Tatiana de Rosnay Flashcards
(110 cards)
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Set straight
Prove wrong
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Détromper
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falling down, collapsing, caving in n and fig
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effondrement nm
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Blue toned
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Bleuté
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A deposit
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Une avance
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make an advance payment, pay a deposit v
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arrhes nf
verser des arrhes make an advance payment, pay a deposit v
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Ill see what i can do
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Je vais voir çe que je peux faire
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Type sort kind
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Genre
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outspokenness, frankness, directness n
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franc-parler nm
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I find him intolerable
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Il m’insupporte
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A trendy place
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Un endroit branché
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cope, hold on, keep going, carry on v
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Tenir le coup
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tasteless, bland adj
insipid, devoid of taste adj
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Fade
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Submission obédience
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Soumission f
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Family name, surname
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Ptronyme m
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lead [sb] astray vtr + adv
be a bad influence on [sb] v expr
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Délurer
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Fatal, fateful
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Fatadique
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Con trick, fraud
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Supercherie f
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Deprive sb fr sth
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Priver qqn de qq
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Break through, pierce, penetrate
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Percer
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Bird of prey
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Rapace m
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Field mouse
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Mulot m
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Destroy, devastate, wipe out
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Anéantir
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Unpleasant nasty adj
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Déplaisant
Une remarque déplaisante
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In stock
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En stock
Also stash, reserve, ton, heaps
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Taunt mock scoff at, laugh at
Narguer
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Vivid red (litt) adj
Gleaming sparkling n
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Rutilant adj
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Knock down mow down
Faucher
| Un camion a fauché un piéton.
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Difficult pain hellish adj
Galère
C'est galère de traverser la France en train d'ouest en est.
Getting from the west to the east of France by train is hellish.
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luggage rock
Porte-bagages m
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Scape goat
Bouc émissaire mf
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Unbearble unsustainable
Insoutenable
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Get soaked
| Mop up
Saucer
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Tiredness weariness n
Lassitude f
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Out of breath breathlessness
| Running out of steam
Essoufflement m
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Floor tile
Tomette f
| Tommette
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Raid police roundup
Rafle f
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Beehive
Ruche f
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Dwarf midget
Nain -e
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Easy as pie, breeze, a walk in the park
Jeu d'enfant m
| And a child's play
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Nonsense sales pitch lies
Salades fpl
| Ne fais pas attention, elle raconte encore des salades.
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Lie v
Giser
| Down!
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Racist attack
Ratonnade f
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Unbalance
Désaxer
| Les deuils successifs dans la famille l'ont désaxé.
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Beat up, rough up
Passer qqn à tabac
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Thats the least of my worries
C'est le cadet de mes soucis
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Lefthanded
(Être) gaucher, gauchère
| Droitier/ère
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Jeweller's jewellery store
Joaillerie f
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Balaclava, hood
Cagoule f
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Foundation, base
| Bedrock
Assise f
| L'assise de cet immeuble est mal assurée.
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Pool
| Pond
Mare (de sang)f
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Hairpiece, wig
Moumoute f
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Self assured
Sûre de soi
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Be on a diet
Être à la diète
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Armed robber
Braqueur m
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Stop suddenly, slam on the brakes
Piler
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Clumsy
Lourdaud adj
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compensation, compensation payment n
insurance payment n
insurance payout n
dédommagement m
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Back, spine
Échine f
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Set back, mishap, glitch
Contretemps m
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Stroke ( medicine)
Apoplexie f
| attaque d'apoplexie nf (medical) stroke
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Resentful, embittered
rancunier nm
qui garde rancune) resentful person, bitter person n
embittered person n
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Blush, turn pink
Rosir
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Spiral, cycle, chain of events
Engrenage m
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Persistance
Obstination f
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Be on edge
Avoir les nerfs en pelote
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Yield, productivity (bus)
Rendement m
maigre rendement nm poor return n
prime de rendement nf productivity bonus n
rendement énergétique nm
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Collateral damage
Les dommages collatéraux
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Nail polish
Vernis (à ongle) m
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At the tip of the tongue
Sur le bout de la langue
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Throw away get rid of
Balancer
| And swing, rock
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Undermining n
Travail de sape m
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commotion, agitation, fuss, bother n
pandemonium, upheaval n
(informal) hullaballoo n
Remue-ménage nm inv
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Nearly almost practically
Quasiment
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(town) outskirts, periphery n
| (abstract) brink, cusp, threshold, verge n
Orée f
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(formal) in this way adv
like this, like that adv
like so adv
(formal, literary) thus adv
Ainsi
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Back ( ofchair)
Dossier m
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Clear lucide
Limpide adj
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Laundry room
Bouderie f
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Star (Sky)
Astre m
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Casually, in an offhand way
Avec désinvolture
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Young madam, little madam
Donzelle f
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Visiting room
Parloir m
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Be slightly overweight, be carrying an extra few pounds
Avoir de l'embonpoint
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Recently, in former times once, formerly
Naguère
| As before, previously comme naguère
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Shifty, sneaky, sly
Sournois adj
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Hate v
Haïr
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Resentment, bitterness, dislike
Ressentiment
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Remarkably
Remarquablement
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Have the guts
Avoir du cran
| Cran guts, notch, hole
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Become besotted, infatuated
S'enticher
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Remain impassive
Rester de marbre
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Overwhelm
Overwork, overburden
Oppress
Accabler
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Partnership, team, twosome
Binôme m
And partner
Nous sommes dans la même chambre, c'est mon binôme.
J et P forment un exc binome de travail.
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Sketch, summary
Croquis m
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Confuse the issue
Noyer le poisson
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Eat up, consume
Dévorer
| And devour
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Give sth to sb, give sb sth
Consacrer qqc à qqn
Je n'ai pas bc de temps à te consacrer aujourd'hui.
And sanction, give yr blessing to
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Mixed race, half caste
| Cross bred, mongrel
Métis m
| Blended, mixed blood, cotton linen mix
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Kennel
Chenil m
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Idleness, leisure, lazing about, vegging out n
Farniente m
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Take apart take into pieces
Désosser
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Scar
Balafre f
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Show present display
Exhiber
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Take off (inf)
Prendre la tangente
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irrefutable, indisputable, irrebuttable adj
| conclusive adj
irréfragable
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swollen, puffed up adj
boursouflé
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Forensic
Lègiste
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Detect discover
Déceler
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Flaw loophole
Faille f
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Relentlessly
D'arrache pied
