles de son visage.
S: to be/get irritated

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débarrasser
déboucher
dégager

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to clear or free up
DÉBA: to declutter, get rid of [ceaning spaces, freeing from something bothersome]
Il faut débarrasser la table
DÉBOU: unblock, open up, or lead to
Le sérum physiologique permet de déboucher le nez
DÉG: to clear, unblock [an obstacle]
Il faut dégager l’entrée du salon

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débattre
débattre de, discuter sur
se débattre
peiner

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D: to wrangle, haggle over
D, D: to discuss, debate
SE & P: to struggle

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combler
gorger

déborder
dégorger
purger

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C: to fill, make up for (Il faut combler ce trou)
GO: to stuff, force feed, inundate, fill (Les oies et les canards sont gorgés)

DÉBORDER: to overflow
DÉGORGER: to disgorge, spill over, discharge, pour
P: to drain, purge, flush out

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déceler

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to detect/discover, perceive
Les médecins ont décelé une anomalie dans les examens sanguins du patient.

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atteler
déchaîner
harnacher

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A & H: to harness
D: to unleash

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décoller

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to take off [bird, airplane], to lift/raise

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défaillir

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to swoon/faint, fail

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défiler
filer
refiler [qch] à [qqn]

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D: to parade, file
F: to spin, give/lend, fly by, race
R: to give [smt] to [sb]

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contrarier
déjouer
embêter
gêner
importuner

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C: to annoy, upset, thwart, impede
D: to frustrate, to thwart
E & I: to annoy, bother
G: to disturb, annoy, embarrass, discomfort

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braquer
dérober
dévaliser
receler
saccager

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B: to steer/turn, rob
DÉR: to steal, thieve
DÉV: to steal/rob, empty, buy everything in sight
R: to receive [stolen items], contain/hold
Ce voleur recèle des bijoux volés lors de cambriolages.
S: to wreck/devastate, vandalize, pillage/stock

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désarçonner

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to unseat, unsettle
désarçonner l’adversaire.

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assombrir
foncer
griser
obscurcir
se rembrunir

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To darken

A: also to cloud
F: also to hurry
G: also to grey out, intoxicate (Sa soudaine célébrité a fini par la griser.)

(Rembrunir = to sadden/grieve)

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atterrer
attrister
bouder
chambouler
désespérer
navrer

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ATTERER: to appal, dismay
La nouvelle de ce séisme nous a atterrées.

ATTR & NAV: to sadden/grieve

Bouder: to sulk/shun (Mes enfants boudent parce que je n’ai pas voulu leur acheter de glace.)

C: to upset (bouleverser), to turn upside down (Sa rupture l’a chamboulé.)
D: to despair

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détenir
dissimuler

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DÉ: to possess/have, hold/detain, own
Elles détiennent de très vieux documents.
DI: to hide, conceal
La comtesse a dissimulé la lettre compromettante.

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détourner
se détourner
se retourner
dévier

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DÉT: to divert, reroute (Les ingénieurs ont détourné la rivière.)
SE DÉT: to turn away
SE R: to turn around/over
DÉV: to divert, deflect, stray (Suite à l’accident, les pompiers dévient la circulation.)

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détromper
se détromper

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D: to prove wrong [disabuse or correct someone’s misconception]
Avec ce diplôme, elle me détrompa de mon pessimisme.
S: to be mistaken [realize one’s mistake and correct it]
Détrompe-toi, elle n’a pas fait d’études supérieures, elle est autodidacte.

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dévisager
regarder fixement
lorgner

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D & R: to stare
L: to eye, covert

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deviser

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to converse
Les deux écrivains devisaient tout en marchant.

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dévoiler
éventer

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D: to unveil, reveal
É: to reveal/uncover, air/ventilate
éventer le scandale
Il faut éventer régulièrement la salle de bain pour éviter les moisissures.

