Continuous Flashcards
(434 cards)
1
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Défoncer
Se défoncer
A
To smash open/kick down
To collapse/give in, to take drugs/get smashed
2
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Un bain
A
Bath
3
Q
Déraper
A
To skid/slip/slide
To drift
To run out of control
4
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Déborder
A
To overflow, spill out
5
Q
Farci
A
Stuffed
6
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La farce
A
Stuffing, farce, prank
7
Q
Une écorce
A
Bark, citrus peel, exterior
8
Q
Le babeurre
A
Buttermilk
9
Q
Un soupçon
A
Suspicion, faint trace
10
Q
La Péripherique
A
Highway that circles Paris and separated from banlieues
11
Q
Un sucrier
A
Sugar bowl/ sugar producing
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Obsédant
A
Annoying/obsessive or haunting
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Obséder
A
To obsess/ bother
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Une lubie
La dernière lubie
A
Fancy/whim/caprice
Latest fad
15
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Subventionner
A
Subsidize
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Un paquet, Un colis
A
Package
17
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Un cintre, un portemanteau
A
Clothes hanger
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La gomme
A
Bubblegum
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Le placard
A
Closet
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Une barre chocolatée
A
Chocolate candy
21
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Une barre de chocolat
A
Chocolate bar (individuel portion size)
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Une tablette de chocolat
A
Large Chocolate bar (to break up)
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Un extrait (de video)
A
Video clip
24
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Une obscurité
Le noir
Les ténèbres (f)
A
Darkness (Lack of light)
25
Borgne
Blind in one eye, one-eyed
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Un chapardeur/euse
Thief
27
Chapardeur
Light-fingered, thieving
28
Chaparder
To steal something small and petty (eg pinch some apples)
29
Un hamac
Hammock
30
Un(e) intervenant(e)
Speaker at a conference
31
De loin
| De beaucoup
By far
32
Saigner
To bleed
33
Un trajet
Commute (noun)
34
Faire la navette (entre son domicile et son travail)
To commute to work
35
Un banlieusard/ une banlieusarde
Commuter
36
Un bretzel
Pretzel
37
Objets trouvés
Lost items
38
Un concombre
Cucumber
39
Se rendre
To give up
40
Avoir affaire à
To deal with
41
Désuet
Disused, out of fashion, obsolete, passé
42
Complexe
?
43
Compliqué
?
44
La lentille
Telescope lens
45
Un objectif
Camera lens
46
Un angle
Lens (abstract)
47
Un verre
Eyeglasses lens
48
Archiver
To archive/file
49
La gamme
Range
50
Sur internet
Online
51
Un hypermarché
Hypermarket (Costco)
52
Un exemplaire
A copy
| An example, specimen
53
Précisément
Exactly
With precision
Correctly
54
Arracher
To snatch, tear
55
Un/Une otage
Hostage
56
Contrôler
To check/inspect
| To control
57
Fictif/fictive
Fictional
58
Un programme
Schedule
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Un fait divers
Little news item, miscellaneous btw
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Un volet
Shutter, blind
| Part, section
61
Un candidat
Applicant, candidate
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Être candidat à
To run for
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La milice
Militia
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Assomer
To knock out with a blow/stupefy
| To bore to death
65
Une grève
Beach, pebble, shore
| Strike
66
La gestion
Management, administration
67
Une cuillère
Spoon
68
Arbitrer
To arbitrate
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La croûte
Crust
| Scab
70
Le seuil
Threshold, entrance, doorway
71
Un soulier
Slipper/shoe
72
Une limace
Slug
73
Goûteux
Tasty, flavorful
74
Croquer
To be crunchy/crispy/make crunchy noise
To munch/crunch
To depict/outline
To sketch
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Une spore
Spore
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Terrifier
To terrify
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Gluant
Slimy/sticky
78
Débuter
To start, begin
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Un détroit
Strait/narrows
80
Un bout
Tip, end, point
Piece, bit, length of string
End or bottom of something
Slice of pie, morceau
81
Cloisonner
To partition, divide
| To compartmentalize
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Un clou
Nail
Climax
Clove
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Un bambin
Toddler
84
La moquette
Carpet, carpeting
85
Le bon sens
Common sense
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Un court/moyen/long métrage
Short/medium/feature-length film
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idoine
Appropriate, fitting
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Anodin
