Lesson One Flashcards
Points on a railway track
L’aiguillage (masc)
Chance, luck, coincidence
Le hasard
Fault (geographic)
La faille tellurique
Gauge
Le jauge
While, whereas
Tandis que
To point, aim
Braquer
Loop
La boucie
Difference, gap
Le décalage
To think of, consider ; to dream, to daydreem
Songer
Pale
Blême
Earpiece
L’oreillette (fem)
To get one’s bearings, work out where you are
Se répérer
Area, vicinity
Les parages (masc pl)
To crackle
Grésiller
Unrestrained, mad, wild
Effréné(e)
At top speed, flat out
À toute allure
To clear a path for oneself
Se frayer un chemin
Crowd
La cohue
To seize, capture, take possession of
S’emparer de
Breakdown
La panne
Squeezed
Comprimé
To explode, blow up (break out)
Éclater
To look for, look about for
Chercher du regard
Right in the middle of
En plein milieu
Indeed
En effet
To shelter
Abriter
Fortunately
Fort heureusement
To enclose
Renfermer
To borrow, to take (the right road)
Emprunter
At the speed of light
À la vitesse de la lumière
None
Aucun(e)
To arise from (the future)
Provenir
Such a delay
Un tel retard
To worry
Angoisser
Notify the authorities
Prévenez les autoritiés
The hallway, corridor
Le couloir
To head for (the lift)
Se diriger
There is nothing to do
Il n’y a rien à faire
To run away
Fuir
Dizziness
Une vertige
To seize
S’emparer
To whistle
Siffler
A thick smoke
Une épaisse fumée
Out of sight
À perte de vue
To destroy
Détruire
