Volume 2 Flashcards

(50 cards)

1
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l’attendrissement

A

tenderness

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2
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parier

A

to bet

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3
Q

tout le monde est dans la bain

A

we’re all n the same boat

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4
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l’oisiveté

A

idleness

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5
Q

restituer

A

to restore

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6
Q

un histrion

A

bad actor (literally)

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7
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désarticuler

A

to dislocate

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8
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un éventail

A

fan, range of similar items

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9
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une corniche

A

ornamental carving, coast road cut into cliff

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10
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la messe

A

mass (religion)

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11
Q

la saignée du coude

A

inside of elbow

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12
Q

sumener

A

to overwork

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13
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l’envergure (f)

A

wingspan, extent

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14
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rapetisser

A

to make smaller

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15
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une taie

A

pillowcase, corneal opacity

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16
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le millésime

A

vintage (eg of wine, coins)

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17
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une superstition

A

superstitution

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18
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se carrer

A

to ensconce oneself in a chair

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19
Q

pers (adj)

A

blue-green

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20
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la harde

A

herd

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21
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la haardiesse

22
Q

un flot

23
Q

à demi

A

half, halfway

24
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de circonstance

A

contingency, ad hoc

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un lazaret
isolation ward
26
une tribune
grandstand
27
affalé (adj)
slumped (dans), sprawled (sur)
28
une estampe
engraving, stamped image
29
à son défaut
in its/his absence
30
un/une pestiféré
plague-ridden person
31
factice (adj)
imitation, artificial
32
se répercuter
to have repercussions
33
la sainteté
saintliness
34
convalescent (adj, nom m,f)
convalescent, convalescing
35
en visière
shielding the eyes, like a visor
36
la bonté
kindness
37
partant (conj)
consequently
38
une tenture
wall covering
39
s'assouplir
to relax
40
un écrou
nut (technology)
41
ensevelir
to bury
42
retrancher de
to delete, exclude from
43
interpeller
to call out to
44
un emportement
fit of anger
45
une chronique
chronicle, column
46
confusément
confusedly
47
se tapir
to crouch
48
démantibuler
to demolish
49
effeuiller
to remove leaves of
50
en liesse
cheering, jubilant