MUZZLE  = n  (= nose and mouth of animal)   museau   m     
→ Rex presented his muzzle for scratching. (protective device)  muselière / to wear a muzzle [dog] porter une muselière 
→ Pit bull terriers have to wear a muzzle. [+gun]   gueule f  vt  [+dog] museler 
→ All dogs are supposed to be muzzled in the streets. [+person, press]museler 
→ He complained of being muzzled by the chairman ...       
→ Besides, Roosevelt had pretty well muzzled the press.     

EMBER = braise /fan the embers = attiser les braises

GIDDY adj (=dizzy)
to be giddy /to feel giddy = avoir la tête qui tourne
He had a headache and felt giddy.
to feel giddy with excitement ne plus tenir en place
→ She was giddy with excitement as she waited for his train to arrive.
[height]vertigineux (-euse) / (=thoughtless) étourdi (e)

ASBESTOS = Amiante

MELLIFLUOUS adj mélodieux

HOOT vi [driver] klaxonner

EMBEZZLE vt/money/détourner
→One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds

HUMDRUM adj [existence, job] monotone, routinier (-ière)
→Her lawyer husband, trapped in a humdrum but well-paid job .

KNEAD=kneaded [+dough] pétrir malaxer / dégourdir knead oneself

COAX exhorter cajoler
to coax sb into doing sth amadouer qn pour qu'il fasse qch

WANE =[moon] décroître The moon was waning. Diminuer [reputation, interest] décliner

SQUAWKING = squawk ,cri rauque ,piailler, caqueter

HOOT = klaxonner/huer/hululer/mugir

BOULDER = gros rocher (généralement lisse, arrondi)
Bouldering = escalade/varape /rock-climbing

ARSON = incendie criminel

SLAYER = tueur Slay /slew/ slain

LINGERING = adj [hope, doubt, feeling] persistant (e)
→ lingering doubts remained

SNORT = grognement She gave a snort of disgust/person/grogner
→My sister snorted with laughter.[horse] renâcler /[pig] grogner
[+drugs] sniffer

BERSEK [person, outburst] fou (folle) furieux (-euse)
to go berserk (=become furious) devenir fou furieux
She went berserk.Elle est devenue folle furieuse. (=go crazy) se déchaîner

SWIRL=movement [+water,smoke] tourbillon
the slow swirl of the stream
[+cream] volutes fpl
vi[water, smoke, mist] tourbillonner
[skirt] tourbillonner
vt [+wine, water] faire tourner

IMPUGN =[+motives, integrity] contester

NOOSE = noeud ; noeud coulant

BRAZEN = sans gêne ; de cuivre
brazen face = n. effronté
To brazen it out =la jouer au culot

PERUSE =read consulter
→ We perused the company's financial statements for the past five years ...
→ She found the information while she was perusing a copy of Life magazine

PLUME = a plume of smoke = une colonne de fumée
→(=feather) [+bird] plume /the plumes of the helmet = le plumet du casque

HOOF = sabot (CLOG = sabot / chaussure)

MANE = nf crinière

BEHOLD (beheldpt, pp)vt apercevoir, voir
→ She was a terrible sight to behold

ERRANDS = courses

BEMOAN = vt déplorer
→ She bemoaned her lack of qualifications.

KILN = four
Lime kiln n. four à chaux

DISCREPENCY = between versions, opinions = divergence

CVA = AVC = cerebrovascular accident

SCOURGE = fléau

HEATHEN = païen(ne)

ATONE = to atone for sth expier qch, racheter qch

CREED ( = religiousbelief) croyance (=principles) philosophie
→ no matter what race or creed

BEREAVEMENT = ( = loss of loved one) perte f (d'un proche) , deuil

FURNACE =n fourneau

UNCANNY adj = étrange I have an uncanny ability to pick the wrong man.
→I had this uncanny feeling that I was seeing the future. étrange , troublant (e)

CONUMDRUM = ( = puzzle) énigme
this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God.

TWEEZERS = pincettes / a pair of tweezers / pince à épiler / tweezers = une pince à épiler

ABYSMAL = adj (= appalling) consternant (e)

RIGMAROLE = comédie / galimatias / charabia ( charabia = gibberish)
→ I don't imagine you want to go through all that rigmarole

HINDRANCE = n Obstacle
→ Her new ideas may be more of a hindrance than an asset.
→ Being the daughter of a famous film star can be more of a hindrance than a help in getting your career off the ground.

SLANDER = diffamer diffamation .

SKULL DUGGERY = unscrupulous /trickery

POTHER = tapage / Why all this pother?
Pourquoi tout ce raffut ?

TODDLER =enfant , bambin

Toddle = vi [child] faire ses premiers pas

RUEFULLY = adv [grin, look] d'un air contrit
→He grinned at her ruefully.

