Term | Definition |
quoique | although, albeit |
transport en commun | transit, public transportation |
habileté | skill, address, mastery, cleverness |
requise | required, requisite |
gras | adj: bold, fat; noun: bolded, fat |
souliers | shoes |
étroit | narrow, restricted, pinched |
rangée | row |
feuilletant | flipping through, browsing, leafing, paging (present participle of feuilleter) |
interpeller | to call out, question, heckle, accost, buttonhole |
suer | to sweat |
plancher | noun: floor; verb: to slog away, work on |
brassant | stirring, brewing, swirling, mixing (present participle of brasser) |
ébloui | adj: star-struck; verb: dazzled, bedazzled (past participle of éblouir) |
réussi | adj: successful, passed; verb: succeeded (past participle of réussir) |
rendant | making, giving, rendering, returning, yielding (present participle of rendre) |
déprimé | adj: depressed, bummed |
demande | noun: request, demand, application, claim, enquiry; verb: ask, request, order, bid (1st pers present of demander) |
envoya | sent, issued, transmitted, dispatched (3rd pers. sing. simple past of envoyer) |
acoustique | adj: acoustic; noun: acoustics |
roula | screwed, conned, diddled, bilked, rolled over, drove along, rolled along (3rd pers. sing. simple past of rouler) |
évitant | adj: avoiding; verb: avoiding, averting, evading (present participle of eviter) |
course de haies | hurdle race |
haie | hedge, fence, hurdle |
poids | weight, poundage, importance, gravity |
à bout de souffle | breathless, out of breath, on its last leg |
souffle | noun: breath, breathing, blast, murmur, inspiration; verb: blow, prompt, huff (1st person present of souffler) |
à bout de | at the end of |
facturé | charge, bill, invoice |
trébuchant | stumbling, fumbling (present participle of trébucher) |
supplia | besought, entreated (3rd pers. sing. simple past of supplier) |
désespérément | desperately, hopelessly, frantically |
aménagera | will construct, will convert (3rd pers. sing. future of aménagerer) |
patron | boss, owner, employer, pattern, template |
remplissaient | were filling, were fulfilling, were replenishing, were tucking, were grouting (3rd pers. plural past continuous of remplir) |
ralentir | to slow, retard, decelerate, shorten, wind down |
congédié | fire, dismiss, axe (1st pers. present of congédier) |
tête folle | madcap |
asséchés | dry, drain (2cd pers. sing. present of assécher) |
chantaient | were singing (3rd pers. plural past continuous of chanter) |
appartenance | membership, belonging |
raffiné | refined, polished, tasteful |
parsemaient | were disseminating, were punctuating, were interspersing (3rd pers. plural past continuous of parsemer) |
pièce de theatre | drama, play |
plainte | complaint, claim, charge, accusation |
compilant | compiling (present participle of compiler) |
plaindre | to complain, pity, feel sorry for, have comassion for |
le nettoyeur à sec | dry cleaner |
le nettoyeur | the cleaner |
nettoyer | to clean, cleanse, tidy, sanitize |
cligner | to wink, blink |
cligne | blink, wink (1st pers. present of cligner) |
ramassa | collected, gathered, fielded, amassed (3rd pers. sing. simple past of ramasser) |
selon | according to, by, as per,depending on |
aperçut | noticed, discerned, espied, glimpsed (3rd pers. sing. simple past of aperçevoir) |
nuire | to harm |
gâcher | to spoil, mar, bungle misspend, blight, squander |
poumons | lungs |
embêté | bothered, worried (adj) |
balade | ride, walk, stroll (noun) |
restant | adj: remnant, leftover; verb: remaining, staying (present participle of rester) |
frisson | thrill, chill, shiver, tingle, shudder |
débarrasser | to rid, flush, disembarrass |
éprouve | experience, test ( 1st person present of éprouver) |
outre | adv: bedides, on the other side if; verb: outrage, carry to excess (1st pers. present of outrer) |
brisée | adj: broken; noun: blink |
vitre | noun: window pane, pane; verb: glaze (1st pers. present of vitrer) |
bout | noun: end, point, tip, dummit; verb: boils (3rd pers. present of bouillir) |
au bout | at the end, in the rear |
crainte | fear, dread, fright |
livres de comptabilité | account books |
corriger | to correct, rectify, repair, compensate, repair, patch |
verrez | will see, will behold (2cd person formal future of voir) |
dévisageant | staring (present participle of dévisager) |
silencieux | silent, soundless, noiseless |
cillement | flickering, blinking (noun) |
contrariée | upset, annoyed |
fàché | adj: angry, upset |
grand-chose | much |
échardes du bois | splinters of wood, shards of wood |
échardes | splinters, shards |
pensifs | thoughtful, reflective, pensive |
rayer | to srike through, cross out, remove |
rayer des chiffres | scratch numbers |
chiffres | noun: figures, statistics; verb: figure, calculate, assess |
songea | bethought, thought, meditated |
le soleil s'était couché | the sun had set |
apprêtait | was dressing, was finishing, was priming, was unlimbering (3rd pers. sing. past contnuous of apprêter) |
debout | standing, upright, straight ahead, erect |
criant | adj: blatant, glaring; verb: yelling, clamoring, yelping, mewing (present participle of crier) |
boulot | job |
congédier | to dismiss, fire, stand off |
se soucier | to care |
soucier | to worry, concern |
coûtais | was costing (1st pers. past continuous of coûter) |
coûtait | was costing (3rd pers. past continuous of coûter) |
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