Harmless, benign, mild
Trifling, insignificant
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La mie
Inside of bread
Sweet/dear one
90
Certes
Certainly/to be sure/of course
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À force de
Through/by means of
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Une bouchée
Mouthful
Morsel/nibble/bite
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Bénéfice
Benefit/profit
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Etre dans le pétrin
To be in a sticky situation
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Le pétrin
Kneading dough trough
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Quoi qu'il soit
Anyhow, in any event, in any case, however
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La tartine tombe toujours du côté beurré/du beurre
Grapefruit always squirts you in the eye
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Ne serait-ce que
Not even
At least/at minimum
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Brasser
To knead
To brew/mix
To move around/shuffle
To handle
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Concasser
To crush/grind
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Une orge
Barley
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Infime
Tiny/minuscule/minimal
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Une paillette
Sequin, sparkle, glimmer, glitter
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Pailleté
Spangled, sequined
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Lasse
Weary
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Accabler
To overwork, overburden, heap
| To oppress, overwhelm
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Moite
Clammy, moist
| Muggy, humid
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Un/Une requérant
Claimant, petitioner
Claiming, petitioning
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La boue
Mud, sludge
110
Boueux
Muddy
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Une mousson
Monsoon
112
Moisi
Moldy, musty
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Subit
Sudden
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Subir
To suffer, undergo
115
Viser
To aim (for)
116
Écumant
Foaming
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Une écume
Foam, froth, lather
Scum
118
Écumer
To skim off foam
To foam at the mouth
To clean out (scum)
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Une pénurie
Lack, shortage, dearth
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Ajourer
To pierce an opening
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Assombrir
To darken, cloud over
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Couler
To sink
| To run/flow
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Une argile
Clay, putty
| Malleable
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Argileux
Containing clay
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Une fève
Broad bean
| Lucky charm
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Un viatique
Last rites
127
Vengeresse
Revengeful
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Une séquelle
Consequence, aftermath
Following (group of followers behind a trend)
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Crasseux
Dirty, filthy
Scum, dirty pig
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La crasse
Dirt, filth, slime, muck
Dirty trick
Adj. crass boorish
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Un chiffon
Rag
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Un rideau
Curtain, drape
Veil
133
Une éclaboussure
Splash, splashing. Spattering, smear
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Une rizière
Rice paddy
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Un cocotier
Coconut/palm tree
136
Le chaume
Straw, stubble, thatch
137
Crisser
To squeak, squeal
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Gaver
Se gaver
To stuff, force-feed
To binge, be obsessed
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Un/Une instit
Primary school teacher
140
Surgir
To appear suddenly, emerge
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La déposition
Statement
142
Ouaté
```
Quilted
Soft
Feigned
Muffled/whispered
Protected
```
143
Le béton
Concrete
144
Revêche
Sour (taste)
| Surly
145
Un pot
Jar/pot
Luck (avoir du pot)
Potty (kids)
Drink
146
Bredouiller
To mumble/mutter
| Stumble/stutter
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Bafouiller
To stammer, falter
148
Un drôle
Joker, fun
Rascal, scoundrel
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Le hasard
Chance, luck, fate
Coincidence
150
Aboutir
To successfully come to end
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Un aboutissement
completion, result, outcome
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Éblouir
To dazzle
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Un éblouissiment
Amazement, marvel, dazzling
154
Jaillir
