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