Deck 1 Flashcards

(105 cards)

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éventer

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to discover
fan

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billes de réglisse

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drops of licorice

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une escale

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stopover

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un bal (“l” se prononce)

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prom

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5
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une brute

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bully
wild animal

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une fanfare

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brass band

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extraverti,e (nom et adj m and f)

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extravert

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superficiel (adj)

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superficial

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introverti,e (nom et adj m et f)

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introvert

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un exposé

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class presentation

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11
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choquant (adj)

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shocking

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irréaliste (adj)

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unrealistic

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déroutant (adj)

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puzzling
disconcerting

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endetter
s’endetter

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to put sb into debt
to put oneself into debt

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pentu (adj)

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pitched
steep (before noun)

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barboter

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wade
paddle about (in water, mud)

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17
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en berne

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at half mast

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18
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à longueur de journée

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all day long

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19
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à savoir

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namely

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20
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sporadiquement

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sporadically

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l’empressement (m)

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ardour
eagerness
attention

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22
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un dysfonctionnement

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malfunction

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23
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assurément

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assuredly

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fluet (adj)

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slight
small in stature

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asséner assener
to desl sb/st a blow to hurl
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une fréquentation
keeping company
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acquiescer de
to acquiesce to admit to
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rechigner à
to balk at doing st
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désemparé (adj)
distraught
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mettre la main dessus
to get one’s hands on
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une applique
decoration wall light
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faire preuve
show exhibit
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en provenance de
coming from
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un chahut
racket disturbance
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un gigot
leg of lamb
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un patron
pattern (for sewing, knitting)
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allègrement
blithely
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essorer
to wring
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une cabine d’essayage
fitting room
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compatissant (adj)
compassionate
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impérativement
imperative
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pétrir
to knead
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le cas de figure
situation at hand
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parler sans ambage
to speak bluntly
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un incendiaire une incendiaire
arsonist
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un en-cas
snack
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renflouer
to refloat bail out
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déchanter
to be disillusioned
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être dégoûté
to be fed up
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sensiblement
pretty much rather
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advenir
to happen become of
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un caillot
clot
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grandement
greatly in style
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revêtir
to put on cover
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une ânerie
silly remark syn: bêtise
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ressortir
to bring out again
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une ride
wrinkle (on the face)
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moelleux
soft comfortable
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éméché
tipsy
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une pinte
pint
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au pif
at random approximately by eye
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un défouloir
safety valve place to relax in
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rechigner à
to balk at
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râblé (adj)
stocky
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passablement
rather reasonably well
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écharper
to tear to pieces en charpie = in shreds
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avoir fière allure
to look great
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vieillot (adj)
out of date
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apprêté (adj)
affected not natural syn: affecté
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calciner
to burn syn: brûler
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le strass
fake jewelry ostentatiousness
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les actus (fp)
news
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couiner
to squeak
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ridiculiser
to ridicule
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submerger
to sumerge overwhelm
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indécent (adj)
indecent improper
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prendre fait et cause pour
to take the side of
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flambant neuf/neuve
brand new
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une poussette
stroller shopping cart
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filandreux
stringy rambling
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une grenouillère
stretchy sleeper (baby’s wear)
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en pincer pour qqn (eg j’en pince pour elle)
to be amorous of someone
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un challenge
challenge syn: un défi
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faire le mur (informal)
to go out, against the rules syn: échapper
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feindre de faire qqc
to feign doing something
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faire la tête à qqn
to be angry at someone
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se prélasser
to lounge
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un empêchement
unforeseen difficulty
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émailler
to enamel punctuate
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l’oseille (f)
sorrel dough (as in slang for money)
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la décote
tax rebate drop on value depreciation
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la refonte
overhaul
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prolixe (adj)
talkative verbose
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le questionnement
questioning
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être à cheval entre
to straddle
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une barrique
small wine barrel (200L)
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flâner
to stroll loaf
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peu importe
even so nevertheless
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cédant (adj et nom m&f)
conceding
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empiler qc
to pile st up
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solutionner
to solve
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un puériculteur une puéricultrice
pediatric nurse
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booster
to boost
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avertir de
warn of
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la logorrhée
compulsive talking