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1
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To topple, fall over
She was wearing a toque tilted over her forehead.

To bump into.
There are queues. (“One is queueing”)

A

Basculer
Elle portait une toque basculée sur le front.

Bousculer
On se bouscule.

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Frivolous, shallow, trivial

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Frivole

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Innate

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Inné, innée

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Hand woven

A story riddled with lies

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Tissé à la main

Récit tissé de mensonges

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To weld, solder

To become united

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Souder

Se souder

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To skimp on

To spare no expense

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Lésiner sur / leh zeen A/

Ne lésiner pas sur la dépense

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To transfer money to
  To fire/sack
  To remove/ get rid of. 
    Take off that hat, you look ridiculous
    (“. “ “for me”)
To turn
   To turn left/right. (Car, political party)
    Do a U turn
     Boat: turn about
    To turn sour, red, blue
   Beat it! Scram!
A

Virer
Vire-moi ce chapeau, tu as l’air ridicule.

Virer à gauche/droit
Virer de bord
Virer de bord
Virer à la aigre, au rouge, bleu
Vire-toi de là!
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Private viewing

Varnishing

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Un vernissage

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To varnish

To varnish, put polish on nails

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Vernir

Se vernir les ongles

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Even. (Adj)

Peer

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Pair, paire

Un Pair

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To go out of control, slip

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Déraper

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Sullen

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Maussade

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Gloomy person

Drab by street

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Personne morne

Rue morne

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Dodu, potelé

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Charnu

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To pep/perk up

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Requinquer

Se requinquer. /RUH kin Kay/

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Loathesome detestable

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Exécrable. /EHG zay crabluh/

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To stammer, stutter

To lisp. (2)

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Bégayer

Zézayer , zozoter

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18
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To weave
To forge links with. Relationships.

Weaving
To weave

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Tisser
Tisser les liens

La tissage
Faire du tissage

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To flutter
To struggle along, scrape a living from
To whistle to oneself
To sip
To suck
To have a slight cough
To tremble slightly
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Voleter 
Vivoter, vivoter de qqc
Siffloter. (Siffler)
Siroter. No other form, shouldn’t be here
Suçoter
Toussoter
Trembloter
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To lead to
To end in
Person ends up in town
Stairs lead to garden

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Aboutir à

Aboutis, aboutis, aboutit
Aboutissons, issez, issent

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To ill treat (person, animal)
To use roughly (tool)

Adj: brutal, violent
Sudden
To use brute force

Violently
Suddenly/dramatically

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Brutaliser

Brutal, brutale, brutaux
Employer la force brutale

Brutalement
Agir
Baisser, augmenter, mourrir,changer freiner

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To remind sb of Smthg

To remember. 2
To remember seeing/reading

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Rappeler qu à

SE rappeler, SE souvenir
Se rappeler avoir vu/lu

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Hearth 2

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La foyer, un âtre

The r is like a soft hiss

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Dazzling

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Éblouissant,

aveuglant

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To roar, bellow, howl
Kill them all! he roared.

Roars, howls

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Rugir
Tuez-les tous! Rugit-il.

Rugissements

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Oats

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L’avoine

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27
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To reason with ones children
To rationalize ones fear

To think correctly
To consider

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Raisonner ses enfants
Raisonner son peur

Raisonner juste/tort
Raisonner sur qqc

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Fatal error
Fateful day
Présentement of death

A

Erreur funeste
Jour funeste
Pressentiment funeste

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Although, even though, though
Although he’s ill he works a lot
Although poor, she is generous

A

Quoique
Quoiqu’il soit malade, il travaille beaucoup
Quoique pauvre, elle est généreuse

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To sigh (with)
To pine for sb
yearn for smthg

A sigh
To give a sigh
Sigh with / of relief

A

SOupirer (de)
Soupirer pour qn
soupirer après qqc

Un soupir
Avoir un soupir
Un soupir de soulagement

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A soup tureen

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Une soupière

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Oppressive, overwhelming

To devastate
To heap sb with insults
To overburden/ bombard with questions

Depression.

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Accablant

Accabler qn d’injures
Accabler qn de questions

Un Accablement

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Terrible

I feel terrible (guilty)

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Épouvantable

Je suis ennuyé.

