May Flashcards
sealed/tight, air-tight
étanche
build / stature
la carrure
to direct, channel, harness
canaliser
a pattern
un motif
to “test the waters”
tâter le terrain
loot, haul, plunder (n)
le butin
gnarled / knotty
noueux
to ruffle or tousle
ébouriffer
bitterness
l’amertume
to get worse / to worsen
empirer
a vortex, whirlwind, a swirling
un tourbillon
a pasture or meadow
un pré
skinned, flayed
écorché
a herd / flock of livestock
un troupeau
to become hardened
se blinder
manure, dung
le crottin
to bicker
se chamailler
a burst, gust
une rafale
a scratch, graze, scrape
un éraflure
bone marrow
la moelle
sap
la sève
pot / kettle, cooking-pot
une marmite
a respite, a break / relief, breathing space
un répit
to stuff, to pad
rembourrer
to purse one’s lips, to pout
faire la moue
a trouble maker, a loose cannon
un fauteur de troubles
a stepladder
un escabeau
more or less / after a fashion
tant bien que mal
a hem / hemline
un ourlet
crimson
cramoisi
to sort, to sort through
trier
tough / leathery / hard as nails
coriace
a poker (for the fire)
un tisonnier
to seal
sceller
to be flushed (red in the face)
s’empourprer
a mare
une jument
elaborate or skillfully crafted
ouvragé
to blunt or dull
émousser
slack-jawed, gaping
bouche bée
an auger, a tendril, or a spin / tailspin
une vrille
to mock
railler
a steward or magistrate
un intendant
a setback or
a cuff / lapel
un revers
to venture, to stray
s’aventurer
to float, fly, flutter
flotter
to force, to corner someone
acculer
to moisten, to wet
humecter
to gossip
cancaner
a turn, direction, a twist, a spin
une tournure
a little girl
une fillette
a loaf of bread
une miche de pain
scarlet
écarlate
to gauge
jauger
“Put to the test”
“mettre à rude éprouve”
numb
transi
tar, blacktop
le goudron
pale, pallid
blême
a cesspool
un cloaque
to straddle
enjamber
a finishing (like in woodwork), trim
une finition
to provide, develop, build, establish
doter
a wick, fuse, lock (of hair)
une mèche
fleshy, meaty, plump
charnue
the eaves (on a house)
l’avant-toit
surly, sullen
maussade
a runt, weakling
un avorton
to confuse or divert
dérouter
to flow, to flood, to flock to
affluer
a cap, hood, cowl
un capuchon
to smell, to sniff out
flairer
to scrub or scour
récurer
to shield
blinder
a looter, a raider
un pillard
gossip, gossiping / bitching
le commérage
to bristle or make angry
hérisser
motley
hétéroclite
to hit, impact, strike
percuter
to mope
se morfondre
to flinch / shudder / wince
tressaillir
a breach or a rift
une brèche
a hold / control / grip / influence
une emprise
a reed
un roseau
hail, a hailstorm, spindly
(une) grêle
killed/whacked or stubborn
buté
to trample
piétiner
the harvest
la moisson
to soften, to go soft
ramollir
mane, hair
une crinière
bark (tree)
l’écorce
hasty
hâtive
a nanny or nurse
une nourrice
to dissolve
dissoudre
silky / silken
soyeux -euse
snide, wry
narquois
a tourniquet
un garrot
to splint
éclisser
muddy / silty
vaseux -euse
to enamel, to pepper
émailler
a neck/neckline, collar
une encolure
a bowl / basin
une cuvette
crazy, lunatic
cinglé
to deflect
dévier
to shave (wood)
raboter
a thorn
une épine
to match, attach, or accompany
assortir
crust, rind, scab
une croûte
gossip
des ragots
a fang
un croc
to itch, to make you itch
démanger
flaccid / flabby
flasque (adj)
to blow your nose
se moucher
to rot, to go moldy
moisir
pavement, flooring
le dallage
to sprinkle / to dust with
saupoudrer
a colossus, a giant
un colosse
without his/her knowledge
à son insu
to sew up, to stitch up
recoudre
pottery
la poterie
to snort, to shake
s’ébrouer
“through and through”
jusqu’à la moelle
disdain (n)
le dédain
greed
la cupidité
a splinter
une esquille
commendable
louable
unpredictability
l’imprévisibilité
intoxicated, grayed-out
grisé
shale
le schiste
to attract, to draw (in)
attirer
to encroach
empiéter
wide eyed
yeux écarquillés
to unhorse / throw from a horse
désarçonner
to interfere, involve, mix
mêler
small, tiny, minute
menu (adj)
a railing
une rambarde
to look down on, to look (someone) up and down
toiser
to interact
interagir
to covet
convoiter
to deploy, make, extend
(se) déployer
to interfere, meddle, get involved
s’immiscer
a skylight
une lucarne
to crumble
s’effriter
halfway
mi-chemin
to sniff
renifler
to screen (as in to test), to riddle (like with bullets)
cribler
to weave
tisser
to watch, look out for
guetter
a pack, bunch, mob
une meute
to go stale or to sit down
se rassir
to climb / ascend
gravir
to spur
éperonner
to tarnish
ternir
experienced, seasoned, senior
chevronné
fatigue
la lassitude
to sulk
bouder
to polish
astiquer
a mess, clutter, jumble, tangle
un fouillis
to tap, to pat
tapoter
to “slave away”
trimer
fuming
fulminant
to generate / encourage / stimulate
susciter
to spread / smear / rub
étaler
to rant, bluster, or fume
fulminer
an acorn or a tassel
un gland
to portend, herald, to bode
augurer
a swordsman
un bretteur
a compass
une boussole
breath, an undertaking / endeavor
le haleine
an apron
un tablier
to bother, worry, trouble
tracasser
to sprinkle with
parsemer de
a stable boy, a horse groomer
un palefrenier
a gap, ditch, moat
un fossé
to scold
gronder
more, further, better
davantage
a coffin
un cercueil
at the top of one’s lungs
à pleins poumons
to brush against / touch
frôler
to seize, to get ahold of
(s’) emparer
to lay siege, to besiege
assiéger
sweating, covered in sweat
en nage
a quagmire, mess, morass
un bourbier
a rod, stem, or shaft
une tige
slander, defamation
la calomnie
to grind, crush, mill
broyer
dull/drab
terne
to snuff (a flame/candle)
moucher
to brag
vanter
disoriented, confused
déboussolé
to paw the ground (like a horse)
piaffer
to grumble
grommeler
dismissive, disdainful
dédaigneux
to cheer up, to exhilarate
(se) ragaillardir
to scowl
se renfrogner
to coat, smear, slather
enduire
vengeful, vindictive
revanchard
frail
frêle
a slug
une limace
furry, fluffy, fuzzy
duveteux
a burrow / den
un terrier
an approach (to doing sthg)
une démarche
