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Vocab recall 3
Given an English word, name the closest French equivalent.
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10/25/2004
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Term
issue (of a magazine, e.g.)
 Definition
le numéro
Term
to date back to, to date from
 Definition
dater de
Term
to value, to care about
 Definition
tenir à
Term
to be anxious to/that
 Definition
tenir à (inf)/(ce que + subj)
Il tient beaucoup à vous connaître. Il tient à ce que nous sachions…
Term
to be due to, stem from
 Definition
tenir à
ça tient au climat. A quoi tient sa popularité ?
Term
armband
 Definition
le brassard
Term
jolt, bump
 Definition
le cahot
Term
to chatter
 Definition
jacasser
Term
budgie
 Definition
la perruche
Term
lime (mineral)
 Definition
la chaux
Term
glass roof ; stained glass window
 Definition
la verrière
Term
easel ; sawhorse
 Definition
le chevalet
Term
lid
 Definition
le couvercle
Term
screw
 Definition
la vis
Term
to drive, thrust, push (sthg) in / into sthg.
 Definition
enfoncer
Term
n. switch
 Definition
le commutateur
Term
to knit
 Definition
tricoter
Term
overalls
 Definition
le tablier
Term
n. sigh
 Definition
le soupir
Term
n. sob
 Definition
le sanglot
Term
to sniff, to sniffle
 Definition
renifler
Term
the small of the back, the lower back
 Definition
les reins (m.pl.)
Term
corksrew
 Definition
le tire-bouchon, tirebouchon
pl. les tire-bouchons
Term
[pants] to crumple (up)
 Definition
tire-bouchonner, tirebouchonner
Term
truffle
 Definition
la truffe. > truffer, garnir de truffes.
Term
n. hem
 Definition
un ourlet.
> ourler, to hem; ourlé, hemmed. Oreilles délicatement ourlées, delicately well-rimmed ears.
Term
to limp ; a limp.
 Definition
boiter, une boiterie. --> claudiquer, une claudication.
Boiteux, -euse, (n. et adj.) qui boite.
Term
bumblebee
 Definition
le bourdon
Term
handkerchief
 Definition
le mouchoir
Term
tar
 Definition
le goudron
Term
buoy
 Definition
la bouée
Term
Nape of the neck
 Definition
la nuque. Coiffure dégageant la nuque.
Term
back [of chair]
 Definition
le dossier
Term
[boat] hull ; [plane] fuselage ; [car] body
 Definition
la coque
Term
spaniel
 Definition
un épagneul, une épagneule
Term
[skin] patch, blotch
 Definition
la plaque
Avoir des plaques rouges sur le visage.
Term
bent ; stooped
 Definition
voûté, ée.
être voûté, to be stooped ; avoir le dos voûté, to have a stoop.
Term
muzzle, snout
 Definition
le museau
Term
pimp (x 3)
 Definition
le souteneur, le maquereau, le marlou
Term
worm ; grub ; maggot
 Definition
le ver
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