Oscar et la dame rose

un roman

a novel

un roman épistolaire

an epistolary novel (a collection of written correspondance, letters)

suivre

to follow

épicurien(ne)

Epicurean, enjoying the pleasures of life

le récit

the story, account, tale

raconter

to tell a story

rédiger

to write, to write out

la leucémie

leukemia

chauve

bald

avoir l'air (de)

to seem (like)

l'enfance (f)

childhood

mentir

to lie

un mensonge

a lie

la vérité

the truth

croire

to believe

une croyance

a belief

Dieu

God

la foi

faith

l'esprit (m)

the mind, spirit

un vœu (les vœux)

a wish

souffrir

to suffer

la souffrance

suffering

approfondir

to deepen

l'oubli (m)

oversight, forgetting

foutre

to do (very informal slang for "faire")

le feu

fire

adresser la parole à

to have a word with

or

yet, but

une greffe de moelle osseuse

a bone marrow transplant

coupable

guilty

pareil

the same

une blague

a joke

les rides (f)

wrinkles

une crotte

a fecal dropping

un métier

a job, trade

le catch

professional wrestling

repérer

to locate, to pick out

la retraite

retirement

décevoir

to disappoint

un toubib

a doctor (slang from Arabic)

la mine

the look of something

sourd(e)

deaf

ne...que

only

guérir

to heal

rater

to fail, to miss

supplier

to plead

jurer

to swear

se taire

to be quiet

ne...aucun(e)

not a single one of...

pourrir

to rot

un éclaircissement

a clarification

déconner

to kid around

Tu barres la mention inutile.

Get to the point. ("You cross out the useless mention.")

les échecs (m)

the game of chess (also means "failures")

prévenir

to warn

fourrer

to stuff

essoufflé(e)

breathless

sangloter

to sob

un(e) lâche

a coward

gêner

to bother

Ça s'agitait pas mal.

Things were pretty crazy. ("It was shaking itself up badly.")

tirer

to pull

s'enfuir

to flee

un soupir

a sigh

avouer

to admit

un con (une conne)

an idiot (very rude slang)

se tromper

to be mistaken

se pencher

to bend, lean down

mendier

to beg

faire dans sa culotte

to mess one's pants (slang, "to make in one's underwear")

plaisanter

to joke around

chatouiller

to tickle

se rendre compte

to realize

des ennuis (m)

trouble

secouer

to shake

cru(e)

raw

une cagoule

a protective vest

un poumon

a lung

frissonner

to shiver

les poils (m)

body hair

pincer

to pinch

rusé(e)

clever

mouais

yeah

un cil

an eyelash

au ralenti

in slow-motion

faire un clin d'œil

to wink

une perruque

a wig

éclater

to pop

une ventouse

a suction cup

un baiser

a kiss

dégonfler

to deflate

mouiller

to wet, moisten

avaler

to swallow

un lecteur

a player, reader for electronics

Dommage.

Too bad.

cloué(e)

nailed

Bien fait pour eux.

Serves them right. ("Well done for them.")

serrer

to squeeze

un câlin

a cuddle

vachement

really (slang for "vraiment")