Deck 1 Flashcards

(76 cards)

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un coup fourré

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dirty trick

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trafiquer

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to modify
alter

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l’accastillage (m)

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deck fittings (nautical)

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traînasser

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to loaf about
take one’s time

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un outsider

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outsider

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marié avec qqn

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married to someone

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hors du coup

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out of the loop
out of touch

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gouvernante à demeure

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resident governess

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la sourdine

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muting

en sourdine = quietly

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l’avant-dernier

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penultimate

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un chèque en bois

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bad cheque

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un ajout à

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addition to

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attribution

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attribution
allocation

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échoir
échoir à

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to become payable
to fall to someone’s benefit

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mouiller

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to wet
anchor (nautical)

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un escalier mécanique

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escalator

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un écriteau
sign
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la bouffe
food
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s’embringuer dans
to get involved in
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la piétaille
underlings
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le raccourci
shortcut summary short version
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la soude
soda (sodium carbonate)
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une couchette
berth bunk
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une fioriture
ornament (in writing, music)
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louper
to miss fail
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occire
to slay
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un cavalier une cavalière
horseman horsewoman
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la divulgation
disclosure syn: révélation
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remodeler
to restructure
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un agent de change
stockbroker
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un pont
bridge link axle (of vehicle) hoist (for vehicle)
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en abrégé
abbreviated
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ras le bol
dissatisfaction exasperation
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amenuiser
to reduce plane down
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pointu (adj)
pointed specialized
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un marsouin
porpoise
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en rade
stranded on the fritz
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égayer
to enliven
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méchamment
spitefully very hard la méchanceté = nastiness, maliciousness
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hors-piste
off road
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sur la touche
sidelined
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un charnier
mass grave
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fourbe (adj)
deceitful
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vaquer à
to tend to one’s business
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résilier
to terminate (eg, a contract)
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un/une commanditaire
silent partner
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chichement
frugally sparsely
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mirobolant (adj)
fabulous
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un enjoliveur
hubcap
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un aloyau
sirloin
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un cafouille
mess
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un greffé une greffée
transplant patient
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un cartomancien une cartomancienne
fortune teller someone who claims to see the future
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incurver s’incurver
to curve
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chatouiller
to tickle titillate
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un rien
a tiny bit
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un blocus
blockade
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broyer
to grind crush
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hostile (adj)
hostile