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Star Wars: L'Ancienne République: Complots Flashcards

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Étreindre

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To hug, to clasp (littéraire)

To seize; to grip oppressively or in anger (soutenu)

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Lasse

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Weary

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Lasser

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To weary, to exhaust, to tire, to bore

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Des jérémiades (f)

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Wailing, lamentations

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Des cernes (m)

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Shadows, dark rings under the eyes

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Un abîme (m)

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An abyss, chasm, gulf

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Se raviser

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To change one’s mind

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Empreinte

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Imprinted; stamped
Can also be a noun:
A footprint, a track, a mark, an imprint

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Rayonner

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To beam, to glow

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Le teint

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The tint; the color, can refer to skin color as well

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La buvette

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Refreshment stall

Pump room

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Un commanditaire

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Sleeping or silent partner; backer; sponsor

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L’échiquier (m)

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The chessboard

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L’ombre d’un sourire accrocha ses lèvres

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The shadow of a smile played upon his lips

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Foncer

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To charge, to thrust, to speed along

To darken

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Un voile

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A veil

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Un serrement de cœur

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A pang of anguish; pulling of the heartstrings

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Un serrement de main

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A handshake

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La rouille

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Rust

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Être aux aguets

Demurer aux augets

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To be on watch/lookout/guard

To stay on watch/lookout/guard

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Bringuebalant

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Shaky, rickety

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Un couinement

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A squeak, a whine

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Embuer

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To mist up/over

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S’accroupir

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To crouch down, to squat

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Le palier
The landing
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Déglinguer
To break, to bust | To wreck the health
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Jouxter
To be adjacent to, to adjoin
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Fêler
To crack
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Entrouvert(e)
Half-open, ajar
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Ébaucher
To sketch
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Un grésillement
A crackling
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S'efforcer
To try hard
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Mettre qqn dans un secret
To let someone in on a secret
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Un badaud
A curious onlooker
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Abréger
To abbreviate, to cut short
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S'effriter
To crumble off
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Un déferlement
A flood, an unleashing
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Congédier
To dismiss
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Se caler
To settle into (ex. a chair)
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Soigneusement
Carefully
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S'esclaffer
To burst out laughing
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Être interloqué
To be taken aback
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Se pencher
To bend
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Tu jaillis d'une nébuleuse
To jump out of a nebula | ie To come out of nowhere
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Il se peut que je veuille bien t'aider. Il se peut que je puisse le faire.
It is possible that I am willing to help you. It is possible that I can do it.
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Braquer un regard
To turn a gaze
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Rompre
To break
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Une nouveauté
A novelty
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S'il devait voler avec quelqu'un, autant que ce soit elle.
If he had to fly with somebody, it might as well be her.
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Bourdonner
To buzz
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Avoir un timing du tonnerre
To have a hell of a sense of timing
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L'air abasourdie
A bewildered air
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Le vacarme
The noise
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La concordance temporelle
The timing
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S'étrecire
To narrow oneself
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Repérer
To spot
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Quasiment
Almost
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Effleurer
To touch, to brush
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Quelconque
Any
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Entraider
To help one another
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Étrécir
To narrow, to straighten, to shrivel, to shrink
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Le croiseur
The cruiser
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Un hublot
A porthole
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La divergence
The divergence
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S'opérer
To take place
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Creux
Hollow
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Le blocus
The blockade
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L'afflux
The influx
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Les veines
The veins
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La désillusion
The disappointment
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Un manigance
A little scheme
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Une putréfaction organique
An organic decomposition
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Une cohue
A bustle
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En beuglant
By squalling(mooing)
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Un pas titubant
A staggering step
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Trottoir
Pavement
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Surendettement
Over-indebtedness
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Freddonner
To hum
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Ciller
To blink
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Un talent inné
An innate talent
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Un atout
An asset(trump card)
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Le vacarme
The noise
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Déguerpir
To blot, to make a run for it, to clear off
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L'appareil de la cible
The device/craft of the target
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Un visage ridé
A wrinkled face
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Le trottoir roulant
The moving walkway
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Une cloison
A partition
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Les aires d'atterrissage
Landing areas
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Des grues automatisées (f)
Automated cranes
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Une avancée
An advance
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Déceler
Reveal
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Épier
To spy on, eavesdrop
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Ignorer
To not know | To ignore
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La paroi
The wall
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A la barbe de qqn
Under the nose of someone
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Dégagner
To free, to clear, to emit
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Filer qqn/qqch
To trail/follow someone or something
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Bourdonner
To buzz, to hum
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Un arc fulgurant
A lightning bow(arc)
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Âcre
Acrid
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Frôler
To touch, brush, skim past, come very close to something
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Une traînée noirâtre
A blackish trail
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Une fumerolle
A fumarole | A steaming hole
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Des gerbes d'étincelles
Showers of sparks
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Une moue
A pout
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Tétanisés
Paralyzed
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S'aplatir
To flatten oneself
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Laisser qqn/qqch hors d'haleine
To leave something out of breath
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Une main engourdie
A numb hand
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Un aisselle (f)
An armpit
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Le mollet
The calf
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Décapotable
Convertible
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S'accroupir
Squat

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