pg 42/43 Flashcards

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adossé(e)

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with one’s back to something

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l’affaire (f) de mœurs

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vice case

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avoir le trac

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to have stage fright

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la baie (vitrée)

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(large) bay window

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le baquet d’aisances

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toilet pot

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le bat flanc

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bench

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la baraque foraine

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fairground stall

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les bas (m)

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stockings

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le bleu de chauffe

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blue overalls

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le cage d’escalier

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stairwell

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Se borner à

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to limit oneself to

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le canotier

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straw hat

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claudiquer

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to limp slightly

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col cassé

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wing collar

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le connaissement

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receipt of a ship’s cargo

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en connaissance de cause

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in full knowledge of

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crier à plein gosier

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to cry out loud

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d’aplomb

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level

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en nage

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dripping with sweat

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être convenu(e) de qqch

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to have arranged something

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craquer

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to creak

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la croûte

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scab

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la culotte

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short trousers

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de justesse

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only just, narrowly

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dépouiller
to dispossess
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être disposé(e) à faire qqch
to be in the mood to do something
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dodeliner
to bob
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des droits (m)
fees
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écrasé(e)
run over
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empêtré(e)
tangled up
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la flanelle
flannel
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le forfait
heinous crime
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engloutir
to gobble up/wolf down
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fouiller
to rummage through
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les frais (m)
costs
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hors de souffle
breathless
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l'indication (f) du Mont de Piété
receipt from a pawn shop
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la friture
dried fish
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l'issue (f)
escape route
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la jaquette
morning coat
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les lunettes cerclées de noir
black rimmed glasses
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la manche
arm (of a garment)
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le maquereau
pimp
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la mauresque
moorish woman
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la mèche
wick
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le milieu
underground world
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les mœurs (f)
morals, propriety, decency
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murir
to make the face look like ripe fruit
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l'ordonnateur (m)
funeral director
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la passé
channel (water)
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la persienne
shutter
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la plaque
blotch, blemish
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la prise de bec
row
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la punaise
stink bug
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raccrocher
to hang up
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le remue-ménage
commotion, agitation
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rester interdit
to stand there speechless
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rire à perdre haleine
to laugh so much you become breathless
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le sarrau
smock
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le taquet
slap
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la toile cirée
waxed tablecloth
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tire bouchonner
to twist around
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tire bouchonner
to twist around
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la trainée
trail
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la veille
the day before
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vif (vive)
vivacious/quick tempered