To spring, spurt, gush
Spring to mind
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Déverser
To pour, discharge
156
Gicler
To spurt, gush
To cut out
157
La truie
Sow in heat
158
Patauger
To wade, trudge
Flounder
Be mired in
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Grogner
To grunt/growl
To grouch/grumble
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Frôler
To brush past, skim, not quite touch
161
Un hublot
Port window
162
Malhabile
Clumsy
163
Une plaie
Cut, wound
Plague, calamity
164
Un virage
Bend, turn, shift
165
Un coït
Sex
166
Mastiquer
To chew, masticate
Apply with putty
167
Le mastic
Putty
168
Le seuil
Threshold, entrance, brink
169
Disséquer
To dissect
170
Forger
To forge
171
Fracasser
To shatter, smash
172
S'en prendre à
To lash out at/lay into
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Une maison d'édition
Publishing house
174
Refiler
Réputer
175
Lover
Se lover
To coil/wind
To curl up
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La cassonade
Brown sugar
177
Saupoudrer
To dust/ sprinkle
178
Poudrer
To powder
179
Le gazon
Grass/turf/lawn
180
À tire-larigot
Like there's no tomorrow, nonstop
181
Bel et bien
Indeed, well and truly, in fact, definitely
182
Taffer
Travailler (familier)
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Un délit
Crime, offense
184
Un engin
Machine, vehicle
Device, instrument, thingamajig
185
Maléfique
Evil
186
Funambule
Tightrope walker
187
Articuler
To enunciate
Articulate
Express
S'articuler - to make sense, hinge upon
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La pénombre
Twilight, half-light
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Se pourlécher
To lick one's lips (gourmand)
190
Se lécher les babines
To smack one's lips
191
Rusé
Cunning, sly, crafty
Slick, efficient
192
Chafouin(e)
A face that looks sly like a cat
193
Dialectal
Dialectical
194
Une lumerotte
Weak lantern/light
195
Dracher
To rain hard/pour (Belgium/nord)
196
Vigousse
Alert, alive, vigorous (Suisse)
197
Un sinistré
Victim of natural disaster
198
Griser
To intoxicate/fascinate
To darken
Se griser= to become drunk
199
La griserie
Light-headedness
| Intoxication
200
Volubile, loquace, bavard
Talkative
201
S'ébrouer
To shake oneself, to snort
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Un rayon
Shelf
Beam of light
Radius
Department/section in store
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Un pupitre
Reading desk
204
Entrevoir
To glimpse
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Un estivant
Summer holidayer
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Un guéridon
Small, round terrace table
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Un bibelot
Trinket
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Une peluche
Soft toy
| Piece of Fluff
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Pelucher
To pill (fabric)
210
Mettre bas
Give birth
211
Une potiche
Porcelain vase
| Ornament to society (Trophy person)
212
Parainner
To foster, sponsor, support
213
La pourriture
Rot
214
Prévoir
To predict/forecast
To anticipate
To plan ahead for/organize
To make sure you have/not forget
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Ainsi que
Just as...
| Along with/as well as
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Un guet-apens
Ambush, trap
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Le rot
Belch
218
Rotter
To Belch
219
Un dépotoir
Dumping ground, dump
220
Un quartier sensible
Vulnerable neighborhood
221
Écriture migrante
Migrant lit
222
D'occasion
Second-hand
223
Choc
Shock
Impact, collision, bump
Confrontation, clash
224
Acheter qqchose à qqn
To buy something for someone/from someone
225
Gronder
To rumble
| To scold/tell off/reprimand
226
River
To rivet/attach/fasten
227
Un cauchemar
Nightmare
228
Justement
Justly/rightly
Exactly/precisely
Actually/as it happens
229
Un miscréant
nonbeliever
230
Mièvre
Insipid, bland
| Mushy, sentimental, tearjerker
231
Ruisseler
To flow, drip, run, stream
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tenir à qch comme à la prunelle de ses yeux
really care for [sth] v
233
La prunelle
Apple of one's eye
| Sloe berry
234
Se blottir/blottir (contre)
To cuddle up to/snuggle/huddle/nestle
235
Douillet
Cozy, snug, comfortable
(person) overly sensitive to pain
236
Un poêle
Wood-burning stove
237
Je t'embrasse bien fort
Lots of love
238
Étourdissant
Astonishing, overwhelming
Deafening
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Étourdir
| S'étourdir
To stun, daze
To make dizzy, tipsy
To be intoxicated/exhilarated
240
Jacasser
To chatter, jabber
241
Supplier (qqn de faire qqch)
To beg, plead with (smn to do smthng)
242
va-nu-pieds
A tramp, tramp-like
243
Nu-pieds, pieds nus
Barefoot
244
Embraser
S'embraser
To set on fire
To be impassioned by, to become angry
245
le grincement
Grinding/grating noise
| Creaking, grating
246
Rouiller
To rust, to dull/dampen/diminish
247
Grouiller (de)
Grouille-toi!
To mill, swarm, teem with
Chop chop!