LARCH = mélèze
STALWART = n fidèle partisan(e) m/f
stalwart = adj. vigoureux / fidèle

WRY = amused and annoyed désabusé(e) = ironic

SHENANIGAN = manigances/magouille/tour

CORDUROY = velours côtelé

BEACON = (= lighthouse )fanal m
→ to be a beacon of hope(=encouraging) = être porteur d'espoir

Our Parliament has been a beacon of hope to the peoples

= balise f radio beacon / radiophare

SNEER = n ricanement /vi ricaner

DOE = biche lapine hase rate

RODENT = n rongeur

GROPE = vi to grope for sth
vt to grope one's way through the darkness/avancer à tâtons dans l'obscurité

= Peloter

AMID = au milieu de ; parmi / amid fears = par peur, par crainte

TINCTURE = teinture

COG= dent d'engrenage / être un rouage de la machine

EGREGIOUSLY = considérablement / de façon flagrante / grossièrement / outrageusement
→The tax code is egregiously complicated Le code fiscal est tout simplement exagérément compliqué.

BERATE = rebuke = réprimander
to berate sb for sth = réprimander qn pour qch

FURLOUGH (US) = [+worker] congé / [+soldier] permission

PRY = s'immiscer / Ela might think she was prying.
I don't mean to pry, but = Je ne voudrais pas m'immiscer, mais

KALE = chou frisé

LUG = trainer/trimballer luggage

HEX = sorcière / sort

STINGY = radin / avare

URCHIN = sea urchin =oursin /Street urchin =gosse de la rue

TO STROLL = se promener

SOOTH = apaiser

CHORE = boring task = corvée
THROBBING = palpitation/ pulsatif
FOE = ennemi ; adversaire

FATHOM = brasse / mesure depth sonder, pénétrer , comprendre , piger

PHILANDERER = Dom Juan

OBLIVIOUS =oblivious to sth oublieux de qch
They stood motionless, oblivious to everything but their own thoughts Ils se tenaient immobiles, oublieux de tout sauf de leurs propres pensées.
→to be oblivious to sth ne pas être conscient de qch
→People are totally oblivious to who I am. Les gens ne sont absolument pas conscients de qui je suis.
→to be oblivious of sth ne pas être conscient de qch

NEIGH = Hennir
TARP = (mainly US) bâche/toile goudronnée
FIEND = démon /such a saint to his patients and such a fiend to his children
DISCREPANCY = between versions, opinions = divergence
SHENANIGEN = manigances/magouille/tour
CERVIX = col de l'utérus
GALLSTONE =calcul biliaire He had surgery for gallstones
WIMP = mauviette/froussard
SWADDLING = emmaillotement
LICORICE = réglisse
RATCHET = cliquet /roue à cliquet=ratchet wheel / faire augmenter

GOAD = aiguillonner/Charles was always goading me!
→to goad sb into doing sth harceler qn jusqu'à ce qu'il fasse qch
→She was being goaded into an argument by Tom

QUITOXIC =adj chimérique ; donquichottesque ; vain ; généreux
→ He has always lived his life by a hopelessly quixotic code of honour

KEG = powder keg baril/fût/tonnelet de poudre

WHIMPER = n gémissement m
→ David's crying subsided to a whimper to give a whimper pousser un gémissement
→ The little boy gave a whimper. without a whimper(=without complaining) sans rechigner
→ They paid up without a whimper. vi [person, dog] gémir to whimper in pain gémir de douleur
→ She lay on the stairs, whimpering in pain.

WUTHERING = Gemir 

WITHER  = [flower] faner [plant, crops] sécher sur pied
→ farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions
(=become weak [person,industry] dépérir[industry] péricliter
→ The question now is whether the railways will flourish or wither. [hopes] s'évanouir

AWOL  =  absent without leave adj     (MILITARY)   en absence irrégulière  
to be AWOL      être en absence irrégulière 
to go AWOL        (MILITARY)   être en absence irrégulière  humorous  (=disappear)  [person]   disparaître de la circulation  
→ His real father had gone AWOL about 17 years earlier        
→ Kenneth contacted Stagecoach to complain -- but was told the driver had gone AWOL after the incident last Monday

PHILANDERE  =  n   don Juan    m 

CHUCK = throw   lancer, jeter 
→ I feel like chucking the bottle through the windscreen.
That night he decided to chuck his job. (finish with)(British)  [+job]   lâcher
plaquer =He's fed up because his girlfriend's just chucked him.  chuck in /chuck out  [+person]   flanquer dehors/ à la porte 
→ We were chucked out of the meeting

PIT  = hole in the ground / trou m  , fosse    

ENDOWMENT  (=money)  dotation [+talent, quality]  
to have an endowment of sth      être doté (e)   de qch  
→ She had, moreover, a reasonable endowment of intelligence

FANG  = [+dog, wolf]  croc [+snake]  crochet  

COO   =  vi   roucouler

SPATE = (series) vague    
a spate of = une vague de [+attacks,scandals]   
to be in spate[river]être en crue

THRUST  = pushing action)  
[+sword, knife]  coup  = propulsive force)   [+engine]  poussée   f    
→ The direction of thrust is controlled by computer.      
→ The cabin shook with the thrust of the engine = poussée de propulsion       
→ The pilot puts the engine into reverse thrust to quickly slow the plane down.      
= emphasis  axe
the main thrust of sth  = l'axe principal de qch  
→ The main thrust of the research will be the study of the early Universe      
=push =pousser brusquement  
→ to thrust sth in sth= fourrer qch dans qch/They thrust him into the jeep. 
He thrust his hands into his pockets. Il fourra ses mains dans ses poches.  

