Nancy Drew tome 6 Flashcards
effaroucher
- to frighten, to scare away
2. to alarm
ôter
- retirer: to remove, to take away
2. to take off ie: ôte tes bottes
ôte - toi de là
get out of the way
une otite
ear infection
déferler
to unfurl
to break (of waves)
to flood in (off spectators)
rougeâtre
reddish
boueuse
muddy
la houle
swell, surge
bétail
livestock, cattle
hâlé
tanned, sunburned
tanguer
to pitch, to toss about
une écaille
- scale (of a fish, reptile)
- shell (oyster, tortoise)
- flake, chip
jodhpurs
horse riding pants
narguer
- to mock, to taunt
2. to flout (danger,etc)
de divaguer
- to ramble (on)
2. to rave
régenter
to dictate, to rule over
seriner
répéter inlassablement
seriner qch à qn
to drum sth into sb
roupiller
fam: to snooze, to sleep
une gaufre
- waffle
2. honeycomb
balnéaire
seaside
station balnéaire
seaside resort
vue d’époustouflante
amazing, mind boggling (view)
amorcer
- to begin
- appâter: to bait, to entice
- to prime 4. to boot (a computer)
un orfèvre
goldsmith
égarer
- to lead astray
2. to lose, to misplace
s’égarer
- to lose one’s way
2. to be misplaced
la gageure
- to challenge
2. (Can) bet, wager
juteux
juicy
jouir
to have an orgasm
jouir de
to make good use of
to benefit from
se lever du pied gauch
to get up on the wrong side of the bed
cloques
blisters
cloquer
to blister
les broussailles
undergrowth
écœurer
- to nauseate, to sicken
2. to disgust, distaste
avoir une dent contre
to hold a grudge against
rompu
- fourbu= worn out, exhausted
rompu à
well accustomed to
un éboulement
- crumbling, collapse
2. heap of fallen rocks or earth
éboulement de terre
landslide
rejeter
relancer : to throw back
rejeter la faute
to shift the blame
le pilon
- pestle
- wooden leg
- drumstick (chicken)
fouille
- digging
2. search
- fouilles
excavation, dig
embobiner
fam: to bamboozle, to trick
un bosquet
grove, copse
écumante
foaming
avoir la bouche écumante
to be foaming at the mouth
être écumante de rage
to be foaming with rage
se cabra
to rear up ( of a horse)
to climb steeply (of a plane)
to rebel, to protest
dégager
to clear
gîte
- shelter, lodging
2. shank (of beef)
le gîte et le couvert
room and board
plaquer
- to veneer, to plate
- to stick, to plaster, to pin down
- to tackle (football)
- fam: to ditch, to get rid of
malotru
boor
rapiécé
to patch up, to mend
gravures rupestres
rock, cave art (carvings)
épousseter
to dust
le tesson
piece, fragment, shard
tesson de bouteille
piece of broken glass
calé (lée)
- brainy, cleaver
2. tough (of a problem)
effleurer
frôler: 1. to touch lightly , to brush against
2. to touch on an idea
étanche
water tight, waterproof
une ocre / ocher
a natural clay earth pigment: yellow to deep orange color
la déchirure
tear
boudin
- blood sausage
2. flange (on a wheel)
écueil
récif= 1. reef 2. pitfall
affûter
aiguiser= to sharpen, to hone
le caoutchouc
rubber
caoutchoucs
galoshes
dé
dice (à jouer)
un aval
- endorsement (in law and finance)
2. soutien: support, backing
en aval
downstream, lower down
déchiqueter
to tear into pieces
un crotale
rattlesnake
s’échiner
to work oneself to the bone
de glaise
clay
amas
- pile, heap
2. cluster (astronomy)
un anneau
ring
sitôt dit, sitôt fait
no sooner said than done
la châle
shawl
la berline
sedan
tarabuster
- to pester
2. to worry, to bother
ça me tarabuste
that’s getting me down
souder
- to weld, to solder
2. unir= to join, to bind
traquenard
trap
tomber dans un traquenard
to fall into a trap
crever
to puncture, to burst
