Schrines of Gaiety French -> English Flashcards

Voc (48 cards)

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Dissuader

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To deter

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2
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Hétéroclite

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Motley

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3
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Foule

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Throng

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Aristo, le gratin

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Toff, the Toffs

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5
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Curieux, badau

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Rubberneck (x2)

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Tirer d’un coup sec sur la manche

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To tug at the sleeve

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7
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Se balancer

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To sway

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8
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Terne

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Drab

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9
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Allonger le cou

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To crane the neck

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10
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Affreux, atroce

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Wicked (x2)

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Faire attention superficiellement à quelque chose

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To pay cursory attention to something

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12
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Parenté

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Kinship

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13
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Groupe

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Bevy

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14
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Feuilleter

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To leaf

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15
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Un petit groupe

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A Huddle

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16
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Terne

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Lacklustre

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17
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Foyer, âtre

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The grate (x2)

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18
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Une blouse

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A smock

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19
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Qui en fait trop (un acteur par exemple)

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Hammy

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20
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Egayer

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Une feuille de chou, un torchon

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Corne d’abondance

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Convenir

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Rendre hommage à qqun

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To pipe someone back on board

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Une étreinte
A clutch
26
Une danse las
A weary dance
27
Une gueule ouverte
An open maw
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Relever le postérieur
To bring up the rear
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Le rejeton de la portée
The runt of the litter
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Les troupes d'élite
The crack troops
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Etre assaili par
To be beset by
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Une tourbière
A bog
33
Vagabondage, errance
Vagrancy (x2)
34
Colporter
To peddle
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… par-dessus le marché
… to boot
36
Faire éclore un plan
To hatch a plan
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Moisi
Mildewed
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Un prêteur sur gage
A pawnbroker
39
Marchander, un marchandeur
To haggle, a haggler
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Sale, souilé
Filthy (x2)
41
Escroquerie
Fleecing
42
Un homme pimpant, fringuant
A dapper man
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Inflexible
Adamantine
44
Je ne suis pas encore gâteux
I'm not in my dotage yet
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Une recrudescence, une avalanche
A spate (x2)
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Grincer
To grate
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Rusé
Sly
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Un élancement dans le dos
A twinge in the back