Verbs VIII Flashcards
– to debit; to sell, retail; to produce, output; to cut, saw up; to utter, spout, spiel
Déblayer – to remove, clear (away); to tidy up
Débloquer – to release, free, unjam, unblock; (fam) to talk nonsense; to be crazy
Déboîter – to dislocate, dislodge, disconnect; (car) to pull out, change lanes
Déborder – to overflow, boil over; to extend beyond, outflank; to untuck (covers)
Déboulonner – to remove the bolts from; (informal) to discredit, debunk, oust
Débrancher – to unplug, disconnect; (inf) to switch off, stop paying attention
Débrayer – to disengage the clutch
Débrider – to unbridle; to untruss; to lance, incise
Débrouiller – to untangle, sort out; to get by, manage
Débuter – to begin, start (out), make one’s début
Décaler – to move forward/back
Décamper – to decamp, clear off
Décéder – (formal) to die, pass away
Décerner – to award; (legal) to issue
Décevoir – to disappoint
Déchirer – to tear, rip
Décider – to decide
Déclarer – to declare
Déclencher – to set off, activate, release, start
Décliner – to decline, to offer a variety of
Décoiffer – to muss s.o.’s hair, take off s.o.’s hat; (informal) to take one’s breath away
Décoller – (plane) to take off; to unstick; (inf) to move, budge; to lose weight
Déconfiner – to free from confinement
Déconnecter – to disconnect, log out, log off
Déconner (familiar) – to joke, kid; to talk nonsense; to fool around
Décorer – to decorate
Décortiquer – to shell, hull, husk; to dissect (a document)
Découdre – to take out stitches, unpick, remove (a button)
Décourager – to discourage
Découvrir – to discover
Décréter – to decree, declare, order
Décrire – to describe
Décrocher – to unhook, take down; to pick up the phone
Dédaigner – to despise, look down on; to spurn, disregard
Dédicacer – to autograph; to dedicate (to)
Dédier – to dedicate, consecrate to
Dédire (se) – to retract, recant, go back on one’s word
Déduire – to deduct, to deduce
Défaillir – to faint; to falter, weaken
Débiter
– to help someone relax, unwind, get it out of their system
Dégager – to free, disengage; to clear; to emit
Dégénérer – to degenerate, deteriorate
Déglinguer (informal) – to bust, break into pieces
Dégoiser (informal) – to speak, spout, go on and on
Dégommer (familiar) – to demote; to unseat, fire, sack; to hit, down, knock out of the way
Dégoter (informal) – to find, dig up, unearth
Dégringoler – to fall, tumble down; to collapse; (informal impersonal) – to be pouring (rain)
Dégriser – to sober up; to bring back down to earth
Déguerpir (inf) – to leave, clear off, scarper
Déguiser – to disguise, mask
Déguster – to taste, sample; to enjoy, savor; (informal) to suffer
Déjeuner – to have lunch
Délaisser – to abandon, give up, neglect
Délecter (se) – to delight in, thoroughly enjoy
Dérouler – to unwind, unroll, roll out; (sports) to be easy
Dérouter – to divert, reroute; to disconcert, throw off the scent
Désabonner – to unsubscribe
Défouler
– to suffocate, muffle
Étourdir – to stun, daze, deafen
Être (to be) – Verb Tables
Étreindre (formal) – to embrace, hug; to clutch, seize, grasp
Étrenner – to try (for the first time), to break in
Étudier – to study
Évader (s’) – to escape, get away
Évanouir (s’) – to faint
Éviter – to avoid
Évoluer – to evolve, develop; to move around
Évoquer – to evoke, call to mind; (law) to transfer to a higher court
Exagérer – to exaggerate
Exalter – to excite, fire up; to exalt, praise
Examiner – to examine; to consider, look into
Exaucer – to grant, fulfill
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