Volume 1 Flashcards
borner
se borner à faire
to limit
to content oneself with doing
cahin-caha
so so
with difficulty
goudronné (adj)
paved
goudronner
to pave
tarmac
clairsemé (adj)
sparce
lépreux (adj)
leprous
flaking
peeling
un chevalet
un chevalet de sciage
easel
trestle
sawhorse
le cadet
le cadet de ses soucis
younger child
the least of his/her concerns
poisseux (adj)
sticky
rutiler
to gleam
les potins (m)
gossip
potelé (adj)
plump
clouté (adj)
studded
le strass
fake gems
rhinestone
cramoisi (adj)
crimson
mugir
to bellow
moo
un collet
être collet monté
collar
noose
snare
to be prim
la cité
city
town
grouiller
to swarm
throng
mill about
florissant (adj)
flourishing
ferroviaire (adj)
railway
un démarrage
démarrage en trombe
starting
start with a burst
une trombe
en trombe
waterspout
like a whirlwind
le procédé
procedure
process
behaviour
flambant neuf(s, ve, ves) (adj)
brand new
flamant (adj)
burning
chez-soi
at home
fissa (adv) (informal)
fast
chop-chop
rappliquer
to reapply
make an appearance
décharné (adj)
emaciated
les marbrures (f)
blotches
se démener
to struggle
thrash about
tirer le diable par la queue
to live hand to mouth
cahoter
bump along
jolt
défoncé (adj)
caved in
potholed (road)
sagging (chair etc)
une poche de perfusion
IV bag
frêle (adj)
frail
ourler
to hem
violacé (adj)
mauve
embuer
s’embuer
mist
blur
mist up
une portée
reach
range
litter (eg of kittens)
sidérer
to stagger
dumbfound
stupéfier
débraillé (adj)
untidy
miteux (adj)
shabby
une beuverie
drinking session
déglutir
to swallow
mordicus (adv) (informal)
stubbornly
tuteur
tutrice
guardian
tutor
acariâtre (adj)
cantankerous
couver
to brood (as eggs) hatch
atermoyer
to procrastinate
déraper
to skid
pâtir de…
to suffer as a result of…
croupir
to stagnate
érafler
to scratch
scrape
pelotonner
to wind up into a ball
naguère (adv)
recently
formerly
imposant (adj)
- comes before noun
imposing
probant (adj)
convincing
conclusive (esp in law)
un parloir
parlor visiting room (prison)
voix traînante
drawling voice
tressaillir
to jump (from a shock)
quiver (with emotion)
wince (in pain)
la garce
bitch (derog)
un carillon
carillon
chimes
door chime
tintinnabuler
to tinkle
escamoter
to make disappear
hide
steal
evade (a problem)
depuis des lustres
for ages
tout bonnement
quie simply
assener
to strike (a blow)
probant (adj)
convincing
conclusive (esp in law)
un parloir
parlor visiting room (prison)
voix traînante
drawling voice
tressaillir
to start (at a shock)
tremble (with emotion)
wince (with pain)
la garce
bitch (derog)
faire le pied de grue
stand about
péricliter
to be in decline
décliner
un pardessus
overcoat
effilocher
to fray
un dédale
maze
labyrinth
labyrinthe
concevoir
to conceive
procreate
design
dans son dos
behind his back
revêche (adj)
cantankerous
rester des marbres
remain indifferent
foirer
fuck up
un rouage
cog
chronophage (adj)
time consuming
semer
to sow
to scatter (colloq)
to shake off (colloq)
la friche
en friche
fallow land
waste land
uncultivated
décousu (adj)
unstitched
disjointed
rambling
une cocotte
casserole
darling (colloq)
mistress
un quatre-quarts
pound cake
un convive
guest
bourru (adj)
gruff
surly
brusque
