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Volume 4 Flashcards

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esseulé (adj)

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lonely

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une intervalle

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interval

passage of time

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un cynophile

une cynophile

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dog enthusiast

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un point presse

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press release

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dernièrement

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recently

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au même moment

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at the same time

not: à la même fois

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à chaque fois

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every time

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un couvert

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place setting

cutlery

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sotte (adj)

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silly

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tenir le crachoir

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to talk nonstop

un crachoir = spittoon

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la sorcellerie

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witchcraft

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satané (adj)

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damned

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un jupon

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petticoat

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auprès de

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near
with (chez…)

près de

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couler à pic

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go down

fail

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l’expiation (f)

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atonement

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faire le pied de grue

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to do some snooping

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un taiseux

une taiseuse

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taciturn person

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officieusement (adj)

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unofficially

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une traînée

traînée blanche

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streak
trail

drag (aeronautics)
slut (vulgar slang)

vapour trail

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dévaler qc

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to hurtle down st

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bécoter

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to neck

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un macchabée

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stiff

cadavre

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poussif (adj)

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wheezy

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une mauviette
wimp
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la bouillie
gruel | porridge
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des elements à décharge
exculpatory evidence
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porter (qn) à croire
to lead (sb) to believe
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meuble (adj)
loose (soil) | friable
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remblayer
to fill in (a hole)
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brader
to sell off (cheaply)
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l’inhumation
to rebury a corpse
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s’égosiller
to make oneself hoarse
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un porc
pig also derogatory
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une miche
round loaf of bread girl’s bum fesses
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faire la grosse commission
do number two
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s’astiquer la manche
to masturbate
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jacasser
to chatter
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drôle de coucous
strange birds
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s’étouffer avec
to choke on
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une écrevisse (f)
crayfish
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menu (adj)
small
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en toc
imitation
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un tourteau
crab
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une progéniture
offspring
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concours de corde à sauter
game of skipping rope
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une marelle
hopscotch grid
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discontenu (adj)
discontinuous | intermittent
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grelotter de
to shiver with to tinkle (sound)
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morfonder
to mope | brood
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rembourrer
to stuff | pad
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à la mi-novembre
mid november
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tasser
to press down
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encenser
to exhalt | praise
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cautionner
to give one’s support to
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dénuder
to denude | make bare
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un pactole
gold mine | bonanza
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une bécassine
``` snipe (water bird) silly goose (informal expression) ```
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la steppe
steppe | vast plain
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se la couler douce
be on easy street | enjoy the good life
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refourguer
to palm off | fence
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livre de bord | journal de bord
log book
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nitouche (adj nom f)
goody-goody | “no touching”
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chiffoner
to crumple | irritate
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chiffonné (adj)
crumpled ``` tired looking (informal) troubled looking ```
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une espèce de
some kind of
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avoir la dette envers qn
to have a debt tosb
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pitié! (exclamation)
(have) mercy! | for pity’s sake!
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l’engouement
passion infatuation craze
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un rencart | un rancard
date (romantic) (informal)
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le surlendemain
the day after tomorrow
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C’est à ça que servent les amis!
That’s what friends are for!
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savater
to kick
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raccrocher le nez de qn
to hang up on sb
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lyncher
to lynch
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grossièrement se tromper grossièrement
roughly crudely rudely to be utterly mistaken
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in extremis
at the last minute | on the deathbed
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le foin faire du foin
hay to cause a scandal cause a problem
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grade en prendre pour son grade
rank degree to be reprimanded
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dare-dare
double quick
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faire la peau à qn
to harm sb | kill sb
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se faire la malle
to leave | pack one’s bags
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en kraft
kraft paper
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à cœur joie s’en donner à cœur joie
wholeheartedly fully to have a great time
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gaver
to force-feed | stuff
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donner naissance à qn
to give birth to sb
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poncer
to sand | pounce
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aviser
to notify | catch sight of
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la bonté
kindness
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le délire
delirium | madness
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bénite (adj)
blessed | holy
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tarabiscoté (adj)
convoluted overly ornate cumbersome
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une solive
joist

La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert (5 decks)

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