une grenouille abricole- tree frog (more formal/scientific)
une rainette- tree frog (less formal/scientific)
une grenouille-tareau- bullfrog (standard name across all french)
un wawaron, ouaouaron- bullfrog (variant used by north american french only)
la cuisse de grenouille- frog leg (when you eat them, otherwise they’re called pattes)
raniculteur/ranicultrice- someone who raises frogs, a frog farmer
une grenouille de bénitier- someone, most often a woman, who is religious to a fault, holier-than-thou, a zealot ‘frog from the holy water’
grenouiller- engage in commercial or political scheming, especially unscrupulously ‘to frog’
manger la grenouille- to misappropriate funds, to embezzle, ‘to eat the frog’
la bave du crapaud n'atteint pas la blanche colombe- sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me, I am rubber you are glue ‘the spit of the toad won’t reach the white dove’
il n’y a pas de grenouille qui ne trouve son crapaud- there’s someone for everyone ‘there’s not a frog that won’t find their toad
reading fanfic in your target language can help you pick up new vocabulary words! I just finished ‘Batman R.I.P’ a series of vignettes of different characters grieving the loss of Bruce Wayne.
la bêta lecture- beta reading
une étude des personnage- character study
le Chevalier Noir- dark knight ‘black night’
le canon- canon
le casque- helmet, helm (in this case, batman’s cowl)
la cape- cape
la poussière- dust
un enterrement- burial
la presse people- tabloids, news about celebrities
jouer dans la cour des grands- to punch above your weight, to play in the big leagues, to compete out of one’s skill set ‘to play in the big courts’
step-dad - beau-père (pour les enfants d’un premier mariage, le second mari de leur mère) (beau-père can be translated as father-in-law or stepfather)
threat- une menace
whim- un caprice
the prodigal son- le fils prodigue (qqn qui était partie avec une ambition démesurée)
heinous- odieux, haineux
copasetic- exellent, super, genial
Guatemalan- guatémaltèque
in the throws of- en pleine, en train de, sous le coup de
loud and clear- haut et fort, fort et clair, très clairement
tie the knot- être marier, ‘faire le noeud‘
flip the bird- faire un doigt d’honneur ‘renverse l’oiseau’
to flip- se retourner, basculer (argot, devenir fou)
to jump- sauter
to die- mourir
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on- ‘Allez vous faire foutre, toi et ton cheval’ C’est ‘fuck you’ avec un intensifieur qui indique que l’autre personne est trop arrogant.
get screwed- se faire baiser, être fichu
got screwed by the horse that he rode in on- un jeux de mots avec le phrase ‘Fuck you and the horse you rode in on’. Ici le cheval représente les plans qui a mal tourné.
nemzetközi nőnap - International Women’s Day nő -woman asszony- married woman feleség- wife hölgy- lady lány- girl; daughter kislány- little girl anya- mother nagymama- grandmother nagynéni- aunt március- March március nyolcadika - 8 March egyenjogúság- equality, equal rights egyenjogúsítás, emancipáció - emancipation választójog, szavazati jog - right to vote női jogok - women’s rights virág- flower (virág)csokor - bouquet rózsa- rose tulipán- tulips hóvirág- snowdrop jácint- hyacinth csokoládé, csoki - chocolate bonbon- box of chocolates sütemény, süti - cake, cookies ajándék - present, gift
i’m planning on starting kind of a serie of posts with no specific subjects ; i’ll just be discussing random things i discover or learn such as words, expressions, grammar points etc.. when i feel like i have stuff to share with u and that could be useful!hope you’ll like it!^^
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как жаль - what a pity ехидно - (adv) maliciously; mockingly, sarcastically любопытный - (adj) curious, inquisitive; interesting кстати - (adv.) by the way; to the point; as a matter of fact; apropos посочувствовать - to sympathize (with) сказанное - (n, decline as adj.) what has been said
New Words/Hовые Cлова
наиболее - (adv) the most, above all, most of all ляп - (n) flub, slip-up болтать - (v) (colloq.) to blabble, talk needlessly or endlessly; (colloq.) to converse; to dangle; to shake, rock, stir толк - (n) sense, judgement; talk, rumor
The -овать suffix can be used to turn nouns into verbs, e.g. штраф (fine, penalty) becomes штрафовать (to fine). When conjugating, drop the -овать in the present tense. For example, ревновать (to be jealous) becomes я ревную, ты ревнуешь, etc.
Review/Oбзор
чувствовать - (v) to feel торговать - (v) to trade жаловаться/пожаловаться - (v) to complain иронизировать - (v) to speak ironically переставать/перестать - (v) to stop, cease, quit голосовать/проголосовать - (v) to vote; to give voice
New Words/Hовые Cлова
использовать - (v) to use доставать/достать - (v) to reach, to be able to reach; to take out; get, procure, obtain требовать/потребовать - (v) to demand, request; to need, call for рисовать/нарисовать - (v) to draw, design; to paint
or, I had this list of words I couldn’t categorize easily
Review/Oбзор
который - (pronoun) which, who, that некоторый - (adj) some, certain каждый - (adj) each, every никто - (pronoun) nobody любой - (determiner) any, either, whichever one wants сам - (pronoun) myself, yourself
New Words/Hовые Cлова
там - (adv) there тут - (adv) here, now, then ничто - (pronoun) nothing несколько - (pronoun) a few, several, some; (adv) somewhat, slightly, some
