boiteux – lame, wobbly, shaky
la marinière – overblouse
encalminé(e) – becalmed
Mots Du Jour Thursday, Jan 3 2013
Uncategorized 3:44 pm
Mots Du Jour Tuesday, Oct 30 2012
Uncategorized 11:09 am
le déni – denial, refusal
le/la secouriste – first-aid worker
la pagaille – mess, chaos, shambles
Mots Du Jour Saturday, Sep 29 2012
Uncategorized 3:10 pm
la raillerie – mockery, taunt, scoff
le nid – nest
le frelon – hornet
buter – to trip, to stumble, to bump into
enrayer – to jam, to curb, to stop
Mots Du Jour Sunday, Aug 19 2012
Uncategorized 9:55 am
la tutelle – guardianship, trusteeship, tutelage
s’écrouler – to collapse, to fade, to crumble
racheter – to buy back
mesquin(e) – mean, petty
la martingale – half belt (horse), martingale, betting system
Mots Du Jour Sunday, Jul 8 2012
Uncategorized 10:38 am
la crispation – twitch, tensing, clenching
aborder – to address, to tackle (a problem)
anodin(e) – harmless, insignificant, mild
casher – kosher
frêle – frail
Mots Du Jour Saturday, Jul 7 2012
Uncategorized 9:41 am
faner – to fade, to wilt, to wither
l’époux (m) – husband, partner
précoce – premature, early, precocious
baliser – to blaze, to mark, to tag
la banderole – banner
Mots Du Jour Sunday, Jun 10 2012
Vocabulaire 4:09 pm
l’orfraie (f) – white-tailed eagle
essouffler – to be out of breath
flinguer – to gun down (slang)
le perchoir – perch
le chelem – slam (cards)
Mots Du Jour Sunday, Apr 29 2012
Vocabulaire 9:28 am
trébucher – to stumble, to trip
le métissage – crossbreeding
rémunérateur, -trice – lucrative
l’emplette (f) – purchase
broyer – to grind, to crush
Mots Du Jour Sunday, Apr 22 2012
Vocabulaire 7:38 pm
frétiller – to wriggle, to wag
patibulaire – sinister-looking
le lotissement – housing subdivision
la capuche – hood (clothing)
le cambrioleur, -euse – burglar
Mots Du Jour Wednesday, Apr 18 2012
Vocabulaire 8:28 pm
ériger – to erect, to establish
la proue – bow (ship)
entacher – to sully, to mar, to besmirch
égarer – to lead astray
le créneau – parallel parking, loophole
