| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ramification | a consequence or resulting event |
| rapacious | greedy, extrtionate, given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed |
| rampant | growing luxuriantly, as weeds, spreading unchecked; (of an animal) standing on the hind legs; ramping |
| surreptitious | obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine |
| feckless | useless, without merit |
| Mon oeil! | My eye! (I don't believe you!) |
| Ca me prend la tete! | That blows my mind! |
| J'ai un bon dos! | I can take it! |
| C'est les doigts dans le nez! | It's as easy as pie! |
| sanguine | ruddy or reddish in color |
| malleable | flexible or easily influenced |
| manifestation | an appearance or a strike |
| manse | the home and land occupied by the pastor or preacher of a church |
| morose | gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood |
| il a un oeil au beurre noir | he has a black eye |
| meticulous | great attention to detail |
| trepidation | fear and uneasiness |
| ubiquitous | everywhere, omnipresent |
| pelagic | of or about the ocean |
| j'ai pigé | I get it! |
| je vole de mes propres ailes! | I stand on my own two feet! |
| J'ai un chat dans la gorge! | I have a frog in my throat! |
| Ca coute les yeux de la tete! | That's so very expensive! |
| Il se prend pour le nombril du monde! | He's so self centered! |
| Il a des bras longs! | He has a lot of influence! |
| manger sur le pouce | to snack |
| inquisitive | asking a lot of questions |
| dogmatic | a control freak - your way or the highway |
| pertinent | on topic |
| retient | to hesitate before doing something |
| plausible | believeable, fitting to the situation |
| batir les chateaux en espange | to day-dream |
| casser les pieds à qq'un | to bore someone stiff |
| coincer la petite bulle | to hit the hay |
| chercher la petite bete | to nit-pick |
| ostentatious | wild, flashy to get attention or to impress someone |
| precocious | mentally advanced, a child who asks a lot of questions |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| repudiate | to reject someone or something |
| soporific | something that makes you sleepy |
| Mieux vaut tard que jamais! | Better late than never! |
| Oh la vache! | Holy cow! |
| fez | a felt hat shaped like a truncated cone |
| fiasco | a disaster, an unorganized chaos |
| fortuitous | an unforseen event that directly causes someone good luck |
| founder | to struggle and ultimately fail |
| fissionable | having a nucleus and thus being able to be divided into parts |
| coupons la poire en deux | Let's compromise. |
| Je connais la musique. | I know the drill / how things are done. |
| elle est tombée dans les pommes | She fainted. |
| incorrigible | beyond correction or discipline measures |
| coller les eleves | to hold children back after class |
| abscond | to run away with |
| disparage | to talk smack about someone |
| disconcerting | to make you uneasy |
| je suis timbrée | I am nuts |
| c'est un vrai tas de boue | that a real junker of a car! |
| redolent | to smell |
| regressive | to NOT make progress towards a goal or an improved state of being |
| reparation | to make amends |
| surreptitious | sneakily, to do something without being noticed |
| unctuous | having a very pungent odor |
| etre une vraie girouette | to be very easily changeable in your opinions or personality, fickle |
| etre timbré | to be nuts |
| casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu'un | to talk about someone behind their back |
| pecuniary | fiscal, financial, of or about money |
| imbroglio | an issue, a problem, drama |
| eccentric | not common, standard or ordinary |
| ca me dit quelque chose | that tells me something |
| a chacun son gout | to each his own |
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