Verbs of sight Flashcards by Diane Lajaumont

Q

jeter un coup d’œil

A

to glance at

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fixer, regarder fixement

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to stare at

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regarder dans le vide

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to stare into space

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entrevoir, apercevoir

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to glimpse sthg

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lancer un regard noir/furieux, foudroyer du regard

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to glare at

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Q

une lumière aveuglante

A

a glaring light

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Q

briller d’une lumière aveuglante

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to glare

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lorgner, reluquer

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to ogle

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cligner des yeux

A

to blink

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Q

un clignotant

A

a blinker

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Q

œillères

A

blinkers

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Q

to be narrow-minded

A

to be blinker

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être bouché bée

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to gape at somebody

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Q

froncer les sourcils

A

to frown

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Q

contempler

A

to behold

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Q

jeter un coup d’œil

A

to peep

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Q

un judas

A

a peephole

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se toiser du regard

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to eye

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balayer du regard

A

to scan

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discerner / distinguer

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to make sthg out

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regarder attentivement

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to peer at

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repérer

A

repérer

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Q

le virage

A

the turning

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faire les gros yeux, fusiller du regard

A

to scowl

Q

contempler, fixer

A

to gaze

Q

se peloter

A

to make out

Q

surveiller / observer

A

to watch

Q

un regard noir

A

a glower

Q

lancer un regard noir

A

to glower

Q

hurler sur qqn

A

to yell at sbdy

Q

zozoter

A

to lisp

Q

bégayer

A

to have a stutter / stammer

Q

maudire / jurer / insulter

A

to curse

Q

le fléau de la drogue

A

the curse of drug addiction

Q

une insulte

A

a curse

Q

une commère

A

a gossip

Q

commérer

A

to gossip about sthg

Q

gémir / se plaindre

A

to moan

Q

déplorer

A

to bemoan sthg

Q

chuchoter

A

whisper

Q

une campagne de diffamation

A

to run a whispering/smear campaign against sthg

Q

diffamer

A

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

Q

glousser

A

to chuckle at sbdy

Q

une voix traînante

A

a drawl

Q

soupirer de soulagement

A

to sigh in/with relief

Q

soupirer

A

to sigh

Q

faire taire

A

to hush

Q

étouffer un scandale/une affaire

A

to hush up a scandal

Q

bavarder

A

to chatter

Q

un moulin à parole

A

a chatter box

Q

draguer

A

to chat up sbdy

Q

pousser un cri aigu

A

shriek

Q

un mouvement brusque

A

a jerk

Q

grogner/ gronder

A

to snarl

Q

le seuil

A

the threshold

Q

croasser

A

to croak

Q

grogner comme un cochon

A

to grunt

Q

t’es sacrément lourd/tu pèses ton poisd

A

you are a hell of a weight