Le Monde 4 Flashcards

(56 cards)

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Death row

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Le couloir de la mort

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Mushy, soppy

Tear-jerker

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Mièvre adj

Bland, insipid

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3
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Leave for good

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Quitter pour le bon

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4
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Volume(book)

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Tome m

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5
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Hoax fraud swindle

Scam con rip off

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Arnaque f

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Worrying, concerning

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Préoccupant

Absorbing, preoccupying

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Crackle, patter (rain), sizzle (oil)

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Crépiter

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8
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Under-growth

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Sous-bois m

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9
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Fugitive, deserter

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Fuyard

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10
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Surrounding area, outskirts

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Abords mpl

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11
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Death penalty

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La peine de mort

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12
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Tuft of hair

Tussock, clump

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Touffe f

Pubes sl

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13
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Omen

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Augure m
And fortune teller
De bon augure a gd omen for

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14
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Down to earth

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(Etre) terre à terre

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15
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Inappropriate, ill chosen

Unwelcome. Annoying. Awkward

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Importun adj

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16
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21st birthday

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Vingt et unième anniversaire

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17
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Recall, look back on, remember

Reminisce, relive

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Remémorer

Se remémorer

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18
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Snapshot, shot, picture

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Cliché m

And cliché

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19
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Hit strike
Crack down clamp down
Put yr foot down come down hard on sb

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Sévir

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20
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Squirt, jet n

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Giclée f

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21
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Charcoal sketch, drawing

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Fusain m

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22
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Publication

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Parution f
Date de … Release date
Parution d’un article publ of an article

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23
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Coast guard

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Les garde-côtes

24
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Smooch, kiss

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Stiff ( slang noun)
Macchabée
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Ogle v
Reluquer
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Slang: arse, tits, boobs | Big round loaf
Miches f pl
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Scarper, bolt, run off, scurry away
Détaler
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Hiding, spanking, beating, trashing
Raclée f | Notre équipe a pris une raclée dimanche dernier
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Bless v
Bėnir
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Silhouette
Ombre chinoise f | Nfpl shadow puppet show
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Flock (bird), swarm, flock, throng (people) | Cloud
Nuée f
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Retreat, hideaway
Tanière f
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Bigwig, VIP
Huile f | Oil
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Harvest (grapes) | Crop of grapes
Vendange f
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Logo, emblem | Sign
Enseigne f
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Mocking jeering adj
Goguenard
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Sticker
Autocollant m Bumper sticker Self-adhesive
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Lose control
Perdre pied
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Head-over-heals | Madly, to distraction, hopelessly
Éperdument
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Deteriorate
Décompenser
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Be dumbfounded, gob smacked, flabbergasted
Tomber des nues Nues nfpl heavens, skies,mclouds Combat á mains nues hand to hand combat
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Beat, thrash, give sb a good hiding
Rosser
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Be in the way, take up too much space, be a nuisance
Encombrer Impede, block S'encombrer de qqc hoard, clutter yr home with sth
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Old knick knacks
Vieilleries
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Not run smoothly | Have a screw loose
Be pas tourner rond
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Go through a red light
Brûler un feu, brûler un stop
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Breatalizer
Contrôle éthylométrique m
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Back ßeat (car)
Banquette arrière
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Procrastinate Play for time Um and ah
Tergiverser
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Play for time
Jouer la montre
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Hurtle, burst into view | Turn up, drop by, pop by
Débouler
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Straight
Rectiligne | La route était ...
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Gun, pistol
Flingue m Flinguer qqn to shoot sb Flinguer qqc shoot down in flames, shoot full of holes
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Challenge n
Défi m Challenge sb to do st mettre qqn au défi de faire qqc Out of defiance par défi Rise to a ch relever un défi
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Globalisation
Mondialisation f | And globalisation