March 2 Flashcards
to venerate
vénérer
an eyelid
une paupière
greedy, hungry (figuratively), avid
avide
low cut (neckline)
décolleté
on the lookout, alert
aux aguets
college, uni
la fac
the device
le dispositif, l’engin
mixed (like weather or emotions or ideas)
mitigé
the upper hand
le dessus
an assault
un assaut
gangly
dégingandé
beholden, indebted
redevable
to address, overcome, or alleviate
pallier
to engage in
se livrer à
(nerves) on edge
(nerfs) en pelote
to persist or be stubborn
s’entêter
to balk
rechigner
a bruise or contusion
une ecchymose, un bleu
haughty
hautain
in turmoil, boiling
en ébullition
overseas
d’outre-mer
a dungeon, a cell
un cachot
pruning, tree trimming
l’élagage
to approach (an idea), to discuss
aborder
out loud
à haute voix
a barrel, keg, or cask
un tonneau
against decency…. indecent exposure
à la pudeur
to quibble or haggle
chicaner, chipoter
the publication/release
la parution
a census
un recensement
cruelty
la cruauté
to fire someone (literary word)
congédier
to slay
occire
to retort
rétorquer
sewn, stitched
cousu (es)
appetizing
appétissant, ragoûtant
scatterbrained
écervelé
a head of hair
une chevelure
to be fulfilled, to come true (wish, transformation, miracle)
s’accomplir
a dirty cop
un ripou
coarse, rude, crass
grossier
heady
capiteux -euse
to shear, to shear off
cisailler
to be crawling with
grouiller de
to inhibit
inhiber
to begin / start
s’amorcer
nape of the neck / back of your head
une nuque
right in the middle of
au beau milieu de
the magnitude or scale
l’ampleur (f)
liege lord
un suzerain
a mouthful, a gush
une goulée
covered with, smeared with
maculé de
tu hunch / slouch
se voûter
a table tennis player
un pongiste
to be sentenced to
avoir écopé de
a stage or podium
une estrade
word processing, word processor
(un) traitement de texte
within (exp)
au sein de (in the bosom of)
to be promoted
monter en grade
The threshold or doorstop
le seuil
a jewel
un joyau
weird
chelou
an ice caps
une calotte glaciaire
unscathed
indemne
to track down, to follow the footprints
suivre à la trace
fleeting
fugace
a convoy
un convoi
to drip
dégouliner
pigtail(s), braid(s)
une natte
in vain
en vain
rhythmic
cadencé, rythmique
to recount, narrate, tell
narrer
a stable
une écurie
a garter
une jarretière
subtext, innuendo
le sous-entendu
to challenge, refute, object
récuser
to sail (literary)
voguer
an executioner, tormentor, hangman
un bourreau
a grievance
une doléance
dismay, disarray
le désarroi
elusive
insaisissable
to go about (doing sthg)
vaquer à (faire qqch)
a mast, pole, flag pole
un mât
destroyed, wiped out, annihilated
anéanti
‘For his own good’
pour son propre bien
to blink
ciller
ornate, adorned with
orné, orné de
to hunt down
traquer
a crush (romance), an infatuation
un béguin
the mesh
la maille, le maillage
a grove
un bosquet
good for nothing, deadbeat
(un) bon à rien
appalling, horrific
effroyable
nerves
les nerfs
a woodworker
un menuisier
to come running, to rush
accourir
a dam or dyke
une digue
one-time (as in a one-time offer)
ponctuel (also means punctual)
the weaving, the weave
le tissage
bittersweet
aigre-doux
to prance
caracoler
buried, embedded, hidden
enfoui dans/par
uncultured
inculte
to take offense at sthg
s’offusquer de qqch
curled up
pelotonné
to ban, to banish
bannir
a tomb
une tombe, un tombeau
ruckus, mayhem, trouble
le grabuge
to fall, drop, plummet
chuter
dedicated to, destined to
voué à
that said
cela dit
a conspiracy
une conspiration
a base or pedestal
un socle
rocking, rattling
bringuebalant
a decline, wasting, or degradation
un dépérissement
under supervision, under guardianship
sous tutelle
scum, rejection, scrap heap
le rebut
to clear away
déblayer
a flop, fiasco, or belly
un bide
to chip
ébrécher
a decree
un décret
to rise up
se soulever
broth, gruel (literary)
le brouet
to lug around
trimballer
countless
innombrable(s)
a hull (of a boat), a shell
une coque
untamed
indompté
mind-numbing
abrutissant
inebriation
l’ébriété
to stream or trickle down
ruisseler
to store
emmagasiner
to get the hell out of dodge (exp) ,
to get away, to get outta here
se faire la malle
inadvertently
par mégarde, par inadvertance
a ship, vessel, starship
un vaisseau
straight away, from the outset, immediately
d’emblée
to deny
nier
I gotta go
je dois vaquer
heart racing / pounding
battre la chamade
a hamlet or small village
un hameau
timid, mlquetoast
timoré
a kick (from a horse)
une ruade
wild, fierce, untamed
farouche
to pamper
dorloter
excruciatingly, atrociously
atrocement
a bodice
un corsage
to come to pass
advenir
to add or increase
renchérir
garish, gaudy
criard
funny, droll
cocasse
crooked (shady / dishonest)
véreux
to have a nose bleed
saigner du nez
The routing / delivery
l’acheminement
a tuber or root vegetable
un tubercule
swarming
grouillant
(a) major (project), The scale or magnitude
(un projet) d’envergure, l’envergure
on short notice or off the cuff
au pied levé
to hum (besides fredonner)
chantonner
puny / sickly
chétif
staggering, dizzying
vertigineux -euse
taken aback
décontenancé
out of sight, hidden, secret
à l’abri des regards
sharp, razor sharp (a knife or eye or mind, etc)
acéré (es)
to deny or contradict
démentir
plush, cosy, well-to-do
cossu
guy, fellow, chap, lad
un gaillard
(to go) against (sthg or someone)
(aller) à l’encontre de (qqch ou qqn)
to dangle
pendouiller
to spy on
épier
a trifle (insignificant thing)
une broutille
clammy, sweaty
moite
eagerness
empressement
a cove or creek
une crique
shredded, jagged
déchiqueté
a locker or record (historical or criminal)
un casier
convoluted
alambiqué
the depths
les profondeurs
to half-open
entrouvrir
a reel, a roll, a roller
un rouleau
Link (in a chain)
un maillon
to leave, bow out, take leave
prendre congé
to collide, to bang together
s’entrechoquer
a file or emery board
une lime
to remove eyes, gouge out someone’s eyes
énucléer
a villain, wretch, miscreant
un scélérat
too deepen or enhance
approfondir
to engulf
engouffrer, engloutir
to breathe into
insuffler
a shawl
un châle
by far
de loin
to bribe
soudoyer
an entanglement
un enchevêtrement
iridescent
irisé
the belly, the innards (literally and figuratively)
les entrailles
a fault (crack in the earth, weakness)
une faille
a grin or smirk
un rictus
to “get the boot” to be booted (fired), to get kicked out
être mis(e) à la porte
nothingness, nothing, nil
le néant
the stench
la puanteur
to slum it
s’encanailler
spiked (like a drink), strong, full-bodied
corsé
