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1
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To resume
To return to work (after vacation, strike)
  We stop at noon and start again at 14h
  To begin speaking again
   To return to thread of conversation
A 
Reprendre
  Reprendre le travail
  On quitte à midi et reprend à 14 heures.
  Reprendre la parole
  Reprendre le fil de la conversation
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To clear the table
As soon as you have cleared the table, (Léa, Chéri)

The hospital serves half the country

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Desservir
dès que vous aurez desservi,

L’hôpital dessert la moitié du pays

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Répéter
“I’ve told him again and again!”
I won’t tell you again.
To remind sb to do/that

A

Redire
Je le lui ai dit et redit!
Je ne te le redirai pas une autre fois.
Redire à qn de faire/que

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To tell oneself

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Se dire

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Would it be possible to have an extra towel?

To eat here this evening?

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Serait-t-il possible d’avoir un serviette supplémentaire? De manger ici ce soir?

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Might/ could you be able to guard our luggage until this evening?

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Pourriez-vous nous garder nos bagages jusqu’à ce soir ?

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Wheat

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Blé

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To retort

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Rétorquer

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Villainous

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Crapuleux crapuleuse

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To exclaim

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S’écrier. Que

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To make vibrate, rattle, shake, swing
To set a bell swinging
To be badly shaken by criticisms

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Ébranler
Ébranler une cloche
Être ébranlé fortement par les critiques

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To topple over
Fig.:to change radically
  Topple into the ravin
  Swing to the right
  Plunge into war
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Basculer
B…dans le ravin
… à droite
…dans la guerre

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To pay by cash
To sort out ones affairs
To decide sb fate

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Régler en espèces
Régler ses affaires
Régler le sort de qn

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To go stale

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Rassir
Se rassir

Rassis rassis rassit
Rassissons , rassissez, rassissent

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To toss salad
To handle big money
To talk hot air

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Brasser salade, idées
Brasser des millions
Brasser de l’air

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To transform. Into. Métamorphose

To move
Can you wiggle your ears?

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Muer. En

Remuer
Peux-tu remuer les oreilles?

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Pack. (Dogs, hounds, wolves)

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La meute /muht/

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To irritate
You are beginning to get on my nerves

To bother
If it doesn’t bother you…

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Énerver
Tu commences à m’énerver.

Embêter
Si ça ne vous embête pas.

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To huddle up

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Recroqueviller. /ruh croh kuh vee yay/

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To slam a door

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Claquer la porte

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Insane

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Insensé. /AHN sahn say/

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22
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A spirited horse

Enthusiastic

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Un cheval fougueux

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To feel sorry for, to pity

To complain

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Plaindre

Se plaindre

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A truce

To respect, observe, violate, sign, seek a truce

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Une trêve

Respecter, observer, violer, signer, demander une trêve

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  1. Over sensitive to pain
  2. Snug. Cosy.

Snugly, cozily

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Douillet , douillette. /do ee yay/. Ee super fast

Douillettement

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  1. To make more stubborn
  2. To prop up, support a building
  3. To bump off, kill

To trip, stumble over

A

Buter

Buter contre

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Detestable, rotten, dreadful!
This damn suitcase!

Well built, shapely
Badly made

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Fichu
Ce fichu valise!

Bien fichu
Mal fichu

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Spade, garden fork

To dig with a spade

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Une bêche

Bêcher

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To cram

To cram too much into a suitcase

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Bourrer

Trop Bourrer une valise

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30
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Blissfully happy

To be full of admiration for sb

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Béat, béate. /bay ah/

Être béat d’admiration devant qn qqc

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To cram full of. P!

I’ve stuffed him full of everything..

I’ve had enough of it!

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Gaver. /GUH vey/

Je l’ai gavé de tout… (chéri)

Ça me gave.

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Standing. P!

Beginning P!

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Le debout. /DEH boo/

Le début. /dayboo/. Say it fast & together…

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The previous week/year (2)

In a previous life (further in last! Different word)

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L’année, La semaine précédente, d’avant

Dans une vie antérieure

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To alarm, Léa was alarmed…

An alarm

To frighten, alarm, by doing, with
An alarmed look

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Effarer. Léa ?

