Volume 5 Flashcards by Ken Wodlinger

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gitan (adj)

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gypsy

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un naufragé

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survivor of a shipwreck/crash

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un proscrit

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outcast

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la diligence

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diligence
stagecoach

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maugréer

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to mutter

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prélasser

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lounge
lie down
recline

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un gâchis

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mess

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une lanière

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thong
strap
lash

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se battre

se battre contra
se battre avec
se battre pour

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to fight

to fight against
to fight with
to fight for

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un boulon

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bolt

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la fréquentation

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company
frequenting
association

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envoûter

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to bewitch

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un saltimbanque

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acrobat

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un bateleur

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street acrobat

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s’en vouloir

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to be cross with oneself
to regret

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idolâtre

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to idolize

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magouiller

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to scheme

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passer à tabac (idiom)

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to beat up

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un assainissement

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cleaning up
stabilization (fig)
streamlining (fig)

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éconduire

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to dismiss
spurn

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la sincérité

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sincerity
candor

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chancelant (adj)

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unsteady
faltering

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une fraiseuse

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milling machine

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une meule

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grindstone

meuler

to grind

une cagoule

balaclava

bâillonner

gag muzzle

tenailler

to torment

auvergnat (adj)

from the Auvergne

un pochard

boozer

le parquet

parquet flooring well of the court (law)

friper

to crumple stump

la fripe

second-hand clothing

une beuverie

drinking session carousal

mondain (adj)

worldly

un mon mondain une mondaine

socialite

un guet-apens

ambush

une monture

mount (horse) mounting (eg jewelry)

gourer se gourer de jour

to make a mistake to get the day wrong

tantôt

now at this moment sometimes

s’informer sur

to inquire about find out about get info about

reconnaissant (adj)

appreciative grateful

dénué de (adj)

devoid of

dénuer se dénuer

to divest to deprive oneself

surcroît

in addition

une urne

urn ballot box

piètre (adj)

very poor very mediocre

une jérémiade

lamentation sob story

décolérer

to lose anger

scander

scan chant

aller par quatre chemins

to beat around the bush

un bouc

billy goat

funeste (adj)

disastrous

opiniâtre (adj)

stubborn obstinate

crânement

proudly haughtily gallantly

l’abattement (m)

dejection despondency

une pioche

pickax

forcir

to broaden out strengthen