Laval1 Flashcards by Maureen McCorry

Welcome, welcoming adj.

de bienvenue

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By far ( considerably, easily, much)

She is by far the most talented.

Did you miss your train by much?

De beaucoup

Elle est de beaucoup la plus douée.

As-tu râter ton train de beaucoup?

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From top to bottom, from the bottom up

Look somebody up and down

De bas en haut

Regarder qq’un de bas en haut

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Willingly, heartily, readily

It’s ( it was) a pleasure.

De bon coeur

C’est de bon coeur

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Is that an everyday or common expression

Ça se dit couramment?

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He’s pushing sixty.

Il court sur ses 60 ans.

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Womanizer

Man eater

Coureur

Coureur de jupons

Coureuse

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Diarrhea fam.

La courante

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To fabricate

Fabuler

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Second hand book/ car

D’occasion

Un livre d’occasion

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Weave

Tisser

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Liste des gagnants, list of hits

Les palmarès

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Absent-minded, air-head

étourdi(e) adj., noun

Distrait(e) adj.

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A syringe

Une seringue

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Worry,

Don’t worry

S’en faire

Ne vous en faites pas

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Idleness

The devil finds work for idle hands

L’oisiveté

L’oisiveté c’est la mére de toutes les vices.

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Surroundings, neighbourhood

Les alentours n.pl.

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Surroundings, nearby

Alentour adv.

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Knack, trick, shrewdness, cunning

Astuce n. f.

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To train, erect, draw up

Dresser

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To smash open kick down

That breaks the budget.

Défoncer

Ça défonce le budget.

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To be bankrupt

être en faillite

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As, as well as

as I pointed out

My parents as well as my brothers will be there.

Ainsi que

Ainsi que je l’ai fait rémarqué…

Mes parents ainsi que mes frères seront là.

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This or that way, so, thus

Amen, so be it.

Ainsi adv.

Ainsi soit-il.

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Absent-minded

Distrait(e)

Font

La police

Rails Ties Derailment

Rails n.m. Les traverses Déraillment. m.

Masters (degree)

La matrise

To hang out

Retrouver des amis

Inquisitive

Questionneux, -euse Québec, fam.

Life time learner

Apprennant à vie

Stencil (in drawing) Draw with stencils

Un pochoir Dessiner au pochoir

Gradually He'll get used to it in time.

Au fur et à mesure Il s'adaptera au fur et à mesure

To harvest, pick

Cueillir

To please each other | To please oneself

Se plaire (á)

To dislike one another To be unhappy, dissatisfied (être mal á l'aise)

Se déplaire

Sated

Repu(e)(s)

To please somebody

Complaire á qq'un

To revel or delight in qq.ch To wallow in- He wallows in his misery. To take great pleasure in saying/doing sth.

Se complaire dans qq'ch Il se complait dans son malheur. Se complaire á dire/faire qq'ch

To make fun of, to make light of

Se rire de

Passion, spirit, ardour

Fougue f.

Spring cleaning

Le grand ménage printanier

To chant

Scander

Motorcyclist

Un motard

To pocket, to rake in

Empocher

To heckle, interrupt, disrupt

Chahuter

To meddle, get involved with

Se mêler

To muddle, tangle up

Embrouiller

To muzzle

Museler

Anybody, anyone Whoever

Quiconque

To dust

épousseter

Woodwork, paneling

Les boisseries

To tie up

Ficeler

To label

étiqueter

To pant

Haleter

To flow, stream, drip

Ruisseler

Master's degree

La matrise

Ph.d.

Le doctorat

Inquisitive

Questioneux,- euse Quebec, fam.

Bookworm

Un rat de bibliothèque

Energetic

Energique

To put on Brylcreem, slick one's hair

Gomminer

To camouflage, hide

Camoufler

Baldness

La calvitie

To whistle

Siffloter

To beseige

Assiéger

To hug

Serrer dans les bras

Excited

enthousiaste, j'ai hâte

I like you I love you

Je t'aime bien Je t'aime

To damage, harm To be harmful to one's health

Nuire (à) Nuire à la santé

Décorer

Orner

To convert

Aménager

To favour, give priority to

Privilégier

Knowledge

Le savoir

To finalize, put the finishing touches on

Parachever

To stutter Stuttering Stutterer

Bégayer Bégaiement m. Bègue f.

Sustainable development

Développement durable

As soon as

Au fur et à mesure que

In the area around

Aux allentours de

To stamp, crash, dab

Tamponner

To crash into, to ram into

Tamponner

To chisel, sculp with a chisel

Ciceler

chisel

Un ciseau (à bois)

To dismantle, uninstall

Démanteler

To demolish

Démolir

To torture

Supplicier

Quarter ( like torture )

écarteler

To be torn between sth and sth

être écartelé entre qq'ch et qq'ch

To harass, badger

Harceler

To pester fam. Harceler

Tanner

To snack, nibble

Grignoter

To pinch i.e. steal sth

Grignoter

To blubber, snivel

Chialer

To hammer, pound

Marteler

To model, fashion, create

Modeler

To pick a lock

Crocheter

To ferret, rummage

Fureter

To pant, to hold your breathe

Haleter

To be appreciated, to be appealing

Plaire (à)