Volume 1 Flashcards

(110 cards)

1
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lacinant (adj)

A

throbbing, thumping
shooting (pain)
nagging (problem)

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une gêne

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a discomfort

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3
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l’emerveillement (m)

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wonder

wonderment

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4
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rembarrer

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to rebuff

put someone in their place

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5
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détacher

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to set free

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6
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se détacher

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to break loose

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une réclame

en réclame

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advertisement
publicity

on sale

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8
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impitoyable

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merciless

relentless

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9
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Si besoin est…

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If need be…

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10
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D’un geste…

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By gesture…

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Jamais vu

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never saw it before

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12
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apparent (adj)

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apparent

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13
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sur ce

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where upon

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14
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quoique

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albeit
though
while

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15
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la masse volumique

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density

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16
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un calcul

A

calculation

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17
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arpenter

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to survey
measure

to pace up and down

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18
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à la recherche d’indices

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looking for evidence

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19
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médecin légiste

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legal doctor

forensic pathologist

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20
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un coroner

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coroner

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21
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apprivoiser

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to tame

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22
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au-delà

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beyond that

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23
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se pencher sur

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to look into

work on

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24
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un garou

un loup-garou

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bugbear
irrational fear

werewolf

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une stripteaseuse
striptease artist
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un curé
priest | clergyman
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une devanture
display | store front
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loquace (adj)
loquacious | talkative
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l'énoncé de (m)
wording of | statement of
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le gré
liking | taste
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persifler
to scoff | jeer
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acharner | s'acharner
to persevere
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un fier à bras
a hired thug
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les paroles en l'air
rumours
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sur les bras J'ai plusiers d'autres sur les bras.
on my hands on the go I have several others on the go.
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passablement
passably
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empirer
to get worse
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apostropher
to heckle
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blâmer
to blame
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décourager | se décourger
to discourage | to get discouraged
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la retenue
reserve hold back (eg from salary) detention (at school)
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depuis toujours
all along
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médiatique (adj)
related to the media
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pourri (adj)
rotten
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aigu (adj) | aiguë
high pitched
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pépère (adj) Il m'a trouvé un truc pépère.
cushy I found me something cushy
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chambouler (colloquial)
to shake up
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un garde-fout
a railing | safeguard
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alléguer
to allege | to invoke
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un cabigi
cubby-hole storeroom cupboard
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au plus tôt
as soon as possible
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S'il n'en tenait qu'à Godin...
If it was up to Godin...
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régulariser
to regularize | equalize
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un/une arriviste
upstart | social climber
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asticoter (colloquial)
to needle nag agacer astiquer = to polish
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saugrenu (adj)
bizarre farfelu absurde
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la quincaillerie
hardware | ironsmith
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allouer
to allocate
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surchauffer
to overheat
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pince-sans-rire (adj expression)
deadpan
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un orignal
moose
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réflexion faite (expression)
on second thought
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dépouillé (adj)
bare denuded dépouiller = to skin, to strip
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un bibelot
an ornament
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un calepin
notebook
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courbaturé (adj)
stiff | aching
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la courbature
pain, ache | stiffness
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déferler
to unfurl | break (waves)
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vestimentaire (adj)
sartorial
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la pertenence
pertenence
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pertinent (adj)
pertinent | relevant
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l'inconvénient (m) les advantages et les inconvénients
disadvantage, drawback advantages and disadvantages
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s'en prendre à
to go after
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une taupe
mole (both zoological and figurative)
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déraper
to skid | slip
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la cavale (colloquial) en cavale
escape on the run
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grenouiller
to scheme | connive
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la grenouillage
skullduggery
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prétendre (false cognate!)
to claim
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d'abord et avant tout
first and foremost
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pourri (adj)
rotten | lousy (colloquial)
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Il avoir beau... (one possiblity)
Even though...
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désavouer
to disavow | recant
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entamer
to start | initiate
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le boudin faire du boudin
blood sausage pudding (UK) lump (applied to a woman) ( colloquial) to sulk
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boire qqc d'un trait
to drink something in one gulp
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du plus loin que je me souvienne
for as long as I can remember
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humer
to smell, inhale, sniff
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un cran
notch wave (coiffure) hole (as in a belt)
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un vauture
a vulture
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à gages tueur à gages
for hire hired killer
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accessoirement
incidentally | if desired
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échéant (adj)
if need be
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échoir (v)
to fall due
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de surcroît
moreover
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la magouille (informal) de sombre magouille
scheming dirty tricks
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bidon (adj)
fake
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la fée des dents
tooth fairy
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un ricanement
snigger
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le moulin à remeurs
the rumour mill
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tomber à plat
to fall flat
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la gracieuseté
grace beauty kindness
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tous les deux
both
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chercher à
to try to
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remuer remue-toi
move, stir shake a leg
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encourir
to incur
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T'en fais pas. (expression)
Don't even think about it.
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la disposition
placement | arrangement
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une prostituée
a protitute
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un stupéfiant
narcotic | drug