Volume 2 Flashcards

(96 cards)

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en fonction de

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according to

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enchevêtré (adj

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criss cross

tangled

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durcir

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to harden

intensify

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démêler

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to untangle

unravel

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avoir l’air

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seem

look like

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d’ores et déjà

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already

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recru (adj)

recru de fatigue

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exhausted

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cousu de fil blanc

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utterly predictable

self evident

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boudeur (adj)

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sulky

morose

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enténébré

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to darken

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pris sur le fait

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caught in the act

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ambages

sans ambages

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plainly
in an unembellished manner

without beating around the bush

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les déboires (mp)

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setbacks
disappointments
trials

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à la cantonade

parler à la cantonade

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to speak to no one in particular

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une lacune

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gap
omission
void

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forcené (adj)

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furious (rythme)

frenzied (activity)

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un forcené

une forcené

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maniac

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rassis (adj)

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stale (bread)

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escamoter

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evade
conjure
hide
cover up
retract   (avion)
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débusquer

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to break cover

flush out

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un palan

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hoist

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hirsute (adj)

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dishevelled

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un récif

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reef

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à fleur d’eau

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awash

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un haut-fond
sandbank | shallow
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une côtelette
cutlet | chop
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une nuit blanche
sleepless night
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impunément
with impunity
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poinconner
to punch (a ticket)
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chétif (adj)
puny undeveloped stunted
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un caveau un caveau de famille
vault cellar family vault
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à jeun
with/on an empty stomach
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jeûner
to fast
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rejeter
to reject | dismiss
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s'avérer (imp) eg. S’iI s’avère coûteux...
to turn out If it turns out to be expensive...
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l’amarre (f) les amarres
rope moorings
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déjauger
to plane (boat)
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étale (adj)
slack (eg tide, rope)
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un tréteau
trestle
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un auvent
canopy | awning
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affaisser
to sag subside droop
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une maquette
model sketch mock up
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la lenteur
slowness
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un bruissement
rustling | swishing
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la cime
top summit peak
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un if
yew tree
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se voir
to be visible | evident
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épater
impress | amaze
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débouter
disallow | dismiss
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le tiercé jouer au tiercé
system of betting to bet on horses
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archi (prefix)
very | ultra
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manigancer manigancer un mauvais coup
scheme hatch up a scheme
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restituer à qqn restituer
to restore to sb to reconstruct
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une note de frais
expense account
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un faire-part (inv) | les faire-part
announcement | declaration
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une nasse
fish-trap
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un flotteur
``` float ballcock (toilet) ```
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louche (adj)
shady | questionable
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dépecer
to cut at a joint (as meat)
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sévir
to be severe | to be omnipresent
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de fond en comble
from top to bottom
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appater
to lure | bait
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un sigle
acronym
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la coercition
coercion
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à l’encontre de
contrary to counter to against
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interloqué (adj)
taken aback | speechless
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le commérage
gossip
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entériner
confirm | verify
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une variante
variant | reading
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grouiller de
to swarm about | to be crawling with
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patent (adj)
patent | obvious
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aussi longtemps que
as long as
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un accordéon
accordion
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d’ici là
between now and then
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se baisser
to bend down
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un badaud | une badaude
onlooker
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le vomissement avoir des vomissements
vomiting to be sick to the stomach
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au besoin
if need be
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s’en prendre à
to attack | go after
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en soi
of itself | by itself
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l’aine (f)
groin
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disposer
to have available
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une chape une chape de béton une chape de nuages
blanket, cope concrete screed blanket of clouds
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en perspective
ahead
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s’effacer
to fade | to move aside
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en vigueur
in effect | applicable
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expliciter
to make clear
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le retranchement
retrenchment | entrenchment
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un préposé
employee postman attendant
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une tournée
turn round swing tour
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après coup
afterwards after the fact in retrospect as an afterthought
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tenailler
to torment
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ores | d’ores et déjà
already
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à l’occasion
on occasion | now and then
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passer au second plan
put on the back burner
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aller vite en besogne une basse besogne
to not waste any time a menial chore