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file 28
advanced French
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| donner le jour à | to give birth to, give life to بدنیا آوردن |
| fuseau, m | spindle دوک نخ ریسی |
| épanouir, (nous ~issons) | to open up (buds, flowers), show, light up, brighten up (face) / make laugh, become joyful / (etym épandre: expand) |
| il advint que, (ad+venir) | it happened that 'پیش آمد که' |
| ils quittèrent | they left |
| colimaçon, m | spiral, (escalier en ~: spiral staircase) |
| rouillée, (une clé ~) | rusty |
| emparer (de qch) | to get hold of, seize, conquer, take (without permission) / keep, protect, defend / (etym. prepare against; fortify, dominate, command) |
| se affaisser, (ad+faix), (α-φήνω) | to calm down oneself, rest, put oneself at rest / fall, bend, incline, (due to a force) |
| le faix, m | load, charge / bending under a load, falling |
| âtre, m | fireplace, hearth, (etym astre, light, glow, αστέρι) |
| wallon, adj, (=de la Wallonie), (:Walloon from Wallonia) | from South Belgium who speak French, the language, related to them |
| haie, f | hedge, hedge of bushes دیواره یا نرده ای از گیاه |
| le foin, m | hay علف خشک |
| écurie, f | stable, barn, (etym écu: shield of leather: cuir) طویله، اصطبل، آخور |
| se dresser, (le cheval se ~e sur ses pattes) | to stand, (the horse ~s on his legs) |
| ébrouer (extraire le 'brou' des noix) | to shake, (as a wet dog does) / rinse, wash off in water / get the walnut 'shell' off / etym. shell, skin |
| le faste, (m, adj) | magnificence, grandeur, lavishness: extravagance عظمت / (adj) magnificent, happy, favorable |
| célébration avec un faste exceptionnel | celebration with an exceptional magnificence |
| environner | to surround or encompass a wide area, to be or put oneself around |
| rissoler | to red cook (golden colour similar to burning) / (etym sol: red sun) |
| faire rissoler de la viande | to red cook/fry the meat |
| braiser, (to braise) | to cook slowly |
| la convalescence (f) | recovery, recuperation, time a person spends getting well after an illness |
| radicalisation (f), (:radicalization) | process of making extreme, act of making radical |
| le fou, (in chess) | bishop, chess piece ♝ which moves diagonally |
| louche (f) | ladle, dipper ملاقه |
| camembert (m) | soft cheese (first developed in the village of Camembert in France) |
| la moisissure, f | mold / mildew / (syn. moule, forme) کپک، عفونت |
| contremaître (m) | foreman, work organizer, superviser, overseer |
| épicéa (m) | spruce: نوعی کاج, variety of coniferous evergreen tree |
| surréalisme (m), (:surrealism) | beyond + realism, 20th-century artistic movement to express subconscious by dreamlike imagery |
| le tamise, (vb tamiser) | seive / (vb) to seive, pass through a seive |
| basalte, m, (:basalt) | dark igneous rock, volcanic rock |
| chef d'œuvre, m | masterwork, masterpiece |
| goutte, f | drop, drop of water, (any liquid) / grain, bead |
| en direction de | in the direction of / alongside of, along |
| en même temps | at the same time / together* |
| gré (m) | preference; liking, wanting better, fantasy / wish, good will / view, opinion, display / (etym. grâce: grace, favour, 'grade up') |
| moulinet (m) | small wind mill or its small wheel / reel, bobin, spool, cylinder with long material wound around it (thread, film, etc.) / piece of wood, baton |
| moulin à vent, m | windmill |
| la crécelle, f | rattle noise, series of short fast knocking or tapping sounds / a baby toy with wheels making such noises / scratchy noise or a person making it |
| la lavande, f | lavender: flagrant plant of the mint family نَعنا , having scented purple flowers, (etym laver: used to scent wash, also L. livid: bluish) |
| acharner, (a+carn) | to pursue, follow stubbornly / incite, bother / pester, annoy, fiercely attack, embitter / to give meat to animals esp dogs / (etym. bring meat+near prey) |
| copocabana, (:C~) | city in Mexico |
| précoce, adj, (:precocious) | maturing early, rippen prematurely, predeveloping / mature, talented, smart / etym. 'cooked' before its time (به ویژه کودک) پیشرفتهتر از سن خود، پیشرس، استثنایی، زود شکوفا شده |
