Deck 1

Question 1

extrader

Answer 1

to extradite

Question 2

de soi

Answer 2

without saying

Question 3

une corrida

Answer 3

bullfight

Question 4

un toréro

Answer 4

bullfighter

Question 5

une cape

Answer 5

cape (eg bullfighting)

Question 6

la glace noire

Answer 6

black ice

verglas

Question 7

une libellule

Answer 7

dragonfly

Question 8

un retardeur

Answer 8

retardant

Question 9

un pilleur

Answer 9

looter

piller = to pillage

Question 10

un dépotoir

Answer 10

garbage dump

Question 11

foutre le rogne

Answer 11

give sb a hard time

Question 12

rogner

Answer 12

trim
crop

note: ronger = to gnaw

Question 13

de visu

Answer 13

first-hand

personally

Question 14

un stup

Answer 14

narc

Question 15

écumer

Answer 15

to skim
pillage (informal)

l’écume = foam

Question 16

reprendre la mer

Answer 16

to set sail

Question 17

interviewer

Answer 17

to interview

question

Question 18

le bulle

Answer 18

unbleached paper

Question 19

un poivrot

Answer 19

drunk

Question 20

une cuite (informal)

Answer 20

booze-up

bender

Question 21

fracturer

Answer 21

to fracture

break

Question 22

basta! (exclamation)

Answer 22

that’s all!

Question 23

un répit

Answer 23

respite

Question 24

une colle

Answer 24

difficult question

glue

Question 25

bâiller

Answer 25

to yawn

gape open

Question 26

un éboueur

Answer 26

garbage collector

Question 27

une cheville

Answer 27

ankle

dowel
peg

cheville ouvrière = kingpin

Question 28

une capote

Answer 28

hooded coat

convertible top

condom

Question 29

avoir maille à partir avec qn

Answer 29

to disagree with sb

une maille = mesh (of a net), stitch

Question 30

toucher une corde sensible

Answer 30

to touch a nerve

Question 31

duveteux (adj)

Answer 31

downy

Question 32

la glycine

Answer 32

glycine (amino acid)

wisteria

Question 33

faire étalage

Answer 33

to display

étaler = to display, spread out

Question 34

dégoter (also dégotter)

Answer 34

to find (informal)

dénicher

Question 35

un poivrot

Answer 35

drunk

Question 36

se payer qn

Answer 36

to settle an account with sb (also fig)

Question 37

un jean-foutre

Answer 37

jackass

good-for-nothing

Question 38

potasser

Answer 38

to bone up

study

Question 39

compter pour du beurre (idiom)

Answer 39

to count for nothing

Question 40

en pente

Answer 40

sloping

Question 41

un débarras

Answer 41

storeroom

Question 42

un coup de chance

Answer 42

stroke of luck

Question 43

à coup sûr

Answer 43

for sure

Question 44

tenir tête à

Answer 44

to stand up to

Question 45

au cours de

Answer 45

while

Question 46

sous forme

Answer 46

in the form of

Question 47

concerner

Answer 47

to be involved

be affected by

Question 48

un barreau

Answer 48

bar of wood, metal
bar association   (law)

Question 49

un fretin

Answer 49

small fry (lit and fig)

Question 50

corner

Answer 50

to bend the corner of st

Question 51

apporter à

Answer 51

to bring to

provide to

Question 52

un chiffon

Answer 52

rag
duster

le chiffon = thin material of veils

Question 53

se brancher sur

Answer 53

to tune to

connect to

Question 54

desserrer

Answer 54

to loosen

relax

Question 55

concluant (adj)

Answer 55

conclusive

Question 56

poser un lapin à qn

Answer 56

to stand sb up

Question 57

de but en blanc

Answer 57

point-blank

out of the blue

Question 58

fichu la frousse à qn

Answer 58

to scare the hell out of sb

Question 59

une cuillerée

Answer 59

spoonful

Question 60

formaliser

se formaliser

Answer 60

to formalize

to take offense

Question 61

le cérumen

Answer 61

ear wax

Question 62

une daurade

Answer 62

kind of fish

Question 63

se retomber sur le nez

Answer 63

to come back on sb

Question 64

se désister

Answer 64

to withdraw

se retirer

Question 65

une crue subite

Answer 65

flash flood

Question 66

en maraude

Answer 66

on the prowl

cruising for fairs (taxi)

Question 67

ressayer

ressaier

Answer 67

to try again

ré-essayer

Question 68

façon de parler

Answer 68

in a manner of speaking

Question 69

enfermer

Answer 69

emprison
lock sb in
confine sb to a role

emprisonner

Question 70

réchapper

Answer 70

to come through

Question 71

le chichi

Answer 71

pretence
ceremony
show

Question 72

tendre un piège

Answer 72

to set a trap

tendre = to tense, extend, stretch

Question 73

dégueulasser qc (slang)

Answer 73

to dirty st

Question 74

le raffut

Answer 74

din
ruckus

vacarme

Question 75

ferrer

Answer 75

to shoe (horse)
rim with steel
strike (hook, as in a fish)

Question 76

imbriquer (vt)

s’imbriquer

Answer 76

to overlap

interlock

Question 77

sacquer (informal)

Answer 77

to fire

virer

Question 78

nul doute que + indicatif

Answer 78

no doubt that

Question 79

triquer

Answer 79

to thrash

to have an erection (vulgar slang)

Question 80

effectuer

s’effectuer

Answer 80

to do
make happen

happen

Question 81

déjanter

Answer 81

to remove a tire from the rim

to be nuts (informal)

Question 82

une jante

Answer 82

rim of a wheel

Question 83

un pénitencier

Answer 83

penitentiary

Question 84

un registre

Answer 84

register

Question 85

une émeute

Answer 85

riot

Question 86

un ripou

Answer 86

bent cop

note: verlan for pouri

Question 87

refiler

Answer 87

to palm st off (eg counterfeit note)

Question 88

barrer

Answer 88

to block

cross out

Question 89

un moyeu

Answer 89

hub

centre

Question 90

prendre la tangente

Answer 90

to flee

s’en fuir

Question 91

un semblant

Answer 91

semblance

Question 92

en un rien de temps

Answer 92

in no time

Question 93

jacter (informal)

Answer 93

to jaw

talk

Question 94

les palmarès (mp)

Answer 94

list of accomplishments