Barbara Constantine Flashcards

1
Q

Spare tyre (car)

A

La roue de secours (était à plat)

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2
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Cash, dough sl

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Thune f

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3
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Tipsy

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Pompette (etre)

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4
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Manage v

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Se démerder

Figure out, work out démerder

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5
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Convict, prisoner

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Taulard

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6
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Tit, boob, knockdr

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Nibard m

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7
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Barmy, crazy, not all there

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Maboul
Siphonné
Toc-toc

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8
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Taste bud

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Papille f

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9
Q

Tablet, bar (chocolate), blister pack
Packet, pack
Brochure

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Plaquette f

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10
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Melt dissolve

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Fondre

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11
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Sniff smell inhale

A

Humer

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12
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Shelf, department, section
Radius
Spoke

A

Rayon m

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13
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Tickle v
Stimulate, arouse
Flatter

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Chatouiller

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14
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Take offense, be offended

Crease (clothing), crumple (paper)

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Se froisser

Froisser

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15
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Hard, tough, harsh

Dreadful, coarse, unkind adj

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Rude

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16
Q

Pantry

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Garde-manger m

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17
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Be Moth eaten

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Miter

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18
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Curl up

A

Se lover

Lover to coil

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19
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Rocket

Growth, expansion

A

Fusée f

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20
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Hold yr breath, pant

A

Haleter

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21
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Dribble, drool, leak, drip

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Baver

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22
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Grand pa fam

Cushy, tranquil, easy

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Pépère

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23
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Mongrel, mutt

Idiot

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Corniaud m

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24
Q

I could eat a horse, i am so hungry

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Avoir les crocs

Croc m fang, tooth, canine

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25
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Be pleased with yr self, smug

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Bicher

Biche f doe, hind and inf pet, honey, darling

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26
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Enough, that’s enough, give it up

Be fed up w sth

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C’est marre!
En avoir marre de qqc j’en ai marre
Marrer laugh
Se marrer giggle, laugh

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27
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Latch, bolt, catch bolt

A

Loquet m

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28
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Bullshit, fuckup

A

Connerie f quelle connerie!

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29
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In the middle of nowhere

A

Au milieu de nulle part

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30
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Pitch dark, pitch black

A

Faire nuit noire

Il fait…

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31
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Entertain, treat to a meal, pay the rounds

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Régaler
C’est moi qui régale
Se régaler feast oneself

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32
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Its a pain ! It’s annoying! It sucks!

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C’est chiant!

Chier to shit

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33
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Bad cold

Flat, punctured

A

Crève f

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34
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Come down with, catch fam
Pinch, nick inf
Pick up (inf)
A

Choper

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35
Q

Perk up, pick up
Do up
Refresh

A

Requinquer

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36
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Willowy, thin, slender, slight adj

Fine, finely ( chopping fex)

A

Menu-e

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37
Q

Partition

Wall divider

A

Cloison f

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38
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Cushion, soften, break

A

Amortir
Pay off,
pay by instalments s’amortir
L’achat de cette machine s’est bien amorti.

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39
Q

Mousetrap

Flyswat

A

Tapette à souris f
Tapette à mouche
Tapette also wimp, fairy (homosex)

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40
Q

Hum v

A

Fredonner

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41
Q

Nerves

Stage fright

A

Trac m

Avoir le trac have butterflies

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42
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Impress v

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Épater

épaté adj familier (stupéfait, étonné) astonished, surprised, stupefied adj

43
Q

Heat up, boil v

A

Chauffer

Elle chauffe l’eau pour faire son thé.

44
Q

Toilets v fam

Loo, dunny

A

Les chiottes

45
Q

Relentlessly

A

(Travailler) D’arrache-pied

46
Q

Array, variety, wide variety

A

Panoplie f

Il existe une panoplie de médicaments pour traiter cette maladie.

47
Q

Self sufficient

A

(Devenir) autonomes

48
Q

Hearse

A

Corbillard m

49
Q

Grater, file n

A

Râpe nf

Râpé grated

50
Q

Vmit, pûe, throw up

A

Dégobiller qqc

51
Q

Weed n

A

Mauvais herbe f
Often in pl ce jardin est plein de mauvaises herbes
To weed désherber

52
Q

Appalling

A

Exécrable adj

53
Q

Pale adj

A

Pâlot

L’enfant est pâlot

54
Q

Greenhouse, glass house

A

Serre f

55
Q

Lemonade

A

Diabolo m

56
Q

Holy cow!

