Le Circle des 17 tomb 1b

Question 1

guilleret(te)

Answer 1

sprightly, lively, smart

Question 2

la réglisse

Answer 2

licorice

Question 3

le rouleau

Answer 3

roll; rolling-pin; coil; scroll

Question 4

au bout de son rouleau

Answer 4

at one’s wits end

Question 5

le gabarit

Answer 5

model, template, gauge

Question 6

la gâche

Answer 6

staple

Question 7

couiner

Answer 7

pousser de petits cris; pleurer
to whimper

Syn: piailler, grincer

Question 8

blottir

Answer 8

to huddle

Question 9

dare-dare

Answer 9

promptement = en toute hâte, précipitamment, vite
Accourir dare-dare

Question 10

obséder

Answer 10

to obsess, to beset; to importune

Question 11

rondouillard

Answer 11

qui a de l’embonpoint - who is overweight
= grassouillet; rond; rondelet

Question 12

un embonpoint

Answer 12

stoutness, plumpness

Question 13

une décapotable

Answer 13

qui peut être décapoté
- which can be opened
a convertible

Question 14

voiture décapotable

Answer 14

convertible

Question 15

le caïd

Answer 15

personnage très important dans son milieu
(fam) = manitou, pointe

Question 16

coquard

Answer 16

black-eye

Question 17

le plafonnier

Answer 17

ceiling-light

Question 18

signet

Answer 18

bookmark

Question 19

marqueur de livre

Answer 19

book marker

Question 20

mordiller

Answer 20

to nibble

Question 21

faites-moi-chier

Answer 21

piss me off

Question 22

frimer

Answer 22

chercher à se faire remarquer
to show off

Question 23

un émule

Answer 23

emulator; rival, competitor

Question 24

la barrière

Answer 24

barrier, obstacle, turnpike, gate

Question 25

déglutition

Answer 25

swallowing

Question 26

embrouiller

Answer 26

to tangle up; to embroil, to mix up, to meddle, to confuse

Question 27

avouer

Answer 27

to admit

Question 28

pris un râteau

Answer 28

got shot down (for a date)

Question 29

une anguille

Answer 29

eel

Question 30

vanner

Answer 30

to winnow, (to blow something away until you get what you want ) separating grain from chaf 

Question 31

l’ai-je vanné

Answer 31

did I winnow it

Question 32

éphèbe

Answer 32

dans la Grèce antique: jeune garçon Syn: adonis

Question 33

tu m’as roulé

Answer 33

you tricked me

Question 34

la tare

Answer 34

defect, blemish, taint

Question 35

prenant(e)

Answer 35

engaging, captivating

Question 36

une sarbacane

Answer 36

blow gun

Question 37

fait des pompes

Answer 37

does push-ups

Question 38

fente

Answer 38

crack, fissure, split, slit, gap

Question 39

les borborygmes

Answer 39

bruit produit par le déplacement des gaz dans l’intestin ou l’estomac syn: gargouillement

Question 40

la trouille

Answer 40

pop: funk; (usa) scare

Question 41

le chevrotement

Answer 41

quivering

Question 42

chevroter

Answer 42

to kid, to bleat, to quiver, to tremble

Question 43

fagoté(e)

Answer 43

dowdy, frompish (fam)

Question 44

articulations

Answer 44

joints

Question 45

navré

Answer 45

heart-broken; grieved; sorry

Question 46

le fiston

Answer 46

(fam): fils

Question 47

flippante

Answer 47

creepy, scary

Question 48

le calvaire

Answer 48

calvary; wayside cross; cross

Question 49

buter

Answer 49

to abut, to butt, to knock against, to trip, (pop) to bono off

Question 50

flancher

Answer 50

to flinch, to give in, to break down (auto)

Question 51

une fugue

Answer 51

escapade

Question 52

le jeu en valait la chandelle

Answer 52

the game was worth the candle

Question 53

Il s’est mis à faire les cent pas

Answer 53

he started pacing back and forth

Question 54

pencher

Answer 54

to tilt, to slope, to incline, to bend, to lean

Question 55

ça m’a mis en rogne

Answer 55

It pissed me off

Question 56

raclure

Answer 56

scrapings, scrapers

Question 57

nasillarde

Answer 57

nasal, sniffling

Question 58

soufflé

Answer 58

(fam): amazed, puffed (pâté)

Question 59

pétillante

Answer 59

crackling, sparkling, fizzing (eau)

Question 60

claquer

Answer 60

to smack; to clap (mains), to snap (doigts), to crackle (fouet), to slam (porte)

Question 61

le chiendent

Answer 61

twitch; snag, rub (fam)

Question 62

brailler

Answer 62

to bawl, to squall

Question 63

le goret

Answer 63

young pig, piglet, (fig) dirty pig

Question 64

bousculer

Answer 64

to jostle, to hustle, to upset, to knock over

Question 65

schlinguer

Answer 65

(fam): puer; ça schlingue, ici.

Question 66

un autrui

Answer 66

others, other people

Question 67

le poulailler

Answer 67

hen house, chicken-roost, poultry cart gallery, cheap seats, (am) peanut gallery

Question 68

embrouiller

Answer 68

to tangle up, to embroil; to mix up, to muddle, to confuse

Question 69

le flingue

Answer 69

pistolet ou revolver

Question 70

cartonner

Answer 70

to bind in boards, to put in stiff covers

Question 71

rallier

Answer 71

to rally; to rejoin

Question 72

pioncer

Answer 72

(fam) dormir; dormir profondément

Question 73

époustoufler

Answer 73

fam: jeter (qqn) dans l’étonnement, la surprise admirative Syn: épater, étonner

Question 74

le poirier

Answer 74

handstand

Question 75

il a fait le poirier sur le guidon

Answer 75

he did a handstand on the handlebars

Question 76

trahir

Answer 76

to betray, to deceive

Question 77

repérer

Answer 77

to mark, to locate

Question 78

trifouiller

Answer 78

to fumble about , to meddle with

Question 79

en titubant

Answer 79

staggering

Question 80

tituber

Answer 80

to stagger; to totter, (am) to weave

Question 81

le flou

Answer 81

(noun) softness, haziness (adj) soft; fluffy (cheveux)

Question 82

navré

Answer 82

sorry, heartbroken

Question 83

un maton

Answer 83

(fam); gardien de prison

Question 84

racheter

Answer 84

to repurchase, to buy back, to redeem, to ransom, to compensate, to make up for, to atone for

Question 85

le cobaye

Answer 85

guinea-pig

Question 86

le fretin

Answer 86

fry

Question 87

entrave

Answer 87

fetter; shackle; impediment

Question 88

apeuré

Answer 88

scared, frightened, timid

Question 89

gouffre

Answer 89

gulf, abyss, chasm