Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
[Eng] Weasel
Belette
[‘oui-zeul]
[Eng] Bummer
Poisse
[Eng] That’s a bummer!
Quelle poisse !
[Eng] Tacky
De mauvais goût
[Eng] To blaze
Flamber, flamboyer
[Eng] Estranged
Séparé
[es’trandged]
[Eng] Her estranged husband
Son mari, dont elle est séparée
[es’trandged]
[Eng] Interesting
[‘in tresting]
[Eng] Dessert
[dé’zeurte]
[Eng] To desert
[dé’zeurt]
[Eng] Congenial
Agréable, sympathique
[ken’djinieul]
[Eng] Bombastic
Grandiloquent
[bom’bastik]
[Eng] Surreptitiously
Subrepticement, furtivement
[,seurè’ptichousli]
[Eng] Cheeky
Impertinent
[‘tchi-ki]
[Eng] Anyone’s guess
+ example
Très difficile ou impossible
- why she did that is anyone’s guess
[Eng] The Flood
Le Déluge
[Eng] Deluge
Déluge
[´dè-lioudge]
[Eng] Armageddon
Acopalypse (l’Apocalypse ou figuré)
[,armeu’gèdeune]
[Eng] Comely
Charmant, beau
[´keumli]
[Eng] Affidavit
Déclaration sous serment
[,affi’deïvit]
[Eng] Cocky
Qui a du toupet
[‘koki]
[Eng] Scoundrel
Bandit, vaurien
[‘skaondrèl]
[Eng] Scant
+ example
Maigre
[skant]
- scant demand for
[Eng] Bunk bed
Lits superposés
[Eng] To conjure sthg
Faire apparaître (par exemple par magie)
[‘keundgeure]
[Eng] Seminal
Majeur, qui fait école
[‘sèminal]
[Eng] Woeful
Malheureux, très triste
[´ouoofoul]
[Eng] Woe
Malheur, infortune
[ouoo]
[Eng] Phoney
Bidon, faux
[´fhoni]
[Eng] Sultry
Étouffant, suffocant
[‘seultri]
[Eng] Veneer
Placage
[veu’ni-r]
[Eng] A veneer of respectability
Un vernis de respectabilité
[veu’ni-r]
[Eng] Momentous
+ example
D’une importance considérable
- on this momentous occasion
[mo’meuntous]
[Eng] Cursory
+ example
Superficiel, hâtif
- she gave the painting only a cursory glance
[‘ceurseury]
[Eng] Belette
Weasel
[‘oui-zeul]
[Eng] Poisse
Bummer
[Eng] Quelle poisse !
That’s a bummer!
[Eng] De mauvais goût
Tacky
[Eng] Flamber, flamboyer
To blaze
[Eng] Séparé
Estranged
[es’trandged]
[Eng] Son mari, dont elle est séparée
Her estranged husband
[es’trandged]
[Eng] Agréable, sympathique
Congenial
[ken’djinieul]
[Eng] Grandiloquent
Bombastic
[bom’bastik]
[Eng] Subrepticement, furtivement
Surreptitiously
[,seurè’ptichousli]
[Eng] Impertinent
Cheeky
[‘tchi-ki]
[Eng] The Flood
Le Déluge