an ad lib une improvisation
That reply was so beautifully timed and phrased that it's hard to believe it was an ad lib.
That reply was so beautifully timed and phrased that it's hard to believe it was an ad lib.
WORD LISTSVOCA liste révisée et intégré à voca et idiomatic expressions le 18/8/18Fri Apr 15 05:58:07 EDT 2011
By LAURENT L. (Paris France)
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ad lib
an ad lib une improvisation
That reply was so beautifully timed and phrased that it's hard to believe it was an ad lib.
archway
an arcade (une arcade)
shopping arcade galerie marchande
aweary
fatigué
baize
(=fabric) une feutrine
(on billiard table) tapis
banister
une rampe (d'escalier)
bank statement
relevé de compte
→ Customers will receive a monthly bank statement.
batter
la pâte
(person) battre (storm, bombs) ravager (waves) battre.
beck
un ordre gestuel
to be at sb's beck and call (=doing their bidding) être à l'entière disposition de qn → she wants me free to be entirely at her beck and call un petit cours d'eau, ruisseau
bedding
(=bedclothes)
→ They don't supply bedding the bedstead châlit bedridden cloué au lit
befog
voiler
belay
belay, belay sth or sb (secure with a rope) assurer
une assurance, un ancrage
benignant
bienveillant
betide
advenir (archaic :happen to)
bevel
biseau
couper en oblique
binder
un classeur
Put all the handouts for the course in a binder. a ring binder classeur à anneaux
blandish
exhorter
the blandishment flatteries
blinder
blinkers (Grande-Bretagne) , blinders (USA)
avoir des œillères (fig) to be blinkered (Grande-Bretagne) , to wear blinders
blip
une petite anomalie
blister
ampoule, cloque, boursouflure
un blister: a blister pack
blubber
pleurer comme un veau
a blubberer someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs
blubbery
plein de graisse
boob
nichon
to boob (gaffer)
bracket
(made of metal) tasseau, support
→ Fix the beam with the brackets and screws. in brackets
bullhorn
a megaphone
bung
une bonde, un bouchon
balancer → Bung me the ball.
bursar
un trésorier
buttercup
un bouton-d'or
byword
un synonyme
to be a byword for être synonyme de
canister
une boîte
charley horse
une crampe
chivy
chevy, chivy harceler
to chivy sb into doing harceler qn jusqu'à ce qu'il fasse.
chump
un ballot
churn
une baratte (un bidon)
baratter, remuer, bouillonner
cladding
[+building] revêtement
→ ... stone cladding. [+nuclear reactor] gainage
cockeyed
(cross-eyed, squinty, having a squint) qui louche
saugrenu
squint
to squint at sth (in bright light) regarder qch en plissant les yeux
→ He squinted at the brightly coloured figures. (surreptitiously) regarder qch du coin de l'œil a squint : a strabismus (un strabisme) → She told me how she'd got her squint. He has a squint. squinty
contradistinction
un contraste
cox
un barreur
barrer a coxswain un barreur
crib
copier (sur un autre élève)
tiquer (cheval). lit d'enfant berceau
curlicue
une fioriture
dalliance
(=flirtation) (with person) badinage m amoureux
→ ... my dalliance with a certain footballer. sexual dalliances des galipettes (=brief involvement or interest) (with idea, thing) un flirt → ... my brief dalliance with higher education.
demulcent
émollient
deponent
un déposant (a person who testifies or gives a deposition)
dildo
un godemiché
dill
l'aneth
dimmer
1. [on lamp] rhéostat m OR variateur m (de lumière)
2. (US) cars [switch] basculeur m (de phares) dimmers [headlights] phares code [parking lights] feux mpl de position
dimness
la pâleur
dirt bike
moto tout-terrain
dissever
séparer, partager, diviser (archaic :separate, divide)
a dissenter : a dissident (un contestataire) → The lone dissenter from today's ruling was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor → The party does not encourage dissenters in its ranks
ditty
(=short song) chansonnette
diving board
le plongeoir
diving suit
le scaphandre
dodder
trembler
double back
faire demi-tour
downtime
temps d'arrêt
temps mort His job is so demanding these days that he has no down time at all (Il est tellement pris par son travail en ce moment qu'il n'a aucun temps mort)
drawn-out
laborieux
feathering
empennage,
plumage
flossy
ultra-chic
dental floss n (fine thread for cleaning between teeth) fil dentaire My dentist told me I don't have to use dental floss on all of my teeth, just the ones I want to keep. embroidery floss fil à brode
flyaway
rebelle (cheveux), frisottant , avoir des frisottis
frivole, étourdi
forecastle
le poste d'équipage
forecourt
devant
→ A police patrol car was parked in the forecourt of the petrol station. l'avant-cour
forelock
la mèche (le toupet)
glowering
maussade ; (oeil, regard) farouche, torve
guck
Any thick messy substance
-> guck, gook
substance visqueuse, crasse I got gook all over me when I was trying to change the oil in my car. (North Vietnamese soldier) soldat nord-vietnamien
heartfelt
sincère
hejira
hegira,hejira figurative (escape, fleeing) fuite
hitch
attacher, atteler
se faire emmener en voiture
hog-tie
lier les pattes de (pig, cow);
réduire [qn] à l'impuissance (person).
