Ohagan_Advanced14_Eng to Fren Flashcards

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by the torso

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à bras-le-corps

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without sb knowing

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à l’insu de qn

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to do the right thing

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agir avec à-propos

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rope; mooring

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amarre

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5
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candidature job posting

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appel à

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trump (card); advantage

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atout

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preview (of entire film or performance)

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avant-première

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admission

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aveu

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oar

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aviron

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trailer; preview

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bande-annonce

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ship’s rail

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bastingage

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house; dwelling

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bâtisse

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tobacco pouch

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blague à tabac

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14
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financial division (of the DCPJ)

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brigade financière

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breeze

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brise

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to mess things up; to confuse things

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brouiller les cartes

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boat; dinghy

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canot

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primary school

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communale

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19
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friend

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complice

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20
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considering

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compte tenu de

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21
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consistent

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conséquent

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22
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hull (of boat)

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coque

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23
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tasselled rope

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cordelière

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to mix with (people); to rub elbows with

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côtoyer

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pistol grip
crosse
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to collect; to pick
cueillir
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willingly
de plein gré
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excess (of enthusiasm eg.)
débordement
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to dissect
décortiquer
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failure
défaillance
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to make out; to discern
deviner
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devotion
dévouement
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to cheat
duper
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overwhelmed
ébloui
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splendour
éclat
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(screw) nut
écrou
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breaking and entering
effraction burglary;
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influence (noun)
empire
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to set fire to
enflammer
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covering; coating
enrobage
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to light up
épanouir
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wreckage
épave
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ambiguity
équivoque
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scratch; scrape (noun)
éraflure
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to disclose; to show
exhiber
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unfortunate
fâcheux
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bah
fi
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(abominable) crime
forfait
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to put sb in prison
fourrer qn dedans
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; sincerity
franchise frankness
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to charter
fréter
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crumpled
froissé
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police custody
garde à vue
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stormy (meeting)
houleux
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feature film
long-métrage
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opera glasses
lorgnettes
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praise (noun)
louange
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Inverness cape
macfarlane
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butler
majordome
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boor; lout
malotru
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mocking (laugh eg.)
narquois
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upsetting
navrant
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nape (of neck)
nuque
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hatched (a plan eg.)
ourdi
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in (great) detail
par le menu
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to (be) attire(d)
parer
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to boast; to grandstand
pérorer
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specialized (work eg.)
pointu
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to take the initiative
prendre les devants
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(person) in their fifties
quinquagénaire
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stiffened
raidi
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sea level
ras de la mer
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recovery
redressement
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enhanced (beauty; value)
rehaussé
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swirl (of water eg.)
remous
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to recover (something)
repêcher
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lines; script (theatre)
répliques
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to take something back
reprendre
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to suppress
réprimer
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revival
reprise
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to daydream
rêvasser
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section; column (newspaper)
rubrique
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avec to connect with (person)
s'aboucher
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to crouch down
s'accroupir
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to persist
s'entêter
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to pour forth; to spread over (moonlight eg.)
s'épandre
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to rebel against sth
se cabrer contre qch
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to hold on tightly
se cramponner
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to escape from
se soustraire à
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to sink
sombrer
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to command someone to do
sommer qn de faire
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grooved
strié striated;
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right away
sur-le-champ
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bank; slope
talus
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prostrated
terrassé
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windproof match
tison
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woven
tissé
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shooting; filming
tournage
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holiday; holiday resort
villégiature
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bent (back)
voûté