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04- My vocabulary En/Fr > Francais-8 > Flashcards

Francais-8 Flashcards

1
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enchevêtrement

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jumble, muddle, mess, tangle

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kermesse

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charity fair, street party

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édicter

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enact, decree

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complot

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plot, scheme

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noyau

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stone, kernel, nucleus, core

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concordant

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in agreement

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cheville ouvriere

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king pin

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communément

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usually, commonly

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corneille (also: corbeau)

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crow (the bird)

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fiche d’inscription

fiche de renseignement

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enrollment form, registration form

fact sheet

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reporter

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reporter (n)

postpone, put off, transfer

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tremplin

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spring board, diving board

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décerner

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award, attribute

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14
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destituer

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depose, dismiss

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innombrable

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countless, innumerable

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férié

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public holiday

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stocker

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stock up on, hoard

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fluo

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flourescent, bright

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relayer

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take over from, relieve, replace

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revanche

en revanche

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revenge

on the other hand

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21
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faisceau

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beam, ray

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foncer

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darken

have drive, plow into, hurry up, charge into

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juguler

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stem, halt, check

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rubrique

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section, column, heading

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villégiture

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vacation

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patricien

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noble

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repaire

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lair, den, hideout

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prédilection

domaine de prédilection

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partiality, preference

area of specialization

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rejouir

se rejouir

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delight, please

be delighted, be glad

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30
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damer

damer le pion à qqn

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ram down, pack down

outwit somebody

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tant

en tant que

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so much, so many, so much the better, never mind, too bad

in the capacity of

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bouffer
se bouffer
bouffi

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eat, stuff yourself, pig out; bite someone’s head off

be at each other’s throats

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munir

se munir

A

equip, furnish, provide

summon up, gather

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tribune

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platform, grandstand

opinion page

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inlassablement

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tirelessly, indefatigably

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déboucher

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unblock, open

come out at, come down to

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auprès

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close, near to

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38
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dont

donc

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of which, of whom, whose

therefore, so, so then

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39
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ralliement
rallier
se rallier

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unity, rallying
assemble, unite, rejoin
join up with, support

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au large

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off shore

41
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nauseábond

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putrid, foul, foul smelling

42
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abreuvoir
abreuver
s’abreuver

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trough, drinking trough
water, shower
drink, get soaked

43
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dissous

dissoudre

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dissolved

dissolve, wind up

44
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pénible

pénibilité

A

hard, tiresome, difficult; annoying, nuisance

hardness

45
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réfectoire

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refectory, canteen

46
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aménagé

aménager

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fitted out, equipped, refitted

convert, rearrange, fix up

47
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délaisser

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neglect, abandon, give up, neglect

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désespoir

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distress, despair

49
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abattre

A

slaughter, shoot [sb] down

50
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estrade

A

stage, platform, dais

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afficher
s’afficher
affiche

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make public, publish, post; make clear, flaunt, put up, stick up
be seen, appear, show off
poster, bill

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à bord

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on board

53
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purger

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flush out, bleed, serve (a sentence)

54
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buter

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antagonize, get sb’s back up, have difficulty with

55
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séquestrer

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confine, sequestre

56
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réclusion

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imprisonment, seclusion, solitude

57
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sursaut

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start, jolt, burst, jerk

58
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fusil

A

gun, shotgun
extortionate
change sides, change one’s stance

59
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couvre-feu

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curfew

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décimer

A

decimate, slaughter, annihilate, wipe out

reduce by a tenth

61
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rang

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line, row, rank,

62
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néant

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nothingness, void, none, nil

63
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linceul

A

shroud, sheet, blanket

64
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pierre angulaire

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corner stone

65
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écrasant

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overwhelming, crushing, breathtaking, compelling

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atteler

s’atteler

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harness

get down to

67
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joug

A

yoke (ie for water buffulo)

68
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meurtrir

A

bruise, wound

69
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exprimer

s’exprimer

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express (one’s self), reveal, show

express yourself,

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embellir

embellie

A

make more beautiful, embellish, adorn

bright spot

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omettre

A

omit, leave out, miss out

72
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égarer

s’égarer

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misplace, mislay

lose your place, get lost

73
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agiter

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agitate, shake, perturbe, debate, discuss

74
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goupillon

A

bottle-brush

75
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pétarader

A

back-fire

76
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poussière

A

dust

or so, about (it costs about…..)

77
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vacarme

A

racket, din, row

78
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califourchon

A

astride, straddling

79
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nantais

A

inhabitant of Nantes

80
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cierge

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altar candle,

81
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terre-plein

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traffic island, median strip

82
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assaut

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assault, attack

83
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pépin

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mishap, glitch, snag

84
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soutane

A

cassack

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bardé

A

covered in, bedecked with

86
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stigmate

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scar, mark, stigma

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poilu

A

hairy, shaggy;

a French infrantryman of WW1

88
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pilosité

A

hairiness

89
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revêtement

revêtement de sol

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coating, surfacing, protective coating

tiled floor, floor covering, tiling

90
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embuscade

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ambush

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verouiller

A

lock, bolt, cordon off, close off

92
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quadriller

A

divide into squares, lock down

93
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mitrailler

mitraillettes

A

machine gun, spray with bullets(:)

machine gun, tommy gun

94
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épisodiquement

A

occassionally

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louange

A

praise

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bémol

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flat (in music), drawback, snag, fly in the oinment

97
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sentencieux

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sententious, solemn

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jumeau

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twin

99
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étendue

A

stretch, area, extent

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