MUZZLE  = n  (=nose and mouth of animal)   museau    m     → Rex presented his muzzle for scratching.        

 (protective device)    muselière    f     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.     

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

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

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

ERRANDS = courses 

BEMOAN  = vt déplorer  

→ She bemoaned her lack of qualifications.   

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

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

POACHING = braconnage

CHORE  = boring task = corvée

VAGARY = caprice/alea vagaries

THROBBING = palpitation/ pulsatif

FOE  = ennemi ; adversaire

HENGE = mégalithe

FUDGE = caramel mou / esquive 

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

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

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

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

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

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

powder keg  baril/fût/tonnelet  de poudre

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