Vocab/idioms Flashcards
Se relaxer
To kick back and relax
Surprendre qlqun
To catch sby off-guard
Représenter un challenge
To present challenges
Poser une question
To pose a question
Opter pour qlqch
To opt for sth
Opter pour faire qlqch
To opt to do sth
Promouvoir la croissance économique
To promote economic growth
Une marque de succès
A mark of success
Brouhaha (ex: d’une ville)
Hustle and bustle
Avec surprise, sans être prévu
Out of the blue
Très petit, mignon,…
Quaint
Son humain : se lamenter
To wail (prolonged high-pitched cry of pain)
Son humain : geindre
To whine (long high-pitched, complaining cry)
Se plaindre (comme un enfant)
To whinge (complain persistently and in a irritating way)
Bégayer
To stutter
Trembler d’effroi
To shudder (at the thought of sth)
Savoir qlch par cœur
To know sth by heart
Avoir un bon sens de l’orientation
To have a great sense of orientation
Avoir un mauvais sense de l’orientation
To have a terrible sense of orientation
Je me retrouve souvent à faire des ronds en cercle
I often find myself going round in circles
Être ébloui par qlch ou qlqun
To be in awe of sth or sb
Obtenir une promotion
To move up the ladder
Faire plus que ce qui est attendu
To go the extra mile
Time of the day when light first disappears
At dusk
Time of the day when light first appears
At dawn
When you pay the cost of sth yourself (independance)
To do sth at your expense
Going somewhere quickly
To pop (down) to somewhere
“I’m popping down to the supermarket”
Être addict à qlqch
To be hooked on sth
Quand qlch glisse de la mémoire
Sth slips your mind
Être très belle (bien habillée ; pour les femmes)
To look a 1 million dollars
When you’re treating sb like a child/like a stupid person
To patronize sb
Raccourcir qlqch
To hem sth
Make sth shorter
To be hemmed in
Être inconfortable, en alerte
To be on edge
Se cacher de qlqch
To lurk
Quand qlqch énerve ; tape sur le système
To get on one’s nerves
Très étroit
Cramped
Être collant (physiquement)
To be clingy
To cling on to sth
Not so much room (expression)
To swing a cat
(Adj) (informal) much space for sth
Roomy
Bodyguard
A bouncer
Avoir de la place pour qlqch
To have ROOM for…
Avoir de besoin de place (relationnel)
To need/have/want space…
Haïr de faire qlqch
To dread doing sth
Avoir envie (de faire qlqch)
To long (to do sth)
Faire une recherche
To do RESEARCH (UNCOUNTABLE ⚠️)
Mener une recherche
To conduct RESEARCH (UNC. ⚠️)
Mener à bien une recherche
To carry out research (UNC ⚠️)
Une prémisse (a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or considered in an official context.)
Premises
Act of asking for information
Enquiry
Enquête
Inquest
People who live as permanent resident somewhere
Dwellers
A group of sth (large amount)
A fleet of …
Grogner
To growl
A terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time (n)
An ordeal
To be confused (adj)
Baffled
When sth is confusing (adj)
Bewildering
An impressive achivement (n)
A feat
Extremely worried and frightened
Frantic
To cheer, to salute
To hail
Give a powerful expression
To ooze (sexappeal)
Rejeter, revoyer
To dismiss
Avoir un trou de mémoire
To have a mental blank
Faire un effort important
To endeavour
Funny, clever (adj)
Witty
Empathir
To empathize
A fun and friendly conversation
To bauter
Discomfort (adj)
Unease
Être à l’aise
To be at ease
To fade, to diminish
To dwindle
Tenir une conversation
To hold a conversation
Tenir un propos officiel
To give a statement
Faire un discours
To delivrer a speech
Sec, cassant (adj)
Harsh
Bancale, tremblant (adj)
Wobbly
Moelleux, velouté (adj)
Mellow
Somnolent (adj)
Drowsy
Somnolence (n)
Drowsiness
Tenir une conversation
To HAVE a conversation
Or
To HOLD a conversation
Faire un discours
To GIVE a speech
Or
To MAKE a speech
Faire une présentation
To GIVE a presentation
Apaisant (adj)
Soothing
Son grinçant, aigu
Squeaky
Make sb feel isolated
Alienation
Apparence jeune (adj)
Youthful (+)
Fresh-Faced (+)
Too old to function properly
Geriatric (-)
