vocabulaire

vocabulaire

bettyb55 27 Jan 2008 22:35

éteindre (vt): put out, extinguish
éloigner (vt): remove, take away
entourer (vt): surround, encircle
s’écouler (vt): flow out, drift away
s’écarter (vt): move away, wander
s’étirer (vt): stretch, stretch out
étendre (vt): spread, spread out
étourdir (vt): stun, daze
s’efforcer (vt): try hard to
entasser (vt): pile up, heap up
enchérir (vt): outbid, outdo
engranger (vt): bring in, store away

Re: vocabulaire

bettyb55 04 Feb 2008 22:01

déceler (vt) to discover, detect
dépaysé (adj): disoriented
éblouir (vt): to dazzle
s’égarer (vi) to get lost, lose one’s way
égayer (vt): to amuse, cheer up
éxiger (vt): to demand, require
gaspiller (vt): to squander, waste
grimper (vt): to climb
jaillir (vi): to spurt out, gush out
joaillier, ere (nm/f): jeweler
oisiveté (nf): idleness
saugrenu, e (adj): preposterous, ludicrous
sournois, e (adj): deceitful, underhanded

Re: vocabulaire

bettyb55 11 Feb 2008 22:25

anfractuosité (nf): crevice
assouvir (vt): to satisfy, appease
avoisinant (adj): neighbouring
charrier (vt): to carry, cart; to exaggerate
chichement (adv): meagerly, meanly
défaillance (nf): blackout, sudden weakness
dégeler (vt): to thaw, unfreeze
effroyable (adj): horrifying, appalling
escroquerie (nf): swindle
inéluctable (adj): inescapable
proroger (vt): to put back, defer
scélérate (nf): villain, blackguard

Re: vocabulaire

bettyb55 16 Mar 2008 21:20

amont (adv): uphill, upstream
aval (adv): downhill, downstream
aspérité (nf): roughness, protruding bit
carrée (adj): square
carrossable (adj): suitable for vehicles
décelable (adj): perceptible, discernible
s’emparer de (vt): to seize, grab, take
entrebaîllée (adj): half-open, ajar
entrouvrir (vt): to half-open
épaisse (adj): thick
épars (adj): scattered
scie (nf): saw
en dents de scie (adj): serrated

Re: vocabulaire

bettyb55 01 Apr 2008 21:58

congénère (nm/f): of a kind, fellow creature
défraîchi (adj): faded, wrinkled
derechef (adj): once again, anew
échafauder (vt): to construct
enchevêtrement (nm): entanglement
liseré (nm): border, edging
en quinconce (nm): in alternate rows
farder (vt): to make up (cosmetics)
grésillement (nm): sizzling, crackling sound
grognement (nm): growl
inusité (adj): unusual, rarely used
raccourcissement (nm): shortening, reduction
se raccorder (vt): to join, link
saillant (adj): protruding