Volume 3 Flashcards

1
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infime (adj)

A

tiny, minor

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le dérapage

A

skid, slip

blunder

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le charognard

A

scavenger

bastard (slang)

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la santé

A

health

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un obsédé

A

fanatic

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obséder

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to obsess

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confectionner

A

to make (clothing, food)

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la synthèse

A

synthesis

summary of information

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bourrer

il est en train de bourrer sa pipe.

Être bourré de fric

A

to stuff full

He’s in the process of filling his pipe.

to be loaded

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un toussotement

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sputter

cough slightly

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le fric (slang)

A

money

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12
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le flush

A

flush

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arracher

A

to uproot

tear off by force

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se pogner (Quebec slang)

Il s’est fait pogner par son patron.

A

to be caught in the act

He was caught red handed by his boss.

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15
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le carton

A

cardboard

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un étau

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a vise

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17
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un délateur

une délatrice

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an informer

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18
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un cran

un cran de sûreté
avoir du cran

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a notch
a latching device
slang: guts

safety catch
to have guts

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la main-forte

prêter main-forte à quelqu’un

A

assistance

to come to someone’s aid

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20
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à mesure que…

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while…

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21
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découdre

A

to unpick, remove

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22
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attrayant (adj)

A

attractive, enticing, inviting

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l’attrayance (not in Larousse)

A

attractiveness, appeal

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24
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à la blague

A

jokingly

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25
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avoir beau + infinitive

Il a beau penser à la problème.

A

to do something in vain

He thought about the problem in vain.

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26
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au poil (idiom)

A

naked

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27
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un stand

A

a stall, stand (for selling items)

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le damassé (adj et nom)

A

Damask (a reversible fabric)

Damask steel (hand wrought with wavy pattern)

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29
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la complaisance

A

coomplacency

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l’acharnement (m)

A

fierceness, ruthlessness

stubborness

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un/une lâche

lâché (adj)

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coward

cowardly

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32
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secoué (adj)

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shaken up

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secouer

A

to shake up

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34
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raccourcir

A

to take a short cut

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35
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la marge

A

margin, edge

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36
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l’agacement (m)

A

irritation

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37
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le déboire

les déboires

A

misfortune, setback, trial, disappointment

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38
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fuyant (adj)

A

furtive, elusive, shifty

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39
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maugréer

A

to grumble

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40
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une pouffiasse    (slang)
une poufiasse
A

a prostitute, whore

a bitch

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41
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un dédain de

A

disdain for

contempt for

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42
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colmater

comater les brêches

A

to plug, seal off, fill in

to fill in the gaps

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43
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virer

une virée

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to turn, change direction
to fire, sack someone (colloquial)

a walk, run, trip

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44
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empresser

s’empresser de faire quelque chose
s’empresser autour (ou auprès) de quelqu’un

A

to be attentive

to hasten to do something
to be attentive to someone, to fuss over someone

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45
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l’engrenage (m)

A

gears

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46
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encarter

A

to insert

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47
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côtoyer

se côtoyer

A

to rub shoulders

to rub shoulders with each other

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48
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comateux (adj)

A

comatose

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49
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la grève

grever

A

strike
strand, bank (as in river bank?)

to cause economic strain

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50
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délirant (adj)

A

delirious

outrageous

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51
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accéder

accédant

A

to access

accessing (present participle)

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pondérer

pondéré (adj)

la moyenne provenciale pondérée

A

to make equal

level-headed
weighted

the provincial weighted average

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53
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une cote

A

quotation, odds

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54
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ventiler

A

to ventilate

to break down (as to break down an list into subparts)

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55
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en même temps

A

at the same time

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56
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C’est évident rien qu’en le regardant

A

One can tell by only looking at him.

You only have to look at him to tell.

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57
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dans le cadre de

…dans le cadre de la procédure de séparation.

A

in the context of…
as part of…

in the context of the separation procedures.

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58
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l’intitulé (m)

A

title

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intituler

s’intituler

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to title

to be called, titled

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60
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aux alentours de

A

around

in the vicinity of

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61
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croiser

A

to come across, meet

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62
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apparemment

apparemment pas!

A

apparently

apparently not!

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63
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brièvement

A

briefly, shortly

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64
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bref (adj)

brève

A

brief, short

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65
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une revue annuelle

A

an annual review

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66
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la grosseur

de la grosseur d’une orange

A

size, thickness
growth, swelling (on someone’s body)

the size of an orange

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67
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être displacé à travers l’immense pièce

A

to be placed throughout the immense room

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68
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la paroi

A

wall, partition

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69
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une nageoire

A

a fin

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70
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dépister

A

to track down, detect

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71
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relié à

A

related to

connected to

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72
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déterrer

A

to dig up

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73
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une démarche

faire des désmarches pour obtenir quelque chose

A

step, gait (in the act of walking)
step, measure (abstract)

to take steps to obtain something

74
Q

insolite (adj)

A

strange, unusual

75
Q

se produire

A

to happen

76
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déclarer

A

to declare

77
Q

sitôt

A

as soon as

78
Q

un adjoint

une adjointe

A

assistant

79
Q

léguer qqc à qqn

A

to leave (will) something to someone

80
Q

l’oisiveté (f)

A

idleness, laziness

81
Q

trafiquer

A
to traffic  (contraband)
to fiddle, meddle with something
82
Q

un sigle

A

acronym

initials

83
Q

tarir
se tarir

ne pas tarir d’éloges sur qqc/qqn

A

to peter out
to dry up

to be full of praise for something/someone

84
Q

bifurquer à…

A

to split off to…

85
Q

la besogne

une basse besogne

A

work, job; task

a menail chore

86
Q

la pudeur

A

modesty, bashfulness

87
Q

un écorché vif
une écorchée vive

C’est un écorché vif.

