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 |