Volume 6 Flashcards
(47 cards)
1
Q
une rigole
A
drain
2
Q
écorcher
A
to skin
graze
3
Q
moucheter
A
to mark with small stains
like fly poop
4
Q
mousser
A
to make bubbles
bubble
5
Q
courtaud (adj)
A
shortish
6
Q
essaimer
A
to swarm
spread
7
Q
le sida
A
aids
8
Q
l’appel
A
call
appeal (solicitation)
appeal (attraction)
9
Q
l’immobilier (m)
A
real estate
10
Q
périmé (adj)
A
outdated
désuet
démodé
11
Q
basané (adj)
A
swarthy
12
Q
blottir
A
to hide on the ground
13
Q
mollasson (adj n m/f)
A
sluggish
apathetic
14
Q
passer de quoi écrire
A
to pass something to write with
15
Q
battre qn sur le fil
A
to beat sb to the mark
16
Q
plastronner
A
to bluster (to hide a weakness) to cover
17
Q
geignard (adj)
A
whiny
18
Q
amène (adj)
A
friendly
welcoming
aimable
affable
19
Q
paître
envoyer paître qn
A
to graze (animals)
to send sb packing
20
Q
pérorer
A
to hold forth
21
Q
agrémenter de qc
A
to liven up with st
22
Q
un cerceau
A
hoop
23
Q
vétuste (adj)
A
run down
dilapidated
24
Q
un pommeau
A
knob at end of a cane
25
une potence
support stand
26
fêlé
cracked
| crazy
27
à jamais
forever
28
une soucoupe
saucer
29
grabataire (adj)
bedridden
30
choyer
to pamper
31
invectiver contre
to hurl abuse at
32
cuisant (adj)
bitter
| burning
33
parement
facing
| side that shows
34
violacé (adj)
purplish
35
un frappadingue
bonkers
36
bruisser
to rustle
37
rudoyer
to bully
38
casquer
to pay up
39
l’usure (f)
avoir à l’usure
wear and tear
to wear down
40
grisant (adj)
heady
| exhilarating
41
griser
to give a tint of gray
to exhilarate
intoxicate
42
batifoler
to play around
flirt
flirter
43
louche (adj)
suspicious
fishy
lâche = cowardly, loose (eg belt)f
44
soucieux
worried
45
pistonner
to pull strings for
46
détaler
to bolt
| dash off
47
érafler
to scratch
écorcher