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disposer
disposer de
se disposer
se disposer à faire
se tenir prêt à

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DIS: to arrange/place, prompt
DIS DE: to have, have at your disposal, manage/run/order
SE D: to arrange/place/position yourself
SE D À FAIRE & SE TENIR: to prepare/be about to do

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dresser
hisser
se dresser
s’insurger
surgir
tenir debout

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D: to raise/set up/put up
H: to hoist/raise, haul/drag
On a hissé le drapeau
SE D: to stand/rise up against/be trained
S’I: to rebel, rise up (Il s’est toujours insurgé contre l’injustice !)
SUR: to appear suddenly
T: to stand, stand up

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ébruiter
s’ébruiter
propager

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É: to disclose, divulge, leak
S’É: to spread
P: to spread, propagate, disseminate

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éclabousser

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to splash, spatter
En roulant aussi vite, la voiture éclabousse les passants

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éclater […la noix de coco]
éparpiller […ses jouets]
fausser […fausser la serrure]
fendre (se fendre) […les morceaux de bois]

démanteler […le vieux gymnase]
effondrer […ce vieux mur]
enfoncer […la porte]
renverser […du vinaigre]
s’écrouler [la vieille maison…]

A

ÉC: to smash, break split, divide, pulverize
ÉP: to scatter, strew, divide, split, share
FA: to break, distort, deform
FE: to (be) split, crack
D: to demolish, dismantle
EF: to knock down, demolish, dismantle
ENF: to sink, knock down
R: to knock down
S: to collapse, fall down, cave in, topple

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79
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dépouiller [de]
écorcher
éplucher
étriper

A

D: to skin, rob, strip [of]
ÉC: to skin
ÉP: to peel, skin, dissect (éplucher des patates)
ÉT: to gut, disembowel
étriper le poisson

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80
Q

éduquer

A

to bring up, raise
L’instituteur instruit l’enfant, mais ce sont ses parents qui l’éduquent.

81
Q

effaroucher
épouvanter

A

to alarm, frighten, scare

82
Q

égarer

A

to lose, misplace, get lost

83
Q

égayer
émoustiller
épanouir
ravir

A

ÉG: to amuse, brighten up
ÉM: to excite (usually taste/sensory pleasure), to render playful
ÉP: to make happy, satisfy
R: to thrill, delight

84
Q

(s’)emboîter

A

to fit, slot (together)

85
Q

empester
puer

A

to stink, reek

86
Q

empiéter sur

A

to encroach on

87
Q

embrayer
enclencher
encombrer
enrayer
rayer

A

EM: to engage [gears]
Si tu veux avancer, tu embrayes et tu accélères.
ENCL: to engage, interlock, attach
Il tira la remorque et l’enclencha à la voiture.
ENCO: to be in the way/a nuisance, to block/impede
Cette bronchite encombre ses voies respiratoires.
ENR: to jam/block, stop, obstruct
Le mauvais temps a enrayé la réalisation du chantier extérieur.
R: to scratch, scrape, draw lines on, cross out/of
Attention, cette éponge raye l’émail de l’évier.

88
Q

engendrer

A

to engender, to bring about
Son attitude négative engendre des conflits dans la famille.

89
Q

engueuler
glapir
s’écrier

A

E: to yell at, to tell off
G: to yelp, yap
S’É: to exclaim, cry out, shout, yell

90
Q

enhardir
s’enhardir

A

E: to embolden
S: to become bolder, more daring

91
Q

entailler

A

to cut, nick, notch
Robinson entaillait une planche de bois pour compter les mois.

92
Q

ébaucher
entamer
entreprendre

A

to start, begin
ÉB: sketch out, outline, or begin something in a preliminary form (ébaucher un dessin)
ENTAMER: physical or metaphorical first step affecting object/situation (entamer un gâteau)
ENTREPRENDRE: for a project or task (Il a entrepris un long voyage)

93
Q

échelonner
entrecouper [qch] de [qch]
espacer

A

ÉC: to space (out), stagger, spread
EN: intersperse [sth] with [sth]
ES: to space (out)

94
Q

épater

A

to amaze, impress
Il épate ses amis avec ses tours de carte.

