Volume 2 Flashcards

(88 cards)

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las de (adj)

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weary of

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s’en tenir à

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to adhere to

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assouvir

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to assuage
appease
satiate

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une gourgandine (slang)

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hussy

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une gourgane

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broad bean

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un moindre mal

C’est un moindre mal.

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the lesser evil

It’s the lesser of two evils.

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là-dedans

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in here

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gober

gober le morceau (colloq)

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to suck
swallow whole

to fall for it

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ostraciser

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to ostracise

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un/une internaute

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net surfer

internet user

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gommer

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to erase

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à son actif

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to his/her credit

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pocher

pocher un œil à qqn

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to poach (an egg)

to give sb a black eye

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garantir

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to guarantee

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garanti (adj)

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guaranteed

for sure

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passer par la tête

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to be thinking

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se vouloir

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intend

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être désireux de faire (adj)

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to be desirous to do

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ruiner

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to ruin

spoil

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se pointer

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to turn up

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fourvoyer

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to lose one’s way

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se fourvoyer avec

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to make a mistake about

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faire sembler

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to pretend

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maigrir

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to lose weight

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tapoter
to pat | tap
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se laisser faire
to be pushed around
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se foutre de qqc se foutre en l’air foutre le camp
to not care about to mess around with commit suicide to go away, leave
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s’en tirer
to get away with
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s’en prendre à qqn
to take it out on sb | lay into sb
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plat (adj)
flat | boring
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se tapir
to hide away | lie low
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roupiller
to snooze | nap
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un myosotis
forget-me-not
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en soirée
in the evening
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le gésier
gizzard
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saccager
to wreck | vandalize
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vandaliser
to vandalize
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une tignasse
mop of hair
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hirsute (adj)
hairy
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se racheter
to redeem oneself
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acculer qqn à faire | acculer qqn contre
to force sb to do | drive sb back against
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un sillon
furrow groove wake
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décousu (adj)
disjointed rambling literally: unstitched
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sous le choc
in shock
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une pendaison
hanging
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flairer
to smell | sense
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un mot d’adieu
suicide note
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guetter qqc
to watch out for st
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sot (adj)
foolish
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se tasser Les choses se tasseront.
to compress settle down Things will settle down.
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plus jamais
nevermore
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faire le matamore
to swagger
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liguer
to unite
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se liguer avec/contre
to join forces with/against
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hargneux (adj)
aggressive belligerent ferocious
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la décence
decency
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ramper
crawl | grovel
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avoir matière à
to be a cause for...
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embêtant (adj)
bothersome | annoying
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une pieuvre
octopus
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tentaculaire (adj)
having tentacles
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dédoublé (adj)
split in two divided conflicted
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le marché du travail
labour market
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un polar
detective story
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un greffier
registrar | clerk
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pester contre qqn/qqc
to curse sb/st
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ulcérer
to sicken | ulcerate
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aborder
to tackle (eg a problem) broach (a subject) accost
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déborder de
to overflow with
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se débattre se débattre contre qqn/qqc
to struggle to struggle with sb/st
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bâillonner
to gag
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la bise une bise (inform)
North Wind kiss
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nacré (adj)
pearly
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assouvir
assuage | satiate
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indemne (adj)
unscathed
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ridiculiser
to ridicule
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se ridiculiser
make a fool of os
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le guet faire le guet
watch lookout be on the lookout
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une griffe
claw signature stamp
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une éraflure
scratch
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râlant (adj) en râlant
exasperating in exasperation
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une bécane (inf)
bike
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rabrouer
to rebuff | snub
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soupçonneux (adj)
suspicious
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morfondre
to fret | worry
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se morfondre se morfondre à attendre
to pine languish to wait dejectedly
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une requête
request
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un manège
merry-go-round circus (colloq)