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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
Q

égrener

A 
to shell
pick grapes off a bunch
pass by
chime out (as the hour)
read a rosary
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la pourriture

A

decay

rot

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la armature

A

frame

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le négoce avec

A

trade (with)

commerce

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5
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envenimer

s’envenimer

A

to envenom

to worsen
to turn ugly

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6
Q

oeufs à la coque

A

soft boiled egg

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7
Q

affubler

A 
to label   (pigeonhole)
to deck out
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8
Q

sempiternel (adj)

A

eternal

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9
Q

catiner (Quebec)

A

play with dolls

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10
Q

faire des œillades à qqn

lancer une œillade à qqn

A

make eyes at sb

wink at sb

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11
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astiquer

A

to polish

shine

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12
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un paletot

A

jacket

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13
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il n’en était rien

A

it was nothing of the sort

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14
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une plaie

A

wound

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15
Q

affaisser

A

subside

sag

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16
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un store

A

blind (window)

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17
Q

eventrer

A

to disembowel

open

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18
Q

un bruit étouffé

A

thud

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19
Q

un bruit de ferraille

A

clang

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20
Q

décatir

A

to become

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21
Q

s’étonner de qqc

A

to be astonished at st

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22
Q

grand temps

A

high time

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23
Q

exaucer

A

grant
fulfill
gratify

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24
Q

dévêtir

se dévêtir

A

undress

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25
Q

grouiller de

A

to swarm with

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26
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en mal de

A

in need of
lacking
desperate for

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27
Q

tabasser

A

to beat up (informal)

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28
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un jab

A

jab

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29
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désuet (adj)

A

outdated

old fashioned

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30
Q

un aigreur

des aigreurs d’estomac

A

sourness
sharpness

heartburn

Note: vin aigre = vinaigre

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31
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déambuler

A

to wander

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32
Q

lézarder

lézarder au soleil

A

to crack

to sunbathe

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33
Q

un roux

A

redhead

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34
Q

vendre la mèche

A

give the game away
let the cat out of the bag
blow the cover

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35
Q

au pas d’escargot

A

at a snail’s pace

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36
Q

insalubre (adj)

A

unclean

unhealthy

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37
Q

ahurir

A

to astound

38
Q

un laïc

A

layman

39
Q

une causeuse

A

loveseat

40
Q

brusquer

A

to rush

hasten

41
Q

choir

A

to fall

42
Q

dériver

A

divert
deflect
derive

drift
be adrift

43
Q

une balise

A

beacon

44
Q

par surcroît

A

moreover

45
Q

une peine perdue

C’est peine perdue.

A

waste of time

It’s a waste of time.

46
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ramener à l’essentiel

A

to reduce to the obvious

bring back to the essence

47
Q

napper

napper qqc de

A

to coat
to spoon a sauce over st

to coat st with

48
Q

rire sous cape

A

to snigger

chuckle to oneself

49
Q

une fois de temps en temps

A

once in a while

50
Q

au plaisir (idiom)

A

see you again

51
Q

un soûlon

A

drunk

52
Q

la panse

A

belly

paunch

53
Q

contrer

A

to counter
block
oppose

54
Q

le long de

A

along

55
Q

charrier

faut pas charrier! (idiom)

A

to carry along

to go too far (colloq)
That’s really pushing it!

56
Q

encenser qqc

A 
to cense   (release incense)
sing the praises of st
57
Q

maladivement

A

morbidly

pathologically

58
Q

mander

A

to summon

59
Q

repu (adj)

A

full (after a meal)

sated

60
Q

une bourrasque

A

squall

61
Q

au parfum (idiom)

A

up to speed

62
Q

lester

A

to ballast

weigh down

63
Q

à la veille de

A

on the eve of

on the brink of

64
Q

un badaud

une badaude

A

curious onlooker

65
Q

à l’horizontale

A

horizontally

66
Q

enticher

s’enticher de

A

to besot
bewilder

to become infatuated by

67
Q

chicoter (Québec)

A

worry

bother

68
Q

un schisme

A

schism

69
Q

un chicot

A

stump

70
Q

effarant (adj)

A

astounding

alarming

71
Q

endosser

A

to put on
assume
endorse (a cheque)

72
Q

l’heure de pointe

A

rush hour

73
Q

les ébats (mp)

A

frolics

sex

74
Q

en sourdine (f)

A

muted

75
Q

chevaucher

A

to be astride

straddle

76
Q

démêler

A

to untangle

solve

77
Q

un écheveau

A

skein
hank (of yarn)

web

78
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par la suite

A

subsequently

79
Q

la foutaise

A

nonsense

hogwash

80
Q

depuis un moment

A

for a while

81
Q

faire de l’insomnie

A

to have insomnia

82
Q

épouvanter

A

to terrify

83
Q

le trop-plein

A

overflow

surplus

84
Q

la raillerie

A

mockery

ridicule

85
Q

les us (mp)

les us et coutumes

A

customs

the habits and customs

86
Q

caqueter

A

to cackle

87
Q

ménager

A

take care of

be sparing with

88
Q

raffoler

A

be very keen on

be crazy about

89
Q

une cochonnerie

A

rubbish

90
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insaisissable (adj)

A

elusive

hard to gras

91
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dérobé (adj)

à la dérobé

A

secret
hidden

furtively

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