n3 Flashcards
to rack
tourmenter/ torturer/devaster
to shunt
deplacer/manoeuvrer/devier
to fence
cloturer
to widen
elargir
to wage
mener (to wage war: faire la guerre)
to reverse
revenir sur/faire marche arrière
to outpace
distancer
to lash out
s’en prendre a qqlun/se dechainer contre qqlun
to tend to
être enclin a /avoir tendance à
to spurn
rejeter/repousser
to revile
injurier
to entrust (smt) to (sb)
confier qch a qqn
to overshadow
faire de l’ombre
to oversee
superviser/surveiller
to revamp
renover/reamenager
to bode
augurer/presager
to bode ill
augure mal
to vet
vérifier/examiner de près // approuver
to sidestep
contourner/faire pas de coté
to revert to
retomber en/revenir a
to withstand (smt)
resister à
to flesh out
s’epaissir/s’etoffer
to rile
agacer/enerver
to hail
grele / heler
to wobble
osciller/chanceler
to ensue
s’ensuivre
to sway
influencer
to drift
deriver
to cleave to
rester fidèle à qqn
to amend
amender/modifier/corriger
to branch out
etendre ses act/ se diversifier
to hamper
freiner, ralentir
to dump
jeter, decharger (dechets), deverser
to splurge
faire une folie (bcp dépenser)
to fester
s’envenimer (situation), pourrir, moisir (situation, nourriture)
to encroach
empieter, deborder
to bush aside
écarter
to boggle
etre abasoudi
the mind boggles
ca laisse perplexe
to topple
renverser/s’effondrer
to shatter
fracassre/voler en eclat
to tamper with
toucher à
to hold out to
tendre/tenir bon
to mount
organiser (campagne)/exposer
to worship
venerer/adorer
to implode
imploser
to batter
battre/frapper
to muddle
mettre du desordre
to unravel
se defaire -> detricoter
to lift
soulever
to jangle
cliqueter/faire tinter