Volume 3 Flashcards

1
Q

coucher en cuillère

A

spoon

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2
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à dormir debout (exp)

A

cock-and-bull

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3
Q

une fiche

A

card
index card

plug (electrical)

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4
Q

butiner

A

to gather pollen

to glean (fig)

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5
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une passation

une passation des pouvoirs

A

signing

transfer of power

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6
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un indic  (slang)
un indicateur
A

informer

indicator

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7
Q

un prêteur

A

moneylender

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8
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malencontreux (adj)

A

unfortunate

inconvenient

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9
Q

en dernier recours

A

as a last resort

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10
Q

un piquet

A

stake

peg

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11
Q

grappiller

A

to scrape together

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12
Q

minauder

A

simper

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13
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emmurer

A

to wall in

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14
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révéler

A

to reveal

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15
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inguérissable (adj)

A

incurable

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16
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gruger

A

to dupe

17
Q

amoché (adj)

A

battered

18
Q

amocher (Colloq)

A

to beat sb/st up

19
Q

s’amocher

A

to beat oneself up

20
Q

une linotte

A

Eurpean finch

21
Q

saugrenu (adj)

A

grotesque
bizarre

crazy

22
Q

prétexter

A

to give as pretext

give as an excuse

23
Q

un quidam

A

fellow

chap

24
Q

flétrir

A

to wither

fade

25
Q

sourdre

A

to well up

26
Q

plaquer

A

to panel
clad
veneer

to tackle (sport)

27
Q

se plaquer

se plaquer au sol
se plaquer contre un mur
se plaquer contre qqn

A

to flatten oneself

28
Q

occire

A

to slay

29
Q

glousser

A

chuckle

giggle

30
Q

une famille d’accueil

A

foster family

31
Q

brasiller

A

to grill

shine
sparkle

32
Q

la vantardise

A

bragging

boastfulness