| fragiliser, (:fragilize) | to weaken, make unstable, make fragile |
| dévier | to deviate, turn, go against the law |
| chouchouter | to be kind (pet), treat with kindness, make as favorite, caress, give special treatment, pet, to take care of / (etym. chuchu, chéri, pet) |
| complaisance (f), (:~, complacence) (etym. com: intence + plaire) | kindness, affection, love, indulgence, favour, satisfaction / pleased with oneself, self-satisfaction خوشنودی از خود |
| empiler | to pile up, stack up, heap up, accumulate on top of each other |
| déplorer | to cry, weep, be sorry, mourn, regret deeply افسوس خوردن |
| destituer, (de+stitute) | to dismiss, depose; displace, remove; demote, get rid of, eliminate, (etym. sta: stand, pose, fix / ant. institute) |
| destituer un president, (professeur, employé-e) | to dismiss or remove a president, (teacher, employee) |
| destituté, (:~) | dismissed, removed / poor, penniless, short, lacking money |
| munir | to provide, supply, furnish, (ammunition) / fit, equip, set up, install / munition / (etym. mun: link, join; eg commun, communicate) |
| démuni | deprived, lacking supply, out of ammunition / destitute, poor, without money |
| acadien de Acadie, (:Acadian from Acadia) | person from former French colony in southeast Canada |
| Cajun | descendant of the French that moved from the former Canadian province of Acadia and settled in Louisiana (USA) |
| le faire assurer | to 'get' it insured, have it insured |
| il ne fallait que | it didn't need to, it only needed that, it was necessary only, (use -ve) |
| rendre, (:to render) | to yield, return, turn in, give back / cause, make / restore |
| faire retenir | to reserve, retain, detain, hold, to have/make reserved |
| faire nettoyer | to clean, to have/make cleaned |
| clémence (f), (:clemency) | mercy, pardon, asking forgiveness, plea, mildness, lenience / leniency, mercifulness |
| seconder | to assist, help, support |
| scrabble (m) | scrabble (game of adding letters to make words) / to scratch, scramble |
| rocailleux, -euse | rocky, stony, rugged, full of gravels (plein de petits cailloux) |
| testostérone (f), (:testosterone) | male sexual hormone |
| cafard (m), (avoir ~) | sadness, depression, melancholy, blues; sneak, hypocrite / cockroach, beetle سوسک |
| endommager l'ADN [l'a-d.n.] | to damage the DNA |
| fouler | to crush, walk on, press with foot, tread, stampede / oppress, injure, hit, fight |
| en fonction de | in terms of, in accordance with, according to / (syn sur le plan de, du point de vue de, selon, versus) |
| en function de (en math) | (maths) versus, (=vs) |
| en raison de | because of, (syn. à 'raison' de, à cause de) |
| est-ce-que vous vivez 'en fonction de' la future? | do you live 'with a view to' the future? (with the future on mind) |
| secourir, (2 personnes ~raient) | to rescue, save |
| mettre en garde | to warn off, to caution, precaution / to put on guard |
| dégaler, (see gale) | to get rid of dirty skin, to wash the skin dirt / clean up |
| ordure (f), (:ordure) | filth, dirt, garbage, waste / motherfucker, sucker / obscenity |
| nuisible, (qui nuit), nuire | harmful, damaging |
| nuire | to harm, injure, hurt, damage |
| relu, (pp of relire) | reread (past tense) |
| débile (m, adj) | crazy, mad person, insane person / (adj) stupid, dumb |
| enculade, f | action of sodomizing, (syn. sodomie, carotte / anarque, escroquerie, duperie) |
| noyer, m, [no-ié or noi-ié] | walnut (noix), walnut tree, گردو / (vb) to drown, sink |
| se noyer | to get drowned |
| la noyade, f | drowning |
| forgeant, (vb forger) | forging, آهنگری، آهن کوبی، ساخت، جعل (vb to fabricate, shape) |
| le forgeon, m | smith, blacksmith آهنگر |
| c'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron | practice makes perfect |
| coffre-fort, m | safe-box, deposite box, safe |
| les coffres-forts sont munis de serrures à secret | safe boxes are provided with secret locks |
| démunir de | to deprive from, be out of, part with, loose, give up, reduce, remove, (ammunition) |
| gale, f, (see dégaler) | scabies, disease causing itching / dirt |
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