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La Blonde en Béton > Deck 1 > Flashcards

Deck 1 Flashcards

1
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le rabâchage

A

harping (on)

rabâcher = to keep repeating

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2
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détrousser

A

to rob

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3
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intérioriser

A

to internalize

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emporter

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to carry

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5
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gaucher, ère

A

lefty

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6
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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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8
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funeste (adj)

A

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

A

reprimand

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11
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commenter qc

A

to comment on st

Note: vt, no preposition

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12
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faire la manche

A

to panhandle

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13
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le désintérêt

A

disinterest

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14
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se désintéresser de qc

A

to lose interest in st

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15
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ravager

A

to destroy

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16
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le tintouin

A

din

commotion

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17
Q

sous le coude

A

under wraps

on the QT

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18
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cramer

A

to burn

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19
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en rase-mottes

A

very low (flying)

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

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20
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dénoter

A

to denote

indicate

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21
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un bercail

A

birth country
fold (of sheep)

bergerie
foyer

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22
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de prime abord

A

at first glance

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23
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truffer

A

to stuff

farcir
bourrer

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24
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motus, et bouche cousue!

A

don’t tell a soul!

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25
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effriter

A

to crumble

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26
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un requérant

une requérante

A

prosecutor

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27
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la plaidoirie

A

plea (in court)

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28
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ingrat (nom m/f, adj)

A

ungrateful

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29
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outrepasser

A

to exceed

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30
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biler

A

to worry (used in the negative, “don’t worry”)

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31
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primer (vt)

A

to take precedence over

award (eg a prize)

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32
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ravaler

A

to clean
give st a facelift (eg a building)
re-swallow
reduce st to the level of

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33
Q

comparaître

A

to appear (in court)

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34
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le dessus

A

top

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35
Q

un gnon

A

dent (usually a punch)

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36
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s’installer

A

to settle

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37
Q

les bas-fonds (m)

A

slums

very poor part of town

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38
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le collyre

A

eye drops

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39
Q

influer sur

A

to have influence on

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40
Q

l’atermoiement (m)

A

procrastination

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41
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diffamer

A

to defame

slander

42
Q

une joute

A

joust

43
Q

saouler

se saouler

A

to make drunk

get drunk

44
Q

débuté (adj)

A

beginning

45
Q

un serial killer

A

serial killer

46
Q

défrayer la chronique (idiom)

A

to be the talk of the town

47
Q

peinturlurer

A

to daub

barbouiller

48
Q

un atelier à confection

A

workshop

49
Q

par le passé

A

in the past

previously

50
Q

se déclarer

A

to start (eg fire)

51
Q

moucharder

A

to inform

tip off

52
Q

rencarder (rancarder)

A

to set up a meeting

53
Q

délecter de

A

to relish doing

delight in doing

54
Q

dans le temps

A

back in the day

55
Q

un lubrifiant

A

lubricant

56
Q

un échafaud

A

scaffold

57
Q

le glaçage

A

glazing (of paper, food, baked goods)

icing

58
Q

piètre (adj)

A

médiocre

59
Q

un prête-nom

A

front man

60
Q

la pègre

A

underworld

mafia

61
Q

musarder

A

to wander around

flâner

62
Q

un string

A

g-string

63
Q

enfler

A

to swell

64
Q

déjouer

A

to frustrate

impede

65
Q

un avorton

A

runt

66
Q

gourer

A

to be in error

se tromper lourdement

67
Q

citer à comparaître qn

A

to subpoena sb

68
Q

rebuter

A

to disgust

69
Q

se voir

A

to show

70
Q

en surimpression

A

double exposure

superposition

71
Q

tancer

A

to scold

réprimander
semoncer

72
Q

goupiller

A

to pin (join with a pin)

une goupille = metal pin

73
Q

imberbe (adj)

A

beardless

74
Q

singer qn

A

to imitate sb, derisively

75
Q

de temps à autre

A

from time to time

76
Q

aller de l’avant

A

to move forward

77
Q

tout à l’heure

A

earlier

a moment ago

78
Q

reporter

A

to postpone
shift (eg one’s attention)
take back (eg a book to the library)

79
Q

faire usage de

A

to use

80
Q

mettre en branle

A

to set in motion

81
Q

diligencement

A

diligently

82
Q

spéculer

A

to speculate (as in English)

83
Q

pubère (adj)

A

pubescent

84
Q

la puberté

A

puberty

85
Q

s’imposer

A

to be evident

86
Q

la panoplie

A

array

outfit (to disguise oneself)

87
Q

ludique (adj)

A

playful

88
Q

à l’affût

A

on the prowl

89
Q

un auto-stoppeur

une auto-stoppeuse

A

hitchhiker

auto-stop = hitchhiking

90
Q

émasculer

A

emasculate

castrate

91
Q

torve (adj)

A

menacing

92
Q

alpaguer qn

A

to collar sb (police)

93
Q

stabilisateur (adj and nom m)

A

stabilizing

stabilizer

94
Q

abouler le fric!

A

hand over the money!

95
Q

saumâtre (adj)

A

brackish

disagreeable (informal)

96
Q

un truand

A

crook

gangster

97
Q

s’empâter

A

to put on weight

98
Q

se blanchir

A

to clear oneself

99
Q

une call-girl

A

call girl

100
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extorsion (f)

A

extortion

La Blonde en Béton (2 decks)

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