May2023

Question 1

voleter

Answer 1

to flutter, to flit

Question 2

vareuse

Answer 2

blouse courte en grosse toile
pilot jacket

Question 3

le varech

Answer 3

kelp, seaweed

Question 4

essouffler

Answer 4

to make breathless, to wind

Question 5

le repère

Answer 5

1. line, mark
2. landmark, point of reference

Question 6

mûrir

Answer 6

1. to ripen
2. to mature, to develop

Question 7

adepte

Answer 7

follower, enthusiast

Question 8

équivoque

Answer 8

1. syn: ambigu: equivocal, ambiguous
2. syn: douteux - questionable, doubtful

Question 9

un apaisement

Answer 9

1. calming (down), soothing
2. appeasement (in politics)
3. reassurances

Question 10

le frayeur

Answer 10

fright

Question 11

fluet(te)

Answer 11

syn: grêle: thin, slender

Question 12

blafard (e)

Answer 12

pale, pallid
syn: blême

Question 13

la trouille

Answer 13

fam: fear, fright

Question 14

avoir la trouille

Answer 14

to be scared stiff

Question 15

badauds

Answer 15

1. stroller, passerby
2. (curious) on-looker

Question 16

tenailler

Answer 16

syn: tourmenter: to torture, to torment

Question 17

la calvitie

Answer 17

baldness

Question 18

netteté

Answer 18

1. cleanness
2. clearness, sharpness

Question 19

ordures

Answer 19

filth, trash, garbage

Question 20

une boîte à ordures

Answer 20

trash can, bin

Question 21

la bedaine

Answer 21

paunch, potbelly

Question 22

houleux

Answer 22

1. rough ( of the sea)
2. stormy, turbulent

Question 23

débats houleux

Answer 23

stormy debates

Question 24

démonter

Answer 24

1. to dismantle
2. to remove, to take down
3. to disconcert

Question 25

cribler

Answer 25

1. to sift, to screen
2. to riddle, to fill with holes

Question 26

une fuite

Answer 26

a leak

Question 27

appareil électroménager

Answer 27

appliance

Question 28

accoudoir

Answer 28

armrest

Question 29

vriller

Answer 29

to bore into, to pierce

Question 30

désarçonner

Answer 30

to throw (a rider), to unseat

Question 31

canular

Answer 31

hoax, practical joke

Question 32

bagatelle

Answer 32

1. trifle, trinket
2. trifling sum

Question 33

le truand

Answer 33

gangster, crook

Question 34

se ruer

Answer 34

1. ~sur: to fling oneself at
2. ~vers : to rush toward

Question 35

jucher

Answer 35

to perch

Question 36

elle a juché le bébé sur sa chaise

Answer 36

she perched the baby on his chair

Question 37

se jucher sur

Answer 37

to perch on

Question 38

embrouillé

Answer 38

confused, muddled

Question 39

minauder

Answer 39

to chat, to mince

Question 40

échafauder

Answer 40

to erect scaffolding
1. to stack, to pile up
2. to construct, to build upon (plans, theories)

Question 41

gré

Answer 41

1. syn: volonté : will

Question 42

de plein gré

Answer 42

willingly

Question 43

contre son gré

Answer 43

unwillingly

Question 44

goût

Answer 44

taste, liking

Question 45

à votre gré

Answer 45

as you wish

Question 46

bon gré mal gré

Answer 46

like it or not

Question 47

savoir (bien) gré à

Answer 47

to be grateful to

Question 48

une penderie

Answer 48

closet, wardrobe

Question 49

gueule

Answer 49

mouth of an animal

Question 50

gueule de bois

Answer 50

hangover

Question 51

fouetter

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1. to whip, to lash
2. to whisk

Question 52

crême fouettée

Answer 52

whipped cream

Question 53

la fierté

Answer 53

pride

Question 54

inédites

Answer 54

unpublished, original

Question 55

réticence

Answer 55

reluctant

Question 56

barrage

Answer 56

dam

Question 57

boiter

Answer 57

to limp

Question 58

coup de boule

Answer 58

headbutt

Question 59

illettrisme

Answer 59

illiteracy

Question 60

loufoque

Answer 60

wacky

Question 61

répandre

Answer 61

to pour, to shed, to spill, to spread, to screw

Question 62

entrebâiller

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to half open

Question 63

entrebâillée

Answer 63

ajar

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au culot

Answer 64

with nerve

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emboîta

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followed

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microsillon

Answer 66

LP, vynal

Question 67

cuissardes

Answer 67

waders

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jappement

Answer 68

yapping

Question 69

quilles

Answer 69

ninepins, bowling pins

Question 70

jeu de quilles

Answer 70

bowling

Question 71

baver

Answer 71

to slobber

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livrée

Answer 72

dilivered

Question 73

Je suis livrée à moi même

Answer 73

I’m on my own

Question 74

épongea le carrelage

Answer 74

sponged the tiles

Question 75

défait

Answer 75

defeated

Question 76

le lit n’était toujours pas défait

Answer 76

The bed was still unmade

Question 77

des cocottes-minutes

Answer 77

pressure cooker

Question 78

du tétanos

Answer 78

tetanus

Question 79

la débandade

Answer 79

the stampede

Question 80

un essaim

Answer 80

swarm

Question 81

de rince-bouteilles

Answer 81

bottle rinser

Question 82

frôler

Answer 82

to graze, to brush past, to rustle

Question 83

le trognon

Answer 83

core, stump, stalk
fam: darling, pet

Question 84

un trognon de pomme

Answer 84

apple core

Question 85

la poche de son tablier

Answer 85

her apron pocket

Question 86

le tablier

Answer 86

the apron

Question 87

on se passera de collation de minuit

Answer 87

no need for a midnight snack

Question 88

la collation

Answer 88

snack, light meal

Question 89

réparateur

Answer 89

repairer

Question 90

c’est très surfait

Answer 90

very overrated

Question 91

raillerie

Answer 91

mockery

Question 92

Il se borna à s’étirer langoureusement avant de s’éloigner

Answer 92

He merely stretched before walking away

Question 93

un peu de broderie

Answer 93

a little embroidery

Question 94

un peu d’aquarelle

Answer 94

a little watercolor

Question 95

un autre cancrelat

Answer 95

another cockroach (cafard)

Question 96

les prunelles noisettes

Answer 96

hazelnut sloes (gin)

Question 97

d’ailés de phalène

Answer 97

of moth wings

Question 98

puis elle les a celées

Answer 98

then she hid them

Question 99

creuser

Answer 99

to hollow out, to excavate, to dig

Question 100

cocottes

Answer 100

casseroles