2018 09 Vocabulary Flashcards
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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”)
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Basculer
Elle portait une toque basculée sur le front.
Bousculer
On se bouscule.
2
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Frivolous, shallow, trivial
A
Frivole
3
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Innate
A
Inné, innée
4
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Hand woven
A story riddled with lies
A
Tissé à la main
Récit tissé de mensonges
5
Q
To weld, solder
To become united
A
Souder
Se souder
6
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To skimp on
To spare no expense
A
Lésiner sur / leh zeen A/
Ne lésiner pas sur la dépense
7
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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!
8
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Private viewing
Varnishing
A
Un vernissage
9
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To varnish
To varnish, put polish on nails
A
Vernir
Se vernir les ongles
10
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Even. (Adj)
Peer
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Pair, paire
Un Pair
11
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To go out of control, slip
A
Déraper
12
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Sullen
A
Maussade
13
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Gloomy person
Drab by street
A
Personne morne
Rue morne
14
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Dodu, potelé
A
Charnu
15
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To pep/perk up
A
Requinquer
Se requinquer. /RUH kin Kay/
16
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Loathesome detestable
A
Exécrable. /EHG zay crabluh/
17
Q
To stammer, stutter
To lisp. (2)
A
Bégayer
Zézayer , zozoter
18
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To weave
To forge links with. Relationships.
Weaving
To weave
A
Tisser
Tisser les liens
La tissage
Faire du tissage
19
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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
A
Voleter Vivoter, vivoter de qqc Siffloter. (Siffler) Siroter. No other form, shouldn’t be here Suçoter Toussoter Trembloter
20
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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
21
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To ill treat (person, animal)
To use roughly (tool)
Adj: brutal, violent
Sudden
To use brute force
Violently
Suddenly/dramatically
A
Brutaliser
Brutal, brutale, brutaux
Employer la force brutale
Brutalement
Agir
Baisser, augmenter, mourrir,changer freiner
22
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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
23
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Hearth 2
A
La foyer, un âtre
The r is like a soft hiss
24
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Dazzling
A
Éblouissant,
aveuglant
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To roar, bellow, howl
Kill them all! he roared.
Roars, howls
Rugir
Tuez-les tous! Rugit-il.
Rugissements
26
Oats
L’avoine
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To reason with ones children
To rationalize ones fear
To think correctly
To consider
Raisonner ses enfants
Raisonner son peur
Raisonner juste/tort
Raisonner sur qqc
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Fatal error
Fateful day
Présentement of death
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
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
SOupirer (de)
Soupirer pour qn
soupirer après qqc
Un soupir
Avoir un soupir
Un soupir de soulagement
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A soup tureen
Une soupière
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Oppressive, overwhelming
To devastate
To heap sb with insults
To overburden/ bombard with questions
Depression.
Accablant
Accabler qn d’injures
Accabler qn de questions
Un Accablement
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Terrible
I feel terrible (guilty)
Épouvantable
Je suis ennuyé.
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A pile of rags
A human wreck
Dressed in rags
To be in tatters
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
Toutou. Un bon toutou!
Un cabot
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Deflated balloon
| Flat tire
Ballon dégonflé
| Pneu dégonflé /pnuh /
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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..
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)
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Chirping, squealing
Piailler. /PEE aye yay/
Piaillement
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Enterprising
To come on strong / be forward
Entreprenant
Être entreprenant
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Untidy
Muddled speech
A rough draft
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
Déborder
Déborder de joie, de vie
Les vêtements débordent de la valise
La rivière a débordé son lit
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String, twine
Have you got any string?
A piece of string
Une ficelle
As-tu de la ficelle?
Un morceau de ficelle
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He stretched his arms
| To hang out the washing
Il a étendu les bras
Étendre du linge
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Cheeky
Gouailleur gouailleuse
45
Pleasant (person)
| Attractive (house)
Avenant, avenante
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To start
| To start up (a car, activity)
Démarrer
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Se débrouiller (slang)
Get your ass in gear! Hurry up.
Démerder
Démerde-toi un peu!
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Ivre
Soul, soule /su/
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Wound, sore
Open sore
7 plagues of Egypt
(Twist) move the knife in the wound
Un plaie
Un plaie vive
Les 7 plaies d’Egypt
Remuer le couteau dans le plaie
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Offhand (insolent), casual remark
Remarque Désinvolte
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Claw
To show, sheathe claws
Designer label
To scratch
To make a rough sketch
Une griffe
Sortir, rentrer ses griffes
Un griffe du grande couturier
Griffer, se griffer
Griffonner
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To pass onto ( informal) sb
| À cold
Refiler
| Il m’a refilé son rhume
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In this case/ instance
En l’occurrence
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To notify sb of...that...
