Sue Grafton Flashcards

(105 cards)

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Straight away, immediately

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Sitôt

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Erase, wipe, clean

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Effacer

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Bowlegged

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Bancal

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Strand of hair, candle wick, bit (horse halter), fuse

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Mèche f

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Meagre offering, pittance,

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Obole m

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Tanned, bronzed

Colouring

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Hâlé

Hâle m

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Enjoy v

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Jouir de

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Hop scotch

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Marelle f

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Dazzle

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Éblouir

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Squabble, quarrell, fall out

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Se brouiller

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Roll, wrap, fool, trick v

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Rouler

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Drill (tool)

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Perceuse f

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Beat up v

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Tabasser

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Plane (tool)

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Rabot m

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Hold up, support

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Soutenir

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Pride and joy

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Orgueil m

Martin, c’est l’orgueil de sa mère.

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Hardly, barely, scarcely

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À peine

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worm

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Ver m

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Perpetual, never ending

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Sempiternel adj

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Crumple up

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Chiffonner v

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Sleep like a log

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Dormir comme un loir

Loir, dormouse, + bother, worry

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Patch up

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Rafistoler

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Vice (tool)

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Étau m

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To get off my face (drunk), to get wasted

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Prendre une cuite

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Protruding chin
Menton en galoche | Galoche, shoe, inf smootch
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Flapping. Wavering, hesitation
Flottement m
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Light bulb
Ampoule f
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Drunk, drunkard n
Poivrot m
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Handle, fistful
Poignée f
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Stew, simmer + plot, scheme v
Mijoter
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Rebuff someone
Rembarrer qqn
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Virgin, blank
Vierge f
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Hinder, hamper + inf cotton on
Entraver
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Temple (head)
Tempe f
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Slog, trek, clamber
Crapahuter
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Slate + (unpaid) bill fig.
Ardoise f
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Excrement
Ordure f
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Lock smith
Serrurier
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Odds and evens
Paires et impaires
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Bring to a close, settle, cordon off (police)
Boucler | Bouclé curly
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A handful of
A poignée de
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Bravery, courage
(Avec) vaillance
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Prayer n
Oraison f
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Yawn + gap n
Baîllement m
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Infinitel, w/o end, ad finitum
Éternellement
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Stingy, mean (person)
Chiche
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Piss v inf, gush
Pisser | Pisser le sang bleed everywhere, gush blood
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Principal, head master
Proviseur
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Senile, soft in the head, doodering
(Etre) gâteux -euse
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Shifty, sleazy
Louche adj C'est histoire est bien louche. Avoir l'air louche
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Beat wildly, pound wildly
Battre la chamade
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Ladle n
Louche f
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Assault, attack, mugging
Agression f Etre victime d'une agression Agression sexuelle
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Catch a cold
S'enrhumer | Etre en train de s'enrhumer
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Completely, straight out + straight
Carrément adv | C'est carrément genial!
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Spiral staircase
Escalier en colimaçon | Colimaçon m spiral
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Loud speaker, mega phone
Porte-voix m
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Flicker, blink
Clignoter | Mon répondeur clignotait.
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Whistling(birds),wheezing (asthma), whistling noise
Sifflement m
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Rabies
Rage f
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Swallow (bird)
Hirondelle f | Nid = nest
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At that moment
A cet instant
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I've got to go!
Je vais y aller | Note the y is not translated in Engl
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Believe it or not
Il faut croire
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It takes time
Il faut du temps
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You have to want it
Il faut le vouloir
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If necessary
S'il le faut
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Sneak out, do a runner
Filer à l'anglaise
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Eye lash
Racine (f) des cils
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Tepid, lukewarm
Tiède
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Lumpy, rough, harsh, cruel
Âpre
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Pounding, hammering
Martèlement
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Party animal
Fêtard m
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After-shave
Après-rasage m
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Maid n
Soubrette f
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I don t know a soul
Je ne connais pas un chat
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Sheepish, shame faced, abashed
Penaud | Comme un chien penaud
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Hug the walls
Raser les murs
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Stuff, cram, squeeze | Be piled/ heaped up
Entasser | S'entasser
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Happy as a lark | Happy as Larry
Etre gai comme un pinson | Pinson is a type of finch
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Dont fret!
Ne te bille pas! Inf
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be scared stiff of expr be scared to death of be terrified of expr
``` avoir une peur bleue de (avoir très peur de qch)q scare [sb] out of their wits v expr scare [sb] half to death v expr Faire une peur bleue à qqn ```
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Social outcast, down and out, derelict
Gueuse f
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Serrated, jagged, fig. uneven, with ups and downs
En dents de scie
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Crook, cheat, swindler
Escroc m
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Collect (get) a fine
Récolter une amende | Faire une amende. Make amends
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Stun, stupefy, astound
Méduser
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Ripe, mature
Mûr
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Det angår inte er
Ca ne vous regarde pas
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To cheat, swindle, rip off and noun
Arnaquer | Arnaque f
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Bladder
Vessie. F
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To spread gossip
Colporter de ragots
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Groogy, whoozy + dubious, questionable + muddy
Vaseux - se
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Table cloth, blanket, layer
Nappe f | Napper coat, cover, plaster
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Give somebody a helping hand | Give a little help
Filer un coup de pouce à qqn | Donner ...
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Have a word with Go and see somebody Be aimed at Be intended for
S'adresser à qqn
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Send, express, offer (formal), to address
Adresser
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Relief adv
Soulagement
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Nevertheless
Cependant
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Stake | Bed
Pieu m
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Disgust,nausea n
écœurement nm (nausée)
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Chain,string, ribbon
Sautoir m
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To take aback
Interloquer
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Preacher
Predicateur
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Draft, glass (take a drink of) n
Rasade f | Elle prit son verre et en avala une bonne rasade