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Vocabulary 9
French Vocabulary 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| quoique | although, albeit |
| transport en commun | transit, public transportation |
| habileté | skill, address, mastery, cleverness |
| requise | required, requisite |
| gras | adj: bold, fat; noun: bolded, fat |
| souliers | shoes |
| étroit | narrow, restricted, pinched |
| rangée | row |
| feuilletant | flipping through, browsing, leafing, paging (present participle of feuilleter) |
| interpeller | to call out, question, heckle, accost, buttonhole |
| suer | to sweat |
| plancher | noun: floor; verb: to slog away, work on |
| brassant | stirring, brewing, swirling, mixing (present participle of brasser) |
| ébloui | adj: star-struck; verb: dazzled, bedazzled (past participle of éblouir) |
| réussi | adj: successful, passed; verb: succeeded (past participle of réussir) |
| rendant | making, giving, rendering, returning, yielding (present participle of rendre) |
| déprimé | adj: depressed, bummed |
| demande | noun: request, demand, application, claim, enquiry; verb: ask, request, order, bid (1st pers present of demander) |
| envoya | sent, issued, transmitted, dispatched (3rd pers. sing. simple past of envoyer) |
| acoustique | adj: acoustic; noun: acoustics |
| roula | screwed, conned, diddled, bilked, rolled over, drove along, rolled along (3rd pers. sing. simple past of rouler) |
| évitant | adj: avoiding; verb: avoiding, averting, evading (present participle of eviter) |
| course de haies | hurdle race |
| haie | hedge, fence, hurdle |
| poids | weight, poundage, importance, gravity |
| à bout de souffle | breathless, out of breath, on its last leg |
| souffle | noun: breath, breathing, blast, murmur, inspiration; verb: blow, prompt, huff (1st person present of souffler) |
| à bout de | at the end of |
| facturé | charge, bill, invoice |
| trébuchant | stumbling, fumbling (present participle of trébucher) |
| supplia | besought, entreated (3rd pers. sing. simple past of supplier) |
| désespérément | desperately, hopelessly, frantically |
| aménagera | will construct, will convert (3rd pers. sing. future of aménagerer) |
| patron | boss, owner, employer, pattern, template |
| remplissaient | were filling, were fulfilling, were replenishing, were tucking, were grouting (3rd pers. plural past continuous of remplir) |
| ralentir | to slow, retard, decelerate, shorten, wind down |
| congédié | fire, dismiss, axe (1st pers. present of congédier) |
| tête folle | madcap |
| asséchés | dry, drain (2cd pers. sing. present of assécher) |
| chantaient | were singing (3rd pers. plural past continuous of chanter) |
| appartenance | membership, belonging |
| raffiné | refined, polished, tasteful |
| parsemaient | were disseminating, were punctuating, were interspersing (3rd pers. plural past continuous of parsemer) |
| pièce de theatre | drama, play |
| plainte | complaint, claim, charge, accusation |
| compilant | compiling (present participle of compiler) |
| plaindre | to complain, pity, feel sorry for, have comassion for |
| le nettoyeur à sec | dry cleaner |
| le nettoyeur | the cleaner |
| nettoyer | to clean, cleanse, tidy, sanitize |
| cligner | to wink, blink |
| cligne | blink, wink (1st pers. present of cligner) |
| ramassa | collected, gathered, fielded, amassed (3rd pers. sing. simple past of ramasser) |
| selon | according to, by, as per,depending on |
| aperçut | noticed, discerned, espied, glimpsed (3rd pers. sing. simple past of aperçevoir) |
| nuire | to harm |
| gâcher | to spoil, mar, bungle misspend, blight, squander |
| poumons | lungs |
| embêté | bothered, worried (adj) |
| balade | ride, walk, stroll (noun) |
| restant | adj: remnant, leftover; verb: remaining, staying (present participle of rester) |
| frisson | thrill, chill, shiver, tingle, shudder |
| débarrasser | to rid, flush, disembarrass |
| éprouve | experience, test ( 1st person present of éprouver) |
| outre | adv: bedides, on the other side if; verb: outrage, carry to excess (1st pers. present of outrer) |
| brisée | adj: broken; noun: blink |
| vitre | noun: window pane, pane; verb: glaze (1st pers. present of vitrer) |
| bout | noun: end, point, tip, dummit; verb: boils (3rd pers. present of bouillir) |
| au bout | at the end, in the rear |
| crainte | fear, dread, fright |
| livres de comptabilité | account books |
| corriger | to correct, rectify, repair, compensate, repair, patch |
| verrez | will see, will behold (2cd person formal future of voir) |
| dévisageant | staring (present participle of dévisager) |
| silencieux | silent, soundless, noiseless |
| cillement | flickering, blinking (noun) |
| contrariée | upset, annoyed |
| fàché | adj: angry, upset |
| grand-chose | much |
| échardes du bois | splinters of wood, shards of wood |
| échardes | splinters, shards |
| pensifs | thoughtful, reflective, pensive |
| rayer | to srike through, cross out, remove |
| rayer des chiffres | scratch numbers |
| chiffres | noun: figures, statistics; verb: figure, calculate, assess |
| songea | bethought, thought, meditated |
| le soleil s'était couché | the sun had set |
| apprêtait | was dressing, was finishing, was priming, was unlimbering (3rd pers. sing. past contnuous of apprêter) |
| debout | standing, upright, straight ahead, erect |
| criant | adj: blatant, glaring; verb: yelling, clamoring, yelping, mewing (present participle of crier) |
| boulot | job |
| congédier | to dismiss, fire, stand off |
| se soucier | to care |
| soucier | to worry, concern |
| coûtais | was costing (1st pers. past continuous of coûter) |
| coûtait | was costing (3rd pers. past continuous of coûter) |
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