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Deck 2 Flashcards

1
Q

un crachoir

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spittoon

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2
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à sa solde

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on his payroll

in his pocket

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3
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flamber

A

singe

increase (price)

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4
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en sous-marin

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under cover

in a submarine

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5
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dans la foulée

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in stride

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6
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un trou d’évacuation

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drain hole

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7
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téméraire (adj)

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reckless

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8
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la témérité

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recklessness

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9
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assermenter

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to swear an oath

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10
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révolu (adj)

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over and done with

of an other era

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11
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manière de

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so as to

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12
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faire un dessin

A

draw a picture

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13
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au ralenti

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slowly

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14
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au rebut

A

scrap

waste

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15
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pleins phares

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high beams

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16
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envelopper

s’envelopper

A

to envelope

wrap

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17
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caverneux (adj)

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cavernous

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18
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répercuter

A

to send back

reflect

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19
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purger

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to purge

serve a sentence

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20
Q

un embranchement

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junction

side road

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21
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embrancher

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to connect to

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22
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le rendement

A

return (finance)
production
performance

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23
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un examinateur

une examinatrice

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examiner

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24
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la tutelle

A

guardianship

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25
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le racolage

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soliciting

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26
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gercer

A

to chap (eg lips)

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27
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que dalle (expression)

A

nothing

rien

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28
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avoir la dalle

A

to be hungry

dalle = old word for throat

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29
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un chiffonnier

une chiffonnière

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tramp

rag and bone man

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30
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être un autre paire de manches

A

to be a different matter entirely

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31
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un horodateur

A

parking ticket dispenser

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32
Q

décharné (adj)

A

emaciated

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33
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hâve (adj)

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haggard

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34
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hébété (adj)

A

stupid

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35
Q

une latte

A

slat
lath
batten

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36
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buriner

A

chisel out
engrave
furrow

37
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une strie

A

streak

38
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strier

A

to striate

streak

39
Q

une combine

A

shady manoeuvre

40
Q

une fenêtre à jalousies

A

window with blinds

41
Q

trimballer

A

to lug around

42
Q

la joconde

A

the Mona Lisa

43
Q

saisissant (adj)

A

striking

gripping

44
Q

les lunettes à double foyer

A

bifocals

45
Q

un manutentionnaire

A

warehouseman

46
Q

la manutention

A

warehousing

47
Q

lambda (adj)

A

ordinary

average

48
Q

le graillon

A

stale fat

gob of spit

49
Q

un blaireau

A

badger
shaving brush
jerk (informal, perjorative)

50
Q

les tenailles

A

pincers

51
Q

tenailler

A

to pinch with pincers

torment

52
Q

un alliage

A

alloy

53
Q

tarabuster

A

to annoy

54
Q

une trombine

A

mug

face

55
Q

une douille

A

cartridge
sleeve
socket

56
Q

un râtelier

A

hay rack
tool rack

dentures

57
Q

la strangulation

A

strangulation

58
Q

cintré (adj)

A

curved inwards

hourglass shape

59
Q

grêler

A

to hail

60
Q

décatie (adj)

A

lacklustre

decrepit

61
Q

brandir

A

to brandish

62
Q

un placeur

une placeuse

A

usher

usherette

63
Q

passer en revue

A

to scan across

64
Q

la miséricorde

A

mercy

clémence

65
Q

obstiné (adj)

A

obstinant

66
Q

l’avenida (f)

A

avenue

67
Q

main dans la main

A

hand in hand

68
Q

à poil

A

naked

69
Q

une tourelle

A

turret

70
Q

investir

A

to invest
empower
encircle

71
Q

la milice

A

militia

72
Q

ignifuger

A

to fireproof

73
Q

auge

A

trough (for feeding animals)

valley

74
Q

que voici

A

here

literally: that is seen here

75
Q

la poussée

A

pressure

pression

76
Q

par la suite

A

subsequent

77
Q

un bélier

A

ram (animate and inanimate)

78
Q

une bavure

A

smudge

blunder

79
Q

fichu (adj)

A

lost

unusable

80
Q

canarder

A

to snipe (shoot from a hidden position)

81
Q

un chariot-élévateur

A

fork lift

82
Q

une veilleuse

A 
night light 
pilot light    (gas)
side light     (car)
83
Q

peinard (adj)

A

cushy

84
Q

conférer

A

to confer

give

85
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lassant (adj)

A

tedious

wearisome

86
Q

un tertre

A

mound with flat top
butte

monticule

87
Q

nuire à qn

A

to harm sb

88
Q

de pesant

A

weighty

cumbersome

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