Nancy Drew tome 4

Question 1

limier

Answer 1

bloodhound, sleuth

Question 2

épatés

Answer 2

1. étonner - to amaze

2. impressionner - to impress

Question 3

taquiner

Answer 3

to tease

Question 4

l’accaparer

Answer 4

to monopolize

Question 5

marotte

Answer 5

craze, fad

Question 6

une mordue

Answer 6

fan, buff

Question 7

saugrenues

Answer 7

absurde = preposterous, absurd

Question 8

un lambeau

Answer 8

= guenille = rag, scrap, shred

2. bit, fragment

Question 9

la cambrousse

Answer 9

(fam): campagne= bled=brousse= patelin = trou

small village, boondocks

Question 10

vétuste

Answer 10

dilapidated

Question 11

tremper

Answer 11

1. to soak
2. to dip, to dunk
3. to temper (steel, etc.)

Question 12

une chaumière

Answer 12

cottage

Question 13

les démarcheurs

Answer 13

vendeur (euse) qui solicit la clientèle à domicile

Question 14

le voilage

Answer 14

grand rideau de tissu transparent placé devant une fenêtre

Question 15

une tache

Answer 15

stain, spot

Question 16

octroyer

Answer 16

to grant, to bestow

Question 17

brevet

Answer 17

1. patent
2. diploma, certificate
3. commission (armed forces)

Question 18

carambolage

Answer 18

to collide with, to crash into (an automobile)

Question 19

la manette

Answer 19

lever

Question 20

le hublot

Answer 20

porthole

Question 21

gaver

Answer 21

1. to force-feed

2. to fill up

Question 22

se gaver

Answer 22

= se bourrer = to stuff oneself

Question 23

déchet

Answer 23

gâcher; gaspiller

1. scrap
2. waste, wastage

Question 24

faire un créneau

Answer 24

to back into a parking space

Question 25

le créneau

Answer 25

1. slot, gap, window (of time) | 2. niche, share

Question 26

le moisi

Answer 26

mold

Question 27

étayer

Answer 27

= 1. soutenir; to prop up, to shore up | 2. appuyer; to support, to back up

Question 28

l’hélice

Answer 28

1. helix | 2. propeller

Question 29

sans l’encombre

Answer 29

without a hitch/ mishap

Question 30

la tôle

Answer 30

1. sheet metal | 2. tôle ondulée : corrugated iron

Question 31

accabler

Answer 31

1. écraser: to overwhelm | 2. to condemn

Question 32

la pancarte

Answer 32

1. sign, notice | 2, placard

Question 33

mégarde

Answer 33

inadvertently

Question 34

grignoter

Answer 34

1. to nibble 2. to eat away at 3. to gain, to acquire gradually

Question 35

éreinter

Answer 35

1. épuiser: to exhaust, to wear out | 2. critiquer- to criticize

Question 36

anicroche

Answer 36

snag, small problem

Question 37

en planque

Answer 37

1. (fam): hideout, | 2. easy job

Question 38

planquer

Answer 38

to hide away, to stash

Question 39

le plongeon

Answer 39

1. to dive | 2. loon (bird)

Question 40

la cuvette

Answer 40

1. bowl, wash basin | 2. basin (in geology)

Question 41

barbouiller

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1. to smear, to daub | 2. to scribble 3. to nauseate, to make sick

Question 42

l’hortensia

Answer 42

petit arbuste dont les fleurs, bleues, roses ou blanches, sont groupées en grosses boules

Question 43

l’atterrissage

Answer 43

landing

Question 44

décollage

Answer 44

takeoff

Question 45

avoir qqn dans le collimateur

Answer 45

to have someone in one’s sights

Question 46

obtempérer à

Answer 46

to obey, to comply with

Question 47

jauger

Answer 47

1. to gushed, to measure the capacity of | 2. to size up

Question 48

le piqué

Answer 48

nose-dive

Question 49

chuta en piqué

Answer 49

to fall into a nosedive (airplane)

Question 50

piqué

Answer 50

1. quilted 2. sour, mildewed 3. staccato (in music

Question 51

se cabrer

Answer 51

1. to rear up (of a horse), to climb up steeply (of a plane) | 2. to rebel, to protest

Question 52

la trouille

Answer 52

(fam): fear, fright | avoir la trouille : to be scarred stiff

Question 53

le goudron

Answer 53

tar

Question 54

la bâche

Answer 54

tarpaulin, or tarp

Question 55

goudronner

Answer 55

to tar (a road)

Question 56

déchets

Answer 56

refuse, waste (materials)