Dubliners Flashcards

(56 cards)

1
Q

to laddle

A

servir à la louche

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2
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to patter

A

tapoter

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3
Q

to patter about

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trottiner

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4
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tawny

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couleur fauve

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5
Q

unseemly

A

inconvenant

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6
Q

to toil

A

travailler dur / peiner

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7
Q

banister-rail

A

rampe d’escalier

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8
Q

to beckon

A

faire signe

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9
Q

to suffuse

A

se répandre / baigner

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10
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truculent

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agressif

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11
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to grope

A

tâtonner

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12
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to grope for

A

chercher à tâtons

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13
Q

stem

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tige

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14
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shrewdy

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avec perspicacité

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15
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grate

A

râpe / grille de foyer

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16
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to mope

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broyer du noir

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17
Q

idler

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paresseux

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18
Q

hayloft

A

grenier à foin

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19
Q

to caper

A

gambader

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20
Q

to waive

A

renoncer, déroger

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21
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jest

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plaisanterie

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22
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unkempt

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en désordre, négligé

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23
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wretched

24
Q

miching

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cacher (to lurk out of sight)

25
to slant
pencher, s'incliner
26
to clamber
grimper, se hisser (avec mains et pieds, difficilement)
27
to bulge
bomber
28
sultry
étouffant / sensuel
29
musty
moisi, renfermé
30
sedulous
avec attention, assidu (diligent with application)
31
squalid
sordide
32
huckster
colporteur ( or agressive persuasive person)
33
jaded
fatigué, blasé
34
pertly
effronté / insolent
35
josser
idiot ou présenté comme idiot
36
lest
de peur de, de crainte que
37
paltry
dérisoire, piètre
38
to straggle
to wander
39
glowed
rougeoyer
40
window sash
chassis
41
jostled
bousculé
42
throng
foule (crowd)
43
sodden
détrempé, trempé (soggy)
44
curtly
sèchement, brusquement
45
misgive
appréhender
46
garroulous
loquace, bavard
47
pawnbroker
prêteur sur gages
48
to girdle
encercler, ceinture
49
to pervade
s'infiltrer, se répandre
50
ware
poterie, marchandise
51
squabble
dispute
52
to squander
gaspiller
53
to strut
se pavaner
54
to muse
méditer (ponder)
55
to clump
marcher lourdement
56
trimly
soigné, bien tenu