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Vocabulary 3
French Vocabulary 3
Term | Definition |
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rembrunir | to cast a gloom over |
engouffre | engulf, gobble |
enfin | finally, at last, ultimately |
vu | verb: seen; preposition: considering |
déja | already, yet, by now, before now |
débrouiller | to untangle, to unravel |
selon | preposition: according to, by, depending on, as per; conjunction: following |
filer | to feel, to shift, to bow, to dash off, to spin |
l'état | the state |
de état | status, condition |
état | condition, status |
bout de forces | Exhausted |
forces | strengths |
fit | made, did, performed, produced |
tenir | to hold, to hang onto |
agissait | was acting, was behaving |
pianoter | to strum, to tap |
moche | ugly |
feutrée | hushed, quietly, softly |
hoche; hocher | nods; to nod |
hument | sniff |
voire | indeed, or even |
tressaille | thrill, quiver, flinch |
amortisse | amortize, attenuate, damp, subdue, deaden |
mèche | wick, fuse, draim |
calant | wedging, timing, chocking |
raviser | to change one's mind, to reconsider, to think better of |
sous son vrai jour | its true colors |
foulée | noun: stride; adj: trodden |
essoufflé; essouffler | adj: out of breath, breathless; verb: to make breathless |
essoufflées | breathless |
tente | noun: tent; verb: attempted, tried, assayed |
d'ailleurs | moreover, besides |
croisé | adj: crossed, double-breasted; noun: crusader |
manque | lack, miss, fail |
dérouiller | to stretch, remove rust from, lossen up, get a hammering |
se dérouiller un petit peu | to stretch a little bit |
se dérouiller | to rust |
peu | little, few, sparsely |
dont | of which, whose, of whom |
plutôt | rather |
de haute lutte | hard-fought |
lutte | fight, struggle, wrestle |
arrachée | torn, snatch, uprooted |
pont | bridge, deck |
pointe | tip, point, peak, summit, spike, cusp |
rangée | rank |
supplier | to beg, beseech |
brandi | brandished, flourished |
exaction | abuse, brutality, violent act |
rendra | will make, will give, will return |
tout | adj: all; adv: very; pronoun: everything |
réjouir | to make glad, elate |
par ailleurs | Besides that, furthermore |
ailleurs | elsewhere, somewhere else, in another place |
préalable | adj: prior, preliminary; noun: prerequisite, precondition |
justement | exactly, precisely, just now |
ètire | stretch, pull, draw out |
tapotaient | tapping, rapping, patting |
peine | sorrow, sadness, difficulty, penalty, time, punishment |
ça ne vaut pas la peine | its not worth it |
cille | blink |
raide | stiff, steep, rigid, abrupt |
ordure | filth, jerk, garbage, filth, scumbag |
en vouloir à | blame, have a grudge against, have a grievance about |
revivre | to relive, to revive, to come alive again |
rabat | flap |
pris | adj: taken, engaged, busy; verb: took, got, set, collected, bedded (as with sex) |
ragaillarde | pepped, cheer up, exhilarate |
écart | gap, spread, deviation, |
écarte | spread, open, dismiss, discard, preclude |
se rend | goes, went |
rend | make, give, return |
entretien | interview, talk, maintenance, upkeep, servicing, audience |
s'est déroulé | took place |
déroulé | place |
d'actualité | topical, news |
actualité | topicality |
renseignements | information, inquiries |
renseignement | intelligence |
sèment | sow |
estiment | estimate, assess, rate, deem, reckon |
au sein | within |
sein | breast, bosom |
parer | to parry, evade, decorate, adorn, fend off |
vive inquiétude | trepidation, deep concern |
inquiétude | worry, anxiety, concern |
compris | adj: included; verb: understood, got, realized, comprehended |
effroyable | frightful, appalling, harrowing |
assouplir | to soften, to make supple |
décompte | noun: discount, deduction; verb: to discount |
range | tidy up, neaten |