Volume 1 Flashcards

(90 cards)

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creux (adj)

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hollow

slack

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une pioche

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pickaxe

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piocher

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to dig st over
to study   (colloq)
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4
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comme larrons en foire

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thick as thieves

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5
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un marteau piqueur

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hammer drill

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6
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un agacement

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irritation

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7
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un lumignon

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dim lamp

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de soi

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obvious

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un boulon

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bolt

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boulonner

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to bolt

bolt on

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11
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une cueillette

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picking

crop

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12
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un forfait

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crime
contract
package deal

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13
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un aieul

une aieule

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forebearer

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éhonté (adj)

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shameless

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potiner

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to gossip

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entrelarder

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to interlard  (culinarily)
intersperse
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17
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un plaisantin

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joker

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18
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un drôle d’oiseau

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odd type

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19
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frôler

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to brush against

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20
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génial (adj)

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brilliant

great

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21
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un édile

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city father

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22
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roussir

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to scorch

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23
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ça sent le roussi (idiom)

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there’s trouble brewing

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vieillot (adj)

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antiquated

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intempestif
untimely
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un vallon
small valley
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un marécage
marsh | quagmire (fig)
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avoir de la peine à faire
to be barely able to
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un clapier
rabbit hutch
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tenir la caisse
be the cashier
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l’aplomb (m)
balance | assurance
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une roulotte
caravan
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un limier
bloodhound
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tapante (adj)
on the dot
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une baraque
shed | shelter
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du jour au lendemain
from one day to the next
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éploré (adj)
tearful
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grimper en flèche
climbs like an arrow
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un/une ignare
ignoramus
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ignare (adj)
ignorant | uneducated
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accidenté (adj)
rugged rough hilly
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gamberger (colloq)
to think hard
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s’en laisser conter (idiom)
to be taken in | hoodwinked
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baragouiner
gibber | speak badly
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un bled
small village
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de son vivant
when he was alive
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fais-moi plaisir
humour me | indulge me
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un haltérophile
weight lifter
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une hecatombe
masacre
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épater
to impress | amaze
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régir
to administer | govern
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bourrer
to stuff full | pack
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facturer
to invoice | put on the bill
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de visu
on display
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absoudre
to absolve acquit pardon
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une recherche
pager
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feu (adj)
deceased
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goguenard (adj)
mocking | quietly ironic
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élégamment
elegantly
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breveter
to patent
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breveté (adj)
patented
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un amoureux transi
bashful lover
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expédier
dispatch | send
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un saut
jump | leap
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et ainsi de suite
and so on
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un palot
shovel
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pâlot (adj) (colloq)
rather pale
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la glycine
wisteria
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un tantinet (colloq)
a mite a tiny bit a trifle
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se gourer
to be mistaken
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une fioriture
embellishment
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le faux-fuyant
subterfuge
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le baratin
flannel sweet-talk sales pitch
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une photocopieuse
photocopier
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à deux semaines d’intervalle
at a two week interval
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le haut
top | summit
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statuer
to give a ruling on
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inopiné (adj)
unexpected
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de la poêle dans la braise
out of the pan, into the fire
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un tortillard
local train
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convier à faire
request to do | politely invite to do
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glousser
to chuckle
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surexploiter
overexploit
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retors (adj)
crafty tricky clever
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adonner
to addict
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s’adonner à
to devote oneself to
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bidon (adj)
fake
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lambrisser
to panel (with wood)
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bosser (slang)
to work
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un forçat
convict