Une effarement

Effaroucher. Un faisant, par
Un regard effarouché

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Felt (fabric), felt tip pen, felt hat

The Muffled step

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Un feutre

Le pas feutré

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Deference

Deferential

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Déférence

Déférent, déférent

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37
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To be scathing

A phrase, 4 words

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Avoir la dent dure

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To handle
To handle the pearl necklace
To wield a sword

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Manier
Manier le collier de perles
L’épée

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Sarcasm

Scathing, caustic

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Le mordant

Mordant, mordante

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Scale, oyster shell

To flake off. (ie, old paint)

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Une écaille

S’en aller en écailles

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41
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Unmade bed,
Un combed hair

A defeate

A

Lit défait
Cheveux défaits

Une défaite

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Terminer. Breakfast

Épuiser a person

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Achever petit déjeuner

Achever u e personne

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To pace up and down, travel length and breadth of

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Arpenter.

Sillonner parcourir

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Bowl, basin

Deep sea floor

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Une cuvette

Cuvette océanique

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45
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A garnet

Dark red

A

Un grenat. /GRUH nah/

Grenat

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Strong, sturdy
You can tell her, she’s strong.
Feel my biceps, they’re like iron!

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Costaud. /coo stow/
Tu peux lui dire, elle est costaud.
Tâte mes biceps, c’est du costaud!

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To moan, groan, whimper

In a whining voice

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Gémir. /zhe mir/

D’une voix gémissante

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Convict, galley slave

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Un forçat

Une vie de forçat

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49
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To boast

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Fanfaronner

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50
Q

Sickly

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Maladif, maladive

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51
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Tuft, clump

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Une touffe

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52
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To go back up …again

Get back on a horse, plane, cat

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Remonter

Remonter à cheval, à bord d’un avion, en voiture

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Little bell
Phone call
To have the willies

To shiver
Shut the window, “we re freezing in here”!

A

Un grelot
Un coup de grelot
Avoir les grelots

Grelotter, greloter
Fermez la fenêtre, on grelotte ici!

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Breath
Breathless
To blow out, exhale

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Souffle
Soufflant, soufflante
Souffler

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To tease
Your constant teasing

Adj: teasing. A tease
She’s a great tease.

A

Taquiner
Tes taquineries incessantes /TAH kin ree/

Taquin, taquine
Elle est très taquine.

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To trot

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Trotter

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57
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Kid baby goat

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Chevreau

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58
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To lighten, reduce

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Alléger

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59
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To curl
To curl ones hair

To curl, to fasten
Shut up!

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Friser
Se friser les cheveux

Boucler. (Se faire boucler les cheveux)
La-boucler!

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60
Q

Rough sea

Stormy meeting

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Mer houleux /OO luh/

Réunion houleuse

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61
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To scorn, despise

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Mépriser

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62
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To scratch

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Griffer, se griffer

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63
Q

To scan the sea

Scrutinize

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Scruter la mer

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64
Q

Octave

About a week
Within a week

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Un huitain. /OOEE tahn/

Une huitaine. /OOEE tenuh /
Sous huitaine

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65
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To spy on

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Épier

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66
Q

Chin

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Un menton

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67
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Kennel

Caterpillar

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Un chenil. /SHUH neel /. (Say fast)

Une chenille. /shuh nee yeh/

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68
Q

Garden bed

Theatre stalls

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Un Parterre

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Q

Massive, heavy

Garden bed, clump

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Massif, massive

Un massif

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Arch
Croquet hoop
Cradle

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Arceau. /Ahrso/

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Q

To hurt
I have a throbbing pain in my finger

To dash forward

A

Élancer
Mon doigt m’élance

S’élancer

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72
Q

Small barrel

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Un tonnelet. /tuhneleh/. Say it fast!

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73
Q

Chubby

A

Potelé. Potelée.

