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French 4H Semester 2 vocab
ARLE Vocab and any other vocab notes I found
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Language - French
10th Grade
05/30/2009
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Term
 le chômage
 Definition
layoffs (WWII handout)
Term
les grèves
 Definition
strikes (WWII handout)
Term
se tenir (debout)
 Definition
to be standing
Term
se fair face à
 Definition
to face
Term
se maquiller
 Definition
to put on makeup
Term
étreindre
 Definition
to embrace
Term
un sifflement
 Definition
whistle
Term
se fair des mamours
 Definition
to bill and coo? wordref says "fondle..." in the mother context, probs cuddle.
Term
se serrer contre qn
 Definition
to huddle up against
Term
chuchoter
 Definition
to whisper
Term
givré
 Definition
frosted (like a window)
Term
un quartier
 Definition
neighborhood
Term
bourré
 Definition
full, packed
Term
une bosse
 Definition
bump
Term
semelles de bois (f)
 Definition
wooden soles (of a shoe)
Term
en bure
 Definition
in frock or cowl
Term
rondouillard
 Definition
tubby, pudgy
Term
renfrogné
 Definition
sullen, scowling
Term
zézayer
 Definition
to lisp
Term
un bouquin
 Definition

= livre

book
Term
un casier
 Definition
locker
Term
un échalas
 Definition

=perche

(stake, pole)
Term
s'emparer de
 Definition
to seize or grab hold of
Term
un jumeau
 Definition
twin
Term
un poêle à bois
 Definition
wood burning stove
Term
nichons (m)
 Definition
slang: boobs, tits
Term
la coqueluche
 Definition
whooping cough
Term
baiser
 Definition

to kiss (old, ie in ARLE?)

to fuck (modern)
Term
un oreiller
 Definition
pillow
Term
"fichez-lui la paix"
 Definition
leave him alone
Term
s'éteindre
 Definition
to go out or put out (a flame, cigarette)
Term
une coupure
 Definition
power failure/outage
Term
des culottes courtes
 Definition
short pants, like boys in ARLE wear
Term
un chandail
 Definition
sweater
Term
une fourrure
 Definition
fur (coat)
Term
"je m'en fous"
 Definition
slang: I don't care
Term
escalader
 Definition
to go up stairs
Term
la portière
 Definition
[car] door
Term
un crétin
 Definition
imbecile, idiot
Term
une bouffée
 Definition
a puff
Term
un mégot
 Definition
cigarette butt
Term
défendre de
 Definition
forbidden
Term
s'agenouiller
 Definition
to kneel
Term
la nuque
 Definition
the nape (of the neck)
Term
la vitre
 Definition
window
Term
le charbon
 Definition
coal
Term
diluer
 Definition
to dilute
Term
un singe
 Definition
a monkey (or a priest)
Term
machinalement
 Definition
without thinking
Term
une quarantaine
 Definition
about forty
Term
désouvré
 Definition
unoccupied, idle
Term
un moine
 Definition
a monk
Term
la bure
 Definition
a monk/priest's habit
Term
un dortoir
 Definition
the dormitory
Term
des confitures
 Definition
fruit preserves, jelly, jam
Term
le marché noir
 Definition
the black market
Term
les babasses
 Definition
apes/monkeys
Term
rauque
 Definition
from the throat, raucous
Term
une lampe de poche
 Definition
flashlight
Term
faire semblant de
 Definition
to pretend
Term
se mouiller les cheveux
 Definition
to wet the hair
Term
s'ébrouer
 Definition
to shake oneself
Term
constater
 Definition
to notice
Term
un robinet
 Definition
faucet
Term
un lavabo
 Definition
bathroom sink
Term
éclabousser
 Definition
to splash or spatter
Term
une mauviette
 Definition
weakling
Term
corpulent
 Definition
fat
Term
une travée
 Definition
pew? row of pews? I don't go to church!
