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Language - French
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03/29/2009

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Term
en: idleness
Definition

fr: oisiveté (nf)

/wa.ziv.te/

Term

en: verb: to feel, experience

 

 

Definition

fr: éprouver

 

conj comme parler

 

~ de la jalousie = to be jealous;

Term
en: convoluted
Definition

fr: alambiqué (adj)

/a.lɑ̃.bi.ke/

Term
en: flashback
Definition
fr: une analepse
Term

en: a defense of a person or idea.

"prendre la défense d'une personne ou d'une idée."

Definition
fr: une apologie
Term
en: fundamentally
Definition

fr: foncièrement

/fɔ̃.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃/

Term

en:beginning of a book

début d'une livre

Definition

fr: incipit (nm)

/ɛ̃.si.pit/

Term
en: a lexicon
Definition
fr: un lexique
Term

en: non-existence

"la non-existence, c'est-à-dire le non-être"

Definition

fr: le néant

.

Term
en: a reusable manuscript
Definition

fr: un palimpseste

 

Term

en: by means of

 

Definition
fr: par le biais de
Term
A figure of speech in which a future event is referred to in anticipation. For example, a character who is about to die might be described as "the dead man" before he is actually dead.
Definition
fr: Une prolepse
Term
en: sought after
Definition

fr: recherché

courir après (sought after)

Term

en:The whole spectrum

 

Definition
fr: toute la gamme
Term
en:aim to
Definition
fr: viser à
Term
en: verily (certianment)
Definition

fr: voire

 

Term
en: to surprise
Definition

étonner /etɔne/

  1. transitive verb to surprise.
  1. s'étonner reflexive verb (+ v être) to be surprised.
conj. comme parler

Term
en: to drain
Definition

écouler /ekule/

  1. s'écouler reflexive verb (+ v être)
    1. [time, life] to pass;
    1. [river] to flow;
    1. [oil, water] to escape;
    1. [water] to drain away;
    1.  [product] to move.        
Conj. comme parler

Term
en: to spread, pour, or spill
Definition
transitive verb répandre /ʀepɑ̃dʀ/
    1. to spread [substance];
      to pour [liquid];
      to spill [liquid];
    1. to scatter [seeds, rubbish];
    1. to spread [news, religion];
      to give off [heat, smoke, smell].
  1. se répandre reflexive verb (+ v être) to spread.
Term
to hang something out (clothes)
Definition

étendre

/e.tɑ̃dʁ/

Term
en: reticent (hesitant)
Definition

fr: réticent

/ʁe.ti.sɑ̃/

Term
en:to go in a roudabout manner
Definition
fr: aller par quatre chemins
Term
en: to lean against
Definition
fr: s'adosser (réflexif)
Term
en: to bring something up
Definition
fr: mettre qqch sur le tapis
Term
en: in addition
Definition
fr: par ailleurs
Term
en: to remain
Definition
fr: demeurer
Term

en: nonetheless, the fact remains

en: as it happens, for all of that

Definition

fr: il n'en demeure pas moins que

fr: au demeurant

Term
en: similar (likewise)
Definition

fr: pareil

 

Term
en: first of all
Definition
fr: tout d'abord
Term
en: to be up for something
Definition
fr: être partant pour
Term
en: a loved one
Definition
fr: un être cher
Term
en: with one's whole being
Definition
fr: de tout son être
Term
en: to try to
Definition
fr: tâcher de
Term
en: so (adv)
Definition

fr: si

si loin (so far)

si bien que (so much that)

 

Term
en: courtesty
Definition
fr: galanterie
Term
en: chivalry
Definition
fr: chevalerie
Term
en: to come from (a noble family)
Definition
fr: être issu (être + the past participle issue)
Term
en: myopic
Definition

fr: myope

/mjɔp/

Term
en: blissful
Definition

fr: bienheureux

 

Term
en: benevolent
Definition

fr: bienveillant(e)

/bjɛ̃.vɛ.jɑ̃/

Term
en: hug
Definition

fr: câlin

/kɑ.lɛ̃/

Term

en: deliver, rescue

Definition
fr: délivrer
Term

en: while

en: whereas

Definition

fr: tandis que

fr: whereas

Term
en: wherein (in regards to which)
Definition
fr: dans lequel
Term
en: uniqueness
Definition

fr: unicité (nf)

 

 

Term
en: glean
Definition
fr: glaner
Term
en: to be a matter of
Definition
fr: il s'agir de
Term
en: the hereafter
Definition
fr: l'au-delà
Term
en: to carry out (to do)
Definition
fr: mettre en œuvre
Term
en: however (nonetheless)
Definition

fr: néanmoins

/neɑ̃.mwɛ̃/

 

Term

en: besides, moreover

en: in addition

Definition

fr: d'ailleurs (besides, moreover)

fr: par ailleurs (in addition)

/a.jœʁ/

 


Term
en: whoever
Definition

fr: quiconque

/ki.kɔ̃k/

Term

en: in order that

 

en: so as to

Definition

fr: afin que

/a.fɛ̃/

 

fr: afin de + verbe

Term
en: likewise
Definition

fr: pareillement

/pa.ʁɛj.mɑ̃/

Term
en: unfruitful
Definition

fr: infructueux

/ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø/

 

fr: infructueuse

/ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥøz/

Term
en: the fact still remains
Definition
fr: il n'empêche que
Term
en: cannot help but
Definition
fr: ne pas pouvoir s'empêcher de...
Term
en: to refrain
Definition
fr: s'empêcher de
Term
en: indefinitely
Definition

fr: indéfiniment

/ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃/

Term
en: a glossary
Definition
fr: un glossaire
Term
en: narrow
Definition

fr: étroit(e) adj

 

avoir l'ésprit étroit

Term
en: along with, as well as
Definition
fr: ainsi que
Term
en: as soon as
Definition
dès que
Term
en: the darkness
Definition
fr: les ténèbres
Term
en: whether it be
Definition
fr: que ce soit
Term
en: bursting with
Definition
fr: bourré de
Term
en: rightly, correctly
Definition
fr: tout à fait
Term
en: dissipation
Definition
fr: émmiettement (nm)
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