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Volume 5 Flashcards

1
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une rombière

A

old bag (derog)

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une charogne

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rotting corps

bastard (derog)

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dégoiser

A

to spout (informal)

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défriser

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to straighten

to annoy

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5
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zieuter

A

to glance at

oogle (colloq)

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une cloque

être en cloque (slang)

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blister

to be pregnant

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hériter de qc

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to inherit st

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soutirer de qc à qn

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to squeeze st out of sb

obtain st from sb by persuasion or ruse

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la foufoune (vulgar slang)

A

cunt

pussy

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s’en prendre à qn

A

to lay into sb

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la besogne

A

lowly job

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binaire (adj)

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binary

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en bisbille (f)

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quarrelling

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14
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se fiancer à qn

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to get engaged to sb

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15
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faire piquer un animal

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to have an animal euthanized

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nunuche (adj)

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bird-brained

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l’envoûtement (m)

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bewitchment

sortilège
fascination

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s’approcher de qc

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to approach st

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une patère

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peg

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20
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belliqueux (adj)

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bellicose

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un coma éthylique

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alcoholic coma

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il revint sur le trottoir

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he came back to the sidewalk

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23
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puiser dans

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to pull from

tap into

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24
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dégueuler

A

throw up

vomir

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railleur (adj)

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mocking

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26
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sa bedaine

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his paunch

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27
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panteler

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to pant

be out of breath

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28
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le dressage

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training (esp for horses)

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29
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un/une condisciple

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school fellow

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30
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écher

A

to dry

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31
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un bourbier

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quagmire

tangle

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ouvragé (adj)

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finely worked

travaillé

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funèbre (adj)

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funereal

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34
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pimpant (adj)

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fresh, stylish

coquet et frais

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35
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un cor

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wind flute

corn (on foot)

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36
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le durillon

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callus

la callosité

37
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du moment que…

A

as long as…

38
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avoir de conscience

A

to be aware of

39
Q

un larbin

A

servant
flunky
doormat (informal)

40
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flâner

A

to drift around

wander

41
Q

de près

A

closely

up close

42
Q

étirer

A

to stretch

43
Q

casser les pieds à qn

A

to annoy sb

44
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enquiquiner

A

to annoy

agacer
énerver

45
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être mal en point

A

to be in a bad state

46
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témoigner de qc

A

to witness st

47
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rire de qc

A

to laugh at st

48
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attendrissant

A

moving
touching

émouvant

49
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tonitruant (adj)

A

booming

50
Q

la piste de danse

A

dance floor

51
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trémousser

A

to fidget

se tortiller

52
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comme nombre des gens…

A

like many of the people…

53
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dépiter à faire

A

to be piqued at doing

annoyed

54
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maladif (adj)

A

sickly

pathological

55
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capitonner

A

to pad

rembourrer

56
Q

sur le pied de guerre

A

on war footing

57
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cahotant (adj)

A

bumpy

58
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écrabouiller

A

to smash
crush

écraser

59
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gribouiller

A

to scribble
scrawl

griffonner

60
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emmêler

A

to tangle

confuse

61
Q

un catcheur

A

wrestler

62
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bouder

A

to eschew
reject

to sulk

63
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boudeur (adj)

A

sullen

64
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vioque (adj)

A

old

65
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rapiat (adj)

A

stingy

66
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mariner

A

marinate

67
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furax (adj) (informal)

A

mad

68
Q

faire allusion à qc

A

to allude to st

69
Q

un chacal

A

jackal

70
Q

loucher

A

to squint

oogle

71
Q

un tuyau

un tuyau sur

A

pipe

tip about
confidential information on

72
Q

une tafiole

A

homosexual

73
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monnayer

A

to convert to cash

monetize

monétiser

74
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spontanément

A

spontaneously

75
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spontané (adj)

A

spontaneous

76
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crever
crever de (faim)

à en crever

A

to puncture (accidentally)

to be dying of (hunger) lit. or fig.

to die for (expression)

77
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étriper

A

to slaughter
gut

to kill (by exaggeration)

78
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cramer

A

to burn

be on fire

79
Q

le fiel

A

venom

bile

80
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au vol

A

on the fly

in flight

81
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amovible (adj)

A

detachable

82
Q

un éclat

A

fragment

burst of st
burst of light

83
Q

le chantage

A

blackmail

84
Q

éberlué (adj)

A

dumbfounded

85
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réparateur (adj)

un réparateur
une réparatrice

A

refreshing
invigorating

repair person
technician

86
Q

une vue sur mer
une vue sur cour

une vue sur la plage

A

a sea view
a view of the courtyard

Note: expression does not include article

a view of the beach

87
Q

je monte à Paris

A

I’m going up to Paris

note: from the south up to the north
from a small town up to a much larger city

88
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une charogne

A

rotting carcass

bastard

Prepositions (2 decks)

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