Noumea Flashcards

1
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Ringlets

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Anglaise

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Pile heap mound

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Monceau m

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Shroud

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Linceul m

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Inevitably certainly

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Immanquablement

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5
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Guest

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Convive m

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Fig tree

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Figuier m

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7
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Slave. Slave away v

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Trimer

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Have a nightmare v

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Cauchemarder

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9
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Provide for. Fulfill

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Subvenir

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10
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Burst out laughing laugh loudly

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S’Esclaffer

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11
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familier pack up and leave v

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Prendre ses cliques and ses claques

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12
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Erase eliminate get rid of

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Homer

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13
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Rattan

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Rotin

Un fauteuil en rotin wicker chair

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14
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Section part side face

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Pan m

Un pan de montagne entier s’est affaissé.

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15
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Fully booked sold out

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Surbooké

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16
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Be hurt take offense

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Se vexer

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17
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tribunal, courtroom, court n

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prétoire nm

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18
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Ljud effect

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Un effet sonore

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19
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Lip read

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Lire sur les lèvres

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20
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To pick up someone

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Venir chercher qqn

Aller chercher qqn

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21
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Being sunburnt

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On est brûlé

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22
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Rumeur

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Les on dit
Les bruits de couloir 
Les ragots 
Les bruits qui courent 
Colporter v colporteur -rice n
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23
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Do a runner

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Faire un resto -basket

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24
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Read to te self

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Lire dans sa tête

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25
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Pheasant

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Faisan m

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26
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Naive

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Naïf naïve

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27
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Date n

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Datte f

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28
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Wink gland n

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Œillade f

Lancer une œillade à qqn make eyes at someone

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29
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Embark upon ( fex new subject )
Engage (gears)
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Embrayer

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30
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Nonsense rubbish

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Baliverne f

Baliverner v joke fool bamboozle

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31
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Obituary

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Nécrologique adj

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32
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Violent deadly sudden

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Foudroyant

Foudroyer devastate hit hard strike down

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33
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Fig. Pour flood

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Se déverser
Des flots des touristes se déversent en Chine
Déverser discharge pour unleash

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34
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Hoarse croaky rasping

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Éraillé

V - er make hoarse make croaky

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35
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Keep still have retain

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Conserver
Expr keep u young in good shape fit and healthy
Avoir une activité physique ça conserve

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36
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Fit well built sl

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Balancé
Cette pépée est sacrément balancé
That chick is seriously well-built

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37
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Sort arrange

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Faire le tri
Tri sorting selecting
Tri sélectif
Tri des déchets waste sorting

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38
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Settle a debt repay a debt

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Apurer une dette
Apurer balance an account
Apurer un compte audit an account

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39
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Crook gangster

A

Truand m

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40
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Ghost writer

A

Négre

And ghost negro

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41
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Speak pidgin

A

Parler petit-nègre

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42
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Veteran old hand old pro

ex soldier

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Briscard brisquard

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43
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Small wrinkle

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Ridule f

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44
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Waterproof watertight airtight

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Étanche adj

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45
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Be crazy

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Être timbré sl

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46
Q

Bluff pretentiousness bullshit

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Esbroufe f
V -er show off boast
Refl be impressed be amazed

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47
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Look glum have a long face

A

Fairs / tirer une tête d’enterrement

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48
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Make stink
Plague
Fig corrupt poison

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Empester

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49
Q

Jacket

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Veston m

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50
Q

Heckle jeer

Disrupt

A

Chahuter

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51
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Grieving in mourning bereaved

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Endeuillé

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52
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Full beam

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Feux de route

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53
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Colorful multi coulered

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Bigarré

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54
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Bee Hive

Hive hub of activity

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Ruche f

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55
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Simple silly

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Niais adj

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56
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Riffraff scum

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Racaille f

57
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Trap ambush

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Traquenard m

58
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Pile heap mound

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Monceau m

59
Q

Entice lure tease arouse

A

Aguicher

Aguicheur

60
Q

Deceitful devious hazardous

A

Perfide adj

Perfide m traitor

61
Q

Slipper

A

Pantoufle f

62
Q

Slip slide skip + whisper murmur

A

Glisser

63
Q

Scar away frighten alarm v

A

Effaroucher

64
Q

On one leg hop

A

(Sauter) à cloche-pied

65
Q

Secondhand clothes rags

A

Fripe f
Fripé crumpled rumpled creased
Friper

66
Q

Hold in ur stomach

A

Rentrer le ventre

67
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Paunchy

Develop a paunch

A

Bedonnant adj

Bedonner

68
Q

Not an ounce of fat

A

Pas un gramme de graisse

69
Q

Ad

A

Publicité f

70
Q

Pump iron

A

Faire de la gonflette

71
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No way

Absolutely/ certainly not

A

Que nenni !

