Volume 1 Flashcards

(96 cards)

1
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la parure

A

finery

ornamentation

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2
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la pègre

A

underworld

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3
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un truand

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gangster

criminal

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4
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une primeur

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early fruit/vegetable (business)

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5
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une planque

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hideout

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6
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une huisserie

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door frame

window frame

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7
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un goujon

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dowel

pin

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8
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tavelé (adj)

A

marked with spots

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9
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oisif (adj)

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inactive
unproductive
lazy

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10
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à l’arrivée

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at the end

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11
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tant bien que mal

A

one way or another

somehow

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12
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le revers

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back

reverse

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13
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un bristol

A

visiting card

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14
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sertir

A
to set   (jewel)
crimp   (metal)
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15
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maint (adj)

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many

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16
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le marchandage

A

bargaining

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17
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moucharder (slang)

A

fink on sb

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18
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la cuite

A

booze-up

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19
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éméché (adj) (informal)

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tipsy

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20
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émécher

A

to befuddle

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21
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une nouba (slang)

A

party

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22
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une houlette

sous la houlette de…

A

crook
trowel

under the leadership of…

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23
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un émérite

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professor

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24
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un pêne

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bolt (of a lock)

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piéger
to snare
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un biseau
bevel
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une paumelle
hinge
28
piégé (adj)
protected with an alarm
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une tige
stem | spindle
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ras (adj) à poil ras
short level short-haired
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le gondage
hinge
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une punaise
bug (insect) | drawing pin
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se replier
withdraw
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émousser
to blunt
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un gâche
striker plate (of a lock)
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une attelle
splint
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un fennec
small fox
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une perruche
parakeet
39
boitiller
to limp
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accabler
to condemn | overwhelm
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un brouillon
draft (writing)
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massacrant (adj) une humeur massacrante
massacring in a foul mood
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anguleux (adj)
angular
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chevaline (adj)
equine
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une tapette
fly swatter fag, sissy
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le noyautage
infiltration coring
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un monte-en-l’air
cat burglar
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une cohue
crowd
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vétuste (adj)
dilapidated
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la tète la première
head first
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un buvard
blotter
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barboter
paddle splash filch
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fourguer
to fence (stolen goods) flog peddle
54
un garnement
rascal
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chichiteux (adj)
fussy | frilly
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en espèces
in cash
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châtrer
to castrate
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un receleur | une receleuse
receiver of stolen goods | fence
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les limailles (fp)
filings (metal)
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à cheval sur
straddling
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assommant (adj)
boring | tedious
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En dehors de
Outside of | except for
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percé à jour
to be onto sb | not deceived
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une circonscription
electoral district
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en porte à faux
cantilevered
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à plate couture
once and for all
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les oripeaux (mp)
rags
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la courtoisie
courtesy
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parer
to adorn
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la mainmise
seizure
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en outre
moreover besides apart from
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de notre vivant
in our lifetime
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dépérir
to fade away
74
un noir de poix
pitch-black
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l’aiguillage (m)
``` points switch (railway) ```
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la gnôle (slang)
booze | hooch
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la bobonne (perj)
the missus
78
peinard (adj)
cushy | easy
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un coup fourré
underhanded trick
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une tuile
tile bad luck blow
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un joaillier | une joaillière
jeweler
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tabasser
to beat up
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un colifichet
trinket
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une pince-monseigneur
crowbar
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tripoter
to fiddle with
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une manche de pioche
pickaxe handle
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un planton faire le planton (fig)
sentry to wait around
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un vestiaire
cloak room locker room check room locker
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une serviette
towel serviette briefcase
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polisson (adj) un polisson une polissonne
naughty naughty child
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restreint (adj)
restrained | narrow in scope
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un furet
ferret
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un jalon poser les jalons de
marker milestone to prepare the ground for
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chaparder
to pilfer | pinch
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un pète-sec (colloq)
abrupt person
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enquiquiner qqn
to irritate sb