Term | Definition |
pouffer | to burst out |
aînée | elder |
lueur | ray, glimmer, glow, flare, glint, light |
espoir | hope, trust, hopefulness |
rôti | noun: roast, roast meat; adj: toasty; verb: toasted, roasted (past participle of
rôtir) |
chou | cabbage, kale, cutie, sweetie |
chou-fleur | cauliflower |
avis | notice, opinion, advice, view, judgement, notification, wisdom |
partir | to go, to leave, to set out, to discharge, to ride off |
à partir | from |
du tout | at all |
lèvres | lips |
arrachait | was - wrenching, pulling, eradicating, wresting (3rd person sing. padt continuous of arracher) |
flànèrent | strolled, meandered, sauntered, mosied (3rd pers. plural past simple of flâner) |
avéré | adj: confirmed, acknowledged |
de fil à retordre | difficult, challenge, hard time |
retordre | to twist |
réglé | adj: turned, ruled; verb: sorted, settled (past participle of régler) |
avaler | to swallow, gulp, swill down |
ingurgiter | to swallow, guzzle, gulp down |
durent réveiller | must reawaken |
durent | owed, should must (3rd pers. past simple of devoir) |
mec | guy, man, dude, chap, bloke |
reprendre | to resume, repeat, resume, recapture |
ennuie | bore, annoy (1st pers. present of |
rechignaient | were balking, were grumbling (3rd pers plural past contuing of rechigner) |
virent | transfer, fire, endorse, bend, bear, veer (3rd person plural present of virer) |
grimpèrent | climbed, clambored, mountaineered (3rd pers. plural past simple of grimper) |
hors norme | extraordinary, exceptional, outside the norm |
tout à fait | absolutely, completely, exactly |
pièges | noun: pitfalls; verb: trap, entrap, booby trap ( 3rd person plural present of pléger)
noun: pitfalls; verb: trap, entrap, booby trap ( 3rd person plural present of pléger) |
soigneusement | carefully, neatly, tidily |
emballement | thrashing, angry outburst, runaway |
trésors | treasures |
bibelot | trinket, junk, trinket, knick knack |
compagnie aérienne | airline company |
compagnie | company, firm, squad, companionship |
empile | stack, pile (1st pers. present of empiler) |
rater | to miss, fail, misfire, muff |
pour toujours | forever |
enlaça | hugged, enteined, enclasped, enlaced (3rd person sing. simple past of enlacer) |
rendirent | made, gave, returned, rendered, gave back, yielded (3rd pers plural past simple of rendre) |
au tout début | At the beginning |
début | beginning, start, onset, commencement |
comportés à merveille | behaved perfectly, behaved marvelously |
merveille | wonder |
comportés | behave, include, entail (2cd person sing. present of comporter) |
serra | tightened, squeezed, pinched, pressed, clamped (3rd pers. simple past of serrer) |
quête | noun: lookup, offertory; |
précipité | adj: hasty, rushed, headlong; noun: deposit; verb: rushed ( past participle of précipiter) |
précipités en quête | rushed in search |
épuisé | sold out, exhausted, drained, depleted, out of print, out of stock |
atterrirent | landed, alighted, touched down (3rd pers. plural simple past of atterrir) |
vol de correspondance | connecting flight |
quotidienne | daily (fem. adj,) |
cloche | bell, blister, steeple, bell tower |
sauter | to jump, skip, leap, spring |
la chaussée | the road, the pavement |
ondulés | undulate, ripple, billow, corrugate, dimple (2nd pers. present of ondulér) |
vent | wind |
contourner | to get around, bypass, circle, distort |
le coup de fil | the call, phone call |
coup | blow, hit, stroke, shot, knock, bash |
usé | worn, worn out, hackneyed |
chandail | sweater, sweatshirt, pullover |
manche | sleeve, handle, shaft, round (as a noun) |
enfiler | to pull on, to string, to pile, to thread, to slip on |
demeurait | was - remaining, staying, residing, living, dwelling (3rd pers. sing. continuous past of demeurer) |
désuet | outdated, obsolete, antiquated |
abordable | affordablek, reasonable, approachable |
louait | was - renting, leasing, lauding (3rd pers. sing. past continuous of louer) |
aussitôt | immediately, at once, instantly, right now |
installe | install, set up, put up, ensconce (1st pers present of installer) |
engourdir | to deaden, benumb |
toute façon | anyway, in any case |
avait reculé | had backed, had retreated, had postponed,mhad eased, had relinquished (3rd pers. sing. past perfect of reculer) |
auparavant | before, previously, formerly, early, ahead |
tranquillement | quietly, calmly, tranquilly |
honteuse | shameful, ashamed |
bousculait | was - shoving, jostling, hustling, knocking about (3rd pers. sing. past continuous of bousculer) |
gérant | noun: manager; verb: managing, running, administering, servicing (present participle of gérer) |
plusieurs | several, a number of, some |
essais | trials, testing, assay |
constata | noticed, established, ascertained, identified, recorded, certified (3rd pers. sing. simple past of constater) |
étonnement | noun: surprise, astonishment, amazement,; adv: surprisingly, startlingly |
détendre | to loosen, ease, slacken, unclench |
imprégner | to absorb, impregnate, imbue, soak |
juteuse | juicy |
sentit | felt (3rd pers. sing. simple past of sentir) |
brusquement | suddenly, abruptly, crisply, curtly |
ramene | return (1st pers. present of remener) |
éveillé | awake, bright, sharp |
étourdie | lightheaded |
salle de séjour | living room |
séjour | stay (noun), visit |
effondrer | to collapse |
croustillante | crispy, spicy, crunchy,,oven crisped |
pause déjeuner | lunch break |
lécher | to lick |