We’ll decide later
Se rendre compte que...
Aviser. Qn. De. Qqc ... que
Nous aviserons plus tard.
S’aviser que
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To pull
| To shoot a gun
Tirer
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To chime, to ring
To tint, stain
Tinter. (Nasal )
Teinter. /tahntay/
57
To knock against (accidentally)
You must have knocked the cup
To bangon, to hammer
To bump ones knee, head.
Cogner
Tu a dû cogner la tasse
Cogner sur
Se cogner le genou, la tête
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Nécessaire
Requi, requise. /RUHkee/
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To dodge, sidestep
To slip away
Esquiver
S’esquiver
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To darker, cloud over
Rembrunir
| Se rembrunir
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Fury
Frenzy, zeal
Hopping mad ( informal)
Wrathful, furious
La furie
La furia
Furibard, furibarde
Furibond,furibonde
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Grumpy
To be grumpy/grumble
Bougon, bougonne
Bougonner
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To speak to no one in particular
To say for all to hear
He tells everyone and anyone
Parler à la cantonade
Dire qqc à la cantonade
Il raconte ça à la cantonade
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To wag the tail
Wiggling of fish, wagging, as tail, quivering, as
impatience
Small fry
Frétiller de la queue
Frétillant
Fretin
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Or even dangerous!
| Not to say Edith Lavery.
Voire Dangereux!
| Voire eL
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Spirited, enthusiastic
Fougueux, fougueuse
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Social success
Success in exam
Success in career
Réussite sociale
Réussite á un examen
Réussite dans sa carrière
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Save; except for
Hormis
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To dress up, derogatory
To dress, do up
Affubler, d’affubler
Fagoter, se fagoter
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Scabbard
Sheath dress
Un fourreau
71
Sequin, spangle,
glitter
Un paillete
72
Rude, bad
Uncouth person
Coarse low crude
A stone Roughly crudely cut
They are so rude!
Grossière grossière
Un grossier personnage
Une Pierre Grossièrement taillée
Ils sont d’une grossièreté
73
Hot air balloon
| To go hot air ballooning
La montgolfière
Faire de la montgolfière
74
To take over, get hold of
Emparer, s’emparer
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To brush/graze
He had a brush with death
To brush against each other
Brushing, rustling, fluttering
Frôler
Il a frôlé la mort
Se frôler
Frôlement
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Turf, cold
Lump of tires
Clod of earth
Lump of butter
La motte de terre
La motte de gazon
La motte de beurre
77
Malicious gossip
Fish stew, meat stew
Un ragot. Uncountable
Ragoût de poisson , ragoût en viande
78
Deadly boring (informal)
Assommant, assommante
79
At the surrounding temperature
| At room temperature
À la température ambiante
80
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
Retourner une carte à jouer
Retourner à l’ecole
Revenir sur terre
Revenir de Tokyo
Revenir chez soi
Revenir à la normale
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Lawn tennis
Tennis sur gazon
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To convert, do up loft into office
| To lay out a garden
Aménager un grenier en bureau
83
Ugly 3
Laid, laide/leh/
Vilain, vilaine
Moche
84
To be in charge of, to steer
To head for the door
Diriger
Se diriger vers la porte
85
To nibble
Grignoter
| Grignotement, grignotage q
86
He’s the macho type.
You know the type.
It’s just like him/her.
Lifestyle
C’est le genre macho.
Tu vois le genre.
C’est bien son genre.
Genre de vie
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To Twitter, Babble
Gazouiller
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Detachment.
In hindsight
To be in decline
Disappearance of forest
Drop dollar
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Recul /Ruh Kyool/
Avec le recul
Être en recul
Recul de la forêt
Recul du dollar
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Goldsmith
| To be an expert in the field
Un orfèvre
| Être orfèvre en la matière
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To spit blood
Spit it out!
To cough and sputter
Cracher du sang
Crache-le!
