Volume 4 Flashcards

(92 cards)

1
Q

la bretellle

A

shoulder strap
sling
suspenders

slip road
access ramp

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une bite (vulgar slang)

A

penis
prick
dick

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le bardeau

A

clapboard

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un monospace

A
space cruiser  (vehicle)
van
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5
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scinder

se scinder

A

to divide
splir
sunder

to split up

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un dissimulateur

une dissimulatrice

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dissembler

secretive person

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dissimulateur (adj)

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secretive

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à son intention

à l’intention de qn

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in his honour

for sb

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se représenter

A

imagine

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à leur décharge

A

in their defence

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11
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vins et spiritueux

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wines and spirits

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12
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voltiger

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to flutter about

fly about

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13
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un heurtoir

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door knocker

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14
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l’étain (m)

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tin

pewter

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amenuiser

s’amenuiser

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to reduce
whittle

dwindle

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16
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le postillon

A

spit

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17
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empester

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to reek

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18
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le bain de bouche

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mouth wash

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19
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arrimer

arrimer à

A

stow
lash up

to dock with

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20
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assouvir

A

assuage

satisfy

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21
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un navet

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turnip

third-rate film (derog)

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22
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dégarni (adj)

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bare

balding

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tramer

se tramer

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to weave
hatch

to be hatched

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une expertise

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expertise

appraisal

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de face | de profil
face on | in profile
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repu (adj)
sated | full
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écluser
to operate a lock (waterway) to knock back (a drink) (slang) une écluse = a lock (for boats)
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un éclusier | une éclusière
lock-keeper
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atterrer
to floor sb | appal
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la rotule
kneecap
31
méridional (adj)
southern
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brinquebaler
to rattle about | be shaken
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défoncer
bash in | batter
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la tôle
sheet metal
35
radouber
repair
36
le mouillage
anchorage mooring moistening
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la fibre de verre
fibreglass
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la timonerie
wheelhouse
39
boitiller
to limp slightly
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un taquet
wedge | cleat (nautical)
41
marrer
to have a laugh
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piocher qc
to dig st over to take a card (card game)
43
blinder
to harden | reinforce
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le bastingage
rail bannister ship’s railing
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darder
to shoot (dart, arrow, a look)
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malingre (adj)
sickly wasted chétif
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flâner
to stroll
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la bravoure
bravery | gallantry
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en puissance un assassin en puissance
potential potential killer
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toiser
to eye up and down
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une trousse être aux trousses de qn
little case kit to be hot on sb’s tail
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la dérobade
evasion | avoidance
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lester
to ballast
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un bouc
goat goatee un bouc-émissaire = scapegoat
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impavide
intrepid fearless intrépide
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un coquart/coquard (colloq)
shiner | black eye
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la cantonade parler à la cantonade
crying out from the rooftops speak to no one in particular aside (theatre)
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déconcerter
to disconcert | cause concern
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le rotin
rattan | cane
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le lambris
wooden wall paneling
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le nénuphar
waterlily
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incongru (adj)
incongruous | out of place
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un cocker
cocker spaniel
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une tignasse
wig mop of hair (colloq)
65
un silencieux
silencer
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la mélasse
molasses | treacle
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un trousseau
bunch (of keys)
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une trouvaille
find | discovery
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une patère
peg | hook
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dégriser
sober up
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concevoir se concevoir
to conceive procreate design to be conceivable
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ça décroche le pompon (idiom)
that takes the cake pompon = woolen bauble
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jurer
``` to swear (avow) cuss ```
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indéchiffrable
indecipherable | unreadable
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une palme | les palmes
palm leaf flippers (swimming) palmé = webbed
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palmé (adj)
webbed
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une bouteille faire de la plongée avec des bouteilles
bottle to dive with breathing equipment
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palmer
to swim with flippers? | not in dictionary
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un détendeur
regulator (diving)
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un poursuivant | une poursuivante
pursuer plaintif
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le trépas passer de vie à trépas
demise to pass away
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souscrire à
to subscribe to to underwrite
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un battant porte à deux battants
hinged part of a door or window double door
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un œilleton
eyepiece | door peep
85
aux aguets
on the lookout | to lie in wait
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une ventouse faire ventouse
suction cup plunger (to unblock st) (déboucher = unblock) to stick
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un bec se prendre le bec avec qn
beak to pick a fight with sb
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un carlin
pug (dog)
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maladif (adj)
sickly
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en répétition
in rehearsal
91
un pont pont avant pont arrière
bridge axle front axle back axle
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carabiné (adj)
raging (headache, cold...)