2 Flashcards

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agape/ open mouthed

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be’e

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eve, vigil-watchfulness

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veille

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3
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watch, look after

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veiller

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4
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reset, return, remit
set back, hand over,
deliver

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remettre

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5
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unconscious

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evanoui

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6
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dreamy or daydreamer

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reveur

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7
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dread

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epouvante

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8
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such and such

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tel

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9
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tile, window pane

diamond (cards)

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carreau

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10
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recreant

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la^che

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11
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alas

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he’las

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12
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bottled

stupid

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bouche’

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13
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to stiffen to tense

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raidir

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14
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immediately

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de’s que

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15
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stirring, rousing

catchy

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entrai^nant

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16
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shooter (slang)

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flingue

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17
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whitening

laundering

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blanchiment

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18
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drubbing

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a total defeat

a thrashing

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19
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whorl

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type of spiral or circular pattern

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20
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flounce

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go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient manner

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21
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swaddling

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age old practice of wrapping an infant in blankets

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22
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compendium

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brief compil. containing the main general principles of a larger work or system-
A CONDENSED SUMMARY

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23
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syllabus

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compendium containing the heads of a discourse and the like

OUTLINE OF A COURSE OF STUDIES

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24
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bramble

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prickly shrub

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corollary
deduction, inference | consequence, result
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petulant
irritable, peevish | contemptuous
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gobbeldegook
incomprehensible jargon of specialists
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slinky e.
thin, lank
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tumescence
becoming tumid, swallen
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calciner
reduce to a powder or friable substance by heat
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braying
making a harsh noise, blaring
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gait
manner of walking, | a march
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spay
to display, spread | spay, castrate
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unbid
not commanded | uninvited
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gush
to flow copiously
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cinder
partly burned coal
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valedictory
bidding farewell
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hardly, barely, with difficulty
gue're
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crooked, weird, rum
biscournu
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dazed, stunned, awestruck
abasourdi
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stand against | to lean
adosser
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wall, partition
paroi
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lower down
contrebas
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untangle, straighten out
de'brouiller
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to freeze
figer
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to stack up, bundle
gerber, gerbe
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to want to throw up infml
avoir le gerbe
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to dodge
esquiver
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splinter flash shine fame
e'clat
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grating rasping squeaky
grincant
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to squash
ecrabouiller
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to harm
nuire
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irascible, quick tempered
emporte'
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to carry away, sweep away
emporter
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to rush
foncer
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to collapse, to fade (dream)
ecrouler
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to squat, crouch, bend down
accroupir
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padlock
cadena
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to guffaw
s'eslaffer
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stare at, peer
devisager
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to designate, to represent
designer
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to dart, lay into
foncer sur
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to travel, to glance through
parcourir
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to bury
enfouir, enterrer
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pile, stack, mound
tas
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to thump
assener
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telling
assene'
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to knock, club | to bore to tears
assomer
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to depress, to make sad or upset
navrer
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to fall or collapse
ecrouler
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rag
chiffon
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to snigger
ricaner
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smart, mischievous, cunning
malin
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to flush out
debusquer
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to drain, to wring out
egoutter
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nook, recess, corner
recoin
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waste
dechet
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dash, dive, vigour
e'lan
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to watch, be careful
guetter
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to appear, to loom
surgir
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tomcat
matou
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stream, brook. treacle
ruisseau
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to point out | to represent
designer
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Haul down, lower
affaler
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to swirl to whirl
tourbilloner