Deck 1 Flashcards

(98 cards)

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un suiveur

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follower

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les ébats (mp)

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frolics

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un advocat commis d’office

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public defender
court appointed lawyer

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au passage

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in passing

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turlupiner (vt)

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to bother

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une piaule

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pad (slang)

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au compteur

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on the clock
on the odometer
on the meter

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revêtir

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to put on
assume

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sur la brèche

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in the breach
on the go

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touiller

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to stir

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sioux (adj)

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Sioux (indian group)

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à découvert

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short (as in to sell short)
exposed

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aplatir

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to flatten

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imprenable (adj)

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impregnable

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effarer qqn
être effaré de/par

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to alarm some one
to be alarmed by

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débusquer

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to flush out

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déballer

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to unpack
display

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un bail,
les baux

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lease

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factice (adj)

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false
forced

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se biler pour

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to worry about

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recéler
conceal from someone contain
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détraqué (adj)
deranged mad
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amenuiser
to reduce plane down
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assermenté (adj)
sworn (an oath)
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poupin (adj)
chubby
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la céruse
white lead (lead carbonate)
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un procédé
technique
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aux dépens (mp)
at the expense of
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coltiner se coltiner
to lug to get stuck with
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boursoufler
to cause swelling
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briquer
to polish syn: astiquer
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coquet (adj)
elegant
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dépensier (adj)
big spender
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un hère
poor wretch
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rétrécir
to shrink
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gaver
to force feed
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la désinvolture
off-hand manner
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baguenauder
to stroll about
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ahurissant (adj)
incredible syn: stupéfiant
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corser
to make more difficult strengthen a flavour
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faire mumuse (f)
to play (as with children)
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avoir feint
to pretend
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de tout et de tous
of everything and everyone
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scabreux (adj)
risqué scandalous
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être imbu de soi-même
to be full of oneself
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reléguer
to relegate
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déborder
to go beyond overwhelm
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véhiculer
to carry imply
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se gausser de qqn
to mock someone
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une tonnelle
arbour trellis
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écluser
to knock back (a drink)
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un asticot
maggot worm used as fishing bait
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épancher s’épancher
to pour out open one’s heart
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la clé de voûte
keystone linchpin
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bigrement
very
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posément
carefully
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la rubalise
barricade tape
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annonciateur (adj)
heralding forewarning
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les toiles de maître (f)
canvas of a master masterpiece
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marqueté (adj)
inlaid
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effilocher s’effilocher
to shred to dwindle
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to shred to dwindle
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la sève
sap (of plants) vigour (British)
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la literie
bedding all that makes a bed
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un fauteur une fautrice
troublemaker
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la déontologie
ethics
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vertueusement
virtuously
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une pécore
silly goose
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une teinturerie
dry-cleaners’
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recroiser
to recross cross-reference
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un contremaître une contremaîtresse
foreman forewoman
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tenir parole
to keep one’s word
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la médisance
malicious gossip
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le ménagement
regard care
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