5/11/20 Flashcards

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démarrer

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To start

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repérer

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To notice

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facétieux

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mischievous

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féru

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keen on

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5
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inopiné

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unexpected

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Pou

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louse

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s’emparer de

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seize

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La variole

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smallpox

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rougeole

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measles

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Le millénaire

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millennium

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le bétail

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livestock

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Une tige

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Stem

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Un bourgeon

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Bud

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Un mépris

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contempt

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15
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buter

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Trip over

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prêter

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offer

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pariétal

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Painting in a cave

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18
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Un bouquin

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Book. Male hare

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19
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La peste

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Plague

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20
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Un canidé

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Canine

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21
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Un rongeur

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rodent

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une plaie

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a wound

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épargner

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to save also to spare

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entailler

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to notch, nick

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tort
wrong, harm
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aboutir, aboutir à
to succeed, to end in
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embaucher
take on, appoint, hire
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répartition
distribution
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le montant
total, sum, amount also: frame, support-like door frame
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essor (m)
flight, rise
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un pilier
pillar
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ancrer
to anchor, fix
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le salut
safety, salvation
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la vulgarisation
popularization
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un colis
a package
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néfaste
harmful
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écosser
to shell (ex remove pod or shell of veggie)
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un astuce
trick, cleverness
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un marmotte, marmotter
woodchuck, to mutter, mumble
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déjection (f)
excretion, defecation
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une roussette
fruit bat also dogfish, catshark
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déconner
to act like an idiot, fool around, joke, kid
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virer
to fire, throw away, turn into, become (ex color change)
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pallier
overcome⇒ vtr mitigate⇒, alleviate⇒ vtr get round [sth] vtr phrasal insep
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manquer de [qch] vtr
(ne pas avoir assez de [qch]) lack⇒ vtr
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faute de
for lack of
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vilain
awful, dreadful adj
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tant bien que mal
after a fashion, somehow
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sous-jacent
underlying
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déclencher
trigger, provoke
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surcroît nm
(augmentation) extra, additional adj Il y a souvent un surcroît de travail en fin de mois. There is often extra work at the end of the month.
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confier [qch/qqn] à [qqn]⇒ vtr
(donner aux bons soins de [qqn]) entrust [sth/sb] to [sb] vtr + prep
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estomper
shade off⇒, tone down⇒ vtr
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un seau
bucket
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une bagarre
a fight
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réunir en son sein
to gather together