Jan2023c Flashcards

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le frêne

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ash (tree or wood)

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en entamer

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  1. to cut into, to make inroads into
  2. to start, to initiate
  3. to damage
    to shake, to undermine
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le bitume

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blacktop, asphalt

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voiture banalisée

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unmarked car

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(adj) enceinte

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pregnant

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(noun) l’enceinte

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  1. surrounding wall, fence
  2. (espace) interior, enclosure
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dans l’enceinte du tribunal

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inside the courtroom

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enceinte acoustique

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speaker

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une gerbe

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  1. sheaf (of wheat)
  2. bunch (of flowers)
  3. spray, burst (of water, sparks, etc)
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la calandre

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radiator grill (of an automobile)

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le blindage

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armor (plating)

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ragaillardi

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(syn: revigorer)
to perk up

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la carrosserie

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  1. body (of a car)
  2. (automobile) bodywork
  3. bodyshop
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méninges

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(fam) brains

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se creuser les méninges

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to rack one’s brains

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un tertre

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(syn): monticule
hillock, mound

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verdoyant

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green, verdant

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guindé

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stiff, affected, prim

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trapu(e)

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stocky, squat

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le prêtre

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priest

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enjeu(x)

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  1. issue. ie les enjeux politique
  2. stake. : son emploi est à l’enjeu
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sournoise

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sly or sneaky person

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façonner

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  1. to shape, to fashion
  2. to manufacture, to make
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asservir

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  1. to enslave
  2. to control
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pécheur (eruse)
sinner
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béquille
crutch, kickstand
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un tuyau
a pipe, tube, conduite
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tuyau d’arrosage
garden hose
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se effondrer
to sink, to collapse
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le filigrane
watermark
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lire en filigrane
to read between the lines
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s’acharner
to preserve, to persist
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acharner sur
to persecute, to hound
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forcené
frantic, frenzied
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un poignard
a dagger
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la lichette
(fam) : sliver, smidgen
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pudibonderie
prudishness
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renseignements
1. information 2. intelligence
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bureau des renseignements
information center
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agence de renseignements
intelligence agency
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mérovingienne
Relatif à la famille qui régna sur la Gaule franque de Clovis à l’élection de Pépin le Bref: de cette époque. Les rois mérovingiens
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banni
exile
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une kyrielle
whole series, long list
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une kyrielle de plaintes
a string of complaints
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amorcer
1. to begin 2. (syn) appâter: to bait, to entice 3. to prime 4. to boot ( a computer)
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flou (adj)
1. blurred, fuzzy 2. loose, soft 3. vague, hazy (of ideas, etc)
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flou (noun)
1. (syn): imprécision - vagueness 2. fuzziness (of focus, outline, etc)
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enjamber
1. to step over 2. to span, to straddle
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un épaulement
1. retaining wall 2. escarpment
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un éperon
spur
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la molette
petite roue étoilée en acier à l’extrémité de l’éperon
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le mollet
calf
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un écrin
case, box
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désincarné
disembodied
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boiter
1. to limp 2. to wobble
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la boiterie
limp
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fulgurante
(syn): éblouissante 1. dazzling 2. shooting, searing, intense
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cotonneuse
fleecy, fluffy
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la claudication
lameness
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un omoplate
shoulder blade, scapula
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la babiole
bauble, trinket
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un arachide
peanut
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grenier
attic, loft
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grenier à foin
hayloft
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grouiller de
to swarm with, to teem with
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se grouiller
fam: to hurry, to get a move on
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navré
upset
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lamper
to gulp down
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jubé
Tribune transversale élevée entre la nef et le chœur, dans certains églises
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une étoffe
tissue
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grossière
1. coarse, rough 2. crude, vulgar 3. flagrant, glaring (of an error, etc)
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reconnaissant
grateful
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coupable
guilty
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la travée
1. row (of seats) 2. span (of a bridge)
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un estampe
engraving, print
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estamper
1. to stamp 2. fam: to swindle, to rip off
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rocambolesque
incredible, extraordinary
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éscrasante
crushing, overwhelming
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soustraire
1. to subtract 2. to remove, to take away, to steal 3. to shield, to hide (a person)
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embarras
1. syn: difficulté - difficulty, trouble 2. syn: géne - embarrassment 3. awkward situation, predicament
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un serment
1. oath 2. vow, promise
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prêter serment
to take an oath
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buté(e)
obstinate, stubborn
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la mire
sight
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la ligne de mire
line of sight
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point de mire
target, focal point
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être le point de mire
to be the focal point of attention
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mirifique
amazing, fabulous
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flancher
1. fam: to flinch, to waver 2. to fail, to give out
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le dédommagement
syn: demnité - compensation
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repartir
1. to leave again 2. to start again
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repartir à zéro
to rebound to start over
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répartir
to divide up, to distribute
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se répartir
to divide, to split
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acharné
relentless