Volume 1 Flashcards

(89 cards)

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l’obédience (f)

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obedience
persuasion
faith

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2
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cabillaud

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cod

morue fraîche

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3
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refouler

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to push away

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4
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carcéral

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related to a prison

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5
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un casier

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rack

pigeonhole

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6
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dithyrambique (adj)

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ecstatic

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une vocation

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calling

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8
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morfler

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to have been beaten (very informal)

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9
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conformément à

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according to

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10
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un doctorant

une doctorante

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PhD student

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réfrigérant (adj)

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frosty

cooling

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rabâcher

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to keep repeating

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13
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interpoler

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to interpolate

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brouter

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to graze

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15
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un cursus

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academic discipline

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16
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téter

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to suck at

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17
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à l’étude

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under study

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18
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identitaire (adj)

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identifying

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19
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le salafisme

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islamic religious movement

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20
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hallal

halal (adj)

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according to islamic code

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21
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un/une œnologue (œ se prononce é)

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wine specialist

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22
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étioler

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to blanch

become sickly

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une typologie

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system of classification

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24
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à rebours

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backwards

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décroître
to diminish | fall short
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une rade laisser en rade
natural harbour to leave stranded
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méduser
to dumbfound stupéfier
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le maillage
mesh size | network
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comminatoire (adj)
menacing | with a stated penalty
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faire chier
to piss sb off
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un tilleul
lime tree
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la pédérastie
pedophilia | male homosexuality
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un guignol
clown | puppet
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gargariser
to gargle | revel in
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fédérateur (adj)
federal
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tantôt
now soon sometimes (this, sometimes that) parfois
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un piqué
pattern of tiny points
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la liesse
jubilation
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hâve (adj)
haggard
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convenir
to admit agree suit
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une tablette tactile
touch screen tablet
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l’atonie (f)
sluggishness | complacency
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un truand
thug gangster crook
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achopper
to falter reach an impasse buter
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dédoubler
to divide in two
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une dotation
endowment allocation annuity
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ajourer
to make open work to pierce with holes fabric with holes
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effarer
to alarm
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l’incuriosité (f)
indifference indifférence
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le conditionnement conditionnement sous vide
preparation packaging préparation emballage vacuum packing
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une trappe
trap piège
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une moniale
those of a religious order (dated)
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futé (adj)
wily rusé
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mesquinement
stingily
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magistralement
brilliantly | masterfully
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monter la tête
to worry s’inquiéter
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entamer
to start, have the first piece initiate enter into cut into, weaken, undermine
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sur le tard
at an old age
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alanguir
to make languid affaiblir
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joufflu (adj)
chubby-cheeked
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enjoué (adj)
cheerful
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replet (adj)
plump dodu
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teign (adj)
cantankerous
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à en mourir
to death (fig)
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trimer
to slave away
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le terroir
land (esp from agricultural pov)
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l’hébétude (f)
mindlessness numbness abrutissement stupéfaction
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guilleret (adj)
perky joyeux fringant
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bistre (adj)
colour made from burned wood
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caoutchouteux (adj)
rubbery
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un auget aux augets
trough bucket in the dumps
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pédestre (adj)
pedestrian | on foot
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le café soluble
instant coffee
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mièvre (adj)
soppy vapid sickly
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à tout hasard
just in case au cas où
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un transat
folding deck chair
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une ogive
``` Gothic arch nose cone (of a missle) ```
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une guérite
sentry box
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un dossier
file | collection of documents on a subject
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astreindre qn à faire
to compel sb to do st
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être voué à l’échec (voué agrees with noun)
to be doomed to fail
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un débit
debit elocution outflow delivery élocution
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polyvalent (adj)
multipurpose
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la spoliation
stripping a right from sb
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guerroyer
to wage war
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à la légère
lightly
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béarnais
from the Béarn
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engueuler
to tell sb off
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une accointance
acquaintance