Term
un autel
 Definition
alter
Term
mal à l'aise
 Definition
ill at ease
Term
osciller
 Definition
to rock back and forth
Term
pris de vertige
 Definition
dizzy
Term
la chair
 Definition
flesh
Term
le sang
 Definition
blood
Term
vaciller
 Definition
to sway to and fro
Term
évanoui
 Definition
unconscious
Term
une chute
 Definition
fall
Term
entrainer
 Definition
to drag
Term
rouquin(e)
 Definition
red-headed
Term
bouffer
 Definition
to eat
Term
créver de froid
 Definition
fam: to freeze to death
Term
être à jeun
 Definition
to be starving, to have eaten nothing
Term
la boîte
 Definition
fam: school
Term
communier
 Definition
to take communion
Term
lêche-cul
 Definition
suck-up, brown-noser
Term
demeurer
 Definition
to rest, remain
Term
entonner
 Definition
to break into song, start singing a hymn
Term
un chant offertoire
 Definition
an offertory hymn
Term
un engelure
 Definition
chilblain!?!?!?!
Term
le calvados
 Definition
alcohol made from apple cider
Term
classe de quatrième
 Definition
equiv. eighth grade
Term
un gant
 Definition
glove
Term
laine
 Definition
woolen
Term
garder
 Definition
to keep (on)
Term
de long en large
 Definition
back and forth
Term
debout
 Definition
standing
Term
une nappe
 Definition
blanket
Term
une houle
 Definition
swell (like a wave)
Term
le blé
 Definition
wheat
Term
écume (f)
 Definition
foam (like seafoam)
Term
un grenier
 Definition
wheat loft
Term
comblé
 Definition
filled, packed
Term
une chape
 Definition
shell, coating
Term
dépeuplée
 Definition
empty
Term
un poing
 Definition
fist
Term
déassemble
 Definition
dismantled
Term
la lassitude
 Definition
weariness
Term
mûr
 Definition
ripe, ready
Term
une rempailleuse
 Definition
upholsterer
Term
spirituel
 Definition
witty
Term
se remettre dans le bain
 Definition
to get back in the swing of things
Term
se mettre au travail
 Definition
to get to work
Term
rêver
 Definition
to dream
Term
saigner
 Definition
to bleed
Term
la récréation
 Definition
recess
Term
la cour
 Definition
courtyard
Term
battre la semelle
 Definition
to stamp one's feet (to keep warm)
Term
la barre fixe
 Definition
horizontal bar
Term
échasse (f)
 Definition
stilt
Term
se réduire à
 Definition
to boil down to, to amount to
Term
à l'abri de
 Definition
sheltered by
Term
empoigner
 Definition
to grab
Term
le bizutage
 Definition
hazing
Term
se tortiller
 Definition
to wriggle, squirm
Term
un ver de terre
 Definition
earthworm
Term
feinte
 Definition
fake
Term
crochéter
 Definition
to hook
Term
s'écrouler
 Definition
to collapse
Term
égratigné
 Definition
scratched
Term
crispé
 Definition
strained, tense, nervous
Term
se retenir de
 Definition
to stop oneself
Term
défier
 Definition
to challenge
Term
crêpu
 Definition
frizzy
Term
un lâche
 Definition
coward
Term
une joute
 Definition
joust, duel
Term
orgueil (m)
 Definition
pride
Term
bouter
 Definition
to drive, push
Term
la faconde
 Definition
volubility, loquaciousness
Term
se faire crocheter
 Definition
to get oneself picked
Term
se redresser
 Definition
to stand up
Term
une lance
 Definition
spear
Term
siffler
 Definition
to whistle for (to signal)
Term
un grillage
 Definition
wire fencing
Term
de fortune
 Definition
makeshift
Term
jeter un coup d'oeil
 Definition
to glance at
Term
rendre
 Definition
to give back
Term
dégueulasse
 Definition
disgusting
Term
empocher
 Definition
to pocket
Term
rigoler
 Definition
to laugh
Term
balles (f)
 Definition
=francs
Term
le boulot
 Definition
work
Term
"j'ai pas le rond"
 Definition
i'm broke.
