GESTURE AND MOVEMENT Flashcards
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to approach
A
s’approcher de
2
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to be in constant motion
A
être sans cesse en mouvement
3
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to be restless
A
ne pas se tenir en place
4
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to bustle about, move about, fidget
A
s’agiter
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to change places
A
changer de place
6
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to circulate; go the rounds (news); move (vehicles); move along (crowd )
A
circuler
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circulation, movement, spread, traffic flow
A
la circulation
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to clear (obstacle); cross, step across; cover (distance)
A
franchir
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clearing, crossing
A
le franchissement
10
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crossing
A
la traversée
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to fly over
A
survoler
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to follow
A
suivre
13
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gait, walk
A
la démarche
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to get going
A
se mettre en marche / se mettre en mouvement
15
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to go across
A
traverser
16
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to go round
A
contourner
17
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to move
A
bouger
18
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to move away from
A
s’éloigner de
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to move, be displaced; move around; travel
A
se déplacer
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to move, shift, displace
A
déplacer
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movement, shifting, displacement, transfer
A
le déplacement
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pace
A
l’allure (f )
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to pass by
A
passer devant
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to pass near
A
passer près de
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posture
la posture
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to precede
précéder
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propulsion
la propulsion
28
restless, fidgety
agité
29
restlessness
l’agitation (f )
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to set out
se mettre en route
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to stir, fidget
remuer
32
trajectory
le trajectoire
33
to turn round
se retourner
34
Balance and imbalance
L’équilibre
35
to be steady on one’s feet
être bien campé sur ses jambes
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to be unsteady on one’s feet
être mal assuré sue ses jambes
37
to limp, hobble
clopiner, boiter
38
to limp slightly, have a slight limp
boitiller
39
to mount
enfourcher
40
to oscillate, sway
osciller
41
oscillation, swaying
l’oscillation
42
to sag at the knees, quake at the knees
flageoler
43
to sit aside, straddle
chevaucher
44
to somersault
faire la culbute
45
to stagger, sway
chanceler, tituber
46
to straddle
monter à califourchon
47
to stumble, trip
trébucher
48
to sway
vaciller
49
swaying
le balancement
50
to tip up, tip out
faire basculer
51
to topple, fall over
basculer
52
unsteadiness, swaying, wobbling, faltering
la vacillation
53
unsteady, shaky
vacillant
54
The speed
La vitesse
55
to accelerate
accélérer
56
to be on the run
être en cavale
57
to bum around
glander
58
to burst in
faire irruption dans
59
to bustle about, fidget
s’agiter, s’empresser
60
caper
la cabriole
61
to caper, cavort
cabrioler
62
to chase
poursuivre
63
to clear off, scarper
prendre le large, ficher le camp, se cavaler
64
to clear out, decamp
décamper
65
to creep into
se glisser dans
66
to dash
s’élancer
67
to dash by, make off
filer
68
to dawdle, idle
muser, musarder
69
to flit about, flutter about
voltiger
70
to gambol, caper
gambader
71
to go for a jaunt, mooch about
baguenauder
72
to hang about, loiter
se trainer
73
to hop about
sautiller
74
to hurry
se dépêcher, se hâter
75
to hurry up, get a move on, get one’s skates on
se grouiller
76
to hurry, rush
se précipiter
77
to leap, spring
bondir
78
to loiter
s’attarder
79
to make off, scamper
détaler
80
to make one’s way towards
s’acheminer vers
81
to march
marcher au pas
82
to mill about
grouiller
83
to prowl
rôder
84
to quicken one’s pace
hâter le pas
85
to quicken one’s step, speed up
presser le pas
86
to quicken, speed up
accélérer
87
to rove around
vadrouiller
88
to run as fast as one can, run like the wind
courir à toutes jambes, courir à perdre haleine
89
to run away
s’enfuir
90
to run flat out
courir à bride abbatue
91
to run up
accourir
92
to saunter
flâner
93
to shuffle
traîner les pieds
94
to slip
glisser
95
to slip away
filer à l’anglaise
96
stride
une enjambe’e
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to stride
