Nelly Alard Flashcards
Non religious, lay-person
Laïc
Laïque (same)
Acronym
Sigle m
Movement , dependency
Mouvement f
Show up, turn up
Débarquer
And disembark, land
Because of this
À cause de ceci
Ceci dit this said
Ceci explique cela this explains that
Yield, give way, give in, concede
Céder
Clash, conflict, aggravation, irritation
Contrariété f
Sick leave, off sick
Doctor’s certificate, sick note
Arrêt de travail m
Posh adj
Huppé
Doctor’s surgery
Cabinet médicale
Thorny,prickly
Épineux -se
Can opener
Ouvre-boîtes
Wait no matter what
Attendre de pied ferme
get bogged down vi + adj
get caught, get trapped
S’empêtrer
Beg, plead with
supplier qqn de faire qch⇒ vtr (demander avec insistance) beg [sb] to do [sth], plead with [sb] to do [sth] vtr
Je vous supplie de me croire.
pop by again v expr
call in again v expr
Repasser
Repasser un examen
Planche à repasser ironing board
Catflap
Chatière m
Hassle, bother, bummer
Emmerdement m
be tense, be on edge
Être sur les dents
Mettre sur les dents. Under pressure
Amazement
Stupeur
Mocking adj
Persifleur -euse
Break-up, separation, split up n
Rupture f
Iattention, lack of attention
By accident, inadvertedly
Mégarde f
Par mégarde
Difficult, tiresome, hard adj
Pénible
Half truths
Les demi-vérités
Pin code
Le code pin
Lîke a shot
En trombe
Démarrer en trombe hurtle off, start w a great rush
Misgiving, qualm
Scrupule m
And scruple
Linger, stay behind, delay, hold back, remain
S’attarder
Spoiled
Gâté -e
Bask, lounge
Laze around
Lézarder
Lézarder au soleil
Alarm n
Effarement m
Avec effarement
Unfair, deceitful dishonest, under hand
Déloyal
Be touched moved
S’attendrir
Punching bag
Sac de sable m
Sandbag
Muted, muffled adj
Feutré
Rainy season
La saison des pluies
The end of the monsoon
La fin de mousson
Climate change
Le changement climatique
Le réchauffement climatique
De déplacés clumatiques
Polluter
Pollueur
Polls, ballot, election, vote
Scrutin m
Stagnation (economy)
Marasme m
Sortir du m. Come out of a slump
Native, aboriginal, indigenous n and adj
Autochtone nmf and adj
Neck and neck expr
Être au coude à coude
Sleep like a log
Dormir comme une souche
Souche is a stump f and origin, descent
Elle de souche polonaise
Preacher, apostle
Apôtre m
Livestock, cattle
Bétail m
Bundle,
Idiot, fool
Foolish, idiotic adj
Ballot m
Suffer from
Pâtir de
Shoe, slipper
Soulier
Sole of shoe
Sole foot
Sole fish
Semelle f
Plante f
Sole f
Be running late
Être á la bourre
Bourre f stuffing
Accept, tolerate, put up with, cope with, stand
Supporter
Mes parents ne se supportent plus.
Il faut supporter les conséquences de ses actes
Poorly
Pauvrement
Gradually, bit by bit, imperceptibly
Insensiblement
Mainly, primarily
Principalement
And principally
At large
Dans la nature
En cavale, en fuite
Be up to
Fabriquer
Make, produce, build
Qu’est-ce que ru fabriques? What r u up to
detective novel, detective fiction, crime novel, crime fiction n
Polar m fam
Bully torment
Brimer
Attention! (Soldater)
Garde-à-vous
Haphazardly indiscriminately jumble muddle mess
Pêle-mêle adv
In the mean time
Meanwhile
Entre-temps
Initial sign v
Parapher
Laziness
Flemme f
avoir la flemme (colloquial) can’t be bothered expr
Stocky squat adj
Trapu
Negotiations talks
Pourparlers mpl
Être en p avec San
Be in talks, negotiations w
immaculate, well-dressed adj
well-groomed, well turned out adj
tidy, neat, smart adj
Soigné And sick person, the sick (group) familier (fort) (illness) bad, severe adj (headache) splitting adj (cold) heavy adj
Lend a hand, help out, give support
Prêter main-forte à qqn
Lost soul, drop out
Paumé
Ditto, lîkewise
Idem adv
Conceal, hide, mask, disguise
Occulter
Placard, notice, sign
Pancarte f
Bend, zigzag
Lacet m
Les lacets de cette route de montagne sont dangereux.
And shoe string shoe laces,
Trek, long journey, haul
Périple m
Horse chestnut tree
Marronnier m
Stop, halt, stopover n
Escale f
Le bateau fait escale à P.
Faire escale make a stopover
Follow through, bring to fruition
Mener à terme
Passenger (car) compartment
Cock pit
Habitacle m
Godfather, sponsor
Parrain m
Dig v
Creuser
Nickname v
Surnommer
Surnommé
Unheard of, incredible, amazing
Inouï adj
Incroyable
Seniority
Years of service, length of experience
Ancienneté f
Successor, heir, inheritor
Héritier m
Paddy wagon
Panier à salade m
Agressiveness, hostility
Hargne f
Pocket pen knife
Canif m
Swarm gaggle
Essaim m
Thug, gangster, yobbo
Voyou m
Rubble
Gravats mpl
Cheating (exam) n
Fraude f
And fraud
Junkie drug addict
Toxicomane m
Sociable
Mondain
And social butterfly, socialite as a noun
Wardrobe, cloak room
Garde-robe f
Theft n
Larcin m
Hardship, poverty n
Dèche f
Être dans la dèche be broke
And down and out
Narrator, story teller
Conteur -euse
Start, initiate, open , begin
Entamer
Delicious, tasty
Lovely, charming
Savoureux -euse
And fig
Story, tale
Conte m
Music-loving, music lover adj
Mélomane
Bun (hair)
Chignon m
Bearing n fig
Jalon m
Milestone, landmark, foundation, groundwork
Mend (clothes)
Ravauder
Spray of spit,
Postillon m
Il envoie des postillons en parlant
Bizarre, unusual, quirky
Insolite adj
Bad ill tempered, sullen, gloomy, dull
Maussade
Beg, go cap in hand, ask for, bum
Quémander
Presence (as in imposing) n
Prestance f
Arrogant, haughty, aloof
Altier
Polish, shine v
Astiquer
Refl wank, play w yr self
Trivia, nonsense
Trivial som
Bagatelle f
Chatter n
Jacassement m
Management m
Gérance f
Il a pris ce magasin en gérance
P assurera la gérance de la banque…
fool, deceive, cheat, swindle vtr
Berner
Swagger strut
Plastronner