Tatiana De Rosnay Flashcards by agneta sherborne

Graft ( plant or organ) n

Greffon m
Greffer v
And greffe f graft, transplant
Greffe also addition

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Fledgling

Oisillon m

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attractive, tempting adj
tantalizing adj
mouthwatering adj
appetizing adj

alléchant adj

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Others npl

Other people

Autrui

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rub shoulders with v expr

mix with stand alongside with

Côtoyer

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timid, shy, mistrustful adj
(untamed) savage, wild adj
fierce adj

Farouche

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Put a brave face on it

Look happy, contented

Faire bonne figure

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Wide brimmed hat

Capeline f

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Ebony

Ébène f

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Burgundy, wine red (colour)

Lie-de-vin

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Lawn

Gazon m

And pubes inf

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Paint brush

Pinceau m

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Profilerate, multiply abound

Pulluler v

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Cry, grunt, scream v

Vagir

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Dazed stupefied adj

Hébété

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Supposed, meant inf adj

Censé
Je n’étais pas censée les lire
I wasnt meant to…

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Pupil n (eye)

Prunelle f
Prunelle de mes yeux
And sloe

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Sadden v

Navrer

Cette mauvaise nouvelle me navre

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Thumb yr nose at, laugh in the face of

Faire fi de

Fi interjektion yuck! Nah! Gosh!

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Booming fast growing

En plein essor

Essor m rise, development

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Swaying, flapping, fluttering

Hesitation, wavering

Flottement m

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Doggedness relentlessness

Acharnement m

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Splint n

Attelle f

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Easier said than done

Plus facile à dire qu’à faire

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Dream, fantasy, illusion daydream n

Songe m | Songer à faire qqc think of doing sth, consider doing sth

Eye, covet, cast sidelong/envious glance at, peep at | Lust after

Lorgner

Give sb the cold shoulder

Battre froid à qqn | Elle me battait froid.

Concern n

Sollicitude f

Horde(people), pack (animals), drove

Horde f

Nose (animal)

Truffe f

Neigh, whinny v

Hennir

Lively, brisk adj

Alerte Elle marche d'un pas alerte And alarm, warning, signal, scare n f

Warmth Lukewarmness Coolness, half heartedness

Tiédeur f

Delight, exquisite pleasure f

Volupté f

Butch, mannish, masculine

Hommasse adj

Not be doing too well | Bump along not too well

Aller cahin-caha | Cahin-caha

Clearing

Clairière f

Embellishment

Fioriture f

Badge, crest

Écusson m

Cowardly adj

Poltron m | Elle est si poltronne qu'elle se cache quand il y a de l'orage.

Yellowing, washed out

Pisseux | And urine-soaked, smell pf piss/urine

packaging) pull [sth] off, tear [sth] off vtr + adv | (weeds) pull [sth] up vtr + adv

Arracher Fig tear [sb] away from [sb/sth] v expr (figurative) snatch [sb] away from [sb/sth] v expr

Devious, deceitful, treacherous

Perfide adj

Fuming furious adj

Furibond

Nonsense Stupidity silliness Folly

Sottise f Arrête de dire des sottises ! Stop talking such nonsense!

Inch by inch

Pouce par pouce manger sur le pouce eat on the go v eat on the run v ne pas bouger d'un pouce not move an inch v ne pas céder d'un pouce. not give an inch v

Aggressively, in a rough way

À la russe

) (food) trimmings npl (informal) bits and pieces npl Set of linen, set of jewellery

Parure f

Tickle v fam

Faire des guili-guili

Ultrasound

Échographie f

Learned pedantic adj

Docte Un ton docte And a know it all nm,f

Special favour,privilege

Passe-droit m

Recovery, healing (medical) closure (emotional)

Guérison f | en voie de guérison (figurative) on the road to recovery

Stupid half-witted adj and n

Nullard -e

Aerosol knock-out, bomb shell, stunner

Bombe f | Il n'utilise plus de bombe insecticide pour lutter contre les moustiques.

Bury yr head in the sand

Faire l'autruche

Be lucky | Luck

Avoir du bol Bol m and bowl J'ai eu du bol pour l'examen.

Phoney, false

Bidon Can, container, belly m Il a inventé une histoire bidon en guise d'alibi.

Jump bounce hop v

Sautiller

Usher, bailiff

Huissier

To tell time

À lire l'heure

Shoulder (rd)

Accotement m | Le chauffeur s'est arrêté sur le premier accotement pour soulager sa vessie.

