vocab les 400 coups

Question 1

dressing table

Answer 1

une coiffeuse

Question 2

gravity/weight

Answer 2

pesanteur

Question 3

film strip

Answer 3

une bobbine

Question 4

eyelash curler

Answer 4

recourber de cils

Question 5

sly/sneaky

Answer 5

sournois

Question 6

stilettos

Answer 6

les talons aiguilles

Question 7

pretend to

Answer 7

faire semblant de

Question 8

spiral of events/chain of events

Answer 8

engrenage (m)

Question 9

pay the bills

Answer 9

régler la facture

Question 10

boarding school

Answer 10

le pensionnat

Question 11

a milk bottle

Answer 11

un biberon

Question 12

a lullaby

Answer 12

une berceuse

Question 13

police car

Answer 13

fourgon de police

Question 14

to stutter

Answer 14

bégayer (le prof bégaie)

Question 15

to soften/to cajole

Answer 15

s’amadouer/amadouer quelqu’un

Question 16

whistle

Answer 16

le siflet

Question 17

sautillant(e) (musique)

Answer 17

bouncing/hopping/rythmic

Question 18

pe lesson

Answer 18

une cours d’entraînement physique

Question 19

shrine

Answer 19

un autel

Question 20

candle

Answer 20

une bougie

Question 21

a lighter

Answer 21

un briquet

Question 22

to witness

Answer 22

témoigner

Question 23

example of language familière/argotique utilisé par Antoine/René

Answer 23

une tannée = une gifle
furax = furieux
j’connais pas

Question 24

we will find a way! - René

Answer 24

on se débrouillera!

Question 25

fade to another image

Answer 25

le fondu enchaîné

Question 26

two shot

Answer 26

un plan serré

Question 27

special effects

Answer 27

le truquage

Question 28

the straw that broke the camel's back

Answer 28

la goutte qui fait déborder le vase

Question 29

slang

Answer 29

l'argot (m)

Question 30

dubbed

Answer 30

doublé

Question 31

domestic quarrel

Answer 31

une scène de ménage

Question 32

to be put in foster care/breastfed by another woman

Answer 32

placer en nourrice

Question 33

single mother/bachelor mother

Answer 33

fille-mère

Question 34

to flout the authorities

Answer 34

bafouer l'autorité | guignol: l'autorité bafouée

Question 35

frilly apron

Answer 35

tablier à fanfreluches

Question 36

alarm clock

Answer 36

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