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Flashcards by Lizzie Squirrel, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lizzie Squirrel
about 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| quiconque | n. whoever |
| des sornettes | n. nonsense |
| diriger | v. to lead, to manage |
| une perceuse | n. a drill |
| quant à | as to |
| une clotûre | n. a fence |
| craindre | v. to fear |
| remettre | v. to reset |
| bon à rien | adj. good for nothing |
| éloigné | adj. distant, remote, apart |
| épouvante | n. dread, terror |
| se mettre | v. to get set, to start to |
| s'éveiller | v. to wake up |
| fredonner | v. to hum |
| nouer | v. to tie (e.g. a tie) |
| badin | adj. playful |
| les potins (m) | n. gossip |
| s'efforçant | v. striving |
| s'efforcer | v. to strive |
| brailler | v. to bawl |
| une chouette | n. an owl |
| hulotte | adj. tawny |
| voleter | v. to flutter |
| être en proie à | v. to be plagued by |
| glousser | v. to cluck, to chuckle |
| reculer | v. to back, to retreat, to retire, to recede |
| ce fut au coin | phrase: it was around the corner |
| insolite | adj. unusual |
| laisser | v. to permit, to allow, to let |
| cligner (les yeux) | v. to wink, (to blink) |
| tandis que | while |
| s'engager | v. to engage oneself |
| chasser | v. to chase, to hunt |
| parvenir à | v. to manage |
| gérer | v. to manage |
| les abords (m) | n. surroundings |
| un(e) passant(e) | n. a passer-by |
| les accoutrements (m) | n. bizarre clothing, regalia |
| pianoter | v. to drum one's fingers |
| chuchoter | v. to whisper |
| surexcité | adj. overexcited |
| empêcher | v. to prevent |
| œuvre (f) | n. artwork |
| se remettre | v. to resume |
| en plein jour | phrase: in daylight |
| bouche bée | adj. agape, open-mouthed |
| bée | adj. speechless |
| filer | v. to spin, to run, to get away, to fly by |
| vertement | adj. sharply |
| coup de fil (m) | n. phonecall |
| un hurlement | n. scream, yell |
| songer | v. to wonder, to contemplate |
| dégourdir | v. to stretch |
| lancer | v. to launch, to throw, to cast |
| courroucé | adj. wrathful, irate, angry |
| récolter | v. to collect, to harvest |
| un beignet | n. donut |
| envahir | v. to invade |
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