Volume 9 Flashcards

(48 cards)

1
Q

baguenauder

se baguenauder

A

stroll around

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2
Q

une détente

A

relaxation
détente (political)
trigger

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3
Q

la longeur d’ondes

A

wavelength

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4
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d’être de retour

de retour à
trajet de retour

A

to be back

on returning to
return path

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5
Q

lézarder

lézarder au soleil

A

to bask

to bask in the sun

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6
Q

se lézarder

A

to crack

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7
Q

colmater

A

to plug

seal off

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8
Q

la corrida

A

bullfight

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9
Q

dissoudre

A

to dissolve

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10
Q

le farniente

A

idleness

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11
Q

l’apothéose (f)

se terminer en apothéose

A

pinnacle
highlight
grand finale (music)

to end in a blaze of glory

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12
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un troquet

A

bar

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13
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attablé

être attablé

A

to be sitting at a table

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14
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On est entre nous…

A

Between us…

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15
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paumé (adj)

être complètement paumé
bande de paumés

A

at a loss

to be completely out of one’s depth
bunch of losers

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16
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le rangement

A

tidying up

arrangement

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17
Q

un pense-bête

A

reminder

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18
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l’intendance (f)

A

estate management

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19
Q

un pipeau

c’est du pipeau (idiom)

A

tin whistle

that’s a lie
it’s bullshit

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20
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un patelin

A

village

little place

21
Q

la bouderie

22
Q

l’oisiveté (f)

23
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une brebis

24
Q

dévier

faire dévier

A

to divert
veer off course

to deflect

25
un mouton à cinq pattes une brebis à cinq pattes
a rare bird (fig) lit: a ewe with 5 feet fig: a perfect woman
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béant (adj) un trou béant
gaping a gaping hole
27
bêler
to bleat
28
bêlant (adj)
bleating
29
un tourniquet
revolving stand rotating sprinkler turnstile tourniquet (med)
30
si ce n’est que...
apart from the fact that...
31
ahurissant (adj)
stunning | mind-boggling
32
un ergot ergot d’arrêt
spur (of rooster) lock bolt
33
pavoiser
to crow
34
débonder
gush out | over flow
35
une thalasso
spa
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l’accablement (m)
deep dejection
37
la bouillie en bouillie
gruel porridge crushed
38
un puceau
virgin
39
puceau (adj m) être puceau
to be a virgin
40
complexer
to have complexes | have hang-ups
41
une minette
kitten
42
invraisemblable (adj)
improbable
43
un embrasement
fire | unrest
44
miner
mine (geology & military) undermine erode
45
les œillères (fp)
blinkers
46
l’adjonction (f) sans adjonction d’eau
addition with no added water
47
éphémère (adj)
ephemeral | fleeting
48
le for intérieur
heart of hearts | conscience