honorarium
prime
→ All sorts of people I found were getting honoraria for various extra duties that they had assigned to them.
horseradish
raifort
hosiery
bas et collants
(=sector of industry) bonneterie → Hosiery is a big industry in the Midlands.
impersonator
un imitateur
impersonate
jiggle
remuer
joggle
secouer (jolt: cahoter, secouer-> jolting)
joust
(Histoire) une joute
The joust took place outside the castle walls. -> a jouster
ligneous
(woody) (du bois) ligneux
like-minded
qui est sur la même longueur d’onde loc adj
qui a le même état d’esprit
lime
(=tree) tilleul
→ dilapidated avenues of limes (=fruit) citron vert, lime → peeled slices of lime (=lime cordial) sirop m de citron vert → a pint of lager and lime (=substance) chaux → If your soil is very acid, add lime. the limestone le calcaire
liniment
(lotion, ointment) pommade
(rare) onction
maddening
exaspérant
manumission
l'affranchissement
manumit
monition
un avertissement
monoecious
having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
morning coat
une queue-de-pie
muffler
un cache-nez (=scarf)
[+car] silencieux
mullion
un meneau (fenêtre)
multifariousness
multifarious divers , varié(e)
mush
une bouillie
une bouillie (à l'eau de rose) mushy
netherworld
(hell or underworld) les enfers
neural
the neural signal ([sth] transmitted by brain synapses) influx nerveux
the neural network (pathways in the brain) réseau neuronal
neuralgia
névralgie
nightstick
une matraque
nosedive
descendre en piqué
obverse
[+medal, coin] revers
(=opposite) revers his true personality being the obverse of his outer image sa vraie personnalité étant le revers de l'image qu'il donne
osculate
osculate [sth] (come in contact with) entrer en contact avec
osculate [sth] (kiss) embrasser donner un baiser à, embrasser
outrider
motard
→ Eight police outriders escorted the minister's car.
overbearing
autoritaire
overblown
qui commence à se faner
[prose, style] boursouflé, ampoulé, pompier
overpass
viaduc , saut-de-mouton
→ a $16 million highway overpass over Route 1
overpower
(physically) maîtriser
The bank robber was overpowered by two cashiers. Le braqueur de banque fut maîtrisé par deux caissiers. to be overpowered by sb être maîtrisé par qn (=overwhelm) s'emparer de
overshadow
[+event, feeling] assombrir
→ Fears for the President's safety could overshadow his peace-making mission. [+person] éclipser to be overshadowed by sb/sth être éclipsé par qn/qch
overshoot
dépasser
→ The plane overshot the runway overtake (dépasser)
overtone
connotations
→ religious overtones
pasty
petit pâté (en croûte)
→ a meat pasty → a cheese and onion pasty (=pale) [person] au teint terreux
perfervid
ardent
Paul Gray, a reviewer for Time magazine, described its “perfervid prose,” replete with exclamations.
perforce
la nécessité
As his gallery has expanded, he has perforce handed some responsibilities to deputies, who are incentivized by sales commissions as well as Gagosian’s expectations.
pincer
pair of pincers tenailles
ping
le tintement
pinky
pinkie , pinky
le petit doigt He pushes his glasses up his nose with his pinkie.
pitched battle
une bataille rangée
pointedness
His choice of something other than Wimbledon seemed to have a certain pointedness.
pommel
pommel (a) un pommeau
pommel bourrer de coups pommel horse (a) un cheval d'arçons
porpoise
un marsouin
potter
mener une petite vie tranquille
un potier
prancer
a prancer (high-stepping horse) cheval fougueux
premises
locaux
→ The business moved to premises in Brompton Road.
