French vocab - T

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tout droit
straight ahead
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tailler qch
to cut/carve/sharpen
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taillé
made/built
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taper
to hit, bang, strike, type, whack
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tout en ...ant
whilst ...ing
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timidement
tentatively
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la toile de fonde
backcloth
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la taille
waist
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tendre

to hold out, stretch out

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la truite
trout
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le terrain de jeu / de sport

playground / playing fields

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le thon
tuna
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taquiner
to tease/annoy
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la tâche
task
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la toge (académique)
(academic) gown
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teinté
tinted, coloured, stained
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au tribunal
in court
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la trace
forest path
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le touche-touche
clapping games
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se tordre
to twist (une cheville)
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le tapis
carpet
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aux tempes
at the temples (on face)
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le teint
complexion
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le taon
horsefly
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se tortiller
to wiggle, twist
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le trajet
a journey
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le tri sélectif
sorting of rubbish, waste separation
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tâcher de faire
to try, endeavour to
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tacher
to stain, sully, mark
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la tour [think la tour Eiffel]
tower
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le tour [think le tour de France]
circuit
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les ténèbres
darkness
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un tunnel souterrain
underground tunnel (metro = American)
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le TGV (le train de grande vitesse)
high speed train
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tardivement
belatedly
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(rester sur) la touche
(to stay on) the sidelines
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le toit
roof
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traîner

to lie around, lug sth behind you, hang, touch, drag sb along (somewhere they don’t want to be)

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un touche-à-tout
jack of all trades
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un taille-crayons
pencil sharpener
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un tire-bouchon
corkscrew
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une tête d'ail
a bulb of garlic
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un tableau d'affichage
a notice board
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le torchon
tea towel, hand towel
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le toit de chaume
thatched roof
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tantôt
sometimes, at times... at times, earlier (colloquial: this afternoon)
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le tailleur

pantsuit (women’s suit)

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traiter qqn de qch
to call sb sth
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tendre un piège à qqn

to lay a trap for sb

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le trou

hole

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tarir

to dry up/run dry

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les tongs (la)

flip-flops

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le tourbillon

whirlwind

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le tuyau d’arrosage

hose

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tâtonner

to grope one’s way, fumble

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le/la trentenaire

30-something year old

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le tremplin

springboard

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trouble (Fr adj)

blurry, cloudy

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tiède

warm

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toquer à la porte

to knock on the door

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une toupie

a spinning top

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tant pis / tant mieux

too bad / so much the better

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la toile

canvas

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le tabouret

stool (to sit on)

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la tonnelle 

canopy tent, gazebo 

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tuer le temps

to kill time

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tâcher de faire qch

to try to do sth

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les touches du piano (masc) 

piano keys 

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trapu(e)

thickset

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la table de chevet

bedside table

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la toile d’araignée

spiderweb

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la théière

teapot

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le tiers-temps

extra time (for an exam )

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taquiner 

to tease 

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tenir un chien en laisse

to have a dog on a lead

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le torticolis —> j’ai un torticolis

stiff neck

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une tombe 

grave 

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boire qch d’un trait

to drink sth in one gulp

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se troubler

to become flustered/confused

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troubler 

to agitate, disturb, confuse, disrupt 

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tressaillir [works like -ER verb] 

to shiver, shudder, quiver, stir 

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trottiner

to pad over

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tirer la langue

to stick out your tongue

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une tranche d’âge 

age gap 

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le terril [terrY]

slag heap (area of waste from mines or industrial sites)