The four other senses Flashcards

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1
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l’ouïe/entendre

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hearing/to hear

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2
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être dur d’oreille

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to be hard of hearing

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3
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sourd et muet

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deaf and dumb

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4
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sureprendre une conversation

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overhear a conversation

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5
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l’odorat/une odeur

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smell/a smell

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6
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puer, empester

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to stink, to reek (of)

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7
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la puanteur

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stink, stench

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8
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flairer, renifler

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to sniff

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9
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un parfum

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a fragrance

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10
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qui sent bon

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sweet-smelling

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11
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qui a du goût

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tasty

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12
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un arôme (une odeur)

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an aroma

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13
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agréable au goût

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palatable

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14
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salé

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salty

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15
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doux, sucré

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sweet

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16
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aigre

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sour

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17
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fétide, puant

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fetid, stinking

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18
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le toucher, toucher

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touch, to touch

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19
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effleurer

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to graze, to skim

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20
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attraper

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to catch

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21
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empoigner, saisir

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to grab, to seize

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22
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presser

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to squeeze

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23
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tapoter

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to tap, to pat

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24
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frotter

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to rub

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25
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(in)audible

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(in)audible

26
Q

sourd/la surdité

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deaf/deafness

27
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une oreille indiscrète

A

an eavesdropper

28
Q

sentir bon / mauvais

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to smell good / bad

29
Q

qui sent mauvais

A

smelly

30
Q

une odeur forte

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an odour

31
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une senteur

A

a scent

32
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parfumé

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fragrant

33
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le goût/goûter

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taste/to taste

34
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insipide

A

tasteless

35
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un arôme (goût)

A

a flavour

36
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savourer

A

savour

37
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amer

A

bitter

38
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relevé, épicé

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hot, spicy

39
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âcre, piquant

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acrid, pungent

40
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toucher avec ses mains

A

to feel

41
Q

manier, manipuler

A

to handle

42
Q

agripper

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to grip, to clutch

43
Q

étreindre, serrer

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to clasp

44
Q

frapper

A

to knock

45
Q

caresser

A

to stroke, to pet

46
Q

chatouiller

A

to tickle

47
Q

les malentendants

A

the hearing-impaired

48
Q

être sourd comme un pot

A

to be stone deaf, (as) deaf as a post

49
Q

avoir de l’oreille, être agréable à l’oreille

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to have a good ear, be pleasant to the ear

50
Q

à portée, hors de portée de l’oreille

A

within, out of earshot

51
Q

guetter l’arrivée de la voiture (au bruit)

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to listen for the car

52
Q

n’écouter que d’une oreille

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to be only half listening

53
Q

tendre l’oreille / se boucher les oreilles

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to pick up one’s ears / stop up one’s ears

54
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on dirait du velours

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it feels like velvet

55
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cela a très bon / mauvais goût

A

it tastes nice / awful

56
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c’est doux, lisse, rugueux au toucher

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it is soft, smooth, rough to the touch

57
Q

chercher la porte à tâtons

A

to grope for the door

58
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ses cheveux m’ont frôlé le bras

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her hair brushed against my arm

59
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dur, raide, gluant, visqueux, glissant

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hard, stiff, sticky, slimy, slippery

60
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chaud, tiède, bouillant, moite

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warm, lukewarm, hot, moist

61
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Le gouvernement a fait la sourde oreille aux revendications des travailleurs

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The government turned a deaf ear to the demands of the workers

62
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Les avertissements répétés des scientifiques ont été ignorés pendant trop longtemps.

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The scientists’ repeated warnings fell on deaf ears for too long