Vocab 8 Flashcards

1
Q

shady, seedy

A

louche, chelou (verlan)

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

irritating, frustrating (ref. to a person)

A

relou (verlan)

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

a beam

A

une poutre

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

a stool

A

un tabouret

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

to pick up, to grab

A

attraper

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

an udder

A

un pis

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

to shift (time/space)

A

décaler

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

to fool around, to horse around, to bullshit

A

déconner (très fam.)

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

to peel

A

éplucher

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

as far as I’m concerned

A

en ce qui me concerne

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

what I mean is

A

ce que je veux dire c’est

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

to compel

A

assujettir

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

rocky

A

rocheux, rocheuse

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

a somersault

A

un saut périlleux

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

the underside

A

le dessous, la face inférieur

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

sensible, wise

A

sensé

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

to hang around (fam.)

A

poireauter

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

teasing (adj)

A

taquin, taquine

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

an armrest

A

un accoudoir

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

a cable (nautical, 195 m); a stone’s throw away from

A

une encablure; à une encablure de

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

a waterspout

A

une trombe

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

fits into the other part

A

emboîtable

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

a sugar-coated pill (or almond)

A

une dragée

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

a thin layer, a skin

A

une pellicule

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
a starling; a birdbrain (fam.)
un étourneau
26
a funnel
un entonnoir
27
a din, an uproar
un tapage
28
a general outcry
un tollé
29
backwards
à rebours
30
a pit, a grave, a trench
une fosse
31
a cliff
une falaise
32
a test tube
une éprouvette
33
a bug
une punaise
34
to wedge, to stick, to jam
coincer
35
to display, to lay out, to show off
étaler
36
common sense
la jugeote
37
a charity
une association caritative
38
the height of, the epitome of
le comble de
39
a spouse
un conjoint, une conjointe
40
a chaplain
un aumônier
41
a cricket
un grillon
42
acoustic, resounding, echoing
sonore
43
to have a Christmas Eve/New Year's Eve party/supper
réveillonner
44
a patron, a sponsor
un mécène
45
a surcharge
un surcoût
46
a thicket
un fourré
47
to do the groundwork, to clear away
déblayer
48
twisted
vrillé
49
questioning, inquiring (adj.)
interrogateur, interrogatrice
50
a wanderer
un vagabond, une vagabonde
51
threadbare
usé, râpé, élimé
52
a glass wall, a glass roof
une verrière
53
risqué
risqué, osé, scabreux, grivois
54
a dunce
un âne, un cancre
55
a servant
un/une domestique
56
a firecracker
un pétard
57
bottoms up! (fam.)
cul sec !
58
at (the very) least
au bas mot
59
a piggybank
une tirelire
60
a leaflet/handout (for advertising)
un prospectus
61
a starry-eyed girl
une midinette
62
a bodybuilder
un/une culturiste
63
to carry out, to pay out, to fulfill
s'acquitter de
64
to play dead
faire le mort
65
to hunch/huddle up, to curl up
se recroqueviller
66
to be on the lookout
être aux aguets
67
an outlet for (feelings/emotions)
un exutoire à
68
regrettable, unfortunate
regrettable, fâcheux
69
to call the shots (fam)
faire la pluie et le beau temps (fam.)
70
a Freudian slip
un lapsus
71
to suffer from
pâtir de
72
to mark off/out
baliser
73
to be up and running
roder
74
to ensue
s'ensuivre, résulter
75
in opposition to
à l'encontre de
76
in the dim light
dans la pénombre
77
