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liste de vocabulaire français 003
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| le vernissage | opening, debut // preview, preliminary showing, sneak peek // private view, private viewing |
| le résidu | residue |
| entreposer | to stock, store, put into storage |
| la séquelle | after-effect, consequence, legacy |
| la nappe phréatique | groundwater table |
| l'effraction (f) | breaking and entering |
| faire main basse sur | to walk away with, help oneself to, take without asking |
| mettre en berne | to fly at half-mast |
| en berne | at half-mast |
| avoir le moral en berne | to feel down, feel blue, feel bummed out |
| la mégère | harpy, hag, nag, shrew, battle-ax, biddy |
| acariâtre | bad-tempered, crotchety, cantankerous |
| la crémaillère | house-warming party |
| être en panne sèche | to be low on gas, be almost out of fuel |
| en terme de | in terms of |
| tamiser | to sift // to subdue, soften |
| potelé | chubby, plump |
| mitigé | qualified, reserved, mitigated, mixed, variable // lukewarm, tame, tepid, lacklustre |
| le muguet | lily-of-the-valley // thrush, candida |
| la pelouse | lawn |
| marmonner | to mutter, mumble |
| barbouillé | queasy, sick to one's stomach |
| la barbouille | bad painting, tacky painting |
| barbouiller | to spatter, splatter, smudge, stain, sully // to mumble, mutter // to scrawl, scribble // to make nauseous, make queasy |
| il y a fort à parier que | the odds are that, it's a safe bet that |
| n'avoir d'yeux que pour | to only have eyes for |
| tout ça pour dire que | the bottom line is that |
| la cave à vin | wine cellar |
| piètre | mediocre, poor, substandard, paltry |
| perquisitionner | to serch through, rummage around in |
| à l'aveuglette | blindly |
| hors service | out of order |
| le coffre | chest, box // trunk (of car) // powerful voice, good set of lungs |
| le capot | hood (of car) |
| le différend | disagreement, difference of opinion |
| ludique | fun, jaunty, entertaining, merry, pleasant |
| exténué | tired out, worn out, exhausted |
| se morfondre | to sulk about, mope around |
| morfondre | to depress, bring down |
| le ragot | piece of malicious gossip, backstabbing lie |
| en effet | as a matter of fact, genuinely, in fact, in reality, in truth, indeed, really |
| il était une fois | once upon a time |
| jouer à la marelle | to play hopscotch |
| la récré | recess, breaktime |
| ringard | outdated, old-fashioned, out of fashion, square |
| déjouer | to foil, thwart |
| déguerpir | to scram, skedaddle, take off, make oneself scarce |
| le courant d'air | draft |
| chahuteur | rowdy, boistrous |
| la persienne | shutter |
| parlementer avec | to negotiate with |
| rêvasser | to daydream |
| dans un avenir rapproché | in the near future |
| la jarretière | garter |
| désemparé | distraught, distressed, agitated, unhinged |
| l'armurier (m) | gunsmith |
| démesuré | immoderate, excessive, extreme |
| l'égo (m) | ego |
| dompter | to train, tame, break in // to subdue, subjugate, dominate, quash |
| le beau-parleur | smooth talker |
| l'empreinte digitale (f) | fingerprint |
| le savoir-vivre | civility, decorum, propriety, manners |
| jouer à cache-cache | to play hide-and-go-seek |
| jouer à chat | to play tag |
| à l'envers | inside out, upside down, the wrong way around, back to front |
| pour autant | for all that |
| la circonscription | district, constituency, ward |
| la chefferie | leadership |
| la débarcadère | loading dock, landing |
| dévoué | devoted, devout |
| le bûcher | stake, pole |
| salutaire | beneficial, worthwhile, constructive |
| maussade | gloomy, brooding, sulky, pouty, cranky, crabby |
| la malbouffe | junk food |
| débarquer | to show up, turn up, finally arrive |
| s'éclater | to have a blast, have a ball, whoop it up |
| le terroir | locale, locality, region |
| bondé | crammed, packed, chock-full |
| dépaysant | exotic |
| dépayser | to change one's habits, break one's routine // to stir up, mix up, throw off, disorient |
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