Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

K. Anglais > Vocab > Flashcards

Vocab Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Vocabulaire Anglais flashcards
1
Q

des broutilles

A

trifle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

a tout bout de champ

A

at every turn

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

parcelle (fig)

A

ounce

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

farouche

A

fierce

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

se lever d’un bond

A

to jump up

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

chercher querelle

A

to pick a fight with

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

se laisser marcher sur les pieds

A

let s/one walk all over you

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

SI BIEN QUE

A

so well that / so much that / so much so that

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

vif, brusque

A

brisk

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

persistant

A

lingering

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

une nuance

A

a tinge

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

au pied d’un relief

A

at the base of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

l’hilarité

A

the mirth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

un mètre

A

plus ou moins un yard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

un frêne

A

an ash tree

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

venteux

A

blustery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

veiller à

A

see to sthing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

parfumé

A

redolent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

âge d’or

A

heyday

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

rempart

A

bulwark

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

agonie

A

the throes of death

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

être perdu, confus

A

to be at sea with

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

insignifiant, mesquin

A

petty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

des efforts

A

endeavours

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

décerner

A

to bestow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

POUR AINSI DIRE

A

as it were

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

la parenté

A

kinship

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

oui mais…

A

true but

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

se réjouir de, se délecter de

A

to revel in

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

jours dorés

A

halcyon days

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

de manière chaotique

A

helter-skelter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

tenter

A

make to + BV

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

mort de fatigue

A

dead tired

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

aux aurores

A

at the crack of dawn

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

faire signe

A

gesture to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

donner le change

A

to pull the wool over one’s eyes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

un pressentiment

A

a foreboding

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

à nos yeux

A

to us

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

une divinité

A

a deity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

les chagrins

A

the woes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

des tressaillements

A

tremors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

jonché de

A

strewn with

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

PAR EXEMPLE

A

for instance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

au fin fond

A

at the tail end of/ deep in the heart of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

presque jour pour jour

A

almost to the day

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

éblouissant

A

dazzling

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

l’agitation

A

bustle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

une insolation

A

a sunstroke

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

un marteau-piqueur

A

a pneumatic drill

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

une asperge

A

an aspargus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

une brasserie

A

a bistro

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

un légiste

A

a coroner

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

une paillasse de scientifique

A

a slab / lab bench

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

l’ouïe

A

hearing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

déterrer

A

to unearth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
56
Q

éclats de rire

A

peals/ roars of laughter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
57
Q

une appellation

A

a designation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
58
Q

mondain

A

wordly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
59
Q

terre-a-terre

A

mundane

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
60
Q

égal à soi même

A

true to form

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
61
Q

comme d’habitude

A

true to form

62
Q

aucunement

A

by no means

63
Q

a la poussée de

A

prompted by

64
Q

logique

A

cogent

65
Q

franc

A

blunt

66
Q

grand

A

momentous

67
Q

la suite

A

what comes next

68
Q

un scandale

A

a scene

69
Q

gémir

A

to whimper

70
Q

l’angoisse

A

anguish

71
Q

résolu

A

resolute

72
Q

une prière (non religieux)

A

a plea

73
Q

l’évangile

A

the gospel

74
Q

une pinède

A

a pine wood

75
Q

une tuile

A

a tile

76
Q

un grain de sable

A

a grain

77
Q

racheter

A

ransom

78
Q

if i hadn’t

A

but that i had

79
Q

principe/doctrine

A

tenet

80
Q

angoisse

A

anxiety

81
Q

grouiller de

A

to teem with

82
Q

périlleux

A

dire

83
Q

contribuer à

A

concur to

84
Q

prêteur sur gages

A

pawnbreaker

85
Q

un conseil

A

direction

86
Q

circonstances atténuantes

A

extenuating circumstances

87
Q

être à la limite de

A

to border on

88
Q

faillible

A

fallible

89
Q

implorant

A

entreating

90
Q

figé, rigide

A

stilted

91
Q

bassesse

A

abasement

92
Q

produire (agricole)

A

yield

93
Q

incursion

A

inroad

94
Q

excursion

A

outing

95
Q

délicatesse, préciosité

A

daintiness

96
Q

mâcher ses mots

A

mince one’s words

97
Q

répartie

A

repartee

98
Q

l’élan

A

momentum

99
Q

légèreté

A

levity

100
Q

mesquinerie

A

meanness

101
Q

grandiloquent

A

bonbastic

102
Q

vers où

A

whither

103
Q

roseaux

A

reeds

104
Q

chasseur d’oiseaux

A

fowler

105
Q

marécage

A

marsh, swamp

106
Q

rouleaux de la mer

A

billows

107
Q

marcher

A

tread (trode)

108
Q

vague

A

woolly

109
Q

las

A

weary

110
Q

tourbe

A

peat, turf

111
Q

bourbier

A

mire

112
Q

camionette

A

station wagon

113
Q

vif

A

brisk

114
Q

cisailles

A

garden-shears

115
Q

traiteur

A

caterer

116
Q

alcools forts

A

liquors

117
Q

liqueurs

A

cordials

118
Q

hautbois

A

oboe

119
Q

voyany, tapageur

A

gaudy

120
Q

châle

A

shawl

121
Q

échouer qqpart

A

strand

122
Q

vicelard

A

lech

123
Q

l’usure

A

the wear and tear

124
Q

évoquer

A

to conjure up

125
Q

déferler

A

break

126
Q

toit de chaume

A

thatched roof

127
Q

chaux

A

whitewash

128
Q

du temps où

A

back in the days when

129
Q

tailler

A

trim

130
Q

actionnaire

A

shareholder

131
Q

tendu

A

taut

132
Q

mégère

A

battle-axe

133
Q

bête de somme

A

beast of burden

134
Q

pays de cocagne

A

milk-and-honey world

135
Q

gagner

A

to be on the incline

136
Q

conjurer

A

ward off

137
Q

raffut

A

din

138
Q

crasse

A

grime

139
Q

engelures

A

chillblains

140
Q

en douce

A

on the sly

141
Q

être du rayon de qqun

A

to be up one’s alley

142
Q

terrassements

A

terraces

143
Q

chemins de terre battue

A

dirt tracks

144
Q

excroissances

A

outgrowths

145
Q

chargé de (figuré)

A

laden with

146
Q

une joute

A

a joust

147
Q

la chaume

A

stubble

148
Q

faire de la bicyclette

A

to cycle

149
Q

une école de filles

A

a girls’ school

150
Q

le principal de Sunnydale

A

Sunnydale High’s principal

the Sunnydale High principal

K. Anglais (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions