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Vocab List 2 Flashcards

1
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weigh down with ballast

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lester - charger de lest

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police sergeant; warrant officer

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un adjudant

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a lock-up (garage)

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un box

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to show bias

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Vous avez manifesté du parti pris.

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5
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crooked, askew, on a slant

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ce tableau est en biais

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to defect

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faire défection

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a blunt instrument

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une arme contondante

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a club

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une massue

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a cudgel

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un gourdin

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a mace (weapon)

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une masse d’arme

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11
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a time bomb

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une bombe à retardement

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12
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to shoot someone down with a firearm

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abattre quelqu’un avec une arme à feu

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13
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to add a little extra to the pot

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Mettre du beurre dans les épinards

Arrondir ses fins de mois

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14
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Spontaneous

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Primesautier

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15
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Teutonic

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Tudesque

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16
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Rigged, falsified

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Truqué

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17
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Hacking

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Pirater (le piratage informatique)

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18
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No matter

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Qu’à cela ne tienne

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19
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To do a handstand

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Faire le poirier

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20
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Fallow land

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La jachère

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21
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An escapade

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Une frasque

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22
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Bladder stones

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Les calculs de la vessie

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23
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To damage/ prejudice

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Léser

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24
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Indefensible

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Indéfendable

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25
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Spaced out

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Dans un état second

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26
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To clown around

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Faire le pitre

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27
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Appropriate

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Idoine

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28
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At full tilt

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À fond de train (À ce train-là)

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29
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To skid

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Déraper

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30
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To breathe life into

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Insuffler

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31
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The hold of a ship

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Le cale d’un bâtiment

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32
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A mound or small pile

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Un monceau

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33
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A paring

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Une rognure

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34
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Strident

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Strident (strider)

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35
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Mockery, derision

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Du persiflage

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36
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A ferrule

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Une virole

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37
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Until further notice

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Jusqu’à nouvel ordre

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38
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COCOÉ

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Commission de contrôle des opérations électorales

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39
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To mope about

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Se morfondre

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40
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Womb

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Le ventre, l’utérus, la matrice (vieilli)

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41
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Thingamajig, gizmo

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Une bidule

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42
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Recently/ shortly; this afternoon

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Tantôt

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43
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A mount (horse)

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Une monture

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44
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To spur

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Éperonner; piquer des deux

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45
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Steel industry

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La sidérurgie

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46
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Speak for themselves

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Les chiffres parlent d’eux-mêmes

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47
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On the go

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Sur la brèche; sur le pouce

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48
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Boiling point

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Le point d’ébullition

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49
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Melting point

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Le point de liquéfaction

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50
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Freezing point

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Le point de congélation

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51
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Rail employee

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Un cheminot

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52
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Tram employee

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Un traminot

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53
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St Bartholomew was skinned alive.

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St Barthélemy a été écorché vif.

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54
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A wallflower

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Une giroflée; Une personne qui fait tapisserie

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55
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Port and starboard

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Bâbord et tribord

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56
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Secondment, posting

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Une affectation provisoire

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57
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A stake in the heart

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Un pieu dans le cœur

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58
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Teeth (fangs) of an animal

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Les crocs

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59
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Firing squad

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Le peloton d’exécution

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60
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Flint

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Le silex

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61
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To clean out

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Curer

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62
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To scour/ scrub

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Récurer

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63
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A mop

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Une serpillière

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64
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To revise downwards

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Revoir à la baisse

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65
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To tone things down

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Mettre de l’eau dans son vin

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66
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To get tit for tat/ a taste of your own medicine

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On lui rend la monnaie de sa pièce.

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67
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A storeroom

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Un débarras

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68
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Escape from

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Réchapper d’une maladie/ d’un accident
Échapper à la mort/ la noyade
S’échapper d’une prison/ une cage (s’évader)

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69
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A stirrup

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Un étrier

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70
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Relapsed

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Relaps

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71
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It’s becoming tiresome.

