Random 2016 02 Flashcards

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suction cup

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( + cup, cupping glass )

f. une ventouse [vɑ̃tuz]

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to be on watch OU the lookout

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être aux aguets
[ > une locution ]
[ > une vigie, un guetteur, veiller ]

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to fuel (un incendie)

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( + to stir up )
attiser [atize]
[ > soulever, susciter, alimenter ]

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dreary

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( = trostlos ) [ + bluish-green ]
glauque
[ > lugubre, sombre, déprimant, morne (dismal - düster, trist), triste, verdâtre ]

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tu turn sb in

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( + to hand sb over to the police, to rat on )

balancer qn

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to drain #6

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siphonner

[ > vidanger, vider, écouler, égoutter, exténuer, dégarnir ]

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to bullshit

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( + to be full of shit )
raconter des bobards
> you're so full of shit   
1. tu dis tant de conneries ; 
2. tu racontes tellement de bobards 
3. tu es plein de merde
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8
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sour

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aigre [ɛgr]

[ > âpre ]

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synonyme pour un assistant

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m. un adjoint
f. une adjointe
> un assistant / une assistante
> adjoint au maire - deputy mayor
[ > un conjoint - spouse ]

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scholarship

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( + purse )
f. une bourse [burs]
[ > un porte-monnaie, une sacoche ]

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to deal with

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( + to mix with, to meet )
côtoyer [kotwaje]
[ > fréquenter, rejoindre, rencontrer, être confronté à, avoir affaire à qn ]

elle côtoie le danger tous les jours - she faces danger every day
ce travail me fait côtoyer des gens intéressants - I meet some interesting people in this job

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12
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vulture #2

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m. un charognard [ʃarɔɲar]

> un vautour

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to give sb a leg up

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( + to get sb started, to help sb get a foot in the door )
mettre le pied à l’étrier de qn
> je lui ai mis le pied à l’étrier et je l’ai poussé devant moi

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to coat

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( + to wrap, to dress up )
enrober
[ > le rêvetement ]
[ > une couche - layer, coat, bed ]

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chore

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( + duty )
f. une corvée [kɔrve]
[ > une activité pénible, un service, un devoir ]

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common

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( + shared, bordering, neighboring )
mitoyen (f mitoyenne) [mitwajɛ̃, ɛn]
[ > longer, partager ]

En cherchant l’adresse, je me rends compte que le Largo est en réalité mitoyen du restaurant Belcanto testé quelques jours plus tôt.

puits mitoyen entre les deux maisons well shared by OU common to the two houses

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greedy

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cupide [kypid]

> avide, glouton, concupiscent

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deceitful

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( + treacherous )
fourbe [furb]
[ > sournois ]
treacherous: traître, perfide, infidèle, volage

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graffiti artist

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m. un graffeur

f. une graffeuse

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swing

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f. une balançoire [balɑ̃swar]

[ > une balancelle - swing chair (Hollywoodschaukel) ]

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moth

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( + ringworm [disease, une maladie], nasty piece of work )
f. la teigne

[ ringworm = Borkenflechte, Ringelflechte ]

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ass #3

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( + asshole, anus )
m. le fion
[ > un cul, les fesses ]
[ != un pion - pawn ]
Ça t'emmerde pas de tirer la laisse d'un clébard qui te lèche le fion depuis dix ans?
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email

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m. un courriel [kurjɛl]

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they all seem to be either yuppies or thugs

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tu sais jamais si tu vas tomber sur un bourge ou une racaille (rabble - Pöbel, scum, riff-raff)

> un bourgeois - upper class

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asskisser
( + idiot, bean ) m. un fayot [ > un haricot, une fève ]
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to compensate
dédommager [dedɔmaʒe] | [ > récuperer, combler ]
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to poke one's nose into
( + to go through ) fouiner [fwine] [ > fouiller, écumer, explorer ] fouiner au marché aux puces - to go hunting for bargains at the flea market
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flattering
( + fawning [schmeichlerisch, hündisch], unctuous) f. une flagornerie [flagɔrnəri] [ > plat, patelin ] [ > obséquieux - obsequious (unterwürfig), cringing (kriechend) ]
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un synonyme pour une discussion privée
m. un aparté [aparte] | > m.pl. des conciliabules [kɔ̃siljabyl]
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to fail #6
faillir [ > échouer, rater, lâcher, flancher, vacciller ] j'ai failli rater la marche - I nearly missed the step faillir à une promesse - to fail to keep a promise
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equality
f. une parité | [ > une concordance - agreement, similarity ]
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stage fright
( exam nerves ) | m. le trac [trak]
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rowing machine
m. un rameur > ramer - to row [ un gouvernail - rudder ] j'ai ramé trop longtemps, maintenant je veux un vrai boulot - I've been slaving away for too long, now I want a decent job
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to take coke
( to be a junky ) | se camer
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un synoyme pour un soutien-gorge
( bra ) | m. un soutif
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scientist
( + researcher ) m.f. chercheur, chercheuse m.f. un/une scientifique [sjɑ̃tifik] [ > un aventurier ]
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tipsy
pompette [pɔ̃pɛt] | > elle était un peu pompette
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to stream
( + to drip, to trickle ) ruisseler [rɥisle] [ > couler, un ruisseau (brook / une calanque), un flot, tomber goutte à goutte, dégouliner ] la sueur ruisselait sur son front - his brow was dripping with sweat la lumière ruisselait par la fenêtre - light flooded in through the window
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he can go on and on for hours in front of an audience
il peut pérorer devant un public pendant des heures
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peach
``` ( + fishing ) f. la pêche > aller à la pêche [ > une poire ] [ != un poireau - leek ] ```
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to stay out all night
découcher elle a découché - she stayed out all night, she didn't sleep at home last night [ > veiller ]
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racketeering
( = Gaunereien ) m. un racket [ > une magouille ]
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traffic warden / policeman
( + contract public servant ) m. un contractuel f. une contractuelle [ != une contracture - contraction, cramp ( > engoncer ) ]
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un synonyme pour archiver une affaire
( = to close, to file [away], to sort, to arrange, to define ) classer [ définir, cerner, trier (to sort), ficher ]
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to saw up (du bois)
( + to cut up, to produce, to discharge ) débiter [debite] [ > allonger, fournir, façonner, trancher, déverser ]
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to cart around
( + to lug around, to take) trimballer ``` > charrier > emporter > mener > emmener [ɑ̃mne] - to take along > amener - to bring along, to take, to convey (acheminer), to introduce (un sujet), to cause (provoquer, susciter, causer, fomenter) ```
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to reach its peak
culminer [kylmine] [ être à son maximum [maksimɔm] , une apogée, un pic, un sommet, une cime ] [ > couler à pic - to go straight to the bottom ] les plus hauts sommets culminent à plus de 8 000 mètres - the highest peaks are more than 8,000 metres high
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withdrawal
( + deprivation ) m. un sevrage > sevrage tabagique - giving up smoking
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half-baked (un plan, une idée)
(flimsy, flawed, fucked up) foireux , -euse [ > bancal ]
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clutch (d'une voiture)
m. un embrayage [ɑ̃brɛjaʒ]