74
Q

A veil

A

Une voilette

75
Q

A bushel

A

Un boisseau

76
Q

To terrify

To panic
A panic
Panic-stricken
Frightening, disturbing

A

Affoler

S’affoler
Affolement. Say first e really fast
Affolé
Affolant

77
Q

To do fencing

Fencer

A

Escrime
Faire de l’escrime

Escrimeur. Escrimeuse

78
Q

Fête.

Mariage
Golden diamond silver wedding

A

La noce. /nos /

Les noces
Les noces d’argent, d’or, de diamant

79
Q

Threshold. P!

A

Le seuil. /suhyuh/. Or soy yuh

Se tenir sur le seuil
Franchir le seuil
Le seuil de douleur

80
Q

To move, touch. (Emotionally)
Cooking: to tenderize

To feel touched, moved

Adj: fond, tender

A

Attendrir
Attendrir

S’attendrir

Attendri, attendrie

81
Q

Reef

Pitfall

A

Un. écueil /ay kai yeh/. Literal meaning.

Un écueil. Figurative meaning.

82
Q 
Maple
Birch
Oak
Willow
Man agony
Yew
A 
Érable 
Bouleau. /BOO low/
Chêne 
Saule 
Acacia.    /AHkahseeah/. AHkahsHeeah?
Acajou.  Un.
If
83
Q 
Daisy
Rose
Lily of the valley
Chrysanthemum 
Fern
Carnation
A 
Marguerite 
Rose
Muguet. Muhgay
Chrysanthème /KREE sahn tehm /
Fougère 
Œillet /EH yay/.  OR UH.?
84
Q

To light up, blossom, flourish

The concierge lit up with reserve.

A

Épanouir

Le concierge s’épanouit avec réserve.

85
Q

To go grey

To exhilarate, intoxicate
Exhilarated

A

Grisonner

Griser
Grisé

86
Q

Lush flowers

Greasy, lush, oily, fatty. Bumper crop.
Coarse laugh, vulgar joke

A

Les fleurs grasses

Gras

Récolte grasse
Rire gras

87
Q

To exaggerate, swell

To inflate, fill, swell
Wind fills the sails
My heart is bursting with joy. French is in reverse!

To snore

A

Enfler
Enfler la voix
La rivière enfle

Gonfler
La vent gonfle la voile
La joie gonfle mon cœur

Ronfler

88
Q

Cubby, plump

A

Dodu

89
Q

To get stiff

Not raidir or crisper

A

Ankyloser

J’ai les jambes ankylosées

90
Q

To be swarming with tourists
To be chock full of errors

The neighborhood is swarming with rats
(Reverse order in French)

A

Fourmiller de. Touristes, d’erreurs

Des rats fourmillent dans le quartier

91
Q

Stupid, inane

A

Niais, niaise. /NEE yay/. Say it fast!

92
Q

To hurt, bruise

A

Meurtrir. /muhr TREER/. Say it fast.

93
Q 
Traiter avec précaution
  They handle their allies carefully
   Try to handle him gently,
   To look carefully after ones health, your lungs
Employé avec economie
  He’s a man of few words

Adj: domestic
Domestic appliances

A

Ménager
Ils savent ménager leurs alliés
Essaie de le ménager
Ménager sa santé, les poumons

Il ménage ses paroles

Ménager, ménagère
Appareils ménagers

94
Q

To dazzle. With

Be dazzled by

A

Éblouir de

Se laisser éblouir par

95
Q

A jet necklace. P!

A

Un collier de jais. /zhay/. Say it FAST

/zhey?/

96
Q

To spread. Papers. Butter.

Spread out as far as the sea
To sprawl on the couch

A

Étaler, éparpiller papiers
Étaler beurre

S’étaler jusqu’à la mer
S’étaler sur le divan

97
Q

A platoon

A ball of wool

To wind into a ball

A

Un peloton

Un peloton de laine

Pelotonner

98
Q

To tell [sb] off

A

Engueuler
Le mère engueule le enfant? My guess.

se faire engueuler par

99
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To pour into.  To pour sb a drink
  To pour or dump (lots?)
  To invert or reverse
  To back into, to pour sb another drink
  To converse
  To knock over, spill 
  To cross
A 
Verser. Dans.  Verser à boire à qn
  Déverser
  Inverser
  Reverser.   à boire à qn
  Converser
  Renverser
  Traverser
100
Q

