Volume 4

Question 1

estourbir

Answer 1

to stun

knock out

Question 2

chantonner

Answer 2

to hum to oneself

Question 3

un cheveu

il y a un cheveu (idiom)

Answer 3

a single hair

there’s a hitch

Question 4

une descente en piqué

bombardement en piqué

Answer 4

power dive

dive bombing

en piqué = to swoop, dive

Question 5

un pignon

Answer 5

gable

gear wheel

Question 6

la tomette

Answer 6

hexagonal floor tile

Question 7

un étendard

Answer 7

standard

flag

Question 8

le strass

Answer 8

fake jewelry

paste

Question 9

prendre sur soi de faire qc

Answer 9

to take it upon oneself to do st

Question 10

revêtir

Answer 10

to have

put on

Question 11

la broutille

Answer 11

trifle

Question 12

ployer

Answer 12

to bow  (eg. before royalty)
bend  (eg under a burden)

Question 13

compassé (adj)

Answer 13

starchy

stiff

Question 14

tirebouchonner

Answer 14

to twist

tire-bouchon = corkscrew

Question 15

pérorer

Answer 15

to hold forth

Question 16

un écran

faire écran entre eux

Answer 16

screen
barrier

to keep them from each other

Question 17

une buse

Answer 17

buzzard

clod (idiot)

Question 18

un oursin

Answer 18

sea urchin

Question 19

ingrat (adj)

Answer 19

ungrateful

unwelcoming

Question 20

le recoupement

Answer 20

cross-checking

intersection

Question 21

le poignet

Answer 21

wrist

cuff

Question 22

souffreteux (adj)

Answer 22

sickly

Question 23

disgracieux (adj)

Answer 23

ugly

Question 24

avoir une dent contre qn

Answer 24

to have a grudge against sb

Question 25

une virée

Answer 25

tour | spin

Question 26

un éventail en éventail

Answer 26

fan (oriental) range of items (fanned out) fanning outwards

Question 27

délié (adj)

Answer 27

fine | flexible

Question 28

un sketch

Answer 28

small show, usually comical

Question 29

éponger

Answer 29

to mop up | wipe

Question 30

besogner

Answer 30

to own sexually | toil

Question 31

faire le point sur qc

Answer 31

to focus in on qc to take stock of qc

Question 32

la réclusion

Answer 32

imprisonment

Question 33

ne savoir plus où donner de la tête

Answer 33

to not know which way to turn

Question 34

zigouiller

Answer 34

to bump off

Question 35

conter

Answer 35

to tell

Question 36

rude (adj) il y a rude à faire

Answer 36

rude impolite rough tough it is hard to do

Question 37

le vagin

Answer 37

vagina

Question 38

statufier

Answer 38

to erect a statue to | to transfix

Question 39

fesser

Answer 39

to spank

Question 40

se rattraper

Answer 40

to catch oneself | correct an error

Question 41

un blanc

Answer 41

a white person blank empty space

Question 42

dispose de qc

Answer 42

to have available qc

Question 43

en accéléré

Answer 43

in an accelerated manner

Question 44

prendre qn en aversion

Answer 44

take a dislike to sb

Question 45

l’aire de dire

Answer 45

as if to say

Question 46

faire attention à qc

Answer 46

to pay attention to st

Question 47

résilier

Answer 47

to terminate a contract | cancel st

Question 48

plier

Answer 48

to fold to incline, flex

Question 49

j’en ai rien à foutre

Answer 49

i don’t give a damn (or stronger)

Question 50

se vouloir qc

Answer 50

to like to think of oneself as st

Question 51

un chassé-croisé

Answer 51

``` reciprocal activity (eg of items, files, people, traffic…) coming and going ```

Question 52

bigrement

Answer 52

very | extremely

Question 53

la gaudriole une gaudriole

Answer 53

debauchery (informal) joke

Question 54

un accroc

Answer 54

tear (eg in fabric) breach of protocol infraction (law)

Question 55

apostropher

Answer 55

to heckle