May Flashcards
1
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sealed/tight, air-tight
A
étanche
2
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build / stature
A
la carrure
3
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to direct, channel, harness
A
canaliser
4
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a pattern
A
un motif
5
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to “test the waters”
A
tâter le terrain
6
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loot, haul, plunder (n)
A
le butin
7
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gnarled / knotty
A
noueux
8
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to ruffle or tousle
A
ébouriffer
9
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bitterness
A
l’amertume
10
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to get worse / to worsen
A
empirer
11
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a vortex, whirlwind, a swirling
A
un tourbillon
12
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a pasture or meadow
A
un pré
13
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skinned, flayed
A
écorché
14
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a herd / flock of livestock
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un troupeau
15
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to become hardened
A
se blinder
16
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manure, dung
A
le crottin
17
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to bicker
A
se chamailler
18
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a burst, gust
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une rafale
19
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a scratch, graze, scrape
A
un éraflure
20
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bone marrow
A
la moelle
21
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sap
A
la sève
22
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pot / kettle, cooking-pot
A
une marmite
23
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a respite, a break / relief, breathing space
A
un répit
24
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to stuff, to pad
A
rembourrer
25
to purse one's lips, to pout
faire la moue
26
a trouble maker, a loose cannon
un fauteur de troubles
27
a stepladder
un escabeau
28
more or less / after a fashion
tant bien que mal
29
a hem / hemline
un ourlet
30
crimson
cramoisi
31
to sort, to sort through
trier
32
tough / leathery / hard as nails
coriace
33
a poker (for the fire)
un tisonnier
34
to seal
sceller
35
to be flushed (red in the face)
s'empourprer
36
a mare
une jument
37
elaborate or skillfully crafted
ouvragé
38
to blunt or dull
émousser
39
slack-jawed, gaping
bouche bée
40
an auger, a tendril, or a spin / tailspin
une vrille
41
to mock
railler
42
a steward or magistrate
un intendant
43
a setback or
| a cuff / lapel
un revers
44
to venture, to stray
s'aventurer
45
to float, fly, flutter
flotter
46
to force, to corner someone
acculer
47
to moisten, to wet
humecter
48
to gossip
cancaner
49
a turn, direction, a twist, a spin
une tournure
50
a little girl
une fillette
51
a loaf of bread
une miche de pain
52
scarlet
écarlate
53
to gauge
jauger
54
"Put to the test"
"mettre à rude éprouve"
55
numb
transi
56
tar, blacktop
le goudron
57
pale, pallid
blême
58
a cesspool
un cloaque
59
to straddle
enjamber
60
a finishing (like in woodwork), trim
une finition
61
to provide, develop, build, establish
doter
62
a wick, fuse, lock (of hair)
une mèche
63
fleshy, meaty, plump
charnue
64
the eaves (on a house)
l'avant-toit
65
surly, sullen
maussade
66
a runt, weakling
un avorton
67
to confuse or divert
dérouter
68
to flow, to flood, to flock to
affluer
69
a cap, hood, cowl
un capuchon
70
to smell, to sniff out
flairer
71
to scrub or scour
récurer
72
to shield
blinder
73
a looter, a raider
un pillard
74
gossip, gossiping / bitching
le commérage
75
to bristle or make angry
hérisser
76
motley
hétéroclite
77