Term
une canadienne
 Definition
fur-lined jacket
Term
un talon
 Definition
heel (of a shoe)
Term
faire le pitre
 Definition
to fool around
Term
trébucher
 Definition
to trip
Term
résoudre
 Definition
to solve
Term
alerte (f)
 Definition
alert, alarm, siren
Term
abri (m)
 Definition
shelter
Term
la cave
 Definition
basement, cellar
Term
un tuyau
 Definition
pipe
Term
ampoule (f)
 Definition
lightbulb
Term
le plafond
 Definition
ceiling
Term
une voûte
 Definition
archway
Term
encombré
 Definition
cluttered, obstructed
Term
une caisse
 Definition
box, crate
Term
vide
 Definition
empty
Term
une lampe tempête
 Definition
hurricane lamp
Term
diriger (une lampe de poche)
 Definition
to direct (to shine a flashlight on)
Term
éclairer qn
 Definition
to light something for someone
Term
"tu me fais chier"
 Definition
you are a pain in the butt.
Term
la pénombre
 Definition
darkness
Term
un faisceau
 Definition
beam (of light)
Term
blotti
 Definition
huddled together
Term
un film d'épouvante
 Definition
a horror movie
Term
un dessin animé
 Definition
a cartoon
Term
un navet
 Definition
a bad movie
Term
passer un film
 Definition
to watch a movie
Term
l'écran
 Definition
screen (movie screen)
Term
une vedette
 Definition
a movie star
Term
un récompense
 Definition
a prize
Term
le générique
 Definition
movie credits
Term
se glisser
 Definition
to slip
Term
un drap
 Definition
sheet
Term
enfoncer
 Definition
to thrust
Term
en chien de fusil
 Definition
curled up
Term
en portefeuille
 Definition
short-sheeted
Term
rabattre
 Definition
to fold over or back
Term
une tache
 Definition
stain
Term
frotter
 Definition
to rub
Term
un forcené
 Definition
a maniac
Term
sécher
 Definition
to dry
Term
sec
 Definition
dry
Term
grelotter
 Definition
to shiver
Term
étendre
 Definition
to spread out
Term
mouillé(e)
 Definition
wet
Term
en sursaut
 Definition
with a start, with a jump
Term
une traction
 Definition
push-up
Term
le sol
 Definition
the ground
Term
invectiver
 Definition
to shout at
Term
un cartable
 Definition
school bag
Term
un guidon
 Definition
bicycle handlebars
Term
une seine
 Definition
breast
Term
grossier
 Definition
stupid gross
Term
doigté
 Definition
music- fingering
Term
dièse
 Definition
music- sharp
Term
à contrecoeur
 Definition
reluctantly
Term
bâiller
 Definition
to yawn
Term
gauchement
 Definition
awkwardly
Term
égrener (les grains du chapelet)
 Definition
to say a rosary?
Term
trier
 Definition
to sort
Term
ailleurs
 Definition
elsewhere
Term
parvenir
 Definition
to reach
Term
ecorné
 Definition
damaged
Term
les jambages
 Definition
letters that, in cursive, go over or under the line (p, l, g, q, etc)
Term
une étole
 Definition
the scarfy thing a priest wears
Term
l'huile de foie de morue
 Definition
vitamin-rich fish oil
Term
fichu
 Definition
bad.
Term
strident
 Definition
loud
Term
sangeur
 Definition
thoughtful
Term
une serviette
 Definition
towel
Term
les cuisses
 Definition
thighs
Term
un comptable
 Definition
accountant
Term
un brouillard
 Definition
fog
Term
épais
 Definition
dense
Term
zigzaguer
 Definition
to zigzag, not go straight
Term
un ivrogne
 Definition
a drunk
Term
une bousculade
 Definition
jostling
Term
dévisager
 Definition
to stare at someone
Term
chiant
 Definition
slang: annoying
Term
d'aspect vieillot
 Definition
old-fashioned
Term
un vestiaire
 Definition
a changing room
Term
chahuter
 Definition
to talk loudly, shout
Term
délacer
 Definition
to untie shoes or boots
Term
des bottines
 Definition
short boots
Term
la communion solennelle
 Definition
confirmation
Term
un parpaillot
 Definition
pejorative for Protestants
Term
se boucher le nez
 Definition
to hold one's nose
Term
repartir
 Definition
separate, sort
Term
se débrouiller
 Definition
to cope
Term
mollement
 Definition
softly
Term
cogner à la porte
 Definition
to knock on the door
Term
soulever
 Definition
to lift something
Term
c'est malin
 Definition
that's idiotic.
