Jan2023d Flashcards
(103 cards)
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égarement
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- distraction
- derangement, folly
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enfiler
A
syn: mettre - to slip on, to put on
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farouche
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- syn: sauvage- ferocious, wild, savage
- fierce, unyielding
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auréolait
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- halo
- syn: tache - spot, ring
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un auriculaire
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little finger, pinkie
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un leurre
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- syn: appât - lure, bait
- syn: illusion, tromperie - deception, delusion
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ouvragé (e)
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finely worked, elaborate
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la lame
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- strip, slat
- blade
- sword
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le calice
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- chalice
- calyx
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trompeur
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- deceitful
- deceptive, misleading
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pansements
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band-aids
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aire de jeux
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playground
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mouchoirs
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tissues
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la tenue
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- holding, running of a meeting etc
- organizing, keeping
- conduct, manners
- bearing, posture
- clothes, outfit
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tenue de livres
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bookkeeping
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tenue d’hiver
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winter clothing
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tenue militaire
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military dress
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un orgueil
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pride
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la besogne
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task, job
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gré
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will
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fâcheux (cheuse)
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- syn: ennuyeux - annoying
- syn: regrettable - unfortunate
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le bourreau
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hangman
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la pommette
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cheekbone
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la escale
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- port of call
- stopover
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belle lurette
ages, a long time
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il y a belle lurette
a long time ago
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ça fait belle lurette que
it’s been ages since
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endosser
1. to take on, to shoulder
2. to endorse, to sign
3. to don, to put on (clothes)
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une combinaison spatiale
space suit
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une combinaison
1. (full length) slip
2. suit, overalls
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rechercher
1. sought after, in demand
2. refined, studied
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la meurtre
murder
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le prêtre
priest
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être navré de
to be sorry about
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navré
upset
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aboutir
syn: réussir - to succeed
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aboutir dans
to result in, to end up in
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tractations
negotiations
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la canaille
1. riff raff
2. scoundrel, rascal
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viser
1. to aim for, to aim at
2. to stamp (a document)
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lignée
lineage, descendants
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le sbire
policier sans scrupule ; homme de main
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ravisseurs
kidnapper, abductor
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la brousse
1. brush
2. fam: boondocks
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en pleine brousse
in the middle of nowhere
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le recel
possession of stolen goods
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à califourchon
astride, a straddle
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le fauve
1. big cat
2. fawn (color)
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goguenard
syn: moquer - mocking , mocked
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escale
1. port of call
2. stopover
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le scaphandre
1. diving suit
2. spacesuit
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féodal
feudal
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le châtiment
syn: punition
Punishment
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le bagne
1. penal colony
2. harsh labor
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aborder
1. to approach
2. to tackle, to deal with
3. to board (an enemy ship)
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jadis
1. in times past, formerly
2. former, olden
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au temps jadis
in days of old
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la chair
1. flesh
2. Meat
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chair de poule
goosebumps
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la manette
lever
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fade
1. dull, drab
2. tasteless, insipid
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d’une voie boudeuse
sulky voice
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une flotte
1. fleet
2. fam: - water, rain
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de fond en comble
from top to bottom
(bottom to peak)
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le comble
extreme point
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c’est le comble
that takes the cake
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soûler
syn: enivrer - to make drunk, to intoxicate
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se soûler
to get drunk
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soûler de
to be intoxicated with
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une esquisse
sketch, outline, summary
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la nacelle
partie d’un ballon, d’un aérostat, où se trouve les passagers
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la soute
hold of a ship
syn: cale
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fuyard
1. runaway
2. deserter (military)
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la betterave
the beet
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patrouilles
patrols
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fourrer
1. to stuff
2. to line (with fur)
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le fourré
thicket
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le fourreau
sheath, case, scabbard
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le gué
ford, crossing
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passer à gué
to ford
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la brasse
1. breaststroke
2. fathom
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la brasier
blaze, inferno
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le vaisseau
vessel, ship
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vaisseau spatial
spaceship
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la coupole
cupola, dome
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le tir
1. shooting, gunnery
2. firing
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déclencher le tir
to open fire
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un élan
1. momentum
2. burst, rush, surge
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un élan de colère
a burst of anger
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avec élan
enthusiastically
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un obus
shell (cartridge)
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obus de mortier
mortar shell
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éclats d’obus
shrapnel
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maussade
1. syn: morose - sullen
2. dismal, gloomy
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parvenir à
to reach, to arrive at
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nasillarde
nasel
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blême
pale, wan, pallid
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le fouet
whip, whisk
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le décalage
1. gap, space, offset
2. interval
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sidérer
to stagger (the imagination), to amaze
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c’est sidère
it’s staggering
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divergence
discrepancy
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calage
shimming
