Pierre Lemaitre Flashcards

(116 cards)

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Defeat collapse

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Déconfiture f

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Nature and nurture

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I’inné et l’acquis
Inné inborn, natural, innate, intuitive
P avait un don inné pour la musique

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Hail of bullets

Scrap metal

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Mitraille f

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Resolute, unwaveeing

Unmovable

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Inébranlable adj

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Hang around

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Faire le pied de grue

Grue crane

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Petrify v

Paralyze v

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Tétaniser

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Pathetic

Sad inconsolable

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Lamentable

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Freestyle (swimming)

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Nage libre
Être en nage be soaked/drenched in sweat
Il était en nage après son sprint.

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Straighten up, set back upright

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Redresser

And fig. l’économie se redresse après une crise

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Hold on, cling on v

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S’accrocher à qqn/ à qqc

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Pull through, survive

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Réchapper à qqc

Elle a fini par réchapper à son cancer du sein.

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Take care of things, manage

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Se débrouiller

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Swell

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Houle f

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Nose sl

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Pif m

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Untimely ill-timed

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Intempestif -ve

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To joke, banter

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Blaguer

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Resentment grudge

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Rancune f

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Horse inf

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Bourrin m

Adj. Rogh, brutish, w/ o finesse

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Pain, slight injury, scratch, graze

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Bobo m

And bourgeois- bohème and boho nm and adj

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Be sick as a dog

Hurt as hell

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Avoir un mal de chien

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Trifle ( for thing wo value and for a thing wo importance)

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Bricole f

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Limp v

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Boiter

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Supervise lead v

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Encadrer

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Momentum
Urge desire(sexual)
Rush surge (affection)
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Élan m

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Scrape scrub
Racler
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Greyhound bitch | Doggy style
Levrette f
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Risqué juicy suggestive | Difficult thorny
Scabreux adj
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Fear fright n
Frayeur f
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hold [sth] out vtr + adv offer vtr hold [sth] out to [sb] v expr offer [sth] to [sb] vtr + prep
tendre qch à qqn vtr (présenter qch à qqn)
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Accuracy precision Faithful true relevance Pertinence accuracy
Justesse f
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by mutual agreement
De gré à gré
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be [sb]'s puppet, be under [sb]'s thumb v expr | (financial motivations) be in [sb]'s pocket v expr
Être à la botte de qqn
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In addition to
En sus de sus à interj (à bas, à mort,...) down with ... i
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Stateless
Apatride nmf and adj
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Shoe box
Carton à chaussures m
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Pawn shop
Mont-de-piété m
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Not feel well feel off colour under the weather
Être mal fichu
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Sword
Épée f
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Appearance
Mise f
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Disappointment
Déception f
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this/it doesn't look good to me expr | this/it doesn't exactly fill me with confidence expr
ça ne me dit rien qui vaille expr
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Nick, slammer (slang for prison), jail Digs, pad Brothel
Taule f | Tôle
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shovelful n
pelletée nf
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nail down expr nail together expr (forcer à l'immobilité) (to bed) confine vtr (informal, figurative) pin down expr (plane)
Clouer | Je cloue une planche sur la vieille porte pour la réparer.
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Shades hues tones
Camaïeu m | And cameo
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Smutty
Égrillard
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become infatuated with, become besotted with v | be crazy about expr
s'enticher | Il s'est entiché de cette gamine beaucoup trop jeune.
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``` turn away, send away vtr (informal) give the boot expr (a visitor) usher out vtr dismiss vtr reject ```
Éconduire | J'ai éconduit Pierre car je n'ai aucun sentiment pour lui.
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possessor n | bearer n
détenteur, nm, nf holder détenteur du permis de conduire nm (UK) driving licence holder n
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nothing wrong, no problem
Rien á redire
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Booty hoard
Magot m
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Swindle v
Flouer
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Be in agony
souffrir le martyre be in agony v | Depuis que je me suis tordu la cheville, je souffre le martyre !
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Spark glint flash
Étincelle f
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Kick the bucket
passer l'arme à gauche loc v figuré (mourir) (informal, figurative)
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Waxy and fig
Cireux -se
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Glum morose sorrowful mournful | Dreary bleak
Lugubre adj
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Hovel
Cambuse f
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Cheer up, loosen up brighten up | Put a smile on sb face
Dérider | Se dérider
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Stammerer n
Bègue | M est bègue adj have a stammer, stutter
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Snack n
En-cas m
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Overalls
Bleu nmpl
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Sensational terrific fam
Du tonnerre | Tonnerre thunder
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Bruise n
Hématome m
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Solvable
Soluble | And soluble
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Black eye shiner
Coquard m | Coquart m
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Briefly temporarily | For a short while
Passagèrement
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Sensible reasonable well thought out adj
Sensé | Il disait les choses sensées
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Hairy shaggy
Poilu
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Grudge resentment hard feelings
Rancune f
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Fabulous
Mirobolant
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Crime offence
Délit m
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Downward/vicious cycle
Spirale f And spiral Il est retombé dans la spirale de l'alcoolisme après le décès de son épouse
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Savings nest egg holiday bonus
Pécule m
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Sing at the top of your voice
S'égosiller | shout at the top of your voice, shout yourself hoarse expr
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Swindle v
Estamper
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On the sky illegally
À la sauvette
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Cost estimate, quote
Devis nm
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Flat fee, flat price, contract | Price,package, bundle
Forfait m
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Initiation ritual
Bizutage m
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Pothole
Nid-de-poule m
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Iron out, flatten, level
Aplanir s'aplanir⇒ be smoothed out, be ironed out disappear vi
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Skunk
Moufette sconse m
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plug, stop, seal, seal off, stop up vtr
Colmater
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disclose, leak, divulge, noise vtr
Ébruiter
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Nut and bolt
Boulon m
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Dodge sidestep evade
Esquiver | Esquive nf evasion swerve dodge sidestep
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Shoe fam
Grolle f
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Shovel v
Pelleter qqc
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Fail v
Recaler | Il a été recalé à l'oral.
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Hut shack
Cahute f
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Scope scale range stature
Envergure f | Ce projet manque un peu d'envergure.
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Gaping, wide open gap
Béance f
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Mutt dog pooch
Clébard m
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Initial, sign v
Parapher
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Stepladder stool
Escabeau m
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Crash! Bang! (Onomatopoei)
Patatras
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trifle, something trivial, nothing n
Broutille f
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Aries, ram
Bélier m
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Unexpected unforseen
Inopiné adj | Le général a fait une inspection inopinée du régiment.
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thumb your nose at [sb] v expr
faire un pied de nez à qqn loc
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Cutoff, end
Butoir m | La date butoir a été fixé à fin juin.
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Renounce, disown
Renier Se renier disavow your opinions, abandon your convictions v expr (promise) break vtr
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Mope around
Se morfondre
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Hoop
Cerceau m
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Laugh, joke n
Rigolade f | rigolade easy peasy, dead easy adj a piece of cake expr
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Meagre fare, pittance
Pitance m
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Basic fee
Émolument m | émolument nm inheritance, part of an inheritance n
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Pickaxe
Pioche f
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Visor, peak on cap
Visière La visière de son casque le protégeait de la pluie. Placer la main en visière
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) on the sly expr in secret, discreetly adv (vote, meeting, etc.) behind closed doors expr
En catimini
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Door/window frame
Chambranle m
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Guard of honou
La haie d'honneur (former une..)
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Embolden, make braver v
Enhardir
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Bell
Grelot m (jingle bell)
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Blow/wipe yr nose
Se moucher