Vocabz Flashcards

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Un croisé de dieux

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A crusader

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La guirlande

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A garland

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Douillet (adj.)

*c’est bien chez toi, c’est douillet

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Cosy, snug

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La Gargot (pejorative)

Une Gargot ambulante

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Cheap restaurant

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Le Summum

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  1. [d’une carrière] peak, zenith (soutenu)
    [d’une civilisation] acme
    [de l’élégance, du luxe, de l’arrogance] height
    au summum de sa puissance at the peak of its power
    elle était au summum de son art quand elle peignit ce tableau her art was at its peak OU height when she painted this picture
  2. (familier & locution)
    c’est le summum!
    a. [on ne peut faire mieux] it’s the tops!
    b. [on ne peut faire pire] it’s the end!
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berner [bɛrne]

on s’est fait berner

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[tromper] to fool, to dupe, to hoax

we were taken in OU duped

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se morfondre

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To mope

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Le plouc [pluk]
nom masculin

ça fait plouc

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(familier & péjoratif) yokel, bumpkin, hick (US)

it’s vulgar

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Ratatiner

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  1. (familier) [démolir]
    le bâtiment a été ratatiné en quelques secondes the building was reduced to a pile of rubble within seconds
    la voiture a été complètement ratatinée the car was completely smashed up
  2. [flétrir]
    l’âge l’a complètement ratatiné he has become wizened with age
  3. (familier) [battre]
    je me suis fait ratatiner au tennis/aux échecs I got thrashed at tennis/chess
    [assassiner]
    il s’est fait ratatiner he got done in
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Foudroyer

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  1. météorologie to strike
    deux personnes ont été foudroyées hier pendant l’orage two people were struck by lightning yesterday during the thunderstorm
  2. [tuer] to strike down (separable)
    foudroyer quelqu’un du regard OU des yeux (figuré) to look daggers at somebody
  3. [anéantir] to strike down (separable)
    la mort de ses parents l’a foudroyé he was crushed by his parents’ death
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inexorablement [inɛgzɔrabləmɑ̃]

adverbe

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[inévitablement] inexorably, inevitably

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La réplique

Ses répliques sont toujours amusantes

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A reply

Her replies is always amusing

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En jeu

Je sais ce qui est en jeu

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At stake

I know what is at stake

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Tendu (adj)

Je suis un peu tendu

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Tense

I’m a bit tense

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15
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Homesick

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Le mal du pays

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