Notre Dame de Paris - Les Verbes Flashcards
abîmer
détraquer
endommager
TO DAMAGE
D: to damage, upset, perturb
E: to damage, harm
aborder
atteindre
parvenir
TO REACH
* AB: [approach, address, or tackle] -> Robinson Crusoé aborda une île déserte
* AT: [arriving at a specific point, goal, or level, often with some struggle/effort] -> L’entreprise a atteint ses objectifs.
* P: [reach, manage to do, or succeed, emphasizing success, especially after struggle/effort] -> Les inondations parviennent jusqu’au centre-ville.
aboutir
aboutir à
emmener
entraîner
A: to succeed
A, À: to end up with/lead to
EM: to take, lead, drive
EN: to lead to, involve
abroger
to repeal, revoke
Certaines lois seront abrogées
acclamer
prétendre que
proférer
A: to cheer, acclaim
PRÉ: to maintain, claim
PRO: to proclaim, pronounce, declare
accoupler
accroucher (de)
s’accroupir
ACCOU: to mate
ACCROU: to give birth (to)
S: to squat, crouch
arracher
to pull up/out
abaisser, faire descendre
accroître, augmenter, haucher
affaisser
avilir
élargir
rétrécir
AB, F.D.: to lower
ACC, AUG, H: to increase, augment, grow, heighten, intensify
AFF: to lower, collapse
AV: to debase, degrade, demean, depreciate
É: to widen, increase, amplify, expand, make wider/bigger
R: to contract, shrink
achever
to finish, complete
adjoindre
embaucher
endosser
adjuger
ADJOINDRE: to appoint
EM: to take on, appoint
EN: to assume, endorse, put on [on the back], take on
ADJUGER: to award, grant
allonger
gésir
poser
A: to lay, extend, lengthen
G: to lie [not making a false claim!]
P: to put/place (down), install, fit, lay, land, pose
amener
ramener
A: to bring about
R: to take/bring again/back
apercevoir
entrevoir
to glimpse
A: when you see something briefly, often without much detail or when something comes into your field of vision unexpectedly
E: when you see something indistinctly or partially, or when you have a vague understanding of something
apitoyer
appâter
apprivoiser
APIT: to pity
APPÂ: to lure, entice, bait
APPRI: to tame, domesticate
appréhender
to arrest/apprehend, comprehend/understand, be worried/nervous about
arrondir
(L’homme arrondit le dos)
(Nous arrondirons le total)
to bow/bend, to round (up/down), to tone down/soften, to increase/swell
aviser
J’aviserai demain en fonction de la météo.
to decide, inform
balbutier, bégayer
to stammer, stutter
borner
comprimer
B: to confine, limit, restrict, keep
C: to compress, constrict
bousculer
fouler
frôler
trébucher
B: to jostle, shove, push
FO: to tread, trample (Ils sont heureux de pouvoir fouler leur sol natal.)
FR: to brush past/against, verge on, approach (Sa main a frôlé la mienne.)
T: to stumble
broder
coudre
tricoter
B: to embroider
C: to sew, stitch
T: to knit
brouiller
se brouiller
barbouiller
bouillir
brouter
BROUILLER: to scramble/interfere, to blur/cloud
S: to quarrel
BAR: to smear
BO: to boil
BROUTER: to graze, nibble, browse
aboyer
bruire
éclore
éternuer
fredonner
siffler
(La forêt bruyait de cris des oiseaux.)
A: to bark
B: to rustle, hum, buzz, murmur
ÉC: to hatch, open, bloom
ÉT: to sneeze
F: to hum
S: to whistle
assiéger
attraper
capituler
envahir
esquiver
s’emparer de
engluer
vaincre
AS: to beseige, encircle, mob
AT: to catch, grab, capture
C: to surrender, give in
ENV: to invade, swarm, overrun, overwhelm
ESQ: to evade, avoid, elude
S’E: seize, capture, catch, grab (Les policiers se sont emparés du suspect)
EN: to catch, glue (Ces rouleaux engluent les mouches.)
V: to defeat
chatouiller
to tickle
chiffonner
déchiqueter
émietter
C: to crumple, bother, worry (Cette affaire me chiffonne.)
