Donna Leon Flashcards
(208 cards)
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Run off, flee, scarper
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Déguerpir
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Unhealthy, unwholesome, inf. ‘sick’, morbid
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Malsain
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Money pit ( something draining money), have hollow legs ( eats a lot, everything)
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Gouffre m
Un gouffre financier
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Superior (boss) n
Of approval, approving adj
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Approbateur
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Monk, hermit
Puffin (bird)
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Moine
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Cassock, priesthood
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Soutane f
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Coffin, casket
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Cercueil m
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Say one by one
To remove seeds ( fr melon fex)
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Égrener
Le ministre égrène le nom des victimes.
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Duty, chore, drudgery, fatigue
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Corvée f
Les corvées du ménage
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Faith, belief
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Foi f
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Believers
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Les croyants
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What can i do for you?
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Que puis-je faire pour toi?
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In an hour
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À dans une heure
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Affix v
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Apposer
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Crumple, crumple up v
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Bouchonner
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Herd, flock, gaggle (and fig as well)
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Troupeau
Un troupeau de touristes
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His homephone number
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Le numéro de son domicile
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Wake n
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Sillage m
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Swallow, gulp down
Take in, learn
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Ingurgiter
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Whatever, although, however, even though, even if
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Quoique
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Excess + abuse, misuse n
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Abus m
Abus d’alcool/confiance/pouvoir
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Pick pocketing
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Vol à la tire
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Pigheadeness, stubborness n
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Entêtement
m
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Interrogation, questioning
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Interpellation f
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Chopping board
La planche à decouper
| Peler et couper l'oignon
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By way of
En guise ( de réponse )
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Out of the blue
Brûle-pourpoint
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Chatty, talkative, chatterbox
Indiscreet gossiping
Long winded, rambling, berbose
Bavard adj
| Peu bavarde de nature
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Chest of drawers n
| Easy going, convenient, handy, practical
Commode f
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Waist size, waist measurement
| Low cut
Tour de taille f
| Taille basse
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Built for, cut out for, suited for
Taillé f
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Beat wildly, furiously
Battre la chamade
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The bottom cupboard
Le placard du bas
| Se penchent pour prendre une poêl dans le placard du bas
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Bag snatching
Vol à l'arraché
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Pester sb, be bored (stiff)
Faire suer qqn
| Suer, sweat, ooze, drip
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Openly adv
Ouvertement
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Upper, lower lip
Le lèvre supérieur/ inférieur
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Praise n
Louange f
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Keep records of, keep on file
Do
Dump
Ficher
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Thick bushy
Épais -se
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Oily
Huileux -eise
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Dent v
Cabosser
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Wealth, affluence
| Ease, poise
Aisance f
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Jumper, sweater
Chandail m
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Display, sport, wear
Arborer
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Deferred adj
Remis
| Remettre,put back, switch back on, add, add more, fill up
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Laugh at, take the mickey / piss out of
Se ficher de
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Slam, crack (whip), slap, smack
Claquer
| Claquer la porte
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Shove, dig, poke n
Bourrade f
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Angry, irate
Courroucé -e adj
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Support, hold up, maintain, insist
Soutenir
| Se soutenir support, help one another
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Racket, row, commotion, uproar
Raffut m
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Sit again
Se rasseoir
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Backstage, runner (on curtain),
Coulisse f
| Coulisse de qqc behind the scenes of (sth)
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Trigger, cause, set off
Déclencher
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Armrest,
Accoudoir m
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Stay away from, show no interest in, give the cold shoulder
Bouder
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Mistake, error, misunderstanding
Méprise f
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Scammer, shark, conman
| Strapping, strong, lively
Gaillard
| Mon gaillard mate, buddy, pal
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Dressing gown, bathrobe
Robe de chambre écossaise (tartan)
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Truce, rest, break
Trêve f
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Bland, flavourless, tasteless
Insipide
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Oath, pledge, promise, swearing
Serment m
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Labyrinth, maze, mess, complexity
Dédale m
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Instinctively, w/o thinking, automatically
Machinalement
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Collar
| Pass, saddle (mtn)
Col m
| Le col de son manteau
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Break the neck
Se rompre le cou
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Chore, drudgery, duty
Corvée f
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A coffee break, snack break
Un arrêt casse-croûte
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Drizzle rain) n
Crachin m
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Pull the plug, break up, put a stop end to
Mettre un terme
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Due date, deadline, delivery date
Échéance f
| Régler l'échéance d'un emprunt
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Maternity leave
Congé de maternité m
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Suveillance camera
La caméra de surveillance
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Condemnation, censure
Condamnation f
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Fatal, lethal, deadly adj
Mortel -le
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Ringing, jingling
Tintement
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Cuff, bannet, headline
Manchette f
| Bouton de manchette cuff link m
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Plunder, pillage, steal, get away with
Piller
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Nomadic, wandering, drifting, stray (animal)
Errant adj
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Twart, stymie, oppose, foil
Contrecarrer
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Relief, respite n
Soulagement m
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Commit a crime
Commettre un crime
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It was his duty to give witness
Il était de son devoir de témoigner contre le criminel en question.
