8 femmes vocab Flashcards by Mercedes Lysaker | Brainscape

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la belle-mère

A

the mother in law

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le mari

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the husband

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le gendre

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son in law

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la fille aînée

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older daughter

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la fille cadette

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the younger daughter

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les domestiques

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domestic servants

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la gouvernante

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the governess

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la cuisinière

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the cook

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la femme de chambre

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chambermaid

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un meurtre

A

a murder

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un couteau

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a knife

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une vieille fille

A

an old maid

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un roman d’amour

A

a romance novel

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un roman policier

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a detective novel

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une piqûre

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a shot

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une tempête de neige

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a snow storm

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des actions

A

shares, stock

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un amant

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a lover

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une maîtresse

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a mistress

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un associé

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a business partner

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la pavillon de chasse

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a hunting lodge

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une trahison

A

betrayal

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un mensonge

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a lie

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tirer

A

to shoot

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faire faillite

A

to go bankrupt

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s’écrouler

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to collapse

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recueillir qq’un chez soi

A

to receive someone in ones home

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taire qqch

A

to keep silent

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soupçonner qq’un de qqch

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to suspect someone of something

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faire qqch en cachette

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to do something secretly

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se disculper

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to exonerate oneself

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avare

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miserly

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alcoolique

A

alcoholic

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véreux

A

corrupt

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insolent

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cheeky

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provocant(e)

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provocative

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espiègle

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mischievous

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déluré

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sassy

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jaloux

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jealous

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dévoué

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devoted

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faire fortune dans

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to make ones fortune

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l’opulence

A

wealth

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cossu(e)

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rich-looking

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épargner

A

to save

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avoir de l’argent de côté

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to have money aside

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la cupidité

A

greed

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économe

A

thrifty

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radin(e)

A

venal

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emprunter

A

to borrow

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rembourser

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to reimburse

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un compte en banque

A

a bank account

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une tirelire

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a piggy bank

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l’argent ne fait pas le bonheur

A

money can’t buy happjness

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il ment tout le temps

A

he’s a compulsive liar

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falsifier

A

to forge

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tromper qq’un

A

to cheat on someone

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la calomnie

A

slander

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révéler

A

to reveal

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dévoiler

A

to expose

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un délit

A

an offense

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une enquête

A

investigation

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un témoin

A

a witness

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prouver

A

to prove

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l’arme du crime

A

the murder weapon

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le mobile

A

the motive

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chercher à qui profite le crime

A

to look for someone with a motive

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interroger qq’un

A

to question someone

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le procès

A

the trial

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le tribunal

A

the court

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un juge

A

a judge

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le loi

A

the law

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le verdict

A

the verdict

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condamner qq’un à qqch

A

to sentence someone to something

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le crime ne paie pas

A

crime doesn’t pay

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une dette

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a devt

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prêter

A

to lend

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un testament

A

a will

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enceinte

A

pregnant

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hypocondriaque

A

hypocondriax