Chapter summaries Flashcards

1
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with one’s back to something

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adossé(e)

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2
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vice case

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l’affaire (f) de mœurs

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3
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to have stagefright

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avoir le trac

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4
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(large) bay window

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la baie (vitrée)

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5
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toilet pot

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le baquet d’aisances

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6
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bench

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le bat-flanc

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7
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fairground stall

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la baraque foraine

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8
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stockings

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les bas (m)

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9
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blue overalls

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le bleu de chauffe

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10
Q

to limit oneself to

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se borner à

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11
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staifwell

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la cage d’escalier

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12
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straw hat

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le canotier

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13
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to limp slightly

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claudiquer

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14
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wing colar

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col cassé

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15
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receipt of a ship’s cargo

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le connaissement

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16
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in full knowledge of

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en connaissance de cause

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17
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to cry out loud

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crier à plein gosier

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18
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level

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d’aplomb

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19
Q

dripping with sweat

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en nage

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20
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to have arranged something

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être convenu(e) de qqch

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21
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to creak

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craquer

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22
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scab

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la croûte

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23
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short trousers

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la culotte

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24
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only just, narrowly

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de justesse

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25
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to dispossess

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dépouiller

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26
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to be in the mood to do something

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être disposé(e) à faire qqch

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27
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to bob

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dodeliner

28
Q

fees

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des droits (m)

29
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run over

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écrasé(e)

30
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tangled up

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empêtré(e)

31
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flannel, wool-based fabric

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la flanelle

32
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heinous crime

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le forfait

33
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to gobble up, to wolf down

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engloutir

34
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to rummage through

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fouiller

35
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cots

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les frais (m)

36
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breathless

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hors de souffle

37
Q

receipt from a pawn shop

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l’indication (f) du Mont de Piété

38
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dried fish

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la friture

39
Q

escape route

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l’issue (f)

40
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morning coat

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la jaquette

41
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black-rimmed glasses

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les lunettes (f) cerclées de noir

42
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arm (of a garment)

A

la manche

43
Q

pimp

A

le maquereau

44
Q

Moorish woman

A

la Mauresque

45
Q

wick

A

la mèche

46
Q

underground world

A

le milieu

47
Q

morals, propriety, decency (vice squad)

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les mœurs (f)

48
Q

to make the face look like ripe fruit

A

murir

49
Q

funeral director

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l’ordonnateur (m)

50
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channel (water)

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la passé

51
Q

shutter

A

la persienne

52
Q

blotch, blemish

A

la plaque

53
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row, argument

A

la prise de bec

54
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stink bug, shield bug (insect)

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la punaise

55
Q

to hang up

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raccrocher

56
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commotion, agitation

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le remue-ménage

57
Q

to stand there speechless, dumbfounded

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rested interdit

58
Q

to laugh so much you become breathless

A

rire à perdre haleine

59
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smock, overall

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le sarrau

60
Q

slap

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le taquer

61
Q

waxed tablecloth

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la toile cirée

62
Q

to twist around

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tire-bouchonner

63
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trail

A

la trainée

64
Q

the day before

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la veille

65
Q

vivacious, quick-tempered

A

vif (vivre)