95
Q

épousseter

96
Q

éprouver
ressentir
se ressentir

A

É: to experience, to feel, to have
R: to feel
S: to suffer

97
Q

étayer

A

to support, corroborate
Des exemples précis étaient (or: étayent) sa thèse.

98
Q

écarteler
étendre
étirer
répandre

A

ÉC: to spread
ÉTE: to spread, stretch
ÉTI: to draw out, stretch, expand
R: to spread, to diffuse

99
Q

astiquer
cirer
fourbir
lustrer
polir

A

to polish
Astiquez les cuivres, s’il vous plaît.
Les domestiques fourbissaient toute l’argenterie

100
Q

chatoyer
étinceler
resplendir

luire
reluire

A

C: to sparkle, shimmer, gleam, glow [gently!]
É: to sparkle, shine, gleam [shines brightly in sharp flashes]
RES: to shine, sparkle
L: to shine, gleam, glow [subdued/natural/soft]
REL: to gleam, shine [brightly, due to being clean/polished/light-reflecting]

101
Q

examiner
passer en revue
revoir
vérifier

102
Q

faire des compromis
se porter garant de [qqn]

A

F: to compromise
SE P: to vouch for

103
Q

favoriser

A

to promote (an idea, product), to foster

104
Q

ficeler
lier
sangler

A

F & L: to tie, bind
S: to strap

105
Q

figurer
se figurer
se profiler
postuler
postuler à

A

F: to appear, be present
SE F: to imagine (Les enfants se figurent que la table se dresse toute seule.)
SE P: to take shape, loom
P: to suppose, imagine, postulate, predicate, apply for
P, À: to apply for

106
Q

figer
glacer
refroidir

A

FIG: to freeze/immobilize, set/solidify (le gel fige l’eau des mares)
G: to chill/freeze, candy/sugar coat
R: to cool (down), dishearten/discourage

107
Q

gâter

A

to spoil, rot

108
Q

bougonner
geindre
gémir
gronder
ronfler

A

B: to grumble, grouch (Au lieu de dire que cela ne lui plait pas, il bougonne dans son coin.)
GEI: to groan (Les victimes geignaient sous les décombres.)
GÉM: to moan or whine (L’enfant malade gémit)
GR: to rumble (Le tonnerre gronde)
R: to snore

109
Q

grelotter, frissonner

110
Q

croquer
esquisser
griffonner

A

C: to munch/crunch, sketch
E: to sketch/outline, begin
*Ces artistes esquissent les portraits des touristes à main
G: to sketch, scribble
Les artistes griffonnent le portrait des touristes.

111
Q

grincer des dents
se frotter les mains
(se) retrousser les manches

A

G: to grind/gnash your teeth
SE F: to rub your hands
(SE) R: to roll up sleeves

112
Q

houspiller

A

reprimander
Pour être rentré tard, Denis se fait houspiller par ses parents.

113
Q

humer
renifler
respirer
sentir

114
Q

imbriquer

A

to interlock, interlink, intertwine

115
Q

inculquer (à)
invoquer

A

INC: to instill in
Nous inculquons la politesse aux enfants.
INV: to appeal/pray to, invoke, call on
Certains invoquent Dieu pour les aider.

116
Q

décréter
instaurer
prédominer, prévaloir
subjuguer

A

D: to decree, declare
I: to institute, establish
P: to prevail
S: to captivate, dominate

117
Q

intimer

A

to give, issue
Le capitaine a intimé au lieutenant l’ordre

118
Q

invertir

A

to switch, exchange, invert

119
Q

jauger
mesurer
toiser

A

J & M: to gauge
T: to gauge, look up & down, measure

120
Q

jurer
pester contre

121
Q

découler de
écouler
laisser couler

A

D: to come out of, stem from
Rien de bon ne va découler de cette réforme.

