Deck 3 Flashcards

(90 cards)

1
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une étreinte

A

embrace

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une paillote

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grass hut

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3
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y avait de quoi

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there was plenty

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4
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prix de gros

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wholesale price

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5
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le fisque

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taxman

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6
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lacustre (adj)

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to do with lakes

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7
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le regretté

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late lamented

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8
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inclassable

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unclassifiable

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9
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déguster

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to savour

taste

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10
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toucher à qqc

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to touch st

harm st

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11
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une entorse

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sprain

twisting of the truth

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12
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un amant

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lover

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13
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l’agglo (f)

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chipboard
agglomerate
concrete block

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baver

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to drool

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15
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les nichons

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boobs

tits

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16
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le gril

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grill

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17
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essaimer

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to swarm

spread

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18
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la trachée

A

trachea

windpipe

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19
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asséner

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to deal a blow

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20
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se planter

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to mess up

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21
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le stufatu

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a Corsican stew

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22
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un if

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yew tree

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23
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une baudruche

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rubber skin

wimp (familiar)

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24
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sans se soucier de

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regardless of

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délaver
to water down | saturate
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sévir contra
clamp down
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à moins de
within
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un mûrier
mulberry tree
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un ravier
small dish for hors-d’œuvres
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la rousseur
redness
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guilleret (adj)
perky joyeux fringant
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en remettre une couche
repeat
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dénoyauter
to pit
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se bidonner
to laugh | fall about
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calfeutrer
to block out the cold (with felt or wool)
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hermétiquement
hermetically
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la farandole
lively provincial dance
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headshot
shot to the head
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un sablier
hourglass
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un skipper
skipper (boat)
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une balayette
short-handled brush
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gâterie
treat
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un crapaud
toad
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une trompe
trunk (of elephant)
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la solennité
solemnity
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solennellement
solemnly
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une garrigue
scrubland
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la glaire
egg white mucus phlegm
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un fourré
thicket
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les cistes
rock rose (plant)
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la mire
aim of a weapon mud mire
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le genévrier
juniper
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un caniveau
gutter
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la dépit
bitter disappointment
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une garrigue
scrubland
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effarer
to alarm
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je m’en fous je ne m’en fous pas
I don ‘t care I do care I’m not insensitive to it
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une chaloupe
longboat (rowed or with motor)
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manigancer
to scheme comploter
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un dénivelé
difference in altitude
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une buvette
refreshment concession
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une vigie
lookout | lookout post
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froussard (adj)
cowardly
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un ourlet
hem
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le brocciu
Corsican cheese
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caser
to put (often into a confined space) marry off (familiar)
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bidon (adj invariable)
bogus faux
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gratouiller
to scratch lightly
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roucouler
to croon
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échancrer
to cut away
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échancré
open-necked (shirt) | open at the arms (dress)
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indéfectible (adj)
unfailing enduring solide
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s’en vouloir | s’en vouloir de qqc
to feel rancor towards sb to feel regret about st Note: in this expression past participle is invariable
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la criste-marine
rock samphire (Mediterranean coastal plant)
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frigorifier
to freeze
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acculé (adj)
cornered acculer = to push back
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effilé (adj)
long and thin sharpened effiler = to sharpen, pick apart thread by thread (vt) = to thin out (vi)
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farceur (adj, nom m and f (euse))
joker (n) | mischievous (adj)
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tenir à qqc/qqn
to care about st/sb
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la cour de récré
playground
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n’importe quoi n’importe quoi!
anything give me a break!
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le laiton
brass
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une patère
peg
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louper
to miss flunk manquer
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l’iode (m)
iodine
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le mazout
fuel oil
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la fiente
droppings
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y foutre le bordel
turn things upside down | create havoc
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un prud’homme
member of a tribunal
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un cachalot
sperm whale