Winter words

Question 1

abondamment

Answer 1

a lot, abundantly, extensively

Question 2

je s’y perd un peu

Answer 2

I’m a little lost (around a subject)

Question 3

j’ai du mal à m’y retrouver

Answer 3

I’m having trouble finding my way around/ getting my head around it

Question 4

siroter

Answer 4

to sip

Question 5

Je te propose qu’on aille faire…

Answer 5

I suggest we go…

Question 6

grimper

Answer 6

to climb (lit and fig)

Question 7

imprégner

Answer 7

to soak, impregnate, permeate

Question 8

le palais

Answer 8

palace, palate

Question 9

cracher, recracher

Answer 9

to spit, spit out

Question 10

le seau

Answer 10

bucket

Question 11

ivres

Answer 11

drunk (adjective)

Question 12

avaler

Answer 12

to swallow

Question 13

sinon

Answer 13

or else, if not, alternatively, unless, otherwise

Question 14

méfier, se méfier

Answer 14

to distrust; to be cautious

Question 15

se rendre compte de tout

Answer 15

to take notice of, appreciate everything

Question 16

le côté bouchonné

Answer 16

the corkiness (of wine)

Question 17

ça peut arriver

Answer 17

it can happen

Question 17

le tanin

Answer 17

tannin

Question 18

plutôt

Answer 18

rather, quite, instead

Question 19

par rapport à

Answer 19

with respect to, in comparison to/with,

Question 20

pourtant

Answer 20

yet, however, but, though

Question 21

ressentir

Answer 21

to experience, feel, sense

Question 22

velouté

Answer 22

smooth, creamy, velvety

Question 23

par contre

Answer 23

as much, in contrast

Question 24

Blanc sur rouge, rien ne bouge. Rouge sur blanc, tout fout le camp

Answer 24

White before red, nothing moves. Red before white, everything goes to hell (French wine saying)

Question 25

fous le camp (from foudre- lightning)

Answer 25

buzz off !

Question 26

depuis quelques jours

Answer 26

in recent days

Question 27

d’abord

Answer 27

first, originally

Question 28

communément

Answer 28

commonly (popularly)

Question 29

pas n’importe lequel(s) laquelle(s)

Answer 29

not just any

Question 30

renommée

Answer 30

renown, reputation

Question 31

il/ on ne faut pas la prendre au pied

Answer 31

don’t take it literally

Question 32

prendre pied

Answer 32

to gain/ take a foothold

Question 33

quelconque

Answer 33

whatever, by some kind of

Question 34

se donner

Answer 34

to give oneself

Question 35

plus encore que

Answer 35

even more than

Question 36

alors que

Answer 36

while, whilst

Question 37

encore

Answer 37

again, another

Question 38

on ne s’y trompe pas;

Answer 38

one is not mistaken (about it)

Question 39

tromper (verbe), trompé (adj)

Answer 39

to deceive; be mistaken

Question 40

ne + (pronoun) s’y (m’y) + être (conjugated) + pas

Answer 40

to not be mistaken about it