Vocabulary English Flashcards
(29 cards)
Distorted/déformé
Twist out of shape (disform)
Amazement/étonnement
Great surprise
Disbelif/ pas croyable
Refuse to accept something that is true
Snickered/ rire méprisant / ricaner
Scornful laugh
Timidly/timidement
Lack of courage or confidence …shy
Permission/autorisation
Consent ; authorization
Muttered/murmurer
Say something in a low or barely audible
Murmur
Convince/convaincre
Cause someone to believe firmly in the truth of something
Clutched/agripper
Grasp or take (something) tightly or eagerly.
Corridor/couloir
Long passage in a building
Uttered/prononcer
Make a sound with one voice
Admitted/admettre
Confess to be true or to be the case
Asserted/affirmer
State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully
Disgusting/dégoûté
arousing revulsion or strong indignation.
Lagged/decalé
showing a delayed effect/retardation
Hysterically/hysteriquement
with wildly uncontrolled emotion.
Sneered/ricaner
smile or speak in a mocking manner.
Beamed/rayonner
(of a light or light source) shine brightly.*
Scoffed/s’être moqué
speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
Astonishment/étonnement
Surprised
Stammered/balbutie
speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.
Snarled
of an animal such as a dog) make an aggressive growl with bared teeth.
Hopscotch/marelle
a children’s game in which each child by turn hops into and over squares marked on the ground to retrieve a marker thrown into one of these squares.
Genuine/authentique
truly what something is said to be; authentic.
