Deck 8

Question 0

congested

Answer 0

congestionné,e

Question 1

mucus

Answer 1

(phlegm) la glaire

Question 2

to have a sore throat

Answer 2

avoir mal à la gorge

Question 3

to caugh up mucus

Answer 3

cracher de la glaire en toussant

Question 4

to have a runny nose

Answer 4

avoir le nez qui coule

Question 5

to self-instruct oneselfs

Answer 5

étudier en autodidacte (s’instruire)

Question 6

stove, furnace

Answer 6

m. poêle [pwal]

[ un âtre ]

Question 7

scrupulous

Answer 7

scrupuleux (f scrupuleuse) [skrypylø, øz]
(+meticulous)
[ = gewissenhaft, peinlich genau ]

Question 8

analgesic, painkiller

Answer 8

m. un analgésique [analʒezik]

Question 9

locals (of an area)

Answer 9

le gens du pays/du coin

Question 10

toothpaste

Answer 10

m. le dentifrice

Question 11

seal (un animal)

Answer 11

m. un phoque

Question 12

octopus

Answer 12

f. la pieuvre, m. le poulpe

Question 13

mammal

Answer 13

m. un mammifère [mamifɛr]

Question 14

fin

Answer 14

f. une nageoire [naʒwar],

m. un aileron [ɛlrɔ̃] (du requin)

Question 15

truck

Answer 15

m. un camion [kamjɔ̃]

Question 16

earlier (il y a un moment)

Answer 16

tout à l’heure,
- later / in a while
(dans un moment)

Question 17

compass

Answer 17

f. une boussole [busɔl]

Question 18

traffic jam

Answer 18

m. un embouteillage [ɑ̃butɛjaʒ]

Question 19

rapport [rapɔr]

Answer 19

m. report, briefing, profit, ratio, connection, link

Question 20

to beat / rough sb. up

Answer 20

tabasser quelqu’un

Question 21

allocation [alɔkasjɔ̃]

Answer 21

f. allocation (Vergabe, Zuteilung, Anweisung)

Question 22

bitter

Answer 22

amer (f amère) [amɛr]
[ != sucré (f sucrée) [sykre] ]
[ rêche, acerbe ]

Question 23

rent

Answer 23

m. loyer [lwaje]

Question 24

leech

Answer 24

f. une sangsue [sɑ̃sy]

Question 25

louable [lwabl]

Answer 25

commendable (lobenswert), praiseworthy, laudable

Question 26

bud

Answer 26

m. un bourgeon [burʒɔ̃], un bouton, f. une papille | [les papilles gustatives - taste buds]

Question 27

brush, paintbrush, brushwork

Answer 27

m. un pinceau (mpl pinceaux) [pɛ̃so]

Question 28

to laugh nervously, to giggle

Answer 28

ricaner, glousser

Question 29

spell

Answer 29

m. un sort [sɔr] (fate, destiny, curse) > jeter un sort à quelqu'un - to cast a spell on sb.

Question 30

half-light, dim light

Answer 30

f. la pénombre [penɔ̃br] | l'obscurité f. - dark, darkness

Question 31

rampart (engl.)

Answer 31

m. rempart [rɑ̃par] | Wall, Schutzwall, Bastion - bulwark

Question 32

mœurs [mɶr(s)]

Answer 32

f. pl. customs, habits, manners, life-style, morals | avoir des mœurs sexuelles libres

Question 33

promiscuité [prɔmiskɥite]

Answer 33

f. promiscuity (Wirrwarr, Vermischtheit) | la promiscuité sexuelle - häufiger Partnerwechsel, sexuelle Freizügigkeit

Question 34

in quotes

Answer 34

entre guillemets | m. [gijmɛ] - quotation mark

Question 35

prééminent (f prééminente) [preeminɑ̃, ɑ̃t]

Answer 35

preeminent (hervorragend, hervorstechend, überragend)

Question 36

submerger [sybmɛrʒe]

Answer 36

to submerge / to flood [inonder], to overwhelm, to swamp

Question 37

plonger

Answer 37

[immerger] to immerse (eintauchen, sich vertiefen), to dive, to decline, to go down, to plunge (sich stürzen, eintauchen) Je me suis plongé dans mon travail.

Question 38

indigène [ɛ̃diʒɛn]

Answer 38

[autochtone] native, indigenous (einheimisch)

Question 39

avoir affaire à qn

Answer 39

to have to deal with somebody, to be faced with sb., to speak to sb.

Question 40

contemporary

Answer 40

contemporain, contemporaine [kɔ̃tɑ̃pɔrɛ̃, ɛn]

Question 41

cogner

Answer 41

to bang, to knock, cogner sur quelqu'un - to beat somebody up [tabasser qn, frapper]

Question 42

kiffer

Answer 42

[très familier] to love, to have the hots for, to fancy Je kiffe cette meuf! (I love this girl)

Question 43

décaler [dekale]

Answer 43

to shift, to bring forward, to move back

Question 44

vestige [vɛstiʒ]

Answer 44

m. remnant, trace, vestige | [ un résidu ]

Question 45

tympan [tɛ̃pɑ̃]

Answer 45

m. eardrum, tympanum (Trommelfell)

Question 46

pet [pɛ]

Answer 46

m. fart | > lâcher un pet