Crachoter
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Common (derogatory),
historic: commoner
The common people
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Roturier
La class roturière
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92
To renounce, disown
Renier. /RUH nee ay/. Say it fast
93
To scrape
To clear ones throat
Scrapings 2
Scraper
Shavings; despicable person
Racler
Se racler la gorge
Raclement, raclage
Raclette
Raclure
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To clink glasses
To clink glasses
95
Mocking, one who mocks
Mockery
To make fun of
Railler, railleuse
Raillerie. / wry’ree/
Railler
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He concluded, wrongly, that...
Rightly or wrongly
Il a conclu, à tort, que
À tort ou à raison
97
To be lacking, devoid of
| She seems Completely lacking common sense
Dépourvu de
Elle semble complètement dépourvu de bon sens
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To creak, squeak. Door
Creaking, grating, scathing, caustic
Grumpy
Grincer
Grinçant, grinçante
Grincheux grincheuse
Grincement
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To lose ones nerve
| It’s not the moment to lose ones nerve
Flancher
| Ce n’est pas le moment de flancher
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To catch a glimpse of
Entrevoir
101
Seedy, shabby, down at heel
Miteux, miteuse
102
To reduce inflation to..
To bring back. To bring sb back to reality
To take sb back home
Ramener l’inflation à
Ramener qn à la réalité
Ramener à la maison
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To wince, informal
| Without batting an eyelash
Tiquer
| Sans tiquer
104
To open fire
Cross fire
Continuous fire
Archery
Déclencher le tir
Tir croisé
Tir continu
Tir à l’arc
105
to transfer
| he had been transferred...
muter
| Il a été muté
106
narrow-minded
borné
107
to mark boundaries; to border
to content oneself with doing...
He contented himself with explaining...
to limit oneself to smthg
borner
se borner à faire
Il s'est borné à preciser/declarer
se borner à qch
108
gypsy (2)
tzigane; gitan /zhe tahn/
109
Is he still alive? He still lives?
Il vit toujours?
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to repair
to spot, locate
réparer
repérer
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to spend money
to provide/give service
dépenser de l'argent
dispenser un service
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to bark at the other dogs
aboyer sur les autre chines
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Wet
He weighs 50kg dripping wet.
To wet
Wet your hair thoroughly
Wet patch/spot
Anchoring/watering down
Mouillé. /MOO yay/
Il pèse 50kg tout mouillé.
Mouiller
Mouille bien tes cheveux
Mouillure
Mouillage. /moo yahzh/
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Door to door (selling)
Spokesperson
Car carrier. P!
Key ring. P!
Briefcase. P!
toilet/kitchen roll holder. P!
Umbrella stand
Good luck charm
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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
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115
To control, bring under control, master
To have self control
Maîtriser
Se maîtriser
116
Spending, expenditure
| Welfare/military expenditure
Dépense
| Dépenses sociales / militaires
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To be well /badly thought of
Être bien / mal vu
| C’est bien vu! Bien vu!
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To chatter
Chattering
Papoter
Papotage
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Ages , ages ago
| It’s been ages since I last saw her
Lurette
Il y a / cela fait belle lurette que je ne l’ai pas vu
Il n’a rien publié depuis belle lurette
120
Frantically, madly, desperately
Desperate, overwhelmed, overcome with
Éperdument
Éperdu de
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Cow dung. P!
La bouse. /booze/
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Bitterly, fiercely
Âprement. /ah pruh mahn/
123
Far fetched
A scatterbrain
Farfelu
124
Snatches
Bits and pieces
Bit by bit
Bribes. /br eeb /
Par bribes
125
Reduce inflation to 5%
Bring sb back to reality
Ramener l’inflation à 5pc
Ramener qn à la réalité
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To praise
To brag about
Vanter
Se vanter de
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To give sb the eye. P!
Informal
Lorgner. /lor ahn yay/. Fast!
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Grincheux
Ronchon Ronchonne
129
To paw the ground
A sparrow
Piaffer
Piaf
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Champagne, to fizz
Eyes, to sparkle
Wood, to crackle
Sparkling, crackling, bubbling. Adj
Noun sparkling
Pétiller
Pétillant, pétillante
Pétillement
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To get worse, make worse, to worsen
He condition has worsened
Empirer avec
Son état a empiré
132
Figurative: a headache (problem)
À puzzle to solve
Reckless; a daredevil or death trap
Casse-tête
| Casse-cou
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Swindle, rip off
To rip off
To be ripped off
A swindler
Un arnaque
Arnaquer. Ahr nah Kay
Se Faire arnaquer
Un arnaqueur, arnaque usé
