Nancy Drew tome 8

Question 1

jaser

Answer 1

1. bavarder: to chatter

2. médire: to gossip

Question 2

vautrer

Answer 2

1. to sprawl 2. to wallow

Question 3

pinceau

Answer 3

paint brush

Question 4

le flacon

Answer 4

small bottle

Question 5

émanations

Answer 5

1. fumes

2. expression, manifestation

Question 6

s’extasier

Answer 6

to be in ecstasy

Question 7

ruineux

Answer 7

extravagantly expensive, exorbitant

Question 8

m’adosser

Answer 8

1. to place back to back

2. ~à or ~contre = to lean against

Question 9

marotte

Answer 9

craze, fad

Question 10

penaude

Answer 10

sheepish

Question 11

la binette

Answer 11

hoe

Question 12

chichi

Answer 12

1. affection, airs

2. faire des chichis = to make a fuss

Question 13

éblouir

Answer 13

1. to dazzle

2. to stun, to amaze

Question 14

houspilla

Answer 14

= réprimander: to scold

Question 15

dorloter

Answer 15

to pamper, to baby

Question 16

tous azimuts

Answer 16

all out, total

Question 17

dans tous les azimuts

Answer 17

all over the place

Question 18

à pétrir

Answer 18

to knead

Question 19

en sourdine

Answer 19

muted, quietly

Question 20

mettre une sourdine à

Answer 20

to tone down

Question 21

la panse

Answer 21

(fam): paunch, belly

Question 22

en faire un réveillon

Answer 22

1. Christmas Eve supper or party 2. New Year’s Eve party

Question 23

calé

Answer 23

1. (fam): brainy, clever 2. tough ( of a problem, etc)

Question 24

une aisselle

Answer 24

armpit

Question 25

déguerpir

Answer 25

1. to clear out 2. faire déguerpir =to drive away

Question 26

saule

Answer 26

willow tree

Question 27

je m’empourprai

Answer 27

to turn crimson

Question 28

zouaves

Answer 28

1. soldat qui combattait autrefois dans l’armée français en Algérie 2. (fam) faire le zouave =faire l’idiot, le guignol

Question 29

un engrenage

Answer 29

1. gears 2. être pris dans l’engrenage = to be caught up in the system

Question 30

faire le pied de grue

Answer 30

to wait around, to cool ones heels

Question 31

foudroyer

Answer 31

to strike down

Question 32

aubaine

Answer 32

1. godsend, windfall 2. good deal, bargain

Question 33

bougonner

Answer 33

to grumble, to complain

Question 34

le peignoir

Answer 34

bathrobe, dressing gown

Question 35

duveteux

Answer 35

downy, fluffy, fuzzy

Question 36

feutrée

Answer 36

1. felt, felt like 2. muffled

Question 37

épiler

Answer 37

to remove hair from, to pluck

Question 38

corser

Answer 38

1. to add spice to2. to aggravate 3. to liven up 4. to spike(a drink)

Question 39

l’affaire se corse

Answer 39

the plot thickens

Question 40

chignon

Answer 40

(hair) bun

Question 41

la cacahuète

Answer 41

peanut

Question 42

le goût effréné

Answer 42

1. déchaîné: unbridled, unrestrained 2. frantic

Question 43

la fanfreluche

Answer 43

petit ornement superflu, tel que ruban, pompon, etc.

Question 44

en inox

Answer 44

rust proof, stainless steel

Question 45

marmite

Answer 45

cooking pot

Question 46

écharper

Answer 46

syn: lyncher, massacrer

Question 47

une grenade dégoupillée

Answer 47

a live grenade (without the pin)

Question 48

la goupille

Answer 48

pin

Question 49

débouler

Answer 49

1. to tumble down 2. to bolt, to shoot out, to charge down (a stairway etc)

Question 50

remous

Answer 50

1. eddy

2. backwash

Question 51

fléau

Answer 51

calamity, scourge

Question 52

atteler

Answer 52

to harness, to yoke, atteler à = to apply oneself to

Question 53

essouffler

Answer 53

to make breathless, to wind

Question 54

marre

Answer 54

(fam) enough

Question 55

j’en ai marre

Answer 55

I’m fed up!

Question 56

tamiser

Answer 56

1. to sift 2. to filter

Question 57

lumière tamisée

Answer 57

subdued lighting

Question 58

éclaircir

Answer 58

1. to lighten 2. to clarify

Question 59

le fourgon

Answer 59

1. van 2. freight car, baggage car 3. poker (fireplace)

Question 60

fourgon de queue

Answer 60

caboose

Question 61

le rongeur

Answer 61

rodent

Question 62

ronger

Answer 62

1. to gnaw, to nibble
2. to corrode
3. to eat away at, to wear down

Question 63

la blatte

Answer 63

cockroach

Question 64

sa gamine

Answer 64

1. espiègle : mischievous, playful

Question 65

une essaim

Answer 65

swarm

Question 66

les commérages

Answer 66

(fam): gossip

Question 67

croustillant

Answer 67

1. crisp, crunchy

2. spicy, bawdy

Question 68

un charognard

Answer 68

scavenger (animal)

Question 69

un litige

Answer 69

1. dispute

2. litigation

Question 70

agenouillé

Answer 70

to kneel

Question 71

désamorcer

Answer 71

to defuse

Question 72

une clairière

Answer 72

clearing, glade

Question 73

une écuelle

Answer 73

1. bowl 2. bowlful

Question 74

s’ébruiter

Answer 74

to become known

Question 75

ébruiter

Answer 75

to spread, to divulge

Question 76

hérisser

Answer 76

1. to ruffle up (fur, feathers etc)

Question 77

hérisser de

Answer 77

to spike with, to stud with

Question 78

se hérisser

Answer 78

fam: to stand on end

2. to bristle ( with annoyance)

Question 79

pourpres

Answer 79

crimson, reddish purple

Question 80

malaxer

Answer 80

to blend, to mix

Question 81

le mollet

Answer 81

calf (of the leg)

Question 82

belliqueuse

Answer 82

guerrier: war like

Question 83

un atout

Answer 83

trump (card), 2. advantage, asset