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Vocab List 4 Flashcards

1
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Shell of a snail/ of a tortoise

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la coquille (d’un gastéropode); la carapace (d’un reptile)

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2
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Mutiny

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la mutinerie

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3
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Embryonic stem cells

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les cellules souches embryonnaires

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4
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To endure, to linger

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perdurer

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5
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A hubcap

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un enjoliveur

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6
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To someone’s credit

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À l’actif de qu’un

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7
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To be quick off the mark

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Tirer plus vite que son ombre

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8
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To go one further, to have the last word

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Renchérir

Tu renchéris toujours sur ce que je dis.

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9
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Son-in-law, daughter-in-law

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le gendre, la bru (vieilli)

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10
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Co-education

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la mixité

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11
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Countdown

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le compte à rebours (marcher à rebours; lire à rebours)

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12
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recovered (health)

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rétabli (guéri)

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13
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A pest

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un organisme/ insecte nuisible

un nuisible

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14
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A golden oldie, an overplayed tune

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une scie

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15
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beep, tone

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le bip

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16
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Tinnitus

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L’acouphène

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17
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An automatic reflex

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Un automatisme

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18
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The fount of knowledge

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Le puits de science

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19
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To winch up into a helicopter

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Hélitreuiller qu’un

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20
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Cross my heart and hope to die

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Croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens je vais en enfer.

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21
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A feral chat

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Un chat haret

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22
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The Orkneys

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Les Orcades

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23
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A stowaway

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un passager clandestin

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24
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To come loose (tooth)

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La dent s’est déchaussé

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25
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Accomplished

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abouti

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26
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In the doldrums

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Dans le marasme

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27
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A cubby hole, box room

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un cagibi

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28
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Utility room

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la buanderie

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29
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A throbbing pain

A

une douleur lancinante

Ma blessure élance

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30
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A potholer (spelunker)

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Un spéléologue

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31
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Bullrushes

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Les joncs

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32
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A workbench

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Un établi

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33
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An anvil

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une enclume

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34
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A joist

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Une solive

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35
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A stilt

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Une échasse

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36
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A homebody

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Un casanier

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37
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Coral

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Un corail, des coraux (exception à la règle)

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38
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To pat

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Tapoter

Il me tapota la main.

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39
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Spellbinding

A

Envoûtant

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40
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A phial, vial

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Un flacon, une fiole

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41
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Nested tables, a sofa bed

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Des tables gigognes, un lit gigogne

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42
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A firewall

A

un pare-feu

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43
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The sooner the better

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Le plus tôt sera le mieux.

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44
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An otter

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une loutre

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45
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Right at the very end

A

à la toute fin

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46
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A paper trail

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Une trace documentaire

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47
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To put something to a vote

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Mettre quelque chose aux voix

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48
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Hoodies

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Les jeunes à capuche

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49
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A makeshift shelter

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Un abri de fortune

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50
Q

A transcript (university)

A

Un relevé de notes

Une transcription

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51
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To contain, hold

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Receler, renfermer, contenir.

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52
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To cap it all

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Pour couronner le tout

53
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The benefit of the doubt

A

le bénéfice du doute

54
Q

Ponytail with a big bow

A

Un catogan

55
Q

A court shoe, a pump

A

Un escarpin

56
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Very fine, thin

A

Ténu: une brume ténue, un fil de cuivre ténu.

Un lien ténu.

57
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Notification of a relevant fact/ Filing a complaint.

A

Déposer une main-courante

58
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A sparkler

A

Un cierge magique

59
Q

A flare

A

Un feu de Bengale

60
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To flout, ridicule, besmirch

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Bafouer

61
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The bosom of the family

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Le giron de la famille

62
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To mark out, delineate, punctuate

A

Jalonner

63
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Work-life balance

A

Équilibre vie pro/ vie perso

64
Q

To strike someone off

A

Radier qu’un

65
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Chalk and cheese

A

Le jour et la nuit

66
Q

Porridge

A

Le gruau d’avoine

67
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Climbing frame

A

Une cage à poules

68
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Stamina

A

De l’endurance

69
Q

Incident, adventure

Twists and turns

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Une péripétie

70
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To encroach upon

A

Empiéter sur

71
Q

Circumnavigation, long voyage

A

Un périple

72
Q

Demob happy

A

C’est la quille!

