deck 1 Flashcards by Ken Wodlinger

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besogner

A

to toil
control sexually

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cueillir

A

to pick (eg. apples)

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la poisse

A

bad luck

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affecter à

A

assigned to

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ravir

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to delight
abduct, rob

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aiguiller

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to direct, point to
switch a train onto a different track

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sis (adj)

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situated (limited to law or administration)

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cavaler

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to rush about
be a womanizer

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scinder

A

to split

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un godillot

A

clodhopper
army boot

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en pâture

jeter en pâture

A

to pasture

to throw to the wolves
throw under the bus

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revendiquer

A

to demand
claim

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une resucée

A

rehash

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les tripe (fp)

A

innards
intestines

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un finaud (adj and nom)
une finaude

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cunning

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mesquin (adj)

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mean-spirited

syn: parcimonieux

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moins de…..que

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less to…..than

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une mélancolie

A

melancholy

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pâtir

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to suffer as a result of

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l’occase (f)

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second-hand

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une tourte

A

meat pie

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une jauge

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guage

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un vaurien
une vaurienne

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rascal
lout

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un vaurien
une vaurienne

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lout

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rôtir

to roast

en aparté

as an aside conspiratorially

la perpète

to get life (in prison)

engoncé (adj)

to feel restricted by one’s clothing

une loque

pile of rags human wreck

gigoter

to wriggle

clos (adj)

closed (from verb clore)

le merisier

cherry wood

magistral (adj)

given by a master, professor

sis (adj)

situated syn: situé

faire du surplace

to be stuck not able to progree

foirer

to be a complete disaster fail completely

impeccable (adj)

impeccable perfect

déconner

to kid around do stupid things

prétendument

supposedly syn: soi-disant

une pelote

ball (of wool, string…)

en bardeau

shingled clapboard

un chaland une chalande

regular customer

désinvolte (adj)

offhand

l’outrage (m)

indignation scandal

repiquer

to transplant bite again recopy retouch

rogatoire (adj)

legal

un trouduc

asshole

un faussaire

forger

un tâcheron

hack

un portier

porter goalkeeper

tailler un pipe

do a blow job

une causette

chat

un pontet

trigger guard bridge

la litote

understatement to say more by saying less

l’hyperbole (f)

exageration

l’hyperbole (f)

exageration

dégueuler

to vomit

la prestance

presence stature

un soulèvement

uprising

décalquer

to trace