9 Flashcards by Rachel Elder

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Le moindre

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The least, the lesser, the slightest

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Se relancer

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To bounce back, get back on their feet

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Le tapage

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Noise, commotion

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La haie

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Hedge

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le jardin potager

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Vegetable garden

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Tailler

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Prune, cut, trim

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Un cure dent

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A toothpick

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Le néré

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African locust bean (parkia biglobosa fruit)

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Secouer

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To rub, pet 🐕

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Se débrouiller

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To manage, fend for, muddle through

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Le paysage

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Landscape, scenery
«J’ai trempé dans le beau paysage»

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Les traces

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Traces, trails, tracks

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Neuf/neuve

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New, mint condition

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Quand même

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Anyway, all the same
“Il a parlé quand même“

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Râlant(e)

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Ranting, complaining, grumbling

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Luger

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To sled 🛷

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Traîner

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To hang out, drag

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La pente

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Slope, downhill

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Les hilares

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Hilarious, hysterical, hysterics

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“Au bout d’un moment”

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After a moment/some time

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Tourbillonner

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Vortex, tornado

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Foncer

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To rush, charge, hurdle (towards) ⛷️

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Abattre

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To take down, to fell (Forest), slaughter

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Un abrit

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A shelter

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Ôter

To take off/disrobe

Éblouissant(e)

Dazzling, brilliant

Élucider

To clarify

La demeure

Dwelling, abode, tabernacle

Le tonnerre

Thunder

Gré

(Ou volontaire) Will, discretion

Le rang

Rank

Rétrécir

To shrink

Les racines

Roots

Un tiers

1/3, a third party, someone else

Malfaisant

Evil, evildoer

Ruser

To trick, outwit

Rôder

To prowl, lurk

Rugir

To roar, howl, growl 🦁

Je ne serai jamais aussi mince que maintenant

I will never be as thin as I am right now

Laïque

Secular (state)

Laïcité

Secularism

Le reportage

New report

Le triage

Sorting

Le pélèrinage

Pilgrimage

Le bastion

Stronghold (or last line of defense)

À la merci de…

At the mercy of

La laie

Female wild boar (sow)

Le laid

Ugly, ugliness

La peur blue

Scared to death (scared of of your mind)

Le/la vierge

Virgin

Un pay du tiers monde

Third world country

En meute

In packs 🐺🐺🐺🐺

Un bal

Ball, prom

La balle

Bullet

Causer

To chat

Le chacal

Jackel

Éclater

To burst, erupt, break out

Doux

Soft, sweet, gentle (person)

Soigner

To care for, care of

Lâcher

To let go, release

Se remettre

To begin again, pick back up

Envier

To desire, long for, crave

Douer

To get something built (“the city equipped itself with a new road”)

Le teinturier/La teinturière

Fabric dyer (person)

Le lot

Set, bundle, bunch

émerveillement

Wonder, amazement, enchantment

Haïr

To loathe, to despise

Échouer

To fail, or run aground/get beached

Emparer

To conquer, take over

Enfreindre

To infringe, to violate/break (rules or laws)

Le frein

The car break 🚘

Tenter

To tempt

À l’égard

Concerning

Échanger

To exchange