misc vocab Flashcards
to cry / to snivel
larmoyer
to pity / to sympathise
plaindre
to wade / to trudge
patauger
mud
la boue / la gadoue
to covet
convoiter
crafty / cunning
madré
to watch out for
guetter
skylight
la lucarne
rainbow
un arc-en-ciel
surreptitiously / secretively / subtly
subrepticement
to cross oneself
se signer
to shake
secouer
handkerchief
un mouchoir
to consider (doing)
envisager (de faire)
to chuckle
glousser
crowd / mob
la foule
to have lost one’s voice
être aphone
voiceless / speechless
aphone
to infect / to aggravate / to inflame
envenimer
one to deteriorate / worsen / fester / become infected
s’envenimer
to think better (of doing something) / to reconsider
se raviser
to perplex (someone)
rendre (quelqu’un) perplexe
to better not (do …)
faire mieux de ne pas (faire) / il vaudrait mieux ne pas (faire)
akimbo
les poings sur les hanches
academic gown
la toge académique
to row
faire de l’aviron