Dec2022a Flashcards

(101 cards)

1
Q

To snuggle up, to cuddle, to nestle

A

se blottir
Se pelotonner

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blackness, darkness

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noirceur

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3
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cockroach

A

le cafard
cancrelot

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4
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to soak

A

tremper

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5
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ground hog, woodchuck

A

la marmotte

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6
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chipmunk

A

le tamia

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7
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to tell, to relate

A

conter

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8
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washer, (round) slice
(Can) hockey puck

A

une rondelle

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9
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pack (wolves)

A

meute

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10
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job, task

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la besogne

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11
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shower, storm

A

une averse

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12
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sudden shower

A

la giboulée

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13
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to shake, to move off

A

ébranler

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14
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to overwhelm

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accabler

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15
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load, burden, responsibility

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un fardeau

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16
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lost, stray, distraught

A

égaré

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17
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to claim, to reclaim (land)

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défricher

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18
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plot of land

A

un lopin

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19
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to grow

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croître

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20
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to shrivel, to wither, to fade

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flétrir

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21
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halibut

A

le flétan

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22
Q

leg of lamb

A

gigot

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23
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droppings, dung

A

la crotte

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24
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muddy

A

crotté

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wax
la cire
26
to wax, polish
cirer
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woodworking, carpentry
menuisière
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mailman
un facteur
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bulletin board
un babillard
30
hot air balloon
une montgolfière
31
a slide
un toboggan, une glissoire (Can)
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a birdbath
une vasque
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a vulture
un vautour
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shutters, flap of an airplane
les volets
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lair, den
une tanière
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hateful, odious
odieuse (exécrable)
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to appease, to satisfy, to satiate
assouvir
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to break
briser
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oars
rames
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to devour
dévorer
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unhealthy
malsain
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shopping basket
panier à provisions
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lettuce spinner
panier à salade
44
spendthrift
dépensier (fam) panier percé
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weak, frail, flimsy
frêle
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skiff (small boat)
esquif
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rudder, helm
le gouvernail
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compass
la boussole
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villain, rogue
scélérat
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1. handle 2. cove
une anse
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jailer
le geôlier
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1. truce 2. respite
trêve
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lethargic, sluggish
la torpeur
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bereavement, mourning
deuil prononce doy
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to be in mourning
porter le deuil
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to dazzle, to stun, to amaze
éblouir
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mean, petty
mesquin
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buds
bourgeons
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notch
une encoche
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kid, youngster, brat
môme (gosse)
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weak feeble (fam) stupid, idiot
débile
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dowel, stud
le goujon
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to stamp one’s feet
en trépigner
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to hold back
retenir
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gust (of wind) burst (of gunfire)
rafale
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to threaten
menacer
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it looks like rain
la pluie menace
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contempt, scorn
méprise
69
this dammed rain
cette maudite pluie
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cattails
la massette (Fr) la quenouilles (Can)
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moose
un orignal
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abalone
un ormeau
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to plow to furrow
labourer
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to knock down to cut down
abattre
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pomegranate
la grenade
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lobster
homard
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to hum
fredonner
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tomcat
un matou
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parakeet
une perruche
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rodent
le rongeur
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catfish
poisson-chat
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shoelace
lacet
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sharp bend, curve (road)
en lacet
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a winding road
un route en lacets
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to bow, to bend, to sag
ployer
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seahorse
hippocampe
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mermaid
sirène
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sea urchin
un oursin
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seaweed
une algue
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seagull
la mouette
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sea lion
une otarie
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berries
de baies
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the day before
la veille
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idleness
l’oisiveté
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eulogy
ses éloges
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praise
louange
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stubbornness , obstinacy
entêtement
98
stubborn person
entêté
99
terror, horror
épouvante
100
tombstone
pierre tombale
101
homme mal élevé
un rustre