À témoigner contre qqn
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The country's social fabric
Le tissu social du pays
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A pack of dogs
La meute de chiens
| Meute f pack, horde, scouts cub-pack
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Crush, grind
| Fiddle with, play with
Triturer
| Il triturait son mouchoir
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Blindly push on, bulldoze ahead, dive in head first
Foncer bille en tête
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Object to do sth
Rechigner
| Rechigner à faire qqc do sth grudgingly
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Wander, roam
Vagabonder
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Thug, crook
Malfrat m
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In the flesh, in person, meet face to face
En chair et en os
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Absolve, cleanse, forgive
Délier
Se délier to get out of (an obligation), come undone
Me lacets se sont délies.
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Paediatrician
Pédiatre
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A new-born
Un nouveau-né
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Hymn, carol
Cantique m
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Two days later, the day after tomorrow
Surlendemain m
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Garbage collector
Éboueur m.
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No, not really
Non, pas vraiment
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Interfere, meddle in others business, affairs
Se mêler de qqc
| Se mêler des affaires des autres
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Mix, blend, combine, mix up, confuse
Mêler
| Se mêler à qqn mingle with sb
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Declin, founder, go down with, fall'into
Sombrer
| Il a sombré dans l'alcoolisme .....decline into
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Misty, foggy, hazy
Brumeux. -se
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Sleepiness, doze, lethargy, fading n
Assoupissement m
| Apres le diner Pierre est pris d'un leger ass...
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Crazy, mad, loopy, madman
Cinglé
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Foolhardedness, rashness n
Témérité f
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Coolness, collectedness n
| Relaxation
Décontraction f
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Toothless +fig
Edenté -e
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Foreman, supervisor
Contremaître
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Charade, display
Parade f
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Saucer
Surcoupe f
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Hairy
Velu
| Plus velu hairier
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Whinger, complainer n
| Always complaining adj
Râleur -euse
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He fought an urge to yawn
Il a du réprimer une envie de bâiller
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Wrongly, mistakenly
À tort
| À tort ou à raison rightly or wrongly
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Talk nonsense, say whatever comes into yr head
Parler à tort et à travers
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Sub Machine gun
Mitraillette f
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Throw out, show sb the door
Flanquer qqn à la porte
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In turns, by turn
Tour à tour
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Hint n
| Make a reference to, allude to
Allusion f
| Faire allusion à
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To turn around, make a u turn
Faire demi-tour
| Il fit demi-tour et se dirigea vers le lit
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For heavens sake
Pour l'amour du ciel!
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Quarrel, fight,mayhem trouble, scrap, spar
Grabuge m
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Lease, tenure
Bail m
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Fury, rage
Furie f
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Run into, bump into, collide with
Heurter
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Ink
Encre f
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Touched, stirred, filled w emotion adj
Ému -e
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blackmail
Chantage m
Faire du chantage à qqn
Chabtage affectif emotional blackmail, guilt trip
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Grudgingly, unwillingly, reluctanrly
À contrecoeur adv
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Rib
Côte f
| Cage thoracique f rib cage
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The virtue of patience
La vertu de la patience
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Sample, cross section
Échantillon m
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Generosity, goodness, kindness
Bonté f
| Bonté divine! Goodness gracious me!
