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French vocabulary C1: Moving and positioning
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Ways of moving, pushing, falling and standing, and where things sit in space: “bousculer”, “détaler”, “s'affaler”, “en contrebas”, “de plein fouet”, “pêle-mêle”.
139 French words at level C1, with their translation.
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étendre (qqch)
to lay (sth down)
chasser (qqn d'un lieu)
to drive out (sb)
se rapprocher (l'un de l'autre)
to move closer together
se coincer
to jam (get stuck)
porter (un coup)
to deal (a blow)
dériver
to drift
se glisser (en silence)
to creep (quietly)
braquer (qqch sur qqn)
to direct (sth at sb)
se poser (oiseau)
to land (of a bird)
sec (dans un virage)
sharp (turning suddenly)
trancher (une tête ou un membre)
to cut off (a head or a limb)
des deux côtés (de)
on both sides (of)
tourner (autour d'un axe)
to rotate
arracher (une page)
to rip out (a page)
maîtriser (qqn)
to restrain (sb)
repousser (un assaillant)
to repel (an attacker)
abriter (qqn de qqch)
to shield (sb from sth)
puiser (de l'eau)
to scoop (water)
jeter (qqch dans/sur qqch)
to throw (sth in/on sth)
s'écarter (du chemin)
to stray (from the path)
agiter (un mouchoir)
to wave (a handkerchief)
cingler (qqn/qqch)
to whip (sb/sth)
sortir (qqn/qqch)
to get out (sb/sth)
retenir (qqn/qqch)
to hold back (sb/sth)
se repérer
to get your bearings
insérer (qqch)
to insert (sth)
se terrer
to hole up
entrouvrir (qqch)
to half-open (sth)
serrer (les poings ou les dents)
to clench (your fists or teeth)
dominer (qqn/qqch de sa hauteur)
to tower over (sb/sth)
rentrer dans (qqch qu'on a quitté)
to re-enter (sth)
la grâce (du mouvement)
grace (of movement)
l'échappée
breakaway (in a race)
descendant (vers le bas)
downward
gracieux
graceful
à la baisse
downwards (to a lower level)
au niveau de (qqch)
level with (sth)
l'insertion
insertion
se retourner (en parlant d'un véhicule)
to overturn (of a vehicle)
orienter (qqch en biais)
to angle (sth)
rôder
to prowl
sauter en parachute
to parachute
se voiler (se déformer)
to buckle (of a wheel)
la descente
descent
à vol d'oiseau
as the crow flies
à cheval
on horseback
la mobilité
mobility
à genoux
on your knees
orienter (qqch vers qqch)
to orient (sth towards sth)
statique
static
errant
wandering
projeter (qqn/qqch)
to hurl (sb/sth)
escorter (qqn/qqch)
to escort (sb/sth)
entourer (qqch d'un mur ou d'une clôture)
to enclose (sth)
plier (les doigts ou les genoux)
to flex (a limb)
goutter
to drip
flanquer (qqch)
to flank (sth)
de travers
askew
coincer (qqn/qqch)
to wedge (sb/sth)
égaré
lost
bousculer (qqn)
to jostle (sb)
asperger (qqn/qqch)
to spray (sb/sth)
la trajectoire
trajectory
ascendant
upward
le tic
twitch
à la hausse
upwards (to a higher level)
décaler (qqch)
to shift (sth)
jaillir
to shoot out
se faufiler (dans un passage étroit)
to squeeze through (a gap)
sangler (qqch)
to strap (sth in place)
onduler
to ripple
voler en éclats
to shatter
empoigner (qqch)
to grab hold of (sth)
s'embourber
to get stuck (in mud)
à toute vitesse
at full speed
le bruit de pas
footstep
à plat ventre
face down
pénétrant
penetrating
de tous côtés
on all sides
le coup de coude
nudge (with the elbow)
la culbute
somersault
la bourrade
shove (with the fist or elbow)
prendre la fuite (brusquement)
to bolt (run away)
s'enclencher
to click into place
s'attrouper
to congregate
se presser autour de (qqn)
to crowd around (sb)
en contrebas
below (at a lower level)
à mi-hauteur
halfway up
aller au-devant de (qqn)
to go to meet (sb)
saccadé
jerky
en marche arrière
in reverse
de plein fouet
head-on
le levage
lifting
comme une flèche
like a shot
le jaillissement
gush
s'emboîter
to fit together
voleter
to flutter
s'affaler
to flop down
enfourcher (un cheval ou un vélo)
to get on (a horse or bike)
la révérence
bow (to show respect)
sans but
aimlessly
ballant
dangling
se frayer un passage
to force your way through
en tailleur
cross-legged
dévaler (qqch)
to race down (sth)
se cabrer
to rear up
emboutir (qqch)
to ram (sth)
placer contre (qqch)
to place against (sth)
entrebâiller (une porte ou une fenêtre)
to open slightly (a door or window)
se prélasser
to lounge
se donner le bras
to link arms
écarquiller les yeux
to open your eyes wide
pourchasser (qqn)
to hound (sb)
pêle-mêle
pell-mell
le chassé-croisé
comings and goings
fondre sur (qqn)
to pounce (on sb)
l'à-coup
jolt
prendre la pose
to strike a pose
la torsion
twist (act of twisting)
en sursaut
with a start
arracher d'un coup sec
to wrench
donner une chiquenaude (à qqch)
to flick (sth)
enjamber (qqch)
to step over (sth)
escamoter (qqch)
to spirit away (sth)
traîner les pieds
to shuffle (when walking)
chasser d'un geste
to shoo
en deçà de (qqch)
this side of (sth)
jouxter (qqch)
to adjoin (sth)
le bruit sourd
thud
être aux trousses de (qqn)
to be hot on the heels of (sb)
boucher la vue
to block the view
déplier (qqch)
to unfold (sth)
prendre un relèvement
to take a bearing
tirer à pile ou face
to toss a coin
faire trébucher (qqn)
to trip up (sb)
à portée de main
at hand
tourner sur soi-même
to spin (turn round)
regarder bouche bée (qqn/qqch)
to gape (at sb/sth)
écarter d'un geste (qqch)
to brush (sth away/off)
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