French Vocab 14 Flashcards
(32 cards)
balloon, wimp
la baudruche
to have, to have at one’s disposal, to use
disposer de
swearing
la prestation de serment
master stroke
un coup de maître
in spite of
en dépit de
acts, gestures
les gestes (m)
by his own admission, confession
de son propre aveu
to hold out the prospect
faire miroiter
to sense, smell
flairer
ferocious, fierce
féroce
resentment
un ressentiment
to be used
se pratiquer
he won’t let go of it
il n’en démord pas
to whine, squeal
couiner
wild, fanciful, fabulous
chimérique
to blacken, corrupt, brand
flétrir
to expose sb to public contempt
vouer qn au gémonies
stateless people
les apatrides (mf)
to screech, yap
glapir
Ill bred (lout)
malappris(e) (une/un malappris(e))
welfare state
l’État-providence (f)
unfortunate, detrimental
fâcheux (euse)
offhandedness
la désinvolture
