1. Flashcards by Wes Webb

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made of varnished wood

A

en bois verni

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drawn with paint

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tracé à la peinture

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formerly

A

naguère

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basketball hoops

A

les cerceaux des paniers de basket-ball

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tenuous

A

ténu

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the sweet scents

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les effluves sucrés

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to free, to clear out

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dégager

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felt skirts

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jupes de feutrine

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spiked hair

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les cheveux en épi

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With green stripes

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strié de vert

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to drag, linger

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traîner

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layered history

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le palimpseste

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a current

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un courant

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underground

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souterrain

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wailing, moan, lament, complaint

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une plainte

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desperate

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désespéré

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garland

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la guirlande

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muslin

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la mousseline

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cardboard

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le carton

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rotating mirror ball, disco ball

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une boule de miroirs pivotante, une boule à facettes, une boule disco

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facet

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la facette

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to powder

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poudrer, saupoudrer, recouvrir de poudre

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powdering

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poudrant

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embrace, hug

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une étreinte

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the small of the back

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le creux de reins

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a kidney

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un rein

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a hollow, a cavity

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un creux

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the flesh

A

la chair

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to flicker, to blink

A

clignoter

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a gift (intangible), a gift (tangible)

A

un don, un cadeau

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flannel sheets

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des draps de molleton

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footstool

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le tabouret

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to patrol

A

patrouiller

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an electric cattle prod

A

un aiguillon électrique à bétail

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a prod, a spur, a stinger

A

un aiguillon

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to prod, to egg on

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aiguillonner

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needle, pin

A

une aiguille

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sharp, pointed

A

aigu

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confided, entrusted

A

confié

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a chain-link fence

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une clôture en maillons de chaînes

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to stand

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se tenir

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fantasy

A

le fantasme

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to whisper

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murmurer, chuchoter

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head flat on the bed

A

la tête à plat sur le lit

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moved, touched

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ému (from émouvoir)

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sorted, classified

A

trié (from trier, le triage)

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wire

A

un fil de fer

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to lipread

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