Zola Joie de vie 3 Flashcards
the pilfering
the roam (looking for people needing assistance)
the cruise (taxi looking for clients)
la maraude (3)

the innkeeper
l’aubergiste

directly above
à l’aplomb de

verticalness
self-confidence, poise
nerve, gall
l’aplomb (3) (same word in English)

to move, shift, poke, stir, twitch, fidget
remuer

to swallow, gulp, suck down (3 meanings)
- Avaler brusquement en aspirant, et sans mâcher. cru.
- AU FIGURÉ ET FAMILIER Croire sans examen. ➙ avaler.
- FAMILIER (SURTOUT NÉGATIF) Estimer, apprécier. J
gober
- On mange les huîtres en les gobant. Gober un œuf
Le poisson a sauté hors de l’eau et gobé la libellule.
- to believe/swallow
Simon est naïf et gobe tout ce qu’on lui dit. Elle gobe tout ce qu’on lui dit.
- Je ne peux pas le gober.

unsteady,wobbling, fragile
- branlant, flageolant, peu assuré, titubant, vacillant
- fragile, faible, incertain, précaire
chancelant-e

to totter, wobble
- Vaciller sur sa base, pencher de côté et d’autre en menaçant de tomber. ➙ flageoler, tituber.
- AU FIGURÉ Être menacé de ruine, de chute.
- Hésiter. S
chanceler
- Le pouvoir chancelle. —
- Sa mémoire chancelle.
to be on watch/lookout
être aux aguets

the water rail (bird)
the wheeze (abnormal breathing noise), including the death rattle
la râle (2)

the rag, mess
le torchon

the tea towel
le torchon à vaiselle

tempers are flairing
le torchon brûle

the wrist, cuff, wristband
le poignet

the runt, freak, monster
l’avorton

whiny, whining (two words, adj or noun familier)
geignard-e, pleurnichard-e

the moaning, groaning, whimper
le geignement
the undershirt,
sports jersey/shirt
bikini line (fig)
gymnast leotard/bodysuit
le maillot (4)

to bone
désosser

off the bone
désossé-e
to squat (2 words, 2nd for an animal)
s’accroupir, se tapir

dangling, wobbling (part of the body)
djectif Qui remue, se balance (faute d’être appuyé, fixé).
ballant-e
Rester les bras ballants.

to waddle
se dandiner

the waddle
le dandinement

left, awkward, geeky, ungainly
gauche

the mop/shock (of hair)
la tignasse

smart kid
le/la petit-e déluré-

the slap in the face
la gifle

to grimace, frown
rechigner

to be reluctant to
rechigner à

the throat, gullet
le gosier

the smoked bacon, bacon fat
le lard

to limp, be lame
boiter

robust, sturdy, strong
robuste

to knock out, stun, harrass
assomer

the pig, hog (lit)
le pourceau

to blow one’s nose
moucher son nez

grubby person
le/la pouilleux-euse
covered in lice, grubby, seedy
pouilleux-euse

the louse, the lice
le pou (sing), les poux

to delouse
épouiller

to wash up / clean up (face)
débarbouiller

to clean oneself up/wash oneself up (face) 2 verbs
faire un brin de toilette
se débarbouiller

the rags and tatters (3 words)
les guenilles
les loques
les haillons all feminine

the gang of brats
la marmaille

slyly (3 adverbs)
maliceusement
furtivement
sournoisement

sly person
le/la sournois-e

cunning, sly, underhanded
sournois-e

the shiftiness, slyness
le sournoisement

- little rascal, mischevious child
- scoundrel, good for nothing
- Type of small sailboat (same word in English)
le vaurien/vaurienne (3)

to bunch up, pull up, roll up (sleeves, skirt, etc)
retrousser

the bruise (3 words, first lit)
la meurtrissure, le bleu, la contusion

the cesspool, open sewer, cloaca
la cloaque

the illiteracy, the bastardy (lit)
la bâtardise

the scabies, nasty person, mange
la gale

glum, sullen, gloomy, dismal
maussade

financial, pecuniary
pécunaire

financially, pecuniarily (soutenu)
pécunairement
the softening
le ramollissement

the softening of the brain
le ramollissement du cerveau
MÉDECINE Ramollissement cérébral, lésion due à un trouble de l’irrigation sanguine. -Stroke
But can also mean general reduced thinking capacity

