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Volume 11 Flashcards

1
Q

une mise

être de mise

A

get up
setting

bet
stake

to be appropriate

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2
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la financiarisation

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refinancing

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3
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comme il se doit (loc)

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as it should be

in the correct way

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4
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se devoir à qn

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to have a duty to sb

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5
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courtiser

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to woo
court
try to please

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6
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influent (adj)

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influential

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7
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se teindre d’une coloration

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to take on the appearance of

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8
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comme nombre de…

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like a number of…

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9
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une expression familière

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colloquialism

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10
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en outre

A

in addition

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11
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outre

outre-mer

A

beyond
further

overseas

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12
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CROUS

Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires

A

students’ representative body

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13
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une table-ronde

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round table

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14
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un tréteau

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trestle
table stand
sawhorse

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15
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un puzzle

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puzzle

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16
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une scie

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saw

pain in the neck, bore

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17
Q

tresser

A

to braid

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18
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ahurissant (adj)

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amazing

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19
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déjanté (adj)

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potty
nutty
crazy
off-the-wall

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20
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intermittent (adj)

un intermittent

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intermittent
occasional

casual worker

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21
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accidenté (adj)

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accidental

mountainous

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22
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un marécage

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marsh

quagmire

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23
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culminant (adj)

A

highest

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24
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une frasque

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prank
escapade
mischief

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25
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un pas de tir

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launch pad

shooting range

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26
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un dépotoir

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garbage dump

shambles (colloq)

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27
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faire la bise

embrasser

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to kiss

to embrace  (children)
to kiss (adults)
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28
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faire un baiser avec la langue
rouler une pelle
rouler un patin
rouler une galoche

baiser (vulgar)

A

to French kiss

to fuck

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29
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une galoche

un menton en galoche

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overshoe
rubber boot

protruding chin

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30
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une corde raide

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tightrope

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31
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ahurir

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to stun

astound

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32
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dégouliner

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to trickle
dribble
stream

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33
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un importun

une importune

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intruder

bore

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34
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blêmir

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to turn white

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35
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empester

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to stink (out/up)
reek
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36
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le cambouis

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dirty grease

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37
Q

un /une ébéniste

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cabinetmaker

38
Q

différer de

différer de

différer peu

différer en ce que…

A

to postpone
defer

to differ from

to differ little

to differ in that…

39
Q

le doigté

avoir du doigté

A

tact
fingering (music)

to be tactful
to have a light touch

40
Q

une garce (derog)

A

bitch

41
Q

côtelé (adj)

A

ribbed

42
Q

une prévenance

A

thoughtfulness

43
Q

mollasson (adj)

A

sluggish

44
Q

le faciès

A

facial features

45
Q

un parpaing

A

breeze-block

46
Q

acharner

s’acharner = s’obstiner

A

to hound
hunt down
pursue

to persevere

47
Q

un intéressé

une intéressée

A

person concerned

48
Q

le délai de prescription

A

limitation period

statue of limitations

49
Q

une radiation de l’ordre

A

striking from a register
disbarment
loss of professional licence

50
Q

l’ épanouissement

A

blossoming

51
Q

en l’occurrence

A

in this (particular) case

52
Q

écarquiller

A

to open wide
raise eyebrows
stare wide-eyed

53
Q

la mise à l’épreuve

A

probation

54
Q

un abreuvoir

A

drinking place

55
Q

tasser

se tasser = s’arranger

A

to compress

to settle  (oneself)
sort things out
56
Q

s’écailler

A

to scale
peel
flake

57
Q

encastrer

s’encastrer dans

A

to embed

to fit into
crash into

58
Q

s’affaisser

A

to sag

subside

59
Q

la fougue

A

ardour

passion

60
Q

un débit

A

debit

diction
elocution

outflow rate (eg, river)

61
Q

retors (adj)

A

twisted

without scrupules

62
Q

goûter

A

snack

children’s party

63
Q

une poussette

A

stroller

64
Q

mendier

A

to beg for

65
Q

une causeuse

A

loveseat

66
Q

à mon sujet

A

about me

67
Q

dans la même veine

A

in the dame vein

68
Q

avoir conscience de

A

to be aware of

69
Q

prendre en photo

A

to be photographed

70
Q

s’obstiner

A

to persist

71
Q

un cadrage

A

framing

composition

72
Q

un cadran

faire le tour du cadran

A

face (of watch, compass)

to sleep around the clock

73
Q

persan (adj)

A

Persian

74
Q

revêtir

A

to entail
have
assume

75
Q

la contrition

A

repentance

contrition

76
Q

buter

A

to stumble

mistake

77
Q

une couveuse

note: from couver

A

incubator

78
Q

dans les tuyaux

A

in the pipes (lit)

in the works
in the pipeline

79
Q

prometteur (adj)

A

promising

80
Q

l’harmattan

A

dry dusty wind of west Africa, Dec to Feb

81
Q

depuis la nuit des temps

A

since the beginning of time

82
Q

observateur (adj)

A

observant

83
Q

le huis

à huis clos

A

door

closed door (hearing)
in camera
84
Q

saisonnier (ad)

un saisonnier
une saisonnière

A

seasonal

seasonal worker

85
Q

goudronner
le goudron
une route goudronnée

A

to pave (a road)
pavement
a paved road

86
Q

en valoir

Un homme averti en vait deux

Ça en vaut la peine

A

to be worth

Firewarned is forearmed

It’s worth it

87
Q

en quoi

En quoi ces deux
hôtels se distinguent-ils?

En quoi puis-je vous aider?

A

in what way
how
what

How do these two hotels compare?

How can I help you?

88
Q

une épithète

A

epithet
term
atribute

89
Q

la cherté

La cherté de la vie m’étonne.

A

high price

The high cost of living astonishes me.

90
Q

mettre en évidence

A

to highlight

emphasize

91
Q

dresser

un cheval dressé

A

to put up
raise (élever)
train

a trained horse

92
Q

un guignol

A

puppet

clown (perj)
joker
ludicrous person

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