Volume 7 Flashcards

(119 cards)

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la hausse (note: no eliason)

On voit une hausse de prix.

Le marché est en hausse.

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increase, rise
jump

There’s a price increase

The market is on the way up.

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devancer

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to outstrip

to get ahead of

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maugréer

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to mutter, grumble

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une chasse aux sorcières

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a witch hunt

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une conspiration

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a conspiracy

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justicier

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righter of wrongs (vigilante ?)

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un rechange (m?)

j’ai une chemise de rechange

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alternative
spare

I have a spare shirt.

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une loge

être aux premières loges (idiom)

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lodge, gallery, dressing room

to be in an ideal position

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érailler

s’érailler

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to become hoarse

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comme quoi

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to the effect that

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une perquisition

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search, quest

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une éponge

passer l’éponge (idiom)

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sponge

to forget the past

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un esclandre

faire d’esclandre public

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scandal
scene

to make a public scene

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public (adj)

publique

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public

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un engouement pour

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an infatuation with

a passion for

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engouer

s’engouer de

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to become infatuated with

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saccager

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to wreck, pillage, vandalize

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mettre la puce à l’oreille (idiom)

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to put a bug in someone’s ear

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colmater

colmater les brèches

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to plug, seal off
to fill in

to fill in the gaps

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un regroupement

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a gathering, grouping

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un commandite

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silent partner, limited partnership

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commanditer

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to finance

to sponsor

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l’arrière-plan (m)

en arrière-plan

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background

in the background

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un courtage

une maison de courtage

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brokerage

a brokerage house

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une enchère faire une enchère une vente aux enchères
a bid to place a bid an auction
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faute de
for lack of
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par rapport à...
compared to... | in relation to...
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la velléité à la moindre velléité de rébellion
vague wish at the least sign of rebellion
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noyauter
to infiltrate
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empêtrer | s'empêtrer
to get entangled, bogged down
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un transfert
transfer
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pudique (adj)
modest, bashful
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à terme
to conclusion
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rajeunir
to rejuvenate | make smb look younger
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l'accentuation (f)
emphasis
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frileux (adj)
sensitive to cold chilly cautious
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buter
to stumble | to mistake
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détraquer
to wreck | go wrong
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enclin à faire (adj)
inclined to do | prone to doing
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un accompagnateur | une accompagnatrice
accompanist (music) follower chaperone
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la joaillerie
jewelry | jewelry store
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à mi-chemin entre...
midway between...
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un mécène
sponsor, patron (or the arts)
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dépourvu (adj)
destitute devoid bankrupt
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méduser
to dumbfound
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en attente de...
waiting for...
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ébrécher
to chip, nick
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un connaisseur | une connaisseuse
an expert
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offusquer
to offend | to insult
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un tâcheron
a hack | a drudge`
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encourir
to incur
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le rigueur
harshness
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rigoureux
rigorous harsh strict
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une émeute
a riot
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rallier
to rally | to unite
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le faisan
pheasant (bird)
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un dilettante dilettante (adj) en dilettante
a dabbler, amateur amateur as a dabbler, not seriously
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causer
to cause | to chat
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peu probable
very likely
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surprotéger
to overprotect
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pourtant
nevertheless all the same however, yet
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une affectation
assignment appointment affectation
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jongler
to juggle
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n'être pour rien dans....
not involved in...
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à deux reprises
two extra times
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les primeurs (m)
early fruit
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un toubib (slang)
doctor, quack
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subit (adj)
sudden, snap
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un coup en bas de la ceinture
a blow below the belt
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n'a rien à voir dans...
nothing to do with...
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débiter
to debit to reel off to cut up to produce
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un chevalier servant
devoted admirer
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le fretin le menu fretin (idiom)
fry, minnow small fry
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s'apprêter à faire
to be about to do
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rebâcher
rehash
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même (adj)
actual, selfsame
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concevoir
to conceive, design, devise, plan
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le tirage à tirage limité
drawing (as in a lottery) circulation edition limited edition
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clos (adj) un monde clos à la nuit close
closed a self-contained world after nightfall
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de tout à fait
quite
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orner
to decorate, adorn
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élancé (adj)
slender, slim
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accoupler accoupler à s'accoupler
to yoke, mate, engage in sexual intercourse, breed with to mate
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un adepte
devotee
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jusqu'en jusqu'en Europe
all over (?) all over Europe (?)
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à tout hasard
by any chance
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huppé (adj) (colloquial)
upper-crust
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brider en bride
to control, curb under control
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rogner en rogne
to trim, cut back cutting back (?)
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moisir
to go moldy
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béni (adj)
blessed
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une recrue
recruit, draftee
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entreposer
to store, warehouse
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usagé (adj)
used, second-hand, worn
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pantois (adj)
flabbergasted
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en raquettes
by snowshoe
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une fois de plus
once again
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abreuver s'abreuver
to water, irrigate to drink
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en conclure que...
to conclude that...
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un verrou être sous les verrous (idiom)
bolt (as in a lock) to be under lock and key
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un fonds de retraite
a pension
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l'outrance (f)
exorbitance, excessiveness
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les allées et les venues
comings and goings
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en provenance de...
coming from...
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du côté de Du neuf du côté d'Art/ho?
about regarding on Anything new on Art/ho?
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les couilles (mp) vulgar slang On les tient tous par les couilles, mais ils ne savent rien.
balls We've got them by the balls, but they don't know anything.
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Ils en ont plein les mains.
They've got their hands full.
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s'en tenir sur Il fallait qu'il sache à quoi s'en tenir sur Bréhal.
to think of.. to make of... He needed to know what to make of Bréhal.
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un démêlé (n) démêler (v)
a quarrel, dispute to unravel, untangle
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la provenance
origin(s)
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faire face à Il a liquidé ses biens pour faire face à des difficultés financières.
to deal with He liquidated his assets to deal with some financial difficulties.
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un pontage Il avait subi un triple pontage.
timekeeping (as in sports) bypass (as in medical operation) He had a triple bypass.
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une portée
reach, capacity, range
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démonter
to dismantle
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un éloge
praise, eulogy
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narguer
to taunt
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foutre en l'air (idiom)
to screw up
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habile (adj)
skillful | clever
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tout compte fait
all things considered