The Human Being - Sensations, smell, taste, touch Flashcards

(54 cards)

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une intuition

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an intuition, a hunch

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un pressentiment

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a foreboding

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une petite idée

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an inkling

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flairer, renifler

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to sniff

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5
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une odeur forte

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an odour

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empester, puer

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to reek ; to stink

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une bouffée, une odeur

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a whiff

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une senteur

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a scent

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inodore

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scentless

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parfumé

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scented ; fragrant ; perfumed

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avoir le goût de qqch

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to taste of sth

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savourer

savoureux

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to savour

savoury

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mangeable / acceptable

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‘palatable

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peu épicé / doux

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mild (ai)

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épicer / pimenter

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to spice up / to pepper up

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effleurer

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to skim

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frôler

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to brush against

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tripoter / tâter du doigt

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to finger

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chercher à tâtons

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to feel for / to grope for

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manier / manipuler

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to handle

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se frotter contre

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to rub against

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tapoter

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caresser

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to stroke, to caress

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frapper

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to knock on / against

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presser
to squeeze
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pétrir / malaxer
to knead
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chatouiller / chatouilleux
to tickle / ticklish
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piquant (plante)
bristly (brisli)
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piquer
to prick
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qui démange
itchy
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raide
stiff
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rigide
rigid
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mou
limp
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flexible
pliable / flexible
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gras
greasy
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visqueux
viscous
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glissant
slippery
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humide
moist
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collant
sticky
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tiède
tepid / lukewarm
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un sombre pressentiment
a dark / gloomy foreboding
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contrairement aux apparences
contrary to appearances
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en dépit des apparences
despite appearances
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préserver les apparences
to keep up appearances
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être très conscient de
to be alive to
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une odeur d'algues
a whiff of seaweed
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être observateur
to be observant
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une forte odeur
a sharp smell
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une odeur de renfermé
a musty smell
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une odeur très reconnaissable
an unmistakable smell
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mettre en valeur le goût de qqch
to enhance the taste of sth
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avoir un léger goût de
to taste faintly of
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s'engourdir
to go numb
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mes jambes se sont engourdies
my legs went numb