248
Délaisser
To abandon, neglect, give up, drop
249
La ruée
Rush
250
Le bitume
Asphalt, pavement
251
Une flaque
Puddle
252
Flaquer
To slap, splash
253
Être en pente
To be sloped
254
Contourner
To bypass, skirt, get around
To fashion/shape
255
Un parterre
Flowerbed
256
Gribouiller
To scribble, scrawl
257
Dégoutter
To drip with
258
Goutter
To drip
259
Revêche
Sour
| Surly
260
Dresser
To train/tame
To erect/raise
To draw up (a list)
261
Une muraille
High wall, fortification
262
À deux pas de
A stones throw away from (to be right by, just up the road)
263
Le fouillis
Jumble, muddle, mess
264
Un guichet
Counter, box office, ticket stand
265
La soute
Hold (plane, ship)
266
Côtoyer
To rub shoulders with, to mix with, to stand alongside
To border on
267
Un thésard
Grad student
268
Lèche-bottes
Suck-up, Groveller, brown-noser
269
Matinal
Morning person, early riser
270
Feindre (feigné)
To feign
271
Un cauchemar
Nightmare
272
Cauchemardesque
Nightmarish
273
Basculer
To tip, topple over
| Change dramatically
274
Somnoler
To doze
275
Les barreaux
Bars (prison)
276
Gueulard
Loudmouthed, noisy, whining/grumbling
277
Défaire
Se défaire
To undo, untie, dismantle, defeat, unpack
To come undone, come apart
To rid yourself of
278
Quémander
To beg, scrounge (for-de)
279
Pulluler
To multiply, to abound, be abundant/rich in
280
Mordre le sol
Bite the dust (not die, but be utterly defeated)
281
Un plumeau
Feather duster
282
Quiconque
Whoever, whomever
283
Tisser
To weave
284
S'accroupir
To squat
285
Accroupi
Crouching, squatting
286
Une loque
Rags (clothing)
287
De surcroît
Moreover
288
Les péripéties (f)
Adventures, odysseys
289
Une tâloche
Slap
290
Fouiner
To nose around, to search, rummage through
291
Mesquin
Petty
292
Recroqueviller
| Se
To shrivel, wither
To curl up
293
Anéantir
To destroy, annihilate, devastate
294
Rabougri
Stunted
295
Un sous-sol
Basement, underground
296
Une histoire de cul
Dirty joke
Sexual anecdote
Just about the fucking
297
Planer
To glide/soar, to linger/hover, to daydream
298
Un écriteau
Banner, sign
299
La broderie
Embroidery
300
Godiche
Clumsy
301
Leste
Agile, nimble, ready
302
Écraser
To crush, flatten, press, squeeze
303
Le mégot
Cigarette end/butt
304
En deux mots
In a word
305
Sourciller
To raise your eyebrows
306
Passer l'éponge
To wipe the slate clean, overlook, forget all about
307
Tabasser
To beat up
308
Une goyave
Guava
309
Un goyavier
Guava tree
310
Pouffer
To explode, burst out
311
Voltiger
To fly about, flutter
312
Virevolter
To flit/dart around
313
Un moineau
Sparrow
314
Taguer
To graffiti (something)
315
Secouer
To shake, mix, shock
316
Écarquiller
Open wide
317
Une bulle
Bubble
318
La vasque
Bowl, pond, basin
319
Demeurer
To dwell/reside
| Remain
320
Vrombir
To throb, hum, buzz
321
Tituber
To stumble, stagger, reel
322
Trancher
To slice, cut
323
Pâteux
Doughy, thick, heavy, weighty
324
La glaise
Clay
325
Pisseux
Piss-colored
326
Scinder
To split, divide
327
Crouler
To droop, sag, sink
Crumble
Be weighed down under
Fail, collapse
328
Engloutir
To swallow, engulf
| Devour
329
La plongée
Diving (scuba, snorkel)
Swoop, plunge
View, vista
330
Empocher
To pocket
331
Un filet
Net
String bag
Trickle/dash
Thread
332
Rutiler
To gleam
333
Un acier
Steel
334
Une aubaine
Godsend, bargain
335
Bégayer
Stammer, stutter
336
Gargouiller
To gurgle, rumble
337
La marée
Flood, tide, wave
338
Lors de
During/while
| At the time/moment of
339
Dériver
To drift, divert, derive from
340
