Volume 5 Flashcards

(117 cards)

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commode (adj)

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convenient

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être à l’écart

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isolated

recall: un écart = a gap

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l’encaisse (f)

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cash balance

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l’obligation (f)

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obligation

bond

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faire des huits

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make a figure-eight pattern

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ravageur

ravageuse

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destroyer

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l’appât (m)

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bait

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Faire en sorte que…

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Make sure that…

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ainsi que…

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together with…

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cantonner

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to station  (as a military position)
to confine someone to a place
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une rechute

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a setback

a relapse

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détonner

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to be out of place

jar

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d’aventure

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by chance

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au juste

Vous voulez dire quoi, au juste?

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exactly

What exactly do you mean?

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la courtoisie

par courtoisie

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courtesty
courting
courtship

as a courtesy

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pondre

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to lay (an egg)
to produce something
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rationaliser

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to rationalize–to invent possible, but false, reasons for actions

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baveur

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one who talks nonsense

one who dribbles spit

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préalable (adj)

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previous

preliminary

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l’amabilité

avec amabilité

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amiability
kindness

kindly

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en partie

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partly

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basané

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tanned

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à proximité

situé à proximité

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nearby

located nearby

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foutrement (adj intensifier)

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bloody

fucking

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bonasse (adj)
meek
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nettement
distinctly | clearly
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proprement
properly | neatly
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à quelques reprises
a few times
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pester contre qqc/qqn
to curse someone/something
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surprendre
to surprise to catch (understand) to overhear to intercept
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exercer sur s'exerciser à
to carry on to exercise, practice to train, practice
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résigner
to resign, quit an office or a position
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se résigner à qqc | se résigner à faire qqc
to resign oneself to something | to resign oneself to doing something
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reporter
reporter
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désolidariser de | se désolidariser de
to dissociate oneself from
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jouer au plus fin N'essayez pas de jouer au plus fin avec moi.
to split hairs Don't try to split hairs with me.
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refiler (informal)
pass off something to somebody
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la minutie
meticulousness
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nul doute...
no doubt...
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répercuter
to echo, reverberate
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un point de presse
a press conference
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off (adv) la voix off le festival off
off-screen (cinematography) voice-over fringe festival
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un sarrau
a smock
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à mesure que
while, as
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la mèche être de mèche avec qqn vendre la mèche
tuft, wisp (of hair) to be in cahoots with someone to let the cat out of the bag
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aguerrir
to harden
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moyennant
in return for
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mieux vaut... mieux vaut assumer, dans ces cas-là.
It's better to... It's better to assume (so), in such cases.
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Dans la mesure où...
To the extent that...
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Ou bien.....ou bien
Either.....or
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une hécatombe
a massacre
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inné C'est une habilié innée ou c'est acquis?
innate Is that a natural skill or is it acquired?
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un tiers tiers/tierce une tierce partie
third, third party a third party
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s'acharner à faire...
to try desparately to...
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là où il y a... Là où il y a des organisations, il y des secrets.
wherever there are... Wherever there are organizations, there are secrets.
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la tôle (slang)
slammer
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allègrement
gleefully
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énigmatiquement
mysteriously
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énigmatique
mysterious
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antérieur (adj) Hérités d'une vie antérieure.
previous Inherited in a previous life.
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taguer Les jeunes ont encore tagué le mur.
to tag The kids have tagged the wall again.
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passionnant (adj)
exciting fascinating gripping
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l'octroi (m) from octroyer l'octroi de la plupart des subventions...
granting the granting of most of the subsidies...
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les tripes
nonsense | (tripe) first two parts of a ruminant's stomach
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une ponction
a puncture
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une fioriture
flourish, embellishment
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semperiternal (adj)
eternal
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des propos sans conséquence
small talk
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un empêchement
unforseen difficulty | impediment
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assoupir s'assoupir
make drowsly to doze off
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esseulé (adj)
wretched, miserable
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un tire-bouchon
cork-screw
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rebrancher
to reconnect
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à bout portant
point blank
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la tabagie
smoke shop
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une rame une rame de métro
a train a subway train
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la cargaison
cargo | load
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un individu
an individual, person
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la lurette la belle lurette Il n'a rien publié depuis une belle lurette.
ages He hasn't published anything for ages.
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immanqueablement
inevitably
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malaxer
to knead, mix, puddle
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``` l'embrun (m) les embruns (m) ```
surf | spray
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effriter | s'effriter
to crumble, collapse | to crumble away
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ébrécher
to chip, nick
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à bout de souffle
out of breath
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une grève
a strike | a strand, bank (of the sea)
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la pilosité
pilosity, hairiness
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un guet faire le guet
a lookout, watch to be on the lookout
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esquiver s'esquiver
to dodge, sidestep to slip away
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foudroyant (adj)
terrible, awful
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embarrasser s'embarrasser de
to embarrass to burden oneself with
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frimer
to show off
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la frime arrête ta frime!
showing off stop showing off!
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tout droit sorti de Il semblait tout droit sorti d'un film des années soixante.
right out of... He looked as if he was right out of a 1960's film.
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téter
to suck
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être à la veille de faire.... Ils sont à la veille de demander aux artistes de faire les enquêtes.
to be on the verge of doing... They're on the verge of asking artists to investigate.
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maugréer contre...
to grumble, mutter about...
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quoi que ce soit
whatever, anything
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creuser
to dig, bore, hollow out
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dépêtrer de... se dépêtrer de...
to extricate from... to extricate oneself from...
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la buée
condensation, steam
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partant (adj) Pour ces affaires-là, je suis toujours partant.
ready For this buisiness, I'm always ready.
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le cafouillage
bungling, muddle
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la messagère
messenger (female)
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guetter
to be on guard, watch out for | to threaten
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repousser
to repel to push away to push back
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le gâchis
mess
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une tribune
a gallery, platform
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la vertu en vertu de...
virtue by virtue of...
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verteusement
virtuously
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lorgner
leer, ogle
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fuser
to gush, spurt
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balbutier
to stammer
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le balbutiement
stammering | fig: first step
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abréger
abridge shorten abbreviate
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dénommé (adj) La personne dénommé Pierre...
named The person named Pierre...
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la sérigraphie
silkscreen print