E: to sell, move, clear, get rid of
Ce commerçant écoule sa marchandise sur les marchés.

L: to let it it go, let it slide

122
Q

laisser entendre
sous-entendre

A

L: to imply, suggest
S: to imply, hint

123
Q

flâner
longer

A

F: to stroll, idle
L: to go/walk/run/drive along or alongside

124
Q

mâcher
ronger

maculer
tacher

A

MÂCHER: to chew
R: to gnaw, eat away at, eat away into

MACULER & T: to stain

125
Q

manigancer
mijoter
ourdir un complot
tramer

A

MA: to scheme, plot
MI: to simmer/stew, plot/scheme
O: to hatch/plot a scheme
T: to plot, weave

126
Q

brasser

A

to circulate/move around, mix/brew, mingle

127
Q

bredouiller
marmonner
maugréer

A

to mumble, mutter
l’élève a marmonné quelques mots d’excuse
Je l’entendais maugréer des injures.

128
Q

méprendre
mépriser

A

MÉPRENDRE: to mistake
MÉPRISER: to despise, disdain, scorn, be contemptuous of

129
Q

moquetter

A

to carpet
On ne moquette plus les murs.

130
Q

broyer
moudre
pilonner

A

B: to grind, crush, destroy, wreck
M: to grind, mill
P: to grind, [military] bombard
Il faut pilonner ces graines avant les incorporer au plat.

131
Q

n’en avoir rien à fiche(r)

A

couldn’t care less

132
Q

blottir
couver
nicher

A

B: to huddle, nestle
L’alpiniste (=climber) a blotti son corps contre la paroi (=rock face) pour se protéger du vent.
C: to brood, incubate, overprotect, plan/plot
La poule couve ses œufs.
Les enfants nous couvent une petite fête.
N: to nest, live

133
Q

démentir
nier
réfuter
renier
(se) résigner

A

D: to deny, refute, contradict
N: to deny
RÉF: to refute, disprove
REN: to disown, renounce, deny
(SE) RÉS: to resign (yourself)

134
Q

disloquer
délier
sé délier

enrouler
nouer
relier

A

DIS: to dismantle, take apart, break
DÉL: to untie, undo, unknot, release, liberate
S: to come undone, free yourself, liberate yourself
E: to wrap, coil, wind
N: to tie or make a knot
R: to link, join, connect

135
Q

advenir
occasionner
survenir

A

A: to happen, occur [as a result of circumstances]
O: to cause, to bring about
S: to arise, occur [suddenly or unexpectedly]

136
Q

approvisionner
doter
octroyer
prodiguer
ravitailler
ravitailler [qqn] en [qch]

A

A: to supply
D: to provide/equip, to endow/bestow
O: to give, grant
P: to give, dispense
R: to resupply
R…EN: to furnish, provide, supply

137
Q

officier

A

to officiate, preside, do the honours

138
Q

opiner (à)

A

to agree/concur with

139
Q

ôter
revêtir

A

Ô: to take off, remove
R: to put on

140
Q

outrepasser

A

to overstep

141
Q

panser
prémunir contre

A

PA: to bandage/dress, groom
PR: to protect from/against

142
Q

parcourir, sillonner

A

to travel, cross

143
Q

perquisitionner

A

to search [police]

144
Q

dénicher
déterrer
piocher

A

DÉN: to unearth
Ce garçon va chez les bouquinistes pour dénicher des livres rares.
DÉT: to extract, unearth, exhume
P: to dig/pickaxe, gather/pick up

145
Q

plaider
plaindre
se plaindre

A

PLAID: to defend
PLAIN: to pity, sympathise with, feel sorry for
S: to complain

146
Q

plisser, rider
raidir

A

P, RI: to wrinkle
RA: to tense, stiffen

147
Q

ployer

A

to bow, bend, snag
Les branches des cerisiers ploient sous les fruits.

