French Studies In Toronto

Noun: le packet de clopes - the pack of cigarettes Verb: avouer - confess

Verbs: s'enivrer: to get drunk se faire choper: get caught Nouns: un étalage: a display window un blanc-bec: greenhorn Adjective: confiant - confident génial - awesome

Verbs: enrober: to coat something with ...."boulangeries qui enrobaient de sucre les mauvais nouvelles de la météo ." malmener: manhandle. faciliter: to make easier. annuler: to cancel

Verbs: interpeller: to call out déceler: to discover, detect défier: to challenge Nouns: tabouret: stool caisse: checkout mâchoire: jaw soûlons: drunks Adjective: châtains: brown carrée: square

Adverb: Toutefois: however Verbs: dégager: to free, give off, emit ...."Dominique dégageait de la douceur et de la bienveillance." siroter: to sip se cacher: to hide ...."le soleil se cacher derrière les arbres" ranger: to put away, tidy up Nouns: plâtre: plaster ascenseur: elevator courette: courtyard

Gauche - left

Verb: l'accrocher: to hang ...."Je vais l'accrocher près de ma table à dessin."

Adjective: stupéfaite - astonished Verbs: éprouvé: to test, to afflict esquissé: sketched saisir - to capture

Verbs: discerner: to discern , to make out render homage a - to give tribute, honour poursuivre: to pursue envahir: to invade encadrés: framed ....."ses yeux clairs encadrés de très longs cils" Nouns: manche - sleeve cils: eyelashes Adj/Adv: assis en tailleur: cross-legged

Verbs: remplisser - to fill risquer - to risk attraper - to catch, to get, to pick envoûtée  - "J'y suis restée de nombreuses minutes, envoûtée par cette oeuvre magistrale" éparpillés - scattered émue - moved, affected, touched Nouns: nénuphars - waterlily jambon: ham jambonbuerre: buttered ham crudités - salads charcuteries: cooked pork meats

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Verbs: embêter: to bother souligner: to underline régler: to adjust - ex..to adjust a bill "Je me suis promis qu'à l'avenir, je serais plus attentive aux petits bonheurs qu'elle déposerait sur mon chemin." Nouns: une consummation: a drink

Adjective: rageuse: furious mince: thin exubérant: exuberant aléatoire: random   Verbs: se brancher - to connect recouvrer - recover attablée - seated s'entrechoquaient - clinked cheveux peignés - combed hair se détendait - was relaxing se crispait - was twitching chargé - loaded ----"un plateau chargé de verres vides.   Nouns: la terrasse - the terrace (in France) a flat, paved area outside a cafe where people sit to take refreshments. un cocon - cocoon les promeneures téméraires: the reckless walkers le ventre: belly

Verbs: délier - to loosen - "Ça me délie les doigts" mijoter: to simmer Nouns: plaidoyer: advocacy, speech for the defense légèreté: lightness, flippancy sagesse: wisdom Adjective: Lourdes: heavy Adverb: Ensuite: later, afterwards, then, next

Adverb: Cependant - however Verbs: poser - to pose sourciller - to frown récupéré -  to recover aérait - airing envoûter  - captivated, bewitched - "J'ai été envoûtée par les harmonies." m'apercevant - seeing me Nouns: Pénates - Penates-   household gods worshiped in conjunction with Vesta and the lares by the ancient Romans. Seine: Seine - River in France indice - indication, sign envergure - scope, caliber victuailles - victuals les air communes - the common areas palier - level  "Un de mes voisins de palier jouait du piano." locataires - tenants, occupants

  Verbs: Rugir - to roar se faufiler entre - to edge ones way into ...."j'étais submergée par le rugissement des voitures qui s'engagaeint sur le quai de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, par les scooters qui se faufilaient entre elles en bourdonnant comme des abeilles." bourdonner: to buzz se dévoiler: to unveil ...."Chaque jour, Paris se dévoilait un peu plus à moi." solliciter: to appeal to bercer: to rock, cradle, lull   Nouns: pouls: pulse le rugissemnet: the roaring quai - quay abeilles: bees -----A few months back a French dude introduced me to a phrase with the word bees: "the bee's knees"....this is by far my most favorite English phrase/expression/idiom what you have it.   les portes cochères: carriage entrances clope: gasper noyer: walnut  

Verbs: Bercer: to rock, to cradle, to lull ...."Bercé par Sun Leads Me On de Half Moon Run" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbJA01Fa4bk Déraciner: to uproot Replanter: to replant emmener: to take away

Verbs: Rigoler: to laugh chasser: to hunt, to chase away ...."je devais chasser les nuages noir de mon esprit" ravaler: to restore, to lower, to swallow effacer: to blot out to, erase Nouns: nerfs: nerves Adjective: Orgueilleuse: proud

Nouns: Dossier: folder fonds lisses: smoothe backgrounds la tricherie: the cheating les déchirements: the heartbreak

Verbs: rajouter: to add retenir: to keep, detain démarquer: to stand out Nouns: Outre-mer: overseas coin: corner démarche: gait, walk  - (marcher: to walk)

Verbs: render - to give back, return ---"Rendre la monnaie" s'installer - settle in barbouiller - to daub (to cover, to coat) ponder - to lay plonger - to dive brancher - to connect, to plug in errer - to wander Nouns: sourdine - mute matinée - morning la brume - mist crayons de plombs - lead pencils le tabouret - stool écouteurs - earphones paysages - landscapes brouillard - fog

  Verbs: gaspiller - to waste dérougi - stopped ringing régler - to adjust se lever - to wake up   Nouns: orage - thunderstorm désapprobation - disapproval réveil - alarm clock un fonctionnaire: an official le crépitement: the crackling la livraison de viennoirseries de la boulangerie du coin: the delivery of local pasteries   Adjective:  épuisant - exhausting -----" C'est épuisant, créer tout le temps"  

Nouns: repos: rest, peace semailles - sowing time

Verbs: Bloquer: to block, jam, freeze combler: to fill côtoyer: to rub distrayait: distracted Nouns: pont: bridge banlieue: suburbs moussaillons: mateys Adjective: saugrenue: preposterous ---- l'idée saugrenue

Verbs: traîner: to drag, to pull déménager: to move craquer:  to creak s'éscailler: to peal off, or flake off tirer: to pull... tiré le diable par la queue envoyer: to send Nouns: les planchers: the floors la queue: the tail un répit: a rest, a break REER: RRSP

Verbs: ramasser: to pick up, to collect, to gather - "je ramassais mes pinceaux" avérir: to prove to be Nouns: frissons: chills folie: folly , madness, insanity force: force , strength grâce: grace , favor, pardon exorbitant: exorbitant la chaîne: production line work

Nouns: un coucher de soleil: sunset un cortado: a cortado What the heck is a cortado? According to Wikipedia it is: "a  Spanish-origin general term for a beverage consisting of espresso mixed with a roughly equal amount of warm milk to reduce the acidity." Sounds yummy! Verb: rapeller: to recall Adverb: intérieurement: inwardly, internally

Adverb: vraisemblablement - probably Verbs: essoufler: to get out of breath verrouiller: to bolt, lock déroger: to go against, to depart from épousseter: to dust couler: to flow, run, leak Nouns: le hayon: hatchback défunt: deceased person le préposé: employee la tourbe fraîche: fresh peat Adding to the legend***highlighted in pink is the featured word that is accompanied with a picture

    Given her circumstances in life, Raphaelle had abandonment issues. However, she also formed some wonderful bonds. For example, her friend Chanterelle was amazing and always had her back....oh this is a French blog. Where is the French lol? In due time.