Volume 3 Flashcards

(131 cards)

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patiemment

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patiently

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venir à bout de

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to overcome

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suspendu au plafond

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suspended from the ceiling

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tâter

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to feel out
sound out public opinion

palper

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un faisceau

un faisceau lumineux

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beam

a beam of light

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un lambeau

mettre qqc en lambeaux

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rag
shreds

to tear something to shreds

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à la loupe

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minutely

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un bourreau

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executioner

tormentor

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garder mes réflexions pour moi

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to keep my thoughts to myself

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Parcourir la salle du regard (expression)

Je parcours rapidement la salle du regard.

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to look around the room

I take a quick look around the room.

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histoire de + infinitive (expression)

histoire de ne pas l’alerter

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so as to
in order to let
to get

so as to not alert her

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Les deux ne s’excluent pas..

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The two aren’t mutually exclusive…

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une chasse au trésor

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a treasure hunt

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défier

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to defy

challenge

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river à/sur

avoir les yeux rivés sur qqc

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to be riveted on

to have one’s eyes riveted on something

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délirer

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to be delirious

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un paradis fiscal

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tax haven

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déborder

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overflow

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emploi du temps

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timetable

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manifestement

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clearly

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pouffer

pouffer de rire

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snicker

burst out laughing

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un boisseau

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a bushel

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effectivement

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effectively
indeed
very

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l’entrée de gamme

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entry level

low end of the range

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avenant (adj)
pleasant | likeable
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un avenant
rider (to an agreement) | amendment
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à l'avenant
in keeping with (current practice, an agreement)
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aiguillonner
to goad incite inciter
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attrister s'attrister de
to sadden to be saddened by
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se formaliser se formaliser d'un rien
to take offence to be easily offended
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magnanime (adj)
magnanimous
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se mener tambour battant
to move right along bouger à vive allure
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le forage le forage pétrolier le forage d'un puits
drilling drilling for oil drilling a well
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un oléoduc
a pipeline (oil)
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le déchet
waste | dregs of society (figurative)
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liquider
to liquidate (as english meanings)
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la grossièrité
crudeness | vulgarity
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le sentier battu
worn path (fig: the straight and narrow)
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d'aussi bons résultats
such good results
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l'indiscipline (f)
lack of discipline
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ultra-sécurisé (adj)
ultra secure (computer)
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à faire beaucoup
to add up
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à son air
by his manner
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dépourvu (adj) dépourvu de prendre quelqu'un au dépourvu
destitute lacking in to take someone by surprise
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démentir
to refute
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à répétition
repeatedly
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du regard
looking around
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tenir informé
to keep informed
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porteur (adj) un mur porteur
supporting encouraging supporting wall
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que J'ai à peine ouvert le menu que Parano s'assoit à côté de moi.
when I had barely opened the menu when Parano sat down beside me.
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la bactérie mangeuse de chair
the flesh-eating disease bacteria
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battre en retraite
beat a retreat
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gore (adj)
gory
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finir par se terminer
to finish by coming to its end
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le luxe de...
the luxury of...
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une dictature
a dictatorship
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un escroc
crook | swindler
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joindre l'utile à l'agréable
to mix business and pleasure
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soutirer
to extract | extort
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déroutant (adj)
disconcerting déconcertant
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enfanter
to give birth to
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baragouiner (prononciation: baragoweenay)
to gabble | speak a language poorly
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la ruine
ruination | bankruptcy
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la faille sans failles
fault without fail
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l'affut de Elles ont les yeux rivés sur nous, pour l'affut de notre réaction.
to observe Their eyes are riveted on us, to observe our reaction.
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cul sec (expression) faire cul sec
bottoms up to down in one gulp
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une rasade
a glassful
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sentir plus en confiance
to feel more confident
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une pellicule les pellicules
a thin layer, a film (of dust, of plastic, of photography film) dandruff
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environner
to surround
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une part faire part à
part share to share with to tell to
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le déferlement
unfurling surge flood
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la soirée de la veille
yesterday evening
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tabasser (informal)
to beat up | rough up
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fouter la paix Vous me foutez la paix?
to leave someone in peace You'll get off my back?
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faire mine de + infinitive
to go through the actions of...
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un/une destinataire
addressee
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chiffonner
to crumple up
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un site de rencontres
a chat room (internet)
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être en manque de... (expression)
to be in need of...
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quelque part peux-tu me trouver une demi-heure quelque part?
somewhere works for time too: Can you find a half hour somewhere?
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un dessein avoir le dessein de faire... à dessein
intention plan to have the intention of doing... by design, intentionally
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véhiculer véhiculer des rumeurs
to transport circulate to spread rumours
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être en rapport avec qqn
to be in touch with someone
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cruauté envers les animaux
cruelty toward animals
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happer être happé par
to grab to be caught up in to be hit by (car, train) to be swallowed by (entrance to metro, crowd)
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impitoyable
merciless | unfeeling
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immanquable (adj)
impossible to miss
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immanqueablement
inevitably
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sans compter ce que sans compter ce que je vais sauver en frais de stationnement.
Not to mention what... Not to mention what I'll save on parking.
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une vie de fou
a crazy life
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indéfiniment
indefinitely
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la connerie
bulllshit
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ne rien faire
to do nothing
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se mettre à l'abri
take cover
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en grande partie
in large measure
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avoir affaire
to do business
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irréaliste (adj)
unrealistic
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une croix gammée
swastika
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avoir à l'oeil C'est bien de les avoir à l'oeil
have/keep an eye on... It's good to keep an eye on them
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à peine
barely
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un bidule
thing-a-ma-jig
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un cheval de Troie
Trojan horse
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J'ai branché l'appareil sur un ordinateur coupé du réseau.
I plugged the device into a computer cut off from the net.
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se renseigner
to make enquiries | become informed
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Je veux ça pour hier.
I want it yesterday.
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un rencard (slang)
rendez-vous
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au fond Ce qui est ridicule, au fond, parce que....
really It's ridiculous, really, because...
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On traversera ce pont-là quand on sera rendus à la rivière.
We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
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interloqué (adj)
flabbergasted | speechless
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encaisser encaisser le coup
``` to cash (a cheque) accept ``` to take every in stride
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empiéter
to encroach | trespass
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le vieux méchant loup
big bad wolf
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À elles trois, elles ont l'air de faire à peine mon âge.
The three together seem to barely make my age.
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importer ces considérations importent peu
``` to import to matter (ie, have import, to be important) ``` these considerations matter little
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une truie
a sow
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un/une enflure (derogatory)
bastard | bitch
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être à voile et à vapeur (colloquial)
to be bisexual
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un pervers
a pervert
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pervers (adj)
pervers perverted deviant
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gifler
to slap
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à l'écart (adj)
separate
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houblonné (adj)
hoppy
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le badinage
banter
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un mannequin
model
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cabotin (adj)
theatrical
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zapper
use the remote télécommander
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un chercheur
researcher investigator hunter
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un présentateur
presenter anchor (on television) animateur
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crépiter
to crackle
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désengourdir
to regain sensation (engourdir = to numb)