D: to shred, tear apart, rip apart
E: to crumble
compulser
to consult
concevoir
imaginer
C: to conceive, to design/create
E: to invent, conceive, devise
convenir à
to be suitable for
creuser
crever
CREUSER: to dig
CREVER: to burst, puncture
débarrasser
déboucher
dégager
enrayer
to clear or free up
DÉBA:
* To clear, declutter, get rid of [of something unnecessary, in the way, or unwanted
* Cleaning spaces, freeing onself from something bothersome]
* Il faut débarrasser la table
DÉBOU:
* Unblock, open up, or lead to
* Freeing a blocked pathway or transitioning into a new space
* Le sérum physiologique permet de déboucher le nez
DÉG:
* To clear, unblock [an obstacle, allowing space or access]
* Il faut dégager l’entrée du salon
ENR: to jam/block, stop/hault, jam
débattre
débattre de, discuter sur
se débattre
peiner
D: to wrangle, haggle over
D, D: to discuss, debate
SE & P: to struggle
combler
gorger
déborder
dégorger
purger
C: to fill, make up for (Il faut combler ce trou)
G: to stuff, force feed, inundate, fill (Les oies et les canards sont gorgés)
DÉBORDER: to overflow
DÉGORGER: to disgorge, spill over, discharge, pour
P: to drain, purge, flush out
atteler
déchaîner
harnacher
A & H: to harness
D: to unleash
contrarier
déjouer
C: to annoy, upset, thwart, impede
D: to frustrate, to thwart
assombrir
attrister
bouder
désespérer
foncer
navrer
rembrunir
se rembrunir
To darken
* Assombrir [also to cloud]
* Foncer [also to hurry]
* Se rembrunir
To sadden/grieve:
* Rembrunir
* Attrister
* Navrer
To sulk/shun:
* Bouder (Mes enfants boudent parce que je n’ai pas voulu leur acheter de glace.)
To despair:
* Désespérer
détourner
dévier
DÉT: to divert, reroute
DÉV: to divert, deflect, stray
dresser
se dresser
tenir debout
D: to raise/set up/put up
D: to stand/rise up against/be trained
T: to stand, stand up
éclabousser
to splash, spatter
En roulant aussi vite, la voiture éclabousse les passants
éclater […la noix de coco]
éparpiller […ses jouets]
fendre (se fendre) […les morceaux de bois]
démanteler […le vieux gymnase]
effondrer […ce vieux mur]
enfoncer […la porte]
renverser […du vinaigre]
s’écrouler [la vieille maison…]
ÉC:to smash, break split, divide, pulverize
ÉP: to scatter, strew, divide, split, share
F: to (be) split, crack
D: to demolish, dismantle
EF: to knock down, demolish, dismantle
ENF: to sink, knock down
R: to knock down
S: to collapse, fall down, cave in, topple
dépouiller [de]
écorcher
éplucher
D: to skin, rob, strip [of]
ÉC: to skin
ÉP: to peel, skin, dissect (éplucher des patates)
éduquer
to bring up, raise
égayer
émoustiller
épanouir
ravir
ÉG: to amuse, brighten up
ÉM: to excite (usually taste/sensory pleasure), to render playful
ÉP: to make happy, satisfy
R: to thrill, delight
(s’)emboîter
to fit, slot (together)
empiéter sur
to encroach on
encombrer
to be in the way/a nuisance, to block/impede
enfouir, ensevelir, enterrer
to bury
ENFOUIR: bury, hide, or stash something by covering it, often to deliberately hide
ENSEVELIR: shroud or bury, often in the context of wrapping or covering a dead body
ENTERRER: bury, usually referring to the act of placing a dead body in the ground
engendrer
to engender, to bring about
engueuler
glapir
E: to yell at, to tell off
G: to yelp, yap
enhardir
s’enhardir
E: to embolden
S: to become bolder, more daring
ébaucher
entamer
entreprendre
to start, begin
ÉB: sketch out, outline, or begin something in a preliminary, incomplete form (ébaucher un dessin)
ENTAMER: implies a physical or metaphorical first step affecting object/situation (entamer un gâteau)
ENTREPRENDRE: for a project or task (Il a entrepris un long voyage)
entrecouper [qch] de [qch]
intersperse [sth] with [sth]
éprouver
ressentir
se ressentir
É: to experience, to feel, to have
R: to feel
S: to suffer
étendre
répandre
É: to spread, stretch
R: to spread, to diffuse
chatoyer
étinceler
pétiller
luire
reluire
fourbir
C: to sparkle, shimmer, gleam, glow [gentle, often multi-colored or changing light]
É: to sparkle, shine, gleam [shines brightly in small, sharp flashes]
P: to sparkle, fizz, shine, crackle
L: to shine, gleam, glow [emits light in a more subdued, natural, or soft way]
R: to gleam, shine [shines brightly, often due to being clean, polished, or reflecting light]
F: to polish (Les domestiques fourbissaient toute l’argenterie)
favoriser
to promote (an idea, product), to foster
ficeler
lier
sangler
F & L: to tie, bind
S: to strap
comparaître
figurer
se figurer
postuler
postuler à
C: to appear/go before
F: to appear, be present
S: to imagine (Les enfants se figurent que la table se dresse toute seule.)