An embrasse, a grip

A

Une Étreinte

101
Q

To start with surprise, fear (wince with pain)

A

Tressaillir de surprise, peur, (douleur )

102
Q

Aggressive

A

Hargneux, hargneuse /AR nyuh/

103
Q

To tackle
To pin sb against st

To flatten oneself against a wall
To flatten oneself on ground

A

Plaquer
Plaquer qn contre qn

Se plaquer contre un mur
Se plaquer au sol

104
Q

Half open, parted, gaping

To open a little

A

Entrouvert, entrouverte

Entrouvrir

105
Q

Hurler, bawl, make a racket

A

Gueuler

106
Q

To mumble

A

Bredouiller

107
Q

Embankment, slope

Continental slope

A

Un talus. /TAH loo/

Le talus continental

108
Q

Pliers

Sugar tongs
Tweezers
Hair grip
Wire cutter

A

Une pince

Pince à sucre (escargot, charbon)
Pince à épiler
Pince à cheveux
Pince coupante

109
Q

Haughty, contemptuous

A

Rogue. /rug/

110
Q

A dye
Dyed
He has dyed hair

To dye ones hair
To have ones hair dyed

To tint, stain, dye
Yellow tinted
To dye, stain st green

A

Une teinture/tahn tyuhr/
Teint, teinte. /tahn/
Il est teint

Se faire une teinture
Se faire faire une teinture!!!! Haha

Teinter. / tahn tay/
Teinté jaune

Teindre qqc en vert. Teins,s,t, teignons,

111
Q

Dressing table

A

Une coiffeuse

112
Q

To spray

A

Vaporiser / vah pour eezay/

Vah, not vay.

113
Q

An investment

A

Un placement

114
Q

Idle
Idle life
The idle rich

Idleness

A

Oisif, oisive
Une vie oisive
Les oisifs

Une oisiveté

115
Q

To take away, remove
Take your feet off the chair
Take your hands out of your pockets

A

Enlever
Enleve tes mains de tes poches
Enleve tes pieds du fauteuil

116
Q

A stud farm

A

Un haras. /AH rah/

117
Q

Gaspiller, gâter, abîmer

A

Gâcher

118
Q

Chasm, abyss

The pit of oblivion

A

Un gouffre

Le gouffre de l’oubli

119
Q

Villainous

Villainy

A

Scélérat, scélérate/seh lehr ah/

La scélératesse

120
Q

To knead

A

Pétrir

Pétris, is it
Pétrissons pétrissez pétrissent

121
Q 
To bump into, shake up, jostle
To bump into each other
   To fall over each other to do st
   “There are queues!”
    “ people aren’t exactly lining up”
A 
Bousculer. /BOOS coo lay/
Se bousculer
  Se bousculer pour faire
  On se bouscule!
   On ne se bouscule pas
122
Q

Rather
Why him rather than another?
Rather die than accept!
Rather nice

Instead
Ask C instead

A

Plutôt
Pourquoi lui plutôt qu’un autre?
Plutôt mourir que d’accepter!
Plutôt agréable

Demande plutôt à C

123
Q

Kind (3)

A

Sorte, genre, type

124
Q

Would you be so kind as to…

You are too kind!

She had the kindness to…

A

Auriez-vous l’amabilité de..

Vous êtes trop aimables!

Elle a eu la gentillesse de…

125
Q

To run away

A

Faire une fugue

Fuguer de

126
Q

To sow ones wild oats

A

Jeter sa gourme

127
Q

Joyfully, blithely, without a second thought

She left joyfully for Nepal

A

Allègrement

Elle est partie allègrement au Népal

128
Q

Currency

Hard currencies

A

Le devise

Les devises forts

129
Q

Meek. (Derogatory)

A

Bonasse

130
Q

Mistrust, suspicion

A

La méfiance

Avoir la méfiance pour

131
Q 
By the way, I...
...about your work...
About what?  (2)
About who?
  About everything.
  About nothing.
A 
À propos, je...
À propos de votre travail...
À quel propos?  À propos de quoi?
À propos de qui?
  À propos de tout.
  À propos de rien.
132
Q

To dumbfound, astound

She astounds me.

