Vocabulaire: Moderato Cantabile II Flashcards
(32 cards)
0
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un aveu
A
a confession
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Anéantissant
A
completely destructive
2
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s’accouder
A
to lean on/prop oneself up on one’s elbows
3
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baveux/euse
A
salia-y/drool-y
4
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Briser les reins
A
(literally to break someone’s kidneys)
to break the back of or destroy
5
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le cerne
A
bruise or dark circles under the eyes
6
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La clarité
A
clarity or bright light
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la crispation
A
tic
8
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éreinté
A
completely exhausted
9
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frôler
A
brush/touch lightly
10
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fugace
A
fleeting/brief
11
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Le guet
A
surveillance/look-out
12
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hébéter
A
make stupid/daze
13
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le linceul
A
shroud
14
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par-dessus le marché
A
on top of the bargin
15
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posé
A
poised
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un repere/ un point de repere
A
reference point
17
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rôder
A
lurk
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séant
A
decent/appropriate
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sournoisement
A
sneakily
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le supplice
A
torture
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une surenchere
A
an outbid or overbid/ a promise to do more
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verser
A
to pour
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vrombir
A
make the sound a motor makes
24
l'allocation (f) famille
family benefit/tax deduction
25
concilier carriere et famille
reconcile career and family
26
les fiançialles (f)
engagement
27
le machisme
male chauvinism
28
les parents proches
close relatives
29
prendre sa retraite
to retire
30
le troisieme âge
old age
31
veuf/veuve
widower/widow