A

La vache!

57
Q

Area, vicinity, nearby

A

Parages nmpl

Dans les parages, nearby

58
Q

Settle yrself

A

Se caler

59
Q

Mouse droppings

A

Crottes de souris

60
Q

Put up with someone

A

Se coltiner qqn
Se weekend je me coltine ma belle-mère
Se coltiner qqc get lumbered with, lug

61
Q

Wheelbarrow

A

Brouette f

62
Q

Frozen food

A

Surgelé m

Un plat surgelé

63
Q

Ponder, mull over, think over, think hard about

A

Gamberger

64
Q

Lucky! Expr adj

A

Veinard
Espèce veinard! You lucky sod!
sacré veinard nm familier lucky devil n
(UK, slang) lucky sod, lucky git, jammy bugger n

65
Q

Play a trick on someone

A

Jouer un tour à qqn

66
Q

He hung the washing outside to dry

A

Il a étendu le linge dehors pour le faire sécher

67
Q

I am sorry expr

A

Je suis navré
Navré adj sorry
Avec un ton légèrement navré

68
Q

Subtract
Take inf
Take away, remove, delete

A

Soustraire

Refl : escape, avoid, get out of

69
Q

Bimbo slang

A

Pouffe f
Elle avait l’air d’une pouffe.
Pouffer fig explode, burst out
Il a pouffé de rire

70
Q

Stuck-up, smart arse adj

A

Péteux -euse

Il avait réussi à prendre un air tellement péteux

71
Q

Put up with, take

A

Encaisser

And pack, put in boxes, pay in, bank

72
Q

Broom , broomstick

A

Balai m
And with age only: years old
Ma voisine doit bien avoir 59 balais

73
Q

Limp v

A

Boiter

74
Q

Withdrawal , waiver n

A

Désistement m

75
Q

Suitable, appropriate, fitting, reasonable

A

Convenable

Convenablement decently, respectably

76
Q

Brainwashing

A

Lavage de cerveau

77
Q

Headcold

A

Rhume de cerveau

78
Q

Unanimously

A

Unanimité f

Élu à l’unanimité adj

79
Q

Kid(animal)

A

Cabri m

Also jump up and down

80
Q

Freak out v slang

A

Flipper

81
Q

Hard, tough
Hfty, huge
Awzsome ace

A

Balèze, balaise adj
C’etait un mec baléze
Cet examen est très balèze

82
Q

Slap, smack n

A

Claque f

83
Q

Crate n

A

Cageot m

And dog, ugly woman

84
Q

Soaked

A

Trempé adj

85
Q

Ladder n

A

Échelle f

86
Q

Trivia
Trifle, nothing
Trivial matter

A

Vétille f

Trivia pl

87
Q

Mop the floor

A

Passer la serpillière

Mop f

88
Q

Argument, quarrel, fight n

Reprimand n

A

Engueulade f

89
Q

In all likelyhood, probability

A

Vraisemblablement

90
Q

He switched of the tv

A

Il a éteint la télé
Allumer switch on
Zapper go through the channels

91
Q

Refine, polish, perfect v

Put the finishing touches to

A

Peaufiner

Il peaufine son devoir avant de le rendre

92
Q

Damage, ruin, spoil v

A

Abîmer

S’abîmer fall into disrepair, go off, go bad

93
Q

Dresser, side board

Bit of a tummy, belly, tummy n

A

Buffet m

Il a pris du buffet depuis ses 40 ans

94
Q

Kettle

A

Bouilloire f

95
Q

Tomcat

A

Matou

96
Q

Whim, fancy

The latest fad

A

Lubie f
La dernière lubie
On a tous nos petites lubies

97
Q

Lively, vivacious, quick, sharp

A

Vif , vive

98
Q

Stable n

A

Écurie f

99
Q

Menacing adj

A

Torve

L’oeil torve

100
Q

Scatterbrain

A

Tête de linotte f

101
Q

Panic n

A

Affolement m

102
Q

Owl

A

Chouette f

103
Q

Contours

Shape form

A

Galbe m

104
Q

Sharp keen biting adj

A

Acéré