press gang
press-gang sb into doing sth faire pression sur qn pour qu'il fasse qch
raptorial
carnassier
rattling
a rattling (percussive sound) un cliquetis
rattling (extremely, really) (familier) super formidable
ratty
grincheux
miteux
raw deal
a raw dea (unjust treatment) traitement injuste
to give [sb] a raw deal : traiter qqn de manière injuste They had no reason at all to fire me; I really got a raw deal.
razzle-dazzle
le tralala, le tape-à-l'oeil
razz se moquer de (to tease someone) : I was just razzing you. I didn't mean any harm. the razzmatazz tralala → ... the razzmatazz of the opening ceremony at the Olympics.
ream
[of paper] rame, ramette
to write reams écrire des tartines fraiser (US & informal) [person] rouler
red-handed
to catch sb red-handed prendre qn la main dans le sac
He was caught red-handed. Il a été pris la main dans le sac.
redolence
le parfum (redolent qui évoque)
reenactment
la reconstitution
remittance
1) remise, 2) versement
rhetorician
un rhétoricien
ringside
ringside (around a boxing or wrestling ring) aux premiers rangs (autour d'un ring)
“The Price is right!” an announcer declared from ringside, prompting a roar.
rottenly
She couldn't say so, of course ... but I know she thinks they've treated you rottenly. Elle ne l'a pas dit clairement, mais je sais qu'elle trouve que tu as été traitée injustement.
No, really nothing mattered; really, the whole world was a sickening, stodgy business, rottenly managed....
rump
la croupe
rumple
fripé, ébouriffé
schnorr
cadge, scrounge: (obtain by begging) quémander, mendier
obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
scrimp
grapiller -> scrimpy
to scrimp on sth grappiller sur qch → Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy ... to scrimp and save grappiller sur tout → He has had to give up luxuries as he scrimps and saves while looking for a job.
scrim
scrim
scud
courir à toute allure
After a while, the squall began to subside and the thunderclouds scudded away from the center of town.
shorthand
la sténographie, sténo
shorthand typist une formule consacrée What is the fiscal cliff? It is shorthand for the potential economic disaster that`s facing Washington
simoleons
informal terms for money
Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, sugar, wampum->simoleons
slam-bang
maximum
assourdissant, sonore bruyant As I watched him, I saw a twinkle start in his eyes and suddenly he brought his chair down slam-bang flat on the floor.
smallpox
la variole
smarm
arranger (smarmy: flagorneur )
sourdough
the leaven
sans levain unleavened
squish
écraser
→ mash the peas with a potato masher until thoroughly squished
stationer
un papetier
stationer's, stationer's shop une papeterie
steamroller
un rouleau compresseur
steed
un coursier (destrier blanc: cheval)
steering wheel
[+car] volant
[+ship] gouvernail
stepladder
un escabeau
stringency
la rigueur
stringent [laws, rules, conditions] strict [need] impérieux
subscript
inférieur
The subscript ι came much into vogue during the fifteenth century, and thus was adopted in printed books.
sunken
[ship] coulé
[treasure] englouti [cheeks] creux [eyes] enfoncé [bath] encastré dans le sol [garden] en contrebas
thwack
choc
→ I listened to the thwack of the metal balls ... excl tchac! → Then the woodcutter let his axe fly - Thwack! Everyone heard it. frapper vigoureusement un grand coup
timbrel
le tambourin : the timbre (timbre) of the timbrel
timeliness
ponctualité rapidité
Africa Command, told Congress this month that more flexibility and “timeliness” in decision-making process was necessary.
tin
l'étain
tin plate fer-blanc une boîte → tins of tomatoes (a can of)
tinfoil
papier d'aluminium
papier alu, alu
tinkle
tinter
tip-up
(siège) rabattable basculant
The viewing area consisted of several rows of red velvet tip-up cinema seats taken from the local Roxy.
tipple
picoler , siroter
to have a tipple boire un petit coup a tipple une boisson alcolisée
tittle-tattle
les cancans
titty
(breast) (familier) téton, néné, nichon->the tit, the titty, the boob
tizzy
to be in a tizzy être dans tous ses états
to and fro
en avant et en arrière
toilsome
(involving hard work) ardu, épuisant
(soutenu) exténuant His blade was a model socialist innovation: Gillette replaced toilsome sharpening labor with the smallest, most easily produced part imaginable.