KILN = four
Lime kiln  n. four à chaux

DISCREPENCY  ,between versions, opinions = divergence

CVA =  AVC  = cerebrovascular accident 

SCOURGE  =  fléau

HEATHEN = païen(ne)  

ATONE = to atone for sth    expier qch, racheter qch

CREED  ( = religiousbelief)  croyance   
→ no matter what race or creed      
 (=principles)  philosophie

BEREAVEMENT =   ( = loss of loved one)  perte   f    (d'un proche)  , deuil

FURNACE =n  fourneau

UNCANNY  adj = étrange I have an uncanny ability to pick the wrong man.
I had this uncanny feeling that I was seeing the future.étrange ,troublant (e)

CONUMDRUM = ( = puzzle)  énigme  

TWEEZERS  = pincettes / a pair of tweezers / pince  à épiler / tweezers  = une pince à épiler 

ABYSMAL = adj   (= appalling) consternant (e)

RIGMAROL   =   comédie / galimatias
→ I don't imagine you want to go through all that rigmarole

HINDRANCE  =  n    Obstacle
→ Her new ideas may be more of a hindrance than an asset.
→ Being the daughter of a famous film star can be more of a hindrance than a help in getting your career off the ground.

SLANDER     = diffamer diffamation .

SKULL DUGGERY  = unscrupulous /trickery

POTHER  = tapage / Why all this pother?
Pourquoi tout ce raffut ?

TODDLER   =enfant , bambin   
Toddle = vi  [child]  faire ses premiers pas  

RUEFULLY   = adv   [grin, look]  d'un air contrit  
 He grinned at her ruefully.

LARCH = mélèze 

STALWART =  n  fidèle partisan(e)    m/f  

stalwart  = adj.  vigoureux / fidèle

WRY = amused and annoyed désabusé(e)  =  ironic

SHENANIGAN  = manigances/magouille/tour

CORDUROY  = velours côtelé

BEACON =  (= lighthouse )fanal   m    

to be a beacon of hope(=encouraging) = être porteur d'espoir  

Our Parliament has been a beacon of hope to the peoples 

= balise  f radio beacon / radiophare

SNEER = n  ricanement /vi ricaner

DOE = biche lapine hase rate

RODENT = n  rongeur

GROPE  = vi  to grope for sth

vt  to grope one's way through the darkness/avancer à tâtons dans l'obscurité  

= Peloter 

AMID = au milieu de ; parmi / amid fears = par peur, par crainte

INCTURE  = teinture

COG= dent d'engrenage / être un rouage de la machine 

EGREGIOUSLY  = considérablement / de façon flagrante / grossièrement / outrageusement

The tax code is egregiously complicated Le code fiscal est tout simplement exagérément compliqué.

BERATE  = rebuke = réprimander  

to berate sb for sth = réprimander qn pour qch 

FURLOUGH  (US)  = [+worker]  congé  / [+soldier]  permission 

PRY    = s'immiscer / Ela might think she was prying.

I don't mean to pry, but ...  Je ne voudrais pas m'immiscer, mais 

KALE  = chou frisé

LUG = trainer/trimballer luggage

HEX = sorcière / sort

STINGY  = radin / avare

URCHIN = sea urchin =oursin /Street urchin =gosse de la rue

TO STROLL  = se promener

SOOTH = apaise

POACHING = braconnage

VAGARY = caprice/alea vagaries

HENGE = mégalithe

FUDGE = caramel mou / esquive 

PANTRY  =n  (=cupboard)  garde-manger m inv  (=room)  office 

WOO  vt = [+woman] faire la cour à, courtiser

FIEND = démon /such a saint to his patients and such a fiend to his children

THRIVE  =  ( thrived, throve pt)( thrived, thriven pp  vi (=grow well) [animal, plant]   prospérer

DALLY   vi (=dawdle)   musarder, flâner 
The children dallied in the lane.         
to dally with sb (=flirt) badiner love avec qn 
to dally with an idea  caresser une idée  I'm dallying with the idea of giving up my job.       
dilly-dally  vi   traînasser, lambiner 
Let us not dilly-dally,' barked President Fox

DAWDLE =  vi traîner, lambiner flâner / to dawdle over doing sth=traîner pour faire qch