Vocabulaire Français Chéri de Colette
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unrelatedwaffle on February 20, 2009
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79 terms
French | English |
|---|---|
 le rideau | curtain |
| la babouche | oriental slipper |
| le daim | deer, suede |
| bleuté | bluish |
| le merle | blackbird |
| bomber | to bulge out |
| en boule | in a ball |
| une épingle | pin |
| mouiller | to get wet |
| froncer | to gather |
| en amazone | sidesaddle |
| nouer | to tie |
| le joug | yoke |
| s'abattre | [storm] to break over; [bird of prey] to swoop down on |
| bouder | to sulk |
| la cuvette | basin |
| rogner | to trim |
| le caleçon | boxer shorts |
| le bonheur-du-jour | writing desk |
| châtain | brown |
| épargner | to save, to spare |
| s'accorder | to give oneself |
| aduler | to flatter excessively |
| équivoque | ambiguous |
| railler | to scoff, to sneer |
| le poitrail | breast |
| la biche | doe |
| le maraîcher | market gardener |
| une autruche | ostrich |
| serrer | to grip |
| doter | to allocate, to endow with |
| la fossette | dimple |
| paré | ready, adorned |
| douillet | oversensitive to pain, cozy |
| l'acier (m) | steel |
| hâtivement | hastily |
| barboter | to steal |
| dénué de | devoid of |
| buter | to trip over |
| bêcher | to dig with a spade |
| le bélier | ram |
| bourrer | to cram something full |
| béat | blissfully happy |
| vacillant | unsteady |
| la raie | hair part |
| filer | to spin (wool) |
| saccadé | jerky, staccato |
| la convoitise | lust |
| mater | to bring something into line, to take something in hand |
| en toc | false, fake |
| le santal | sandalwood |
| friser | to curl |
| éplucher | to peel, to take out unnecessary parts, (fig) to go through with a fine-tooth comb |
| la buée | condensation, steam |
| darder | to dart one's eyes |
| la rainette | tree frog |
| aérer | to air out |
| l'encaustique (f) | wax polish |
| le bain-marie | double boiler |
| les persiennes (f) | blinds |
| la grille | iron gate |
| épier | to spy on |
| le brouillard | fog |
| le chenil | kennel |
| la buanderie | laundry room |
| le tonnelet | keg |
| potelé | chubby |
| gâter | to spoil, to ruin |
| la voilette | veil |
| mettre sous le boisseau | to sweep under the rug |
| le garnement | brat |
| se sauver | to escape, to run away |
| un escrimeur | fencer |
| blond cendré | ash blond |
| la paroi | cave wall, inner surface of tube or pipe |
| farouchement | fiercely |
| un aileron | wing tip, fin |
| chavirer | to overwhelm, to capsize |
| le gravier | gravel |
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