Volume 4 Flashcards
brouter
to graze (animal)
chatter
judder (automobile)
enhardir
s’enhardir
to embolden
to become bolder
broncher
sans broncher
to miss a beat
react to a stimulus
flinch
without a murmur
braire
to bray (donkey)
immanquablement
inevitably
crisser
screech
squeal
un taillis
copse
wood
espiègle (adj)
impish
playful
de nature
by nature
flairer
le chien a flairé une piste
to smell
the dog has picked up a scent
un ressentiment
resentment
le mordant
sarcasm
zip
omettre
to omit
rouspéter contre
rouspéter après
to grumble about
to grumble at
bougonner
to mutter
grumble
une monstruosité
monstrosity
hippomobile (adj)
horse-drawn
demantibuler
to break up
importer
to import
have importance
recoller
to stick st together again
to stitch together
ramper
s’éloigner en rampant
to crawl
to crawl away
cossu (adj)
plush
posh
well-to-do
héberger
to shelter
give accommodation
à la prétendue (adj)
so-called
alleged
une foire
fête foraine
fair (trade)
fun fair
prétexter
sous prétexte de
to use as an excuse
plead
on the pretext of
frémir
to quiver
un agissement
scheme
activities (perj)
intriguer
to intrgue
scheme
l’espérance de vie
life expectancy
conjurer
je vous en conjure
to avert
ward off
I beg you
tenir de
to take after
hâtif (adj)
hasty
ill considered
malicieusement
maliciously
les pourparlers (mp)
être en pourparlers
talks
negotiations
to be under discussion
égaré (adj)
lost
missing
gone astray
pieusement
piously
aller bon train
les langues vont bon train
to make good progress
to be flying around
tongues are wagging
l’hêtre
beech
enrager
to be furious
renfrogner
se renfrogner
to scowl
frown
become sullen
le mal du pays
homesickness
hanté (adj)
haunted
falot (adj)
wishy-washy
insignificant
un falot
lantern
une broutille
trifle
ballotter
to toss about
tapir
se tapir
to crouch
hide
un saule
willow
entailler
to cut into
rosser
give sb a good beating (informal)
le carcan
systemic rigidity
iron collar (historical)
receler
to harbor
hold
la cohue
crowd
mob
fêler
to crack
la retenue
detention
stoppage
restraint
éblouir
to dazzle
blind
stun
la fougue
ardour
zeal
spirit
casser les pied de qn (idiom)
to annoy sb
une mauviette
wimp (colloq)
pleurnicher
to snivel (colloq)
la guise
n’en faire qu’à sa guise
liking
preference
to do exactly as one likes
la jouvence
fountain of youth
chichement
sparingly
frugally
poorly
un flibustier
buccaneer
peaufiner
refine
toput on the finishing touches
abîmer
spoil
ruin
damage
pavaner
to strut about
flâner
to stroll
dawdle
véreux (adj)
maggoty
shady
harnacher
to harness
un étang
pond
un essieu
axle
une charrette
cart
une brouette
wheelbarrow
chavirer
to capsize
un pourvoi
appeal
une cassation
nullification
châtier
punish
la louange
praise
infatigable
tireless
loucher
to be cross-eyed
squint
un limier
bloodhound
sleuth
la radiesthésiste
dowser
un déshonneur
dishonour
un malfrat
rogue
épater
to impress
la tentation
temptation
seduction
le chant
singing
l’âpreté (f)
âpreté au gain
acerbity
bitterness
harshness
greed for gain
offusquer
s’offusquer de
to offend
to be offended by
lapider
to sb stone (to death)
throw stones at
