Additional - Tintin Flashcards
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chiper
A
to pinch, to nick
2
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courant (adj)
A
common, everyday, usual, ordinary
3
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un courant
A
current, flow, wave, movement
4
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une puce
A
flea
5
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un cliché
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a snapshot, picture
6
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un raid
A
long distance hike/walk, trek, military attack
7
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la carosserie
A
car body
8
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une fouille
A
a baggage search, a frisk
9
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inculper
A
to charge, to accuse
10
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un cachot
A
dungeon, solitary confinement, cell
11
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un virage
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bend, turn, curve, shift (fig)
12
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un poursuivant
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a pursuer
13
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malin
A
smart, shrewd, clever, cunning, malignant
14
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hurler
A
shout, scream, howl
15
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ça gaze
A
awesome, great
16
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ça gaze?
A
how are things?
17
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pourvu que
A
provided that, let’s hope that
18
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rebrousser chemin
A
to turn back, to retrace one’s steps
19
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pareil
A
the same, identical
20
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sans pareil
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without parallel, unique, peerless
21
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échéance
A
due date
22
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une bobine
A
a spool, a bobbin, a reel, someone’s face
23
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boulotter
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to eat
24
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le moindre
A
the slightest
25
moindre
lower, lesser
26
un cabot
cur, hound, dog
27
maudit
wretched, damnable, cursed
28
maudire
to curse
29
une chute
fall, drop, loss, downfall
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fourrer
to jam, to stuff, to shove, to line, to fill
31
un soigné
a sick person, patient, the sick
32
soigné
tidy, neat, well-dressed, smart, conscientious, meticulous (or for an illness: bad)
33
épouvanter
to horrify, to scare, to dismay, to terrify
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sauter
to jump
35
un tas
a pile, a heap
36
fournir
to supply, to furnish
37
la ferraille
scrap iron
38
débrouillard
crafty, resourceful, wiley
39
breveter
to patent
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prévenu
biased, prejudiced, the accused
41
prévenir qch
prevent, forestall, stop, avert, anticipate, foresee
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morne
gloomy, dismal
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guérir
to heal, to cure
44
hors
outside, beyond
45
pourtant
yet, even, though
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la paille
straw
47
avaler
to swallow
48
faire parvenir
to send, to forward
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parvenir
to reach, to get as far as, to succeed
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un pli
a letter, a fold, a crease
51
éveiller
to wake
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la serrure
the lock
53
chipoter
to pick at
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tiens
damn, well
55
pincer
to pinch
56
enfoncer
to knock down, break down, sink
57
flanquer
to fling, to chuck, to give, to flank
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fétus de paille
wisps of straw
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un châtiment
penalty, punishment
60
retrouver
to find again, to rediscover
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un chemin
a path, a way, a track
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ainsi
thus, in this way, like this
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un égout
a sewer
64
aisément
easily, comfortably
65
puisque
since, seeing as
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faire le poirier
to do a handstand
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le poirier
pear tree
68
un sacripant
rascal
69
secouer
to shake
70
un prunier
a plum tree
71
les draps
sheets, bed linen
72
botter
to kick, to boot
73
flûte
drat
74
semer
to lose, to scatter, to spread, to shake off
75
pan
bang (gun)
76
réglé
settled, resolved
77
reconduire
to take home, to drive home, to renew
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un obus
artillery shell
79
une bougie
a candle
80
une bielle
a connecting rod
81
s'encrasser
get dirty, get clogged
82
poliment
politely
83
déposer
to drop off, to leave, to deposit, to file
84
avoir des nouvelle de
to hear from, to have news from
85
déposer une plainte
to lodge a complaint
86
Le supplice
Torture, torment
87
dévoiler
To unveil, to reveal, to disclos
88
En avant
Let's go, forward, in front
89
rougir
To redden, to blush
90
chauffer
To heat up, to boil
91
avouer
To confess, to own up, to admit
92
un scaphandre
A diving suit, a spacesuit
93
Au fond
At the end, essentially, at heart, at the bottom
94
un truc
A thing
95
enfiler
To put on, to pull on
96
La ficelle
The string
97
un caillou
a pebble, a stone, a rock
98
un bourbier
A bog
99
infect
foul, revolting
100
une bêtise
Nonsense, silly thing, stupidity
101
soustraire
to remove, to take away, to subtract
102
un matelas
A mattress
103
Fouiller
To conduct a search for, to rummage
104
moisir
To rot, to gather dust
105
Malsain
Unhealthy
106
Gâter
To soil, to rot
107
Se gâter
To take a turn for the worse
108
La secousse
The tremor
109
transi
Numb, transfixed
110
Creux
Hollow, deep, empty
111
un farceur
A prankster
112
un fiel
Venom, bite
113
Aise
Pleasure, ease, delighted
114
une caisse
A crate
115
enfouir
To bury
116
Lâche
Weak, feeble, cowardly
117
un tuyau
A pipe, a hose
118
Une échelle
A ladder
119
Enfoncer
To sink, to dig
