Verbs/Etc - Avril

S'effondrer

To breakdown, collapse (literal or emotional)

en faisant

while doing

basculer

to change radically; to tip over

Le cheminement

development/path/progress

saisir

seize, to grasp suddenly

saissisant (e) - adj

striking, amazing (piercing as in "cold")

désastreux, désastreuse

disastrous (m & f)

Le orgueil

pride; arrogance

La hybris

Hubris

provoquer

to provoke

orgueilleux/orgueilleuse

prideful, arrogant

se prolonger

to go on, persist, last, continue (needs no direct object)

prolonger

to extend (qqch)

un choc salutaire

wake-up call (imagery - like a near accident causing a driver to slow down)

brusquement (adv.)

abruptly, suddenly

brusquer

to rush, hasten

S'attendre à

To expect (always w/ à)

C'était comme découvrir

It was as if...

se dérouler

to take place, to occur (unfolding of an event)

se produire

to happen, to take place

avoir lieu

to take place; to happen (formal)

Se pavaner

to strut about, show off

agacer

to annoy, irritate

lancer, jeter

to throw

effacer

to erase, delete

quoi qu'il en soit

regardless of that, however, etc

désormais

from now on

avouer qc

to admit to something, confess

douloureux, douloureuse

painful, sore

grimper

to climb, to scale

cesser de

to stop, quit

acquirérir

to acquire

Redonner

to give back, return

celui ou celle

whoever

je me suis senti

I felt

Exercer

to carry out, to practise

bâcler

to do a job quickly but poorly

lutter

fight, struggle, wrestle

flâner

to stroll, wander (evoquative term full of pleasant emotion)

se balader/se promener

to go for/take a walk

malgré

despite, in spite of

La Bonté

kindness, goodness

un excès

an excess, a surplus

un intrus/une intruse

intruder, odd one out

Frôler

to graze, brush against

posséder

to possess, to own

S'enfuir

To flee a place

fuir

to flee

Abîmer

to damage, ruin

il ne reste plus que + noun

all that remains to be done is

Il ne reste plus qu'à + infinitive verb

There's nothing left to except...

au faîte de

at the peak/height of

en outre

furthermore, moreover

demeurer

to stay, remain

repèrer

to notice, identify, to spot

maigre

skinny, thin (negative)

Svelte

Thin (elegante, positive term)