independent french

ajuster

to adjust

un foulard rose

a pink scarf

un porte bonheur

a lucky charm

les oeufs brouillés

scrambled eggs

un attente

a wait/expectation

ce chiot

this puppy

croque-moi

Bite me / devour me (playful/flirtatious depending on context)

Les tourtereaux

the lovebirds

Les tourteaux

the crabs

Se vendre

To sell (well); to be marketable

Ça ne me dit rien du tout

It doesn’t ring a bell at all / I don’t want that at all

Bouleverser

To upset / to shake deeply / to overwhelm emotionally

S’épanouir

To blossom / flourish / thrive

On se sent l’âme petite rebelle?

Feeling like a little rebel?

L’amour soignera mon cœur

Love will heal my heart

À l’harmonie

To harmony / towards harmony

Ce nul de prime

That loser from the show / that useless guy on the (TV) programme

Semer la zizanie

To stir up trouble / sow discord

Se procurer

To obtain / to get hold of

Les louanges

praise

Frisson garanti

Guaranteed thrill

Lever de rideau

Curtain rise / opening (of a show)

La graine de la jalousie

The seed of jealousy

Une andouille

An idiot / a fool (informal)

Justement

Exactly / precisely / actually

Attraper

To catch

Le terreau fertile de l’amour

The fertile soil of love

Ça ne doit pas faire super

That must not look great / that can’t be very good

Avoir la frousse

To be scared stiff / to have the jitters

On va louper le début du film

We’re going to miss the beginning of the movie

Tu arroses

You’re glowing / you look radiant

Si vous pliez

If you fold / if you give in (context determines nuance)

Le frisson

The shiver / thrill

Méprendre

To misunderstand / to mistake

Mes semblables

My peers / my fellow humans

Mon désintéressement

My selflessness

S’écarter

To move aside / to step away / to diverge

les ailes

the wings

L’amour de triompher

The desire for love to triumph / love’s urge to prevail

Claquer les doigts

To snap one’s fingers

les tentateurs

the tempters

Brouillonner

To scribble / to draft messily

Tu n’occupes pas les paroles

Don’t worry about the words / Don’t mind what’s being said

La méchanceté

the meanness / nastiness

Noirceur

Darkness / gloom

Faire passer l’envie

To make someone lose the desire / put someone off

On se traîne comme des escargots

We drag ourselves like snails / we move very slowly

Être en règle

To be in order / to be legal / compliant

les enclos

the Enclosures / pens

Les manèges

the Rides / fairground rides / carousel

Donner sa langue au chat

To give up guessing / I give up (idiom)

Faire une grosse colère/un caprice

To have a big tantrum / get very angry

Abîmer

To damage / ruin

Un jouet

a toy

Une nounou

A nanny / babysitter

Se racheter

To make amends / redeem oneself

Se montrer ferme

To show firmness / be strict

La tombée de la nuit

Nightfall / dusk

Importuner

To bother / annoy / pester

ingérable

unmanageable / out of control

se chamailler

to bicker/squabble

Les deux frères se sont chamaillés pour des broutilles

The two brothers squabbled over nothing

Certains estiment que ces problèmes sont graves, alors qu’en réalité ce ne sont que des broutilles

Some believe that these problems are serious, whereas in reality they are nothing more than trivialities

mettre à mal

to weaken/compromise/undermine

se régaler

to really enjoy oneself / have a great time

défoncé

wasted / high / out of it

brader

“to sell off very cheaply / to cheapen (something) / to sell out”

Le magasin brade tous ses vêtements à la fin de la saison

The store is selling off all its clothes at bargain prices

il se prend pour

he thinks he is / he acts like

s’affoler

to panic, become flustered, or lose control

faire la feinte

to fake / pretend / to make a fake move

un bleu

a bruise

régler

to sort out / settle (often violently)

le menton

the chin

la portière

the car door

en toute honnêteté

in all honesty

éclaircir

to clear up/shed light on/lighten

l’emprise de

the grip/influence/hold

intempestif

untimely / unwelcome

mettre en examen

to place under formal investigation/interview under caution/investigate someone