Volume 1 Flashcards
tétanisé (adj)
paralysed
saccager
sack
pillage
wreck
l’attirail (m)
equipment
paraphernalia
épancher
s’épancher
to open one’s heart
engourdir
to numb
l’engourdissement
numbness
prestement
nimbly
deftly
lover (v)
se lover
to coil (cable) to curl up (people)
lové (adj)
coiled
curled up
raviser
se raviser
to change one’s mind
conforter
to reinforce a position
consolidate
consolider
se bidonner
to laugh
ébaucher
s’ébaucher
to sketch out
begin
to take shape
niais (adj)
inane
compromettre
to compromise
compromettant (adj
compromising
un pince-sans-rire
a deadpan, expressionless person
s’esquiver
to slip away
niaiser
Tu me niaises??
to kid around
Are you kidding me?.
un fautif
une fautive
guilty party
culprit
cynique (adj)
cynical
le cynisme
cynicism
booker
to book
assumer
s’assumer
to take on
to come to terms with
to take responsibility for oneself
un exutoire
servir d’exutoire à
outlet
to be an outlet for
dompter
to tame (an animal) dominate
immanquablement
inevitably
une cohue
crowd
bécoter (slang)
to smooch
fabuler
to confabulate
zieuter
to ogle
empêtrer qn/qc dans…
s’empêtrer dans
to get sb/st entangled in…
become entangled in
la pamoison
swooning
mielleux (adj) (derog)
sugary
unctuous
mielleusement
unctuously
un hurluberlu
scatterbrain
oddball
par en dedans
from within
un dépit
en dépit de
bitter disappointment
chagrin
in spite of
prendre la poudre d’escampette (expression)
to scamper
take a powder