Janvier Flashcards by Andy Brewer

Q

hors d’œuvres

A

amuse-bouche, amuse-gueule

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la carrosserie

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bodyshop,
car body

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la plate-bande

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raised flower bed

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le break

A

station wagon

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la manique

A

potholder

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la batterie de cuisine

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cookware

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acharné

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relentless

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elle se rassit

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she sat back down

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la douche le ravigote

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the shower revives him

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un fétu de paille

A

a bundle of straw

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plonge dans la gaine d’aération

A

plunges into the air duct

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un abîme de réflexion

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an abyss of reflection

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très édifiant

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very edifying

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l’étanchéité de leurs vêtements

A

waterproof clothing

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étanchéïté

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sealing

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la pluie crépite sur le plastique translucide

A

the rain cracks on translucent plastic

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cloaque

A

cesspool

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transforme le sol en bourbier

A

turns the ground into a quagmire

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bourbier

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quagmire

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courbés en deux

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bent in two

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désertique que nimbe un soupçon de clarté

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deserted by a hint of clarity

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ôtant

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removing

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ôtant ainsi toute équivoque

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removing any ambiguity

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équivoque

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equivocal

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gouailler

gossip

gouailleurs

cheeky, jokesters

les visages un peu gouailleurs

the slightly smarmy faces

débarrasser

to get rid of

ricane

giggles

d’un bourrade

a slap in the face

ça vous épate

it amazes you

j’ai descendu qq’un

I killed s.o. I took down s.o.

rappliquer

recall

s’égare

gets lost

il se vautre

he wallows

une rasade

a glassful

du bétail

livestock

il passera dans le réducteur

he will pass through the reducer

d’une docilité extrême

extremely docile

éprouvette renversée

inverted test tube

ses poings martèlent le verre

his fists pound the glass

sa détresse émeut

her distress moved

rapetisser

to shrink

le creuset

crucible

mais il se décante lentement

but it’s slowly settling down

une hypothèque

a mortgage

un accord immobilier

a real estate agreement

un bail

a lease

un local

a room

le pouvoir d’achat

purchasing power

chaussons à talons ouvert

open heel slippers

un filon

vein, lode fam: cushy job, bonanza

filou

crook, swindler

sucrer les fraises

être sénile

lait de soja

soy milk

lait d’avoine

oat milk

saut périlleux arrière debout

standing back flip

j’étais d’un fratrie de quatre enfants

I was one of four children

navire de charge

cargo ship

pinson

finch (bird)

chardonneret

goldfinch

égare

leads away

Il va t’en vouloir

he will be mad at you

tu me goguenard

you mock me

bourbier

mire, slough, mess

Tu me fais marcher

You’re pulling my leg

fratrie

sibling