Volume 1 Flashcards

(90 cards)

1
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un fer à cheval

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horseshoe

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un gérant

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manager

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3
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plisser les yeux

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squint

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4
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faire une fugue

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to run away

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5
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une broutille

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trifle

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le garbuge

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mayhem

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sécurisant (adj)

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reassuring

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la frousse

avoir la frousse

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fright

to be scared stiff

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désarçonné (adj)

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disconcerted

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chiffonné (adj)

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tired-looking

crumpled

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battre la chamade

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to beat wildly

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un embrasement

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blaze

unrest

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13
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une lippe

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fleshy lower lip

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farouche (adj)

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wild

fierce

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une tentative

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attempt

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excéder

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to exceed

exasperate

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17
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dans son for intérieur

en son for intérieur

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deep down

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18
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survenir

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happen

arise

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19
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vilipender

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to revile

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20
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broyer du noir

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brood

mope

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21
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suinter

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to ooze

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remuer

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to move
shake
stir (cooking)

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se dandiner

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to sway about

waddle

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écarlate (adj)

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scarlet

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une haie
hedge
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emmerder s’emmerder de
to bother bore to be bored with
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emplir
to fill | invade (as with tourists)
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prevoyant (adj)
far-sighted
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prévoir
to foresee | predict
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camoufler
camouflage | hide
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dégarni (adj)
balding | bare
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en gros
basically
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tripoter cesse de te tripoter le nez
fiddle about stop picking your nose
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dériver
to divert
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par-dessus bord
overboard
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biscornu (adj)
quirky
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louvoyer
to evade
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le macchabée
macabre
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passer l’arme à gauche
kick the bucket
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un pépère
old man
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écraser
crush broyer
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la niaiserie
stupidity
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niaiseux (adj)
moronic
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astheure
now | now that
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ricaner de
snigger at | giggle
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emmêler
to entangle mat knot
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défouler
unwind | let off steam
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s’en câlisser
to send sb away
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crisser
squeal crunch screech
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niaiser
horse around
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postillonner
spit (while speaking)
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dégringoler
to race down
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une fente
slit | crack
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un anticerne
concealer (makeup)
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ébahir
to dumbfound
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la morve (vulgar slang)
snot
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détonner
to jar
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grelotter
to tremble | shiver
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picoter
prickle | sting
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affaler s’affaler
to lower collapse
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dévisager
to stare at
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la mixité
coeducation | social mix
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sur scène | en scène
on stage
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une fratrie
sibship | siblings
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une fêlure
crack
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l’armure (f)
armour
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accaparer
to monopolize
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une injonction
injunction | order
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un corollaire
corollary
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tasser
to pack down compress pile it on
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la familiale
station wagon
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dégrouiller (colloq) | se dégrouiller
to hurry | get a move on
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une balloune
balloon | bubble
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biner
to hoe
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crier par la tête
have a screeming match | yell and scream
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transi (adj)
numb with cold | chilled to the bone
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transir (vt, vi) être transi de peur
to numb to be numb with fear
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égaré (adj)
lost
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les prémices
first fruits
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courtiser
to court | woo
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un déni
denial | refusal
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badigeonner
whitewash paint daub slather
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grassouillette (adj)
plump
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une bouboule (slang)
fatty
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un dépliant
leaflet
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ingrat (adj)
unpleasant | ungrateful
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l’emplette (f) faire quelques emplettes
shopping make a few purchases
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saccadé (adj)
jerky
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tâter
to feel | grope (as in the dark)
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enfouir
to bury