Volume 5 Flashcards
un sursis
reprieve
suspended sentence
une haillon
en haillons
rag
in rags
enivrant (adj)
intoxicating
ceinturer
ceinturer à bras-le-corps
to surround
encircle
to grasp round the waist
être en pente
to be sloped
à niveau
level
redescendre
to come back down
return downhill
affaissé (adj)
sagging
s’affaisser
to subside
affecté (adj)
affecté de
affecté qn à
affected
affected by
to post sb to
contrairement
contrary to
unlike
débrouiller
untangle
estomper
s’estomper
to shade off (art)
to blur, dim
to soften
become blurred
foudroyer
foudroyer du regard
foudroyer qn du regard
to strike
to glare
to look daggers at
gâté (adj)
spoiled
bafouiller
to stammer
murer
to wall up
wall off
wall in
se murer
to retreat into silence
affoler
s’affoler
to throw into a panic
to panic
se heurter à
to come up against
blêmir
to go pale
étrenner
to use for the first time
to wear for the first time
rapproché (adj)
near
close at hand
le plouc
slob
manquer d’un cheveu
miss by a hair
couper un cheveu en quatre
split hairs
bifurquer
to turn off
fork
un citadin
une citadine
city dweller
citadin (adj)
une rue citadine
town
city
city street
la primauté
primacy
superiority
léché (adj)
faire de la lèche à qn
licking
obsequious
suck up to sb
en mesure de
in a position to
