L'`etrange Histoire De Benjamin Button

Front 1

de/cre/ter

Back 1

to decree, declare

Front 2

quelconque

(ex. un quelconque effet)

Back 2

some, other, any, any old

Front 3

nouer

Back 3

to knot, tie fasten
(marry - tie the knot)
(strike up a friendship)

Front 4

s'epanouir

Back 4

to beam, blossom, open up

Front 5

le perron

Back 5

the front steps

Front 6

le comble

c'est le comble

Back 6

attic

that's too much! that's the limit!

Front 7

se figer

figer

Back 7

to freeze

clot, coagulate

Front 8

l'effroi (m)

Back 8

terror, dread

Front 9

la sueur

Back 9

sweat

Front 10

un bassin

Back 10

bedpan, bowl, pond, basin

Front 11

entamer

Back 11

to start on, wear down, start, cut into

Front 12

ressaisir

Back 12

to recapture, regain power

Front 13

me/pris (de)

au me/pris de

Back 13

contempt, scorn

regardless of

Front 14

e/pouvantable

Back 14

appalling, dreadful, terrible

Front 15

un berceau

Back 15

cradle

Front 16

emmailloter

Back 16

to bandage, bind, wrap up

Front 17

clairseme/

Back 17

sparse

Front 18

s'engouffrer

Back 18

to surge, rush, sweep

Front 19

morne

Back 19

glum, dismal, dreary

Front 20

sursauter (de peur)

Back 20

to start, jump (with fright)

Front 21

e/clater

Back 21

to explode, detonate, burst, shatter, break up

Front 22

col\ere

mettre en ~
avec ~
en ~

Back 22

anger

to make angry
angrily
in a rage

Front 23

abattre

Back 23

to pull down, to fell, to slaughter, to weaken, to demoralize

Front 24

ge/mir

Back 24

to groan, moan, creak

Front 25

s'insurger (contre)

Back 25

to rebel, rise up against, revolt

Front 26

de/pit

en de/pit de

Back 26

heartache, vexation

in spite of

Front 27

ricanement

Back 27

sniggering

Front 28

une canne

Back 28

cane

Front 29

infamant

Back 29

infamous, derogatory, libelous

Front 30

bredouiller

Back 30

to stammer

Front 31

effrenee/

Back 31

wild, unrestrained

Front 32

le bla^me

Back 32

blame

Front 33

le rang

Back 33

row, rank

Front 34

subodorer

Back 34

to sniff out (a secret)

Front 35

ne/anmoins

Back 35

nevertheless

Front 36

tressaillir

Back 36

to quiver, shudder, shake (with fright)

Front 37

accabler

Back 37

to overburden, weigh down

Front 38

glauque

Back 38

murky, squalid

Front 39

raccourcir

Back 39

to cut short, curtail

Front 40

fe/brile

Back 40

feverish

Front 41

une fesse/e

Back 41

spanking, smack

Front 42

l'honte (f)

Back 42

shame

Front 43

maugre/er

Back 43

to grumble

Front 44

douteux

Back 44

doubtful, questionable

Front 45

pi\etre

Back 45

lame, paltry

Front 46

la bouillie (d'avoine)

re/duire en ~

Back 46

mash, pulp, baby cereal (oatmeal)

to grind to a pulp

Front 47

un hochet

Back 47

rattle

Front 48

ente^tement

Back 48

stubbornness, pigheadedness

Front 49

se re/soudre \a

Back 49

to resign oneself to

Front 50

un me/got de havane

Back 50

cigar

Front 51

racler

Back 51

to scrape, scrape out, rake

Front 52

vif

Back 52

bright, vivid, keen, sharp, brusque

Front 53

une toupie

Back 53

spinning top

Front 54

la cervelle

Back 54

brain

Front 55

e/pargner

Back 55

to save, spare

Front 56

l'usure (f)

Back 56

wear (and tear), deterioration

Front 57

louable

Back 57

rentable

Front 58

hurler

Back 58

to scream, shriek

Front 59

un aperc,u

Back 59

glimpse, taste, insight

Front 60

une poigne/e (de main)

Back 60

handful, fistful (handshake)

Front 61

s'eloigner (de)

Back 61

to move away (from)

Front 62

la foule

Back 62

crowd, throng, mob

Front 63

brailler

Back 63

to bawl, yell

Front 64

la tournure

Back 64

form, shape, turn

Front 65

lazzi

Back 65

gibe

Front 66

poursuivre

Back 66

to chase, hunt down, go on, hound, continue

Front 67

mince

Back 67

thin, slim, slender, meagre

Front 68

fre^le

Back 68

frail, flimsy, fragile

Front 69

dissoudre

Back 69

to dissolve, disband, break up

Front 70

dorer

Back 70

to gild, bronze, glaze

Front 71

cre/piter

Back 71

to crackle

Front 72

chanceler

Back 72

to totter

Front 73

beat

Back 73

blissful

Front 74

le badinage

Back 74

banter

Front 75

e/blouir

Back 75

to dazzle

Front 76

fai:ence

Back 76

earthenware

Front 77

e/lancer

Back 77

to give sharp pains

Front 78

bourdonner

Back 78

to buzz

Front 79

le tapage

Back 79

uproar, fuss, talk

Front 80

la corne (de brume)

Back 80

horn, antler (foghorn)

Front 81

une e/bullition

Back 81

boiling, turmoil

Front 82

une fianc,ailles

Back 82

engagement

Front 83

lourdement

Back 83

heavily

Front 84

la cargaison

Back 84

cargo

Front 85

de/laver

Back 85

to waterlog, fade, water down

Front 86

s'e/prendre de

Back 86

to fall in love with

Front 87

de/sormais

Back 87

from now on, henceforth

Front 88

une constatation

Back 88

certification, findings, observation

Front 89

vanter

Back 89

to vaunt, to boast

Front 90

une ore/e

Back 90

edge (of a wood)

Front 91

une e/pine

Back 91

thorn, prickle, spine

Front 92

che/tif

Back 92

puny

Front 93

condisciple

Back 93

classmate

Front 94

e/poustoufler

Back 94

to stagger, flabbergast

Front 95

une ge^ne

Back 95

trouble, bother, embarassment

Front 96

plisser

Back 96

to pleat, fold, crease (one's forehead), pucker (lips)

Front 97

un postiche

Back 97

toupee

Front 98

glabre

Back 98

clean-shaven

Front 99

trai^ner

Back 99

to drag, pull, drag out, drawl

Front 100

tandis

Back 100

while

Front 101

he/ler

Back 101

to hail, call

Front 102

penaud

Back 102

sheepishly

Front 103

saper

Back 103

to undermine

Front 104

esquisser

Back 104

to sketch, outline

Front 105

percher

Back 105

to perch, hang out

Front 106

une nourrice

Back 106

nanny

Front 107

un soupc,on (un ~ de)

Back 107

suspicion, (a touch of)

Front 108

de/pouiller

Back 108

to examine, go through, study

Front 109

e/bouriffer

Back 109

to ruffle (feathers), amaze, astound

Front 110

soumettre (\a)

Back 110

to subject to

Front 111

rebondir

Back 111

to bounce, rebound, get going again

Front 112

un noeud

Back 112

knot, bow-tie