Volume 1 Flashcards

(96 cards)

1
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embaumer

A

to smell of
embalm

to be fragrant

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chiquer

A

chew tobacco

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3
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le ressac

A

surf

backwash

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4
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l’arrière-plan (m)

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background

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5
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un fichu

A

shawl

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6
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un jabot

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ruffle worn at the neck

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7
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égrener

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to shell, remove seeds

chime out (as hours)

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l’avertisseur (m)

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alarm

horn

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un chevalet

A

easel (de peintre)

sawhorse (de menuisier)

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la bruyère

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heath

heather

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un coq de bruyère

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grouse

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12
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le colza

A

rapeseed

canola

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13
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un malaise

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unease

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croissant

A

growing

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15
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un réchaud

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portable stove

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16
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au recto de

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on the front of

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17
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recto verso

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on both sides of the page

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18
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au verso de

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on the back of

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19
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désespérer

se désespérer

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to drive to despair

to despair

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désemparer

sans désemparer

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to throw into confusion

without let up

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21
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échafauder

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to put st together

to stack st up

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22
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être en filigrane dans

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to be implicit in (fig)

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23
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faire frire

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to fry

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un château d’eau

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water tower

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se carrer dans
to ensconce os in
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la Laponie
Lapland
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ausculter
to listen | examine (med)
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aux aguets
to be on guard | lie in wait
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déteindre sur
to rub off on
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être de retour
to be back
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passer a l’acte
to get on with it
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le fond sonore
background noise
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les maisons en kit
prefab houses
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une suite
something more | a continuation
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enlever qqc enfiler qqc
to take st off to put st on
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atténuer
to lessen soften mitigate
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atténuant (adj)
diminishing | soothing
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décousu (adj)
disjointed ragged rambling From découdre, to unpick, “unsew”
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décupler
to multiply tenfold
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la calvitie
baldness
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le rayonnage
shelving | set of shelves
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hargneux (adj)
aggressive
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rugir
to roar growl bellow
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une sage-femme
midwife
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le palais palais de justice palais de sports
palate palace law courts sports centre
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un pendu | une pendue
hanged man hanged woman can be figurative, or the game hangman
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à tire-d’aile
swiftly | in a flurry of wings
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pour ainsi dire
as it were | so to speak
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désemparer
to throw into confusion
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surmener se surmener
to overwork to push oneself too hard
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Il va de soi que...
It goes without saying that... | It’s self evident that...
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raturer
to cross out | correct
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décommander
to call off (eg. an appt) | cancel
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aménagé (adj) l’appartement est bien aménagé
converted equipped the appartement is well appointed
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un rugissement
blast | roaring
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résilier
cancel dissolve rescind
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empeser
to starch | make rigid
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élimé (adj)
shabby | threadbare
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tressaillir
thrill shiver vibrate startle
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se dérober
shirk evade elude
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encroûter
to get in a rut
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encroûté (adj)
encrusted set in one’s ways
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du tout en tout
completely
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en tout et pour tout
all in all
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faire le point sur
to take stock of | review
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le recel
receiving stolen goods
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malvenu (adj)
untimely inopportune out of place
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foncièrement
fundamentally
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se carrer
settle | sit back
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fortuit (adj)
fortuitous by chance unexpected
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le flottement
floating | wavering
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tarauder
to tap
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le gagne-pain
livelihood
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ramer
row work like a dog (colloq)
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se déverser
to pour | divide
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inform (adj)
shapeless | formless
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se déchaîner
to provoke | give rise to
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gondoler
to crinkle warp buckle
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se gondola (colloq)
to laugh
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écorner
to dent make a hole in make dog eared
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luné (adj)
moody | grumpy
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devancer
to outstrip forestall get ahead of
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exalté (adj)
excited | impassioned
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une boussole
compass
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saugrenu (adj)
crazy strange grotesque
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de toute évidence | à l’évidence
obviously
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bêcher
to dig
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une bêche
spade (à lame pleine) garden fork (à dents)
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fuser
to gush spurt rocket
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l’agissement les agissements (mp)
intrigue plot operation activities (pej)
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à l’abandon (adj)
neglected
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une remise
remission rebate surrender garden shed
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travesti (adj)
in disguise | transvestite
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un trèfle
clover club (cards) money (colloq)
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décroître
decrease
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n’y aller pas par quatre chemins
to get right to the point