To Kill a Mockingbird - Part IV Flashcards

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a splinter

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une écharde, une esquille

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a jetty

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une jetée; un embarcadère/débarcadère

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to yank (sth.)

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tirer d’un coup sec sur qc., arracher

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4
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to cuss

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jurer, dire des gros mots

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5
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guileless

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franc

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6
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an overseer

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un chef d’équipe, un responsable, un superviseur

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a deportment

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un comportement, une tenue, un maintien

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a mishap / without mishap

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un incident, un contretemps, une mésaventure / sans encombres

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9
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to hoot

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huer

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10
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a runt

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un avorton

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to subdue (sth.)

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réprimer, brimer; maîtriser

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to croon

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fredonner, chantonner

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to tarry

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tarder, s’attarder

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obstreperous

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récalcitrant, rebelle

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15
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sass

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culot, toupet

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16
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to romp

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s’ébattre

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to jar sb.

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secouer, ébranler (émotions)

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18
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feeble

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faible, fébrile; affaibli; piètre, peu convaincant

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to arouse sb./sth.

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exciter (sexuellement) / susciter, éveiller (intérêt, soupçons)

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20
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inconspicuous

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qui passe inaperçu, qui ne se fait pas remarquer

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a bluejay

22
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tartly

23
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airtight

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hermétique, sous-air; inattaquable, irréfutable (alibi, argument)

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to meddle in sth./ with sth.

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se mêler de qc. / toucher

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a hamper
un panier (linge, pique-nique)
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gloomily
sombrement
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a gauze
une gaze
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to gulp sth.
engloutir, avaler d'un trait; inspirer
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to mosey
faire une balade, un tour (à pied)
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a speck
une petite tache, un grain (poussière)
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lopsided
de travers, de traviole, oblique
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dazed
abasourdi, hébété
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to shiver
frissonner, trembler
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druthers (npl.)
préférence, goût
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the marksmanship
l'habileté, l'adresse au tir
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gingerly
avec précaution
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steep
raide, escarpé, abrupt
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to rake
ratisser
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apoplectic
apoplectique; furieux, très en colère
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sassy
vif, fougueux; insolent, impertinent
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a mutt
un clébard, un cabot, un roquet; un bâtard
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to be bedecked with
être paré, orné de
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a sequin
une paillette
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dim
faible; vague, lointain; bouché, pas fute-fute
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to resent sb.
en vouloir à qn., éprouver de la rancune contre qn., éprouver du ressentiment contre qn.
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grimy
crasseux
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guff (slang)
des bêtises, des conneries, n'importe quoi
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to flail
se débattre
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to skulk
rôder
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the palliation
l'atténuation