Huff Post Flashcards by Paul Derks

quagmire

bourbier, m

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unpublished
new, novel
unheard of

inédit

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gap, n
interval

décalage, m

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riot, n
to riot

émeute, f
manifester violemment

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harvest, n
to harvest

moisson, f
moissonner

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nip in the bud

tuer dans l’oeuf

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boost, n

coup (m) de pouce

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to slaughter (fig)

étriller

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rebellious,
AWOL

insoumis

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to dredge (eg a river)
to drag (search for st)

draguer

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to move apart
to move aside
to take away (from)
to dismiss, to rule out

écarter

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upsetting,
impressive

impressionnant

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to rig (election, etc)
to doctor (results)

truquer

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rural, country adj.

champêtre

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wild boar

sanglier, m

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bouy, rubber ring

bouée, f

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moose

élan, m

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to suffer
to undergo
to be subjected to
to have to put up with

subir

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snub, n

camouflet, m

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noisy disturbance

fracas, m

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negotiations
talks

tractations, f usu pl

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guardianship
trusteeship

tutelle, f

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to ask for
to demand
to claim
to complain (vi)

réclamer

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withdrawal

désistement

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gaping

béant

jubilation

liesse, f

to suffer to put up with to deal with

subir

upon second thought

à la réflexion

reflection, thought criticism, negative comment

réflexion, f

to make sure that

faire en sorte que

basket computer trash bin

corbeille, f

cutting self-cutting

scarification, f

to lock up to commit

écrouer

in police custody

en garde à vue

who have suffered damage, adj victim, casualty, n

sinistré, adj, nmf

distress confusion disarray

désarroi

tattoo, n (tapping) furiously, wildly, adv

chamade, f

he let it be known

il le fait savoir

to prove to be to turn out to br

s’avérer

periphery perimeter circumference region

pourtour, m

to sniff to smell

renifler

lamppost

réverbère, m

publication

parution, f

chasm, abyss hollow legs money pit

gouffre, m

to charge to accuse

inculper

to use to take advantage of

se servir de

modest low

modique

primary school teachers

professeurs du premier degré

casual manner indifference

désinvolture, f

to contest

contester

rubble debris

décombres, mpl

to decide between

départager

to aspire to to set sights on

briguer

support agreement

aval, m

in the running

en lice

to encroach on someone’s turf

marcher sur les plates-bandes

crime offense

délit, m

to lay into

tacler

to beat to thrash to cane

fustiger

to brush against

frôler

vague hopes wishful thinking

velléité, f

to alienate [so]

se mettre [qqn] à dos

tense, strained

tendu

to evade to dodge to elude

esquiver

to undermine to harm

mettre à mal

to wrong to hurt

léser

to assert (one’s rights)

faire valoir (ses droits)

jolt, tremor

secousse, f

to plough into

foncer sur

motive

mobile, m

shield

rempart, m

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