CDS French Vol 003 Flashcards
(200 cards)
1
Q
hardline policy
A
jusqu’auboutisme (m.)
2
Q
ribbon
A
ruban (m.)
3
Q
submachine gun
A
mitraillette (f.)
4
Q
shrivelled up, hunched up
A
recroquevillé
5
Q
to loop the loop
A
faire les loopings
6
Q
waterlily
A
nénuphar (f.)
7
Q
g-string
A
string (m.)
8
Q
it couldn’t be simpler
A
c’est simplissime
9
Q
clingfilm
A
scellofrais (m.)
10
Q
unmanageable
A
ingérable
11
Q
charred
A
carbonisé
12
Q
to backdate
A
antidater
13
Q
to stripe
A
zébrer
14
Q
preacher
A
le prédicateur
15
Q
follower
A
adepte (m.)
16
Q
paragraph
A
entrefilet (m.)
17
Q
channel-hopping
A
zapping (m.)
18
Q
supporting
A
justicatif
19
Q
to go out of tune
A
désaccorder (se)
20
Q
it is not recommended
A
c’est contre-indiqué
21
Q
to save (computer)
A
sauvegarder
22
Q
café where singers entertain customers
A
café-concert (m.)
23
Q
satirical tract
A
pamphlet (m.)
24
Q
at street level
A
de plain-pied
25
to come straight to the point
entrer deo plain-peid dans le sujet
26
hard court
court en quick (m.)
27
to use up the left overs
accommoder les restes
28
to place side by side
accoler
29
to play fair
jouer franc-jeu
30
hound's tooth check
pied-de-poule (m.)
31
Mexican wave
ola (f.)
32
building land
terrain (m.) constructible
33
over-orante, involved
tarabiscoté
34
colon
deux points (m.pl.)
35
inevitably
fatalement
36
skin
cutané
37
air show
meeting (m.) aérien
38
daisy
marguerite (f.)
39
dinner jacket
smoking (m.)
40
to intoxicate
griser
41
to let success go to o's head
sel laisser griser par le succès
42
immigrant without proper identity or working papers
sans-papiers (m.)
43
close textured fruit sponge
pudding (m.)
44
lampshade
abat-jour (m.)
45
to have a face-lift
se faire un lifting
46
artichoke
le topinambour Jerusalem
47
cease-fire
cessez-le-feu (m.)
48
shop assistant, office clerk
commis (m.)
49
taken aback
interloqué
50
crazy
chtarbé
51
dancing hall
dancing (m.)
52
to stir up ill-feeling in a family
mettre la zizanie dans une famille
53
to give a new boost to
redynamiser
54
television news
JT (journal télévisé) (m.)
55
to increase its workforce
augementer les effectifs
56
unprecendented
inouï
57
spray
pulvérisateur (m.)
58
carbohydrate
le glucide
59
lack of fitness
méforme (f.)
60
preparatory day for teachers before school term starts
présentée (f.)
61
flip-flop
nu-pieds (m.)
62
bare-foot
nu-pieds
63
to scan
scanner
64
transfer
cession (f.)
65
night watchman
vigile (m.)
66
computer
ordi (m.)
67
s.o. who has been miraculously cured
miraculé (m.)
68
to dabble on the stock exhange
boursicoter
69
rabble, riff-raff
racaille (f.)
70
increase
accrue (f.)
71
blackboard eraser
brosse (f.)
72
social interacton, conviviality, user-friiendliness
convivialité (f.)
73
door-to-door selling
démarchage (m.)
74
special school
centre médicopédagogique
75
possibly
éventuellement
76
to trip up s.o.
faire un croc-en-jambe à qqn
77
odd-numbered
impair
78
to blunder
commettre un impair
79
to update
réactualiser
80
reprint
retirage (m.)
81
tool-tip
infobulle (f.)
82
chicken-pox
varicelle (f.)
83
medium length (hair)
mi-longs
84
sneak, informer
mouchard (m.)
