The four other senses

Question 1

l’ouïe/entendre

Answer 1

hearing/to hear

Question 2

être dur d’oreille

Answer 2

to be hard of hearing

Question 3

sourd et muet

Answer 3

deaf and dumb

Question 4

sureprendre une conversation

Answer 4

overhear a conversation

Question 5

l’odorat/une odeur

Answer 5

smell/a smell

Question 6

puer, empester

Answer 6

to stink, to reek (of)

Question 7

la puanteur

Answer 7

stink, stench

Question 8

flairer, renifler

Answer 8

to sniff

Question 9

un parfum

Answer 9

a fragrance

Question 10

qui sent bon

Answer 10

sweet-smelling

Question 11

qui a du goût

Answer 11

tasty

Question 12

un arôme (une odeur)

Answer 12

an aroma

Question 13

agréable au goût

Answer 13

palatable

Question 14

salé

Answer 14

salty

Question 15

doux, sucré

Answer 15

sweet

Question 16

aigre

Answer 16

sour

Question 17

fétide, puant

Answer 17

fetid, stinking

Question 18

le toucher, toucher

Answer 18

touch, to touch

Question 19

effleurer

Answer 19

to graze, to skim

Question 20

attraper

Answer 20

to catch

Question 21

empoigner, saisir

Answer 21

to grab, to seize

Question 22

presser

Answer 22

to squeeze

Question 23

tapoter

Answer 23

to tap, to pat

Question 24

frotter

Answer 24

to rub

Question 25

(in)audible

Answer 25

(in)audible

Question 26

sourd/la surdité

Answer 26

deaf/deafness

Question 27

une oreille indiscrète

Answer 27

an eavesdropper

Question 28

sentir bon / mauvais

Answer 28

to smell good / bad

Question 29

qui sent mauvais

Answer 29

smelly

Question 30

une odeur forte

Answer 30

an odour

Question 31

une senteur

Answer 31

a scent

Question 32

parfumé

Answer 32

fragrant

Question 33

le goût/goûter

Answer 33

taste/to taste

Question 34

insipide

Answer 34

tasteless

Question 35

un arôme (goût)

Answer 35

a flavour

Question 36

savourer

Answer 36

savour

Question 37

amer

Answer 37

bitter

Question 38

relevé, épicé

Answer 38

hot, spicy

Question 39

âcre, piquant

Answer 39

acrid, pungent

Question 40

toucher avec ses mains

Answer 40

to feel

Question 41

manier, manipuler

Answer 41

to handle

Question 42

agripper

Answer 42

to grip, to clutch

Question 43

étreindre, serrer

Answer 43

to clasp

Question 44

frapper

Answer 44

to knock

Question 45

caresser

Answer 45

to stroke, to pet

Question 46

chatouiller

Answer 46

to tickle

Question 47

les malentendants

Answer 47

the hearing-impaired

Question 48

être sourd comme un pot

Answer 48

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

Question 49

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

Answer 49

to have a good ear, be pleasant to the ear

Question 50

à portée, hors de portée de l’oreille

Answer 50

within, out of earshot

Question 51

guetter l’arrivée de la voiture (au bruit)

Answer 51

to listen for the car

Question 52

n’écouter que d’une oreille

Answer 52

to be only half listening

Question 53

tendre l’oreille / se boucher les oreilles

Answer 53

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

Question 54

on dirait du velours

Answer 54

it feels like velvet

Question 55

cela a très bon / mauvais goût

Answer 55

it tastes nice / awful

Question 56

c’est doux, lisse, rugueux au toucher

Answer 56

it is soft, smooth, rough to the touch

Question 57

chercher la porte à tâtons

Answer 57

to grope for the door

Question 58

ses cheveux m’ont frôlé le bras

Answer 58

her hair brushed against my arm

Question 59

dur, raide, gluant, visqueux, glissant

Answer 59

hard, stiff, sticky, slimy, slippery

Question 60

chaud, tiède, bouillant, moite

Answer 60

warm, lukewarm, hot, moist

Question 61

Le gouvernement a fait la sourde oreille aux revendications des travailleurs

Answer 61

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

Question 62

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

Answer 62

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