Volume 3

Question 1

boitillant (adj)

Answer 1

hobbling

lame

Question 2

pingre (adj)

Answer 2

stingy

niggardly

Question 3

mettre en cloque

Answer 3

knock up

Question 4

chatouiller

se chatouiller le poire

Answer 4

to tickle

to masterbate

Question 5

un référé

Answer 5

emergency ruling (legal)

Question 6

incurver

s’incurver

Answer 6

to curve

make into a curve

Question 7

un treillage

Answer 7

trellis

Question 8

un vestiare

Answer 8

cloakroom
changing room  (pool)

Question 9

le gazouillis (mp)

Answer 9

chirping

Question 10

marquer un temps d’arrêt

Answer 10

to pause momentarily

Question 11

de travers

avaler de travers
regarder de travers

Answer 11

askew
the wrong way

to choke
to give a funny look

Question 12

faire la peau (idiom)

faire peau neuve

Answer 12

kill
skin sb alive

get a facelift

Question 13

couché à plat ventre

Answer 13

lying face downwards

Question 14

la pilosité faciale

Answer 14

facial hair

Question 15

follette (adj)

Answer 15

scatterbrained

Question 16

un vaurien

une vaurienne

Answer 16

good-for-nothing

Question 17

un sbire

Answer 17

henchman

Question 18

flanquer la pagaille dans (idiom)

Answer 18

to throw a wrench into (their plans)

Question 19

tamiser

Answer 19

to sift

Question 20

un survêt

Answer 20

tracksuit

Question 21

un exécutant

une exécutante

Answer 21

performer

Question 22

il n’empêche que

Answer 22

all the same
be that as it may
nevertheless

Question 23

pelotonner

se pelotonner

Answer 23

wind into a ball

curl up

Question 24

un peloton

peleton de tête

Answer 24

pack
squad

main platoon

Question 25

y laisser sa peau

Answer 25

kick the bucket | die

Question 26

le pistage

Answer 26

tracking

Question 27

cabossé (adj)

Answer 27

battered

Question 28

enfler

Answer 28

swell up

Question 29

étouffer

Answer 29

suffocate | hush up

Question 30

le grésillement

Answer 30

sizzling | crackling

Question 31

entuber

Answer 31

to be had | taken advantage of

Question 32

le pétrin être dans le pétrin

Answer 32

kneading machine to be in a fix

Question 33

le mollet

Answer 33

calf (lower leg)

Question 34

un aboiement

Answer 34

barking

Question 35

faxer

Answer 35

to fax

Question 36

à la dérive

Answer 36

adrift

Question 37

le summum le summum de

Answer 37

highlight the height of

Question 38

un guet-apens

Answer 38

ambush

Question 39

bâcler

Answer 39

to botch

Question 40

fricoter fricoter avec qn

Answer 40

fool around (sexually) get mixed up with

Question 41

être dans le coup

Answer 41

to be in on it

Question 42

noueux (adj)

Answer 42

gnarled | knotty

Question 43

une crête

Answer 43

crest (hair style) | comb (rooster)

Question 44

enquiquiner

Answer 44

to annoy

Question 45

l’ourlet

Answer 45

hem

Question 46

plastronner

Answer 46

to swagger show off boast

Question 47

un pantin

Answer 47

puppet

Question 48

dans la mesure où

Answer 48

inasmuch as insofar as as far as

Question 49

grincer grincer les dents

Answer 49

to creak to grind one’s teeth

Question 50

mettre un terme à

Answer 50

to put an end to

Question 51

mouillé (adj) être mouillé dans un scandale être mouillé dans une affaire

Answer 51

wet tearful mixed up in to be mixed up in a scandal to be involved in a case

Question 52

une fourche

Answer 52

fork pitchfork cradle (of a telephone)

Question 53

se terrer

Answer 53

to be in hiding

Question 54

la ferraille

Answer 54

scrap | scrap iron

Question 55

une bosse

Answer 55

bump

Question 56

tanguer

Answer 56

to pitch and toss | rock

Question 57

imbiber imniber qc de

Answer 57

soak to soak st with

Question 58

entailler

Answer 58

to cut

Question 59

embraser

Answer 59

to set ablaze

Question 60

communication en PCV

Answer 60

collect call

Question 61

un bouc emissaire

Answer 61

scapegoat

Question 62

réprimer

Answer 62

to repress

Question 63

enjoindre

Answer 63

to direct | compel

Question 64

geindre

Answer 64

to moan groan whine

Question 65

dodu (adj)

Answer 65

plump

Question 66

en cheville avec

Answer 66

in collusion with

Question 67

une bretelle La bretelle de son soutien-gorge dépasse. les bretelles

Answer 67

strap access road Her bra strap is showing. suspenders

Question 68

remonter les bretelles de qn

Answer 68

to tear a strip off sb

Question 69

punaiser

Answer 69

to tack up | to pin up

Question 70

le sommier

Answer 70

bed base

Question 71

moisi (adj)

Answer 71

mouldy

Question 72

déraper

Answer 72

slip | skid

Question 73

cadencé (adj)

Answer 73

rhythmic

Question 74

se tasser

Answer 74

to make oneself look smaller

Question 75

clocher

Answer 75

to go wrong

Question 76

boutbeaux (adj)

Answer 76

murky

Question 77

soupe au lait (adj)

Answer 77

quick tempered

Question 78

sauter par dessus

Answer 78

to jump over

Question 79

ébahir

Answer 79

to stun | astonish

Question 80

enculer (slang)

Answer 80

fuck

Question 81

un fiston

Answer 81

son

Question 82

effrer

Answer 82

to alarm

Question 83

plaquer

Answer 83

to tackle (sport) dump (sb) flatten many other meanings

Question 84

un canif

Answer 84

pocket knife

Question 85

rassir

Answer 85

to go stale

Question 86

désarçonner

Answer 86

to unseat dismount throw

Question 87

fichu (adj)

Answer 87

wretched

Question 88

un nervi

Answer 88

man | henchman

Question 89

aloudir

Answer 89

to weigh down

Question 90

un malfrat

Answer 90

crook | gangster

Question 91

enlacer

Answer 91

to intertwine | embrace

Question 92

s’enlacer

Answer 92

emrace | hug

Question 93

une œuvre en cours

Answer 93

work in progress