Americanah Flashcards

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to plait/braid

A

tresser

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2
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a plait/braid

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une tresse

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tight

E.g.: this dress is too tight

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serré

E.g.: cette robe est trop serré

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4
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to comb

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peigner

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5
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comb

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un peigne

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6
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beggar

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un mendiant

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7
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afterwards

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par la suite

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8
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disapproving

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désapprobateur

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9
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approval of

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l’approbation de

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10
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relaxed / laid back / casual

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décontracté

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11
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utility room / laundrette

A

la buanderie

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12
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humming

A

le ronronnement

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13
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sometimes this, sometimes that

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tantôt ceci, tantôt cela

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14
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muffled / suppressed (voice)

A

étouffé

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15
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to choke / suffocate

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s’étouffer

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16
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to slap

A

gifler

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17
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slap in the face

A

une gifle

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18
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to spurt out / gush out

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jaillir

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19
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frankness, directness

A

la franchise

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20
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crime novel, detective show

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un policier

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21
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love at first sight

A

le coup de foudre

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22
Q

an arse-licker

A

un lèche-cul

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23
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uncouth, crude

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grossier

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24
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faded, worn (clothes, furniture)

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défraîchi

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plump, fleshy
charnu
26
crib
un berceau
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to overwhelm, overburden
accabler
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to stir, to move
remuer
29
elbow
le coude
30
to stumble, trip up
trébucher
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sulky
boudeur
32
mischievous
espiègle
33
to congeal, clot
figer
34
to destroy, crush (someone)
anéantir
35
to bruise
meurtrir
36
frost
le givre
37
haughty
hautain
38
to get on sb’s nerves His behaviour really gets on my nerves.
taper sur les nerfs de qn Son comportement me tape vraiment sur les nerfs.
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buzzing, humming
le bourdonnement
40
except for
hormis / sauf
41
to terrify / to horrify
épouvanter
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boastful
hâbleur
43
disapproving
désapprobateur (désapprobatrice)
44
carefree
Insouciant
45
stiff (joint, muscle) / straight (hair)
raide
46
to tease
taquiner
47
tip (at a bar/restaurant)
un pourboire
48
flabbergasted / astounded I’m astounded (about it)!
bouche bée J’en suis bouche bée!
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I couldn’t care less!
je m'en fiche pas mal !
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to worry about sb/sth
se tracasser pour qn/qch
51
petty / petty-minded
mesquin
52
to decipher / to sight read
déchiffrer
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to repress, stifle
refouler
54
benevolence, kindness (to)
la bienveillance (envers)
55
to club, clobber sb
matraquer qn
56
bogus, sham a sham marriage
bidon un marriage bidon
57
seedy / shabby
miteux
58
to simmer / stew
mijoter
59
to disgust / to repel
rebuter
60
to make fun of sb / to mess sb about
se ficher de qn
61
to be in the decline
péricliter
62
enthusiasm / momentum to gather momentum
l’élan (m) prendre de l’élan
63
mocking / wry wryly
narquois d’un air narquois
64
something’s wrong
il y a truc qui cloche
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emaciated / scawny
décharné
66
handcuffs
des menottes
67
to handcuff
menotter
68
at the end of the day / all things considered
en fin de compte
69
wedding ring
une alliance
70
to get bogged down in sth
s’engluer dans qch
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eager to do sth
avide de faire qch
72
eager for news / hungry for affection
avide de nouvelles / avide d’affection
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to annoy sb
crisper qn
74
to tense up
se crisper
75
adjoining the house adjoining ours
mitoyen la maison mitoyenne de la notre
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to moor
amarrer
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clever / crafty the devil
malin l’esprit malin
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fierce / unremitting
acharné
79
frizzy (hair)
crépu
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lack of concern / carefreeness
l’insouciance
81
for a long time (already) We haven’t seen them for ages
depuis des lustres on ne les a pas vus depuis des lustres
82
to understand, to ‘get’ I’m clueless about computing.
piger Je ne pige rien à l’informatique.
83
to hug / to embrace I hug / I was hugging / I have hugged
étreindre j’étreins / j’étreignais / j’ai étreint
84
What are you talking about? / What are you on about?
Qu’est-ce que tu racontes?