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Volume 5 Flashcards

1
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commode (adj)

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convenient

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être à l’écart

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isolated

recall: un écart = a gap

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l’encaisse (f)

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cash balance

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l’obligation (f)

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obligation

bond

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faire des huits

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make a figure-eight pattern

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ravageur

ravageuse

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destroyer

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l’appât (m)

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bait

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Faire en sorte que…

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Make sure that…

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ainsi que…

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together with…

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cantonner

A 
to station  (as a military position)
to confine someone to a place
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une rechute

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a setback

a relapse

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détonner

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to be out of place

jar

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d’aventure

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by chance

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au juste

Vous voulez dire quoi, au juste?

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exactly

What exactly do you mean?

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la courtoisie

par courtoisie

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courtesty
courting
courtship

as a courtesy

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pondre

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to lay (an egg)
to produce something
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rationaliser

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to rationalize–to invent possible, but false, reasons for actions

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baveur

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one who talks nonsense

one who dribbles spit

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préalable (adj)

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previous

preliminary

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l’amabilité

avec amabilité

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amiability
kindness

kindly

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en partie

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partly

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basané

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tanned

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à proximité

situé à proximité

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nearby

located nearby

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foutrement (adj intensifier)

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bloody

fucking

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bonasse (adj)

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meek

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nettement

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distinctly

clearly

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proprement

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properly

neatly

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à quelques reprises

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a few times

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29
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pester contre qqc/qqn

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to curse someone/something

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surprendre

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to surprise
to catch (understand)
to overhear
to intercept

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exercer sur

s’exerciser à

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to carry on
to exercise, practice

to train, practice

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résigner

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to resign, quit an office or a position

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se résigner à qqc

se résigner à faire qqc

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to resign oneself to something

to resign oneself to doing something

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34
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reporter

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reporter

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35
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désolidariser de

se désolidariser de

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to dissociate oneself from

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jouer au plus fin

N’essayez pas de jouer au plus fin avec moi.

A

to split hairs

Don’t try to split hairs with me.

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refiler (informal)

A

pass off something to somebody

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38
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la minutie

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meticulousness

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39
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nul doute…

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no doubt…

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40
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répercuter

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to echo, reverberate

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41
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un point de presse

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a press conference

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42
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off (adv)

la voix off
le festival off

A

off-screen (cinematography)

voice-over
fringe festival

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un sarrau

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a smock

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44
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à mesure que

A

while, as

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45
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la mèche

être de mèche avec qqn
vendre la mèche

A

tuft, wisp (of hair)

to be in cahoots with someone
to let the cat out of the bag

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aguerrir

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to harden

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47
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moyennant

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in return for

48
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mieux vaut…

mieux vaut assumer, dans ces cas-là.

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It’s better to…

It’s better to assume (so), in such cases.

49
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Dans la mesure où…

A

To the extent that…

50
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Ou bien…..ou bien

A

Either…..or

51
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une hécatombe

A

a massacre

52
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inné

C’est une habilié innée ou c’est acquis?

A

innate

Is that a natural skill or is it acquired?

53
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un tiers
tiers/tierce

une tierce partie

A

third, third party

a third party

54
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s’acharner à faire…

A

to try desparately to…

55
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là où il y a…

Là où il y a des organisations, il y des secrets.

A

wherever there are…

Wherever there are organizations, there are secrets.

56
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la tôle (slang)

A

slammer

57
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allègrement

A

gleefully

58
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énigmatiquement

A

mysteriously

59
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énigmatique

A

mysterious

60
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antérieur (adj)

Hérités d’une vie antérieure.

A

previous

Inherited in a previous life.

61
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taguer

Les jeunes ont encore tagué le mur.

A

to tag

The kids have tagged the wall again.

62
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passionnant (adj)

A

exciting
fascinating
gripping

63
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l’octroi (m) from octroyer

l’octroi de la plupart des subventions…

A

granting

the granting of most of the subsidies…

64
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les tripes

A

nonsense

(tripe) first two parts of a ruminant’s stomach

65
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une ponction

A

a puncture

66
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une fioriture

A

flourish, embellishment

67
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semperiternal (adj)

A

eternal

68
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des propos sans conséquence

A

small talk

69
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un empêchement

A

unforseen difficulty

impediment

70
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assoupir

s’assoupir

A

make drowsly

to doze off

71
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esseulé (adj)

A

wretched, miserable

72
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un tire-bouchon

A

cork-screw

73
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rebrancher

A

to reconnect

74
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à bout portant

A

point blank

75
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la tabagie

A

smoke shop

76
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une rame

une rame de métro

A

a train

a subway train

77
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la cargaison

A

cargo

load

78
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un individu

A

an individual, person

79
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la lurette
la belle lurette

Il n’a rien publié depuis une belle lurette.

A

ages

He hasn’t published anything for ages.

80
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immanqueablement

A

inevitably

81
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malaxer

A

to knead, mix, puddle

82
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l'embrun    (m)
les embruns    (m)
A

surf

spray

83
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effriter

s’effriter

A

to crumble, collapse

to crumble away

84
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ébrécher

A

to chip, nick

85
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à bout de souffle

A

out of breath

86
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une grève

A

a strike

a strand, bank (of the sea)

87
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la pilosité

A

pilosity, hairiness

88
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un guet

faire le guet

A

a lookout, watch

to be on the lookout

89
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esquiver

s’esquiver

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to dodge, sidestep

to slip away

90
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foudroyant (adj)

A

terrible, awful

91
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embarrasser

s’embarrasser de

A

to embarrass

to burden oneself with

92
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frimer

A

to show off

93
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la frime

arrête ta frime!

A

showing off

stop showing off!

94
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tout droit sorti de

Il semblait tout droit sorti d’un film des années soixante.

A

right out of…

He looked as if he was right out of a 1960’s film.

95
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téter

A

to suck

96
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être à la veille de faire….

Ils sont à la veille de demander aux artistes de faire les enquêtes.

A

to be on the verge of doing…

They’re on the verge of asking artists to investigate.

97
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maugréer contre…

A

to grumble, mutter about…

98
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quoi que ce soit

A

whatever, anything

99
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creuser

A

to dig, bore, hollow out

100
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dépêtrer de…

se dépêtrer de…

A

to extricate from…

to extricate oneself from…

101
Q

la buée

A

condensation, steam

102
Q

partant (adj)

Pour ces affaires-là, je suis toujours partant.

A

ready

For this buisiness, I’m always ready.

103
Q

le cafouillage

A

bungling, muddle

104
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la messagère

A

messenger (female)

105
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guetter

A

to be on guard, watch out for

to threaten

106
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repousser

A

to repel
to push away
to push back

107
Q

le gâchis

A

mess

108
Q

une tribune

A

a gallery, platform

109
Q

la vertu

en vertu de…

A

virtue

by virtue of…

110
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verteusement

A

virtuously

111
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lorgner

A

leer, ogle

112
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fuser

A

to gush, spurt

113
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balbutier

A

to stammer

114
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le balbutiement

A

stammering

fig: first step

115
Q

abréger

A

abridge
shorten
abbreviate

116
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dénommé (adj)

La personne dénommé Pierre…

A

named

The person named Pierre…

117
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la sérigraphie

A

silkscreen print

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