Sounds - 63 Flashcards by Melissa M

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être tout ouïe

A

to be all ears

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à portée de voix

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within earshots

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surprendre une conversation

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to overhear a conversation

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écouter une conversation en cachette

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to eavesdrop a conversation

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une oreille indiscrète

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an eavesdropper

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tendre l’oreille

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to prick up one’s ears

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prêter l’oreille à qqchose

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to lend an ear to sth

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avoir l’oreille fine

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to have acute hearing

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guetter le bruit de qqchose

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to listen FOR sth

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n’écouter que d’une oreille

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to listen with only one ear

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se boucher les oreilles

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to close one’s ears to something

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distinctement

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audibly

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imperceptible

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inaudible

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silencieux (machine)

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noiseless

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la tranquilité

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quietness

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faible (bruit), 2

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faint
slight

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faible (voix)

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faint

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étouffer un bruit

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to muffle a sound

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un vacarme, 2

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a din,
a racket

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un tumulte

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an uproar

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aigu, 2

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shrill
high-pitched

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faire un bruit discordant

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to jar

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strident

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strident

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sonner creux

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to sound hollow

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tinter (clochette)

to tinkle

tinter (monnaie)

to jingle

tinter (verres)

to chink

carillonner

to peal

grincer (freins)

to screech

grincer (objet métallique)

to grate

grincer des dents

to grind one's teeth

hurler (cri perçant)

to shriek

hurler (en se plaignant)

to wail

hurler (radio), 2

to blare to blast out

cliqueter (vaisselle)

to clink

cliqueter (chaînes)

to clank

cliqueter (talons)

to clatter

crisser(gravier)

to crunch

crisser (pneus)

to squeal

faire un bruit de ferraille (véhicule) crépiter (mitrailleuse)

to rattle

crépiter (feu) grésiller (radio)

to crackle

grésiller (friture)

to sizzle

se fracasser

to crash

tomber avec fracas

to come crashing down

patatras!, 3

crash ! bang ! wallop !

claquer (porte, volet)

to bang

claquer la porte, 2

to shut the door with a bang to slam the door shut

claquer (corde qui casse)

to snap

claquer (fouet)

to crack

claquer (drapeau, voile)

to flap

craquer (feuilles mortes)

to crackle

craquer (chaussures)

to squeak

craquer (bois)

to creak

bruire

to rustle

une explosion

a blast

une détonation, 2

a bang a report

pétarader

to backfire

faire pan

to go pop

rugir (tempête, mer) ronfler (feu, moteur)

to roar

vrombir

to whirr

siffler (vapeur, serpent)

to hiss

siffler (personne, vent, balle)

to whistle

gémir (vent, personne)

to moan

gronder (train, tonnerre, canon)

to rumble

faire plouf

to make a splash

clapoter

to lap

le clapotement des vagues

the lapping of the waves

gargouiller

to gurgle

babiller (ruisseau, bébé)

to babble