Question | Answer |
Blottir | To curl up, To snuggle up |
Le serment | Oath |
Le gouffre | Gulf, abyss, bottomless pit |
La sonde | probe |
Rajeunir | To rejuvenate, to modernise |
La prunelle | Apple (of your eye) |
Le souffle | Breath |
Deviner | To guess |
Épaissir | To thicken |
Revivre | To re-live |
L'examen blanc | Mock exam |
Glander | To do nothing |
Le cil | Eyelash |
La pisciculture | Fish farming |
La valse | Waltz |
Le néant | Nothingness, non-being |
Le vide | Emptyness, vacuum, void, (adj = empty) |
L'encensoir | Incense burner |
Les féculants | Carbohydrates |
La durabilité | Durability, sustainability |
Le cerf | Deer |
La moule | Mussel |
Le moule | Mould |
L'exploitation | Farming, cultivation |
La veuve | Widow |
Souder | To weald |
La conte | Short story |
Le détroit | Strait |
La Sardaigne | Sardinia |
Sarde | Sardinian |
La coupure | Cut (in the skin), power-cut |
La muraille | High wall, rampart, fortification |
Ronger | To gnaw |
L'écume | Scum |
Le tas | Heap, pile |
Engouffrer | To engulf, to devour |
Hérissé | Spiked, "hedgehoged" |
L'écueil | Reef |
Éteindre | To switch off (an appliance) |
Étendre | To extend |
Ridé | Wrinkled |
Le cadavre | Dead body |
Le coup de couteau | Stab |
La queue | Queue, tail (of an animal), stalk (of a flower) |
Le hameau | Hamlet |
La larme | Teardrop |
Le caillot | Bloodclot |
Régaler | To treat someone to a meal |
Étreindre | To clasp hands around something, to wrap around |
Luire | To glissen, to gleam |
La clope | Cigarette (argot) |
Clouer | To nail |
Le vide-greniers | Car boot sale |
Déplacer | To get around |
Aux alentours de | Around (a time), near to (a place) |
Souillé | Dirty, polluted |
Manquer de | To run out of |
Le carnet | Notebook |
Les pays en voie de développement | 2nd world countries |
Au cours des ... prochaines années | Over the next ... years |
La scission | Split, scission |
Quiconque | Anybody |
Quelconque | Some sort or another, any sort |
Figer | To clot, to fix in place |
Trouver une finalité | To come to a conclusion |
Avoir le hoquet | To have the hiccups |
La lutte contre | The struggle against |
Dans le cadre de | In the context of |
Interpeller | To arrest (formal) |
L'nterpellation | Arrest (formal) |
L'histoire évolutive | Human evolution |
Manager | To manage |
Le gond | Hinge |
Démonter | To take to pieces, to dismantle, to take apart |
Claquer | To crack, to flap, to slam |
Le puits | Well |
Être mal luné | To be in grumpy |
Être râleur(e) | To be rude |
Analphabète | Illiterate |
L'after-shave | After-shave |
Le kidnapping | Kidnapping |
L'après-rasage | After-shave |
L'aiguille | Needle |
La fuite | Leak |
Extra-fin | High quality |
Malchanceux | Unlucky |
Susciter | To arouse, to provoke |
L'enlèvement de personne | Kidnapping |
Le pois chiche | Chickpea |
L'exploitation bovine | Cattle ranching |
Revêtir | To put on, to don |
La piqûre | Sting |
Le frelon | Hornet |
Élancer | To cause a throbbing pain |
S'élancer | To embark upon. to launch yourself into, to set forth |
Jumelle | Twin, matching |
Les tours jumelles du Word Trade Centre | The twin towers |
L'ostréiculture | Oyster/seafood farming |
Bourrer | To fill, to stuff |
Se bourrer | To get pissed, to get hammered |
Gémir | To whine, to moan |
La proie | Prey, target, victim |
La bouillie | Porridge |
La pièce de théâtre | Play |
La séance | Showing, performance |
Le chemin de fer | Railway |
Alors que | Whereas |
Licencier | To make redundant |
Le panneau indicateur des départs | Departure board |
Le licenciement | Redundancy |
A partir de | Starting from |
La poursuite | Following, continuation, persuit |
La grève | Strike |
L'inquiétude | Worry |
Engendrer | To breed |
Le cheminot | Railway worker |
La perturbation | Disruption |
Abbatre | To shoot |
Gêner | To cause inconvenience |
Le frein à main | Handbrake |
Le coup de pied | Kick |
Tirer | To shoot, to fire (a gun) |
Le coup de feu | (Gun)shot |
Le coup de poing | Punch |
Jeter un coup d'œil | To have a quick look at |
Passer un coup d'aspirateur | To do some hoovering |
Passer un coup de chiffon | To do some dusting |
Le coup de fil | Phone call |
Le coup de foudre | Love at first sight |
Le coup de vent | Gust of wind |
Le coup de soleil | Sunburn |
Le coup de chance | Stroke of luck |
Le carburant | Fuel |
Boire un coup | To have a drink |
Du même coup | At the same time |
Tenir le coup | To keep going, to persevere, to hold out |
D'un seul coup | In one go |
Le couplet | Verse |
La couette | Duvet |