Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
62 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
le bouclier |
shield |
|
|
gronder |
rumble, tell off, scold |
|
|
la épopée |
epic, saga |
|
|
la traque |
(game) tracking |
|
|
déchaînement |
battering, clobbering, outburst, extreme violence |
|
|
la borne |
boundary marker |
|
|
la outrance |
excess, outrageousness |
|
|
ronger |
gnaw, eat into |
|
|
le socle |
base, pedestal |
|
|
le afflux |
influx, flood |
|
|
la convocation |
notification, summons |
|
|
accourir |
rush up, hurry to |
|
|
la contumace |
refusal to appear, contempt of court |
|
|
dérisoire |
ridiculous, unbelievable |
|
|
échouer |
run aground, wash up, end up, finish up |
|
|
enjoué |
cheerful, happy |
|
|
la besogne |
hard work, drudgery |
|
|
insoumis |
disobedient, rebellious, absent without leave |
|
|
aguerrir
s'aguerri |
harden, toughen up
get tougher |
|
|
alourdissement |
heaviness |
|
|
déchiré |
ripped, torn |
|
|
basculer |
tip over, turn, topple over |
|
|
périr |
perish |
|
|
le noyé |
drowned person |
|
|
entrebâiller |
half-open |
|
|
les aguets être aux aguets |
keeping watch be on the look-out |
|
|
la proie |
victim, target |
|
|
la semelle |
sole, tread, tough (as old boots) |
|
|
le charbonnier |
coal merchant, collier, coal man |
|
|
débarrasser |
to clear, remove |
|
|
dès lors que |
as, since |
|
|
depuis lors |
from that moment on |
|
|
se noyer |
get lost, hung up, bogged down |
|
|
s'évanouir |
faint, pass out disappear |
|
|
étaler |
spread out, knock down |
|
|
enfoucher |
put a fork into get on, straddle vault, jump over |
|
|
navrer |
to upset, dismay |
|
|
bâiller |
to yawn to gape, be half-open |
|
|
balbutier |
to stammer, stutter |
|
|
farouche |
timid, shy, mistrustful savage, wild |
|
|
couvrir |
to cover, wrap, cover up something, to put a lid on sthg |
|
|
le mobile |
motive, reason, cause |
|
|
dévisager |
to stare at, fix your gaze on |
|
|
la esquive |
dodge, dodging, elusion, evasion |
|
|
le seau |
bucket |
|
|
le marche |
step, walking |
|
|
se remiser |
to stop |
|
|
le réverbère |
street light |
|
|
ébranler |
to shake, rattle, weaken |
|
|
le moulin |
mill |
|
|
alléger |
to lighten, reduce, cut back |
|
|
amorcer |
to initiate, begin, start, bait |
|
|
la pente |
slope, hill |
|
|
combler |
to fill, fill in |
|
|
la sournoiserie |
deviousness |
|
|
le/la andouille |
numbskull, cretin, imbecile (la sausage) |
|
|
la fesse les fesses |
buttock, cheek bottom, ass |
|
|
tint ... tenir se tenir |
to hold, restrain, keep remain, stand |
|
|
tenir à faire qch tenir à qch à qqn |
to be keen/anxious to do sthg to care about |
|
|
la bise |
north wind |
|
|
se douter |
to suspect |
|
|
se tapir |
crouch, lie low |
