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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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entériner

A

to confirm

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un empiècement

A

yoke

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soustraire

se soustraire à

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to subtract

to escape from
shirk

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moisir

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to become mould

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piailler

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to squeal

squeak

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tourmenter

se tourmenter

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to torment

fret

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un appentis

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lean to
sloping roof
shed
outbuilding

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la lie

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dregs
lees
sediment

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râler

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to groan

moan

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importer

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to import
introduce

to matter (impersonal)

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éreinter

s’éreinter

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to tire
exhaust

to wear os out

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bâcler

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to scamper

do carelessly

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une herse

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harrow

portcullis

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calé (adj)

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clever

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s’approvisionner en

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to stock up on

to supply each other

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élégamment

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elegantly

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cramponner

se cramponner à

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to staple

to cling to

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la crête

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crest (eg, of rooster)

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du bien et du mal

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good and evil

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saugrenu (adj)

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absurd
preposterous
ludicrous

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étoffer

s’étoffer

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to fill out
enrich
expand
strengthen

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fouiner

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to nose about

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bourré de

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crammed with

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élever

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bring up
foster
uplift
magnify

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engourdi (adj)

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numb

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provoquer

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to provoke

cause

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âpre (adj)

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bitter

harsh

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froisser

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to crease

offend

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29
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c’est manifeste que..

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It’s obvious that…

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30
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savoir sur

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to know about

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lancinant (adj)

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insistent
throbbing
nagging

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une surenchère

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higher bid
escalation
to try to go one better

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un fouillis

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jumble

mess

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un creuset

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crucible

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de sorte que

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so that

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36
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parlementer

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to negotiate

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37
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les immondices (fp)

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refuse

filth

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38
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s’en remettre

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to get over st

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39
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l’engloutissement

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swallowing up

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une foreuse

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drill

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borné (adj)

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narrow minded
thick witted
parochial

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un gachis

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waste

43
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assainir

A

to sanitize
purify

stabilize

44
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une nuée

A

thick cloud

swarm
horde

45
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les boyaux (mp)

A

insides (colloq)

46
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l’ingénuité (f)

A

innocence

purity

47
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à côté de la plaque

A

off the mark
not with it
missing the point

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une bévue

A

blunder

49
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une étrangeté

A

strangeness

oddity

50
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à voir avec

A

to do with

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notoire (adj)

A

notorious

52
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maladivement

A

insanely
obsessively
sickly

53
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déplaisant (adj)

A

unpleasant

disagreeable

54
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un fou furieux

devenir fou furieux

A

raving lunatic

to go mad

55
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en finir avec

A

to be done with

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finir en beauté

A

to finish with a flourish

to finish brilliantly

57
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l’engourdissement

A

numbness

dullness

58
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en étoile

A

star-shaped

59
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faire mine de

A

to make a pretence of

to pretend to

60
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estomaqué (adj)

A

flabbergasted

61
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assommer

A

to knock out
stun

to bore stiff

62
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la charpie

être en charpie

A

shreds

to be in shreds

63
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un étal

A

stall (market)

butcher’s block

64
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bougonner

A

to grumble

65
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coriace (adj)

A

tough

66
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l’hermetisme (m)

A

abstruseness

being inscrutable

67
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hors d’état

A

out of order

68
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carroyer

A

to divide into sqares

69
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l’entendement

Ça dépasse l’entendement

A

understanding

It’s beyond belief

70
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incoercible (adj)

A

uncontrollable

71
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en fonte

A

cast-iron

72
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une enclume

A

anvil

73
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enrayer

A

check
block
jam

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un haras

A

stud farm

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empailler

A

to stuff (with straw)

76
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la gale

il est mauvais comme la gale

A

mange

he’s a nasty customer

77
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emmerder

A

to annoy

78
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emmêler

s’emmêler

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to tangle

get tangled

79
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en comparaison de

A

compared to

80
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empêtrer

s’empêtrer dans

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to mire

to get mired in

81
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sans queue ni rime

A

preposterous

82
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n’avoir ni rime ni raison

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without rhyme or reason

83
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houleux (adj)

A

stormy

84
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en berne

A

at half-mast

lowered

85
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berner

A

to deceive

fool

86
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éluder

A

to elude
evade
parry

87
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un serrurier

A

locksmith

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un tilleul

A

lime tree

89
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un homme a tout faire

A

handyman

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bouchonner

A

to rub down (eg. a horse)

caress

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importuner

A

to bother

92
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un bigorneau

A

periwinkle

93
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l’engeance (f)

A

mob
breeding
spawn

94
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pulluler

A

to proliferate
swarm
abound
teem

95
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le cheptel

A

livestock

96
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malencontreusement

A

unfavourably

inopportunely

97
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la bouillie

A

mush
gruel
porridge

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fourbu (adj)

A

exhausted

worn out

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un échassier

A

wading bird

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