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34
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A pile of rags

A human wreck

Dressed in rags
To be in tatters

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La loque

Je suis une vrai loque aujourd’hui

Vêtu de loques
Être en loques

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Doggie! A good doggie

Mutt ( derogatory)
Ham actor

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Toutou. Un bon toutou!

Un cabot

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36
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Deflated balloon

Flat tire

A

Ballon dégonflé

Pneu dégonflé /pnuh /

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37
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What did he say, again?
How much was that, again?

That’s a pretty good salary!

It’s already late
I already told you..

A

Il a dit quoi, déjà?
C’est combien, déjà?

C’est déjà un joli salaire!

Il est déjà tard.
Je te l’ai déjà dit…

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To chirp
    To squeal (child)

Chirping, squealing

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Piailler. /PEE aye yay/

Piaillement

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Enterprising

To come on strong / be forward

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Entreprenant

Être entreprenant

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40
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Untidy
Muddled speech

A rough draft

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Brouillon, brouillonne
Discours brouillon

Un brouillon

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To go beyond

To be overflowing with joy, life
The clothes are spilling out of the suitcase
The river overflowed its banks

A

Déborder

Déborder de joie, de vie
Les vêtements débordent de la valise
La rivière a débordé son lit

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42
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String, twine
Have you got any string?
A piece of string

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Une ficelle
As-tu de la ficelle?
Un morceau de ficelle

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He stretched his arms

To hang out the washing

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Il a étendu les bras

Étendre du linge

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44
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Cheeky

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Gouailleur gouailleuse

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Pleasant (person)

Attractive (house)

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Avenant, avenante

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To start

To start up (a car, activity)

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Démarrer

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47
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Se débrouiller (slang)

Get your ass in gear! Hurry up.

A

Démerder

Démerde-toi un peu!

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48
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Ivre

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Soul, soule /su/

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49
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Wound, sore
Open sore

7 plagues of Egypt

(Twist) move the knife in the wound

A

Un plaie
Un plaie vive

Les 7 plaies d’Egypt
Remuer le couteau dans le plaie

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50
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Offhand (insolent), casual remark

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Remarque Désinvolte

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51
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Claw
To show, sheathe claws
Designer label

To scratch

To make a rough sketch

A

Une griffe
Sortir, rentrer ses griffes
Un griffe du grande couturier

Griffer, se griffer

Griffonner

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52
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To pass onto ( informal) sb

À cold

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Refiler

Il m’a refilé son rhume

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53
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In this case/ instance

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En l’occurrence

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54
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To notify sb of…that…

We’ll decide later

Se rendre compte que…

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Aviser. Qn. De. Qqc … que

Nous aviserons plus tard.

S’aviser que

55
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To pull

To shoot a gun

A

Tirer

56
Q

To chime, to ring

To tint, stain

A

Tinter. (Nasal )

Teinter. /tahntay/

57
Q

To knock against (accidentally)
You must have knocked the cup
To bangon, to hammer

To bump ones knee, head.

A

Cogner
Tu a dû cogner la tasse
Cogner sur

Se cogner le genou, la tête

58
Q

Nécessaire

A

Requi, requise. /RUHkee/

59
Q

To dodge, sidestep

To slip away

A

Esquiver

S’esquiver

60
Q

To darker, cloud over

A

Rembrunir

Se rembrunir

61
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Fury

Frenzy, zeal

Hopping mad ( informal)

Wrathful, furious

A

La furie

La furia

Furibard, furibarde

Furibond,furibonde

62
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Grumpy

To be grumpy/grumble

A

Bougon, bougonne

Bougonner

63
Q

To speak to no one in particular
To say for all to hear
He tells everyone and anyone

A

Parler à la cantonade
Dire qqc à la cantonade
Il raconte ça à la cantonade

64
Q

To wag the tail
Wiggling of fish, wagging, as tail, quivering, as
impatience
Small fry

A

Frétiller de la queue
Frétillant
Fretin

65
Q

Or even dangerous!

Not to say Edith Lavery.

A

Voire Dangereux!

