Ohagan_Advanced6_Eng to Fren Flashcards
particle
à particule
then
alors
den
antre
sill
appui
slate
ardoise
clay
argile
about one acre
arpent
borough, urban district
arrondissement
look, appearance
aspect
to sadden
attrister
innkeeper
aubergiste
to share in the profits
participer aux bénéfices
to share in the profits
avoir qch pour un morceau de pain
short-sided wooden container
baquet
shingle
bardeau
stepfather, shingle
beau-père
profits, earnings
bénéfices
goods, assets, estate
biens
bolted on
boulonné
to perform a cadastral land survey
cadastrer
funds, capital
capitaux
builder’s yard
chantier
a (possibly “former”) nobleperson
ci-devant
fenced field, enclosed field
clos
small fenced field
closerie
timber-framing
colombage
to come under the control of
dépendre de
to cheer up
dérider
storefront, frontage
devanture
to tend towards
donner dans
dowry
dot
cloth, sheet, drape
drap
function or body of aldermen or city councillors
échevinage
to brighten, to enliven
égayer
to fit, to build in
encastrer
to hoard (money)
entasser
to be in wait, to be on the lookout
être à l’affût
to be comfortably off
être à son aise
unsociable
farouche
colour
fichu off
liquid capital, cash
fortune liquide
wispy, frail
frêle
to mock, to jeer at, to make fun of
gausser
engineering, ingenuity
génie
daring, bold
hardi
morter, connected using plaster or cement
hourdé
respected
imposé
incapable of being expressed in words
ineffable
in the past, formerly
jadis
to enjoy
jouir de
sensual pleasure, joy
jouissance
brass
laiton
slat, batten
latte stave
member of the Catholic League (anti Henri IV)
ligueur
plot (land)
lot
plank, beam
madrier
idiosyncrasy, quirk, habit
manie
household
ménage
housewife
ménagère
or barrel, plank of wood for making a cask
merrain
small land holding
métairie
morals
moeurs
codfish
morue
to arrange (as in business)
moyenner
fortification, great wall
muraille
to wall up, to build a wall around
murer
nobility granted by a mayor or city councillor
noblesse de cloche
by night
nuitamment
roundly tapered piece of wood
ogive
workroom (more common is -oir)
ouvrouère
(de bois) timber frame, panel
pan
in order to save money
par économie
special
particulier
more or less (ie. less or more)
peu ou prou
Attractive, spruce, smart
pimpant
semicircular arch
plein-cintre
awl, punch
poinçon
wine barrel which holds about two-thirds of a hogshead
poinçon de vin
grassland, meadow
prairie
assume
présumer to
extravagance
prodigalité
while, although
quoique
(tool) plane
rabot
ridicule, mockery
railleries
first floor, ground floor
rez-de-chaussée
to run to (also figuratively)
se chiffrer à
noticeably, appreciably
sensiblement
joist
solive
cask, barrel
tonneau
cooper (barrel-maker)
tonnelier
crooked, twisted
tordu
quite simply
tout bonnement
knitting, needlework
tricot
usurious, exorbitant
usuraire
Money-lending, usury
usure
to harvest grapes
vendanger
winemaker, vintner
vigneron
arch, vaulting
voûte
hungry
fois séculaire
eager, greedy
avide