Français-38 Flashcards by I R | Brainscape

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incitation

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incitement, encouragement, promoting

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calé

être calé à qch

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tough, quite a job; thawed

be good at [sth]

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plaisanterie

plaisanter

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funny comment, joke, banter;

joke around, tease, mess around

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goutte d’eau

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drop of water

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c’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

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that’s the last straw

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cracher

cracher su

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spit

sput on; turn your nose up at

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omerta

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code of silence

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graveleux

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coarse, smutty, salacious

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engendrer

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conceive, create; engender; beget

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terreau

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compost; furtile ground,

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savourer

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savor, enjoy, relish

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évincer

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oust, depose; topple, disinherit

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fomenteur de trouble

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agitator, firebrand, trouble maker

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débolonner

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unbolt; oust

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pourchasser

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hunt down, pursue, hound; do battle with

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opiniâtre

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persistent, unrelenting, obstinate, stubborn

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attraper

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catch, capture

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scintillant

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sparkling, twinkling, glittering

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jaillir

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spring, gush, spurt, sprout; suddenly come to mind,

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pupille

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pupil (eye), lens; ward, orphan

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éblouir

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dazzle, bedazzle, overwhelm

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oubli

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oversight; memory lapse; forgetfullness; oblivion

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souder

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weld, solder; knit, mend; bring together; bond

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cicatrice

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scar

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immiscer

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involve; interfere, meddle

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séropositif

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HIV-positive person

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encaisser

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box, pack; pay in, bank; enclose; put up with

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moquerie

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teasing, mocking

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arroser

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water (plants), sprinkle, spray, hose

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asperger

s’asperger

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spray

spray/splash yourself

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profaner

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profane, desecrate, violate

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déese

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goddess

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glousser

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giggle

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matinal

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morning

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curer

se curer

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scrape [sth] out; scrape [sth] clean

pick (ie nose)

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persiennes

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shutters

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millénaire

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millenium, thousand years; ancient

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graver

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carve, engrave, etch; burn (a cd)

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nasse

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fishing trap, lobster pot

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gastronomique

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gastronomic

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mouvementée

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eventful

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délirant

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exuberant

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limogeage

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superseding; dismissal

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affolant

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worrying, frightening

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putsch

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coup d’état,

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refouler

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retreat, push back, suppress

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retombées

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consequences, aftermath, fallout

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abasourdi

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stunned, taken aback

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régie

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public company; management, stage management;

control-room

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exigu

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cramped; confined

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éparpiller

s’éparpiller

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scatter, divide, share, spread

spread yourself

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capote

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condom; soft-top from a convertible

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capote

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condom; soft-top from a convertible

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imprévue

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unforeseen

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ruisseau

ru

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stream

rivulet

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soubresaut

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convulsion, spasm

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gaze

pansement

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gauze

dressing (gauze), band-aid

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mise à mal

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undermined

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bourrer

se bourrer

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stuff, fill

get: drunk; slosshed; wasted; smashed; pissed

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froncer

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frown; gather (ie a skirt)

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foncer

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darken; have drive; hurry

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éreintant

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exhausting; back breaking

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ovationner

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give [sb] a standing ovation

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colistier

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running-mate

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enrouer;

rauque

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make [sth] hoarse;

hoarse

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surpoids

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over weight

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caritatif

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charitable

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douteux

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doubtful; unlikely; dubious

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séduisante;

attirant

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attractive, charming; enticing, tempting;

attractive, alluring

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immuable

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unchangeable, immutable

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chouette

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owl; nice (“neat”); great

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non marqué;

banalisé

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unmarked paper money;

unmarked police car

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gringalet

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weakling, wimp, puny

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plaie

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wound

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flanc

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side, flank

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patte

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leg (human), paw (cat, dog), hoof (cow); dish cloth

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débiter

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cut (meat), slice; make [sth], put [sth] out (ie manufacture)

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dépecer

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cut sth up, carve sth up, chop sth up; rip sth apart

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costaud

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strong, tough

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vestiaire

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cloak room, locker, locker room

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crépuscule

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twilight, dusk

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falot

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colorless, bland; lantern; military court

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échiquier

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chessboard; exchequer

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à la sauvette

vendeur à la sauvette

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in a rush; secretly; illegally

street vender

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portuaire

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port

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heure de pointe

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rush hour

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rétribution

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remuneration; pay, wage

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franchir le pas

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take the plunge; go for it

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recrudescence

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increase; outbreak, resurgence

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braconnage

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poaching (of animals)

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faune

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fauna (wildlife)

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collé

colle

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stuck, glued

glue, adhesive, paste

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sillonner

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travel, roam, traverse

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rayure

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stripe, band; scratch, scrape, scuffmark

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portière

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door, car door

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embrasure

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door frame, window frame

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nonchalamment

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casually, nonchalantly

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boutoir

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snout; hoof knife

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effroyable

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dreadful, frightful, appalling