Erik Orsenna Flashcards by agneta sherborne

Grovelling n

Courbette f

Arrête tes courbettes, tu n’obtiendras rien de lui.

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Empty stomach, have had nothing to eat

Jeun, á jeun.
Quand il est á jeun, ses mains tremblent.
With an empty stomach…

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Lose yr temper, get angry

Get worked up

S’énerver

Énerver annoy, get on sb nerves

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Tense adj

Crispant

L’attente de résultats est toujours une situation un peu crispante

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Spick and span, neat and tidy, neat

Propret -te

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Impress v

Épater

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Life boat

Canot de sauvetage m

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Call a spade a spade

Appeler un chat un chat

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Be in the way, be a nuisance

Congested, blocked, jammed

Encombrer

Encombré

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Lemon sole

Limande-sole f

Limande fam flatchested

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Common sense n

Jugeote f

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Shower (rain)

Ondée f

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Dark skinned, swarthy, tanned

Basané

And darkie m

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Hut, beach hut, straw hut

Paillote f

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Tear gas

Gaz lacrymogènes m

Grenade lacrymogène f

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Immature upstart youngster

Rather young

Jeunot -te

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hit on, come on to, make a move on vtr

(UK) chat up vtr

Draguer

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Chirp cheep Twitter n

Gazouillis m

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Blister

Cloque f

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(generally) forgetfulness, memory lapse n over sight

Oubli m

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Rights and responsibilities

Droits et devoirs

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Trap ambush

Traquenard m

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Gobbledygook gibberish double Dutch

Charabia m

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Chopper

Hélico m

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Force-fées | Stuff fill feed

Gaver

Aviary

Volière f | And birdcage mad house zoo

Fussy house proud Fanatic Mental

Maniaque C'est un maniaque de la propreté He's obsessive ab cleanliness

Help aid assistance | Rescue squad emergency service

Secours m | Au secours de qqn to the rescue of someone

Hold back swallow fig

Ravaler | Tears fex

Jubilation

Liesse f | Be jubilant être en liesse

Cork

Liège m | Pour fermer les bouteilles de vin, on préfère les bouchons en liège.

Hustle and bustle pandemonium | Disorder confusion

Tohu-bohu m

Unwavering resolute

Inébranlable

Swift immediate

Fulgurant adj

Intoxicate fascinate

Griser | Se griser get drunk

Clumsy ungainly

Lourdaud

Incredibly amazingly

Bigrement

Dog fam

Cabot m

Darkness obscurity

Ténèbres nfpl

Daisy

Pâquerette f

Spleen

Rate f

Panic lose ur head

S'affoler

Soften (the rain softened the soul fex)

Ramollir | Se ramollir Go soft in ur head Lose ur marbles

Beer a pint inf

Mousse f | And foam etc

metamorphosis, transformation, reinvention n | (with emphasis on development/maturing) coming of age n

Mue nf

Stainless steel

Inox m

Spirit. Ghost phantom

Revenant m

Middle management

Cadres mpl moyens

Bonus premium

Prime m

vi (slang) throw a spanner in the works | (slang) bring the house down

casser la baraque

Earnings sl | Pill tablet

Cacheton nmpl

Be cross, irritated

Avoir les nerfs | Avoir les nerfs à vif be at yr wits end

Pile heap

Monceau f ( fex de vaisselle)

Continence Toilet training Cleanliness

La propreté

Lose control

Perdre pied

Mnemonic strategies

Mnémotechnique

Bruise

Hématome m

high point - piece de resistance - the best of the best - summit - acme - height - the last word

Summum

Son-in-law

Gendre m

Pedantically

Doctement

catch vtr (impact) hit, clip vtr (grip physically) grab, grip, seize, grasp vtr

happer vtr | Il est mort happé par une rame de métro.

(à la plus forte raison) all the more so, even more so expr | with all the more reason expr

A fortiori

Title, heading | Entitled

Intitulé | L'auteur a intitulé son livre "Le secret des chevaliers".

Competitive adj

Concurrentiel

be about to do [sth] v prepare to do [sth] v expr get ready to do [sth] v expr

S'apprêter à faire qqc | Apprêter get ready

Pain, drag Tile Biscuit

Tuile f | Il a manqué son train, la tuile! .....what a drag!

Worry your self sick

se faire du mouron familier (s'inquiéter) worry yourself

Unsophisticated Rough worn | Rustique

Fruste

Seedy shabby moth eaten down at heel | Pitiful

Miteux -euse

Regular regular customer

Chaland m

``` Body fullness (wine) Curve roundness ```

Rondeur

Gobe birth to bring into the world

Enfanter

Bandit robber rascal

Brigand

Dishonest deceitful

Fourbe

Rock roll keel over capsize

Chavirer

River

Fleuve m leads to the sea Rivière f leads to another body of water Les rivières se jettent dans les fleuves.

Ambush trap

Guet-apens m

Paddy field

Rizière f

Water lily

Nénuphar m

Beg for

Mendier

Have common sense

Avoir de la jugeote | Jugeote n f sense

Temporary brief

Passager

Grumpy

Bougon

Style manner

Veine f | Avoir de la veine loc v (avoir de la chance) be lucky vi + adj

My lucky day

Mon jour de veine

Shade | Resentment

Ombrage m

Hostility | Aggressiveness

Hargne m | Avec hargne

Word of mouth

Bouche-à-oreille

Pronto snap snap | Immediately

Illico

Unhealthily

Maladivement

Feather duster

Plumeau m

Strait | Strait de Gibraltar

Détroit m | détroit de Gibraltar

Ripple

Ride f | And wrinkle

Hum v

Chantonner

Stutter stammer

Bégayer

Stupid

Sot -te Il a si peu de jugement, il est bien sot. He has so little judgement; he is really stupid.

Gold bar

Lingot d'or m | Lingots bullion

Raincoat fam

Imper m

Lantern paper/Chinese

Lampion m

Be tense | Be irritated

Se crisper | Crisper tense contract get on someone's nerves

Genuine reality

Réel adj mm | Reality

Print engraving

Estampe f

Chefs hat

Toque f

Erik Orsenna Flashcards

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