Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets pt. 1

désopilant

hilarious, hysterically funny

appuyé

emphatic, intent, fixed (gaze)

appuyer

lean, rest

manche (m)

sleeve

détrempé

wet, soaked

épingle à cheveux (f)

hairpin

miteux

moth-eaten, shabby

âtre (m)

hearth, fireplace

tourbillon (m)

whirlwind

suie (f)

soot

épousseter

dust (clean)

énjambée (f)

stride, step

maugréer

grumble, mumble, mutter

grommeler

mumble, mutter

touffu

dense (foliage/style), bushy (beard)

haleine (f)

breath

chauve

bald

luisant

shiny/shining, glistening, gleaming

cramoisi

crimson (color, blushing)

défroisser

smooth out, get the creases out

moelle (f)

marrow (bone);

heart (figurative), heart of the matter, central issue/theme

jusqu’à la moelle

to the bone/core, through and through

engeance (f)

spawn, scum, rabble

calé

clever

caler

wedge in place;

stall (engine);

be full (no longer hungry);

give up, be stuck (not know how to respond)

caler [qch] sur [qch/qqn]

align [sth] with [sth/sb]

brise (f)

breeze

briser

break, shatter, smash

bocal (m)

(fish) bowl; jar

avaler

swallow, take

déglutir

swallow, gulp

se frayer un chemin

make your way through

foule (f)

crowd, mob

accrocher

stick, hang ([sth] up)

maladroitement

clumsily, awkwardly

être sourd à

be deaf to (figurative)

engouffrer

devour (food), gobble/wolf [sth] down

s’engouffrer

dive/rush into [sth]

sert à

is used for

flèche (f)

arrow (archery; pointing to a destination)

“ les flèches SE MIRENT en se tortillant comme des chenilles ” ????

se tortiller

wriggle [around], squirm

tortiller

wiggle, twist

chenille (f)

caterpillar

interminable

never-ending, interminable

vestiaire (m)

cloakroom, locker room, changing room; locker

lambeau (m)

scrap, tatter, rag (fabric)

narquois

mocking, snide

effaré

stunned, aghast, flabbergasted

goguenard

mocking

farfadet (m)

imp, elf

puits (m)

well (water)

bouilloire (f)

kettle

potager (m)

vegetable garden

engrais (m)

fertilizer, manure

tressaillir

shudder, tremble

aube (f)

dawn

crépuscule (m)

dusk

hoquet (m)

hiccup

avoir à peine

hardly, barely

tenir à ce que (subjonctif)

hold important (insist)

chandelle (f)

candle

moribond

dying (person or object)

déchirer

tear, rip [sth] up

écorcher

skin, flay

flot (m)

swell, surge (tide);

flood (figurative; ex: flood of tears)

fulgurant

lightning, swift;

searing (pain)

trempé

soaked, drenched

maculé

stained

boue (f)

mud

panache (m)

plume; flair, style

fumée (f)

smoke

nuque (f)

neck

épargner

save up

tracasser

worry

miaulement (m)

meow

efflanqué

emaciated, scrawny

bajoue (f)

cheek; bladder; facing

frémissement (m)

quivering; murmur

frémissant

trembling

menottes (fpl)

handcuffs

sournois

sly, sneaky

vaciller

stagger (person); wobble (object); flicker (flame)

déboussolé

disoriented

hâtivement

hastily, hurriedly

funèbre (adj)

funeral

haillon (m; normalement pl)

tatter, rag

amoncellement (m)

accumulation

entassement (m)

pile, heap, build-up; jumble, hodgepodge

moisissure (f)

mold

verdâtre

greenish

pourrir

rot, decay

cor de chasse (m)

hunting horn

rompre

terminate, break off; break

vacarme (m)

racket, commotion

scintiller

sparkle, twinkle

rattraper

catch

justesse (f)

accuracy, precision

faire un bond en arrière

take a step backwards

se faufiler

weave in and out; slip/sneak in