tootle
jouer (casually a musical instrument)/se promener
tortious
délictuel, délictueux
The lawsuit alleges the heroin crisis “is directly attributable to Purdue’s wrongful and tortious conduct.”
toughie
dur
tousle
ébouriffer
Then, in September, on NBC, Mr. Fallon tousled Mr. Trump’s hair when he was a guest on his show, causing an uproar.
trample
piétiner
a tramp: vagabond, marcher d'un pas lourd
trawl
une exploration
→ This antiques fair is always worth a trawl. to trawl: pêcher au chalut → They had seen him trawling and therefore knew that there were fish.
trivet
(short stand placed on table under hot dishes) dessous-de-plat
turnip
un navet
turnup
(of trousers) revers
a turnup for the books une grande surprise.
twit
un crétin
to twit->harass with persistent criticism or carping
twitch
un tic
undercarriage
un train d'atterrissage
unhitch
détacher, décrocher, dételer
unhinge déséquilibrer
unpick
défaire (fig) (=unravel)
[+argument] démêler → Among readers with little knowledge of economics, a few may be sufficiently intrigued to unpick the arguments and see why he is right
unregenerate
éhonté
unstinted
sans bornes
Xi will need unstinted support at the meeting, where he is likely to present wide-ranging reforms to rebalance the economy.
unswerving
indéfectible : he always showed us unswerving loyalty
Unswerving adherence to free, private markets will not solve the problems faced by our education system.
unutterably
(formal) [miserable, tired] terriblement, horriblement
[happy] extraordinairement, vraiment The crew members were “unutterably kind,” Berta wrote, offering them food and copious beer.
upend
renverser
→ The car stood upended in the grass. mettre debout mettre la tête en bas bouleverser
upholster
recouvrir, tapisser
upkeep
l'entretien
uptick
défaire
(fig) (=unravel) [+argument] démêler → Among readers with little knowledge of economics, a few may be sufficiently intrigued to unpick the arguments and see why he is right
upturn
une amélioration
“Our challenge,” Mr. Grainge said, “is transforming that upturn into sustainable growth.”
uvula
une ulette
walk-on
(actor, role: with no spoken lines) rôle muet
Even though he had no dialogue, his walk-on performance was memorable.
walkover
a walkover (easy victory) victoire facile, victoire haut la main
walleyed
qui louche
wallflower
wallflower (a) une giroflée
I'm tired of being a wallflower (faire tapisserie)
wallow
se vautrer
want ad
(classified advertisement) petite annonce
Let's check the want ads and see if anyone's selling a bicycle cheap
ward
(child in care of a guardian) pupille
The foster family took good care of their wards. ward n (election district) circonscription nf The people of this ward are pleased with the MP they elected.
warden
un directeur
un gardien
warp
déformer une déformation
gauchir, voiler fausser, pervertir a man whose whole character was warped by being bullied.
warrant
(court order) mandat
The judge issued a warrant for the suspect's arrest. to warrant [sth] (justify, give reason) (une action,...) justifier (mériter) The evidence that the employee had been stealing warranted her immediate dismissal.
wart
une verrue
une excroissance
wary
méfiant
washstand
une table de toilette
waspish
méchant
wavelength
[+light, sound] longueur d'ondes
→ Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red. to be on the same wavelength [person] être sur la même longueur d'ondes → We're just not on the same wavelength.
waylay
attaquer, assaillir
Boxing history is replete with dream matches that never happened because one, or both, of the fighters was waylaid en route.
weak-kneed
lâche
weakling
un gringalet
une mauviette
weal
une marque (de coup)
weald
pays boisé
wear and tear
usure (naturelle)
The insurance company will pay for accidental damage, but not wear and tear.
weedy
couvert de mauvaises herbes
[person] malingre
well-to-do
aisé, riche
les nantis well-off aisé
woebegone
abattu, délabré
wrick
1) entorse, 2) torticolis
calfskin
(young cow's leather) vélin
hit
sport [in ball game] coup
[in shooting] tir réussi [in fencing] touche
coinage
a neologism
(invented word or phrase) invention, trouvaille, création nf néologisme nm
Identikit
un portrait-robot
propman
un accessoiriste
un accessoire a prop (a prop: un support, un réconfort)
purview
la portée
the purview of science
sedan
une berline
hack
tailler, taillader
1. [sharp blow] coup violent [kick] coup m de pied 2. [cut] entaille
bramble
les ronces
quash
[annul - verdict] casser
[ - decision] annuler 2. [suppress - revolt] étouffer, écraser [ - emotion] réprimer, refouler [ - suggestion] rejeter, repousser
scuff
scuff [sth] vtr (scrape) érafler
scuff n (scratch mark, scrape) éraflure
sally
sally vi (set out) sortir
sally n (military excursion) sortie une boutade
undoing
une perte
drawn
fermé, aux traits tiré
nul (match) dégainé
testily
(say, reply) avec irritation.
