Volume 1 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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la refection

A

repair

renewal

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jusqu’au cou

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up to my neck

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3
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le culot

A

nerve
effrontery

effronterie
toupet

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4
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un romancier

une romancière

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novelist

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une plaque

la plaque dentaire

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plaque (for public memoria)
plate (metal coating)
layer

dental plaque

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indestructible (adj)

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indestructable

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oublieux (adj)

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forgetful

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une prédiction

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prediction

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9
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un échafaudage

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scaffolding

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le pressing

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dry cleaner’s

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une droguerie

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hardware store

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12
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faucher

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to mow down

flatten

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13
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la tubulure

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tubing

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14
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un amoncellement

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pile

entassement

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15
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une voiture en stationnement

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parked car

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16
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un garçonnet

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little boy

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mugir

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to low

meugler (sound of bovines)

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18
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entrechoquer

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to clatter

clink

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19
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au mieux

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at best

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20
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dans le decor

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run off the road

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21
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déplaire

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to displease

vexer

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lapidaire (adj)

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pithy

concise

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l’encombrement (m)

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traffic congestion

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un/une urgentiste

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trauma physician

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une accalmie
lull
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la tractation
negotiation
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papoter
to chatter bavarder
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une fourré
thicket
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une épopée
saga
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un réduit
cubbyhole
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le taillis
undergrowth
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en tailleur
cross-legged
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mufle (adj)
boorish
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luxer l’épaule
to dislocate the shoulder
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rapatrier
to repatriate
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un gigaoctet
gigabyte
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une putain
whore une prostituée
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empoté (adj)
clumsy | awkward
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en équilibre
balanced
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déminer
to clear mines
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brouter
to graze to judder (vehicle)
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appauvrir
to impoverish
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le warning (anglicism)
warning un clignotant
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l’enfouissement (m)
burying
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un tapissage
wallpaper identification lineup
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déliter
to flake | fall apart
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reboucher
to recork
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emprunté (adj)
borrowed | awkward
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résilier
to terminate
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transiter par
to transit by
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déblayer
to sort out initial problems clear the way for progress défricher
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réduite (adj)
reduced | small
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être dans de sales draps
to be in big trouble
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slalomer
to slalom | zigzag
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moyennement
moderately
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un plouc
redneck | uncouth individual
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offert en souscription
available by subscription
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une descente de lit
bedside rug
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une benne
dumpster | bed of a pickup
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tâter
to touch | feel
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malmener
to mistreat manhandle maltraiter
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renfrogné (adj)
sullen maussade
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un slogan
slogan | catchphrase
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resplendissant (adj)
brilliant | resplendent
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un box (pl: box ou boxes)
compartment (particularly in a stable)
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sur un coup de tête
on a whim
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le carnage
carnage
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à perpétuité
perpetual
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barder
to cause sparks to fly
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la donne
deal (cards) | the way things are done
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cagoulé (adj)
hooded
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attentionné (adj)
attentive
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un drapé
draped material
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un désaveu
rejection | denial
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être frais comme un gardon
to be as fresh as a daisy
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limitrophe de (adj)
bordering on
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la voirie
transportation network (road, rail, waterways)
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dans la foulée | dans la foulée de
immediately afterwards on the heels of note: la foulée = stride
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un madrier
beam (construction)
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à l’accoutumée
as usual
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accoutumer
to accustom habituer
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répugner à
to be disgusted by
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inavouable (adj)
shameful
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le pourtour
perimeter surrounding area bord contour région avoisinante
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en rase compagne
in open country | in full view
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bluffer
to bluff
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concerner
to concern | affect
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naguère
recently | formerly
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crédibiliser
to substantiate | make credible
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le guet “gé”
watch | lookout
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inlassablement
tirelessly
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dédicacer à
to dedicate to | sign for
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un calvaire
ordeal wayside cross
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rebelote (exclamation)
here we go again
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le tain une glace sans tain
mirror coating silvering two-way mirror
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s’en aller/tourner/finir/partir à l’eau de boudin
amount to nothing le boudin = black pudding or blood sausage
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drôlement
really (greatly) | oddly
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partir en éclaireur
to go on ahead scout out un éclaireur = scout
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illico
straight away sur-le-champ
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la chape
``` screed (concrete) layer (of cloud) burden (of sadness) tread (of a tire) cape (religious) ```