Bruno Walker Flashcards

(105 cards)

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Timid shy fearful

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Timoré

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Hilarious hysterically funny

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Désopilant
Make someone laugh désopiler
Have a laugh se désopiler

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Venison

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Chevreuil m

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Shade dim tone down

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Estomper

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Shortage shortfall lack of

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Pénurie f

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Excess

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Outrance f

À outrance over the top

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Ultimate the best

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Nec

être le plus nec ultra best of the best. The best. Last word

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The last straw that breaks the camels back/ the last drop expr

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La goutte d’eau qui fait déborder la vase

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Scattered patchy sparse

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Épars

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Clanking noise

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Bruit de ferraille

Amas de ferraille heap of metal

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Eccentric bizarre n

scatter brained adj

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Farfelu adj and n

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Ruffle (hair) v

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Ébouriffer

And amaze stun

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It’s easy to be wise after the event

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C’est facile d’être sage après la bataille

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Slag off bad mouth bitch about

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Débiner

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Take a tumble

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Valdinguer

envoyer valdinguer familier (figurative) send everything flying

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Croak caw ( as a crow)

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Croasser

Entendre des corbeaux croasser n’est pas très agréable.

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Hillbilly country bumpkin

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Pèquenaud

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18
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Approval authorization

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Agrément m

avec l’agrément de with the consent of, with th

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Fragment piece

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brisure f

La statuette s’est cassée en tombait, je ramasse les brisures.

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Be fooled be cheated

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Se faire rouler

Se faire rouler dans la farine
be taken for a ride, be taken to the cleaners v expr

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Artificial adultères

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Frelaté

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Head chef

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Cuistot m

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23
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Suede buck skin

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Daim m Je me suis acheté des gants en daim.

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Wall hanging wall covering

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Tenture f

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Bottle neck
Le cul de la bouteille
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Leaflet handout
Tract m
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Spry alert with it
Fringant | smart, smartly dressed, elegant, elegantly dressed adj
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Besotted in love adj
Épris adj Elle est éprise d'un beau jeune homme. 'S'éprendre de [qqn]⇒ fall in love with [sb], fall for [sb], be taken with [sb] v expr
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Blissful blissfully happy
Béat adj
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terse, abrupt, curt, blunt, sharp, off-hand adj
Brusque
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Washed/out | Dish water
Lavasse f Coffee fex Ce restaurant ne sert que de la lavasse.
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Juicy and fig
jute aux J'ai signé un contrat juteux. Je mange une pêche juteuse.
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A trick
Un tour de passe -passe
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Unsold
Invendu adj and nm
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Blunder faux-pas n
Impair m | Impair adj odd
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Posture
Posture f
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Calmly thoughtfully
Posément And unhurriedly, steadily adv at a leisurely pace adv
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Trestle
Tréteau m
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Kitty pool best egg
Cagnotte f
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Bar counter sl
Zinc m
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Spook secret agent spy sl
Barbouze nmf
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Take follow borrow
Emprunter
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Reconsider change yr mind
Se raviser
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Scheming
Magouille f magouillage | C'est à force de magouilles qu'il a obtenu ce poste.
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Cartridge canister
Cartouche f
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Not enough insufficient
Insuffisant adj
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Tripod mount
Affût m être à l'affût vi be eagerly awaiting,
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Throw n
jeté m | Elle met un jeté sur ce fauteuil abîmé.
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Folder
Chemise f La secrétaire range le dossier dans une chemise rouge.
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Trigger n
Gâchette f
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End up find its way land
Atterrir
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Bet that
Parier que Mparier [qch] sur [qch/qqn]⇒ vtr (faire un pari) bet, gamble, wager vtr (informal) put money on [sth/sb] v expr J'ai parié 20 € sur ce boxeur. I bet 20 euros on this boxer.
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Learn a lesson
Tirer la leçon
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Boss big shot | Whizz kid
Caïd m
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Be on the lookout. Be on the watch
Être aux aguets
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Body guard
Gardes du corps
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Smart cunning adj
Ficelle | String n
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Open establish set something up
Implanter qqc | And implant insert graft v
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Join become a member of | Agree with someone something
Adhérer à
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Change radically
Virer sa cuti
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Decant v
Transvaser
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Pick at
Chipoter Elle chipote devant sa viande rouge. informal) hum-and-haw, split hairs, be picky, be overly choosy Haggle over
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Hoot | moan groan
Hululer | Chouettes et hiboux hululent.
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Miss v
Regretter Je regrette nos dîners en amoureux. I miss our romantic dinners.
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Bastard asshole
Enfoiré -e
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Dismal dreary glum morose | Gloomy
Lugubre adj
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To ferret to rummage forage snoop around
Fureter
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Intolérable unbearable unsustainable
Insoutenable
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Gag silence
Museler | And muzzle
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Beam ray
Faisceau le
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Dolled up dressed to the nines
Être bien sapé | Se saper dress v
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Solid
Soudé -e
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Blood sausage/pudding
Boudin m
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Feel/ be under the weather
Ne pas être dans son assiette
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Plate up
Dresser une assiette
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Announcement
Faire-part m
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Smoke ring
Volute f
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Wind turbine
Éolienne f
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Double glazing
Double vitrage m | Triple
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Roofing n
Toiture f
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Gilt Gilding gold decoration
Dorure f
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Fluorescent light
Néon m
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Lust summary bank statement | Plan plot
Relevé m | Adj spicy spiced hot
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Liquid manure
Purin m | Fosse à purin manure pit f
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Frustrated defeated baffled beaten
Déconfit adj
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Understanding reason insight
Entendement me
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Town councillor
Édile m
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Busybody gossip n Godmother Amazon
Commère f
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I was not born ydy
Je ne suis pas né de la dernière pluie
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Spell spell out
Épeler
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Crossways | East to west
Transversale
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Shortbread biscuit
Sablé m | And sandy
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Blank bullets
Balles à blanc
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Windcheater
Coupe-vent m
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Tax relief tax reduction
Dégrèvement m
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Be penniless
Être sur la paille Paille straw and drinking straw Paillè straw colored
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Jackpot Strike it rich Gold mine fig
Pactole m Il a gagné au loto et touché le pactole.
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Trivialize
Banaliser
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Fearless undaunted
Impavide
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Boarding | Collision
Abordage m prendre à l'abordage loc v (seize board, capture
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Calm still serene peaceful
Coi adj | en rester coi be speechless
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Change yr mind reconsider
Se raviser
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have words with [sb], have a run-in with [sb] v expr | have an argument with [sb]
Se prendre le bec avec qqn
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past their sell-by date adj that have gone off expr out-of-date adj Expired
Périmé
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Taxing
Ardu