Volume 12 Flashcards

(31 cards)

1
Q

caricatural (adj)

A

caricatured

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2
Q

d’autant plus

A

all the more

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3
Q

la pulsion

une pulsion de mort

A

drive
urge

death wish

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4
Q

truquer

A

to rig
fake
set up

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5
Q

motus! (interjection)

Motus et bouche cousue

A

silence!

Silence, mouth shut! Keep it secret.

Note cousue is from coudre, to sew

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6
Q

un dindon

A

turkey

dope (colloq)

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7
Q

toujours est-il que…

A

nevertheless

same as:

en tous cas
quoi que ce soit
n’importe 
quoi qu’il arrive
il n’empêche que
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8
Q

toujours est-il que

A

in any case

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9
Q

un truc
un machin
un bidule (familiar only)

le machin (for a person)

A

thingamajig
thingy

what’s-his-name (perj)
whoever

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10
Q

de l’ordre de

A

about

approximately

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11
Q

sous forme digitale

A

in digital form

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12
Q

n’importe où

A

anywhere

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13
Q

aux alentours du mois de mai

A

around the month of May

note: works with time as well as place

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14
Q

à mon sens

A

in my opinion

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15
Q

Ça m’a fait très plaisir

A

I liked that

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16
Q

accuser le coup (idiom)

A

to feel a blow
to suffer a blow

(a blow of any kind, physical, mental, economic…)

17
Q

par le passé

18
Q

être passionné par

A

to be interested in

19
Q

en tant que tel

en tant que telle

20
Q

caser

21
Q

être en mesure

22
Q

du fait que

23
Q

sur-le-champs

A

immédiatement

24
Q

un truc
un machin
un bidule

25
en terms de
in terms of
26
un girouette
weather vane
27
une hirondelle
swallow
28
un nénuphar
waterlily
29
une punaise
bug tack (pin)
30
punaiser
to pin down
31
un ragondin
nutria (aquatic rodent like a beaver)