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controle 7,8,9

francais

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se mettre (se plier) en quatre to bend over backwards
retrousser les manches to roll up one's sleeves
une mine an expression
avoir bonne mine to look good, healthy
sous-estimer to underestimate
une coupe bowl, trophy, ice cream dish
un préservatif condom
un agent de conservation preservatice
embaucher to hire
échapper to escape
une race a breed of animal
le voyage noces wedding honeymoon
a voix haute outloud
la lune de miel calm, idyllic spell
les orteils (m) toes
la cheville ankle
avoir du pain sur la planche to have a lot of work to do
(se) gaver to stuff oneself
ça me gave! i'm sick of it!
faire le malin; jouer au plus malin to play the wise guy
les baguettes (f) chopsticks
les coulisses behind the scenes, backstage
gaucher, gauchere right handed
droitier, droitere right handed
un chouïa (fam) a little but
grouiller to swarm
se grouiller (fam) to hurry
une échelle a ladder
remorquer to tow
une remorque a trailer
(se) détendre to relax
étouffant(e) stifling
croquant(e) crunchy, crispy
Il n'y a pas mort d'homme it's not the end of the world
remuer ciel et terre pour trouver qqc to search high and low
une pâte dough
époustoufler to amaze, to boggle
époustouflant(e) mind-boggling
aléatoire random
les petites annonces classified ads
du brouillon scrap paper
les pantoufles (m) les chaussons (m) slippers
flou(e) unclear, vague
une légende photo caption
une pénurie shortage, lack
en plein jour in broad daylight
un pipelet, une pipelette a chatty person (kid)
un commerçant shopkeeper, store owner
une facture a bill, an invoice
qqn me fait flipper someone drives me crazy
un gond hinge
sortir de ses gonds to fly off the handle
la frange bangs
chuchoter to whisper
un groupe témoin a control group (scientific)
une combine a scheme, a plot
haché(e) chopped, choppy
gratter to scratch (off)
un(e) badaud(e) an onlooker
journé (des) portes ouvertes open house
aboyer to bark
éternuer to sneeze
éternuement a sneeze
le pouce thimb
l'index index finger
le majeur middle finger
l'annulaire ring finger
l'auriculaire pinky
souple flexible, limber
le noyau pit, stone of a fruit
le noyau dur (fig) the ring leader
errer se promener sans but précis
puant(e) smelly, foul
l'oseille (fam) cash, money
une pelle shovel
travailler en binôme work in pairs, partners
A vos marques, prêts, partez! ON your mark, get set, go!
un interrupteur light switch
la poussiere dust
imposable taxable
bouder to sulk
frileux(euse) sensitive to the cold
faire pschitt (fam) to not last long
un pschitt a spray (aerosol)
se blottir contre qqn to cuddle
un scrutin a ballot
au scrutin by ballot
un bulletin (de vote) by ballot
un bulletin blanc blank vote
un bulletin nul spoiled ballot
un vote a bulletin secret a secret ballot
les suffrages exprimés recorded votes
voter par correspondance absentee voting
voter par procuration absentee voting when one votes in the place of another
une urne ballot box
l'isoloir voting booth
le dépouillement a vote count
le parrainage sponsorship, backing
un bureau de vote polling station
ex aequo a egalité
une liste électorale electoral register
émarger to sign the electoral register
s'inscrire to register to vote
une circonscription électorale a campaign fund
une (élection primaire fermée/ouverte open to members of a party/open to all
militer to campaign, to be an activist
une caisse électorale a campaign fund
se présenter aux élections to run foroffice
une plate-forme party platform
une programme (électoral) electoral promises
un ballotage a runoff
un élection cantonale regional election
une clope (fam.) une cigarette
une bougie a candle
donner un coup de pied to lick
avoir un coup de barre to have a sudden feeling of fatigue
un jogging sweat pants
une duré d'attention attention span
expier to atone for, to pay for a crime
coûter les yeux de la tête to cost an arm and a leg
appeleer un chat un chat to call a spade a spade
avoir le vertige to be afraid of heights
un bindonville a slum
plébisciter to give overwhelming approval
un bilan a write-up a review
l'avortement(m) abortion
un échantillon a sample
(s') entasser to pile up objects, to crowd/squeeze people in
harassé(e) exhausted, drained
Created by: ckarwow
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