Term
gêné
 Definition
uncomfortable, uneasy
Term
enfoncé
 Definition
covered in, sunk in, underneath
Term
se grouiller
 Definition
to hurry (vulg)
Term
un son
 Definition
a noise
Term
une bougie
 Definition
a candle
Term
écarquillé
 Definition
wide-eyed
Term
une silhouette
 Definition
outline, silhouette
Term
le dérouillage
 Definition
training?
Term
un milicien
 Definition
collabo police, Frenchmen
Term
un baudrier
 Definition
armband?
Term
la file
 Definition
a line (of people)
Term
rompre les rangs
 Definition
to break ranks
Term
rebrousser chemin
 Definition
to return to the same place
Term
la confiote
 Definition
(fam) jelly, jam
Term
fouiner
 Definition
to snoop
Term
un réfractaire
 Definition
someone who refused to do the one-year work in Germany
Term
pire
 Definition
worse
Term
un tantinet
 Definition
a little bit
Term
enchaîner
 Definition
to continue
Term
une péniche
 Definition
a barge
Term
soutenir
 Definition
sustain, maintain
Term
une perquisition
 Definition
a search
Term
moyen
 Definition
average
Term
bon débarras
 Definition
good riddance
Term
radin
 Definition
stingy
Term
une bille
 Definition
marble
Term
déchirer
 Definition
to tear (open)
Term
une usine
 Definition
factory
Term
se réjouir de
 Definition
to be overjoyed about
Term
renifler
 Definition
to sniff
Term
croquer
 Definition
to crush
Term
fouiller dans
 Definition
to rummage in
Term
raturer
 Definition
to cross out or erase
Term
encre (f)
 Definition
ink
Term
à l'envers
 Definition
backwards
Term
une cloche
 Definition
bell
Term
se réchauffer
 Definition
to get warm
Term
dicter
 Definition
to dictate
Term
minutieusement
 Definition
meticulously
Term
se ruer vers
 Definition
to dash for/towards
Term
soupirer
 Definition
to sigh
Term
piger
 Definition
to understand
Term
s'évader
 Definition
to escape
Term
se dégager
 Definition
to free, to get free
Term
coincer
 Definition
to corner
Term
un foulard
 Definition
scarf
Term
foireux
 Definition
scared, chicken
Term
sophisme
 Definition
fallacious reasoning
Term
s'étrangler
 Definition
to choke
Term
se faire piquer
 Definition
to get caught
Term
se faire virer
 Definition
to get kicked out
Term
trouillard/e
 Definition
chicken
Term
t'occupes!
 Definition
mind your own business.
Term
enfoiré
 Definition
"bungling idiot" [oh mme miller]
Term
une niche
 Definition
kennel
Term
aboyer
 Definition
to bark
Term
une patrouille scoute
 Definition
a scout patrol
Term
traîner derière
 Definition
to lag behind
Term
une pomme de pin
 Definition
pinecone
Term
un type
 Definition
a guy?
