Verbs Flashcards
to speak highly of
vanter
to take away/achieve, win
remporter
to get better
améliorer
to notice/percieve
apercevoir
to organise yourself/manage
gérer
hail
grêler
to last
durer
complain
se plaindre
repeat a year
redoubler
melt
déverser
keep watch
veillerer
shake, bounce along
cahoter
dream/think about
songer
sigh
soupir
bustle about
s’affairer
to stack
empiler
treat
traiter
sieze
saisir
flee/avoid
fuir
to get away/escape
évader
to have a ball
s’éclater
to blow up
éclater
to lead
mener
to beg
mendier
man dying to beg
to burn
brûler
to neighbour
avoisiner
run out
s’épuiser
restart
repartir
to attempt
tenter
to attain
parvenir
to locate
situer
to decieve
tromper
to get going, to get things moving
débloquer
to start
démarrer
break, smash
briser
undergo, suffer
subir
crash
s’écraser
expand, spread out
essaimer
sea trying to spread out
shelter, protect
abriter (arbitr protecting players)
pillage, loot
piller
to bring to a close (finish, end)
achever
to supply
fournir
supply furniture
recover, bring back
recuperer
to lie
mentir
try, attempt
tenter
stroll
ballader
to avoid
évider
kidnap, take off
enlever
re-green
reverdir
to whistle
siffloter
end (path), lead to, inf. come good
aboutir
mistrust
se méfier de
push, grow
pousser
sum up, recap
récapituler
break, break up
rompre
raise, haul
hisser
betray
trahir
gnaw, bite
ronger
lull, soothe, rock
bercer
bear being rocked in a chair
laze, saunter
flâner
taunt, mock
narguer
enjoy, appreciate
goûter
rub
frotter
rub the wrong way
se frotter
to be on strike
être en grève
to go on strike
se mettre en grève
to bawl
gueuler
connect, bond
lier
to hang up (e.g. phone)
accrocher
to foam, lather, spread
mousser
shiver
frissoner
distort, break
fausser
to be ashamed
avoir honte
peel
peler
bury
enfouir
topple, capsize
chavier
topple a chav
support, hold up
soutenir
splash, sully, put down
éclabousser
splash babusia
roam, transverse
sillonner
a silhouette roaming the world
type
taper
refuse, reject
récuser
defecate, shit
chier
lie, stretch out
allonger
spread
tartiner
reap, harvest, collect
récolter
flunk, fail, sink
couler
a failing water cooler willsink you
wilt, fade
faner
a ventilator fan wilting and then fading away
to empty
vider
pig out, eat
bouffer
confess, admit
avouer
bring forward/back (an appointment)
décaler
contest
constater
turn away from
détourner
roll up, hitch up
retrousser
roll up your trusy
slip
échapper
pin down, nail
clouer
nail a clown to a bed
brush, graze, cross one’s mind
effleurer
lean, tilt
pencher
a rich bridge is tilting upwards
wear someone out, tease
vanner
bring, drive, lead
conduire
deliver
livrer
stammer, mumble, flounder
bafouiller
to surprise
étonner
involve, mix up
mêler
to support, back, lean on
appuyer
pull a face, raise an eyebrow
tiquer
hiss, snarl, growl
feuler
fuhrer growling
crouch, lay low
se tapir
crouching tapir
to snore
ronfler
ron snoring next to fleur
turn pale, softly illuminate
blêmir
to contstruct
bâtir
to row (boat) (inf to work hard, struggle)
ramer
a ram struggling to row a boat
celebrate
fêter
clean up, purify
assainir
to move back, recede, decline
reculer
to cheat
tricher
trick the teacher
overcome
surmonter
reserved, uncommnicative
taciturne
joyful
riant
enticing
aguicheur
a guy? sure he’s enticing
affronter
confront, face
drudge, routine, grind
train-train
in all likelihood
vraisemblement
holl
la morne
mourning onn a hill
curtain
rideau
narrow
étroit
stand, tower, rise, rebel against
se dresser
dresser towering above shelves
really scary
a faire dresser les cheveux sur la tete
train (something)
dresser
gloomy voice, dull voice
voix morne
cramped, tight
a l’etroit
in close relationship with
en lien etroit avec
petty
mesquine
I’m petty about people eating my quinoa
cardboard
cartonne
to become milder, calm down
se radoucir
rado mum will calm down more
swarming with something
grouillante de qch
groaning with
panic, throw someone into a panic
affoler
walnut. verb- to drown
noyer
helplessness, dissaray
desarroi
back and forth, in minute detail
en long et en large
unwrap, tell all, unload (griefs)
déballer
tell all to a ballet dancer
pug dog
carlin
a pug in a car on the washing line
isolated, well away from
ecartee
a veil
une violette
sway your hips, wriggle your hips
déhancher
sway your hips like cher
difference, gap, interval
décalage
funeral service
funèbre
formerly, in the olden days
jadis
from every angle, at considerable length
de long, en large et en traverse
protect, reduce, move aside, dismiss
ecarter
out of step, disharmonious
en décalage
disorientated
dépaysé
to devote oneseld to )sport)
s’addoner
adonis gave himself to disc-throwing
warlike
guerrier
lash, strap
laniere
embankment
un talus
a tall hill in front of us
printing, circulation (book), edition
tirage
wedding
les noces
go on a binge
faire la noce
go on a binge during the night midnight snack
to take on, hire
embaucher
omo hires cher for commercial
to rally, win over
rallonger
terribly expensive to buy
ruineux
to manhandle, give a rough ride to
malmener
to oust, supplant
evincer
at the time of, during
lors
austrian
autrichien
stoutness
l’embonpoint
em has a good point - antony is stout
to treat (an ilness), nurse, look after
soigner
blurred, vague
floue
relief
soulagement
guinea-pig
cobaye
to relieve
soulager
to spread (out), display
étaler
spread out your stars as an installation
off-coulour
patraque
petrocles was off-colour coz he was DYING lol
to cure, heal
guérir
to skin (an animal), deprive of one’s posessions
depoullier
to decorate, adorn
orner
creditor
creancier
dashing
fringant
dat fringe with dat glove - david bowie is fringant
to scribble
griffoner
cattle
le bétail
covertly
sous-cape
to jam
coincer
put jam into a corner
jewel
bijou
splendour
faste
unpolished, uncultivated
fruste
frustrated at your lack of cultivation
flow, turnover, delivery
débit
hardly
ne… guère
slpash about, (inf_ steal
barboter
kids with beards spalshing in the water (getting wet)
pond
une mare
mara in the pond
funeral
obsèques
coffin
le cercueil
circular coffin
breeding
l’élevage
to climb
grimper
flashy, showy
tape-a-l’œil
of yesteryear
d’antan
de lointain
next to, close to
auprès de
rock
rocher
shed
hangar
shearing
la tonte
shearing in a tent
bag, saddlebag
sacoche
wink
un clin d’oeil
in a flash
en un clin
uncertain, random
aleatoire
yearbook, phone book
l’annuaire
postman
le facteur
sensible, wise
avise
to kneel
s’agenouiller
to clear, get over (obstacle), cover ( a distance(
franchir
21st century
vingt et unieme siecle
to roar
rugir
hymn
le cantique
shower( weather, of questions)
l’averse
raining men - a song verse
faith
la foi
to have a good laugh
se marrer
fiery, ardent
fougueuse
protege
un poulain
loose stones
rocaille
bush
buisson
thick
epais
riding crop
la cravache
to hurtle down
devaler
hurtle down into de valley
