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Ch. 1 of Qui Es-Tu?
Vocab Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| souhaiter | to wish luck, to hope for |
| ardu | arduous/difficult |
| pénible | hard, painful |
| oeil | eye |
| savant | scholar, scholarly |
| cerveau | brain, mind |
| porter | carry, bear, take somewhere, to wear |
| car | because, for |
| quiconque (fam) | whoever, anyone who, anyone, anybody |
| à l'encontre de (fam) | contrary to, counter to, against, towards |
| se payer | to have been paid for, treat ones self |
| ultérieure | after |
| auteur | author, composer, artist, inventor, leader |
| en d'autres termes | in other words |
| un niveau | level |
| débarraser | to clear out |
| mener | to bring (mène, mènes, mène, menons, menez, mènent) |
| une ère | era, age |
| un verseau | Aquarius, water carrier |
| diriger | be in charge of, manage, direct |
| auparavant | before |
| dizaine | about ten or ten |
| davantage | more, longer |
| en vouloir | hold against, blame, hate, resent, maybe jealousy |
| blâmer | blame, criticize |
| durer | last |
| cela | 3rd person singular, that, it |
| même | same, itself, exact, event, very |
| semer | to sow, broadcast, spread, bring |
| récolter | harvest, dig up, collect |
| dedans | inside |
| en dedans | à l'intérieur |
| résorber | to absorb |
| se résorber | to be reduced, coming down |
| tenir | to hold, to keep (tiens, tiens, tient, tenons, tenez, tiennent) |
| ressentir | to feel, feel effects of, suffer from (ressens, ressens, ressent, ressentons, ressentez, ressentent) |
| grandir | to magnify, to grow, to expand (grandis, grandis, grandit, grandissons, grandissez, grandissent) |
| se grandir | make oneself look taller |
| irradier | irradiate |
| un proche | close relative, friend, associate, dearest |
| contempler | to survey, contemplate, look at, reflect on |
| se contempler | to gaze at one's self |
| constamment | always, continuously, constantly |
| éveiller | arouse (interest, curiosity, suspicion), stimulate (intelligence, imagination), awaken (conscience), awaken (from sleep) |
| s'éveiller | awake, to start to develop |
| lentement | slowly |
| qui va lentement va sûrement (fam) | slowly, but surely |
| échouer | to fail, to end up, to run aground |
| s'échouer | run aground |
| un échec | failure |
| ceux-ci | these |
| ce cas-ci | this case |
| Un échec | failure, setback (though jouer les échecs |
| À travers | through, across |
| Un travers | foible, quir, mistake |
| Empêcher | to prevent, to stop |
| Je n’ai pu m’empêcher de rire | I couldn’t help laughing |
| Chacun | each one |
| Êtres | tout |
| Tout | toute ma vie (sing), tous les gens |
| Vers | towards, around |
| Témoin | witness |
| Lequel/laquelle/lesquels | where |
| Auquel, auxquels, auxquelles, duquel, desquels, desquelles | which |
| Démontrer | demonstrate |
| un lieu | place |
| constater | to notice |
| L’être | the being (masc) |
| La matière | material |
| Régner | to reign |
| Le dessus | upper (of shoe), top (of table, head, basket) |
| Reprendre le dessus | take the upper hand |
| Entourer | to surround |
| Entouré | popular, looked after |
| Marchander | to haggle over |
| Don | donation, talent |
| Puisque | since |
| Les attentes | expectations |
| Posséder | to own, to possess |
| Agir | to act |
| Rendre | give bac, return, yield, convey |
| Rendre heureux | make happy |
| rendre possible | make possible |
| rendre fou | to drive someone mad |
| rendre à | student handing or giving in something |
| à demeure | permanently |
| demeurer | reside, remain |
| creuser | dig a hole, eat into, erode, hollow out, to go into something, in depth in a theory |
| se creuser la tête | rack one's brain |
| ça creuse | it really gives you an appetite |
| épaisse | lie, brush, cream, chowder, deep, heavy |
| Haine | hatred (feminine) |
| La rancune | resentment |
| Sans rancune | no hard feelings |
| Grisâtre | greyish |
| Douleurs | pain |
| Rejeter | to reject |
| La perte | loss |
| Se dérouler | to tak eplace, to unfold, to be unrolled |
| Dérouler | to unroll uncoil, unwind |
| Plan | plane, map |
| Emporter | to take |
| La suite | rest, continuation, sequel, follow up |
| Remporter | to win, to take away something again |
| Étapes | stop, stage |
| Brûler les étapes | go too far too fast |
| Parcouru | past particip of parcourir |
| parcourir | to travel all over, to cover a distance, glance through |
| remonter | to take back up, to put something back up |