La Lecture Flashcards by C L

Le Blocus

blockade

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Secourir (adj. secouru)

to save, rescue

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débarquer

to unload, disembark

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Le saccage

vandalizing, trashing

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l’avant-veille (fem.)

two days prior, the day before yesterday

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avoir failli faire (exp: les choses ont failli mal tourner)

almost did, nearly did, all but did

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un torchis

cob

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Caler

to wedge in place; to stall (car)

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Sommaire

basic (simple, elementary); summary

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un bilan

assessment, appraisal; checkup (medical)

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Manquer + infinitif

to almost do something

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le bilan carbone

carbon footprint

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un déplacement

trip, movement; transfer

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Donner tort à

to rule against

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Un Tort

wrongdoing, harm

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chichement

frugally, sparingly

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Héberger

to accommodate, host

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d’occasion

second-hand, used

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le réconfort

comfort

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le remède

medicine, cure

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la corvée

chore, drudgery, duty

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la flotte

fleet; (familier) rain, water

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un complice

accomplice, partner

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un clin d’oeil complice

a knowing wink, conspiratorial wink

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un tricheur

cheat

un condé

(argot) cop

inébranlable

unshakeable, resolute

pudique

modest, prudish; discreet

un divertissement

show, entertainment

Barboter

to splash around; (familier) swipe, pinch

traquer

to track, hunt down

Décaler

to move, shift; reschedule

exprès

on purpose, intentionally

un flatteur

flatterer

un/une Lâche

coward

un plaqué

veneer

Prévu

anticipated, planned

une auberge

hostel

la traversée

crossing, driving through

le cadrage

framing, composition

Trimbaler

to lug around

Maléfique

evil; baleful (look)

Chanceux

lucky

las, lasse

weary

Fugace

fleeting, momentary

grouillant (de)

teeming (with), swimming (with)

un ver

worm; computer virus

Passionner

to interest, excite

éveiller

to wake,

un mets

dish

soûler

to get drunk; (familier) to have had enough of

importuner

to disturb, bother

un(e) citadin, citadine

city-dweller, city slicker

Proscrire

to forbid; (littéraire) banish

accabler (de)

to overwhelm, heap on

Gueuler

(familier) to cry, shout

âpre

rough, lumpy; harsh

emmerder

to piss off; bore

but, yet; well, now

Inculte

uncultivated, uneducated

irrespirable

unbreathable, stifling

la lourdeur

weight, heaviness; awkwardness; dullness

titiller

to titillate, pique, excite

Enlacer

to embrace, take in your arms

La Croûte

crust; scab

irréfléchi

thoughtless; irrational

un festin

feast

Péter les plombs

(familier) to lose it, blow a fuse

funeste

gruesome, macabre

minable

wretched, pathetic, hopeless

Alors Que

when, while; even though; whereas

un pot de départ

farewell party/drinks

ne plus être d'actualité

yesterday's news, no longer topical

d'actualité

topical, relevant

enjoué

cheerful, happy

déluré

cheeky, smart ass

atemporel

timeless