Verbs of speech Flashcards by Léa Gévaudan | Brainscape

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se plaindre, gémir

A

to moan

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zézayer, avoir un cheveu sur la langue

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to have a lisp

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dire en zézayant, zozoter

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to lisp

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dit-il en gémissant

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he moaned

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d’un ton hargneux

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with a snarl

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gronder férocement, grogner, dire d’un ton hargneux

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to snarl

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glousser

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to chuckle

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rire de

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to chuckle over sthg

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un gloussement, un petit rire

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a chuckle

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caqueter, ricaner

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to cackle

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un ricanement

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a cackle of amusement

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arrêtez de jacasser

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cut the cackle

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coasser (grenouille), parler d’une voix rauque

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to croak

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bavarder, gazouiller, jacasser

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to chatter

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un bavardage

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a chattering

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un bourdonnement (insecte)

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a buzzing, a humming

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commérages, potins

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gossip

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un racontar

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a piece of gossip

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bavarder, médire, raconter des commérages

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to gossip about

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un silence

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a hush

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faire taire

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to hush up sb

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étouffer une affaire, un scandale

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to hush up a scandal

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bégayer

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to stutter, to have a stutter

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crier, hurler

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to yell, to shriek

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crier après qn

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to yell at sb

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pousser un cri de joie

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to let out a yell of delight

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bégayer qqch

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to stammer that

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crier, pousser des cris

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to scream

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réclamer qqch avec des cris

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to scream for sthg

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il se débattait en criant

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he was kicking and screaming

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rouer qn de coups de pied

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to give sb a kicking

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être forcé à s’adapter aux exigences du monde moderne

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to be dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth century

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émettre un grognement, grogner (cochon)

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to grunt

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grommeler, grogner (chien, ours, félin)

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to growl

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il répondit en grommelant

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he growled his reply

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ronchonner

A

to grumble about sthg

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il n’y a pas à se plaindre

A

mustn’t grumble

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gronder qqn

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to tell sb off

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se faire gronder par qn

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to get told off by sb

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grogna-t-il

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he grunted

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chuchoter

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to whisper

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un chuchotement

A

a whisper

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en chuchotant

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he whispered

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parler à voix basse à qn

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to whisper to sb

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le bruit court que

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it is whispered that

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jurer comme un charretier

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to curse and swear

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maudire

A

to curse

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maudit soit le jour où

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cursed be the day that

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une malédiction, un fléau, une plaie

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a curse

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pousser un soupir

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to breath a sigh, to heave a sigh

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se lamenter sur qqch

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to sigh over sthg

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soupira-t-elle

A

she sighed

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pousser un soupir de soulagement

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to sigh with relief

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hurler de rire

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to shriek with laughter

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éclats de rire

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shrieks of laughter

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intenter un procès en diffamation contre qn

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to sue sb for slander

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répandre des calomnies

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to spread slanders

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calomnier

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to slander

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crachoter

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to splutter

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bafouiller, bredouiller

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to mumble

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qu’est-ce que tu bafouilles ?

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what are you mumbling about

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cracher, proférer

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to spit out

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crache le morceau

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spit it out

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être le portrait tout craché de qn

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to be the dead spit of sb

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dit-elle d’une voix trâinante

A

she drawled

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parler d’une voix trâinante

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to drawl

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avec un fort accent traînant du Texas

A

in a thick Texas drawl

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avoir l’accent bordelais

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to have a Bordeaux accent

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répondre d’un signe de la tête

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to answer with a nod

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a-t-elle répondu hargneusement

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she snapped