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Cela devient fastidieux.

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72
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The parable of the prodigal son

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La parabole de l’enfant prodige

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73
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A cowpat

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Une bouse

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74
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Pitch

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La poix

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75
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Scabies

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La gale de la brebis

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76
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A shepherd

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Un berger, pâtre (un pasteur)

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77
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A big wig

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Un gros bonnet

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78
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A hearth

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Un âtre, un foyer

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79
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A dildo

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Un godemiché

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80
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At the level of

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À fleur de

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81
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Curled up

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Le chien couché en cercle sur le tapis (Enroulé)

82
Q

Life annuity, life pension

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Une rente viagère; Une pension viagère

83
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The reef

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L’écueil , le récif

84
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Along the way

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Chemin faisant

85
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Ampersand

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Une esperluette

86
Q

Slipper, pump, ballet shoe

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Un chausson

87
Q

Claret

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Un (vin) clairet

88
Q

Change the font

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Changer la police

89
Q

The serif typeface

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La police serif

90
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Aes alienum

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Living by ‘another’s brass’, ie in debt

91
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You look a bit peculiar

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Tu as l’air (tout) chose

92
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Northern + Southern

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Septentrional + méridional

93
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An outcry

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Une levée de boucliers

94
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Contaminated, adulterated

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Frelaté

95
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To amaze

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Sidérer, épater, abasourdir

96
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Comical and bizarre

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Cocasse

97
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West African side channel of river

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Un marigot

98
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Oxbow lake

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Un bras mort

99
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Community service

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Les travaux d’intérêt général

100
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To do voluntary work

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Faire du bénévolat

101
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Obituary

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Une nécrologie

102
Q

An intersection

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Une patte d’oie

103
Q

To go every which way

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Tirer à hue et à dia

104
Q

The Plank

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Le Madrier

105
Q

Employment tribunal

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Saisir les prud’hommes (Conseil de prud’hommes)

106
Q

A hurdy-gurdy

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Une vielle (à roue)

107
Q

An anchorite/ anchoress

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Un/une anachorète (un ermite, un reclus)

108
Q

Flea-bitten

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Pouilleux

109
Q

An axle

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Un essieu

110
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To send a formal notice

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Mettre en demeure

Une mise en demeure par recommandé avec accusé de réception

111
Q

The deal was done

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Le marché fut conclu

112
Q

Lead poisoning

A

Le saturnisme

La planète Saturne est le symbole du plomb en alchimie

113
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A machete

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Une machette

114
Q

To beach, run aground

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Échouer (sur un écueil)

115
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Dog bowl

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Une écuelle (bol) pour chien

116
Q

Gruel

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Le gruau

117
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Raw material

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La matière première (Les denrées = alimentation)

118
Q

To pile up

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S’amonceler

119
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A local train (hum)

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Un tortillard

120
Q

To count/ bank on

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Tabler sur

121
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Eddy, swirl

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Le remous

122
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A jacuzzi

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Un jacuzzi/ bain à remous

123
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Good as gold

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Sage comme une image

124
Q

Electronic tag

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Bracelet électronique

125
Q

Clear off, sling your hook

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Se barrer

126
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To release, discharge

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Relaxer

127
Q

Tracking device

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Une balise (baliser)

128
Q

Big fibs

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De gros bobards

129
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To clear, exonerate

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Disculper, innocenter, blanchir

130
Q

Lumpy, clotted

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Grumeleux (Avec des grumeaux)

131
Q

To live at someone’s expense

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Vivre aux crochets de quelqu’un

132
Q

Swordfish

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Un espadon

133
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Attractive

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Attractif - qui présente un intérêt/ avantage; Attrayant - qui plaît; Attirant - qui séduit

134
Q

Forgive the expression

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Passez- moi l’expression

135
Q

Keep a low profile

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Faire profile bas

136
Q

At this rate

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À ce train, à ce rythme

137
Q

To do rounds

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Le médécin a fait sa tournée; Le gardien a fait ses rondes

