Verbs of sight Flashcards

(58 cards)

1
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jeter un coup d’œil

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to glance at

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2
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fixer, regarder fixement

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to stare at

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3
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regarder dans le vide

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to stare into space

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4
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entrevoir, apercevoir

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to glimpse sthg

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5
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lancer un regard noir/furieux, foudroyer du regard

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to glare at

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6
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une lumière aveuglante

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a glaring light

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7
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briller d’une lumière aveuglante

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to glare

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8
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lorgner, reluquer

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to ogle

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9
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cligner des yeux

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to blink

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10
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un clignotant

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a blinker

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11
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œillères

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blinkers

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12
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to be narrow-minded

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to be blinker

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13
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être bouché bée

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to gape at somebody

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14
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froncer les sourcils

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to frown

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15
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contempler

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to behold

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16
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jeter un coup d’œil

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to peep

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17
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un judas

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a peephole

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18
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se toiser du regard

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to eye

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19
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balayer du regard

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to scan

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20
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discerner / distinguer

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to make sthg out

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21
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regarder attentivement

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to peer at

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22
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repérer

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repérer

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23
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le virage

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the turning

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24
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faire les gros yeux, fusiller du regard

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contempler, fixer
to gaze
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se peloter
to make out
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surveiller / observer
to watch
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un regard noir
a glower
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lancer un regard noir
to glower
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hurler sur qqn
to yell at sbdy
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zozoter
to lisp
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bégayer
to have a stutter / stammer
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maudire / jurer / insulter
to curse
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le fléau de la drogue
the curse of drug addiction
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une insulte
a curse
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une commère
a gossip
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commérer
to gossip about sthg
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gémir / se plaindre
to moan
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déplorer
to bemoan sthg
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chuchoter
whisper
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une campagne de diffamation
to run a whispering/smear campaign against sthg
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diffamer
to slander sbdy (speech) / t libel sbdy (par écrit)
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glousser
to chuckle at sbdy
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une voix traînante
a drawl
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soupirer de soulagement
to sigh in/with relief
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soupirer
to sigh
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faire taire
to hush
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étouffer un scandale/une affaire
to hush up a scandal
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bavarder
to chatter
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un moulin à parole
a chatter box
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draguer
to chat up sbdy
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pousser un cri aigu
shriek
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un mouvement brusque
a jerk
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grogner/ gronder
to snarl
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le seuil
the threshold
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croasser
to croak
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grogner comme un cochon
to grunt
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t'es sacrément lourd/tu pèses ton poisd
you are a hell of a weight