to hit, impact, strike
percuter
78
to mope
se morfondre
79
to flinch / shudder / wince
tressaillir
80
a breach or a rift
une brèche
81
a hold / control / grip / influence
une emprise
82
a reed
un roseau
83
hail, a hailstorm, spindly
(une) grêle
84
killed/whacked or stubborn
buté
85
to trample
piétiner
86
the harvest
la moisson
87
to soften, to go soft
ramollir
88
mane, hair
une crinière
89
bark (tree)
l'écorce
90
hasty
hâtive
91
a nanny or nurse
une nourrice
92
to dissolve
dissoudre
93
silky / silken
soyeux -euse
94
snide, wry
narquois
95
a tourniquet
un garrot
96
to splint
éclisser
97
muddy / silty
vaseux -euse
98
to enamel, to pepper
émailler
99
a neck/neckline, collar
une encolure
100
a bowl / basin
une cuvette
101
crazy, lunatic
cinglé
102
to deflect
dévier
103
to shave (wood)
raboter
104
a thorn
une épine
105
to match, attach, or accompany
assortir
106
crust, rind, scab
une croûte
107
gossip
des ragots
108
a fang
un croc
109
to itch, to make you itch
démanger
110
flaccid / flabby
flasque (adj)
111
to blow your nose
se moucher
112
to rot, to go moldy
moisir
113
pavement, flooring
le dallage
114
to sprinkle / to dust with
saupoudrer
115
a colossus, a giant
un colosse
116
without his/her knowledge
à son insu
117
to sew up, to stitch up
recoudre
118
pottery
la poterie
119
to snort, to shake
s'ébrouer
120
"through and through"
jusqu'à la moelle
121
disdain (n)
le dédain
122
greed
la cupidité
123
a splinter
une esquille
124
commendable
louable
125
unpredictability
l'imprévisibilité
126
intoxicated, grayed-out
grisé
127
shale
le schiste
128
to attract, to draw (in)
attirer
129
to encroach
empiéter
130
wide eyed
yeux écarquillés
131
to unhorse / throw from a horse
désarçonner
132
to interfere, involve, mix
mêler
133
small, tiny, minute
menu (adj)
134
a railing
une rambarde
135
to look down on, to look (someone) up and down
toiser
136
to interact
interagir
137
to covet
convoiter
138
to deploy, make, extend
(se) déployer
139
to interfere, meddle, get involved
s'immiscer
140
a skylight
une lucarne
141
to crumble
s'effriter
142
halfway
mi-chemin
143
to sniff
renifler
144
to screen (as in to test), to riddle (like with bullets)
cribler
145
to weave
tisser
146
to watch, look out for
guetter
147
a pack, bunch, mob
une meute
148
to go stale or to sit down
se rassir
149
to climb / ascend
gravir
150
to spur
éperonner
151
to tarnish
ternir
152
experienced, seasoned, senior
chevronné
153
fatigue
la lassitude
154
to sulk
bouder
155
to polish
astiquer
156
a mess, clutter, jumble, tangle
un fouillis
157
to tap, to pat
tapoter
158
to "slave away"
trimer
159
fuming
fulminant
160
to generate / encourage / stimulate
susciter
161
to spread / smear / rub
étaler
162
to rant, bluster, or fume
fulminer
163
an acorn or a tassel
un gland
164
to portend, herald, to bode
augurer
165
a swordsman
un bretteur
166
a compass
une boussole
167
breath, an undertaking / endeavor
le haleine
168
an apron
un tablier
169
to bother, worry, trouble
tracasser
170
to sprinkle with
parsemer de
171
a stable boy, a horse groomer
un palefrenier
172
a gap, ditch, moat
un fossé
173
to scold
gronder
174
more, further, better
davantage
175
a coffin
un cercueil
176
at the top of one's lungs
à pleins poumons
177
to brush against / touch
frôler
178
to seize, to get ahold of
(s') emparer
179
to lay siege, to besiege
assiéger
180
sweating, covered in sweat
en nage
181
a quagmire, mess, morass
un bourbier
182
a rod, stem, or shaft
une tige
183
slander, defamation
la calomnie
184
to grind, crush, mill
broyer
185
dull/drab
terne
186
to snuff (a flame/candle)
moucher
187
to brag
vanter
188
disoriented, confused
déboussolé
189
to paw the ground (like a horse)
piaffer
190
to grumble
grommeler
191
dismissive, disdainful
dédaigneux
192
to cheer up, to exhilarate
(se) ragaillardir
193
to scowl
se renfrogner
194
to coat, smear, slather
enduire
195
vengeful, vindictive
revanchard
196
frail
frêle
197
a slug
une limace
198
furry, fluffy, fuzzy
duveteux
199
a burrow / den
un terrier
200
an approach (to doing sthg)
une démarche
