Georges Faydeau Vocab

Georges Faydeau Vocab

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vanter

to praise

noiceur

blackness

cruaute (f)

creulty

divertissement (M)

entertainment

engouement (m) (pour)

passion (for), infatuation (for)

emauer

to emanate from

derisoire

pathetique, trivial, derisory

desormais

from now on, from then on, henceforth

foire (f)

a fair

antipode (m)

a direct or exact opposite

epargne (f)

savings

recevoir

to receive

soutiens (m)

support

efficace

effective

entourer

to surround

etre entoure (de)

to be surrounded by

des que

as soon as

decourager

to discourage

morgue (f)

arrogance

a l’occasion

occasionally

boursicoter

disasterous

aise

pleased

raffiner

to refine

pimenter

to spice

reseau (m)

a network

echotier (m)

gossip columnist

innombrable

countless

de declencher

to begin, to go off

se frotter

to tangle with, to rub against

une cocotte (f)

a loose woman

deluree (f)

flapper

se menager

to handle something carfully

derobade (f)

evasion

se mouvoir

to move

se reclamer

to be an expression of

afficher

to show

appartenance (f)

affiliation, adherence

accointance (f)

contact

s’accommoder

to adapt to

etroitement

closely, strictly

tributaire

dependent

s’incrire

enroll

revendiquer

to demand; to claim

filer

to spin

quiproquo (m)

misunderstanding

rebondissement (m)

sudden revival

recuser

to challenge, to object to

estampille (f)

trademark, mark

s’emparer

to take up

berceau (m)

cradle

monnayer

to capitalize on

detraque

broken down, on the brink

embringuer

to rope into a situation

notaire (f)

notary public

apparemment

seemingly

denouer

unravel

enjeu (m)

stake

valoir

to earn

suciter

to arouse

prendre en compte

to consider

convoiter

to covet

collet (m)

to snare

ad libitum

a volonte

fleuret (m)

foil

mouchete

flecked

mettre en cause

accuse, suspect, blame

refermer

to close again

s’emparer

to take away

berguiguer

hesiter, to balk at

raneunir

to make somebody or something look younger

enricher

to enrich

calfeutrer

to seal, to stop up

s’etirer

to stretch out

derapage (m)

skid, blunder, slip

begaiement (m)

stutter, stammer

effleurer

to touch lightly, to brush against

macon (m)

brick layer, builder, mason

sucer

to suck

piqure (f)

a prick

fesse (f)

buttocks

se deregler

to uspet oneself

tantot

now, sometimes

se desintegrer

to disintegrate

ecorner

to chip, to dent

maintes

constantly, many a time

bailler

to yawn

siffler

to hiss, to boo

etourderie (f)

absentmindedness

simagree (f)

play acting

pataque (f)

ancienne monnaie d »Italie, du Bresil et de divers autre pays

droleries langagieres (fpl)

linguistic jokes