March Flashcards
disapproving
désapprobateur
silvery, silver-plated
argenté
to bustle about, to fuss
s’affairer
the frame, door frame
le chambranle (de la porte)
to steal or to shy away
dérober
to go for it, to charge
foncer (also to darken)
to pounce
bondir
to pipe up, cram, huddle together
(s’) entasser
a spray of water
une gerbe d’eau
to revive/rekindle
raviver
to bend or flex
ployer
to cut or gouge
entailler
to fall down, tumble
dégringoler
to bask, to lounge
se prélasser
a claw
une griffe
to spread, take hold, circulate
se répandre
a droplet
une gouttelette
serrated
dentelé
to prove to be, to turn out
s’avérer
waste, garbage
les déchets
alley
une ruelle
potbellied
pansu
to get caught up by sthg, to snatch
happer par qqch
a rattling, a knocking
un cliquetis
a frame, a mount
une monture
a fair / exhibition / carnival / trade fair
une foire
to stiffen
se raidir
vigorously, “like mad”
à toute volée
to jerk off
(se) branler
a scoundrel
une crapule
to brag
fanfaronner
palm (of a hand)
une paume
to grope / fumble around
tâtonner
carefree/wreckless
insouciant
to end up doing sthg, to finally do sthg
finir par faire qqch
traveling, roving
itinérant
a belt / strap
une courroie
the mower, the grim reaper
la faucheuse
to make things up, fantasize, to fabricate
fabuler
to ride/straddle, to overlap
chevaucher
to extend, to encompass
s’étendre
sthg is wrong, is amiss
qqch ne tourne pas rond
pea brain, birdbrain
(la) cervelle de moineau
guy, fellow, chap, bloke
un bougre
to confront
affronter
to kneel
s’agenouiller
to loot, plunder
piller
out loud, aloud
tout haut
to wade, flounder, paddle
patauger
distraught, panicked
affolé
to resemble
ressembler
twinkling, glittering
scintillant
devoid of
dépourvue de
to unpack, unwrap
déballer
thinly veiled
à peine voilée
foolish, a fool
sot(s), un sot
a habit, an obsession
une manie
to roll around, to bounce around
balloter
to welcome, to rejoice
(se) réjouir
a lout, a boor
un rustre
the backlash, surf, undertow
le ressac
to shelter, to take shelter
s’abriter
to arise/emerge from
surgir de
to stagger, stumble
tituber
arduous
ardu(e)
a log (wood)
un rondin
rock, pebble
un caillou
to submit (as in submit a report)
soumettre
Step aside! Get away!
écartez-vous !
posh, upscale
huppé
even though/even as, at the very moment when
alors même que
to grumble or gripe
ronchonner
to flinch
broncher
to scratch / scuff
érafler
to saw (like to saw wood)
scier
to change course, to shift gears
changer de cap
to resort to
recourir à
a spell/curse
un sortilège
at full speed
à toute allure
to hoist
hisser
to get bored / tired of sthg
se lasser
the frame, the body, the chassis
le châssis
baldness
la calvitie
starved, ravenous
affamé
pantry
un garde-manger
to spit, to cough up
cracher
a canteen, flask
une gourde
a penny (a dime, colloquial… one red cent)
un sou
to damage
abîmer
to tense up
se crisper
procession, motorcade
un cortège
a slope, downhill
une pente
to crack, to split
se fendiller
a standard or a stallion
un étalon
to rub
frotter
the tide
la marée
to maim, cripple
estropier
bulbous
bulbeux
a pole
une perche
to hang, to hang oneself
pendre, se pendre
to fray, to unravel
effilocher
to ensue/follow
s’ensuivre
to weaken, undermine
affaiblir
to meet/talk
s’entretenir
viscous, slimy
visqueux
a darkness
une pénombre
to fill, to bridge, to address
combler
to diminish
amoindrir
to be/look sheepish
avoir l’air penaud
to lap, to ripple (water)
clapoter
a pair of slippers
une paire de moules
the racket / commotion
le vacarme
paltry
dérisoire
a shell
une carapace
stiff, stuffy, uptight
guindé
an abyss, chasm
un gouffre
to take after someone / to look like someone
tenir de qqn
to hammer, to pound
marteler
filthy
crasseux -euse
“even if it means”
quitte à + inf
to inquire
se renseigner
to fawn, to brownnose
flagorner
however much / although
avoir beau + inf
shortish, shorty/dumpy
courtaude
at high speed
en trombe
a slot / slit / gap
une fente
to inform
renseigner
Enough dilly dallying / dragging on !
Assez trainé !
a crybaby, blubbering
(un) chialeur
undulating, wave-like, swaying
ondulant
a jailer
un geôlier
of the past, of yore
d’antan
common
courant
accursed, forsaken
maudit
roughly, harshly, mighty (“mighty good”)
rudement
to be eager to do sthg, to be attached to someone
tenir à qqn où qqch
to scrape
racler
to rant, to ramble
divaguer
thick/heavy/dense
épais
nevertheless
pourtant
following (as in after, in the wake of)
à la suite
smooth, suave, smarmy
mielleux
a chore, duty
une corvée
to stall, to wedge
caler
a visor
une visière
hollow
creux -euse
to whine, whimper
geindre
a raft
un radeau
to despise, to scorn
mépriser
club, cudgel
le gourdin
eel, slippery
(une) anguille
redemption, repurchase, acquisition
le rachat
a splint, a brace
une attelle
to scan (with one’s eyes)
balayer (also to sweep)
to deliver (a blow), to strike, to tenderize
asséner
to hobble
clopiner
to trick, outwit
ruser
teeth/jaw clenched
la mâchoire serrée
side (adj)
latéral(e)
pestilence, plague
la peste
resounding, ringing
retentissant
mischief, a misdeed
un méfait
tornado, downpour
une trombe
to brave
braver
whimsical
fantasque
a vine
une liane
in midair
en plein vol
to giggle, snicker, chuckle
ricaner
to match, to be consistent
concorder
to hold, detain, possess
détenir
to freeze, congeal
se figer
gust, flurry, squall, bullseye
une bourrasque
to skid
déraper
prey
la proie
a minnow
un vairon
to dissect
disséquer
freaking, darn, bloody, blasted
satané (comes before the noun)
smart, clever
malin
a shoe or hoof
un sabot
a horn
un cor
a wound
une plaie
calf-length (as in water depth), mid-calf
à mi-mollet
an outcropping
un affleurement
to squeal the tires
crisser les pneus
to be pissed/mad (at someone)
être en rogne (contre qqn)
the measles
la rougeole
a spa
une thalasso
to court, to woo
courtiser
morals
les mœurs
to strip, rob, deprive
dépouiller
to emit
émettre
heartbeat / pulse
le pouls
however, nevertheless
toutefois
a cuss, a swear word
un juron
to mirror
mirer
to bait, lure, entice
appâter
a bucket
un seau
warm, tepid, half-hearted
tiède
in the buff/nude
à poil
to come from
provenir