scrabble
(=scratch) gratter
→ he knelt there, scrabbling in the hard ground → fingers scrabbling against the gravel to scrabble for grip [person] s'efforcer de trouver une prise → Her friends watched in horror as Caroline scrabbled for grip before falling from the clifftop. [tyres, car, bike] déraper, être en manque d'adhérence → bikes scrabbling for grip (=grope) fourrager to scrabble for sth fourrager partout pour trouver qch
roll
to be on a roll
être dans une bonne passe she is on a roll rouleau a roll of tape un rouleau de ruban adhésif a roll of film une pellicule (photo)
knockoff
un faux (reproduction)
nobble
soudoyer, acheter
gridiron
1. cooking gril
2. theatre gril
shakedown
d'essai
cobnut
(type of hazelnut) noisette, aveline
fillip
un coup de fouet
namby-pamby
gnan-gnang
une lavette
sine
le sinus
overdraft
un découvert
a £6000 overdraft un découvert de 6 000 livres to have an overdraft avoir un découvert to repay an overdraft rembourser un découvert → Her bank warned that unless she repaid the overdraft she could face legal action.
escapism
évasion
quickie
([sth] done quickly) chose faite rapidement
(quickly completed sexual intercourse) petit coup rapide baclé
dismount
(from horse, bicycle) mettre pied à terre
upstart
parvenu, arriviste
follow-up
une suite
follow-up adj (visit, call: further) complémentaire (examen) de contrôle, de suivi
prevenient
prévenant
gross
gross [sb] out dégoûter [qn].
typo
une coquille
varsity
une équipe universitaire
crassitude
bêtise crasse
pansy
(a pansy violet) pensée
tapette
schlep
se trimbaler⇒, se trimballer
sashay
a sashay (chasse) promenade
a sashay (excursion) flâneries a sashay (pleasure trip) voyage d'agrément nm to sashay danse faire un pas chassé to sashay flâner to sashay marcher d'un air dégagé to sashay se pavaner
lushness
lush [vegetation, fields, countryside] luxuriant
→ a rather pretty town, surrounded by lush fields and woods
gamine
de garçonne
→ She had a gamine charm which men found irresistibly attractive. (=woman) garçonne → ... a snub-nosed gamine.
buckshot
une chevrotine
in hails of buckshot : under heavy gunfire
somerset
a somersault (acrobatic flip) saut périlleux
a somersault figurative (U-turn, reversal) revirement
janitor
[caretaker] (US & Scotland) gardien m, concierge
[doorkeeper] (dated) portier
dink
1) amorti
2) pénis [Fam.]
drawback
un inconvénient
→ The drawback is that the flat's very small
jumpstart
the jumpstart le point de départ
scrimy
scrimy - dirty and disgusting; "worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"-
flagpole
mât hampe
punch
puchy
slather
slather, slather sth with sth, slather sth on sth vtr (spread thickly with sth) badigeonner (qch) de qch vtr
étaler enduire (qch) de qch couvrir, recouvrir (qch) de qch vtr
gabby
bavard, pipelette
a gab (talk, chat) papotage bavardage to gab (talk a lot) (familier) jacasser, bavasser
goldbrick
fuir les responsabilité, esquiver le travail
pacotille -> goldbricker (a) (person who avoids work) (familier) tire-au-flanc
laminate
mélaminé
→ A new insulating laminate has just been designed by Attwater and Sons .. → Thick sections of the laminate can be produced without the risk of cracking.
northernmost
septentrional
→ ... the northernmost tip of the British Isles ... [part] le (la) plus au nord → The Chablis vineyard is the northernmost in Burgundy.
collectible
une pièce de collection
gloaming
(twilight) crépuscule
shlockmeister
the shlock
glanders
la morve
darn
darn [sth]
repriser, raccommoder darn it! bon sang! darn that cat/man! encore ce chat/bonhomme de malheur! bon sang de malheur vachement it's too darn late bon sang, il est trop tard don't be so darn stupid! ce que tu peux être bête!
