Nancy Drew tome 3

Question 1

écumer

Answer 1

1. to skim
2. piller: to plunder
3. to search through, to scour

Question 2

le carillon

Answer 2

bell, chime

Question 3

espiègle

Answer 3

mischievous, impish

Question 4

d’ores et déjà

Answer 4

already

Question 5

le peignoir

Answer 5

bath robe, dressing gown

Question 6

briguer

Answer 6

1. to aspire to

2. to solicit, to seek

Question 7

lice

Answer 7

to join in the fray, to be in the running

Question 8

la bourre

Answer 8

stuffing, padding, wad

Question 9

bourrer

Answer 9

to fill, to stuff, to cram

Question 10

le grappin

Answer 10

1. grapnel

2. met le grappin sur - to get one’s hooks into

Question 11

la courge

Answer 11

gourd, squash

Question 12

un capharnaüm

Answer 12

extrême désordre

Question 13

il y a anguille sous roche

Answer 13

there’s something fishy going on

Question 14

une anguille

Answer 14

eel

Question 15

de briguer

Answer 15

1. to buckle, to fasten

2. to complete, to finish off 3. (fam) - to lock up, to imprison

Question 16

boucler la boucle

Answer 16

to come full circle

Question 17

côtoyer

Answer 17

1. to skirt, to run alongside

2. to be close to, to mix with

Question 18

ombrager

Answer 18

to darken, to shade

Question 19

ça me fiche

Answer 19

I could care less

Question 20

la frousse

Answer 20

fright, scare, jitters

Question 21

échauffer

Answer 21

to heat up

Question 22

le piège

Answer 22

1. trap, snare

2. snag, pitfall

Question 23

la moue

Answer 23

pout

Question 24

faire la moue

Answer 24

to pout

Question 25

une villégiature

Answer 25

vacation spot

Question 26

lieu de villégiature

Answer 26

resort

Question 27

à loucher

Answer 27

squinted

Question 28

louche (adverb)

Answer 28

suspect, shady, suspicious

Question 29

louche (noun)

Answer 29

ladle

Question 30

loucher

Answer 30

to squint, to be cross-eyed

Question 31

chipoter

Answer 31

1. to haggle

2. to pick at one’s food

Question 32

virer

Answer 32

1. to transfer funds

2. (fam) to fire, to expel, to throw out

Question 33

un baladeur

Answer 33

portable radio, cassette player

Question 34

bosser

Answer 34

to work, to slave away

Question 35

bosseler

Answer 35

1. to emboss

2. to dent

Question 36

se ruer

Answer 36

1. ~sur = to fling oneself at

2. ~ver = to rush towards

Question 37

la moquette

Answer 37

wall to wall carpeting

Question 38

panneau de liège

Answer 38

cork board

Question 39

maquette

Answer 39

scale model

Question 40

la bouillie

Answer 40

baby cereal, gruel

Question 41

la bouilloire

Answer 41

kettle, tea kettle

Question 42

un frisson

Answer 42

1. shiver, shudder

2. ripple (of water), rustle (of leaves)

Question 43

écervelée

Answer 43

étourdi = scatterbrained, empty-headed

Question 44

stagiaire

Answer 44

trainee, intern

Question 45

les tréteaux

Answer 45

trestle

Question 46

accaparer

Answer 46

= monopoliser: 1. to monopolize, 2. to buy up, to hoard

Question 47

cogiter

Answer 47

=réfléchir: to cogitate, to reflect

Question 48

la mue

Answer 48

molting, shedding, sloughing

Question 49

aplatir

Answer 49

to flatten

Question 50

pagaille

Answer 50

1. mess, chaos

2. il y en a pagaille = there are loads of them

Question 51

le chantier

Answer 51

1. construction site

2. depot, yard

Question 52

mettre en chantier

Answer 52

to start work on

Question 53

de parpaings

Answer 53

blocks of cement

Question 54

me couvre

Answer 54

cover up for me

Question 55

j’ai pigé

piger

Answer 55

(fam) to understand, to catch on to

Question 56

tu piges

Answer 56

do you get it

Question 57

arpenter

Answer 57

to pace, to stride along, to survey

Question 58

un arpent

Answer 58

ancienne mesure agraire qui volait de 20 à 50 acres

Question 59

se cambrer

Answer 59

to arch one’s back

Question 60

estivale

Answer 60

summer:

(la saison estivale)-summer season