Week 1

Question 1

Unnerving - (adj)

Answer 1

Déconcertant, perturbant

Question 2

A garter

Answer 2

Une jarretelle

Question 3

To flog

Answer 3

fouetter

Question 4

dazzling - adj)

Answer 4

Eblouissant

Question 5

a bead

Answer 5

1- une perle (where are my beads : où est mon collier)

2- une goutte (bead of sweat stood out on her forehead : la suer perlait sur front)

Question 6

to vent

Answer 6

(Fig) Décharger (to vent one’s anger on S/B : décharger sa colère sur qq)

Question 7

a frond

Answer 7

1- une feuille (de palmier)

2- une fronde

Question 8

a conch

Answer 8

une conque

Question 9

chickenpox

Answer 9

la varicelle

Question 10

a Frill

Answer 10

1- un volant, une ruche (sur un textile)

2- une papillote (cuisine)

Question 11

a gliding

Answer 11

un vol à voile

Question 12

measles

Answer 12

la rougeole

Question 13

to sway

Answer 13

se balancer, osciller

Question 14

a gust of wind

Answer 14

un coup de vent (passer en coup de vent : to pay a flying gust )

Question 15

beastly - (adj, infm)

Answer 15

mauvais (personne, comportement) - he’s a beastly child : cet enfant est insupportable

Question 16

a swathe

Answer 16

1- une bande de terre

2- une lanière (de vêtement)

Question 17

to waddle

Answer 17

se dandiner ( to waddle in : entrer en se dandinant)

Question 18

a debasement

Answer 18

1-pers - avilissement, abaissement

2-qualité obj- dégradation, altération

Question 19

a mutter

Answer 19

un murmure

Question 20

a hayrick

Answer 20

une meule de foin

Question 21

to bestow

Answer 21

accorder, conférer

Question 22

to bolt

Answer 22

1- se précipiter, déguerpir
ex: a rabbit bolted across the lawn
2- Fermer à clé
3- Abandonner, laisser tomber

Question 23

shambles

Answer 23

capharnaüm

Question 24

a claw

Answer 24

une griffe, serre

ex: to show one’s claw

Question 25

cumbersome

Answer 25

1-encombrant, embarrassant | 2-(fig) lour, pesant

Question 26

a flagstone (slab)

Answer 26

une dalle

Question 27

to sober up

Answer 27

dégriser

Question 28

a doorjamb

Answer 28

un montant de porte, jambage

Question 29

to intertwine

Answer 29

entrecroiser

Question 30

a layabout

Answer 30

un fainéant, paresseux

Question 31

to furrow one's brow

Answer 31

plisser le front

Question 32

to grin

Answer 32

sourire

Question 33

to hinge on

Answer 33

dépendre de | ex: this company's future hinges on wether we get the contract

Question 34

to jerk

Answer 34

1-tirer d'un coup sec, secouer | 2-Sursauter

Question 35

leeward (adj)

Answer 35

sous le vent (côté)

Question 36

liniency

Answer 36

clémence, indulgence

Question 37

a molding

Answer 37

une moulure

Question 38

1-to perk s/o up | 2- to perk up

Answer 38

1-remonter, ragaillardir | 2-retrouver le moral, dresser l'oreille

Question 39

to roam

Answer 39

errer, voyager sans but | ex: to roam the seven seas = aller aux quatre coins du monde

Question 40

to sift

Answer 40

1-fouiller ex: they sifted trough the garbage 2-Filtrer, tamiser, passer au crible

Question 41

a stickler (inf)

Answer 41

un maniaque | ex : he was't a stickler for reality when it came to bear's natural habitat

Question 42

1-to scowl | 2-to scowl at s/b

Answer 42

1-prendre un air menaçant | 2-jeter un mauvais regard à qq'un

Question 43

a wonder

Answer 43

une merveille | ex: it had done wonders for the seat

Question 44

to croak

Answer 44

1-coasser | 2-dire d'une voix rauque

Question 45

a tantrum (child)

Answer 45

une crise de colère | ex: one of the kids would throw a tantrum now and then

Question 46

an apron

Answer 46

1-un tablier | 2-une allée carrossable/ de garage

Question 47

a haunch

Answer 47

1-(anatomie) une hanche 2-(animal) l'arrière-train ex: the dog was sitting on his haunches

Question 48

arresting (adj)

Answer 48

saisissant, frappant | ex: he would find arresting her natural good looks

Question 49

flustered (adj)

Answer 49

nerveux (agité)

Question 50

to veer

Answer 50

tourner, virer, dévier (conversation) | ex: her story had veered back on itself

Question 51

to override

Answer 51

1- outrepasser (autorité) 2- l'emporter sur (fait) 3- annuler, neutraliser (contrôle, mechanisme) ex : 1 - that didn't work because she immediately overrode him

Question 52

spent (adj)

Answer 52

1- épuisé, lessivé 2- dépensé, déboursé ex : 1- she ended up staring at the floor, spent.

Question 53

a hound dog

Answer 53

un chien de chasse

Question 54

to ogle (fam)

Answer 54

reluquer, lorger | ex: I saw the way you were ogling her

Question 55

to render

Answer 55

rendre, apporter | ex: her frustration had rendered her completely unable to stop talking

Question 56

a pheasant

Answer 56

un faisan

Question 57

disheveled (adj)

Answer 57

débraillé, ébouriffé | ex: his hair was always a bit disheveled

Question 58

an overall/ overalls

Answer 58

une salopette, un bleu de travail

Question 59

to traipse

Answer 59

flâner, se balader | ex: she would traipse behind her father

Question 60

agape (adj)

Answer 60

bouche bée