P: to suppose, imagine, postulate, predicate, apply for
P, À: to apply for
figer
fondre
glacer
refroidir
FIG: to freeze/immobilize, set/solidify (le gel fige l’eau des mares)
FON: to melt, thaw
G: to chill/freeze, candy/sugar coat
R: to cool (down), dishearten/discourage
foudroyer
to strike, devastate, hit hard
bougonner
geindre
gémir
gronder
ronfler
B: to grumble, grouch (Au lieu de dire que cela ne lui plait pas, il bougonne dans son coin.)
GEI: to groan (Les victimes geignaient sous les décombres.)
GÉM: to moan or whine (L’enfant malade gémit)
GR: to rumble (Le tonnerre gronde)
R: to snore
germer
to germinate, sprout
friser
grelotter, frissonner
FRISER: to curl
G & FRISSONER: to shiver
griffonner
to sketch, scribble
grimper, gravir, monter
to climb
houspiller, reprimander
to reprimand
imbriquer
to interlock, interlink, intertwine
invertir
to switch, exchange, invert
laisser couler
to let it it go, let it slide
longer
to go/walk/run/drive along or alongside
mâcher
ronger
maculer
tacher
MÂCHER: to chew
R: to gnaw, eat away at, eat away into
MACULER: to stain
T: to stain, dirty
marmonner
to mumble, mutter
l’élève a marmonné quelques mots d’excuse
méprendre
mépriser
MÉPRENDRE: to mistake
MÉPRISER: to despise, disdain, scorn, be contemptuous of
mousser
to bubble, foam, froth
blottir
nicher
B: to huddle, nestle
N: to nest, live
démentir
nier
renier
D: to deny, refute, contradict
N: to deny
R: to disown, renounce, deny
défaire
disloquer
délier
sé délier
enrouler
nouer
relier
DÉF: to undo, dismantle, invalidate, unpack
DIS: to dismantle, take apart, break
DÉL: to untie, undo, unknot, release, liberate
S: to come undone, free yourself, liberate yourself
E: to wrap, coil, wind
N: to tie or make a knot
R: to link, join, connect
advenir
occasionner
survenir
A: to happen, occur [as a result of circumstances]
O: to cause, to bring about
S: to arise, occur [suddenly or unexpectedly]
ôter
revêtir
Ô: to take off, remove
R: to put on
parcourir, sillonner
to travel, cross
plaider
plaindre
se plaindre
PLAID: to defend
PLAIN: to pity, sympathise with, feel sorry for
S: to complain
ployer
to bow, bend, snag
pratiquer
to do, use, apply, implement, make, know, speak, practice
prêter (à)
to offer, lend, loan, give
prévoir, pronostiquer
to forecast
priver [qqn] de [qch]
to deprive/not allow [sb] of/to do [sth]
quérir
requérir
Q: to find, fetch
R: to need, require
démanger
gratter
racler
D: to itch
G: to scrub, scratch, itch
R: to shape, scour, scrub
narguer
railler
rudoyer
N: to taunt, mock [with contempt or defiance]
RA: to mock, ridicule, make fun of [irony or light sarcasm]
RU: to mistreat, mishandle
ramasser
to pick up
rapporter
rattacher
rendre
RAPP: to take/bring again/back, to report, to bring in
RATT: to tie up again, reattach
REN: to return, give back, repay
défier
rechigner (à faire)
D: to defy, challenge, resist
R: object (to doing), be reluctant
reconduire
recueillir
renouer
RECON: to renew, take/drive/walk home
RECUE: to collect, gather, get, obtain, receive
REN: to do/take up again, revive/renew
renfermer
se renfermer
R: to contain/hold, shut/lock away
S: to withdraw
rebuter
repousser
REB: to repel, disgust, deter, discourage, reject
