Ohagan_Advanced13_Eng to Fren Flashcards
(100 cards)
1
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around
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à la ronde
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currently
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actuellement
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purchaser, successful bidder
A
adjudicataire
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annoyed
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agacé
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pride, self-esteem
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amour-propre
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a small tripe sausage
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andouillette
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to pace up and down
A
arpenter
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to fill out, to round off
A
arrondir
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offshore
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au large
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to have sb in one’s pay
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avoir qn à sa solde
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to have sb in one’s pocket
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avoir qn dans la manche
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(one of a pair)
A
battant door
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half pint
A
bock de bière
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red caps worn by insurgents in a 17th century France fiscal revolt
A
bonnet rouge
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(in the) loop
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boucle
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puff (of smoke eg.)
A
bouffée
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to stuff, to fill
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bourrer
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rough, gruff
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bourru
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sheep, ewe
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brebis
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briar (wood used to make pipes)
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bruyère
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Filling-up, clogging
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colmatage
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to strike a deal with sb
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conclure un marché avec qn
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to beg sb to
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conjurer qn de
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to force sb to do
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contraindre qn à faire
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to escort
convoyer
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to clear-cut
couper à blanc
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to tear open, to unseal
décacheter
28
jet lag
décalage horaire
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confusion, distress
désarroi
30
refreshed
dispos
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cash dispenser
distributeur de billets
32
an old tool (like an ax) to make barrels
doloire
33
candy, sweet
douceur
34
dubious
douteux
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a come-on, flirting
drague
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to shake (one's confidence eg.)
ébranler
37
alarmed, aghast
effaré
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to stop, to prevent
empêcher
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to mount, to get on
enfourcher
40
cap (oil spill)
entonnoir
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sirloin steak cut
entrecôte
42
desperately
éperdument
43
discount (noun)
escompte
44
cramped, confined
exigu
45
to work wonders
faire des prodiges
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to help oneself to (goods objects)
faire main basse sur
47
load (noun)
fardeau
48
land property (adj.)
foncier
49
to crumple (paper eg.)
froisser
50
son-in-law
gendre
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Host AND guest
hôte
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oyster
huitre
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lifestyle
hygiène de vie
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unfruitful
infructueux
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ingratiating
insinuant
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taken aback
interloqué
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to hold one's cards close to the vest
jouer serré
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curse (noun)
juron
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the early morning
le petit jour
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Crystal-clear, bright
limpide
61
pallid, deathly pale
livide
62
the territory of a marquis
marquisat
63
(flower) bed
massif
64
to dig (one's) teeth into
mettre sous la dent
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monk
moine
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to move up a notch
monter d'un cran
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to transfer
muter
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to block up
obturer
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to offend
offusquer
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sequin
paillette
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peer
pair
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wooden floor
parquet
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to put the finishing touches (to)
peaufiner
74
Plaid blanket
plaid
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pneumatic tire
pneumatique
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legal proceedings
poursuites
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to stand back
prendre du recul
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expectation
prétention
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to be crazy about
raffoler de
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to call for, to ask for
réclamer
81
registered (letter eg.)
recommandé
82
to miss (person, place)
regretter
83
to return, to give back
rendre
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to disown
renier
85
effect, impact
retentissement
86
to delude oneself
s'illusionner
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to do one's utmost
s'ingénier
88
to get moving (to eliminate physical/mental numbness)
se dégourdir
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to come up against, to run up against
se heurter à
90
to stand by
se tenir
91
help (noun)
secours
92
cursory
sommaire
93
subcontractor
sous-traitant
94
characteristic
spécificité
95
snuff box
tabatière
96
capers, Provençal purée of olives, olive oil...
tapenade
97
to want, to wish
tenir à
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a type of offal made of animal stomach
tripe
99
shame
vergogne
100
bolt (on a door or window)
verrou