Enfouir
To bury
341
Le fatras
Jumble, clutter, hodgepodge
342
Un/e bouquiniste
Secondhand bookseller
343
Patienter
To wait patiently
344
Un chiot
Puppy
345
Attendri
Tender, softened
346
Attendrir
To soften, tenderized
347
Le mal du pays
Homesickness
348
Une aïeule
A foremother
349
Un colon
Colonist
Camper
Colonel
Colon
350
Le Socle
Base, stand, platform
351
Tirer les marrons du feu
(To do all the dirty work for someone)
| Take advantage of a situation for own benefit
352
Faire place à
To give way to
353
Se ruer
To rush
354
Un émeutier
Rioter
355
Chanceler
To stagger, totter, be unsteady
356
Un vautour
Vulture
357
La laideur
Ugliness, vileness
358
Un enivrement
Intoxication, drunkenness
359
Le vacarme
Row, din, noise
360
Un baluchon
Bundle
361
Une décennie
Decade
362
Gisant
Lying, motionless
| Adj or person
363
Un déchet
Rubbish, waste
364
Se bagarrer
To fight, struggle, scrap
| To strive
365
Un reçu
Receipt
366
Garder les yeux ouverts
Keep ones eyes open
| Stay alert
367
Dresser l'oreiile
To prick one's ear
368
Se racler la gorge
To clear your throat
369
La trappe
Trap
| Trapdoor
370
redoutable
Formidable, impressive
371
Une cuissarde
Thigh boot
372
Dévaler
To hurtle down
373
La maladresse
Clumsiness, awkwardness, blunder
374
Mensonger
False, misleading, dishonest
375
Craqueler
To crackle
| Crack/split
376
Trier
To classify, order
| Select, pick out
377
Essuyer
To wipe, dry
378
Une allumette
Matchstick
| Long tart
379
La buée
Mist, vapor, condensation
380
La faucille
Sickle
381
Un nan
| Une nan
Naan
| Mother, granny
382
Enfler
To swell, inflate, bloat, puff out
383
Pendiller
To flap
384
Alors que
While...
385
Tantôt...tantôt
Sometimes...sometimes
386
Le courrier
Mail
387
Le piment
Hot chili pepper
388
La cachette
Hiding place
389
Pile ou face
Heads or tails
390
Scruter
To examine, scrutinize
391
Etre aux aguets
To be on the watch
392
Tirailler
To tug/pull
To shoot randomly
To pluck
393
Une haie
Hedge
| Line of people
394
Parer
| Se parer
To protect oneself from (à)
To repair
To dress/attire oneself, deck out
395
Ployer
To bow, bend, buckle, sag
396
Becqueter
To peck at, eat
397
Déchiqueter
To shred
| Ravage, destroy
398
Décortiquer
Peel, shell, remover outer layer
| Analyze, study, dissect
399
Un Banian
Banyan tree
400
Gore
Gory
401
Un étang
Pool, pond
402
Une enchère
Bet, bid
403
Ruser
To use cunning, deception
| To take a detour
404
Les coulisses (f)
Backstage
405
Doigté
Dexterity, skill, tact, diplomacy
406
Doigter qqn
To finger someone
407
Une cargaison
Load, cargo, goods
408
Mijoter
To simmer, stew
Plot
Fester, ferment
409
La marmite
Cooking pot
410
La paperasse
Paperwork
411
Intarissable
Endless, inexhaustible
412
Sangloter
Sob, weep, cry
413
Tacher
To stain
414
Tacheter
To mottle, dapple
415
Noirci
Darkened, scorched
416
Les répresailles (fpl)
| Un répresailles
Reprisal
| Retaliation
417
Charcuter
To hack, butcher
418
Un croquis
Sketch, summary, rundown
419
Un vol de nuit
Red eye flight
420
Un lupanar
Whorehouse
421
Une maison close
A whorehouse
422
Une nuit blanche
Sleepless night
423
La basse-cour
Farmyard/barnyard
424
Une coque
Shell, husk
425
Un coq
Rooster
426
Une coquille
Shell (egg)
Typo
Ramekin
427
Coquiller
To puff up (like bread)
428
Coquin
Cheeky, mischievous
| Naughty, risqué
429
Coquet
Trendy, fashionable, elegant
430
Une coquette
Flirt, coquettish person
431
Un flirt
Flirting
432
Flirter
To flirt, court
433
Heurter
To collide/hit
| To hurt emotions
434
Trottiner
To jog