A

Ébahir, s’ébahit

Elle m’ebahit!

133
Q

Would you do me the kindness to…

Formal: please

With impatience: “do us a favor, be quiet!”

A

Me feriez-vous la grâce de…

De grâce

Fais-nous la grâce de te taire!

134
Q

“I’ve lived” in Africa more than 30 years.
I lived in Zambia and Zimbabwe before living in SA.
I worked in the “computer” field.
I am a widow.
I sometimes sew/do sewing.

A

Je vis en Afrique depuis plus que 30 ans.
J’ai vecu en Zambie et au Zimbabwe avant de vivre en AdS.
…domaine de l’informatique
Je suis veuve.
Je fais parfois de la couture.

135
Q

quilt ? 2?

Not really 100% sure on either… could also be a counterpane or other top blanket

A

une courtepointe

un couvre-pieds

136
Q

a show-off

A

un m’as-tu-vu

137
Q

sour puss

A

pisse vinegre

138
Q 
Rome wasn’t built in a day
To be very good looking
This isn’t my day!
To be in a good mood
To be having an off day
“There are good days and bad days”
A 
Rome ne s’est pas faite en un jour
Beau comme le jour
Ce n’est pas mon jour!
Être dans un bon jour
Être dans un mauvais jour
Il y a des jours avec et des jours sans...
139
Q

To saturate

Sol, vêtements

A

Détremper

140
Q

To spatter with blood, mud
To smudge
Smudged ink

A

Maculer de sang, boue
Maculer
Maculé d’encre

141
Q 
1.  To make darker, aller très vite 
      To dash over to NY
       To rush towards
        To charge at
2.   To push in
    To sink in sand
3.  To smash, break down 
4.  To drive further in. Clou.
        To pull one’s hat down
A 
1.  Foncer
         Foncer à NY
         Foncer vers
         Foncer sur
2.  Enfoncer
         Enfoncer dans le sable
         Enfoncer les mains dans les poches
3.  Défoncer
         Il lui a défoncé la mâchoire 
4.  Renfoncer
        Renfoncer son chapeau
142
Q

Lightening attack
Sudden death
Furious look
Heart attack

A

Foudroyant attaque
Mort foudroyante
Regard foudroyant
Crise foudroyante

143
Q 
Informal: practically, almost
Almost immediately, almost perfect
Virtual monopoly
Near certainty
Almost all of
A

Quasiment

Quasi immédiat , quasi parfait
Quasi-monopole
Quasi certitude
La quasi-totalité de

144
Q

Scar,

literary: mark

A

Un stigmate

145
Q

To stigmatize

A

Stigmatiser

146
Q

Game (animal prey)
Small game. Big
Water fowl, game birds, game animals
To eat game

A

Le gibier. /zhi bee ay/
Petit gibier, gros gibier
Gibier d’eau, à plumes, à poil
Manger du gibier

147
Q

…he was already [way too angry] to listen to me…

A

Il l’était déjà beaucoup trop pour m’écouter,

148
Q

What are you inventing for me now?
(Driving me crazy by making up xx)

Made-up story
[That has to be true!] that isn’t made up
[every word is true] I make up nothing.

[He’s not the sharpest tool on the shed]

A

Qu’est-ce que to m’as encore inventé?

Histoire inventée
Ça ne s’invente pas
Je n’invente rien

Il n’a pas inventé la poudre/l’eau tiède

149
Q

“That calls for a drink!”

A

Ça s’arrose!

150
Q

To be brusque with,
To rush things

A hurried departure

Don’t rush her/be so brusque with her, Simon!

A

Brusquer

Un départ brusqué

Ne la brusque pas comme ça, Simon!

