Verbs of sight Flashcards

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1
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jeter un coup d’œil

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to glance at

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2
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fixer, regarder fixement

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to stare at

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3
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regarder dans le vide

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to stare into space

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4
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entrevoir, apercevoir

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to glimpse sthg

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5
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lancer un regard noir/furieux, foudroyer du regard

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to glare at

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6
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une lumière aveuglante

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a glaring light

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7
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briller d’une lumière aveuglante

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to glare

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8
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lorgner, reluquer

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to ogle

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9
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cligner des yeux

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to blink

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10
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un clignotant

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a blinker

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11
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œillères

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blinkers

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12
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to be narrow-minded

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to be blinker

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13
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être bouché bée

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to gape at somebody

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14
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froncer les sourcils

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to frown

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15
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contempler

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to behold

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16
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jeter un coup d’œil

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to peep

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17
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un judas

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a peephole

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18
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se toiser du regard

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to eye

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19
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balayer du regard

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to scan

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20
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discerner / distinguer

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to make sthg out

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21
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regarder attentivement

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to peer at

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22
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repérer

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repérer

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23
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le virage

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the turning

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24
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faire les gros yeux, fusiller du regard

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to scowl

25
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contempler, fixer

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to gaze

26
Q

se peloter

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to make out

27
Q

surveiller / observer

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to watch

28
Q

un regard noir

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a glower

29
Q

lancer un regard noir

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to glower

30
Q

hurler sur qqn

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to yell at sbdy

31
Q

zozoter

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to lisp

32
Q

bégayer

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to have a stutter / stammer

33
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maudire / jurer / insulter

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to curse

34
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le fléau de la drogue

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the curse of drug addiction

35
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une insulte

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a curse

36
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une commère

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a gossip

37
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commérer

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to gossip about sthg

38
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gémir / se plaindre

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to moan

39
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déplorer

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to bemoan sthg

40
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chuchoter

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whisper

41
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une campagne de diffamation

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to run a whispering/smear campaign against sthg

42
Q

diffamer

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to slander sbdy (speech) / t libel sbdy (par écrit)

43
Q

glousser

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to chuckle at sbdy

44
Q

une voix traînante

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a drawl

45
Q

soupirer de soulagement

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to sigh in/with relief

46
Q

soupirer

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to sigh

47
Q

faire taire

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to hush

48
Q

étouffer un scandale/une affaire

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to hush up a scandal

49
Q

bavarder

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to chatter

50
Q

un moulin à parole

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a chatter box

51
Q

draguer

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to chat up sbdy

52
Q

pousser un cri aigu

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shriek

53
Q

un mouvement brusque

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a jerk

54
Q

grogner/ gronder

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to snarl

55
Q

le seuil

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the threshold

56
Q

croasser

A

to croak

57
Q

grogner comme un cochon

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to grunt

58
Q

t’es sacrément lourd/tu pèses ton poisd

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you are a hell of a weight