Vocab français Flashcards

(44 cards)

1
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des charentaises (f)

A

carpet slippers

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2
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en cavale

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on the run

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3
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une plate-bande

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a flower bed

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4
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un parangon

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a paragon

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5
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la calvitie

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baldness

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6
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dégingandé

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gangly

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7
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clairsemé(e)

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sparse/thin (attendance, vegetation, lighting, beard)

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8
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exigu(ë)

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cramped (corridor, room, place)

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9
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(mon/son/leur/etc.) for intérieur

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inner self/conscience (deep within, inwardly, inner voice)

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10
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une débandade

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a fiasco/mess/upheaval/meltdown (unravelling? exodus?)

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11
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le cuir chevelu (gras/sec)

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(oily/dry) scalp

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12
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insurmontable

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insurmountable

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13
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agacé

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annoyed

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14
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pour un oui ou pour un non

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for no (good) reason/for the slightest little thing

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15
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(l’air) hilare

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laughingly, with an amused air

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16
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hissé(e)

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raised/lifted with effort, hoisted

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17
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une gare routière

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bus station

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18
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(arrêter de) faire l’idiot

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(stop) being silly/messing around

19
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se figer (/zh/)

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freeze (in the act of doing something)

20
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crever

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literally: puncture
figuratively: die

21
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un salopard

22
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une courbe

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a bend/curve (in a road)

23
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un bidon

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a can/flask (for a cyclist)

24
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bidon

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bogus/stupid/phoney

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des lacets
shoelaces
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des freins (masc.)
brakes
27
venir de nulle part
come out of/from nowhere
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requinqué
revived/refreshed/buoyed up
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insouciance
recklessness/thoughtlessness/carelessness
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un sursaut d'orgueil
a surge of pride (in oneself)/vanity
31
couiner
squeak, chirp, squeal (e.g. old bike, piglets, etc.)
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un guidon
handlebar
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un bas-côté
shoulder (roadside)
34
un muret
a low stone wall
35
couver
to hatch (something)
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par voie aérienne
by air
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une dernière pour la route
one for the road
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un virage
a turn/shift (literal or figurative)
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un pélerinage
a pilgrimage
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une pente
a slope
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une pente glissante
a slippery slope
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grandir
grow (up)
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un escroc
a crook/petty thief
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une draisine
a handcar