151
Q 
To grip. Smthg in ones hand
To shake hands
To tighten.  Do your laces up tight!
To be too tight
  My clothes are too tight
 It’s too tight at my waist/shoulders

Even tighter :
Close up your ranks!
The river narrows

A 
Serrer
  Serrer la main
  Serrer qqc dans la main
  Serrer bien tes lacets !
  Mes vêtements me serrent!
  Ça me serre à la taille/ aux épaules

Resserrer
Reserrez les rangs!
La rivière SE reserre

152
Q

To fit TIGHTLY around
He clasped her tightly around the waist
A bandage was tightly wrapped around his wrist

A

Enserrer
Il lui enserra la taille
Une bande lui enserrait le poignet

153
Q

To loosen belt, collar

To relax

“He never once opened his mouth.”

A

De serrer. La ceinture, le col.

Il n’a pas desserré les dents

154
Q

To collapse
He was slumped on his bed (informal)
To be doubled up with laughter (informal)
Overcome with exhaustion, fear

Collapse, noun

A

Écrouler, s’écrouler
Il était écroulé sur son lit
S’écrouler de rire
Écroulé de fatigue, de rire

Écroulement

155
Q

To collapse. (Most usual)
To collapse into an armchair,
Dissolve into tears
Be distraught with grief

Collapse, subsidence

A

Effondrer, s’effondrer
S’effondrer dans une fauteuil, en larmes, de chagrin

Effondrement

156
Q

Réunion, political talk.

Arrange a meeting between…

A

Entrevue

Ménager un entrevue entre…

157
Q

To glimpse, catch sight of
To glimpse hope of peace

To indicate that…
To point to a result

A

Entrevoir
Entrevoir un espoir de paix

Laisser entrevoir que…
Laisser entrevoir résultat

158
Q

name
first name
surname
nickname

A

le nom
le prenom
le nom de famille
le surnom!

159
Q

visual arts

A

les arts plastiques

160
Q

hobbies
hobbies/free time
I garden in my free time.

A

centres d’intérêt
loisirs
Je jardine pendant mes loisirs

161
Q

If you [would] want it…

A

Si vous le vouliez

162
Q

to hike

A

faire DE LA randonée

163
Q

at the moment…

A

en ce moment

164
Q

to meet a deadline

A

respecter un délai

165
Q

a quote (cost)

A

un devis

166
Q

to qualify, nuance, shade

A

nuancer

167
Q

dry ice

A

neige carbonique

168
Q

to fire (from job)
formal:
informal:

A

licensier

virer

169
Q

lava
volcano: to start erupting
to be erupting

A

la lave
entrer en éruption
être en éruption

170
Q 
There's a crack in the wall
  to crack (ie make cracks)
A

Il y a une fissure sur le mur

fissurer

171
Q

to split open, to crack (break)
She finally gave in/cracked and bought a cell phone
I got fat, my pants split open

A

craquer
Elle a fini par craquer et a acheté un téléphone portable
J’ai grossi, mon pantalon a craqué

172
Q

noise: a crack/snap

A

une craquement

173
Q

Yours affectionately

Affectionate

A

Bien affectueusement.

/ah fec tyoo ez muhn/

Affectueux. Affectueuse

174
Q

Renifler
The dog has picked up a scent

To sense that…

A

Flairer
Le chien a flairé une piste

Flairer que…

175
Q

Grumpy p!

A grouch

To grumble

A

Bougon, bougonne. /boo guhn/

Bougonner

176
Q

To kick (horse)

To rush

A

Ruer

Se ruer

177
Q

Etaler
To spread gravel.

Very widespread
Not very widespread

A

Répandre du gravier
Répandre le terreur

Très /largement répandu
Peu répandu

178
Q

To delight
She’s delightful

Delightful

A

Ravir
Elle est belle à ravir

Ravissant, ravissante

179
Q

To change ones mind

To rekindle
To bring pain back/open old wound

A

Se Raviser

Raviver une douleur

180
Q

To pester, nag

A

Enquiquiner

181
Q

An Upset

To feel very upset

To upset

A

Une contrariété

Éprouver une vive/grande contrariété

Contrarier

182
Q

To lead to
Recession leads to unemployment
My grimace caused R to laugh/ lead to R laughing.

A

Entraîner
La récession entraîne le chômage
Ma grimace a entraîné le rire de Rouletabille.

French 2018 (10 decks)

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