Semester 1 tricky Flashcards

(56 cards)

1
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Electric drill

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une perceuse

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2
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pliers

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une pince

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3
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spanner

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clef à molette

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4
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pressure cooker

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cocotte-minute

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5
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jug (earthenware)

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une cruche

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6
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cheese grater

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une râpe à fromage

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7
Q

pepper pot

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un poivrier

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8
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to evade

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éluder

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9
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to be evasive

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se dérober

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10
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to drag

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traîner

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11
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to tow

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remorquer

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12
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to drive a machine/force of nature

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entraîner

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13
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to push into

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enfoncer

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14
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milk the situation

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tirer sur la corde

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15
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suspender belt

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porte-jarretelles

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16
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to saunter

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marcher d’un air dégagé

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17
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to walk with feet turned outwards

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marcher EN canard

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18
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to be pigeon toed

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marcher les pieds en dedans

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19
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to loiter

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traîner

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20
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to linger

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s’attarder

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21
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to sidle up to

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se faufiler jusqu’à

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22
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to strut

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se pavaner

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23
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to stroll

24
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to stagger

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to limp
boiter
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within earshot
à portée de voix
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loud and clear
à haute et intelligible voix
28
to knead
pétrir
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high-pitched voice
voix de crécelle
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booming voice
voix de stentor
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to give someone a headache
casser les oreilles à qqn
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to deafen someone
crever les tympans à qqn
33
spokesperson
porte-parole
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to cut someone off
couper la parole à qqn
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to shout at someone
apostropher à qqn
36
to reveal something
assener qqch à qqn
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to moan/grumble
râler
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use bad language
en dire des vertes et des pas mûres
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tell someone off
sonner les cloches à qqn
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to exclaim
s'écrier
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performer
interprète
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speake for someone
se faire interprète de qqn
43
have to remember that
il faut savoir que
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to roar
rugir
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to screech
glapir
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to yell one's head off
brailler
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to bawl
beugler
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to shout (abuse)
vociférer
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to repeat one's self
radoter
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to keep harping on
rabâcher
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to trip over
trébucher
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to roll over (car)
faire un tonneau
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to topple over x3
s'effondrer, s'écrouler, basculer
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synonym of scruter
balayer
55
coarse
grossier
56
dented, serrated
bosselé, cranté