marcher à grand pas
98
to stroll
déambuler
99
to strut
se pavaner
100
to sway one’s hips
remuer les hanches
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to take off, clear off, skedaddle
détaler
102
to take one’s heels
prendre ses jambes à son cou
103
to thrash about, struggle
se démener
104
to trot
trotter
105
to wander
errer
106
to work one’s way in, wriggle one’s way in
s’introduire
107
to worm one’s way into
s’insinuer
108
Gait
La démarche
109
to hobble along, limp along
aller clopin-clopant, clopiner
110
rolling gait
une démarche chaloupée
111
to sway one’s hips
se déhancher
112
swaying walk
le déhanchement
113
to waddle
se dandiner
114
waddling
le dandinement
115
Impact
L’impact
116
to beat
rosser
117
to brush against, skim
friser, frôler
118
to bump into
bousculer
119
bumpy, rough
cahoteux
120
to collide with, cannon into
caramboler
121
collision
la collision/le téléscopage
122
to concertina
se téléscoper
123
contact
le contact
124
to crash, run into
emboutir
125
to graze, scrape, skim
raser
126
to hit
taper
127
impact, shock, crash, smash
le choc
128
jerky
saccadé
129
jolt, bump
le cahot
130
to jolt; buffet
cahoter
131
jolting, bumping
le cahotement
132
to knock against, bump into
heurter
133
to knock, hammer, thump
cogner
134
light touch, light contact
le contact léger/le frôlement
135
multiple crash, pile up
le carambolage
136
to overturn, knock over
bouleverser, renverser
137
to ram into, crash
tamponner
138
to roll, bang about; bounce, toss, bob; loll
ballotter
139
rolling, banging about; bouncing, tossing; lolling
le ballottement
140
to run into, knock against
donner contre
141
to shake about, joggle, rock
bringuebaler, brimbaler
142
shaking, rattle
le brimbalement / le bringuebalement
143
to smash into, thud into
percuter contre
144
to stumble
buter
145
to stumble against
achopper
146
to thrust
enfoncer, fourrer
147
Leaning and bending
Se pencher
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to bend over, curve
se courber
149
to bend, bow
courber
150
to bow
s’incliner
151
to bow one’s head
incliner sa tête
152
to fold, bend, flex
plier
153
to kneel
s’agenouiller
154
to lean against
s’appuyer contre
155
to lean one’s back
s’adosser à
156
to lean over, be slanting; tip, tilt
pencher
157
to lean over, bend
se pencher
158
leaning, slanting
penché
159
to rest one’s elbows
s’accouder à
160
to advance, make headway
progresser
161
to back out
sortir à reculons
162
backward surge, ebb
le reflux
163
coming and going
aller et venir
164
comings and goings
des allées et venues
165
to go
se rendre a
166
to go backwards
aller à reculons
167
to make for
se diriger vers
168
to move back, step back, draw back, withdraw, reverse
reculer
169
to move forward; make headway, make progress
avancer
170
pressure, pushing, thrust
la poussée
171
progress, advance, spread
la progression
172
to pull, drag
tirer
173
to push
pousser
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to reach
gagner
175
retreat, withdrawal
le recul
176
traction, dragging
la traction
177
to turn off (path, road)
obliquer
178
to turn right
obliquer a gauche
179
Movements of the head
Les mouvements de têtes
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to bat one’s eyelids
battre les paupières
181
to blink
ciller
182
bow
incliner la tête / la révérence
183
to dive head first
plonger la tête la première
184
to grimace
faire une grimace
185
to lower one’s head
baisser la tête
186
to nod
dodeliner/faire un signe de la tête
187
to nod/shake one’s head
faire oui/non de la tête
188
nodding
le dodelinement
189
to raise one’s head
lever la tête
190
to shake one’s head
secouer la tête/remuer la tête
191
to take a header
piquer la tête
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to turn one’s head
tourner la tête
193
wink
faire un clin d’oeil
194
to force one’s way through
forcer le passage
195
to make one’s way through
se frayer un passage dans
196
to march past, parade
défiler
197
procession, march, parade
le défilé
198
to slip away, wriggle out of something
se défiler
199
to zigzag
zigzaguer
200
Movement upwards or downwards
Les mouvements de haut en bas
201
ascent, climb
la montée
202
to be kneeling
être agenouillé
203
to be lying down, on one’s/its side
être couché
204
to be sitting
être assis
205
to be standing up, upright
être debout
206
to bound, jump
bondir
207
to come a cropper, fall flat
s’étaler
208
to descend, go down
descendre
209
descent
la descente
210
fall
la tombée
211
to fall
tomber
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to fall on one’s face
s’aplatir
213
to get up, stand up
se lever
214
to go up, climb
monter
215
to jump
sauter
216
to keep one’s balance
garder l’équilibre
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to lie down, stretch out
s’allonger
218
to scale
gravir
219
scaling, climbing
l’escalade (f )
220
to sit down
s’asseoir
221
to sit up
se mettre sur son séant
222
to sit up, right
se redresser
223
slide, skid
la glissade
224
sliding, gliding
le glissement
225
to slip, slide, glide
glisser
226
slippery
glissant
227
to stoop
se baisser
228
to straddle
enjamber
229