A

hypersensitive person

He’s hypersensitive.

88
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pénible (adj)

A

painful

89
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pâtir de…

A

to suffer as a result of…

90
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adosser à (vt)

adosser contre

A

to lean on

to lean against

91
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irisé

A

irridescent

92
Q

un conte

un conte de fées

A

a story, yarn

a fairy tale

93
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cassant (adj)

A

brittle, harsh

94
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l’afficheur (m)

A
poster
Caller ID (list of missed calls; numbers and caller)
95
Q

maigrichon (adj)

A

skinny

96
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répercuter

se répercuter

A

to pass on something

to echo, to have repercusions

97
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férocement (adv)

A

ferociously, harshly

98
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la rectitude

A

correctness, straightness

99
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tonitruer

tonitruant

A

to thunder

thundrous

100
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la prestation

A

performance

101
Q

alimenter

A

to feed

102
Q

un casier

A

pigeonhole

record (police) slang ?

103
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un morse

A

a walrus

104
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l’affluence (f)

A

crowd

abundance

105
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un manif

A

manifestation

106
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un emmerdeur (slang)

A

pain in the neck

107
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enjoliver

A

to embellish, prettify

108
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sillonner

A

to criss-cross

109
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un joyau

A

a jewel, showpiece

110
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désamorcer

A

to defuse

111
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égarer

A

mislead

misplace

112
Q

un remou

A

eddy

turmoil

113
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à mi-chemin entre

A

midway between

114
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être en mesure de…

A

to be able to…

115
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un croisement de x et de y

un croisement de chaise et de lit.

A

a cross between x and y

a cross between a chair and a bed.

116
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une trouvaille

A

a find (of something of value)

117
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décontenancé (adj)

A

taken aback

118
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avant-coureurs

A

forerunners

119
Q

le genre humain

A

human nature

120
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humble (adj) (mute h)

A

humble

121
Q

Toujours rien de nouveau concernant…

A

Still nothing new concerning…

122
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un pâté de maisons

À quelques pâtés de maisons de là….

A

a (city) block

Several blocks away…

123
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en continu

A

continuously

124
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un maillon

la force de notre maillon le plus faible

A

a link

the strength of our weakest link

125
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la nervosité

A

nervousness

126
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un échelon

A

rung (of a ladder)

grade, degree

127
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durement

A

harshly

hardly

128
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fructueux

C’est le début d’une longue et fructueuse association.

A

fruitful

It’s the beginning of a longue and fruitful association.

129
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entreprennant (adj)

A

enterprising

130
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le courtage

une firme de courtage

A

brokerage

a brokerage firm

131
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tout à l’heure

A

in a short while

132
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versé (adj)

Versé en plusieurs langues

A

versed, skilled, experienced

Fluent in several languages

133
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posé (adj)

A

calm, composed

134
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l’écroulement (m?)

A

collapse

135
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emparer

s’emparer

A

to appropriate

to get hold of

136
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brader

A

to sell off (cheap)

to slash prices

137
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un preneur

une preneuse

A

taker (eg. of a deal)

138
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brouiller

brouiller les pistes

A

confuse, scramble

cover one’s tracks

139
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ores

d’ores et déjà (expression)

A

already

already

140
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la petitesse

A

smallness

141
Q

donner du fil à retordre (expression)

Mon nouvel employé me donne du fil à retordre.

Note: ‘l’ in fil is pronounced

A

literally: to cause the thread to be twisted tighter (ie again)
figurative: to cause a problem, concern

My new employee is a problem.

142
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quoique

A

albeit

143
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un tremplin

A

springboard

144
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inciter

A

to incite

to encourage

145
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davantage

davantage de

A

more

more

146
Q

haletant (adj)

A

breathless

147
Q

un picotement

A

tingling

148
Q

contourner

A

to bypass

149
Q

accepter

A

to accept

to approve

150
Q

obtempérer à

A

to comply with

151
Q

un heurt

de faire qqc sans heurt

A

a knock, bump, upset

to do something smoothly, without upset

152
Q

À la longue

A

eventually, in the end

153
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le débit

A

debit
outflow, output
rate of flow

154
Q

aléatoirement

A

randomly, arbitrarily

155
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drainer

drainer vers

A

to drain, tap

to attract to

156
Q

un recul

A

recoil

retreat, regression

157
Q

dandiner

se dandiner

A

to waddle

to waddle

158
Q

l’amoncellement (m)

A

accumulation
drift
accumulation due to force of wind or water

159
Q

médusé (adj)

A

stunned

160
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méduser

A

to paralyse, stun, daze

161
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une prime

A

a bonus

162
Q

un maître chanteur

A

blackmailer

163
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faire mine de

A

to appear to

lit: to make (a) face (of)

164
Q

marchander

A

to bargain, haggle

165
Q

dévisager

dévisager a qqc/qqn

A

to stare

to stare at something/someone

166
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démanger

A

to itch

167
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une démangeaison

A

an itch, urge

168
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tout à la fois

A

at the same time

169
Q

béant (adj)

A

gaping

170
Q

trôner

A

to hold pride of place

171
Q

être à la hauteur (expression)

A

to measure up

172
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voyant (adj)

A

showy

173
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malaxer

A

to knead, mix, puddle

174
Q

le badinage

A

banter

175
Q

la manchette

A

cuff

headline of a newspaper

176
Q

un puce

A

a flea

a microchip

177
Q

partagé (adj)

A

divided

torn

178
Q

une liasse

A

a bundle

a wad

179
Q

enfouir

A

to bury

180
Q

l’intervalle (m)

A

interval
interlude
break

181
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pointer

A

to point
check in
scrutinize

182
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nonobstant

A

notwithstanding