Calmly, thoughtfully,deliberately | Unhurriedly, at a leisurely pace

Posément adj

Second-hand

En deuxième main

Body guard

Garde du corps

Circumference perimeter

Pourtour m

Bookend

Serre-livre m | Pl serre-livres

Adjoining, common | (House)Terraced , semidetached

Mitoyen adj

feel your way along, grope your way along v expr | fumble your way along v expr

Avancer à tâtons | Chercher à tâtons feel, grope for, around

French door

Porte-fenêtre f | Portes-fenêtres

Craving, hunger, peckish | Munchies

Fringale f | Avoir la fringale be ravenous, be starving

Satisfy, quench, gratify

Assouvir

Clay n

Glaise f | Glaiser to cover w clay

Reed

Roseau m

Matchmaker

Marieuse

Steal, pinch, nick (slang)

Esbigner

Torture n | Torment, ordeal

Supplice m | Être au supplice go through hell, be in agony

Seconds fam Extra helping Extra, more

Rab, rabe, rabiot m | A la cantine quand il y a des frites, les élèves réclament du rab

Reduced discounted

Au rabais

Transfer, business trip, trip

Déplacement m Être en déplacement be away, be away on business Frais de de.. Travel expenses

Hindrance, constraint

Entrave f | Entraver hinder and cotton on, get it inf

Destructive Harmful Devastating And ravishing

Ravageur adj

Cobblestone Street, road Slab of meat, thick slice Massive book fig

Pavé m Battre le pavé roam the streete Écrire un pavé write heaps/volumes

Straight away, immediately, pronto

Illico adv

Healthy, lively Invigorating, bracing (air) Healthy (food)

Tonique adj

Household consumption

La consommation des menagères

Sawdust

Sciure f

Putty | Putty-coloured

Mastic m,adj Il porte toujours un pardessus mastic L'étanchéité des vitres est assurée avec du mastic

Basketballer

Basketteur | Footballeur, des rugbymen

Plane tree | Sycamore

Platane m

Neighbourhood, suburb | Area, district

Faubourg m

Smuggle

Passer qqc en fraude | Lire en fraude smygläsa

Climate and fig | Atmosphere fig

Climat m Dans le climat économique Climat aride

Suspender n

Jarretelle f | Ruban pour attacher les bas

Of course, naturally Okay With a knowing look Given that, considering that

Bien entendu C'est entendu D'un air entendu Étant entendu que

Patch plot

lopin m Je cultive un lopin de terre. I cultivate a plot of land. Lopin de terre m

Misinterpretation

Contresens m

Dense (foliage) Bushy (beard) Dense (writing style)

Touffu adj

Produce deliver

Pondre And lay eggs Il a encore pondu un article pour le journal.

Ultimate

der nmf La première guerre mondiale devait être la der des ders. The Great War was supposed to be the war to end all wars

A4 page

Feuille A4 f

Page

Feuillet m | Il a déjà écrit trente feuillets.

Speed camera

Radar m | And radar

Weathervane

Girouette f

Filly

Pouliche f

Hinge

Gond m

Harness n

Harnais m

Shameful guilty adj

Inavouable

Sharp keen honed ( mind eye blade) adj

Aiguisé

Fervour enthusiasm zeal

Ardeur f

In dribs and drabs little by little | Dripper m

Au compte-gouttes

Narrate tell

Narrer v

without [sb]'s knowing, behind [sb]'s back expr

À l'insu de qqn | A mon insu

Linger hover

Planer | Des doutes planent encore.

Wild bizarre crazy preposterous

Loufoque adj

Make yr self cost, snug

Se calfeutrer | Le vent souffle en tempête, je me calfeutre chez moi

Accumulate build up hoard

Amonceler | Il a amoncelé une petite fortune en travaillant à la banque

Detect spot v | Reveal, indicate, find

Déceler

To grass, squel, inform fam

Moucharder

Reprimand v, n

Semoncer Semonce Coup de semonce m warning shot, wake-up call

Saving n

Économie f | Often in pl

Yours truly sl Me Fascinator

Bibi | M

Bell-boy

Groom m

Trinket, knick knack | Good luck charm

Colifichet m

Fabric, cloth | Material

Étoffe f

Bell

Grelot m

Crimson

Carmin m

Frostbite

Gelure f

Anvil

Enclume f

Baby wear/clothes

Layette f | Le rayon layette de ce magasin est très fourni

Sore, achy, painful, aching adj

Endolori

Crop ( hairstyle)

Les cheveaux coupés court à la garçonne

Despite

En depit de qqc

Besotted, in love

épris adj Elle est éprise d'un beau jeune homme. s'éprendre de [ fall in love with [sb], fall for [sb]

Paddle v

Pagayer | Á pagayer en canoë

Tournament

Tournoi m

Style type kind

Acabit m | être du même acabit be cast in the same mould v expr

Jump bounce hop

Sautiller | sautiller sur place loc v (trépigner) bounce up and down

Launch m (product fx)

Lancement m

Publication

Parution f | date de parution nf publication date n

Family, relations family circle | Surround

Entourage m

Unknown adj

Insu

Trust in rely on | Judge by go by

Se fier | Je me fie à ton sens de l'orientation pour nous ramener à la maison.

Lazybones n

Oisif m | Idle as adj

Peat (moss)n

Tourbe f

Sluggish lacklustre adj | Couch potatoe n

Mollasson adj n

Moor heath

Lande f

Weigh up, look up and down fog | Look at scornfully

Toiser

Sly, mischievous wicked

Espiègle

In a rage

En furie | And fury

Print run, printing n

Impression f And effect impression aperçu avant impression print preview n

inexpressible, unsayable, unspeakable adj | indescribable adj

indicible

Shot picture snapshot

Cliché m | And cliché

Be reluctant, baulk v

Renâcler

Row, paddle v

Ramer

Pay slip

Fiche de paye f