March Flashcards
(200 cards)
1
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disapproving
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désapprobateur
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silvery, silver-plated
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argenté
3
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to bustle about, to fuss
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s’affairer
4
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the frame, door frame
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le chambranle (de la porte)
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to steal or to shy away
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dérober
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to go for it, to charge
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foncer (also to darken)
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to pounce
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bondir
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to pipe up, cram, huddle together
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(s’) entasser
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a spray of water
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une gerbe d’eau
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to revive/rekindle
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raviver
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to bend or flex
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ployer
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to cut or gouge
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entailler
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to fall down, tumble
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dégringoler
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to bask, to lounge
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se prélasser
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a claw
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une griffe
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to spread, take hold, circulate
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se répandre
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a droplet
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une gouttelette
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serrated
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dentelé
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to prove to be, to turn out
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s’avérer
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waste, garbage
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les déchets
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alley
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une ruelle
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potbellied
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pansu
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to get caught up by sthg, to snatch
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happer par qqch
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a rattling, a knocking
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un cliquetis
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a frame, a mount
une monture
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a fair / exhibition / carnival / trade fair
une foire
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to stiffen
se raidir
28
vigorously, "like mad"
à toute volée
29
to jerk off
(se) branler
30
a scoundrel
une crapule
31
to brag
fanfaronner
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palm (of a hand)
une paume
33
to grope / fumble around
tâtonner
34
carefree/wreckless
insouciant
35
to end up doing sthg, to finally do sthg
finir par faire qqch
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traveling, roving
itinérant
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a belt / strap
une courroie
38
the mower, the grim reaper
la faucheuse
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to make things up, fantasize, to fabricate
fabuler
40
to ride/straddle, to overlap
chevaucher
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to extend, to encompass
s'étendre
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sthg is wrong, is amiss
qqch ne tourne pas rond
43
pea brain, birdbrain
(la) cervelle de moineau
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guy, fellow, chap, bloke
un bougre
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to confront
affronter
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to kneel
s'agenouiller
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to loot, plunder
piller
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out loud, aloud
tout haut
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to wade, flounder, paddle
patauger
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distraught, panicked
affolé
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to resemble
ressembler
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twinkling, glittering
scintillant
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devoid of
dépourvue de
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to unpack, unwrap
déballer
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thinly veiled
à peine voilée
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foolish, a fool
sot(s), un sot
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a habit, an obsession
une manie
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to roll around, to bounce around
balloter
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to welcome, to rejoice
(se) réjouir
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a lout, a boor
un rustre
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the backlash, surf, undertow
le ressac
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to shelter, to take shelter
s'abriter
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to arise/emerge from
surgir de
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to stagger, stumble
tituber
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arduous
ardu(e)
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a log (wood)
un rondin
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rock, pebble
un caillou
68
to submit (as in submit a report)
soumettre
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Step aside! Get away!
écartez-vous !