Term
enterrer
 Definition
to bury
Term
se mettre à
 Definition
to begin
Term
acharnement
 Definition
fierceness
Term
s'enfuir
 Definition
to flee
Term
la futaie
 Definition
the forest
Term
reprendre son souffle
 Definition
to catch one's breath
Term
ralentir qn
 Definition
to slow someone down
Term
extraire
 Definition
to extract
Term
en fer-blanc
 Definition
made of tin
Term
claudiquer
 Definition
to limp
Term
ramener
 Definition
to bring back
Term
un dédale
 Definition
a maze
Term
étouffé
 Definition
muffled
Term
se déficeler
 Definition
to untie
Term
un loup
 Definition
wolf
Term
les ronces
 Definition
brambles, thorns
Term
gémir
 Definition
to groan, moan
Term
marmonner
 Definition
to mumble, mutter
Term
une larme
 Definition
a tear
Term
chantonner
 Definition
to hum
Term
une cavalcade
 Definition
a stampede
Term
un grognement
 Definition
growl, grumble
Term
un sanglier
 Definition
a boar
Term
déboucher sur
 Definition
to come out onto
Term
goudronnée
 Definition
paved
Term
une phare
 Definition
a headlight
Term
occulté
 Definition
overshadowed
Term
le cliquetis
 Definition
jingling, clinking
Term
être coincé
 Definition
to be wedged, jammed
Term
partager
 Definition
to share
Term
le caporal
 Definition
lance corporal
Term
goguenard
 Definition
mocking
Term
faire l'imbecile
 Definition
to act the fool
Term
brandir
 Definition
to brandish
Term
s'effondrer en sanglots
 Definition
to burst into tears
Term
épuisé
 Definition
exhausted
Term
les boches
 Definition
(fam) the Germans
Term
le couvre-feu
 Definition
curfew
Term
agacé
 Definition
annoyed
Term
faire qqch. exprès
 Definition
to do something on purpose
Term
il claque des dents
 Definition
his teeth are chattering
Term
espèce de con
 Definition
idiot
Term
dressé sur un coude
 Definition
propped up on an elbow
Term
une pute
 Definition
whore
Term
contourner
 Definition
to bypass or go around
Term
un grain de beauté
 Definition
beauty mark
Term
une baguette en bois
 Definition
a wooden stick
Term
d'ouate
 Definition
cotton wool, padding
Term
des rafales
 Definition
bursts of gunfire
Term
arracher
 Definition
to tear off
Term
une aile
 Definition
a wing
Term
mordre
 Definition
to bite
Term
en colère
 Definition
angry
Term
survenir
 Definition
to appear, arrive
Term
en tenue du dimanche
 Definition
in one's Sunday best
Term
se faire une raie
 Definition
to make a part (in hair, etc)
Term
progéniture (f)
 Definition
offspring
Term
un paria
 Definition
outcast
Term
la haine
 Definition
hatred
Term
un mensonge
 Definition
a lie
Term
s'entre-tuer
 Definition
to kill each other
Term
trahir
 Definition
to betray
Term
aisé
 Definition
wealthy
Term
un chameau
 Definition
camel
Term
 le chas (d'une aigiulle)
 Definition
eye of a needle
Term
pourri
 Definition
rotten
Term
rongé
 Definition
eaten away
Term
méprisant
 Definition
scornful
Term
susciter
 Definition
to arouse
Term
un bourreau
 Definition
torturer
Term
se figer
 Definition
to freeze
Term
une hanche
 Definition
hip
Term
une manchette
 Definition
a forearm blow?
Term
faire un croche-pied à qn
 Definition
to trip someone
Term
une manche
 Definition
sleeve
Term
un corbeau
 Definition
a crow
Term
une plaine
 Definition
a valley
Term
enchainer
 Definition
to put in chains
Term
briser
 Definition
to break
Term
un barreau
 Definition
a bar (like a prison window)
Term
au creux
 Definition
in the fold of
Term
l'ombre
 Definition
shadow
Term
commander
 Definition
to order (a meal)
Term
des pommes rissolées
 Definition
browned potatoes
Term
une moue
 Definition
a pout
Term
la verdure
 Definition
green, greenery, the Germans
Term
"vous leur avez tapé dans l'oeil."
