Voc 1 Flashcards
(92 cards)
1
Q
Eccentric
A
Unique in his own way
2
Q
Solitude
A
Peacefulness
3
Q
To long for sth
A
To miss sth
4
Q
The hustle and bustle
A
The energy (of big cities)
5
Q
quaint
A
Cute, small, charming
6
Q
scarcely
A
(à peine)
7
Q
cutthroat
A
“do business in my way”
8
Q
Bouncer
A
Security guy in the club
9
Q
Giggling
A
Fou rire
10
Q
Out of the blue
A
Suddenly, unexpectedly
11
Q
Toddler
A
Personne qui commence à marcher
12
Q
To breathe a sigh of relief
A
Être soulagé
13
Q
To shudder
A
To shake when you find sth disgusting
14
Q
To stutter
A
Bégayer
15
Q
To cough
A
Tousser
16
Q
To litter
A
To throw small garbage onto the street
17
Q
To be dismissive of sth
A
To reject the idea
18
Q
To dread doing sth
A
To describe sth you hate doing
19
Q
witty
A
clever and funny
20
Q
To empathize with sb
A
To be able to feel what one person feels
21
Q
Eloquent
A
Sb. who can speak beautifully
22
Q
banter
A
Friendly and not serious conversation
23
Q
unease
A
discomfort
24
Q
to dwindle
A
to fade, to decrease
25
trustworthy
digne de confiance
26
trusty
old, strong, reliable (for inanimate object)
27
lawn mower
tondeuse à gazon
28
trusting
people who trust too easily (naive)
29
drowsy
sleepy (from medication)
30
to have an aging population
to have more old than young people (in a country)
31
blunt
not sharp OR tactless
32
utter
absolute, total
33
to cringe
grincer des dents (when sth. is shit)
| cringeworthy (adj)
34
irksome
dull, irritating, boring
35
appalling
terrible
36
prospect
future possibility
37
to downplay sth
to minimise the importance of sth
38
to outgrow sth
when you are too old for sth
39
to outplay sb
when you play a sport better than sb else
40
to outsmart sb
to do sth in a better/devious way (e.g. to outsmart the police)
41
to outweigh sth
to be more important, to have more impact than sth esle
42
to bark
aboyer
43
to purr
miauler
44
to shudder
to tremble by thinking of sth disgusting
45
Eloquent
Sb. who can speak beautifully
46
banter
Friendly and not serious conversation
47
unease
discomfort
48
to dwindle
to fade, to decrease
49
trustworthy
digne de confiance
50
trusty
old, strong, reliable (for inanimate object)
51
lawn mower
tondeuse à gazon
52
trusting
people who trust too easily (naive)
53
drowsy
sleepy (from medication)
54
to have an aging population
to have more old than young people (in a country)
55
blunt
not sharp OR tactless
56
utter
absolute, total
57
to cringe
grincer des dents (when sth. is shit)
| cringeworthy (adj)
58
irksome
dull, irritating, boring
59
appalling
terrible
60
prospect
future possibility
61
to downplay sth
to minimise the importance of sth
62
to outgrow sth
when you are too old for sth
63
to outplay sb
when you play a sport better than sb else
64
to outsmart sb
to do sth in a better/devious way (e.g. to outsmart the police)
65
to outweigh sth
to be more important, to have more impact than sth esle
66
to bark
aboyer
67
to purr
miauler
68
to shudder
to tremble by thinking of sth disgusting
69
Eloquent
Sb. who can speak beautifully
70
banter
Friendly and not serious conversation
71
unease
discomfort
72
to dwindle
to fade, to decrease
73
trustworthy
digne de confiance
74
trusty
old, strong, reliable (for inanimate object)
75
lawn mower
tondeuse à gazon
76
trusting
people who trust too easily (naive)
77
drowsy
sleepy (from medication)
78
to have an aging population
to have more old than young people (in a country)
79
blunt
not sharp OR tactless
80
utter
absolute, total
81
to cringe
grincer des dents (when sth. is shit)
| cringeworthy (adj)
82
irksome
dull, irritating, boring
83
appalling
terrible
84
prospect
future possibility
85
to downplay sth
to minimise the importance of sth
86
to outgrow sth
when you are too old for sth
87
to outplay sb
when you play a sport better than sb else
88
to outsmart sb
to do sth in a better/devious way (e.g. to outsmart the police)
89
to outweigh sth
to be more important, to have more impact than sth esle
90
to bark
aboyer
91
to purr
miauler
92
to shudder
to tremble by thinking of sth disgusting
