Feb2023a Flashcards
(99 cards)
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fouet à œufs
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egg whisk
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de plein fouet
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full-force, head-on
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décalage horaire
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time difference
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apesanteur
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weightlessness
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abreuver
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- to water (an animal)
- to soak, to irrigate
- syn: accabler- to shower, to heap
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s’abreuver
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to drink
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abreuver qqn de
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to overwhelm s.o. with
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veille
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- eve of
- to watch over, to look after
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se dépêtrer de
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to extricate oneself from
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fourré
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thicket
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enregistrement
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- registration
- recording
- checking in
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enregistrement des bagages
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luggage check-in
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escamoter
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- to cause to disappear
- to retract, to fold away
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entreprendre
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to undertake, to start, to embark on
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le sas
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- syn: crible- sieve
- enclosure (in a canal lock)
- airlock
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dru(e)
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- thick, dense, bushy
- heavy
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avoir la barbe drue
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to have a thick beard
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une pluie drue
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heavy rain
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atavique
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atavistic = a genetic trait inherited from ancestors
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acquis
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- acquired
- established, accepted
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tenir pour acquis
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to take for granted
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le rein
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kidney
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les reins
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back, kidneys
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avoir mal aux reins
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to have a backache
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le détroit
strait
ie. le détroit de Gebraltar
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décaler
1. to move forward or back ( a time, date)
2. to move, to shift ( an object)
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fausser
1. to falsify, to distort
2. syn: déformer
to bend out of shape
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la célérité
syn: vitesse
speed, swiftness
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flotter
1. to float
2. to fly, to flutter, to drift
3. to fluctuate
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englober
to include
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engloutir
1. to gobble up, to devour
2. to engulf, to swallow up
3. to squander
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gênant
1. syn: embarrassant - embarrassing, awkward
2. cumbersome, in the way
3. syn: ennuyeux - annoying, intrusive
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fauves
big cats
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mousse
1. moss
2. froth, foam, lather
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dominer
1. to dominate
2. syn: maîtriser - to master, to control
3. to out class, to surpass
4. to tower over
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encaisser
1. to cash (a check), to collect (money)
2. fam: to take, to tolerate
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encaisser un coup
to take a beating
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je ne peux pas l’encaisser
I can’t take it
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une encaisse
cash in hand
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bigarrée
multicolored
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coquette
stylish
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escouade
1. syn: escadron - squad
2. gang, group
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embryon
embryo
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tâter
1. syn: palper - to feel
2. to sound out
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La nacre
mother-of-pearl
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tâter le terrain
to check out the lay of the land 
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écœurer
to nauseate
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happer
to seize, to snatch
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être happé par
to be hit by (a car, train etc)
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bête
1. stupid
2. animal
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aux aguets
on the lookout
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bête à bon Dieu
la coccinelle
ladybug
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c’est tout bête
there’s nothing to it
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agrumes
citrus fruits
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le soubresaut
jolt, start
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entraver
1. to shackle, to fetter
2. syn: gêner - to hold up, to hinder
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en revanche
on the other hand
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la revanche
1. revenge
2. return match (in sports)
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asperger
to spray, to sprinkle, to splash
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fulgurante
1. syn: éblouissant - dazzling
2. shooting, searing, intense
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bourrue
gruff
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être cueilli à froid
to be caught off guard
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refluer
1. to ebb, to flow back
2. to surge back (of crowds etc)
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épingle
pin
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épingle de sûreté
safety pin
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coiffer
1. to top, to cover
2. to head
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pillard
looter
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le pillage
looting, pillaging
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le jarret
1. back of the knee, hamstring
2. hock (of an animal)
3. shank(in cooking)
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répérer
1. to mark
2. to locate, to pinpoint
3. to spot, to catch sight of
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morne
1. syn: sombre - dismal, gloomy
2. glum, sullen
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enfilade
row, succession
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la gâchette
trigger
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se méfier
to be careful, to beware
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méfiez-vous dans cette rue
be careful on this street
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se pencher
to hunch over, to bend down
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pencher sur
to look into, to examine
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pencher
syn: incliner
1. to tilt, to tip
2. to slant, to lean
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pencher pour
to incline towards, to favor
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relais
relay
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la toupie
top (toy)
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bercer
1. to rock (a baby)
2. to sooth, to lull
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se bercer
1. to rock, to swing
2. to delude oneself
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méduser
to dumbfound, stupefy
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s’empourprer
to turn crimson
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la lacune
gap, lacuna ( a missing part, space)
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la cravache
whip, crop
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empiète sur
to encroach upon, to infringe on
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rêveur
dreamy
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lippue
thick-lipped
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baliser
to mark with beacons or signs
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piste
track, trail
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désamorcer
to defuse
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le crochet
hook
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faire un crochet
to make a detour
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tourner rond
to run smoothly, to go well
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ça ne tourne pas rond
something is not quite right
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résigner
to relinquish, to resign
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par-dessus le marché
to top it all off