la maraude (3)
the pilfering
the roam (looking for people needing assistance)
the cruise (taxi looking for clients)

l’aubergiste
the innkeeper

à l’aplomb de
directly above

l’aplomb (3)
the aplomb-
- verticalness
- self-confidence, poise 2.
nerve, gall

remuer
to move, shift, poke, stir, twitch, fidget

gober (3 meanings)
to swallow, suck
- Avaler brusquement en aspirant, et sans mâcher.
Gober un œuf cru. On mange les huîtres en les gobant. Le poisson a sauté hors de l’eau et gobé la libellule.
- AU FIGURÉ ET FAMILIER Croire sans examen. ➙ avaler. Elle gobe tout ce qu’on lui dit.
- FAMILIER (SURTOUT NÉGATIF) Estimer, apprécier. Je ne peux pas le gober.
- to believe/swallow
Simon est naïf et gobe tout ce qu’on lui dit.

chancelant-e
unsteady,wobbling, fragile

chanceler (2)
to totter, wobble
- Vaciller sur sa base, pencher de côté et d’autre en menaçant de tomber. ➙ flageoler, tituber.
- AU FIGURÉ Être menacé de ruine, de chute. Le pouvoir chancelle. — Hésiter. Sa mémoire chancelle.
être aux aguets
to be on watch/lookout

la râle (2)
- The wheeze, abnormal breathing noise, including the death rattle
- The rail (water bird)

le torchon
the rag, mess

le torchon à vaiselle
the tea towel

le torchon brûle
tempers are flairing

le poignet (2)
the wrist,
cuff, wristband

l’avorton
the runt, freak, monster

geignard-e, pleurnichard-e
whiny, whining (two words, adj or noun familier)

le geignement
the moaning, groaning, whimper
le maillot (4)
the undershirt,
sports jersey/shirt
bikini line (fig)
gymnast leotard/bodysuit

désosser
to bone

désossé-e
off the bone
s’accroupir, se tapir
to squat (2 words, 2nd for an animal)

ballant-e
dangling, wobbling
ddjectif Qui remue, se balance (faute d’être appuyé, fixé). Rester les bras ballants.

se dandiner
to waddle

le dandinement
the waddle

gauche
left, awkward, geeky, ungainly

la tignasse
the mop/shock (of hair)

le/la petit-e déluré-
smart kid

la gifle
the slap in the face

rechigner
to grimace, frown

rechigner à
to be reluctant to

le gosier
the throat, gullet

le lard
the smoked bacon, bacon fat

boiter
to limp, be lame

robuste
robust, sturdy, strong

assomer
to knock out, stun, harrass

le pourceau
the pig, hog (lit)

moucher son nez
to blow one’s nose

le/la pouilleux-euse
grubby person

pouilleux-euxe
covered in lice, grubby, seedy

le pou (sing), les poux
the louse, the lice

épouiller
to delouse

débarbouiller
to wash up / clean up (face)

faire un brin de toilette se débarbouiller
to clean oneself up/wash oneself up (face) 2 verbs

les guenilles les loques les haillons all feminine
the rags and tatters (3 words)

la marmaille
the gang of brats

maliceusement furtivement sournoisement
slyly (3 adverbs)

le/la sournois-e
sly person

sournois-e
cunning, sly, underhanded

le sournoisement
the shiftiness, slyness

le vaurien/vaurienne (3)
- little rascal, mischevious child
- scoundrel, good for nothing
- type of small sailboat (same in Engish)

retrousser
to bunch up, pull up, roll up (sleeves, skirt, etc)

la meurtrissure, le bleu, la contusion
the bruise (3 words, first lit)

la cloaque (2)
- the cesspool, open sewer,
- cloaca

la bâtardise
the illiteracy, the bastardy (lit)

la gale
the scabies, nasty person, mange

maussade
glum, sullen, gloomy, dismal

pécunaire
financial, pecuniary

pécunairement
financially, pecuniarily (soutenu)
le ramollissement
the softening

le ramollissement du cerveau
the softening of the brain
MÉDECINE Ramollissement cérébral, lésion due à un trouble de l’irrigation sanguine. (Stroke or general loss of mental capacity)

women’s swimsuit
maillot de bain

maillot de bain
woman’s swimsuit