 Definition
you have taken their fancy
Term
empêcher
 Definition
to prevent, hinder
Term
écrasant
 Definition
crushing, overwhelming
Term
parier
 Definition
to bet
Term
un familier
 Definition
a regular
Term
interdire
 Definition
to forbid
Term
convenable
 Definition
decent, proper
Term
le loufiat
 Definition
lackey
Term
les collabos
 Definition
collaborators (w. the germans)
Term
des remous
 Definition
unrest
Term
l'assistance
 Definition
clientel
Term
ignoble
 Definition
disgraceful
Term
toiser
 Definition
to look up and down
Term
épater
 Definition
to amaze
Term
éméché
 Definition
tipsy, giddy
Term
le maquis
 Definition
the Resistance
Term
des bêtises
 Definition
nonsense
Term
le bachot
 Definition
graduation exams
Term
se crever la santé
 Definition
to ruin one's health, to wear someone out
Term
défroquer
 Definition
to renounce one's vows
Term
bandante
 Definition
sexy
Term
faire un frais
 Definition
to sweet-talk
Term
les câlins
 Definition
kisses, caresses
Term
marcher côte à côte
 Definition
to walk side by side
Term
des renseignements
 Definition
information
Term
aller tout droit
 Definition
go straight ahead
Term
chalheureusement
 Definition
warmly
Term
remercier
 Definition
to thank
Term
une ruelle
 Definition
an alley
Term
tituber
 Definition
to stumble
Term
une raclée
 Definition
a beating
Term
surgir
 Definition
to come out
Term
un torchon
 Definition
a kitchen towel
Term
salopard
 Definition
bastard
Term
la veille
 Definition
evening
Term
manque de tomber
 Definition
almost-fall
Term
le saindoux
 Definition
pork fat
Term
acculé
 Definition
back to
Term
un placard
 Definition
cupboard
Term
"auquel d'entre vous"
 Definition
to which one
Term
le vole
 Definition
theft
Term
en priver
 Definition
deprive
Term
commettre
 Definition
commit
Term
l'étude
 Definition
study hall
Term
s'en tire bien
 Definition
to get off easy
Term
pleurniche
 Definition
a sob
Term
l'économe
 Definition
bursar
Term
trinquer
 Definition
to take the blame
Term
reculer
 Definition
to retreat
Term
tombe bien
 Definition
good timing
Term
boogie-woogie
 Definition
jazz
Term
la pompe
 Definition
pedal (piano)
Term
assourdissant
 Definition
deafening
Term
clavier
 Definition
keyboard
Term
tituber
 Definition
to stagger
Term
un hurlement
 Definition
scream
Term
avoir un verre dans le nez
 Definition
to have one too many (drinks)
Term
voler
 Definition
to steal
Term
pleurnicher
 Definition
to whimper
Term
un pilier
 Definition
a pillar
Term
une note grave
 Definition
a low note
Term
un bombardier
 Definition
bomber plane
Term
rôtir
 Definition

to roast

 
Term
une châtaigne
 Definition
chestnut
Term
dépiauter
 Definition
to skin
Term
s'accroupir
 Definition
to crouch
Term
une voile
 Definition
veil
Term
répandre
 Definition
to give off
Term
égarer
 Definition
to lead astray
Term
lascif
 Definition
lustful
Term
effarouché
 Definition
frightened
Term
ébattre
 Definition
to frolic
Term
renifler
 Definition
to sniffle
Term
"il n'en mène pas large"
 Definition
he's scared
Term
baisser
 Definition
to go down
Term
un vasistas
 Definition
a shutter or windowpane
Term
dévaler
 Definition
to go down really fast
Term
l'encadrure
 Definition
door frame
Term
une offensive
 Definition
attack
Term
un pouce
 Definition
finger, inch
Term
péter
 Definition
to fart
Term
sèchement
 Definition
quickly
Term
tendre
 Definition
to advance
Term
des tracts
 Definition
pamphlets
Term
le matelas
 Definition
mattress
Term
sans cesse
 Definition
endlessly
Term
epanoui
 Definition
well-adjusted, blooming
Term
ruisselant(e)
 Definition
streaming
Term
s'abriter
 Definition
to shelter, protect
Term
en vouloir a qn
 Definition
to be mad at someone
Term
tutoyer
 Definition
to use "tu" with
Term
la connerie
 Definition
a stupid thing
Term
acier
 Definition
steel
Term
abimé
 Definition
destroyed
Term
le deuil
 Definition
mourning
Term
pourrir
 Definition
to rot
Term
crever
 Definition
to die
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