Fêter la quille.

73
Q

The tip

A

La déchetterie

74
Q

I was confused

A

Cela m’a laissé perplexe.

75
Q

The tip

A

La déchèterie

76
Q

Apportion blame

A

Attribuer la responsabilité

77
Q

Garden fence

A

La clôture de jardin

78
Q

To sit on the fence

Equivocate, prevaricate

A

Ne pas se prononcer

Tergiverser

79
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To get into s’th, to get into the habit of s’th

A

Prendre le pli de quelque chose

80
Q

A traffic cone

A

Un plot/ cône de signalisation

81
Q

Cocky

A

Impudent, fiérot, trop sûr de soi

82
Q

Madagascan

A

malgache

83
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A jolt, bump, lurch

A

Un cahot

NB homophone of le chaos

84
Q

On the frontiers, bordering

A

Limitrophe

85
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Barbed wire

A

Des barbelés

86
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A hoax

A

Un canular

87
Q

Suck the lifeblood out it

A

Vampiriser

88
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Rubble, debris

A

Les décombres

89
Q

Undermining (lit)

Energy-sapping (fig)

A

La sape

90
Q

Barrier to stop the spread of disease

A

Un cordon sanitaire (Fr and Eng)

91
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Capillary action

A

La capillarité

92
Q

Chair bed

A 
Une chauffeuse
(Un lit d'appoint)
93
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Spare, secondary, backup

A

D’appoint

Éclairage, lit, revenu

94
Q

Support base

A

Une base arrière

95
Q

To swap

A

Troquer q’ch contre (pour)

96
Q

Party animal

A

Un fêtard / une fêtarde

97
Q

To lose its charm

To lose its lustre

A

Perdre de son charme

Perdre de sa superbe

98
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A mild spell

A

Un redoux

99
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Conservative estimate

A

Une estimation prudente

Au bas mot

100
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A bond

A

Une obligation

100
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Bond markets

A

Les marchés obligataires

101
Q

To dupe, con, mislead

A

Rouler dans la farine

Je me suis fait roulé dans la farine

102
Q

To show, highlight

A

Mettre en évidence

Mettre en exergue

103
Q

Defend your turf

A

Défendre son pré carré

104
Q

An ulterior motive, hidden agenda

A

Une arrière-pensée

105
Q

An odd sock

A

Une chaussette dépareillée

106
Q

Bookmakers are offering odds on …

A

Les bookmakers offre des cotes sur

107
Q

Die of natural causes, a quiet death

A

Mourir de sa belle mort

108
Q

Balance of power

A

Rapport de force

109
Q

Draw the short straw

A

Tirer à la courte paille

110
Q

Gypsy caravan

A

Une roulotte (des Roms, des gens du voyage)

111
Q

Vegan

A

Végétalien

112
Q

A conspiracy

A

Un complot, une conspiration

113
Q

To go all out on something

A

Mener qch tambour battant

114
Q

Jubilation

A

La liesse

115
Q

A way with words

A

Le sens de la formule

116
Q

Ore

A

Le minérai

Le minérai de fer

117
Q

Not to be taken in

A

Ne pas s’en laisser conter

118
Q

Rhinestone

A

Le strass

119
Q

To tack (boats)

A

Louvoyer

120
Q

A wrestler

A

Un catcheur (le catch)

121
Q

A kerfuffle

A

Un cafouillage

122
Q

The recess

A

Le renfoncement

123
Q

Monitor lizard

A

Le varan

124
Q

Time zone

A

Fuseau horaire

125
Q

People skills

A

Avoir de l’entregent

126
Q

Rickets

A

Le rachitisme

127
Q

A blunder

A

Une boulette, bévue

128
Q

Squeamish

A

Délicat, sensible

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