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FREN 151 Vocab
Vocabulary Words from French 151
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Language - French
Undergraduate 3
04/21/2010
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Term
accorder (un instrument)
 Definition
to tune an instrument
Term
inculquer qqch à qqn
 Definition
apprendre qqn à, instill something within someone
Term
se réfugier dans la solitude/silence
 Definition
to take refuge in solitude/silence
Term
mener (une vie, carrière)
 Definition
to lead a life, career
Term
chasser ou renvoyer qqn
 Definition
to throw someone out or send someone back
Term
attirer ou être attiré/e par
 Definition
to attract or be attracted
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s'éloigner de
 Definition
prendre ses distances, distance yourself from
Term
sacrifier
 Definition
sacrifice
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livrer (un secret)
 Definition
reveal a secret
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Faire revenir qqn
 Definition
to make someone come back
Term
satisfaire
 Definition
to satisfy
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apaiser
 Definition
to calm
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reposer sur
 Definition
to be based on
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s'enfermer dans
 Definition
to shut oneself away in
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donner libre cours à
 Definition
laisser aller, to give free reign to
Term
sangloter
 Definition
to sob
Term
oter
 Definition
enlever, remove
Term
vanter
 Definition
to compliment
Term
s'en prendre à qqn ou qqch
 Definition
to attack, criticize
Term
se noyer
 Definition
to drown
Term
trébucher
 Definition
to trip, to stumble
Term
se figer (son visage se figea)
 Definition
his face froze
Term
bégayer
 Definition
to stammer
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eternuer
 Definition
to sneeze
Term
dévisager
 Definition
to stare at someone's face
Term
etreindre qqn
 Definition
to take someone in your arms
Term
luire
 Definition
to glow (la lune luit)
Term
luire
 Definition
to glow (la lune luit)
Term
se faufiler
 Definition
entrer rapidement, sans se faire remarquer
Term
demeuerer
 Definition
to remain (il demeure silencieux)
Term
accoucher
 Definition
to give birth
Term
se rétablir
 Definition
to recuperate
Term
grimper sur
 Definition
to climb
Term
se pendre
 Definition
to hang oneself
Term
un violiste
 Definition
someone who plays the viola da gamba
Term
un accord
 Definition
a chord
Term
la cour
 Definition
the court of Louis XIV
Term
Le courtisan
 Definition
courtier
Term
le renvoi
 Definition
return or dismissal
Term
un époux/se
 Definition
husband/wife
Term
une cabane
 Definition
a cabin
Term
le départ
 Definition
the departure
Term
une planche de bois
 Definition
a plank of wood
Term
le retour
 Definition
a return journey
Term
la jeunesse
 Definition
youth
Term
un apaisement
 Definition
pacifying words
Term
la blessure
 Definition
the wound
Term
un enfermement
 Definition
exclusion sociale ou folie
Term
le chagrin
 Definition
strong feelings of annoyance/displeasure, sometimes mixed with embarassment
Term
la rive
 Definition
bank/shore
Term
le sanglot
 Definition
sob
Term
un cordonnier
 Definition
a shoemaker
Term
un tabouret
 Definition
a stool
Term
une aube
 Definition
dawn
Term
un luthier
 Definition
stringed instrument maker
Term
une perruque
 Definition
a wig
Term
un entrain
 Definition
spirit, energy, vivacity
Term
un songe
 Definition
a dream
Term
la répugnance
 Definition
disgust
Term
une étreinte
 Definition
an embrace
Term
la demeure
 Definition
the house
Term
la poutre
 Definition
a beam (of wood)
Term
la rétablissement
 Definition
recovery
Term
déchiré/e
 Definition
torn
Term
abîmé/e
 Definition
damamged
Term
décharné/e
 Definition
emaciated
Term
minutieux
 Definition
meticulous
Term
intransigeant
 Definition
intransigent
Term
intraitable
 Definition
inflexible, uncompromising
Term
assidu/e
 Definition
attentive, diligent
Term
pourri/e
 Definition
rotten
Term
opiniâtre
 Definition
stubborn
Term
rauque
 Definition
hoarse
Term
répugnant
 Definition
repugnant
Term
transi/e (de froid)
 Definition
chilled to the bone
Term
egaré/e
 Definition
lost
Term
hébété/e
 Definition
shocked
Term
taciturne
 Definition
taciturn
Term
grave
 Definition
serious
Term
silencieux
 Definition
silent
Term
méprisé/e
 Definition
mistaken
Term
méprisant
 Definition
contemptuous
Term
austère
 Definition
austere
Term
rigoureux/se
 Definition
rigorous
Term
brillant/e
 Definition
brilliant
Term
saccadé/e
 Definition
irregular
Term
passé/e de mode
 Definition
out of style
Term
un jour férié
 Definition
a day off
Term
renommé/e
 Definition
renowned
Term
brisé/e
 Definition
broken
Term
jadis
 Definition
in times past, formerly
Term
en cachette
 Definition
in secret
Term
notamment
 Definition
in particular
Term
réussi
 Definition
succeeded
Term
échouer
 Definition
fail
Term
faire partie de
 Definition
be part of
Term
en matière de
 Definition
regarding
Term
gagner bien ou mal sa vie
 Definition
make a good/bad living
Term
au fond
 Definition
in reality
Term
atteré
 Definition
appalled
Term
avoir un penchant pour
 Definition
have an inclination for
Term
un aprentissage
 Definition
an education
Term
se laisser berner par
 Definition
to be annoyed by
Term
odieux
 Definition
hateful
Term
manquer de
 Definition
to lack
Term
bouleverser
 Definition
to move
Term
affronter
 Definition
affront
Term
se donner du mal
 Definition
make an effort
Term
envenemir
 Definition
to make worse
Term
le comble
 Definition
the summit
Term
annuler
 Definition
annul
Term
mépriser
 Definition
to have contempt for
Term
peiner qqn
 Definition
hurt someone
Term
en vouloir à qqn
 Definition
have resentment towards
Term
la tricherie
 Definition
trickery
Term
effacer
 Definition
to erase
Term
abitrer
 Definition
referee
Term
chômage
 Definition
unemployment
Term
etre licencié
 Definition
be fired
Term
jouer la comedie
 Definition
Term
faire semblant de
 Definition
pretend
Term
avouer
 Definition
confess
Term
mensonges
 Definition
lies
Term
racines
 Definition
roots
Term
coutumes
 Definition
custom
Term
se soumettre à qqn
 Definition
submit to someone
Term
empêcher qqn de
 Definition
prevent
Term
rompre une relation
 Definition
break up
Term
le milieu
 Definition
social caste
Term
etre déchiréto be torn
 Definition
Term
fossé
 Definition
gap
Term
bâcler un travail
 Definition
botch
Term
prendre garde à
 Definition
shield yourself against
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