Voire eL

66
Q

Spirited, enthusiastic

A

Fougueux, fougueuse

67
Q

Social success
Success in exam
Success in career

A

Réussite sociale
Réussite á un examen
Réussite dans sa carrière

68
Q

Save; except for

A

Hormis

69
Q

To dress up, derogatory

To dress, do up

A

Affubler, d’affubler

Fagoter, se fagoter

70
Q

Scabbard

Sheath dress

A

Un fourreau

71
Q

Sequin, spangle,

glitter

A

Un paillete

72
Q

Rude, bad
Uncouth person

Coarse low crude

A stone Roughly crudely cut

They are so rude!

A

Grossière grossière
Un grossier personnage

Une Pierre Grossièrement taillée

Ils sont d’une grossièreté

73
Q

Hot air balloon

To go hot air ballooning

A

La montgolfière

Faire de la montgolfière

74
Q

To take over, get hold of

A

Emparer, s’emparer

75
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To brush/graze
He had a brush with death
To brush against each other

Brushing, rustling, fluttering

A

Frôler
Il a frôlé la mort
Se frôler

Frôlement

76
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Turf, cold
Lump of tires
Clod of earth
Lump of butter

A

La motte de terre
La motte de gazon
La motte de beurre

77
Q

Malicious gossip

Fish stew, meat stew

A

Un ragot. Uncountable

Ragoût de poisson , ragoût en viande

78
Q

Deadly boring (informal)

A

Assommant, assommante

79
Q

At the surrounding temperature

At room temperature

A

À la température ambiante

80
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To turn over
To turn up a playing card
To go back, return to school

To come back, to return. To earth
From Tokyo
Home
To normal

A

Retourner une carte à jouer
Retourner à l’ecole

Revenir sur terre
Revenir de Tokyo
Revenir chez soi
Revenir à la normale

81
Q

Lawn tennis

A

Tennis sur gazon

82
Q

To convert, do up loft into office

To lay out a garden

A

Aménager un grenier en bureau

83
Q

Ugly 3

A

Laid, laide/leh/
Vilain, vilaine
Moche

84
Q

To be in charge of, to steer

To head for the door

A

Diriger

Se diriger vers la porte

85
Q

To nibble

A

Grignoter

Grignotement, grignotage q

86
Q

He’s the macho type.
You know the type.
It’s just like him/her.
Lifestyle

A

C’est le genre macho.
Tu vois le genre.
C’est bien son genre.
Genre de vie

87
Q

To Twitter, Babble

A

Gazouiller

88
Q 
Detachment. 
   In hindsight
To be in decline
Disappearance of forest
Drop dollar
A 
Recul /Ruh Kyool/
  Avec le recul
Être en recul
Recul de la forêt
Recul du dollar
89
Q

Goldsmith

To be an expert in the field

A

Un orfèvre

Être orfèvre en la matière

90
Q

To spit blood
Spit it out!

To cough and sputter

A

Cracher du sang
Crache-le!

Crachoter

91
Q

Common (derogatory),
historic: commoner
The common people

A 
Roturier
  La class roturière
92
Q

To renounce, disown

A

Renier. /RUH nee ay/. Say it fast

93
Q

To scrape

To clear ones throat
Scrapings 2
Scraper
Shavings; despicable person

A

Racler

Se racler la gorge

Raclement, raclage
Raclette
Raclure

94
Q

To clink glasses

A

To clink glasses

95
Q

Mocking, one who mocks

Mockery

To make fun of

A

Railler, railleuse

Raillerie. / wry’ree/
Railler

96
Q

He concluded, wrongly, that…

Rightly or wrongly

A

Il a conclu, à tort, que

À tort ou à raison

97
Q

To be lacking, devoid of

She seems Completely lacking common sense

A

Dépourvu de

Elle semble complètement dépourvu de bon sens

98
Q

To creak, squeak. Door
Creaking, grating, scathing, caustic
Grumpy

A

Grincer
Grinçant, grinçante
Grincheux grincheuse
Grincement

99
Q

To lose ones nerve

It’s not the moment to lose ones nerve

A

Flancher

Ce n’est pas le moment de flancher

100
Q

To catch a glimpse of

A

Entrevoir

101
Q

Seedy, shabby, down at heel

A

Miteux, miteuse

102
Q

To reduce inflation to..
To bring back. To bring sb back to reality
To take sb back home

