bodily activity Flashcards

(102 cards)

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hocher la tête

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to nod

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faire un signe à qqn

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to beckon to sb

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donner une poignée de main,
serrer la main

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to shake hands with

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faire signe à qqn de la main

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to wave at

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donner un petit coup de coude, ou le bout du doigt

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to poke

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marche à quatre pattes (bébé),
le fait de ramper

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crawling

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porter/ soulever

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to lift

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être couché

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to lie, to be lying

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se coucher, se détendre

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to lie down

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être debout

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to stand, to be standing

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se mettre debout

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to stand up

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être assis

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to sit, to be sitting

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s’asseoir

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to sit down

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14
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se dresser, se redresser

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to sit up

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se (re)lever

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to get up, to rise up

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sortir

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to got out

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17
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se déplacer

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to move around/ about

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immobile

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motionless

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19
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la demarche

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gait

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20
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l’allure

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pace

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21
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une enjambée

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a stride

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22
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marcher, se promener

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to walk

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marcher d’un pas nonchalant, flaner

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to saunter, to stroll

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s’attarder, traîner

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to linger, to loiter, to dawdle

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trainer derrière qqn/qqch, être à la traîne
to lag behind sb/sth
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se hâter, se dépêcher
to hurry, to hasten
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marcher à grand pas
to stride (along)
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marcher péniblement
to plod along
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traîner les pieds
to shuffle along
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cheminer, marcher lentement et d'un pas lourd
to tramp
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errer, vagabonder
to wander, to roam about
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rapide
fast
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lent
slow
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pressé
in a hurry
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marcher à pas chancelants
to toddle, to totter (along)
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tituber
to reel, to stagger
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trébucher, faire un croche pied à qqn
to stumble (on/over sth) to trip sb up
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chanceler
to falter
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glisser sur qqch
to slip on
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garder/ perdre l'équilibre
to keep/lose one's balance
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tomber
to fall
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à quatre pattes
on all fours
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prendre ses jambes à son cou, s'enfuir rapidement
to take one's heels
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s'élancer, se précipiter
tu rush/ dash/ dart
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aller à toute vitesse
to tear along
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un salut, une révérence
a bow
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saluer, s'incliner
to bow, to make/take a bow
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se baisser
to stoop
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s'abaisser à qqch
to stoop to sth
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être voûté
to have a stoop
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se croiser les bras
to fold one's arms
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se pencher, se courber; se plier (genou, coude)
to bend sth
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se ruer, se précipiter
to scramble
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gravir/descendre/grimper (à quatre pattes), crapahuter
to scramble up/ down/ over
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saisir qqch
to seize
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attraper qqch
to catch
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tenir qqch
to hold
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porter qqch
to carry
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saisir vivivement
to grab
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empoigner
to grasp
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serrer fort, s'agripper
to clutch sth/ at sth
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se cramponner/ s'agripper/ s'accrocher
to cling to
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étreindre
to clasp sb
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serrer qqch (poings, dents, machoire)
to clench sth
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se raccrocher au moindre espoir/ à ce que l'on peut
to clutch at straws
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presser (agrume, éponge, tube) serrer (bras, main)
to squeeze
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faire sortir qqch en pressant
to squeeze sth out
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tordre qqch
to wring
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tordre, retourner qqch
to twist
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arracher de force
to wrench
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allonger, tendre
to stretch (out)
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atteindre (qqch de la main) établir un contact avec qqn
to reach / to reach out to
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se tortiller, gigoter
to wriggle
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se tordre (de douleur)
to writhe
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glisser (personne, serpent)
to slither
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glisser
to slide
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glisser (sur de l'eau ou une surface lisse)
to glide
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glisser, déraper
to slip
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se lamenter
to wring one's hand
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forcer la main à qqn
to twist sb's arm
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hors de portée
out of reach
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frapper
to strike
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donner un coup
to deal a blow
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battre, rosser
to beat, to thrash
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gagner, se diriger vers
make for
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se frayer un passage
to fight one's way through
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fouler aux pieds, écraser, piétiner
to trample
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pousser
to push
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tirer
to pull
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tirer, traîner qqch
to draw
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soulever
to lift/ raise
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trainer qqch avec peine
to drag sth along
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enfoncer, fourrer
to thrust
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pousser, bousculer qqn/qqch fourrer, enfoncer qqch
to shove
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lancer qqch à qqn (pour qu'il l'attrape)
to throw sth to sb
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lancer qqch à qqn (pour le blesser)
to throw sth at sb
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lancer/jeter qqch avec violence
to fling/ to hurl sth (at sb)
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rester tranquille
to keep quiet/still
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fatiguer qqn
to tire sb out
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las
weary
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vif, vivant
lively
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remuant, agité
restless