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posh, upscale
huppé
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even though/even as, at the very moment when
alors même que
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to grumble or gripe
ronchonner
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to flinch
broncher
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to scratch / scuff
érafler
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to saw (like to saw wood)
scier
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to change course, to shift gears
changer de cap
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to resort to
recourir à
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a spell/curse
un sortilège
79
at full speed
à toute allure
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to hoist
hisser
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to get bored / tired of sthg
se lasser
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the frame, the body, the chassis
le châssis
83
baldness
la calvitie
84
starved, ravenous
affamé
85
pantry
un garde-manger
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to spit, to cough up
cracher
87
a canteen, flask
une gourde
88
a penny (a dime, colloquial... one red cent)
un sou
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to damage
abîmer
90
to tense up
se crisper
91
procession, motorcade
un cortège
92
a slope, downhill
une pente
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to crack, to split
se fendiller
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a standard or a stallion
un étalon
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to rub
frotter
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the tide
la marée
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to maim, cripple
estropier
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bulbous
bulbeux
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a pole
une perche
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to hang, to hang oneself
pendre, se pendre
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to fray, to unravel
effilocher
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to ensue/follow
s'ensuivre
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to weaken, undermine
affaiblir
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to meet/talk
s'entretenir
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viscous, slimy
visqueux
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a darkness
une pénombre
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to fill, to bridge, to address
combler
108
to diminish
amoindrir
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to be/look sheepish
avoir l'air penaud
110
to lap, to ripple (water)
clapoter
111
a pair of slippers
une paire de moules
112
the racket / commotion
le vacarme
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paltry
dérisoire
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a shell
une carapace
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stiff, stuffy, uptight
guindé
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an abyss, chasm
un gouffre
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to take after someone / to look like someone
tenir de qqn
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to hammer, to pound
marteler
119
filthy
crasseux -euse
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"even if it means"
quitte à + inf
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to inquire
se renseigner
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to fawn, to brownnose
flagorner
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however much / although
avoir beau + inf
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shortish, shorty/dumpy
courtaude
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at high speed
en trombe
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a slot / slit / gap
une fente
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to inform
renseigner
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Enough dilly dallying / dragging on !
Assez trainé !
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a crybaby, blubbering
(un) chialeur
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undulating, wave-like, swaying
ondulant
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a jailer
un geôlier
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of the past, of yore
d'antan
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common
courant
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accursed, forsaken
maudit
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roughly, harshly, mighty ("mighty good")
rudement
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to be eager to do sthg, to be attached to someone
tenir à qqn où qqch
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to scrape
racler
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to rant, to ramble
divaguer
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thick/heavy/dense
épais
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nevertheless
pourtant
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following (as in after, in the wake of)
à la suite
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smooth, suave, smarmy
mielleux
143
a chore, duty
une corvée
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to stall, to wedge
caler
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a visor
une visière
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hollow
creux -euse
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to whine, whimper
geindre
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a raft
un radeau
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to despise, to scorn
mépriser
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club, cudgel
le gourdin
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eel, slippery
(une) anguille
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redemption, repurchase, acquisition
le rachat
153
a splint, a brace
une attelle
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to scan (with one's eyes)
balayer (also to sweep)
155
to deliver (a blow), to strike, to tenderize
asséner
156
to hobble
clopiner
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to trick, outwit
ruser
158
teeth/jaw clenched
la mâchoire serrée
159
side (adj)
latéral(e)
160
pestilence, plague
la peste
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resounding, ringing
retentissant
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mischief, a misdeed
un méfait
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tornado, downpour
une trombe
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to brave
braver
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whimsical
fantasque
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a vine
une liane
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in midair
en plein vol
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to giggle, snicker, chuckle
ricaner
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to match, to be consistent
concorder
170
to hold, detain, possess
détenir
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to freeze, congeal
se figer
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gust, flurry, squall, bullseye
une bourrasque
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to skid
déraper
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prey
la proie
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a minnow
un vairon
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to dissect
disséquer
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freaking, darn, bloody, blasted
satané (comes before the noun)
178
smart, clever
malin
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a shoe or hoof
un sabot
180
a horn
un cor
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a wound
une plaie
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calf-length (as in water depth), mid-calf
à mi-mollet
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an outcropping
un affleurement
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to squeal the tires
crisser les pneus
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to be pissed/mad (at someone)
être en rogne (contre qqn)
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the measles
la rougeole
187
a spa
une thalasso
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to court, to woo
courtiser
189
morals
les mœurs
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to strip, rob, deprive
dépouiller
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to emit
émettre
192
heartbeat / pulse
le pouls
193
however, nevertheless
toutefois
194
a cuss, a swear word
un juron
195
to mirror
mirer
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to bait, lure, entice
appâter
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a bucket
un seau
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warm, tepid, half-hearted
tiède
199
in the buff/nude
à poil
200
to come from
provenir
