Joël Dicker Flashcards

(104 cards)

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Hick red neck hill billy

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Pèquenaud

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At about 3 o’clock

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Aux environs de 3 heures

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I’m a little disappointed

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Je suis quelque peu déçu

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On the line (phone)

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Au bout du fil

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Drizzle fine rain

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Bruine f

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Footwork legwork

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Jeu de jambes m

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Miserable squalid adj

Grubby, seedy

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Sordide

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Happen occur

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Advenir

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Cause a stir

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Faire un foin

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Death penalty

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Peine de mort f

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For ever

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À jamais

À tout jamais go ever and ever

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Outline v

Make a start on make a dent in v fig expr

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Esquisser
And to sketch
Esquisder un sourire give a faint smile

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Braces (teeth )

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Appareil dentaire

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Lukewarm tepid adj

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Tiédasse

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Bloody mess

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Merdier

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Good Lord

Good grief

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Bon sang!

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Wrest sth fr sb, get sth out of sb, extract sth fr sb

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Arracher qqc à qqn fig and inf

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It’s a little past 3

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Il est 3 heures et quelques

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Claim v

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Décréter

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Have some nerve/cheek

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Avoir du culot

Quel culot ! (colloquial) What a cheek!, The nerve of it!

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Fat cat

Rich person

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Richard

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Pretense sham

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Faux-semblant m

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Personal trainer

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Entraîneur particulier m

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Be friendly with become friends with

Make friends with

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Se lier à qqn

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Joint (to eat )
Boui-boui m
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Sissy weakling
Mauviette f
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Club n | Knockout argument
Massue Argument massue m And argument Hammer blow coup de massue
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Unbearable Insufferable insupportable
Imbuvable
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Darned. Jolly expr
Fichtrement
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Custody
Garde à vue | Être placé en garde à vue Be held/ remanded in custody
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Joke around mess around | Banter
Badiner avec qqc | Badiner to banter
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Fixed grin
Rictus m
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Custody
Garde à vue | Être placé en garde à vue Be held/ remanded in custody
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Joke around mess around | Banter
Badiner avec qqc | Badiner to banter
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Fixed grin
Rictus m
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Mocking contemptuous
Narquois adj
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Get ur hands on sb get sb in ur grips
Mettre le grappin sur
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Get into the habit of doing sth
Prendre le pli de faire qqc | Prendre le pli get used to, get into the groove
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Garden fork
Bêche f | Bêcher to dig or have a go at/ dig at, sneer at, scorn, look down on
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Pay attention Heed Keep in mind what is said
Prêter attention á
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Follow Go, walk along Run/ ride the lenght of Skirt, run parallell to
Longer
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Be of great help to sb
Etre d'un grand secours á qqn
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Prowler
Rôdeur m
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Chant v
Scander
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Hang up on sb
Raccrocher au nez de qqn
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Cling to the past
Se raccrocher au passé | Se raccrocher aux branches clutch at straws
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To make a detour
Faire un crochet
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Aim for go after | Target
Viser
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Be in a foul mood
Être d'une humeur de chien
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Hurtle, fly
Valser | Envoyer valser chuck sth in send something flying
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Front window | Physical appearance
Devanture f
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Help assistance
Rescousse f | Aller à la rescousse de qqn
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Reject repell
Repousser
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come on to [sb] v expr (informal) hit on [sb] vtr phrasal insep (informal) try to pick [sb] up v expr flirt with [sb] vi + prep
faire du gringue à qqn
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Split hairs | Quibble
Ergoter
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Truncheon club
Matraque f
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Weeping willows
Saules pleureurs
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Bank river bank embankment
Berge f
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Mansion coutry house manor
Manoir m
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Bask (in the sun)
Prélasser
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read between the lines v expr
comprendre à demi-mot
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Pull up
Remonter (les stores fex) Remonte ton pantalon, on voit la raie de tes fesses. Pull your trousers up; people can see your crack.
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Cork board
Panneau en liège m
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Wretched, cursed, damned
Maudit adj
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A drop in the ocean
Un crachât dans l'eau
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For a song For next to nothing For a crust of bread
Pour une bouchée de pain
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Mob crowd gathering
Attroupement m
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Track (music) Slot ( time) Range span
Plage f
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Consider mull over
Cogiter
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Rollers, haircurlers
Bigoudi m
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Awning, canopy
Marquise f
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Mastery
Maestria f
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Do yr self in
Se foutre en l'air
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Screw up, fuck up
Foutre qqc en l'air | Cet accident de moto m'a foutu le genou en l'air.
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Notorious infamous
Infâme adj infâme adj (répugnant) odious, repugnant, vile, foul adj Ce malheureux portait d'infâmes vêtements. The unfortunate man was wearing foul clothes.
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Good for nothing
De bons à riens
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Idle adj
Oisif
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Nibbles,appetizer, hors d'oeuvres
Amuse-bouche m
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Society, sociable
Mondain adj Après l'Opéra il partait dans un dîner mondain. Socialite as n m Il va à toutes les réceptions, c'est un mondain. He goes to all the receptions; he's a socialite.
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Fete street party charity fair
Kermesse f
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Rustic rural country style adj
Champêtre adj
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In addition, extra
Surcroît m de surcroît what is more, moreover adv en surcroît loc adv soutenu (en plus) extra, additional adj Nous commandons toujours quelques articles en surcroît. surcroît d'activité nm additional business, increase in activity n Un oubli important ? Signalez une erreur ou suggérez une amélioration.
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Stomach pump
Un lavage d'estomac
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Let sb down | leave [sb] high and dry v
Faire faux bond à qqn
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⇒ offload [sth] onto [sb] vtr (sell, informal) flog [sth] to [sb] vtr (informal) palm [sth] off on [sb] vtr phrasal sep
fourguer qch à qqn
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Armed robbery, hold up, robbery
Brigandage m
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Be the devil's advocat
Jouer l'avocat du diable
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Trail n
Trainée f | And streak, smear
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Put yr finger on
Mettre le doigt sur Mettre le doigt sur la plaie / où ça fait mal touch on a sore spot Se mettre le doigt dans l'oeil be kidding yr self
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Spluttering
Pétaradent adj
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Grumble, growl at
Bougonner v
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Pester, badger, bug | Nag hassle
Tanner
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Slip away, vanish
S'éclipser
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Paper weight
Presse-papier m
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First draft, rough copy
Brouillon m | Muddled adj
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Conspirer, plot v
Tramer | And weave
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Stupid adj
Sot -te
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Beloved
Bien-aimé adj m
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Calm down, appease, pacify
Apaiser | Quench
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Feel like, want, fancy | Suffer
Se ressentir | Ressentir feel
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Catch snatch
Happer
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Drown v
Noyer | Se noyer be drowned
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Be sure, be certain , have a suspicion/feeling that
Se douter de, se douter que | Douter de, que have doubts about
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Have the hots for, have a crush on sb
En pincer pour qqn