Volume 3 Flashcards
enfourcher
to mount
straddle
faire part de qqc à qn
to inform sb about st
announce to sb about st
(many related locutions)
enduire
to coat
infime (adj)
minute
tiny
lowly
guindé (adj)
stiff
starchy
stilted
permuter
to swap
un jupon
courir le jupon
petticoat
underskirt
to womanize
un classement
ranking
rating
standing
table
la empeigne
upper (of a shoe)
un ourlet
hem
une ordonnance
arrangement layout (room)
prescription (med)
order (law)
orderly (military)
l’eau de vie
brandy
relever
relever de
to stand up again to raise, elevate collect relieve pick up (signals)
to pertain to
un fourré
undergrowth
thicket
la louange
praise
racoleur (adj)
enticing
pudibond (adj)
prudish
susceptible (adj)
susceptible de
sensitive
susceptible
likely to
faucher
to mow down
une ogive
warhead
à bâtons rompus
parler à bâtons rompus
aimlessly
to talk about this and that
attenter à
attack
make an attempt on
un pointillé
dotted line
un coup de raide
a stiff shot (of alcohol)
je me fous en rogne
I don’t care
comme à l’accoutumée
as is customary
survenir
to come up
arise
occur
quiconque
whoever
anyone who
whomsoever
anyone, anybody
braconnage
poaching
un frêne
ash tree
un manquement
breach
infringement
maladif (adj)
unhealthy
pathological
ériger
to erect
put up
un signalement
description
allouer à qqn
to allocate to sb
l’étiage (m)
low water mark
un casse-pieds
pain in the neck
un extincteur
fire extinguisher
invoquer
invoke
call upon
appeal to
refer to
