Nancy Drew tome 8 Flashcards

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jaser

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  1. bavarder: to chatter

2. médire: to gossip

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vautrer

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  1. to sprawl 2. to wallow
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pinceau

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paint brush

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le flacon

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small bottle

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émanations

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  1. fumes

2. expression, manifestation

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s’extasier

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to be in ecstasy

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ruineux

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extravagantly expensive, exorbitant

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m’adosser

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  1. to place back to back

2. ~à or ~contre = to lean against

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marotte

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craze, fad

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penaude

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sheepish

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la binette

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hoe

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chichi

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  1. affection, airs

2. faire des chichis = to make a fuss

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éblouir

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  1. to dazzle

2. to stun, to amaze

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houspilla

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= réprimander: to scold

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dorloter

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to pamper, to baby

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tous azimuts

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all out, total

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dans tous les azimuts

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all over the place

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à pétrir

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to knead

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en sourdine

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muted, quietly

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mettre une sourdine à

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to tone down

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la panse

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(fam): paunch, belly

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en faire un réveillon

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  1. Christmas Eve supper or party 2. New Year’s Eve party
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calé

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  1. (fam): brainy, clever 2. tough ( of a problem, etc)
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une aisselle

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armpit

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déguerpir
1. to clear out 2. faire déguerpir =to drive away
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saule
willow tree
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je m’empourprai
to turn crimson
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zouaves
1. soldat qui combattait autrefois dans l’armée français en Algérie 2. (fam) faire le zouave =faire l’idiot, le guignol
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un engrenage
1. gears 2. être pris dans l’engrenage = to be caught up in the system
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faire le pied de grue
to wait around, to cool ones heels
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foudroyer
to strike down
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aubaine
1. godsend, windfall 2. good deal, bargain
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bougonner
to grumble, to complain
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le peignoir
bathrobe, dressing gown
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duveteux
downy, fluffy, fuzzy
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feutrée
1. felt, felt like 2. muffled
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épiler
to remove hair from, to pluck
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corser
1. to add spice to2. to aggravate 3. to liven up 4. to spike(a drink)
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l’affaire se corse
the plot thickens
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chignon
(hair) bun
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la cacahuète
peanut
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le goût effréné
1. déchaîné: unbridled, unrestrained 2. frantic
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la fanfreluche
petit ornement superflu, tel que ruban, pompon, etc.
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en inox
rust proof, stainless steel
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marmite
cooking pot
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écharper
syn: lyncher, massacrer
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une grenade dégoupillée
a live grenade (without the pin)
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la goupille
pin
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débouler
1. to tumble down 2. to bolt, to shoot out, to charge down (a stairway etc)
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remous
1. eddy | 2. backwash
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fléau
calamity, scourge
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atteler
to harness, to yoke, atteler à = to apply oneself to
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essouffler
to make breathless, to wind
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marre
(fam) enough
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j’en ai marre
I’m fed up!
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tamiser
1. to sift 2. to filter
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lumière tamisée
subdued lighting
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éclaircir
1. to lighten 2. to clarify
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le fourgon
1. van 2. freight car, baggage car 3. poker (fireplace)
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fourgon de queue
caboose
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le rongeur
rodent
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ronger
1. to gnaw, to nibble 2. to corrode 3. to eat away at, to wear down
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la blatte
cockroach
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sa gamine
1. espiègle : mischievous, playful
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une essaim
swarm
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les commérages
(fam): gossip
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croustillant
1. crisp, crunchy | 2. spicy, bawdy
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un charognard
scavenger (animal)
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un litige
1. dispute | 2. litigation
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agenouillé
to kneel
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désamorcer
to defuse
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une clairière
clearing, glade
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une écuelle
1. bowl 2. bowlful
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s’ébruiter
to become known
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ébruiter
to spread, to divulge
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hérisser
1. to ruffle up (fur, feathers etc)
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hérisser de
to spike with, to stud with
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se hérisser
fam: to stand on end | 2. to bristle ( with annoyance)
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pourpres
crimson, reddish purple
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malaxer
to blend, to mix
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le mollet
calf (of the leg)
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belliqueuse
guerrier: war like
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un atout
trump (card), 2. advantage, asset