year 4 vocab

épopée (f)

epic poem

dessein (m)

aim, intent

septentrional

northern

cachot (m)

dungeon

errer

to wander, roam

arracher

to pull off/extract

déchirer

to tear (up), rip

mêler

to mix, contribute

arroser

to spray

limon (m)

silt

se gonfler

to rise (up)

déluge (m)

downpour

cimenter

to cement

liane (f)

vine

charrier

to carry (along)

écumant

foaming

s’emparer de [qqch]

to seize/take

accroître

to increase, grow

embouchure (f)

mouth (of a river)

répandre

to spread, scatter

pin (m)

pine

chêne (m)

oak

flamant (m)

flamingo

épris

besotted

besogne (f)

work (formal)

désuet

old-fashioned, outdated (formal)

godasse

shoe (arg.)

toubib(e)

doctor (arg.)

pressentiment (m)

premonition

égaré

lost, astray

ne … point

old timey negation, strong

embellir

to embellish

scélerat(e)

villain, crook

gré (m)

want, will

amère (f)

bitterness

matraque (f)

baton

navire (m)

ship

sinusoïdal

undulating

tirer sur qqn

to shoot someone

désinformation (f)

misinformation

Brexit (m)

brexit

chambre de résonnance (f)

echo chamber

perdition (f)

distress

atterissage (m)

landing, comedown

heurté

jerky

chaumière (f)

cottage

jeremiades (nfpl)

whining

chichement

frugally

gâté

spoilt

tracasserie (f)

annoyance, nuisance

courbe (f)

curve

dissimuler

to hide, conceal

cheminet

railway worker

s’abstentir

to not vote

abstention (f)

not voting

radier

to cross out

prérequis (m)

prerequisite

aborder

to tackle

d’ici

from here, by/within

surplombant

overlooking

bocal (m)

fishbowl