Ohagan_Advanced14_Eng to Fren Flashcards
by the torso
à bras-le-corps
without sb knowing
à l’insu de qn
to do the right thing
agir avec à-propos
rope; mooring
amarre
candidature job posting
appel à
trump (card); advantage
atout
preview (of entire film or performance)
avant-première
admission
aveu
oar
aviron
trailer; preview
bande-annonce
ship’s rail
bastingage
house; dwelling
bâtisse
tobacco pouch
blague à tabac
financial division (of the DCPJ)
brigade financière
breeze
brise
to mess things up; to confuse things
brouiller les cartes
boat; dinghy
canot
primary school
communale
friend
complice
considering
compte tenu de
consistent
conséquent
hull (of boat)
coque
tasselled rope
cordelière
to mix with (people); to rub elbows with
côtoyer
pistol grip
crosse
to collect; to pick
cueillir
willingly
de plein gré
excess (of enthusiasm eg.)
débordement
to dissect
décortiquer
failure
défaillance
to make out; to discern
deviner
devotion
dévouement
to cheat
duper
overwhelmed
ébloui
splendour
éclat
(screw) nut
écrou
breaking and entering
effraction burglary;
influence (noun)
empire
to set fire to
enflammer
covering; coating
enrobage
to light up
épanouir
wreckage
épave
ambiguity
équivoque
scratch; scrape (noun)
éraflure
to disclose; to show
exhiber
unfortunate
fâcheux
bah
fi
(abominable) crime
forfait
to put sb in prison
fourrer qn dedans
; sincerity
franchise frankness
to charter
fréter
crumpled
froissé
police custody
garde à vue
stormy (meeting)
houleux
feature film
long-métrage
opera glasses
lorgnettes
praise (noun)
louange
Inverness cape
macfarlane
butler
majordome
boor; lout
malotru
mocking (laugh eg.)
narquois
upsetting
navrant
nape (of neck)
nuque
hatched (a plan eg.)
ourdi
in (great) detail
par le menu
to (be) attire(d)
parer
to boast; to grandstand
pérorer
specialized (work eg.)
pointu
to take the initiative
prendre les devants
(person) in their fifties
quinquagénaire
stiffened
raidi
sea level
ras de la mer
recovery
redressement
enhanced (beauty; value)
rehaussé
swirl (of water eg.)
remous
to recover (something)
repêcher
lines; script (theatre)
répliques
to take something back
reprendre
to suppress
réprimer
revival
reprise
to daydream
rêvasser
section; column (newspaper)
rubrique
avec to connect with (person)
s’aboucher
to crouch down
s’accroupir
to persist
s’entêter
to pour forth; to spread over (moonlight eg.)
s’épandre
to rebel against sth
se cabrer contre qch
to hold on tightly
se cramponner
to escape from
se soustraire à
to sink
sombrer
to command someone to do
sommer qn de faire
grooved
strié striated;
right away
sur-le-champ
bank; slope
talus
prostrated
terrassé
windproof match
tison
woven
tissé
shooting; filming
tournage
holiday; holiday resort
villégiature
bent (back)
voûté