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liste de vocabulaire français 005
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rocambolesque | fantastic, extraordinary |
effriter | to erode, eat away at, wear down, abrade |
redorer | to beef up, boost, clean up, restore, rebuild, rehabilitate, revive, rekindle // to regild |
à l'approche de | with the arrival of, with X being imminent |
s'engager à | to commit oneself to, be committed to |
se muscler | to build up one's muscles, develop one's musculature, beef up |
inquiet | uneasy, anxious, apprehensive |
face à | facing, in front of, opposite |
être en froid avec | to be on bad terms with, be on the outs with |
jouer des coudes | to jostle for position |
avaliser | to endorse, back, support |
séjourner | to stay, spend time, remain |
le couloir de la mort | death row |
paralysé au bas du corps | partially paralyzed |
la tentative de culpabilisation | guilt trip |
le bouton de fièvre | cold sore |
se solder par | to end in, end with, result in |
la pornographie juvénile | child pornography |
l'établi (m) | workbench, carpenter's bench |
délavé | faded |
à force de | by dint of, by means of // because of, due to |
réprimander | to reprimand |
avoir l'humeur à | to be in the mood for |
enjoué | cheerful |
toiser | to look somebody up and down, size up, look at somebody with a critical eye |
froissé | wrinkled, rumpled // huffy, miffed |
nigaud | silly, simple, dense, thick, foolish |
l'attrape-nigaud (m) | scam, fast one, trick, con game |
le radeau de survie | lifeboat |
la navette | shuttle |
le parpaing | cinder block |
l'étain (m) | tin |
primesautier | impulsive |
la trêve | truce |
hivernal | winter, wintry |
médusé | petrified, scared stiff |
escamoter | to evade, sidestep, skirt around // to spirit away, make disappear, cause to vanish, remove |
s'ingénier à faire qch | work out how to do sth, do your best to do sth |
se pencher sur | to address, look at, take up, look into |
récolter | to raise, collect, come up with // to harvest, reap, gather |
le tape-cul | see-saw, teeter-totter |
puéril | childish |
la lettre de motivation | cover letter |
parallèlement | in synch |
incompris | misunderstood |
incassable | unbreakable |
alors que | whereas |
le complot | plot, scheme |
les renseignements généraux (mpl) | intelligence service |
rouquin | red-head, ginger |
le remaniement | realignment, readjustment |
se contenter de | to content oneself with, become glad over, gladden oneself with // to settle for/on |
avoir confiance en | to feel confident about, be confident in/with |
se tenir à carreau | to watch one's step, mind one's P's & Q's |
mettre à part | to set aside |
être à part | to be separate / to be odd, be special |
faire part de qch à qqn | to share sth with sb, tell sb about sth |
tarabuster | to bother |
être à deux doigts de | to be this/that close to doing, be within a hair's breadth of |
recourir à | to turn to, resort to, fall back on |
le surmenage | overwork, fatigue, exhaustion |
être au rendez-vous | to be there, be present, be around |
surmener | to overwork, exhaust, run ragged |
dans un petit mois | in less than a month |
malencontreusement | unintentionally, inadvertently, accidentally |
l'appli (f) | app, phone app |
affoler | to cause panic, freak sb out |
la gent | tribe, clan / species, kind |
pile | exactly, on the dot, right on time, sharp |
le gaillard | con man, scammer / buddy, pal |
gaillard | saucy, bawdy, dirty / strapping, well-built |
aux traits tirés | looking drawn, with drawn features |
le calvaire | ordeal |
le/la kiné | physiotherapist |
la sangle | strap |
réglable | adjustable / fixable, solvable |
la housse | cover, slipcover |
l'encadrement (m) | framing, framework, frame / supervisory staff, executive staff / control, capping |
aménager | to convert, rearrange, change / to arrange, adjust / to fix up / to set up, lay out, put in |
vaquer à | to attend to, see to |
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