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Vocabulary 8
French Vocabulary 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pouffer | to burst out |
| aînée | elder |
| lueur | ray, glimmer, glow, flare, glint, light |
| espoir | hope, trust, hopefulness |
| rôti | noun: roast, roast meat; adj: toasty; verb: toasted, roasted (past participle of rôtir) |
| chou | cabbage, kale, cutie, sweetie |
| chou-fleur | cauliflower |
| avis | notice, opinion, advice, view, judgement, notification, wisdom |
| partir | to go, to leave, to set out, to discharge, to ride off |
| à partir | from |
| du tout | at all |
| lèvres | lips |
| arrachait | was - wrenching, pulling, eradicating, wresting (3rd person sing. padt continuous of arracher) |
| flànèrent | strolled, meandered, sauntered, mosied (3rd pers. plural past simple of flâner) |
| avéré | adj: confirmed, acknowledged |
| de fil à retordre | difficult, challenge, hard time |
| retordre | to twist |
| réglé | adj: turned, ruled; verb: sorted, settled (past participle of régler) |
| avaler | to swallow, gulp, swill down |
| ingurgiter | to swallow, guzzle, gulp down |
| durent réveiller | must reawaken |
| durent | owed, should must (3rd pers. past simple of devoir) |
| mec | guy, man, dude, chap, bloke |
| reprendre | to resume, repeat, resume, recapture |
| ennuie | bore, annoy (1st pers. present of |
| rechignaient | were balking, were grumbling (3rd pers plural past contuing of rechigner) |
| virent | transfer, fire, endorse, bend, bear, veer (3rd person plural present of virer) |
| grimpèrent | climbed, clambored, mountaineered (3rd pers. plural past simple of grimper) |
| hors norme | extraordinary, exceptional, outside the norm |
| tout à fait | absolutely, completely, exactly |
| pièges | noun: pitfalls; verb: trap, entrap, booby trap ( 3rd person plural present of pléger) noun: pitfalls; verb: trap, entrap, booby trap ( 3rd person plural present of pléger) |
| soigneusement | carefully, neatly, tidily |
| emballement | thrashing, angry outburst, runaway |
| trésors | treasures |
| bibelot | trinket, junk, trinket, knick knack |
| compagnie aérienne | airline company |
| compagnie | company, firm, squad, companionship |
| empile | stack, pile (1st pers. present of empiler) |
| rater | to miss, fail, misfire, muff |
| pour toujours | forever |
| enlaça | hugged, enteined, enclasped, enlaced (3rd person sing. simple past of enlacer) |
| rendirent | made, gave, returned, rendered, gave back, yielded (3rd pers plural past simple of rendre) |
| au tout début | At the beginning |
| début | beginning, start, onset, commencement |
| comportés à merveille | behaved perfectly, behaved marvelously |
| merveille | wonder |
| comportés | behave, include, entail (2cd person sing. present of comporter) |
| serra | tightened, squeezed, pinched, pressed, clamped (3rd pers. simple past of serrer) |
| quête | noun: lookup, offertory; |
| précipité | adj: hasty, rushed, headlong; noun: deposit; verb: rushed ( past participle of précipiter) |
| précipités en quête | rushed in search |
| épuisé | sold out, exhausted, drained, depleted, out of print, out of stock |
| atterrirent | landed, alighted, touched down (3rd pers. plural simple past of atterrir) |
| vol de correspondance | connecting flight |
| quotidienne | daily (fem. adj,) |
| cloche | bell, blister, steeple, bell tower |
| sauter | to jump, skip, leap, spring |
| la chaussée | the road, the pavement |
| ondulés | undulate, ripple, billow, corrugate, dimple (2nd pers. present of ondulér) |
| vent | wind |
| contourner | to get around, bypass, circle, distort |
| le coup de fil | the call, phone call |
| coup | blow, hit, stroke, shot, knock, bash |
| usé | worn, worn out, hackneyed |
| chandail | sweater, sweatshirt, pullover |
| manche | sleeve, handle, shaft, round (as a noun) |
| enfiler | to pull on, to string, to pile, to thread, to slip on |
| demeurait | was - remaining, staying, residing, living, dwelling (3rd pers. sing. continuous past of demeurer) |
| désuet | outdated, obsolete, antiquated |
| abordable | affordablek, reasonable, approachable |
| louait | was - renting, leasing, lauding (3rd pers. sing. past continuous of louer) |
| aussitôt | immediately, at once, instantly, right now |
| installe | install, set up, put up, ensconce (1st pers present of installer) |
| engourdir | to deaden, benumb |
| toute façon | anyway, in any case |
| avait reculé | had backed, had retreated, had postponed,mhad eased, had relinquished (3rd pers. sing. past perfect of reculer) |
| auparavant | before, previously, formerly, early, ahead |
| tranquillement | quietly, calmly, tranquilly |
| honteuse | shameful, ashamed |
| bousculait | was - shoving, jostling, hustling, knocking about (3rd pers. sing. past continuous of bousculer) |
| gérant | noun: manager; verb: managing, running, administering, servicing (present participle of gérer) |
| plusieurs | several, a number of, some |
| essais | trials, testing, assay |
| constata | noticed, established, ascertained, identified, recorded, certified (3rd pers. sing. simple past of constater) |
| étonnement | noun: surprise, astonishment, amazement,; adv: surprisingly, startlingly |
| détendre | to loosen, ease, slacken, unclench |
| imprégner | to absorb, impregnate, imbue, soak |
| juteuse | juicy |
| sentit | felt (3rd pers. sing. simple past of sentir) |
| brusquement | suddenly, abruptly, crisply, curtly |
| ramene | return (1st pers. present of remener) |
| éveillé | awake, bright, sharp |
| étourdie | lightheaded |
| salle de séjour | living room |
| séjour | stay (noun), visit |
| effondrer | to collapse |
| croustillante | crispy, spicy, crunchy,,oven crisped |
| pause déjeuner | lunch break |
| lécher | to lick |
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