an exhaustion
un épuisement, un éreintement
78
to congeal, to thicken
figer
79
bluntly
crûment, carrément
80
well-educated
instruit
81
ill-treatment, physical cruelty
des sévices
82
a file cabinet
un classeur
83
duly
dûment
84
to stamp
tamponner
85
tacky
tocard
86
unrepentant
impénitent
87
to slap someone in the face
en coller une à qqn
88
one's family and friends
les siens
89
a countdown
un compte à rebours
90
offside
hors-jeu
91
a (pink) flamingo
un flamant (rose)
92
a kennel
un chenil
93
a shroud
un suaire
94
chauvinistic
chauvin, machiste
95
a raft
un radeau
96
a ram
un bélier
97
a stake (for a tent)
un piquet
98
to grope or feel one's way along
tâtonner
99
a twig
une brindille
100
a bolt
un boulon
101
a nut (hardware)
un écrou
102
malice
la méchanceté
103
dirty oil/grease
le cambouis
104
to crumple
friper
105
a poppy
un coquelicot
106
a screen or partition
un paravent
107
to be fragrant
embaumer
108
to sweep (a chimney)
ramoner
109
to mumble
bredouiller
110
a streetlight
un réverbère
111
a (belt) strap; a belt (auto)
une courroie
112
rusty, rusted
rouillé
113
naughty, ugly
vilain
114
in bloom
fleuri
115
to be visible
se voir
116
abyss, the depths (lit)
une abîme (litt.)
117
a rifle
une carabine
118
a scarf
un cache-nez
119
a bounce
un bond
120
a handbag
une sacoche
121
to recapture, to catch hold of
rattraper
122
the edge (of a well/fountain)
une margelle
123
a radiance, radiation
un rayonnement
124
weariness
une lassitude
125
a cloth (for cleaning)
un chiffon
126
a belt loop
un passant, un coulant
127
a vineyard
une vigne, un vignoble
128
to sharpen, to whet
aiguiser
129
granite
le granit / granite
130
a chore
une corvée un pensum
131
idleness
l'oisiveté (f.)
132
a June bug
un hanneton (h aspiré)
133
nonsense
les balivernes (f.)
134
a layabout
un fainéant, une fainéante
135
to acclaim, to applaud, to cheer
acclamer
136
a wedding
une noce
137
a list of prize winners
un palmarès
138
a vein (geology); a gold-mine
un filon; un bon filon
139
an infatuation, a keen interest
un engouement
140
a troublemaker
un trublion
141
of yesteryear
d'antan
142
weightlessness
l'apesanteur (f.)
143
the act of washing oneself
l'ablution (f.)
144
to go around to second hand stores
chiner
145
of course!
pardi
146
to strike (attack), to deliver
asséner
147
a shotgun shell
une douille
148
a cockpit (plane) or passenger compartment (car)
un habitacle
149
a flat (music)
un bémol
150
a sharp (music)
un dièse
151
pleated, wrinkled
plissé
152
to wax, to polish
cirer
153
clowning, tomfoolery
la pitrerie
154
to cause to become gangrenous, to corrupt
gangrener
155
waterproof
étanche
156
to wind, to coil (up)
enrouler
157
a reel, a spool
un dévidoir
158
a dropping, a releasing
un largage
159
a coral reef
un récif corallien, un récif de corail
160
a stirrup
un étrier
161
a wreck (of a ship)
une épave
162
an aftertaste
un arrière-goût
163
to darken, to cast a shadow over
assombrir
164
an overbid
une surenchère
165
a crucible, a melting pot
un creuset
166
trying to get a square peg in a round hole
c'est la quadrature du cercle
167
to go off the rails
dérailler
168
a foray
une incursion
169
a blaze, a disaster
un sinistre
170
northern
septentrional
171
southern
méridional
172
hefty, huge [v. fam]
balèze [t. fam]
173
guts, entrails
les boyaux (m.)
174
a gag
un bâillon
175
a thingummyjig
un machin
176
to scribble, to doodle
gribouiller
177
a penguin
un manchot
178
haughty
hautain, hautaine
179
underhanded, unfair
déloyal
180
a dealer
un/une concessionnaire
181
compensation
une indemnisation
182
a benchmark
un repère, un point de référence
183
a shawl
un châle
184
a hood (of a car)
un capot
185
(night/snow) blindness
une cécité (nocturne/des neiges)
186
a poodle
une caniche
187
crossbred
mâtiné
188
zealous
zélé, acharné
189
fortuitous
fortuit, imprévu
190
to strip of one's possessions or value (lit.)
spolier (litt.)
191
untimely, unwelcome (lit.)
importun (litt.)
192
a pest, a nuisance
un importun, une importune
193
in places, here and there
par endroits
194
that which is superfluous
le superflu
195
a chandelier
un lustre
196
a trunk
une malle
197
an elm
un orme
198
a baby carriage
un landau
199
dreamy
rêveur, rêveuse
200
to fail (fam.)
recaler (fam.)