Deck 1

Question 1

râper

Answer 1

to grate

Question 2

le maquis

Answer 2

dense shrubby vegetation typical of Mediterranean coast

Question 3

une enclume

être entre l’enclume et le marteau

Answer 3

anvil

to be between a rock and a hard place

Question 4

ratatiner

Answer 4

to kill
shrink
wither

Question 5

le serpolet

Answer 5

wild thyme

Question 6

le genêt

Answer 6

broom (plant)

Question 7

un écueil

Answer 7

reef
pitfall
dangerous obstacle

Question 8

raser

Answer 8

to shave
come too close
destroy

Question 9

une démineuse

Answer 9

female mine clearer

déminage = mine clearing 
déminer = to clear mines

Question 10

chantonner

Answer 10

to hum (to oneself)

Question 11

contrefoutre

Answer 11

to not give a damn

Question 12

un tong

Answer 12

thong

flip-flop

Question 13

un râteau

Answer 13

rake

Question 14

bossu (adj, nom m/f)

bossue

Answer 14

hunchbacked

Question 15

écorner

Answer 15

to gore with horns (animal)

damage something jutting out

Question 16

rentre le ventre

Answer 16

pull in one’s belly

Question 17

un boulon

écrou et boulon

Answer 17

bolt

nut and bolt

Question 18

un crawleur

une crawleuse

Answer 18

swimmer

Question 19

trousser

Answer 19

to truss  (as in cooking)
to skillfully dash something off   (eg.  a composition)

Question 20

corser

Answer 20

to spice up
to make more difficult
worsen

Question 21

l’ola (f)

Answer 21

Mexican wave

Question 22

un boulet

Answer 22

cannonball

ball and chain

Question 23

un néné

Answer 23

boob

tit

Question 24

une cigogne

Answer 24

stork

Question 25

moufter

Answer 25

to protest

Question 26

la corsitude

Answer 26

fortitude

Question 27

friqué (adj)

Answer 27

rich | loaded

Question 28

foldingue (adj) le professeur foldingue ma foldingue tante

Answer 28

nutty crazy the nutty professor my crazy aunt

Question 29

foirer

Answer 29

to become a disaster rater échouer

Question 30

rigolote (adj)

Answer 30

odd | funny

Question 31

indifférer qqc (vt)

Answer 31

to be indifferent to st

Question 32

crâneur (adj, nom m/f)

Answer 32

pretentious

Question 33

boutonneux

Answer 33

pimply

Question 34

un pêne

Answer 34

bolt (of a latch)

Question 35

une gâche

Answer 35

door strike

Question 36

un véliplanchiste

Answer 36

windsurfer

Question 37

une anse

Answer 37

cove

Question 38

tutti quanti

Answer 38

everything everybody the whole enchilada

Question 39

chatouiller

Answer 39

to tickle | titilat

Question 40

le jeu de l’oie

Answer 40

snakes and ladders

Question 41

moucher

Answer 41

to blow the nose | snuff out

Question 42

griller

Answer 42

to grill ``` smoke (cigarette) go through (red light) blow past (adversary) ```

Question 43

butiner

Answer 43

to harvest | collect

Question 44

une rabat-joie

Answer 44

killjoy

Question 45

un tube

Answer 45

tube narrow cylinder popular tune

Question 46

le minou

Answer 46

cat (in child’s talk) female genital area

Question 47

le bas-ventre

Answer 47

groin

Question 48

un fayot

Answer 48

bean creep (informal)

Question 49

repect à la beauté

Answer 49

respect for beauty

Question 50

foutre le bourdon

Answer 50

to be a downer un bourdon = bumblebee

Question 51

pédant (adj)

Answer 51

self-important

Question 52

crade (adj)

Answer 52

gross nasty filthy

Question 53

les chiottes (fp)

Answer 53

toilettes (vulgar)

Question 54

frondeur (adj)

Answer 54

mocking | impertinent

Question 55

essorer

Answer 55

to wring

Question 56

patatras! (exclamation)

Answer 56

crash!

Question 57

d’aussi loin que… (+ subjonctif)

Answer 57

as far back as… | for as long as…

Question 58

un raidillon

Answer 58

steep path

Question 59

la cata

Answer 59

disaster | catastrophy

Question 60

grossièrement

Answer 60

roughly

Question 61

effrayer

Answer 61

to frighten | discourage

Question 62

arrimer

Answer 62

to stow away | dock

Question 63

déchu (adj)

Answer 63

fallen | dethroned

Question 64

collatéral (adj) les dommages collatéraux

Answer 64

collatteral collateral damage

Question 65

causant (adj)

Answer 65

talkative bavard communicatif

Question 66

mon papounet

Answer 66

diminutive, affectionate form of papa

Question 67

la georgette

Answer 67

thin silk or crepe material

Question 68

fredonner

Answer 68

to hum

Question 69

dégringoler

Answer 69

to fall | race down

Question 70

une dégringolade

Answer 70

fall | collapse

Question 71

la condescendance

Answer 71

condescension

Question 72

défendable (adj)

Answer 72

defensible

Question 73

étonnamment

Answer 73

astonishingly

Question 74

inavouable (adj)

Answer 74

shameful

Question 75

une réminiscence

Answer 75

reminiscence | recollection

Question 76

sexué

Answer 76

sexed | having a gender

Question 77

peiner

Answer 77

to sadden chagriner

Question 78

encaisser encaisser le coup

Answer 78

to cash to absorb to take it in stride suck it up

Question 79

chavirer

Answer 79

to overwhelm boulverser émouvoir to capsize

Question 80

faire la fine bouche

Answer 80

be picky | quibble

Question 81

emmagasiner

Answer 81

to store | stockpile

Question 82

piquer une tête

Answer 82

have a dip | go in the water

Question 83

enamourer | s’enamourer

Answer 83

to fall in love

Question 84

une tétine

Answer 84

nipple (as on baby bottle)

Question 85

l’embarras (m)

Answer 85

embarrassment boredom annoyance

Question 86

exagérer

Answer 86

to exaggerate à l’oral: abusé = exagéré