Volume 7

Question 1

amorti (adj)

Answer 1

damped

deadened

Question 2

caresser dans le sens du poil (idiom)

Answer 2

rub the right way
cosy up
pander

Question 3

une serre

gaz à effet de serre

Answer 3

greenhouse

greenhouse gas

Question 4

successivement

Answer 4

successively

Question 5

un châle

Answer 5

shawl

Question 6

une contrée

Answer 6

region
land
part of the country

Question 7

grège (adj)

soie grège

Answer 7

raw

raw silk

Question 8

ulcéré (adj)

Answer 8

sickened
outraged
appalled
deeply hurt

Question 9

insolent (adj)

Answer 9

insolent

impertinent

Question 10

un couperet

le couperet de la guillotine

Answer 10

cleaver

blade

Question 11

un disjoncteur

Answer 11

circuit breaker

Question 12

disjoncter

Answer 12

to trip  (breaker)
crack up (mentally)

Question 13

assombrir

Answer 13

to darken

Question 14

alléger

Answer 14

to lighten

relieve

Question 15

bleu tendre (adj)

Answer 15

pale blue

Question 16

le ragot

Answer 16

gossip

malicious gossip

Question 17

lésiner

lésiner sur

Answer 17

skimp

to skimp on

Question 18

la conduite

Answer 18

driving
behaviour
conduit (pipe)

Question 19

la prospection

Answer 19

prospecting

Question 20

glousser

Answer 20

to chuckle

giggle

Question 21

désavouer

Answer 21

to disavow
disown
reject

Question 22

décomplexé (adj)

Answer 22

uninhibited

Question 23

décomplexer

se décomplexer

Answer 23

to lose inhibitions

to gain cofidence
lose one’s complexes

Question 24

élaborer

Answer 24

to elaborate
work out
draft

Question 25

supporter

Answer 25

to tolerate stand able

Question 26

la mâche

Answer 26

lamb’s lettuce (salad)

Question 27

frisquet (adj) il fais frisquet.

Answer 27

chilly It’s chilly

Question 28

avachi (adj) avachi sur qc

Answer 28

limp misshapen slumped on st

Question 29

grisant (adj)

Answer 29

intoxicating exhilarating note: grisé = grey

Question 30

la frénésie

Answer 30

frenzy

Question 31

jaillir

Answer 31

to spurt/gush out | burst out

Question 32

entartrer

Answer 32

to become coated with tartar (scale)

Question 33

désentartrer

Answer 33

to remove tartar | descale

Question 34

nouvellement

Answer 34

recently | newly

Question 35

disert (adj)

Answer 35

forthcoming

Question 36

le commencement

Answer 36

beginning

Question 37

estomper

Answer 37

to blur | dim

Question 38

s’estomper

Answer 38

to soften | become blurred

Question 39

une voiture de location

Answer 39

rented car

Question 40

une bergère

Answer 40

wing chair | shepherdess

Question 41

narguer

Answer 41

to taunt

Question 42

une besace

Answer 42

shoulder bag | beggar’s bag

Question 43

un gougnafier

Answer 43

bungling idiot

Question 44

le frémissement

Answer 44

quiver stirring simmering slight upturn

Question 45

un tonneau faire des tonneaux

Answer 45

barrel ton to roll over (car, plane)

Question 46

inciter

Answer 46

to incite | encourage

Question 47

provoquer provoquer qn à

Answer 47

incite encourage to incite sb to

Question 48

guilleret (adj)

Answer 48

cheerful | perky

Question 49

où le bât blesse (idiom) C’est là où le bât blesse.

Answer 49

the main point of contention That’s where the shoe pinches.

Question 50

En tant que En tant qu’écrivain...

Answer 50

as As a wrtier...

Question 51

la redite

Answer 51

(needless) repetition

Question 52

fabuleusement

Answer 52

fabulously

Question 53

Je garde pour moi que...

Answer 53

I keep it to myself that...

Question 54

un centuple au centuple

Answer 54

hundredfold a hundredfold

Question 55

la folie

Answer 55

madness

Question 56

attendrir

Answer 56

to move (emotionally)

Question 57

s’attendrir sur

Answer 57

to be moved by | to be touched by

Question 58

briguer

Answer 58

to aspire to | seek

Question 59

un galon

Answer 59

stripe (on uniform)

Question 60

persifler

Answer 60

to mock

Question 61

déplumé (adj)

Answer 61

plucked featherless bald

Question 62

divinement

Answer 62

divinely | heavenly

Question 63

pulluler

Answer 63

to proliferate | abound

Question 64

fuser

Answer 64

to burst forth

Question 65

un mets

Answer 65

dish (culinary)

Question 66

blêmir

Answer 66

to turn pale

Question 67

une plaie

Answer 67

wound

Question 68

onirique (adj)

Answer 68

dreamlike

Question 69

un marchande | une marchande

Answer 69

merchant

Question 70

bio (adj) alimentatiom bio

Answer 70

organic organic food

Question 71

curieusement

Answer 71

curiously

Question 72

navré (adj)

Answer 72

sorry

Question 73

plus que jamais

Answer 73

more than ever

Question 74

ricaner

Answer 74

to snigger | chuckle

Question 75

immerger

Answer 75

immerse

Question 76

s’immerger

Answer 76

to immerse oneself | dive

Question 77

abondamment

Answer 77

abundantly

Question 78

susnommé (adj)

Answer 78

above-named

Question 79

étoffer

Answer 79

to fill out | enrich

Question 80

étouffer

Answer 80

to suffocate

Question 81

rebelote (n)

Answer 81

once again... | same story again...

Question 82

minauder

Answer 82

to flirt | simper

Question 83

une galette

Answer 83

pancake

Question 84

la belle gueule

Answer 84

good looks pretty face lit: beautiful mouth

Question 85

la réjouissance

Answer 85

rejoicing

Question 86

précédent (adj) sans précédent

Answer 86

previous earlier unprecedented

Question 87

bien-pensant (adj)

Answer 87

right-thinking right-minded self-righteous

Question 88

délier

Answer 88

to loosen | free

Question 89

délié (adj)

Answer 89

fluid (movement) astute (mind) slender (members)

Question 90

un cutter

Answer 90

cutter

Question 91

s'esclaffer

Answer 91

burst out laughing

Question 92

gratouiller

Answer 92

make itch | scratch

Question 93

une risette faire risette

Answer 93

to smile to give a nice little smile

Question 94

primer

Answer 94

to outdo | dominate

Question 95

un cor je joue du cor cor au pied

Answer 95

horn (music) corn (medicine) corn on the foot, bunion