Vocabulary 7 Flashcards

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la bienfaisance

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benevolence, well doing

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épuiser

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to exhaust

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la filière de l’argent

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the money trail

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dresser

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to draw up

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la coutellerie

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cutlery

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paradoxalement

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paradoxically

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raffermir

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to reinforce, firm up

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un évêché

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a diocese

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embarrasser

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to embarrass, to put in an awkward position

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un motard (colloquial)

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biker

motorcycle cop

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fulgurant (adj)

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brilliant

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un dompteur

une dompteuse

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tamer

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la quincaillerie

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hardware

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l’esbroufe (f)

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bluff

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une faille

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a break (breach)

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gâté (adj)

un enfant gâté

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spoiled

a spoiled child

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un cadenas

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padlock

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aléatoire (adj)

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random, unpredictable

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censé (adj)

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supposed

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banque de données

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databank

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aspirer

aspirer à

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breathe, inhale

to aspire to

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un fétiche

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a fetish

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un boîtier

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a housing, casing

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une constatation

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certification, verification

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acheminer
to route, channel, convey
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un abonnement
a subscription
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un recoupement
a cross reference
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un poignée de main
handshake
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la poigne
grip, grasp
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securir
to succor, help
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ostensiblement
ostensibly
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une salve
a salvo
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se méfier
to be wary
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nuire
to harm
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figé (adj)
deadpan
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figer
to freeze
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rafler (Colloquial)
to nick, swipe
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approvisionner s'approvisionner
to supply, to set up to stock up
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dévisager qqn
to stare at someone
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la cécité
blindness
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une boutade
a witticism
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déceler
detect, disclose
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une perruque
wig
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étaler
to spread out
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un tantinet (colloquial) Ça me semble un tantinet comique.
a trifle, a mite (ie, a tiny bit) That seems to me to be a trifle humorous.
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un baroudeur
warrior, adventurer
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un atout
an asset
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la formation
formation, grounding
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entaché (adj)
tainted
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une ingérence
interference
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un évitement
avoidance
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un baveur
one who talks nonsense
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percuter se percuter
to crash into to collide
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préoccuper
to preoccupy, worry
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préoccupant (adj)
preoccupied, worried
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user
to wear out
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dissimuler dissimuler à qqn
to conceal to conceal from someone
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un appât
bait
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appâter
to bait, to lure
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pianoter
to drum one's finger | to tap keys (piano, keyboard)
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parvenir
to reach, attain
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alléguer
to allege
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sustenter
to sustain
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se sustenter
to have a snack
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quand même Vous n'avez quand même pas pensé que j'aurais pu faire ça.
surely Surely you didn't think that I could have done that.
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préétabli (adj)
predetermined, preestablished
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farfelu (adj)
far-fetched
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un boudoir
ladies dressing room | ladyfinger biscuit
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une pastèque
watermelon
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un brugnon
nectarine
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vachement (adj) (slang) Il a vachement maigri.
damned, bloody, really He's lost a hell of a lot of weight.
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un jeton
token
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aigri (adj)
embittered
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aigrir s'aigrir
to embitter qqn to become embittered
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l'embonpoint (m)
portliness
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l'étalage (m)
display
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de pair avec Son embonpoint va de pair avec son caractère généreux.
goes along with His portliness goes along with his generous character.
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la propreté
cleanliness
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la bienveillance
benevolence, kindness, goodwill
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pigeonner
to cheat
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horripiller
to exasperate
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horrifique (adj)
horrific
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horripilateur (adj)
exasperating
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encaisser Il savait encaisser.
to encase to "take it" (slang) He knew how to take it (ie, be imperturbable to affrontery)
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s'affranchir de...
to free oneself from...
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attarder | s'attarder sur
to linger | to dwell on
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le déguisement
disguise
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savamment (adv)
intelligently, cleverly
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brasser
brew, toss around, shuffle, intermingle
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convaincant (adj)
convincing, persuasive
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envoûter envoûter son auditoire
to bewitch to hold his audience spellbound
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l'attente (f)
expectation | wait
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la croissance
growth
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la capital-action
share
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l'actionnaire majoritaire
majority shareholder
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l'entente (f)
understanding, agreement
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le/la complice
accomplice, accessory
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le rendement
productivity, capacity, efficiency | yield, return
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un châtiment
punishment
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clément (adj)
lenient, clement, mild
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avoir le vent en poupe (idiom)
to have the wind in one's sails
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un partenariat
partnership
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se mettre en valeur Je dois pouvoir me mettre en valeur lors du job dating.
to make oneself valuable, sought after I should be able to make myself sought after at the hiring fair.