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Volume 13 Flashcards

1
Q

curieux (adj)

A

strange

inquisitive

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2
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une embûche

A

trap
hazard
pitfall

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3
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touffu (adj)

A

bushy

dense

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4
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une charrette

A

cart

wave (as in wave of layoffs)

jalopy (slang)

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5
Q

à ras bords

A

to the brim

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6
Q

écorné (adj)

A

worn

dog-eared

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7
Q

un point d’attache

A

mooring point

mainstay

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8
Q

uni (adj)

A

plain

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9
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classe (adj) (informal)

A

smart
classy
sophisticated

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10
Q

vous faites quelle pointure?

je fais du 38.

A

what is your shoe size?

I take size 38.

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11
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à l’amiable

A

amicably

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12
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un carambolage

A

multiple vehicle accident
pile-up

montage (fig)

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13
Q

camoufler

se camoufler

A

to camouflage
conceal

to hide

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14
Q

panser

panser ses blessures

A

to put a dressing on
heal

to lick one’s wounds

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15
Q

atterrer

A

to leave sb aghast

floor

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16
Q

un tabac

faire un tabac
passer un tabac

A

storm
battle
volley of blows

to be a big hit (from the sound of clapping)
to be beaten up

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17
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une miche de pain

A

loaf of bread

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18
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une bille

A

ball

marble

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19
Q

la suppression

A

suppression

20
Q

dans une même phrase

A

in the same sentence

21
Q

chausser

A

to put on shoes

to put st on

22
Q

le procédé

A 
technique 
practice  (way of doing things)
23
Q

le mazout

A

fuel oil

24
Q

un moineau

A

sparrow

25
Q

la fuite

Les moineaux prennent la fuite.

A

flight
escape

The sparrows take flight.

26
Q

un hiatus

A

pause
gap

une lacune

27
Q

en provenance de

A

coming from

28
Q

le cintrage

A

bending (eg of a pipe)

29
Q

cintrer

A 
to bend  (eg, pipe)
vault  (make an arch)

take st in at the waist

30
Q

faire voir

A

show me

montre-moi

31
Q

du déjà-vu

A

seen before

32
Q

n’avoir rien à voir avec qc

A

to have nothing to do with st

33
Q

un panorama

A

panorama

une vue

34
Q

la vision

A

the action of seeing

apparition

35
Q

un/une visionnaire

A

visionary

36
Q

visionner

A

to view st

37
Q

viser à

A

to aim at (st/doing)

to look directly at st

38
Q

visiblement
évidemment
manifestement
apparemment

A

evidently

39
Q

de visu

A

seen

40
Q

une ornière

A

rut (fig and lit)

41
Q

raviner

A

to furrow (the soil)

42
Q

scinder

A

to split

diviser
séparer

43
Q

un cachot

A

prison cell

44
Q

une litote

A

understatement

45
Q

carcéral (adj)

A

to do with prison

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