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Voc. bodin 2
French vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| turfiste | le / la/ racegoer |
| exaucer | vt. grant (prière, voeu) qu to grant sb's wish |
| excédant(e) | adj. (énervant) exasperating |
| parier | vt. bet (aux courses) |
| I might have known | je l'aurais parié. |
| dévoiler | vt. to reveal |
| dégourdir | to bring the circulation back to; to warm up |
| se dégourdir | stretch something out (legs) |
| garnir | (de)1) to fit out with 2)to cover 3to fill, stock, 4)to pad 5)to trim, to decorate VT |
| box full of chocolates | boite garnie de chocolats |
| insolite | adj. unusual, out of the ordinary |
| ovationner | vt; to give sb an ovation |
| écourter | vt: to shorten |
| narguer | vt: to scoff at, to scorn, moquer trés fort |
| narquoi/ oise | adj; mocking |
| dresser | vt: to draw up (liste, inventaire) 2) to put up (buffet), set the table, arrange, 3)to raise (tete) 4)to tame, to break in |
| se dresser | vpr: to stand up, sit up straight, to rear up (stand on hind legs) 2) to prick up 3) to stand; to tower (batiment) 4)(=insurger) to rise up (contre, face à against) |
| to stand on tiptoe | se dresser sur la pointe des pieds |
| a tale to make your hair stand on end | une histoire à faire les cheveux sur la tête |
| to prick up its ears | dresser les oreilles |
| concurrent / e) | adj; competing N: competitor, candidate |
| concurrentiel /(le) | adj: competitive |
| franchir | vt: to get over (obsticle, to cross (river), to go through , to cover, to break through, to overstep |
| le pays vient de franchir un cap important | the country has just passed an important milestone |
| bévue | Une; blunder |
| commettre une bévue | to make a blunder |
| raccourcir | to shorten |
| délai | le: time limit 2) waiting period 3) extension 4) as soon as possible |
| vous ëtes dans les délais | your within the time limit; |
| il va demander un délai pour achever le travail | he's going to ask for more time to finish the job. |
| dans les plus brefs délais dans les meilleurs délais | as soon as possible |
| délai de livraison délai de paiement délai de relexion | delivery time; term of payment; (avant réponse) time to think (cooling off period) |
| amortir | vt: (=diminuer) to absorb (choc, coup, chute) to cushion, to deaden 2) (dette) to pay off |
| amortissement | un: (de dette) paying off; reserve for depreciation ( recoup the cost comme wet suit) |
| amortisseur | un: shock absorber |
| aboutir | vi: to succeed 2) (=arriver) to end up (prison) |
| faire aboutir des négociations | to bring négociations to a successful conclusion |
| aboutissement | un: outcome (results) success |
| divertir se divertir | vt: to amuse to amuse oneself |
| divertissant (e) | adj: amusing, entertaining |
| divertissement | le: entertainment |
| enlaidir s'enlaidir | vt; to make look ugly, to deface, vi; to become ugly to make oneself ugly |
| divulguer | vt: to divulge |
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