Eric Emmanuel Schmitt Flashcards

(106 cards)

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Go too far, be kidding

Cart, transport, cart around

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Charrier

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Tummy, gut, paunch

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Bide m

Flop, dud, lemon

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To exasperate

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Horripiler

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Truthful, true

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Veridique adj

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Spark, glint, flash

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Étincelle f

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Ugly as sin

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Lais comme un pou

Louse m

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Be spellbound, enthralled, fill w wonder

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Émerveiller

S’émerveiller

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Bowl

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Écuelle f

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Welding, soldering

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Soudure f

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Plastic cap (factory, hygiene)
Sun hat
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Charlotte f

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Agile, nimble, supple
Crude risqué
Ready

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Leste adj

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Scandal, scene

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Esclandre m

Faire un esclandre

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Dishwasher

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Lave-vaisselle m
Person: plongeur -euse
Charger for load the dishw

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To Catch a cold

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Attraper un rhume

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To scold

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Gronder

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To praise

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Louer

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To reward

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Récompenser

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Intend v

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Compter (+inf)

Je compte partir en vacances en fevriér. Inintznd to leave for hols…

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19
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Stationery

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Papier à lettres m

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Answering machine

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Repondeur m

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Hard drive

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Disque dur m

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Chuckle, giggle, giggling n

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Gloussement m
And clucking (chooks)
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Exhausted, tired out

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Fourbu

Avoir l’air, être

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Wooden floor

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Parquet m

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Shipment
Cargaison f
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Report
Rapport f
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A green space
Un espace vert
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To lack, be short of
Manquer de
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Lined with
Bordé de
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Congested with, blocked by
Encombré de
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My watch is five min slow
Ma montre retarde (avance fast) de cinq min
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Im on time | Its six ô'clock sharp
Je suis à l'heure | Il est dix hrs pile
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April fool
Poisson d'avril
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People dressed in their sunday best
Des gens endimanchés
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Un amateur painter
Un peintre du dimanche
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To stop short
S'arrêter court
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To yell
Parler fort
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To read aloud
Lire tout haut
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On purpose
Exprès
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Gladly
Volontiers
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Springtime adj
Printanier
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Spark glint flash
Étincelle f
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Ear plugs
Bouchons d'oreilles
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Speed Boat
Hors-bord m
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Pasty pale white faced
Blafard -e
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Skimp on stingy with
Avare de
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Rest on ur laurels
Reposer sur ses lauriers
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Velvet
Velours m
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Sex drive libidi | Lower abdomen
Bas-ventre m
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Underivileged
Défavorisé
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Step, measure
La démarche
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To resign from
Se démettre de
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Predict
Prédire
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Vegie garden
Le jardin potager
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Fence
Clôture f
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Poplar tree
Le peuplier
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CD
Cédé m
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Clean shave , beardless, hairless adj
Imberbe adj
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Darw-devil, brave person n | Daring adj
Intrépide nmf, adj
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Omen, sign
Présage m
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Mane, mop of hair, shock of hair
Crinière f fig
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Pine nut, pine kernel
Pignon m
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Guardrail, barrier, railing balcony
Rambarde f
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Take a dip
Faire trempette | Après la descente du train, on fera trempette avant le repas
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Luscious, fleshy, succulent, curvy
Pulpeux -se
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Flabby | Spineless
Flasque adj | N flask, hip flask fem
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Procrastination
Atermoiements mpl
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Unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable
Impensable
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With special needs
Attardé il aide des attardés scolaires Les élèves attardés seront dans une classe spéciale
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Cobweb
La toile d'araignée
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To dust the furniture
Épousseter les meubles
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Sweep the floor
Balayer le parquet
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Mess n
Le fouillis
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Bid n
Enchère f faire une enchère v make a bid remporter une enchère⇒ vi win an auction vi
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Livestock cattle Herd dairy Flock sheep
Cheptel m cheptel porcin nm (troupeau) pig stocks npl pig population n
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Put behind bars, commit,put away
Écrouer
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Bask in, take pleasure in, wallow in
Se complaire dans qqc | Seccomplaire à faire qqc take pleasure in doing sth, like doing sth
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Whisper v
Susurrer
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Golden, blissful adj
Doré -e
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Seat,stool,dock
Sellette f | être sur la sellette be in the hot seat v
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Ingraibex, rooted, set adj
Invétéré -e
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Trip, drive, tour, walk, hike
Virée f
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Torment, agony, pangs
Affres fpl | Les affres de la passion
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Flow | Ebb, incoming tide
Flux m
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Harmful
Néfaste
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Jubilation n
Liesse f
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Hopeless
Désespéré
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Dripping, streaming, pouring (rain, tears)
Ruisselant. Adj
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dampness, humidity, moistness n (UK) mugginess n sweatiness, stickiness n
Moiteur f | Sous cette chaleur, le moindre effort nous couvrait de moiteur.
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Plump pudgy
Replète
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Being cheated on
Cocu | Elle est cocue, son mari la trompe.
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Leather imitation
Skai m Éric s'est acheté des chaussures en Skaï.
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Weather v
Haler hâlé adj (bronzé) tanned, bronzed adj Il vit au grand air et a le visage hâlé. hâle nm (couleur de la peau colouring n
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Blister
Cloque f
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Unknown adj
Insu | à mon insu without my knowledge, without my knowing unwittingly
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Sour, Sharp, un ripe
Aigre | Harsh words
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Cottage cheese
Faisselle f
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Red currant
Groseille f
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Partridge
Perdrix f
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When they arrived
À leur arrivée | À leur retour
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On time | In time
À l'heure | À temps
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In this day and age
À l'époque où nous sommes
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3 hrs fr P | 3 km fr P
À 3 heures de P | À 3 km de la ville
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Fr morning to night Fr month to month Fr dy to dy
Du matin au soir De mois en mois De jour en joue
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In a group
En groupe
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In a mess
En pagaille | En désordre