Volume 2 Flashcards

(91 cards)

1
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s’accrocher

A

to clash

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différer (vt)
différer (vi)
différer de

A

to postpone
to differ
to differ from

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câlin (adj)

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affectionate

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un câlin

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cuddle

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chanceler

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to stagger

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indifférent (adj)

ça m’est indifférent

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indifferent

It doesn’t matter to me

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une fêlure

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crack

hairline fracture

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raccommoder

se raccommoder

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to mend

to make up (avec, with)

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l’irruption (f)

faire irruption dans

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raid

to burst into

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la soubrette

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maid (domestic)

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goguenard (adj)

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mocking

quietly ironic

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stagner

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to stagnate

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prendre à qn la tête

Il veut discuter de ce problème et de tous ceux lui prennent la tête

A

to have in mind

He wants to discuss this problem and all those on his mind.

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une écharde

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splinter (of wood)

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le plaisantin

un petit plaisantin

A

joker (not cards)

practical joker

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un rebouteux

une rebouteuse

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bonesetter

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17
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les atermoiements (mpl)

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procrastination

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le surnombre

être en surnombre

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excess

to be too many

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en catimini

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in secret

on the slu

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dépourvu (adj)

dépourvu de
au dépourvu

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devoid

devoid of
to catch off guard

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à la longue

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after a long tme

eventually

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agglutiner

s’agglutiner

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to agglutinate

to congregate

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bourrer

bourrer qn de coups

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to cram full

to pummel sb

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une oiselle

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bird

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avant tout et plus que tout
first and foremost
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enjoliver
to adorn | embellish
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picorer
to peck
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décommander
to cancel | put off
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un lifting
face lift
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une portière
car door | doorwoman
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histoire de (expression) histoire d’alléger l’atmosphère...
just to just to lighten the atmosphere
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la couette
duvet
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les couettes
bunches (hair)
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reconnaissant (adj)
grateful
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un chouchou | une chouchoute
pet
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apparemment
apparently
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injustement
unjustly | unfairly
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déchaîner
to unleash
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se déchaîner
to rage | fly into a rage
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sotte (adj) ...pour la sotte raison que...
foolish ...for the foolish reason that...
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un sot | une sotte
fool
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une chamaillerie
squabble
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la mollesse
langour feebleness limpness
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une plaie
wound
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démissionnaire (adj)
outgoing
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une lame de fond
``` groundswell tidal wave (fig) ```
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maîtrisé (adj)
controlled
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refoulé (adj)
repressed
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le débarras bon débarras!
riddance good riddance!
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immédiat (adj)
immediate
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Moi, je ne suis qu’espoir.
Me, I can only hope.
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le repentir
repentance
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se repentir
to repent
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déverser
to pour | pour out
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l’immondice (f)
filth | refuse
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verbal (adj)
verbal
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l’absolution (f)
absolution | forgiveness
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acceptable (adj)
acceptable | satisfactory
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irremplaçable (adj)
irreplaceable
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alarmant (adj)
alarming
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la bêtise
stupidity
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un circonspect
caution
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circonspect (adj)
cautious
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passionner
to fascinate
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se passionner
to be passionate about
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l’oubli (m)
forgetting | oversight
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occulter
to hide darken overshadow
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rattraper
to catch up (with)
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se rattraper
to make up for
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louable (adj)
praiseworthy | commendable
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louer
to rent | praise
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prévaloir
to prevail
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le potin | les potins
gossip
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flanquer flanquer la frousse à qn
to flank throw scare to scare the wits out of sb
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la frousse avoir la frousse
fright to be scared stiff
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le prix
price | prize
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le caniveau
gutter
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le grésillement
crackling
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claironnant (adj)
strident
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révolvériser
to kill with a revolver
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gavé (adj)
stuffed | sick of st
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le jumelage
twinning
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crapahuter
scramble | advance with difficulty
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visionner
to view
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attendrissant (adj)
touching | moving
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amusant (adj)
entertaining
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débilitant (adj)
debilitating
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un scoop
scoop (news)
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rasséréné (adj)
reassured | calmed
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rasséréner
to reassure | calm
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lacustre (adj)
lakeside