to collapse, cave in, fall in
s’effondrer
230
collapse, caving in, breaking up
l’effondrement
231
to collapse, caving in, crumbling
l’écroulement
232
to collapse; cave in, fall in; crumble
s’écrouler
233
to collapse; slump down, flop down
s’affaler
234
to crumble, collapse, cave in, slip, slide
s’ébouler
235
crumbling, collapsing, caving in
l’éboulement
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to fall down; collapse; crash down; beat
s’abattre
237
to hurtle down, tumble
dévaler
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to raise
soulever
239
to sprawl, wallow, loll, slouch
se vautrer
240
sprawled
vautré
241
to subside, sink, sag, give way
s’affaisser
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subsidence, sagging, sinking
l’affaissement
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to tumble
dégringoler
244
tumbling down, collapse
la dégringolade
245
Movement of the limbs and gesticulation
La gesticulation
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to aim
viser
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to caress, stroke
caresser
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to catch
attraper
249
to clap
battre des mains
250
to cling on to, clutch, grip
s’agripper à
251
to cling on to, hang on to
s’accrocher à
252
to cling to, stick to, hold on to
se cramponner à
253
to cross one’s arms
croiser les bras
254
to drum one’s fingers
tambouriner contre
255
drumming
against le tambourinement
256
easy to handle; easy to manoeuvre
maniable
257
to embrace each other
s’étreindre
258
to embrace, clasp, hug
enlacer, étreindre
259
embrace, hug; stranglehold; clutch
l’étreinte
260
to feel, finger; palpate
tâter, palper
261
to fidget with impatience
piaffer d’impatience
262
to flex one’s leg, bend one’s knee
plier la jambe
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to flick
donner une pichenette à CD
264
to flick, flip
donner une chiquenaude à
265
to fling
flanquer
266
to fling, chuck
balancer
267
friction
la friction
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to gesticulate
gesticuler
269
gesticulation
la gesticulation
270
gesture
le geste
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to grab, grasp
empoigner
272
to grab, seize
saisir
273
to grind, crush
broyer
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to grip, hold tight, clench
serrer
275
to handle, wield
manier
276
handling
le maniement
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to hit, beat
frapper
278
to hold in one’s arms
serrer dans ses bras
279
to hold out one’s
donner la main à
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to hold out one’s arm
tendre le bras à
281
to hop along
avancer à cloche pied
282
to join hands
joindre les mains
283
to keep at arm’s length
tenir à bout de pied à
284
to kick
donner un coup de pied à
285
to kick out (horse)
ruer
286
to knead, massage
malaxer
287
to knead, mould, shape
pétrir
288
manoeuvrability
la maniabilité
289
to massage
masser
290
to pat, tap
tapoter
291
to pedal
pédaler
292
to pinch, nip
pincer
293
to pounce on
se ruer sur
294
to release
lâcher
295
to rub
frotter
296
rubbing
le frottement
297
to scatter
répandre
298
to seize someone round the waist/bodily
saisir à bras le corps
299
to shake
secouer
300
to shake someone’s hand
serrer la main à quelqu’un
301
to slap
gifler
302
someone
quelqu’un
303
to stamp one’s foot
trépigner
304
to stamp one’s foot; stand about, mark time
piétiner
305
to stamp, paw the ground (animal)
piaffer
306
stamping
le trépignement
307
stamping; standing about
le piétinement
308
to stir up, mix; knead; toss; shuffle
brasser
309
to stretch out one’s leg
tendre/allonger la jambe
310
to stroke, pat
flatter de la main
311
to throw
lancer, jeter
312
to touch lightly, brush against
effleurer
313
to trip someone up
faire un croc en jambe à quelqu’un
314
to twist
tordre
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to walk arm in arm
aller bras dessus-bras dessous
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to wave
agiter la main
317
to wave one’s arms about
agiter les bras
318
to welcome with open arms
recevoir les bras ouverts
319
with arms dangling
les bras ballants
320
to work, shape, knead
travailler
321
Wriggling movements
Se tremousser
322
to have the fidgets
avoir la bougeotte
323
to jig about, wiggle
se trémousser
324
to jiggle about
gigoter
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to wiggle, fidget
frétiller
326
to writhe, wriggle
se tortiller
327
Various
Divers
328
to crawl
ramper
329
to do the splits
faire le grand e’cart
330
to dodge
esquiver
331
to flinch
broncher
332
to hop, skip
sautiller
333
to jolt, start
le soubresaut
334
to lean, press against
s’arc-bouter
335
on all fours
à quatre pattes
336
to pick up
ramasser
337
to rear up (horse)
cabrer
338
to rock, cradle
bercer
339
to settle, subside; squeeze up, bunch up
se tasser
340
settling, subsidence
le tassement
341
to squat
s’accroupir
342
squatting
accroupi
343
to start
sursauter
344
to straddle
se mettre à califourchon sur / s’asseoir à cali- fourchon sur
345
to tiptoe out
sortir sur la pointe des pieds
