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Volume 2 Flashcards

1
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exsuder

A

to exude

ooze

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une mollesse

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limpness

softness

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une fadeur

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blandness
dreariness
vapidity

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bourru (adj)

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gruff

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une solive

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joist

beam

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l’inanition (f)

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starvation

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un collapsus

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collapse

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rimer

cela ne rime à rien (idiom)

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to rhyme

it makes no sense

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ragaillardir

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to exhilarate

cheer up

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transi (adj)

transi de froid

transi de peur

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pinched (by the cold)

chilled to the bone

paralyzed with fear

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découcher

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to spend the night away from home

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débridé (adj)

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unbridled

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tracer

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to trace
draw

delimit
delineate

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la croupe

en croupe

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rump

pillion

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la crotte

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dog poop

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accroître

s’accroître

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to increase
expand
enhance

to increase

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la bonté

la bonté envers qqn

voudriez-vous avoir la bonté de faire…

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kindness
goodness

kindness towards sb

would you be kind enough to…

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dévorer à belles dents v.

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to wolf down

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ne pas payer de mine

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to not look like much

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horripiler

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to exasperate

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éplucher

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to peel

comb through

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un chaudron

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pot

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la mansuétude

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leniency
indulgence
meekness

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24
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effectifs (mp)

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staffing

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gigoter

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to wriggle

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à petit feu (idiom)

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slowly

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un sac de frappe

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punching bag

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les bons et loyaux services

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good and loyal service

Note: plural in french

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un coche

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coach

notch

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un matamore

faire le matamore

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braggart

to swagger

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un entrefilet

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paragraph

brief article

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32
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geindre

A

to moan

whimper

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33
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le torse

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torso

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34
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épouser

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to marry

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35
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videz votre sac! (idiom)

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spill it out!

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36
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céruléen (adj)

A

deep blue

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le bagout

avoir du bagout

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glibness

to have the gift of the gab

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trucider (fam)

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to kill
do in
bump off

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39
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de bien de façons

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in many ways

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40
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tous les plans

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on every level

41
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chialer

A

to blubber

42
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date de péremption

A

expiry date

best before date

43
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l’espièglerie (f)

A

mischievousness

44
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border qqn dans son lit

A

to tuck someone in

45
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par moments

A

now and then

at times

46
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le gruau

A

oatmeal

47
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en faire tout un plat (idiom)

A

to make a big deal out of st

48
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une chape

une chape de nuages

chape de béton

A

blanket
coat

blanket of clouds

concrete screed

49
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une drôle de chance

A

strange luck

50
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un coup de chance

A

stroke of luck

51
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au plus haut point

A

excessively

52
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se fier

A

to trust

rely on

53
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médusé (adj)

A

stunned

stupefied

54
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méduser

A

to stun
paralyse
daze

55
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à part…

A

except for…

apart from…

56
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l’anonymat (m)

A

anonymity

57
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aux dernieres nouvelles…

A

the last I heard…

58
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les dernières nouvelles

A

breaking news

59
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reconquérir

A

to reclaim
win back
regain

60
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une ecchymose

A

bruise

61
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contondant (adj)

A

blunt

62
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un clé en crois

A

four-way wheel wrench

63
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liguer

A

to unite

combine

64
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saugrenu (adj)

A

grotesque
ugly
bizarre

65
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filer

A

to tail

to spin (yarn)

66
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l’immobilisme (m)

A

opposition to change

67
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jucher

A

to perch

roost

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un livreur

A

delivery man

69
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un prêteur

A

moneylender

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narrer

A

narrate
recount
tell

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un guet-apens

A

ambush

trap

72
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un compte-gouttes

au compte-gouttes

A

dropper

drop by drop

73
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une encoche

A

nick

74
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encocher

A

to notch

groove

75
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It was on him at the time.

A

C’était sur lui au temps.

76
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égaré (ad)

A

lost

astray

77
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un charabia

A

gibberish

gobbledygook

78
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une fébrilité

A

with agitation

nervousness

79
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enrayer

A

to check
block
jam

80
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mener en bateau

A

to mislead

81
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vivoter

A

to struggle along

82
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se ruer

se ruer sur qqn

A

to rush

to pounce on someone

83
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l’étendue (f)

A

extent
expanse
scope

84
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avenant (adj)

être à l’avenant

A

pleasant

to be in keeping

85
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le réveillon

le réveillon de Noël (fête)
le réveillon du Nouvel An(fête)

A

party for Christmas, New Year’s eve

Christmas eve party
New Year’s eve party

86
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dépecer

A

to tear, cut apart

87
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vaquer

vaquer à ses occupations

A

be on vacation

to attend to one’s business

88
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griffé (adj)

A

designer

89
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cracher le morceau

A

spit it out

90
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la procuration

A

power of attorney

proxy

91
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haïr

A

to hate

detest

92
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plier bagage

A

to pack up and leave

93
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crisser

A

screech

squeak

94
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achaler qqn

A

to bug sb

95
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amène (adj)

A

affable

96
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la feutrine

A

felt

baize

97
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une cordonnerie

un cordonnier

A

shoe repairing

cobbler

98
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un chapelet

en chapelet

A

rosary
string of onions, sausage…

in a string

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