Deck 2 Flashcards

(108 cards)

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narrer

A

to relate

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décommander

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to call off
cancel

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un friand

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puff pastry

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être friand de (adj)

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to be keen on something

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d’arrêté

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by order
ordinance

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reluquer

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to stare at
eye

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honnir

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to shame (la honte)

syn: vilipender

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8
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une tangente

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tangent

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prendre la tangente

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to make oneself scarce

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l’assiduité (f)

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punctuality
diligence

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le chevet

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bedside
bedside table
head of a bed

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démordre

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to bite and hold on
not let go of something

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engrosser

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to get somebody pregnant

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tout de go

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right off the bat
straight away

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en mal

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for the worse

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attarder

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to delay

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fricoter

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to cook up (lit and fig)

syn: manigancer

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une IVG

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interruption volontaire de grossesse
abortion

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véhément (adj)

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passionate

syn: emporté, fougeux

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faucher

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to mow down
flatten

informal: to steal (voler)

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battre de l’aile

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to flounder
be on the skids

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22
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boursicoter

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to dabble on the stock market

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fantasmer

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to fantasize

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la case prison

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jail

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les frimas (mp) (s is silent)
freezing fog
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la décrépitude
degenerate state
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au fil de
in the course of
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un agencement
layout note: agencer = to organize harmoniously
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cajoler
to cajole
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novateur (nom m and p, adj)
innovative
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échauder
to scald be disappointed at an outcome
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l’entrain (m)
dynamism ardour
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un ponte
big shot
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un gourmand (adj and nom)
glutton
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subtiliser (b pronounced as p)
to steal st from sb
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outre measure
unduly
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un témoin oculaire
eye witnesses
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effarer
to alarm
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malencontreux (adj)
unfortunate
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saumâtre (adj)
brackish
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consolider
to strengthen consolidate
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par mégarde
inadvertently
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un phare (noun)
headlight lighthouse beacon
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phare (adj)
leading
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in extremis
at the last second
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trucage
special effects (film) doctoring
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une tête brûlée
hot head daredevil
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bâcler
to do quickly and not very well dash st off
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un énorme tabac
a big success
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à bout de souffle
breathless
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remporter
to win
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encenser (vt)
to rave about
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anticonformiste (adj, noun m and f)
nonconformist
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chichement
frugally
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chétif (adj)
puny
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fureter
to rummage
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encourir
to incur
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dépiter
to upset
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la rallonge
extension cord additional sum of money
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prendre le bec
argue have a hard time
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une villégiature
holiday
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auquel cas
in which case
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un entre-deux
middle ground
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une massue
knobby club
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la foire d’empoigne
rat race bull session
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subvenir
to support meet someone’s needs
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écarquiller
to open one’s eyes wide
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les tongs (fp)
tongs (syn: les pincettes) thongs (flip-flops)
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d’usage
customary
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toucher à qc (vi)
to touch st
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en filigrane
implicated un filigrane = watermark
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retenter
to reattempt
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l’embarras du choix
plentitude of choice
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une planche de salut
life line salvation
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avoir l’art
to have the knack
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un dépaysement
change of scenery
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patibulaire (adj)
sinister looking
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échiner s’échiner
to make a great effort
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l’urticaire (f)
hives
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un rond-de-cuir
bean counter pen pusher
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être dans la fourchette haute
to be in the high range
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racler
to scrape clean
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dans la mouise
in dire straits
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la trésorerie
funds
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se démener
to thrash about pull oneself through
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tant bien que mal
with difficulty
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endiguer
to confine (eg stream) contain (eg protest) curb (eg speculation) une digue = dike, sea wall
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tant et si bien que….. (mandatory liason between tant and et)
so much that….
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quoique (takes subjunctive when expressing a concession)
although Syn: bien que
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quoi que (takes subjunctive) qoui qui
whatever whoever
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l’échafaudage (m)
scaffolding
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un emballement
outburst rapid rise
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un constat
certified report (by a court official) assessment
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un lynchage
lynching
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un torrent
flood downpour
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un tollé
outcry
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s’insurger
to rise up
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le crachat
spit
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la jugeote
common sense
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une poudrière
powder magazine time bomb
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une réminiscence
st that sb reminisces
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une pointe de + nom
with a little
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tour à tour
each in turn one after another
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un démenti
a statement that st is false
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un canular
prank
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au petit coin
to the toilet (euphemism)
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dormir à poings fermés
to sleep soundly
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une péripétie
unexpected incident without serious consequences