French vocab set 1

sursauter

jump, startle

en sursaut

startled (adj)

arborer

display, sport (a beard)

râler

grumble

se plaindre

complain

plus de mal

more trouble

emmerder

to piss off

rouquin

ginger

la veille

the day before

le jour avant

the day before

pansues

pansies

dès

from, as of, starting from

dès que

as soon as

accourir en meute

run in packs

bouffer

ate

traîner

to pull, drag

colis

package

rongeurs

rodents

cagnas

dug out

inépuisable

inexhaustible

truc

thing, trick, knack

s'en prendre à quelque chose

to have a go at something

s’en aller

to go away

s'en éloigner

flee, walk away, run away

s’échapper

escape

creuser

to dig

litières de paille

straw bedding

saoul

drunk

ôter

take off, remove

boueux, boueuse (adj)

muddy

godillots boueux

muddy shoes

cuir durci

hardened leather

bleuis de froid

blue from cold

enflés

swollen

saucisses

sausages

mal

evil, harm, ache

dégâts

damage

parois

rock wall

parole

speech

plus de mal aux parois

no more pain in the walls

rouleau

roll (of paper)

enfoncer

push in, break in

échauffer

overheat, enrage

merdier

bloddy mess, shambles

trotter

trot, scamper along

pitaine

captain, guard, sir

gâter

spoil, go bad

dégoûter

disgust (verb)

tir

shooting, fire, shot

nids

nests

glabre

hairless, clean shaven

boyaux

guts, intestine, insides

trouvaille

finding, brainwave

enjoindre

order (to do)

dégrossir

roughly trimmed

les obus

the shells

s’allonger

lengthen, stretch out

l’arrosages

watering

gallonés

gallons

acquiescer

to agree

convenir de

to agree

nous somme d’accord

we agree

la bile

bile

ménager (v)

handle carefully, sparingly, arrange

ménage

housework

au garde-à-vous

stand to attention

planquer

to stash away

se planquer

go into hiding

tenir

to hold / to keep

se tenir

to stand

figer

to freeze / root to the spot

se figer

congeal / to become set

effrayer

frighten

confectionner

make, crafted, manufactured

brasero

brazier

le conciliabule

consultation, secret meeting

disposer

dispose, arrange

disposer selon le titre

arrange according to title

se disposer

prepare / about to do

Je me dispose à aller nager

I get ready to go swimming

se preparer

prepare

sûr le point

about to

Je suis sûr le point de partir

I’m about to leave

indisposer

to upset / to antagonize

Il est indisposé quand j’arrive en retard

He is annoyed when I arrive late

irrité/ennuyé

irritated, annoyed

être ennuyeux/ennuyeuse

to be boring (adjective)

c’est ennuyeux

it’s boring

cassepipe

slaughter

d’écœurement

disgust

entretenir

maintain

encontre

against

l’étayage

prop (up)

créneaux

battlement, niche

un pan

a section / part

un pan des créneaux

a section of the battlement

ahuris

dim-wit / flabbergasted

tandis que

whereas / while

pousser

push

se blottir

snuggle up / curl up