148
Q

potasser

A

to cram, study, revise

149
Q

prendre garde
tenir compte de

A

P: to be careful/mindful/wary of
TENIR C: to take account of

150
Q

prêter (à)

A

to offer, lend, loan, give

151
Q

prévoir, pronostiquer

A

to forecast

152
Q

priver [qqn] de [qch]

A

to deprive/not allow [sb] of/to do [sth]

153
Q

classer
trier

A

to classify
T: to classify, sort

154
Q

enjoindre (à)
quérir
requérir
s’enquérir (de [qqn])

A

A: to order, demand/require
Le policier a enjoint au suspect de le suivre au poste.
Q: to find, fetch
R: to need, require
S’É: to inquire/enquire (about)

155
Q

démanger
gratter
racler
récurer

A

D: to itch
G: to scrub, scratch, itch
R & R: to scour, scrub
Je dois récurer cette casserole car je l’ai oubliée sur le feu.

156
Q

rappliquer
regagner
relancer

A

RA: to turn up/show up, reapply
REG: to regain, get/win back, return/go back to
REL: to throw, call again, revive
relancer l’économie

157
Q

rapporter
rattacher

A

RAPP: to take/bring again/back, to report, to bring in
RATT: to tie up again, reattach

158
Q

défier
rechigner (à faire)

A

D: to defy, challenge, resist
R: object (to doing), be reluctant

159
Q

cueillir
recueillir

étoffer
reconduire
renouer

A

C: to gather, pick (up), pluck (Nous avons cueilli des fleurs pour les offrir à notre maman.)
RECUE: to collect, gather, get, obtain, receive (Ils veulent recueillir des fonds pour l’association)

É: to gather, develop/expand (Ce manuscrit a besoin d’être étoffé.)
RECON: to renew, take/drive/walk home
REN: to do/take up again, revive/renew

160
Q

reculer
résumer
révaloir

A

REC: to go back/backwards, withdraw/retreat, diminish
RÉS: to summarize
RÉV: to repay for, to pay back for

161
Q

déguster
s’empiffrer
raffoler de
régaler
se régaler
siroter

A

D: to taste, savour, eat/enjoy
S: to stuff yourself
au lieu de t’empiffrer de gâteaux
RA: to love, adore, be crazy about
Elle raffole du guacamole.
RE: to entertain, treat to a meal
SE R: to love, enjoy, relish
SI: to sip

162
Q

renchérir sur

A

to go one further, outdo
Tu renchéris toujours sur ce que je dis.

163
Q

renfermer
se renfermer

A

R: to contain/hold, shut/lock away
S: to withdraw
Souvent les adolescents se renferment.

164
Q

rebuter
repousser

A

REB: to repel, disgust, deter, discourage, reject
REP: to grow back again, repel, repulse, reject, turn [sth] down, postpone

Sa barbe a repoussé en moins de deux semaines
La garnison a repoussé les assaillants
Le sénat a repoussé ce projet de loi
Ils ont repoussé la date

165
Q

ressasser
ressourcer
se ressaisir

A

RESSASSER: to dwell on, keep bringing up
Ma collègue me fatigue, à toujours ressasser les mêmes histoires.
RESSOURCER: to re-energize, revitalize
L’arrivée de nombreux jeunes a ressourcé le parti.
S: to pull yourself together, get a hold of yourself
Ressaisis-toi, tu es en train de t’endormir !

166
Q

réunir

A

to gather, assemble, join together

167
Q

rêvasser

A

to daydream

168
Q

errer
rôder

A

E: to wander, roam
R: to prowl

169
Q

ramper
rompre

A

RAM: to crawl, creep
ROM: to terminate, break, destroy

170
Q

railler
rouiller
souiller

A

RA: to mock, tease, jeer at
RO: to rust
S: to soil, contaminate

171
Q

ruer
se ruer (sur)
dévaler

A

R: to kick
SE R: to rush (at/towards)
to rush downhill/downwards
La lave du volcan dévale vers la plaine.