A

Ramener l’inflation à
Ramener qn à la réalité
Ramener à la maison

103
Q

To wince, informal

Without batting an eyelash

A

Tiquer

Sans tiquer

104
Q

To open fire
Cross fire
Continuous fire
Archery

A

Déclencher le tir
Tir croisé
Tir continu
Tir à l’arc

105
Q

to transfer

he had been transferred…

A

muter

Il a été muté

106
Q

narrow-minded

A

borné

107
Q

to mark boundaries; to border

to content oneself with doing…
He contented himself with explaining…
to limit oneself to smthg

A

borner

se borner à faire
Il s’est borné à preciser/declarer
se borner à qch

108
Q

gypsy (2)

A

tzigane; gitan /zhe tahn/

109
Q

Is he still alive? He still lives?

A

Il vit toujours?

110
Q

to repair

to spot, locate

A

réparer

repérer

111
Q

to spend money

to provide/give service

A

dépenser de l’argent

dispenser un service

112
Q

to bark at the other dogs

A

aboyer sur les autre chines

113
Q

Wet
He weighs 50kg dripping wet.

To wet
Wet your hair thoroughly

Wet patch/spot

Anchoring/watering down

A

Mouillé. /MOO yay/
Il pèse 50kg tout mouillé.

Mouiller
Mouille bien tes cheveux

Mouillure

Mouillage. /moo yahzh/

114
Q 
Door to door (selling)
Spokesperson
Car carrier.  P!
Key ring.       P!
Briefcase.    P!
toilet/kitchen roll holder. P!
Umbrella stand
Good luck charm
A 
Porte-à-porte 
Porte-parole. Port ah...
Porte-auto.     Port ah...
Porte-clés  /port ah clay/
Porte-documents. / port ah .../
Porte-rouleau.       /port ah roo low/
Porte-parapluie 
Porte-bonheur
115
Q

To control, bring under control, master

To have self control

A

Maîtriser

Se maîtriser

116
Q

Spending, expenditure

Welfare/military expenditure

A

Dépense

Dépenses sociales / militaires

117
Q

To be well /badly thought of

A

Être bien / mal vu

C’est bien vu! Bien vu!

118
Q

To chatter

Chattering

A

Papoter

Papotage

119
Q

Ages , ages ago

It’s been ages since I last saw her

A

Lurette
Il y a / cela fait belle lurette que je ne l’ai pas vu
Il n’a rien publié depuis belle lurette

120
Q

Frantically, madly, desperately

Desperate, overwhelmed, overcome with

A

Éperdument

Éperdu de

121
Q

Cow dung. P!

A

La bouse. /booze/

122
Q

Bitterly, fiercely

A

Âprement. /ah pruh mahn/

123
Q

Far fetched

A scatterbrain

A

Farfelu

124
Q

Snatches
Bits and pieces
Bit by bit

A

Bribes. /br eeb /

Par bribes

125
Q

Reduce inflation to 5%

Bring sb back to reality

A

Ramener l’inflation à 5pc

Ramener qn à la réalité

126
Q

To praise

To brag about

A

Vanter

Se vanter de

127
Q

To give sb the eye. P!

Informal

A

Lorgner. /lor ahn yay/. Fast!

128
Q

Grincheux

A

Ronchon Ronchonne

129
Q

To paw the ground

A sparrow

A

Piaffer

Piaf

130
Q

Champagne, to fizz
Eyes, to sparkle
Wood, to crackle

Sparkling, crackling, bubbling. Adj

Noun sparkling

A

Pétiller

Pétillant, pétillante

Pétillement

131
Q

To get worse, make worse, to worsen

He condition has worsened

A

Empirer avec

Son état a empiré

132
Q

Figurative: a headache (problem)
À puzzle to solve
Reckless; a daredevil or death trap

A

Casse-tête

Casse-cou

133
Q

Swindle, rip off

To rip off
To be ripped off

A swindler

A

Un arnaque

Arnaquer. Ahr nah Kay
Se Faire arnaquer

Un arnaqueur, arnaque usé

French 2018 (10 decks)

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