15 Flashcards

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Interference

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L’ingérence

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Whip

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Le fouet

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Full force

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De plein fouet

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4
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To boo

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Huer

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5
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Mad/ unrestrained

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Effréné

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6
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To fade/ dim

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S’estomper

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To chant

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Scander

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To seize / take

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S’emparer de

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To criticise / catch (criminal)

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Épingler

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10
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Fiercely

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Farouchement

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11
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To plunder/ steal

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Piller

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12
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To hammer/ hammer home

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Marteler

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13
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To preside/ hold sway over

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Régir

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14
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Plausible/ likely

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Vraisemblable

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15
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Sink

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L’évier

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16
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Sample

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L’échantillon

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17
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Livelihood

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Le gagne-pain

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18
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Crâne

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La grue

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19
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Stinging / pins and needles

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Le picotement

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20
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To reduce to nothing

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Réduire à néant

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21
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To repress/ suppress

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Réprimer

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22
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To award

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Décerner

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23
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To run away / do a runner

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Fuguer

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To pummel/ beat up

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Rouer

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Tea towel / rubbish (bad newspaper)
Le torchon
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To strip Sb of
Déchoir
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Probe
La sonde
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Loot
Le butin
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Essay writer
L’essayiste
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To reschedule/ move
Décaler
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Boilermaker
Le chaudronnier
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Welder
Soudeur
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Beaver
Le castor
34
Exemption
La dérogation
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Childbirth/ labour
L’accouchement
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To swallow
Déglutir
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Messed up/ bashed up
Amoché
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Gangster
L’apache
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To stir up the crowd
Haranguer la foule
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To have a field day
Faire les choux gras
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To border on/ be near to
Avoisiner
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Uprising/ lifting
Le soulèvement
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Jubilation
La liesse
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Equal
Paritaire
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Fringe/ marginal group
La frange
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To berth/ draw alongside
Accoster
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To register
Immatriculer
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To grumble/ complain
Râler
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Revolt
La fronde
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Shotgun
Le fusil de chasse
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Allocution (formal speech/address)
L’allocution
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By rule of thumb
Au doigt mouillé
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Due date
L’échéance
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To point at/ to
Monter qqn du doigt
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To unstich
Découdre
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To confront
En découdre avec
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Fight
La rixe
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Monk
Un moine
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Misappropriation / embezzlement
La malversation
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To slump/ tumble down
Dégringoler
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To catch up/ make up for it/ redeem oneself
Se rattraper
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To scrutinise/ go through
Dépouiller
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The counting of votes
Le dépouillement
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Vindication
L’apologie
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To unwind/ let off steam
Se défouler
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Soppy
Mièvre
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Gullible (behind the times too)
Cucul
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Sentimental/ soppy
À l’eau de rose
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To diminish
S’amenuiser
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Skin/ hide
La dépouille
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Rubble/ ruins
Décombres
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To stem from
Découler de
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Legal appearance
La comparution
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Prize list/ winners
Le palmarès
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Unchangeable
Immuable
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To be close to/ brush
Frôler
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Cut off/ isolated
Enclavé
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In flood
En crue
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Wine merchant
Le caviste
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Let’s get back on topic
Revenons aux moutons
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Beating up
Le passage à tabac
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To kneel down
S’agenouiller
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To summon/ call in
Convoquer
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Religious service/ duty
L’office
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Jubilation
La liesse
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Stable
L’écurie
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Lighthouse/ beacon
Le phare
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Bush/ shrub
Le buisson
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Bramble
La ronce
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Beak/ bill
Le bec