172
Q

se faire avoir, berner
s’en faire, (se) tracasser
s’en prendre à

A

SE F & B: to be conned, be fooled
S’EN F & (SE) T: to worry, fret
S’EN P: to lash out at, take it out on

173
Q

s’essoufler

A

to get out of breath

174
Q

inculper (de)
saisir la justice
se blanchir
se disculper

A

to charge, accuse (accuser)
Il est inculpé de meurtre.
SAISIR: to take to court, have recourse to the law
SE B & SE D: prouver son innocence

175
Q

se démener

A

to thrash about, go out of your way

176
Q

se désister

A

to withdraw, step aside

177
Q

lasser
se détendre
se prélasser

A

L: to bore, tire
SE & SE: to lounge (se relaxer)

178
Q

douter de, douter que + [subj]
se douter de/que
se méfier de

redouter

A

DOUTER DE/QUE: to doubt (that)
SE DOUTER: to suspect
SE M: to be suspicious/wary of

R: to fear, dread

179
Q

se faufiler

A

to weave in & out, to sneak/slip in

180
Q

se fier à
se fonder sur

A

FIER: to trust, judge by
FONDER: to be based on, have a basis for

181
Q

déplorer
se repentir

A

D: to regret
SE R: to express remorse, be sorry

182
Q

s’efforcer à faire
s’évertuer à faire

A

to strive to do

183
Q

sertir

A

to set
Le bijoutier sertit le rubis dans une monture en or.

184
Q

sévir

A

to crack down/take strict action, rage, act harshly, punish strictly

185
Q

abasourdir
sidérer
stupéfier

A

to stun, stagger

AB: also astound

186
Q

soumettre

A

to subdue, defeat, submit

187
Q

soutirer [qch] à [qqn]

A

to extract [sth] from [sb]

188
Q

engloutir
immerger
refluer
surnager

A

E: to submerge/engulf, gobble (Cette île fut engloutir)
I: to immerse, submerge
R: to surge/reflux/flood/flow back
S: to float

189
Q

sympathiser avec

A

to get on with, hit it off with

190
Q

apaiser
tempérer

A

A: to pacify, calm, soothe, appease, quench
T: to temper, soothe/ease

191
Q

tendre
tendre à
tendre à faire

A

T: to stretch, extend, strain
T, À: to hand, hold out/offer to, tend towards
T, F: to aim/hope to do

192
Q

estomper
s’évanouir
ternir

A

E: to shade, dim, tone down
S’É: to faint, vanish, disappear
T: to fade (Le soleil ternit)

193
Q

tourner en rond

A

to go in circles, pace around

194
Q

assaillir
tenailler
tricher

A

A: to assault
TEN: to torment, torture
TRI: to cheat

195
Q

tresser

A

to braid, weave

196
Q

affliger
affliger de
assouplir
attendrir
émouvoir
endurcir
s’adourcir
troubler

A

AFF: to upset, distress, grieve, pain
AFF DE: to afflict with, inflict on
AS: to relax/soften, make more flexible
ATT: to touch, move, soften
ÉM: to move, disturb/upset/trouble, stir, affect, touch
EN: to harden, solidify
S’A: to soften
T: to cloud, disrupt/disturb, stir/arouse

197
Q

dégoutter
épancher
perler
verser

A

D: to drop
É: to pour forth/out, confide/vent
P: to drip, be beaded with, sparkle, appear, dawn, [sun] rise
V: to pour, to pay (dues), to shed

198
Q

visser

A

to screw, bolt

199
Q

être redevable de [qch] à [qqn]
vouer [qch] à [qqn]

A

Ê: to owe [smt] to [sb]
V: vow [smt] to [sb]