Jan2023a Flashcards

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tardive (fe)

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late

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repas tardif

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late meal

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la coulisse

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  1. groove, slot
  2. slide (of a trombone)
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coulisses

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backstage, wings of a theater

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une ébauche

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outline, rough draft, sketch

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le carillon

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bell, chime

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le mode d’emploi

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user manual

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montant

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  1. upright, post
  2. total, sum
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uni

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plain, solid color

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une tenue

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an outfit

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abîmer

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to damage

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débarrasser

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to get rid of

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le maillon

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link, (in a chain)

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tâtons

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to feel (with hands)

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avancer à tâtons

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to feel one’s way (along)

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le tatou

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armadillo

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hébété (ahuri)

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dazed, stupefied

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hébéter

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to daze, to stupefy

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un intégriste

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fundamentalist

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survolté

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boosted (of an electrical circuit)

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hilare

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merry, mirthful

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éconduire

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to reject, to dismiss

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décontracté

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casual

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créateur

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designer

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compétence
skills
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égoïste
selfish
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peignoir
bathrobe, dressing gown
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douillet
1. cozy 2. over sensitive
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le cilice
chemise, ceinture de crin ou d’étoffe rude portée par pénitence
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Sénéchal (aux)
Sous l’Ancien Régime - Officier du roi
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concordent
conforming, corresponding
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voûte
vault, arch
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voûte du palais
roof of the mouth
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érafler
to graze, to scratch
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démissionner
to quit
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soulager
to relieve
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anodine
insignificant, harmless
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une verrue
a wart
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quelque chose qui cloche ?
is something wrong
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clocher
(fam) to go wrong
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abriter
to shelter, to protect
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embusqué(e)
to lie in ambush
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éméché(e)
tipsy syn: pompette Il était rentré pompette
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la herse
harrow 1. Farm tool to level the plowed field 2. Jesus going to hell to free the righteous
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un char
1. cart, wagon 2. chariot
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brebis
1. ewe 2. flock (religion)
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brebis galeuses
black sheep
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la mescaline
substance (alcaloïde) qui provoque des hallucinations
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l’évêque
bishop
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un orage
a thunderstorm
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la foudre
lightning
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nourricière
1. père nourricier - père adoptif 2. Qui nourrit, procure la nourriture : la terre nourricière 3. Qui contribue à la nutrition
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le feutre
felt
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stylo feutre
felt tip pen
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le faisceau(x)
1. beam (of light) 2. bundle
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la curé
pastor, parish priest
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une paillasse
straw mattress
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péché
sin
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le mouchard
informer, stool pigeon
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élancée
slender
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le galbe
curve, shapeliness
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semonce
reprimand
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coup de semonce
warning shot
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la fourberie
deceit
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fourbe
deceitful
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un docker
longshoreman, stevedore
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enfuir
to escape, to run away
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racornir
to toughen, to harden
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se racornir
to become hardened
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se ratatiner
to shrivel up
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quolibet
gibe, jeer
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le maître
1. master, key 2. master, expert
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dérisoire
1. ridiculous, laughable 2. trivial, pathetic
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la foi
faith, trust, confidence
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digne de foi
reliable, trustworthy
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bonne foi
sincerity, honesty
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en goguette
émoustillé, légèrement ivre éméché
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déjouer
to thwart, to outsmart
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embuer
to mist up, to fog up
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repérer
situer avec précision Découvrir qqch reconnaître qqn
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déboires
1. disappointments 2. difficulties
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atout
1. trump (card) 2. avantage, asset
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âtre
hearth
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de bure
grossière étoffe de laine brune
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appâter
1. to bait 2. to lure, to entice
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d’autres chats à fouetter
fouetter- 1. to whip, to lash 2. to whisk crème fouettée - whipped cream Other cats to fry
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la fougère
fern, bracken
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l’étui
case (glasses) holster (gun)
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la bâche
tarpaulin (tarp)
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en cavale
on the run
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l’hilarité
hilarity = boisterous mirth = cheerfulness
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le sceau
seal, stamp
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bouder
to avoid, to be cool towards to sulk, to pout
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en boudant
sulking, pouting
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brumeux
misty, foggy, hazy
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guinguette
Café featuring music and dancing
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guingois
askew
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être de guingois
to be lopsided
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chaîne de montage
assembly line
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le montage
1. assembly 2. mounting, setting (jewelry) 3. editing (of film)
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le laiton
brass
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la plinthe
baseboard
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émoustiller
1. to exhilarate 2. to arrouse, to titillate
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ahuri
1. amazed, dumbfounded 2. dazed, stupefied