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Indisputable, unquestionable
Irrécusable adj
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Lightning, thunderbolt
Foudre m
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Cover, front cover (paper, book)
Blanket, bedcovers
Coverage
Couverture f
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Hungry, greedy, voracious asj
Avide
Etre avide de
Avide de savoir keen to learn
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Skilful, clever, capable
Habile adj
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Bastard
Salopard m
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Packed, full to capacity adj
Last straw, limit
Attic, loft
Comble adj and nm
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Powerful, strong, vigorous, energetic
Puissant adj
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HIV positive
Séropositif m
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Vandalise, ransack, trash
Saccager
| Saccage nm vandalising
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He was still there
Il était toujours là
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Shipwreck, collapse n
| Shipwrecked adj
Naufrage m
Naufragé
On est naufragé en plein désert.
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Brand new
Flambant neuf
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Lime, lime tree
Tilleul m
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Embezzelment, misappropriation
Malversation
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Blindness and deafness
De cecité et de surdité
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Interrogation, questioning, appeal
Interpellation f
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Connection
Branchement
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Shine, gleam, radiant, burning, blazing
Flambant
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Scorn, contempt, disregard n
Mépris m
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Concern, consideration
Care attention
Job task (first) aid
Soin m
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DNA
D'ADN
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Make no secret of
Faire mystère de
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The elder, elderly, senior person, former
Ancien
Ce ministre est un ancien avocat. ...a former lawyer
Il faut prendre soin de ses anciens. We have to take care of our older people.
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Sip v
Siroter
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He is with a class mate to do his marhs
Il est chez un camarade de classe pour travailler ses maths.
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Have a nice day
Je vous souhaite le bonjour
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Pigeon
Pigeon m
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Stammer, mumble, stutter, falter
Bafouiller
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Child pornogrhy
Pornographique enfantine
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Rent n
Loyer m
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Single file
File indienne
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Crew neck
Encolure ras du du cou
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(Animal) neck, collar, collar size
Encolure f
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Timing n
Minutage m
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Overcoat, coat
Pardessus m
| Par-dessus prep over, above, on top of + over sb´s head
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Hawk, falcon
Faucon m
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To guide
Cornaquer
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Politeness, manners, etiquette
Bienséance f
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Rain forest
La forêt pluviale
| And rain as an adj
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Damage, injury, harm
Dégâts mpl
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Greed
Avidité f
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Shelf
Étagère f
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Fee, around, grope for
Tâtonner
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Switch n
Interrupteur m
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Scratch, scuff, abrasion
Éraflure f
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Crowbar
Pied -de-biche m
| Pl pieds-de-biche
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Having put the clock back
Avoir retardé l'heure
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Politically correct
Politiquement correct
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Glass, wine glass
| Ball, balloon
Ballon m
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Reunion
Retrouvailles fpl
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Clearly, obviously
Manifestement
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At theexpense of sb
Aux dépense de qqn
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Appetizer
| Small talk
Amuse-gueule m
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Octopus
Poulpe m
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In the middle of the night
En plein nuit
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Pale- dull, drab, solemn
Blême
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Imply, hint
Sous-entendre
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Supplies, sundries, office supplies (stationery)
Fourniture f
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Training, education
| Setting up
Formation f
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Coat hanger, hanger
| Arch
Cintre m
| Cintré adj inf nuts, balmy, loony+ belted (clothes) + curved, roundex
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Jumper, sweater, pullover
Chandail m
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Overall, coat (doctors f ex), smock, blouse
Blouse f
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Thief
Chapardeur m
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Reliability, trustworthiness
Fiabilité f
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Pig, glutton
Goinfre l
Se goinfre de qqc binge, gorge, stuff yr self on something
Goinfrer pig out, binge, gorg
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Punishment, penalty
Châtiment m
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Sensual, lustful
Lascif adj
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Ridicule, scorn v
Bafouer
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Small bottle, hip flask, flask, vial
Fiole f
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Cup, small dish
Coupelle f
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Syringe
Seringue f
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Shove, poke n
Bourrade f
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Crime, offence
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Délit m
Délit d'initié insider trading
Délit de fuite Hit and run offence
Flagrant délit in the act, red handed
Prendre en flagrant délit catch sb in the act' red handed
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