138
Q

Welfare state

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État providence

139
Q

A Private (soldier)

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Un simple soldat/ soldat de deuxième classe; Un caporal (next rank up)

140
Q

Under the spotlight

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Sous les feux de l’actualité

141
Q

Sucker, suction pad

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Une ventouse

142
Q

A sample

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Prélever un échantillon (sanguin)

Un prélèvement de sang

143
Q

Attract / lure customers

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Appâter / attirer le chaland

144
Q

Helplessness

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Impuissance

145
Q

Gaudy

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Tapageur, criard

146
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To impale

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Empaler

147
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To sweeten (+ tone down)

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Édulcorer

148
Q

Advocate, strongly recommend

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Préconiser

149
Q

An albino

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Un albinos

150
Q

Minatory

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Comminatoire, menaçant

151
Q

Personal attack to undermine argument

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Ad hominen

152
Q

A still life

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Une nature morte

153
Q

Larger than life

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Plus grand que nature

154
Q

A receipt

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Un reçu, un ticket de caisse

155
Q

To check out

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Régler la note

156
Q

A rash

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Des rougeurs; Une éruption (Cutanée/ miliaire )

157
Q

WWI soldier

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Un poilu

158
Q

The backs of the knees

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Les jarrets

159
Q

Dire, calamitous

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Funeste

160
Q

Superscript

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(La mise en) exposant

161
Q

HTML tags

A

Les balises HTML

162
Q

To castrate (animals)

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Castrer, châtrer

163
Q

A gelding

A

Un hongre

164
Q

Shoulder blade

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Une omoplate

165
Q

A boor, lout, redneck

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Un rustre

166
Q

To brush with (egg)

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Badigeonner

167
Q

A road-mender

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Un cantonnier

168
Q

Penal colony

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Le bagne

169
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Vindictive

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Vindicatif

170
Q

Thumb a lift

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Faire du pouce, de l’autostop

171
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Kill two birds with one stone

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Faire d’une pierre deux coups

172
Q

The pound

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Mettre un chien/ une voiture à la fourrière

173
Q

A cavity, socket

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Une alvéole, une cavité

174
Q

A pulley

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Une poulie; Une moufle = pulley system

175
Q

Arched window

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Une fenêtre cintrée

176
Q

Reef

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Un écueil, un récif

177
Q

Daredevil (person); Death-trap (place)

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Un casse-cou

178
Q

Cave paintings

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Art rupestre

179
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Greasy spoon

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Une gargote

180
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Thicket, undergrowth

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Le fourré du bois

181
Q

Stub, stump

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La souche (d’un arbre, d’un carnet de chèques)

182
Q

Pine cones

A

Pommes de pin

183
Q

Pine nuts

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Pignons de pin

184
Q

At right angles

A

En équerre

Équarrir

185
Q

A no-show

A

J’ai un lapin; Quelqu’un m’a posé un lapin

186
Q

Mean

A

Mesquin (Des mesquineries)

187
Q

Shepherd’s crook

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Une houlette, un bâton de berger

La crosse d’un éveque

188
Q

Dedicate a book

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Dédicacer

189
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Settle or balance

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Boucler (un budget)

190
Q

Laconically, tersely

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Laconiquement (en peu de mots)

191
Q

To fall over, take a tumble; To knock someone over

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Faire la culbute; Culbuter qu’un

192
Q

Elder, elderberry

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Le sureau (Une baie de) sureau

193
Q

To crush, pulverise

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Broyer

194
Q

At full gallop, don’t spare the horses

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À franc étrier (= sans quitter la selle)

195
Q

To trip up

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Trébucher, faire un croche-pied

196
Q

A jack

A

Un cric (avec ou sans le c)

197
Q

Basement window

A

Le soupirail

198
Q

To prune

A

Élaguer, émonder

199
Q

To sleep like a log

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Dormir comme une masse

200
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On the level, legit

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French Vocabulary (4 decks)

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