72
Q

Emotion excitement n

A

Émoi m

En émoi excited agog

73
Q

Very high

Do pole vault

A

Haut perché
Faire du saut à la perche
Perche f pole rod bar perch (fish)

74
Q

Swarthy dark skinned tanned

A

Basané

75
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Smack /slap across the face

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Donner une baffe

76
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It’s a 20 yr loan

A

C’est un prêt sur 20 ans

77
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It’s not worth it

A

Ça ne fait pas rêvér

78
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Paper clip

A

Trombone f

79
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Screw n

A

Vis f

80
Q

Screwdriver

A

Tournevis m

81
Q

I deserved

A

J’ai bien mérité

82
Q

Libel slander

A

Calomnie f

Calomnier

83
Q

Weave

A

Tisser

84
Q

Plan ( téléphone f ex)

A

Abonnement m

85
Q

Shortlist

A

La petite liste

86
Q

Leave behind shake off fam

A

Semer

Il court trop vite il nous a semés

87
Q

Track trail shadow v

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Pister

88
Q

Come on to chat up

A

Draguer

89
Q

Rain water fam

A

Flotte f

Passe-moi la flotte j’ai soif

90
Q

Dishonest adj

Fly by night operator crook scoundrel

A

Crapule f

91
Q

Informant informer

A

Tuyauteur -se

92
Q

Flake

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Flacon glaçon d’avoine/neige

93
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Petal

A

Pétale m de rose

94
Q

Straight away immediately

A

D’emblée

95
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Non stop

Make a stopover

A

Sans escale

Faire escale

96
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Scum n

A

Écume f

Racaille (people)

97
Q

Rotting carcass carrion+ bastard bitch

A

Charogne f

98
Q

Rough hard u ripe adj

A

Rêche

Peau rêche rough skin

99
Q

Unplug turn off

A

Débrancher

100
Q

Mull think ponder over

Dream up

A

Gamberger

101
Q

Suffer endure put up with

A

Subir
Subir des dégâts suffer/sustain damage
Submit le même sort que qqn
Suffer the same fate as someone

102
Q

Rattle (toy)

A

Hoche m

And bagatelle trifle (litt)

103
Q

Face look sl

A

Trogne f

Tu fais un drôle de trogne

104
Q

Barbed wire

A

Le fil barbelé

105
Q

Stutter stammer

A

Begayer

106
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Potbellied

A

Ventripotent adj

107
Q

Puff yrself up

A

Se rengorger

108
Q

Whip lash sting v

A

Cingler

109
Q

Fish hook

A

Hameçon m

110
Q

Sleep it off get over recover fr

Sober up

A

Cuver

111
Q

Biting wind
Lashing, driving rain
Fig biting scathing stinging

A

Cingland

112
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Sooth dampen v

A

Tempérer

113
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The washing up sl

A

La plonge

114
Q

Moo bellow

Yell bawl

A

Beugler

115
Q

Educate yourself

A

Se former

Tu les formes à quoi

116
Q

Octopus

A

Pieuvre m

117
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Meow

Wail complain

A

Miauler

118
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Crook scoundrel rascal

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Canaille f

119
Q
Fake junk ( jewelry)
Nonsense rubbish (talk)
A

Toc m

Les bijoux étaient en toc

120
Q

Train v

A

Former (qqn)

121
Q

Slouch wallow sprawl

A

Se vautrer
dans un fauteuil to slouch in an armchair •se vautrer sur [+tapis, canapé] to sprawl on •vautré dans l’herbe sprawling in the grass

122
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Distaste Aversion dislike

A

Dégoût

1 N dégoût m (for, at pour) •he left in disgust il est parti dégoûté •to my disgust he refused to do it cela m’a écœuré qu’il refuse​
2 VT dégoûter

123
Q

That captivates the reader

A

Ça captive le lecteur

124
Q

Hold up

To do a sharp turn

A

Braquage
Faire un braquage
braque vers la ou à gauche turn hard left

125
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It’s all the same It makes no difference

All much of a muchness

A

C’est kif-kif

Kif-kif bourricot

126
Q

Bead drop

Fig gem angel treasure

A

Perle f

And pearl

127
Q

Blank /expressionless look

A

Atone

Il avait un regard atone

128
Q

At the crack of dawn

A

Potron-minet

129
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Pull the wool over sb eyes

A

Blouser

130
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Bitch cow slut

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Garce f

131
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Weirdo freak

Twisted warped

A

Tordu

coup tordu m dirty trick

132
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Weakness flaw defect

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Vice m

Vice caché hidden defect

133
Q

On a technicality

A

Pour vice de forme

134
Q

Waste take out

A

Zigouiller (qqn)

135
Q

Climate change

A

La variabilité climatique

136
Q

Resuscitation/ intensive care

A

Réanimation
Être en réanimation
Dans la salle de réanimation
Bouche-à-bouche

137
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Hovel fam

A

Cambuse f

138
Q

At random randomly

A

De façon aléatoire

Aléatoire adj uncertain unpredictable