Week 7 Flashcards
A kitchen
Une cuisine
A sink
Un évier
A washing-up bowl
Une bassine à vaisselle
A dishrack
Un égouttoir
A draining board
Une paillasse
A cooker
Une cuisinière
A hob
Une plaque de cuisson
An oven
Un four
A frying pan
Une poêle
A saucepan
Une casserole
A pressure cooker
Une cocotte-minute, pl. les cocottes-minutes
A refrigerator
Un réfrigérateur
A fridge
Un frigo
A freezer
Un congélateur
A work surface
Un plan de travail
A chopping board
Une planche à découper
A cupboard
Un placard
A can opener
Un ouvre-boîte, pl. les ouvre-boîtes
A food processor
Un robot-ménager
A microwave
Un four à micro-ondes
This utensil is the one from which coffee or chocolate will be normally drunk at breakfast time
Un bol
A cup
Une tasse
A jug (glass)
Une carafe
A jug (earthenware)
Une cruche
A tray
Un plateau, -x
A cheese-grater
Une râpe à fromage
- A salt mill (for grinding) 2. A salt cellar (container)
Une salière
A pepperpot
Un poivrier, une poivrière
A pepper mill
Un moulin à poivre
To move an object so that another person may have it. 1. movement away from the starting position of the person doing the moving. 2. Movement toward the recipient of the move
Apporter
- Movement away 2. Movement towards the recipient (same usage as apporter but implies that the action has happened before)
Rapporter
To move a person, animal or vehicle so that someone may meet the person, or use the vehicle. 1.movement away from the starting position of the person doing the moving 2. moverment towards the recipient of the move
Amener
(same usage as amener, but implies that action has happened before)
Ramener
To carry (implies organised system for moving objects)
Transporter
To move (change the position of an object, usually temporarily)
Déplacer
To manoeuvre
Manoeuvrer
To deliver
Livrer
To avoid
éviter
To refrain from doing something
éviter de faire quelque chose
To escape/ to get out of
échapper/ échapper de
éluderTo evade
éluder
To be evasive
Se dérober
- To avoid (extreme)
2. To run away/flee
Fuir
To push
Pousser
To pull
Tirer
To pull (handle)
Tirer sur
To drag (object)
Traîner
To tow (vehicles and ships)
Remorquer
To tow (vehicles)
Tracter
To tow (boats)
Haler
- To drive (e.g. a chain driving a cogwheel)
2. To pull (undesirable,especially force of nature)
Entraîner
- To spread apart 2. To push aside
écarter
To push in(to)
Enfoncer
To shake
Secouer
To squeeze
Presser
That’s going too far!
Faut pas pousser (grand-mère dans les orties)
You’re going too far!
Tu pousses
To (try and) milk the situation
Tirer sur la corde/ ficelle
To live from hand to mouth (to be unable to save money)
Tirer le diable par la queue
To hold the weight of or be the support for something/ someone
Porter
To support (so as not to collapse)
Supporter
Aircraft carrier
un porte-avions
A luggage rack (train, bus) or carrier (bicycle)
un porte-bagages
A wine rack/crate
un porte-bouteilles
A card wallet
un porte-cartes
A cigarette case
un porte-cigarettes
A key ring
un porte-clés
Coat rack
un portemanteau, -eaux
An umbrella stand
un porte-parapluies
A penholder
un porte-plume
A soap dish
un porte-savon, -s
A suspender belt
un porte-jarretelles
A walk (activity)
une marche
A way of walking
une démarche
Way of showing one’s personality
une allure
To walk
marcher
To move forward
avancer
To creep forwards
avancer sans bruit
To march forwards
avancer au pas
To saunter
marcher d’un air dégagé
To tiptoe
marcher sur la pointe des pieds
To crawl (describes babies)
marcher à quatre pattes
To walk with turned out feet
marcher en canard
To walk pigeon-toed
marcher les pieds en dedans
To loiter
traîner
To linger
s’attarder
To slink away
s’éclipser
se faufiler jusqu’à
To sidle up to
To crawl
ramper
To run off
s’enfuir
To trudge (through snow)
piétiner
To strut
se pavaner
To stroll
flâner
To stagger
tituber
To limp
boiter
To crawl on one’s belly
ramper (sur le ventre)
