FRB2 vocab

entreprendre

to undertake

cauchemar

nightmare

par le menu

in detail

d'emprunt

borrowed

affiné

refined

pudeur

modesty, reserve

net

clear

manier

to handle, to wield

la raideur

the stiffness

cadavérique

deathly

enserrer

to encircle

tant soit peu

ever so little, somewhat

inabordable

inaccessible, unattainable

après coup

afterwards

regretter qqch/qqn

to miss (something/someone)

Rénégat

renegade

la patrie

homeland

collant

sticky

tilleul

lime tree, linden

joncher

to litter, cover, strew

le flamboyant

flame tree

souliers

dress shoes

cirer

to wax, polish

blanc cassé

off-white

se débrailler

to look untidy

déçu

disappointed/disapproving

poudrer

to powder

une gaieté

cheerfulness

désinvolture

flippancy/indifference

la vierge

virgin

un nain

dwarf

prudence (f)

caution (can mean 'sense' in older french)

ramasser

to collect, to gather, to pick up

se parer de

to adorn oneself with

peigne

comb

l'anneau

ring (no stone)

vaincu

defeated

effectivement, en effet

indeed, really, actually

Importable, pas mettable

unwearable, unsupportable, intolerable

faire l'office de

to act as

cuidier

(old) to think, believe

faire des cornes

to indicate someone is a cuckold

soulever

to raise

se pencher

to lean over

la lacheté

cowardice

remâcher

To chew over (lit and fig)

tremper

to soak, dip

patissier/patissière

pastry chef

patisserie

cake, pastry

une tablette

shelf

désagréger

to disintegrate, break down

le coquillage

shell

le plissage

pleating

ancien (before noun)

former

ancien (after noun)

old, ancient

vivace

long-lasting, enduring, perennial

fléchir

to bend, to flex

la gouttelette

droplet

éveillé

awake

se résoudre de faire

to resolve to do / decide to do

feindre

to feign, to pretend

Prendre garde que/ à ce que

to realise, be wary of

ébranler

to shake, weaken

sensiblement

noticeably

donner

to produce, inspire

un insensé

fool

hors d'haleine

out of breath

gêner

to bother, to disturb

un matelot, un marin

sailor

gouvernail

rudder, helm

le brouillard

fog

clocher (noun)

bell tower, steeple

pousser un soupir

to let out a sigh

faire le droit

to do law school

se dédommager de

to make up for, compensate

le tumulte, le vacarme

chaos, racket

debout

standing

la machine

engine

cracher

to spit out

un râle

groan, grumble, wheeze

le panache de fumée

plume of smoke

rosée

dew

couler sur

to trickle over, run down

les cuivres

brass

le pont

bridge, deck of a ship

une roue

a wheel

clocher (verb)

to be wrong, to be not quite right

fée

fairy

tiroir

a drawer (m)

placard

cupboard (m)

exigu

cramped, confined

désigner

to point out

consignes

instructions

acquiescer

to agree, to nod

muet

mute, silent

brouillon

muddled

aiguille

needle

par flemme de

for being too lazy to

ourlet

hemline

pousser

to push, grow