Almost French

We had to read parts of the chapter six of Almost French of the script. Although I've read it already in the book I went over it again and did some vocab-work. I can remember that I liked that chapter a lot because Sarah struggled the first time with the rather strange seeming behaviour of the French. I can totally understand her embarrassement when she is at this dinner party, since I'm too a very outgoing person and hate it when people at a party are very restrained. Getting to know new, interesting people is a great thing - I really can't fathom the French. But more about it in my next blog about the book - almost french - almost finished (-:
Here is the vocab-list of this chapter.

inhibited	gehemmt	I felt very inhibited when I first joined the new group.
ill at ease	Not relaxed	You always seem ill at ease in your suit. Antonym: at ease
to bridge	überbrücken	The differences between our two cultures can be bridged if we continue to communicate.
dauntless	unerschrocken	When I was young I was dauntless and wanted to explore the world.
inane	dumm, sinnlos	Most pop lyrics are pretty inane.
to take the plunge	den Sprung wagen	We took the plunge and set up our own business. Syn: to take a risk
bourgeois	spießig	She rejected her parents' conventional bourgeois lifestyle.
gaffe	Fauxpas	My champagne gaffe had been far too assertive.
intrusion	Einmischung	My attempts to start a conversation might have seemed to them like an intrusion.
a tinge of	a very small amount of a colour, emotion, or quality Farbton	There was a tinge of sadness in her voice. This glass has a greenish tinge.
to discern	wahrnehmen	I don’t know how he discerned who was a real friend and who not.
to mingle	-In Kontakt kommen -mischen	She was eager to mingle with the other guests. Her excitement was mingled with a slight feeling of fear.
to dispel	beseitigen	To dispel the self-doubt I had, I tried to concentrate on other things.
restrained	verhalten sein	The French people I’ve met so far seemed rather restrained.