Volume 1 Flashcards by Ken Wodlinger

coûte que coûte

at any cost

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très couru (adj)

very popular

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C’est couru d’avance

It’s a foregone conclusion

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un non-sens

piece of nonsense

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sens de la formule

way with words

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un pétrin

mess

predicament

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inouï

incredible
amazing
unheard of

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être à la hauteur

to measure up

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le ressort

spring
spirit
resilience

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la vergogne

shame
sense of shame
concern about the regard of others

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mettre à l’envers

to have it backwards

the wrong way around

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révocable (adj)

revocable

dismissible

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populaire (adj)

popular
working class
of the people

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être juge et partie

to be both judge and jury

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se pouvoir

il se peut que…

to be possible

it may be that…

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le pouvoir

power

authority

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se péter

se la péter

to do in
damage

to show off
think you’re really somebody

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contraignant (adj)

binding

restricting

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contraindre

contraindre qn à faire

to constrain
force

to force sb to do

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blablater

to yack

blabber

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la pointure

une grosse pointure

size

sb qualified in his field

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en tant que tel

as such

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un acte de foi

an act of faith

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vertigineux (adj)

giddy
vertiginous
breathtaking

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fainéant (adj)

lazy idle shiftless

un fainéant

layabout

tant tant mieux

so much so much better

un destructeur | une destructrice

destroyer

une béance

wide opening | gap

une cruche

jug pitcher dope (colloq)

ébrouer | s'ébrouer

to snort (horse) to shake oneself flap its wings (bird)

un morceau de piano

piano piece

une prothèse

prothesis

mnésique (adj)

related to memory

révéler

to reveal | show

un croque-mort

pallbearer | undertaker (colloq)

foncer

to belt along | to make darker

à fortiori

all the more so | let alone

advenir advenir de advenir à

to happen to come of to happen to

insuffler

to inspire with | instil

en dents de scie

uneven | serrated

cahier de charges

terms of reference specifications request for proposals

paisible (adj)

peaceful serene calm

la prouesse

prowess exploit feat

une déception

disappointment | frustration

fiable (adj)

reliable | trustworthy

un noyau

nucleus (physics) core stone pit

une centrale

power station

repondre à l’attente de qn

to come up to expectations of sb

un faisceau

beam (of light, particles)

une confidence

secret | confidence

en pleine nuit

in the middle of the night

rassasier se rassassier de

to satisfy to eat one’s fill of

cogiter sur

cogitate on | think about

précoce (adj)

precocious | forward

être à côté de ses pompes

to be off with the fairies | spaced out

le réveil

wakefulness

la cohérence manquer de cohérence

coherence consistency cohesion to lack consistency

ventiler | ventiller

ventilate | air

tube à essai

test tube

un dispositif

device apparatus system operation

un enjeu

bet wager stake

une coulisse en coulisse dans les coulisses dans la coulisse

wings backstage behind the scenes

un cadrage cadrage serré

framing tight framing deceptive framing of a question, eg. as a bipolar issue

déjouer déjouer les manuvres de qn

foil evade frustrate elude to outmaneuver sb

accroître s’accroître

to increase

vivre en couple

to live together, as a couple

un clochard | une clocharde

tramp vagabond travelling salesman (UK)

guetter

to watch | be careful

bourru (adj)

surly

un canon

canon | strikingly handsome/beautiful person (colloq)

choper

nick bust nail (as in to catch a thief)

bien-aimé (adj)

beloved

le paraître

appearances

une fourmilière

ant hill | hive of activity (fig)

une meuf une meuf de ouf

woman hot chick

la diaspora la Diaspora

dispersion of a people from their homeland Historical exile of Jews but now jews living outside Israel

le ravitaillement

refuelling | re-supplying with provisions

en boucle fermée

in a closed loop

puiser

draw pull attract

s’apparenter à

to resemble | marry into

une lingette

wipe

se vanter

to brag

révélateur (adj)

revealing

une charnière

hinge

charnière (adj)

intermediate | existing between two stages

un tiraillement tiraillements d’estomac

struggle pulling nagging pain hunger pangs

une remise en cause

questioning challenging calling into question

une refonte

overhaul | remake

C’est le summum

Ultimate | best thing since sliced bread

un réquisitoire

indictment

Volume 1 Flashcards

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