Voc arti pratique

washing (technique)

wash drawing (lavis, dessin au lavis)

indian ink

The water was glassy and motionless, reflecting tint by tint of the Indian-ink sky above. (L’eau était vitreuse et immobile, reflétant chaque teinte du ciel à l’encre de Chine).

plaster  A plaster statue (a statue made of plaster). To have one's arm in plaster (plaster cast).

be suspicous (not trust, distrust)

I understand very well why fishers are suspicious about the prices offered by processors (= prix offerts par les transformateurs).

I distrust electoral promises.

be wary of,  beware of

Be wary of any offers you get over the phone, through the mail or online.

I would also argue that we must beware false prophets, like the nuclear industry, which claim to be the answer to this problem.

be careful

Fundraising events (= manifestation de bienfaisance) are usually good fun (= amusantes), but be careful that the cost of the event does not eat up (= engloutissent) all the profit.

you do not give a damn!

you don't give a shit! (slang)

a geneticist

Only a geneticist would be able to carry that out (= pourrait le faire).

do it youself (DIY), nég: patch up job (= rafistolage)

She likes doing DIY. (!)

DIY store.

In the long run (= à la longue) this will be much less expensive than patch up jobs.

plywood  There was therefore no market for Canadian plywood in Japan. | Molded plywood chair for home or school.

hollow  Seeing Donald Judd's 15 recent plywood sculptures reminded me of another critic’s having once called Judd’s work “anthropomorphic” because it was hollow.

a scrap   A scrap of paper.

They neded every scrap of help they could get.

There is no scrap of evidence (il n'y a pas l'ombre d'une preuve).

At the end, the whole project was scrapped.| However to sort out the scrap molecules scattered all over the land and at the bottom of the sea, would require such a long time that the entire low entropy of our environement would not suffice the nuberless generations of Maxwell's demons needed for completed the project.

a scrap dealer

some scrap metal

a scrap paper   As things stand at present, children are collecting scrap paper because the activity has educational value, but the paper is then being dumped on communal tips (En l'état actuel des choses, les enfants collectent les déchets en papier parce que cette activité possède une valeur éducative, mais le papier est alors jeté dans des décharges communales).

a scrap heap

a heap.  The street cleaner took away a heap of garbage. | I have a heap of mail to go through (J'ai une pile de courrier à trier).

to quote  He quotes many famous authors in his speech. | The company will quote a price for the renovation works.

a quote   The quote comes from the author's latest book. | I have quotes from three agencies to compare prices. | Direct speech is set in quotes.

quotes, quotation marks   She cited the passage in her essay using quotes (quotation marks).

bootlegging (to bootleg)   Increases in organized crime and bootlegging led to the repeal (l'abrogation) of Prohibition in 1933.

fail to understand  To me, the fact that it was not dealt with (cela n'a pas été géré) earlier is something that, to be quite honest, I simply fail to understand.

to deal with   I have to deal with some new case files at work.

bombastic  They must prove that Orbán's remarks were nothing more than bombastic nonsense.

boudaries  We respect boundaries and will not cross them, and expect the same from others. | We break boundaries (nous repoussons les limites).

setting boudaries  Women learn about setting boundaries in relation to cultural and family expectations  (cad mettre des limites, marquer son territoire).

shell, eggshell, scallop   This snail has a beautiful shell. | The soldier loaded the shell into the cannon (obus). | In the case of scallop (coquilles Saint-Jacques), catch rates (taux de capture) have been reduced by more than 90%.

to shell  I shelled a nut, then I ate it.

the fringe   My cat always plays with the fringe of the carpet. | The association helps people who live on the fringes of society. | The site is the unfocused fringe where your mind loses its bondaries.

to abscond  We decided again to abscond and distance from this danger. | One  might even say that the place has absconed or been lost.

ashes, cinders

Cinders have been collected around the shores (rivages) of the lake | Always dispose of ashes in a metal container with a tight fitting lid (un couvercle bien fermé).

to grasp

He grasped my arm. | The concepts were difficult to grasp.

to pervade

The same feeling pervade the rest of the book.

ellusive

Maps are very ellusive things.