Verbs of speech

Question 1

se plaindre, gémir

Answer 1

to moan

Question 2

zézayer, avoir un cheveu sur la langue

Answer 2

to have a lisp

Question 3

dire en zézayant, zozoter

Answer 3

to lisp

Question 4

dit-il en gémissant

Answer 4

he moaned

Question 5

d’un ton hargneux

Answer 5

with a snarl

Question 6

gronder férocement, grogner, dire d’un ton hargneux

Answer 6

to snarl

Question 7

glousser

Answer 7

to chuckle

Question 8

rire de

Answer 8

to chuckle over sthg

Question 9

un gloussement, un petit rire

Answer 9

a chuckle

Question 10

caqueter, ricaner

Answer 10

to cackle

Question 11

un ricanement

Answer 11

a cackle of amusement

Question 12

arrêtez de jacasser

Answer 12

cut the cackle

Question 13

coasser (grenouille), parler d’une voix rauque

Answer 13

to croak

Question 14

bavarder, gazouiller, jacasser

Answer 14

to chatter

Question 15

un bavardage

Answer 15

a chattering

Question 16

un bourdonnement (insecte)

Answer 16

a buzzing, a humming

Question 17

commérages, potins

Answer 17

gossip

Question 18

un racontar

Answer 18

a piece of gossip

Question 19

bavarder, médire, raconter des commérages

Answer 19

to gossip about

Question 20

un silence

Answer 20

a hush

Question 21

faire taire

Answer 21

to hush up sb

Question 22

étouffer une affaire, un scandale

Answer 22

to hush up a scandal

Question 23

bégayer

Answer 23

to stutter, to have a stutter

Question 24

crier, hurler

Answer 24

to yell, to shriek

Question 25

crier après qn

Answer 25

to yell at sb

Question 26

pousser un cri de joie

Answer 26

to let out a yell of delight

Question 27

bégayer qqch

Answer 27

to stammer that

Question 28

crier, pousser des cris

Answer 28

to scream

Question 29

réclamer qqch avec des cris

Answer 29

to scream for sthg

Question 30

il se débattait en criant

Answer 30

he was kicking and screaming

Question 31

rouer qn de coups de pied

Answer 31

to give sb a kicking

Question 32

être forcé à s'adapter aux exigences du monde moderne

Answer 32

to be dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth century

Question 33

émettre un grognement, grogner (cochon)

Answer 33

to grunt

Question 34

grommeler, grogner (chien, ours, félin)

Answer 34

to growl

Question 35

il répondit en grommelant

Answer 35

he growled his reply

Question 36

ronchonner

Answer 36

to grumble about sthg

Question 37

il n'y a pas à se plaindre

Answer 37

mustn't grumble

Question 38

gronder qqn

Answer 38

to tell sb off

Question 39

se faire gronder par qn

Answer 39

to get told off by sb

Question 40

grogna-t-il

Answer 40

he grunted

Question 41

chuchoter

Answer 41

to whisper

Question 42

un chuchotement

Answer 42

a whisper

Question 43

en chuchotant

Answer 43

he whispered

Question 44

parler à voix basse à qn

Answer 44

to whisper to sb

Question 45

le bruit court que

Answer 45

it is whispered that

Question 46

jurer comme un charretier

Answer 46

to curse and swear

Question 47

maudire

Answer 47

to curse

Question 48

maudit soit le jour où

Answer 48

cursed be the day that

Question 49

une malédiction, un fléau, une plaie

Answer 49

a curse

Question 50

pousser un soupir

Answer 50

to breath a sigh, to heave a sigh

Question 51

se lamenter sur qqch

Answer 51

to sigh over sthg

Question 52

soupira-t-elle

Answer 52

she sighed

Question 53

pousser un soupir de soulagement

Answer 53

to sigh with relief

Question 54

hurler de rire

Answer 54

to shriek with laughter

Question 55

éclats de rire

Answer 55

shrieks of laughter

Question 56

intenter un procès en diffamation contre qn

Answer 56

to sue sb for slander

Question 57

répandre des calomnies

Answer 57

to spread slanders

Question 58

calomnier

Answer 58

to slander

Question 59

crachoter

Answer 59

to splutter

Question 60

bafouiller, bredouiller

Answer 60

to mumble

Question 61

qu'est-ce que tu bafouilles ?

Answer 61

what are you mumbling about

Question 62

cracher, proférer

Answer 62

to spit out

Question 63

crache le morceau

Answer 63

spit it out

Question 64

être le portrait tout craché de qn

Answer 64

to be the dead spit of sb

Question 65

dit-elle d'une voix trâinante

Answer 65

she drawled

Question 66

parler d'une voix trâinante

Answer 66

to drawl

Question 67

avec un fort accent traînant du Texas

Answer 67

in a thick Texas drawl

Question 68

avoir l'accent bordelais

Answer 68

to have a Bordeaux accent

Question 69

répondre d'un signe de la tête

Answer 69

to answer with a nod

Question 70

a-t-elle répondu hargneusement

Answer 70

she snapped