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Rouge comme un poivr
Vocabulary for story Rouge comme un poivron
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Un poivron | a bell pepper |
| Grandir | to grow up |
| Avoir peur (de+ nom) | to be scared of |
| Avoir peur que + sujet + verbe au subjonctif | to be scared that… |
| (Tout) d’un coup | all of a sudden |
| S’arranger | to get better |
| Bafouiller | to stutter |
| Rougir | to blush |
| Un poivron farci | a stuffed bell pepper |
| Donner la main à | to hold hands with |
| La recreation | reccess |
| La prevue | the proof |
| Arriver à+ infinitive | to succeed in doing something |
| Dire des bêtises | to say stupid things |
| Sauver (de) | to save (from) |
| À toute vitesse | at full speed, quickly |
| Hors de | outside of |
| Traverser | to cross |
| Le Carrefour | the intersection, the crossroads |
| Écraser | to crush, to run over |
| Se faire écraser | to get run over |
| Pousser | to push |
| Le trottoir | the sidewalk |
| Perdre l’équilibre | to lose balance |
| Par terre | on the ground |
| Rater | to miss, to fail |
| Attrapper | to catch |
| Une natte | a braid |
| Pour de vrai | for real |
| Prendre son courage à deux mains | to gather your courage |
| Donner un coup de poing (à) | to punch (someone) |
| Une peau de banane | a banana skin |
| Foncer | to dash |
| Le surveillant | the dean |
| Grogner | to grunt |
| Débile | idiot |
| S’empêcher de +infinitive | to prevent oneself from, to refrain from |
| Se blotter | to cuddle |
| La cloche | the bell |
| Un cartable | a school bag |
| Se remonter le moral | to boost one’s moral |
| Un paquet de | a bag of |
| Une poignée (de) | a handful (of) |
| Prendre le chemin de | to head towards |
| Sangloter | to sob |
| Une clé/une clef | a key |
| Un sourire | a smile |
| Rassurant | reassuring |
| S’en faire (pour) | to worry (about) |
| Un banc | a bench |
| Goûter | to have a snack |
| Pourtant | yet |