Deck 1 Flashcards

(108 cards)

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un clapier

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rabbit hutch

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en deça

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on this side

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vielle d’un mois (accorder avec nom)

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one month old

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tels quels

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as they are

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laxiste (adj and nom m/f)

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lax

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une balafre

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scar

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à votre sauce

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as you wish

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un bide (slang)

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stomach

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un barnum

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shelter

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10
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yeux dans le vague

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starring into space

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11
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un migraineux

une migraineuse

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migraine sufferer

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12
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en rapport avec

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connected to

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13
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mettre sur les dents

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to be on high alert

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se traiter de qqc

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to be called st

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15
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plaindre (vt)

se plaindre

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to pity

to feel self pity
to complain

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16
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une sarbacane

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blowpipe

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17
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un raid

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raid

expedition

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18
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le tangage

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pitching (motion)

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19
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un abaque

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graph

abacus

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20
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aller de main morte

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to not pull punches

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un écouvillon

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brush (bottles, cannon)

swab (medicine)

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faisandé (adj)

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gamey
tainted
corrupt

note faisander = to hang game

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23
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un sigle

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initials (of several words)

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24
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avenant (adj)

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pleasant

aimable

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lâchement
cowardly
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le polichinelle
Punch (as in Punch and Judy)
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fâcheux (adj)
unfortunate regrettable distressing
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d’ores
already
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corsé (adj)
difficult arduous spicy corser = to add spice to enliven flavour
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galèrer
to stuggle | have a hard time
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en voie de…
this way to…
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un totem
totem | symbol
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le liège
cork
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une pince
pliers pincers (eg crab) dart (sewing) à pince (informal) = on foot
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les mousseux (mp)
sparkling wine | bubbly
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le tralala
odds and ends
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à l’envers
upside down back to front inside out wrong
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cafter
to tell on | rat out
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de côté
aside
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un moulage
casting
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parer
to decorate embellish embellir parry (avoid a blow)
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parier
to bet
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calquer
to trace (eg with tracing paper)
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l’engrenage (m)
gears | spiral (eg spiral out of control)
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l’épi (m)
tuft ear (eg. of corn) groin garer en épi = to park at an angle
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la feutrine
fine felt fabric | baize (pool table covering)
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une péniche
barge
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relater
to recount | report in detail
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une trottinette
scooter
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acculer
constrain | force sb into doing st
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heureusement d’ailleurs
happily so | that’s a good thing
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pour peu que (+subj)
if in the case that on the off chance that
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un rapt (nom et adj)
kidnapping absorbed (as rapt attention) absorbé
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en amont
upstream, uphill before en aval = downstream, downhill
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un rouleau compresseur
steamroller
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les confettis (mp) (uncountable)
confetti
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coltiner
to lug (informal)
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d’un | de deux
firstly | secondly
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l’acide chlorhydrique (m)
HCl
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dégotter | dégoter
to find (informal) dénicher trouver
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un fût
trunk (of a tree) | cask (for brewing, aging spirits)
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rien de réjouissant
no joy | no success
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un compte à rebours
count down
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une décharge
discharge (eg firearm) garbage dump tip
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sourdre
to well up seep out squirt out
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ondoyer
to baptize (vt) ``` to sway (vi) flutter ```
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le crachat
spit
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narguer
to taunt
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pervertir
to corrupt
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à son bord
inside (a vehicle) | aboard
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un serrage
handshake
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un phasme
stick insect
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en flag
in the act | red-handed
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un phoque
seal
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une brocante
flea market
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une crue en crue
rise in water level in flood in spate under water
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chambouler
to turn upside down | upset
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être simple
be easy straightforward good
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rafler la mise
take the prize | win the bet
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borner
to mark out the boundaries of st | limit
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tilter
to get it (informal) piger
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chelou (adj)
dodgy
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la came
cam (as in camshaft) drugs setup??
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une cuve
vat
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cuver
``` to sleep it off (cuver son vin) calm down (cuver sa colère) ``` to ferment
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débecter
to disgust?
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fédérer
to federate | form an association
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une hargne
aggression
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stigmatiser
to stigmatize
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extrapoler
to extrapolate
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le bataclan (informal)
stuff junk baggage
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la tourbe
peat
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rescaper (vt)
to save (from harm)
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un emballement
fad racing over-excitation
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mettre tout à plat
put everything on the table | lay it all out
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féru (adj)
passionate keen passionné
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sournois (adj)
sly | crafty
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une plaie
wound plague pain (informal) problem
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paumer
to lose perdre
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la buée
condensation
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morfler
get hit take blows be in big trouble
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un open space
open space
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décliner
to decline declinate enumerate itemize
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buter
to kill (informal)
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effilocher
to shred
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une barbaque
?
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une pitchenette
?
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un délice
delight