REP: to grow back again, repel, repulse, reject, turn [sth] down, postpone
Sa barbe a repoussé en moins de deux semaines
La garnison a repoussé les assaillants
Le sénat a repoussé ce projet de loi
Ils ont repoussé la date
réunir
to gather, assemble, join together
errer
rôder
E: to wander, roam
R: to prowl
ramper
rompre
RAM: to crawl, creep
ROM: to terminate, break, destroy
rouiller
souiller
R: to rust
S: to soil, contaminate
surnommer
to nickname
s’éléver à
surélever
S’É: to come to, to amount to
SUR: to raise, lift
douter de
douter que + [subj]
se douter de/que
redouter
DOUTER DE/QUE: to doubt (that)
SE DOUTER: to suspect
R: to fear, dread
se fier à
se fonder sur
FIER: to trust, judge by
FONDER: to be based on, have a basis for
se repentir
to express remorse, be sorry
sonder
to sound, plumb, probe, survey
soumettre
to subdue, defeat, submit
soutirer [qch] à [qqn]
to extract [sth] from [sb]
engloutir
surnager
(Cette île fut engloutir)
E: to submerge/engulf, gobble
S: to float
apaiser
tempérer
A: to pacify, calm, soothe, appease, quench
T: to temper, soothe/ease
s’évanouir
ternir
(Le soleil ternit)
S’É: to faint, vanish, disappear
T: to fade
tenailler
trahir
traire
tricher
TEN: to torment, torture
TRAHIR: to betray, let down, fail, distort, misinterpret
TRAIRE: to milk
TRICHER: to cheat
affliger
affliger de
attendrir
émouvoir
troubler
AFF: to upset, distress, grieve, pain
AFF DE: to afflict with, inflict on
ATT: to touch, move, soften
É: to move, disturb/upset/trouble, stir, affect, touch
T: to cloud, disrupt/disturb, stir/arouse
dégoutter
épancher
verser
D: to drop
É: to pour forth/out, confide/vent
V: to pour, to pay (dues), to shed
épousseter
to dust
cracher
to spit (out), spew
abattre
s’abattre
A: to knock down/out, slaughter/kill, lay down, shoot down
S: to fall/collapse (down)
grincer
grincer des dents
GRINCER: to gnash
DES DENTS: to grind/gnash your teeth
effaroucher
épouvanter
to alarm, frighten, scare
échelonner
espacer
ÉCH: to space (out), stagger, spread
ESP: to space (out)
broyer
moudre
B: to grind, crush, destroy, wreck
M: to grind, mill
amonceler
to pile/heap up, accumulate, amass
accabler (de)
outrager
A: to oppress, overwhelm (with)
O: to insult, abuse, offend, rape
ébruiter
s’ébruiter
É: to disclose, divulge, leak
S’É: to spread
régaler
se régaler
R: to entertain, treat to a meal
S: to love, enjoy, relish
parer à
to shield/protect from
convier
inviter
to invite
doubler
to double, overtake/pass
disposer
disposer de
se disposer
se disposer à faire
DIS: to arrange/place, prompt
DIS DE: to have, have at your disposal, manage/run/order
SE D: to arrange/place/position yourself
SE D À FAIRE: to prepare/be about to do
égarer
s’égarer
É: to lose, misplace, get lost
S: to get lost, lose your way
abriter
to shelter, be home to, house, accomodate
visser
to screw, bolt
manigancer
tramer
M: to scheme, plot
T: to plot, weave
tendre
tendre à
tendre à faire
T: to stretch, extend, strain
T, À: to hand, hold out/offer to, tend towards
T, F: to aim/hope to do
ruer
se ruer (sur)
R: to kick
SE R: to rush (at/towards)
entailler
to cut, nick, notch
régner
to reign, rule
crisper
se crisper
C: to tense, contract, irritate
S: to be/get irritated
