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Volume 7 Flashcards

1
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la hausse (note: no eliason)

On voit une hausse de prix.

Le marché est en hausse.

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increase, rise
jump

There’s a price increase

The market is on the way up.

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devancer

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to outstrip

to get ahead of

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maugréer

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to mutter, grumble

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une chasse aux sorcières

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a witch hunt

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une conspiration

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a conspiracy

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justicier

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righter of wrongs (vigilante ?)

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un rechange (m?)

j’ai une chemise de rechange

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alternative
spare

I have a spare shirt.

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une loge

être aux premières loges (idiom)

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lodge, gallery, dressing room

to be in an ideal position

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érailler

s’érailler

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to become hoarse

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comme quoi

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to the effect that

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une perquisition

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search, quest

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une éponge

passer l’éponge (idiom)

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sponge

to forget the past

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un esclandre

faire d’esclandre public

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scandal
scene

to make a public scene

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public (adj)

publique

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public

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un engouement pour

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an infatuation with

a passion for

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engouer

s’engouer de

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to become infatuated with

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saccager

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to wreck, pillage, vandalize

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mettre la puce à l’oreille (idiom)

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to put a bug in someone’s ear

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colmater

colmater les brèches

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to plug, seal off
to fill in

to fill in the gaps

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un regroupement

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a gathering, grouping

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un commandite

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silent partner, limited partnership

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commanditer

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to finance

to sponsor

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l’arrière-plan (m)

en arrière-plan

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background

in the background

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un courtage

une maison de courtage

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brokerage

a brokerage house

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une enchère

faire une enchère
une vente aux enchères

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a bid

to place a bid
an auction

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faute de

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for lack of

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par rapport à…

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compared to…

in relation to…

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la velléité

à la moindre velléité de rébellion

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vague wish

at the least sign of rebellion

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noyauter

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to infiltrate

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empêtrer

s’empêtrer

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to get entangled, bogged down

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31
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un transfert

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transfer

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32
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pudique (adj)

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modest, bashful

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33
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à terme

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to conclusion

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34
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rajeunir

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to rejuvenate

make smb look younger

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35
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l’accentuation (f)

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emphasis

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36
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frileux (adj)

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sensitive to cold
chilly
cautious

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37
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buter

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to stumble

to mistake

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détraquer

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to wreck

go wrong

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enclin à faire (adj)

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inclined to do

prone to doing

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un accompagnateur

une accompagnatrice

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accompanist (music)
follower
chaperone

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la joaillerie

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jewelry

jewelry store

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42
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à mi-chemin entre…

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midway between…

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43
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un mécène

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sponsor, patron (or the arts)

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44
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dépourvu (adj)

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destitute
devoid
bankrupt

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45
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méduser

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to dumbfound

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46
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en attente de…

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waiting for…

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47
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ébrécher

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to chip, nick

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48
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un connaisseur

une connaisseuse

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an expert

49
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offusquer

A

to offend

to insult

50
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un tâcheron

A

a hack

a drudge`

51
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encourir

A

to incur

52
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le rigueur

A

harshness

53
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rigoureux

A

rigorous
harsh
strict

54
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une émeute

A

a riot

55
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rallier

A

to rally

to unite

56
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le faisan

A

pheasant (bird)

57
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un dilettante

dilettante (adj)

en dilettante

A

a dabbler, amateur

amateur

as a dabbler, not seriously

58
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causer

A

to cause

to chat

59
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peu probable

A

very likely

60
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surprotéger

A

to overprotect

61
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pourtant

A

nevertheless
all the same

however, yet

62
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une affectation

A

assignment
appointment
affectation

63
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jongler

A

to juggle

64
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n’être pour rien dans….

A

not involved in…

65
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à deux reprises

A

two extra times

66
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les primeurs (m)

A

early fruit

67
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un toubib (slang)

A

doctor, quack

68
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subit (adj)

A

sudden, snap

69
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un coup en bas de la ceinture

A

a blow below the belt

70
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n’a rien à voir dans…

A

nothing to do with…

71
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débiter

A

to debit
to reel off
to cut up
to produce

72
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un chevalier servant

A

devoted admirer

73
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le fretin

le menu fretin (idiom)

A

fry, minnow

small fry

74
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s’apprêter à faire

A

to be about to do

75
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rebâcher

A

rehash

76
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même (adj)

A

actual, selfsame

77
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concevoir

A

to conceive, design, devise, plan

78
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le tirage

à tirage limité

A

drawing (as in a lottery)
circulation
edition

limited edition

79
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clos (adj)

un monde clos
à la nuit close

A

closed

a self-contained world
after nightfall

80
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de tout à fait

A

quite

81
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orner

A

to decorate, adorn

82
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élancé (adj)

A

slender, slim

83
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accoupler
accoupler à

s’accoupler

A

to yoke, mate, engage in sexual intercourse, breed with

to mate

84
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un adepte

A

devotee

85
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jusqu’en

jusqu’en Europe

A

all over (?)

all over Europe (?)

86
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à tout hasard

A

by any chance

87
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huppé (adj) (colloquial)

A

upper-crust

88
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brider

en bride

A

to control, curb

under control

89
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rogner

en rogne

A

to trim, cut back

cutting back (?)

90
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moisir

A

to go moldy

91
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béni (adj)

A

blessed

92
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une recrue

A

recruit, draftee

93
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entreposer

A

to store, warehouse

94
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usagé (adj)

A

used, second-hand, worn

95
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pantois (adj)

A

flabbergasted

96
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en raquettes

A

by snowshoe

97
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une fois de plus

A

once again

98
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abreuver

s’abreuver

A

to water, irrigate

to drink

99
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en conclure que…

A

to conclude that…

100
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un verrou

être sous les verrous (idiom)

A

bolt (as in a lock)

to be under lock and key

101
Q

un fonds de retraite

A

a pension

102
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l’outrance (f)

A

exorbitance, excessiveness

103
Q

les allées et les venues

A

comings and goings

104
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en provenance de…

A

coming from…

105
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du côté de

Du neuf du côté d’Art/ho?

A

about
regarding
on

Anything new on Art/ho?

106
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les couilles (mp) vulgar slang

On les tient tous par les couilles, mais ils ne savent rien.

A

balls

We’ve got them by the balls, but they don’t know anything.

107
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Ils en ont plein les mains.

A

They’ve got their hands full.

108
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s’en tenir sur

Il fallait qu’il sache à quoi s’en tenir sur Bréhal.

A

to think of..
to make of…

He needed to know what to make of Bréhal.

109
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un démêlé (n)

démêler (v)

A

a quarrel, dispute

to unravel, untangle

110
Q

la provenance

A

origin(s)

111
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faire face à

Il a liquidé ses biens pour faire face à des difficultés financières.

A

to deal with

He liquidated his assets to deal with some financial difficulties.

112
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un pontage

Il avait subi un triple pontage.

A

timekeeping (as in sports)
bypass (as in medical operation)

He had a triple bypass.

113
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une portée

A

reach, capacity, range

114
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démonter

A

to dismantle

115
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un éloge

A

praise, eulogy

116
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narguer

A

to taunt

117
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foutre en l’air (idiom)

A

to screw up

118
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habile (adj)

A

skillful

clever

119
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tout compte fait

A

all things considered

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