Deck 1 Flashcards

(100 cards)

1
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le rabâchage

A

harping (on)

rabâcher = to keep repeating

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2
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détrousser

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to rob

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intérioriser

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to internalize

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emporter

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to carry

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5
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gaucher, ère

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lefty

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un escalator

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escalator

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7
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muter de…à

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transferred from…to…

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funeste (adj)

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fatal

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9
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semoncer

A

to reprimand

réprimander

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10
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une semonce

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reprimand

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11
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commenter qc

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to comment on st

Note: vt, no preposition

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12
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faire la manche

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to panhandle

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13
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le désintérêt

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disinterest

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14
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se désintéresser de qc

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to lose interest in st

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15
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ravager

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to destroy

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16
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le tintouin

A

din

commotion

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17
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sous le coude

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under wraps

on the QT

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18
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cramer

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to burn

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19
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en rase-mottes

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very low (flying)

une motte = clump, clod of earth), pussy (vulgar slang)

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20
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dénoter

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to denote

indicate

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21
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un bercail

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birth country
fold (of sheep)

bergerie
foyer

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22
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de prime abord

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at first glance

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23
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truffer

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to stuff

farcir
bourrer

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24
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motus, et bouche cousue!

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don’t tell a soul!

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effriter
to crumble
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un requérant | une requérante
prosecutor
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la plaidoirie
plea (in court)
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ingrat (nom m/f, adj)
ungrateful
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outrepasser
to exceed
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biler
to worry (used in the negative, “don’t worry”)
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primer (vt)
to take precedence over | award (eg a prize)
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ravaler
to clean give st a facelift (eg a building) re-swallow reduce st to the level of
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comparaître
to appear (in court)
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le dessus
top
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un gnon
dent (usually a punch)
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s’installer
to settle
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les bas-fonds (m)
slums | very poor part of town
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le collyre
eye drops
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influer sur
to have influence on
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l’atermoiement (m)
procrastination
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diffamer
to defame | slander
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une joute
joust
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saouler | se saouler
to make drunk | get drunk
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débuté (adj)
beginning
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un serial killer
serial killer
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défrayer la chronique (idiom)
to be the talk of the town
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peinturlurer
to daub barbouiller
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un atelier à confection
workshop
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par le passé
in the past | previously
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se déclarer
to start (eg fire)
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moucharder
to inform | tip off
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rencarder (rancarder)
to set up a meeting
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délecter de
to relish doing | delight in doing
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dans le temps
back in the day
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un lubrifiant
lubricant
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un échafaud
scaffold
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le glaçage
glazing (of paper, food, baked goods) | icing
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piètre (adj)
médiocre
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un prête-nom
front man
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la pègre
underworld | mafia
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musarder
to wander around flâner
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un string
g-string
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enfler
to swell
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déjouer
to frustrate | impede
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un avorton
runt
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gourer
to be in error se tromper lourdement
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citer à comparaître qn
to subpoena sb
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rebuter
to disgust
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se voir
to show
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en surimpression
double exposure | superposition
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tancer
to scold réprimander semoncer
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goupiller
to pin (join with a pin) une goupille = metal pin
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imberbe (adj)
beardless
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singer qn
to imitate sb, derisively
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de temps à autre
from time to time
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aller de l’avant
to move forward
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tout à l’heure
earlier | a moment ago
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reporter
to postpone shift (eg one’s attention) take back (eg a book to the library)
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faire usage de
to use
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mettre en branle
to set in motion
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diligencement
diligently
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spéculer
to speculate (as in English)
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pubère (adj)
pubescent
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la puberté
puberty
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s’imposer
to be evident
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la panoplie
array | outfit (to disguise oneself)
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ludique (adj)
playful
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à l’affût
on the prowl
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un auto-stoppeur | une auto-stoppeuse
hitchhiker auto-stop = hitchhiking
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émasculer
emasculate | castrate
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torve (adj)
menacing
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alpaguer qn
to collar sb (police)
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stabilisateur (adj and nom m)
stabilizing | stabilizer
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abouler le fric!
hand over the money!
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saumâtre (adj)
brackish | disagreeable (informal)
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un truand
crook | gangster
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s’empâter
to put on weight
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se blanchir
to clear oneself
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une call-girl
call girl
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extorsion (f)
extortion