85
hazardous
aléatoire
86
contemptuous
méprisant
87
it is cloudy
le ciel est couvert
88
to dishearten, strike down, slaughter
abattre
89
s.o. without a country
apatride
90
to relax
se détendre
91
to shovel, devour
engouffrer
92
it's awful
c'est nul
93
distasteful
déplaisant
94
(dog-) bite
morsure (f.)
95
delusion, rambling
divagation (f.)
96
to drool
baver
97
kid
môme (m./f.)
98
galley, hell
galère (f.)
99
weak, feeble
faiblard
100
fellow, chap
bougre (m.)
101
broke
fauché
102
wound
plaie
103
to yell, howl
brailler
104
mane (of hair)
crinière (f.)
105
to spread out
échelonner
106
herd
troupeau (m.)
107
scrounger
écornifleur (m.)
108
destroyed
bousillé
109
shameless
vergogne
110
to bounce
rebondir
111
harpoon
arpent (m.)
112
clock face, dial
cadran (m.)
113
light blue
bleu clair
114
to dumbfound
ahurir
115
sunset
coucher (m.)de soleil
116
bore
casse-pieds (m.)
117
too much to chose from
l'embarras du choix
118
to overwhelm with praise
charger des louanges
119
to crush
concasser
120
coveting, desire
convoitise
121
funny
rigolo
122
breakage
la casse
123
to be supposed to
être sensé
124
sister-in-law
la belle-sœur
125
no kidding!
sans blague !
126
to swap, exchange
troquer
127
fad, hair-brained idea
lubie
128
stingy, cheap
chiche
129
sieve, sifter
le tamis
130
whippersnapper
freluquet
131
hand fan
évantail
132
to snort
renifler
133
cigarette
clope
134
hook, hanger
le crochet
135
stoneware, pot
le grès
136
mouldy
moisi
137
it looks prcuomising
cela s'annonce bien
138
glasshouse, claw, talon
la serre
139
inch
le pouce
140
curly
bouclé
141
dressed-up
fagoté
142
tipsy, merry
éméché
143
to harm
nuire à
144
hare, pacemaker
le lièvre
145
to bury, hide
ensevelir
146
sample
l'échantillon (m.)
147
mate, buddy
le pote
148
rake, comb
le râteau
149
well-built, rough
baraqué
150
to engage in sophisticated banter
marivauder
151
pickaxe
le pioche
152
heart bypass surgery
le pontage
153
daredevil
le casse-cou
154
dull (appearance)
terne
155
to pad with
capitonner
156
rough
rugueux
157
meteor, fast car
bolide
158
fiddlesticks! nonsense!
chansons!
159
snack
le casse-croûte
160
to peck, tease
picosser
161
panicked
affolé
162
filthy
insalubre
163
to avoid
esquiver
164
to peel, disect
éplucher
165
honest, respectable
aloi
166
to gauge
jauger
167
cherry-tree
le cerisier
168
crimson
cramoisi
169
to make shambles, mess up
cafouiller
170
to reboot
réinitaliser
171
to slice thinly
émincer
172
elbow-grease, hard work
acharnement
173
to party
faire la teuf
174
punchbag
le souffre-douleur
175
delerious
délirant
176
to add credence to
ajouter foi à
177
irritating
agaçant
178
relentlessly
d'arrache-pied
179
mud
la boue
180
au petit matin
au petit matin
181
slut
la pétasse
182
spouse
l'époux
183
sly, shifty
sournois
184
curly
bouclé
185
mess, jam
le pétrin
186
swollen
boursoufflé
187
glum
maussade
188
babble
le balbutier
189
stormy
houleux
190
dressed up
fagoté
191
to dig for
creuser pour
192
noxious
nocif
193
to have a snack
casser la croûte
194
lapping (of water)
le clapotis
195
gossip, noise
le potin
196
sheet metal
la tôle
197
harmful
nuisible
198
doctor with a stethoscope
l'ausculté (m.)
199
many
maint
200
to screw
visser
