Vocab De Littérature Flashcards by Fiona A

Effroi

Ex. Le roi Fred Sans Effroi

Terror, dread

Ex. Fred the Fearless

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Le cireur

The shoe shiner

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Une guêpe

A wasp

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Pourpoint

Ex. Les pourpoints de velours

Doublet

Ex. Velvet doublets

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Jabot

Ex. Les chemises à jabot

Ruffle, frill

Ex. Ruffled shirts

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Une calèche

Ex. Une promenade en calèche

A horse-drawn carriage

Ex. A ride in a horse-drawn carriage

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Jouer les trouble-fête

Ex. Je ne veux pas jouer les trouble-fête, mais…

Spoilsport

Ex. I don’t want to be a spoilsport, but…

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Futé(e)

Ex. Lord Chrachinay était très maigre, rusé, et futé.

Sharp, clever, smart

Ex. Lord Chrachinay was very thin, crafty, and sharp.

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Rusé(e)

Ex. Il est rusé comme un renard

Crafty, sly, wily

Ex. he’s as sly or cunning or wily as a fox

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Malin, maligne

Ex. Sans être aussi futé que Chrachinay, Flapoon était tout de même beaucoup plus malin que le roi.

Cunning, crafty, shrewd

Ex. Without being as crafty as Chrachinay, Flapoon was all the same more cunning than the king.

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Époustoufler

Ex. Ils faisaient expertement semblant d’être époustouflés par le talent de Fred.

To stun, to astound, to flabbergast

Ex. They were experts at pretending to be astounded by the talents of Fred.

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Un songe

Ex. voir quelque chose | quelqu’un en songe

A dream

Ex. to see something | somebody in one’s dreams

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Une nacelle

Ex. Le pâtisserie Nacelles-des-Fées

A basket (can also mean a gondola)

Ex. Thé pâtisserie Ferries’-Baskets

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Une péniche

Ex. Des péniches transportaient des marchandises.

A barge, a narrow boat

Ex. Barges transported the goods.

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Un rôti

Ex. Rôti de porc

A joint or roast of meat

Ex. Joint of pork (raw), piece of roast pork (cooked)

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Rubans de lard

Slices of bacon

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Un Biftecks

Ex. un bifteck dans le filet

Un (piece of) steak

Ex. a piece of fillet steak

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Chevreuil (m)

Ex. Tourtes au chevreuil

Venison

Ex. Venison pies

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Aigre

Ex. Crème aigre, le lait est devenue aigre

Sour, acid, sharp

Ex. Sour cream, the milk has gone off/turned sour

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Un vignoble

A vineyard

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Pompette

Ex. elle était un peu pompette

Tipsy

Ex. She was a bit tipsy

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Le marécage

Ex. Les marécages, les marécages de la politique

The swamp, marshland

Ex: the marshlands, the quagmire of politics

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Élancé(e)

Ex: à la taille élancée, à la silhouette élancée

Slim, slender

Ex. Slim-waisted, willowy

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Épanoui(e)

Ex. son corps épanoui

Blooming, beaming, radiant

Ex. Her body is in its prime

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Décharné(e)s

Emaciated, gaunt, wasted

Loqueteux, loqueteuse

Dressed in rags, tattered

Maussade Ex. elle l’accueillit d’un air maussade

Glum, sullen Ex. She greeted him sullenly

Rocailleux, rocailleuse Ex. Ils avail des voix rocailleuses

Rocky, gravelly, rough Ex. They had gravelly voices

Un bêlement Ex. les bêlements des moutons

A bleat Ex. The bleating of sheep

Malpropre

Dirty, filthy, unclean

Muggy, clammy, damp The fog was clammy

Moite Le brouillard était moite

To the brim, to the top The boots of the two lords were soon filled to the brim with fetid water

À ras bord(s) Les bottes des deux lords de retrouvèrent bientôt remplies d’eau fétide jusqu’à ras bord.

Oaf That complete oaf!

Godichon, godichonne Ce sinistre godichon!

Twit, clown To clown around What a nitwit!

Gugusse Faire la gugusse Quel gugusse!

Moron, moronic It’s all his fault, that shrew-brained moron!

Crétin(e) Toute est sa faute, à ce crétin à cervelle de musaraigne!

Guts, entrails A vague uncertainty was lodged in their guts.

Boyaux Une vague incertitude s’était logée dans leurs boyaux.

A blunderbus

Un tromblon

A case A holster A glasses case

Un étui Un étui de revolver Un étui à lunettes

Shifty, shady, murky, sleazy A shady character

Louche Un individu louche

To whine

Chouiner

To quaver

Chevroter

The edge At the edge of the swamp

L’orée À l’orée du marais

Disastrous, catastrophic The disastrous error

Funeste L’erreur funeste

Exhausted | 3 synonyms

Épuiser, exténué, fourbu(e)

The retinue The king’s retinue

Le cortège Le cortège du roi

Vicious, aggressive, quarrelsome A vicious animal

Hargneux, hargneuse Un animal hargneux

Sadistic

Sadique

The panic A general panic

L’affolement (m) Un affolement général

A bolt To unbolt the door

Un verrou Tirer le verrou

To put one’s trousers back on

Se reculotter

To wind up into a ball, to curl up The king was curled up in his bed. To snuggle up to someone.

Pelotonner, se pelotonner Le roi était pelotonné dans son lit. Se pelotonner contre quelqu’un.

To cut and run, to decamp, to bolt The kids scattered like rabbits!

Détaler les gamins ont détalé comme des lapins!

A comforter, a quilt

Un édredon

Treacherous, deceitful

Fourbe

In snatches, bit by bit I heard the story in snatches

Par bribes Je connais l’histoire par bribes

A whole bunch of

Une flopée de

A piece of gossip, the gossip; the idle rumours It’s only hearsay. The rumours that circulated.

Un commérage, les commérages; les potins Ce ne sont que des commérages. Les potins qui circulaient.

To sprinkle, to dust

Saupoudrer

A deceased person Prayer for the dead. Her late cousin.

Le défunt Prière pour les défunts. Son défunt cousin.

Pigtails

Des couettes (f)

The widow, the widower The war widow. Mrs. Dupont (when addressing a widow in formal correspondence). Mrs. Dupont (slightly informal way of referring to a widow).

La veuve, le veuf La veuve de guerre. Madame veuve Dupont. La veuve Dupont.

Cunning, sly His cunning brain started to hum again.

Sournois(e) Son cerveau sournoise se remit à vrombir.

The saddle

La selle

To get rid of

Se délester de

A frock coat, fitted or tailored coat

Une redingote

To shout, to yell

Vociférer

A change of clothing

Des vêtements de rechange

Pale, wan, ashen-faced

Blême

To take off, to remove from To take hairpins out of a bun.

Ôter ôter des épingles d’un chignon.

To bruise, to hurt, to wound

Meurtrir (tuer ou assassiner veut dire ‘to murder’)

To plot She’s plotting something!

Tramer elle trame quelque chose!

To grumble To grumble about something

Maugréer maugréer contre quelque chose

To wear out To be worn out, to wear oneself out

Éreinter être éreinté, s’éreinter

To polish or to shine

Astiquer

To be left unsatisfied or frustrated

rester sur sa (ou leur) faim

To be on alert, or on edge

être sur le qui-vive

To overpower It took three men to bring him under control

Maîtriser il a fallu trois hommes pour le maîtriser