AnnaGavalda Flashcards

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Grubby, filthy, dirty, shabby

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Malpropre

Scumbag, swine, pig

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Give in, give way, waver

Fail, flag

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Flancher

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Flick n

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Pichenette f

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Safeguard n

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Garde-fou m

And guardrail

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Fierce
Savage, wild
Mistrustful, shy

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Farouche

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Melodramatic

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Mélo

Mélodrame m

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Fib, whopper

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Craque f

Craquer split, split open, give in, give way

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So-so

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Couci-couça adv

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Unravel

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Détricoter

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Pilgrimage

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Pèlerinage m

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Back off, climb down

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Lâcher du lest

Lest m ballast

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Enjoy sth wihile it lasts, have a good time, enjoy good times

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Manger son pain blanc

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Off-colour, iffy, dodgy

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Patraque adj

N fem piece of junk

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Mercury, quick silver

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Vif-argent m

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Incoherent, rambling fig and speech

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Décousu adj

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Receipt n

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Le ticket de caisse

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Wring, spin (wash machine)

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Essorer

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Chat up v

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Baratiner

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Save v

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Faire des économies

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I get along well with..

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Je m’entends bien avec X

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Not all there, crazy, mad adj

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Siphonné

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Hemp, cannabis

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Chanvre m

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Steel wool

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Paille de fer f

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Giggle, chuckle

Cluck

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Glousser

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Fishnet stockings
Bas résille nmpl
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Meat fam n
Bidoche f
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Rip-off con inf
Attrape-gogo m | N'achète pas ça, c'est un attrape-gogo pour touristes!
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Sleepless night
Nuit blanche | Stay up all night: passer une/faire une nuit blanche
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The end of the tunnel
Le bout du tunnel
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Ancestors
Aïeux mpl
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Etc, and so on so forth
Et patati et patata
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Put the cart before the horse
Mettre la charrue avant les boeufs | Charrue f plough
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In a bad way/state colloq
Compote f Je l'ai trouvé en compote My back is killing me avoir le dos en compote • j'ai les jambes en compote* (de fatigue) my legs are killing me /like jelly
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Sofa bed
Clic-clac m
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Shirt, blouse
liquette f
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Housewarming
Pendaison f hanging ( as in punishment) | Pendaison de la crémaillère
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Bric-a-brac store, general store
Bazar m | Mettre/foutre le bazar make a mess
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Cuddly toy, comfort blanket
Doudou m
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Dump, ditch inf
Planter
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Wishy washy, ludicrous
Cul-cul adj
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Cooking fam n
Popote f
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Crown teeth
Jaquette f | Cover, sleeve (fex album)
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Remorse, regret | Feel guilty
Remords m | Avoir de remords
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Crummy inf | Pathetic, hopeless
Minable | Nmf pathetic, loser, no hopef
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Mess up inf v
Amorcher
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No coverage (ph)
Le portable ne capte pas
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Marrow
Moelle f
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Rescue, snatch
Arracher | Arracher qqc à qqn extract, wrest, get out something of someone
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Unrecognisable
Méconnaissable
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Sober up
Dégriser
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Be on call
Être de garde
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Paunch' beer belly, gut, belly
Bedaine f
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Rest stops on free ways
Les resto-routes
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W the volume turned down
En sourdine | Jouer en sourdine play softly
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Pork products
Cochonaille f
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Safety pin
Épingle à nourrice | Nourrice child minder
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(Curtain) rod
tringle f | Tringle à rideau
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Go nuts/bonkers
Devenir marteau | Marteau hammer
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Bowl
Écuelle f
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Armpit
Aisselle f
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Heifer
Génisse f
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Mug, airhead, asshole, wanker
couillon
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As it happens
En l'occurrence | Occurrence f appearance, happening, circumstance
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Pile up (cars)
Carambolage m
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Lawn, turf
Gazon m Tondeuse à g lawn mower G artificiel Tennis sur g lawn tennis
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Cricket
Grillon m
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Clover
Trèfle ( à 4 feuilles) m
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Wisteria
Glycine f
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Greyness, gloominess
Grisaille
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Holly
Houx m
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Hedge n
Haie f | Hurdle, row, line or row of people
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Shard of glass
Tesson de bouteille m
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Small courtyard
Courette f
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Budgie
Perruche f
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Pigsty | and fig
Porcherie f | Cette chambre est une porcherie
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Willow | Weeping willow
Saule m | Saule pleureur
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Variety n
Essence f | Il y a plusieurs essences de pins dans le pays
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Frame (body)
Carcasse f And carcass Trainer sa carcasse. Drag yrself along
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Consent to
Opiner á | Opiner du bonnet/ du chef. Nod in agreement
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Naive, ingenous
Ingénu adj m
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Demanding, challenging
Exigeant - | exiger require, need, demand
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Lisp
Zézaiement
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Pussy, sissy, weakling
Mauviette f
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Raft n
Radeau m
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Scratch, graze n
Égratignure f
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Log n
Bûche f
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Whisper
Susurrer
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Pissed
Pété
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Clear off, scram
Se barrer
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Wrap, shawl
Châle m
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Crow ( bird)
Corneille f
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Twisted
Bicournu
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Fern
Fougère f
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Play wright
Dramaturgue
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Prank, practical joke
Farce f
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Embark upon, throw yr self into
Élancer
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Stork
Cigogne f
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Contact details, name and adress
Coordonnées fpl
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Scold, rebuke, tell off
Gronder
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Group of friends
Une bande de copains
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Sulk, in a huff v
Faire la tête
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Supported, popular, sought after, in demand
Entouré adj