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Volume 3 Flashcards

1
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une tenture

A

wall hanging

curtain

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2
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enfumé (adj)

A

smokey

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3
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enfumer

A

to smoke out

fill st with smoke

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un lutteur

une lutteuse

A

fighter

wrestler

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5
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à quoi s’en tenir

A

what to expect

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6
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déguerpir

A

to flee

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7
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égailler

s’égailler

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to disperse

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spartiate (adj)

A

spartan

austere

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9
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écrouler

s’écrouler

A

collapse
crumble
fade

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10
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éternuer

A

to sneeze

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11
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en tout

A

in all

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12
Q

épater

A

to amaze

impress

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13
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glousser

A

to chuckle
cluck
chortle
gobble

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14
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de départ

A

original

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15
Q

une propension

A

propensity
proclivity
inclination

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16
Q

se tenir…

A

to keep os…

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17
Q

receler

A

to conceal
hold
receive stolen goods

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18
Q

battre en retraite

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beat a retreat

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19
Q

d’arrache-pied (adv)

travailler d’arrache-pied

A

tirelessly
indefatigably

to work flat out

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20
Q

une languette

A

tab

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21
Q

l’aval

en aval

donner son aval à qqc

A

backing

downstream
downhill

to give one’s backing to st

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22
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la rédaction

A

writing
editing

editorial office (news)

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23
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un crible

passer au crible

A

riddle (ie make holes)
sieve
screen

to sift through

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24
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la paresse

A

laziness

sloth

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25
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paresser

arrête de paresser

A

to laze
lounge

stop lounging about

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26
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d’usage (adj)

A

customary

usual

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27
Q

un couplet

A

stanza

verse

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28
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volage (adj

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flighty

fickle

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29
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un rabat

A

flap

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30
Q

le montant

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upright

uphill
upstream

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31
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une égratignure

A

scratch

32
Q

ménager

A

to take care of

coddle

33
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l’effervescence (f)

A

effervescence

turmoil

34
Q

le grabuge

A

scrap

mayhem

35
Q

mis en cause

A

under scrutiny

questioned

36
Q

une affectation

A

affectation
allocation
posting
appointment

37
Q

un sommier

A

bed base

38
Q

se dérober

A

shirk

evade

39
Q

esquiver

A

to dodge
evade
sidestep

40
Q

une pagaille

en pagaille

A

mess
shambles

in a mess
in profusion

41
Q

la jugeote

A

common sense

42
Q

un évêque

A

bishop

lord

43
Q

une entorse

faire une entorse au règlement

A

sprain (med)

twist
wrench

to bend the rules

44
Q

indemne (adj)

A

unhurt

unscathed

45
Q

miser sur

A

to bet on

count on

46
Q

le mobile

A

motive

47
Q

un taud

A

awning

boat cover

48
Q

un youyou

A

dinghy

49
Q

le palissandre

A

rosewood

50
Q

radoter

A

to ramble
say st again and again
talk drivel
drool

51
Q

un buffle

A

buffalo

52
Q

en cale (boat)

A

docked

53
Q

obnubiler

A

to obsess

54
Q

obnubilé par

A

obsessed by

55
Q

faute de frappe

A

typo

56
Q

défier

A

to challenge

defy

57
Q

se défier

A

distrust

58
Q

un/une convive

A

guest
dinner guest
table-mate
conversationalist

59
Q

un croquis

A

sketch

60
Q

en faveur de

à la faveur de

A

in favour of

thanks to

61
Q

éperdu (adj)

A

distracted
wild

overwhelming
frantic
desperate
boundless

62
Q

fébrilement

A

feverishly

63
Q

une échancrure

A

indentation
opening
groove

64
Q

espacer

A

to space out

interspace

65
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s’espacer

A

to become less frequent

66
Q

en trois temps

A

in three stages

67
Q

rabrouer

A

to rebuff

snub

68
Q

en chute libre

A

in free fall

69
Q

sentir chez lui

A

to feel at home

70
Q

l’aulne (m)

A

alder

71
Q

enchevêtrer

A

to tangle

criss-cross

72
Q

un accroc

un accroc à

A

infraction

tear in

73
Q

un chenal

A

channel

millrace

74
Q

une balise

A

marker
beacon
signpost
tag (IT)

75
Q

bastonner

A

to beat

cut

76
Q

un éclat de galet

A

pebble

77
Q

le remaniement

un remaniement ministériel

A

rearrangement

cabinet shuffle

Les Morts de la Saint-Jean (3 decks)

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