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liste de vocabulaire français 005

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rocambolesquefantastic, extraordinary
effriterto erode, eat away at, wear down, abrade
redorerto beef up, boost, clean up, restore, rebuild, rehabilitate, revive, rekindle // to regild
à l'approche dewith the arrival of, with X being imminent
s'engager àto commit oneself to, be committed to
se musclerto build up one's muscles, develop one's musculature, beef up
inquietuneasy, anxious, apprehensive
face àfacing, in front of, opposite
être en froid avecto be on bad terms with, be on the outs with
jouer des coudesto jostle for position
avaliserto endorse, back, support
séjournerto stay, spend time, remain
le couloir de la mortdeath row
paralysé au bas du corpspartially paralyzed
la tentative de culpabilisationguilt trip
le bouton de fièvrecold sore
se solder parto end in, end with, result in
la pornographie juvénilechild pornography
l'établi (m)workbench, carpenter's bench
délavéfaded
à force deby dint of, by means of // because of, due to
réprimanderto reprimand
avoir l'humeur àto be in the mood for
enjouécheerful
toiserto look somebody up and down, size up, look at somebody with a critical eye
froisséwrinkled, rumpled // huffy, miffed
nigaudsilly, simple, dense, thick, foolish
l'attrape-nigaud (m)scam, fast one, trick, con game
le radeau de survielifeboat
la navetteshuttle
le parpaingcinder block
l'étain (m)tin
primesautierimpulsive
la trêvetruce
hivernalwinter, wintry
médusépetrified, scared stiff
escamoterto evade, sidestep, skirt around // to spirit away, make disappear, cause to vanish, remove
s'ingénier à faire qchwork out how to do sth, do your best to do sth
se pencher surto address, look at, take up, look into
récolterto raise, collect, come up with // to harvest, reap, gather
le tape-culsee-saw, teeter-totter
puérilchildish
la lettre de motivationcover letter
parallèlementin synch
incomprismisunderstood
incassableunbreakable
alors quewhereas
le complotplot, scheme
les renseignements généraux (mpl)intelligence service
rouquinred-head, ginger
le remaniementrealignment, readjustment
se contenter deto content oneself with, become glad over, gladden oneself with // to settle for/on
avoir confiance ento feel confident about, be confident in/with
se tenir à carreauto watch one's step, mind one's P's & Q's
mettre à partto set aside
être à partto be separate / to be odd, be special
faire part de qch à qqnto share sth with sb, tell sb about sth
tarabusterto bother
être à deux doigts deto be this/that close to doing, be within a hair's breadth of
recourir àto turn to, resort to, fall back on
le surmenageoverwork, fatigue, exhaustion
être au rendez-vousto be there, be present, be around
surmenerto overwork, exhaust, run ragged
dans un petit moisin less than a month
malencontreusementunintentionally, inadvertently, accidentally
l'appli (f)app, phone app
affolerto cause panic, freak sb out
la genttribe, clan / species, kind
pileexactly, on the dot, right on time, sharp
le gaillardcon man, scammer / buddy, pal
gaillardsaucy, bawdy, dirty / strapping, well-built
aux traits tiréslooking drawn, with drawn features
le calvaireordeal
le/la kinéphysiotherapist
la sanglestrap
réglableadjustable / fixable, solvable
la houssecover, slipcover
l'encadrement (m)framing, framework, frame / supervisory staff, executive staff / control, capping
aménagerto convert, rearrange, change / to arrange, adjust / to fix up / to set up, lay out, put in
vaquer àto attend to, see to



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