darning needle
aiguille à repriser
To darn socks properly you really need a darning needle.
descant
(MUSIC) déchant
→ An elderly woman, arms crossed, sang the descant.
smock
une blouse
(=loose blouse) tunique ample (=protective garment) sarrau
weasel word
Ambiguous or quibbling speech.
crud
saletés
merdique, foireux, dégueulasse adj pourri beurk
turnpike
une autoroute à péage
floorboard
le (latte) latte plancher
wishy-washy
délavé
sans consistance → He's just a wishy-washy liberal.
blither
To blather (a blather : annnerie, bêtises)
shootout
régler ses comptes
une fusillade jaillir
enfeoff
inféoder
tongued
glib-tongued (glibness le bagout
close-tongued taciturne double-tongued hypocrite honey-tongued mielleux smooth-tongued enjôleur long-tongued bavard loose-tongued bavard tongue-lash engueuler a tongue-lashing une engueulade sharp-tongued médisant shrill-tongued à voix perçante silver-tongued à la langue déliée swift-tongued prompt tart-tongued sarcastique
quidnunc
A nosy person; a busybody.
one who gossips
copestone
le couronnement
coronet
une (petite) couronne : a small crown
ice floe
la banquise (the ice field)
flicker
trembler, osciller
a flick un petit coup, une chiquenaude
flighty
inconstant
flit
voleter
finery
une parure
shortfall
(in budget, accounts) déficit, (in earnings, exports etc) manque
recreant
lâche, perfide
suede
le daim
roister
se livrer à des excès
ridge
le faîte [+mountain] arête
rick
une meule
ringlet
une boucle
honcho
honcho a big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel,
head honcho : le boss he's the head honcho c'est le grand chef, a big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, a knocker
kickback
un pot de vin
kohlrabi
chourave
keepsake
un souvenir
moxie
(courage, spunk) tripes, courage, couilles
forget-me-not
un myosotis
saucer
une soucoupe
a flying saucer
slake
assouvir (assuage)
skewer
embrocher, une brochette
singleness
la franchise
hydrangea
un hortensia
collier
a coal miner.
wrought iron
fer forgé
lapdog
chien de salon
landfall
le débarquement
skittle
jeu de quilles
slickly
habilement The products had been slickly marketed
slowpoke
un traînard, un lourdaud (a slowcoach, dawdler, dilly-dallyer, procrastinator, straggler)
dilly-dally traînasser, lambiner → `Let us not dilly-dally,' barked President Fox
sluggard
un fainéant (an idler)
sinew
le tendon
sinewy
sec tendineux
lambency
l'éclat lambent chatoyant
lapel
(of my jacket) le revers
forthright
franc, direct He is very open and forthright in his views
skittish
capricieux, joueur
slovenly
négligé
slovenliness
[of dress] négligé , débraillé [of habits] laisser-aller m [of work] manque m de soin
sloppy
peu soigné , bâclé, [appearance] négligé , débraillé (=sentimental) [film, letter] sentimental
slop
déborder, renverser
deface
[+wall, notice] dégrader
The Brew Crew's graffiti still deface walls (a defacement effacement)
skirting board
la plinthe
tot
I'd wanted to come ever since I was a tot un bambin
packrat
collectionneur invétéré
cheekbone
pommette
highflier
une star, [personne] de haute volée
The scheme is designed to attract high-flyers into the profession.
formerly
autrefois, jadis
educe
To draw or bring out; elicit. See Synonyms at evoke.
2. To assume or work out from given facts; deduce. educe [sth] (elicit) susciter
head cold
un rhume de cerveau
clutch
serrer fortement, étreindre
foreordain
prédestiner
forebode
présager
foreshadow
présager, annoncer
forbear
to forbear to do sth s'abstenir de faire qch
→ I forbore to comment on this ... to forbear from sth s'abstenir de qch → Protesters largely forbore from stone-throwing and vandalism
forbearance
la patience, la tolérance
foreboding
une appréhension, (dread) pressentiment, prémonition
Our foreboding proved accurate when the walls began to crumble.
forebear
(ancestor, forefather, a forerunner) un précurseur/ancêtre to be the forerunner of sth [thing] être l'ancêtre de qch) ancêtre
dumpling
une boulette (de pâte)
aforethought
prémédité
droplet
une gouttelette
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