B French Vocabulary 1 Flashcards
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Assoupir
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To make drowsy, to dull
Example sentence: The medication began to assoupir the patient.
2
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Adoucir
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To soften, take the edge off, tone down
3
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Accroc (n.)
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Snag, hitch, breach
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Accaparer
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To monopolize, take over, absorb
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Bafouiller
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To stammer, stutter
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Bagarre
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Fight, brawl
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Bagnard
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Convict
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Bagnole
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Car
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Baragouinage
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Jabbering, jargon, gobbledegook
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Bassiner
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To bore, or to warm
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Béguin
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Crush (infatuation)
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Bizut
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Freshman
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Bizuter
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To haze
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Bolide
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Race car
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Bouleverser
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To overwhelm
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Bouquin
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Book
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Bousculer
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To jostle, to bump into, to hurry
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Bousiller
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To spoil, to ruin, to botch
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Braquer
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To aim, OR to antagonize, to hold at gunpoint
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Brin
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Strand, fiber, piece
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Caler
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To wedge, prop up, or to stall, give up
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Chambouler
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To mess up
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Chavrier
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To overturn, to capsize
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Chialer
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To bawl
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Cloque
Blister
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être en cloque
To be knocked up
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Combler
To fill in, to make up for
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Se contreficher de
To be indifferent to
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Côtoyer
To deal with
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Craignos
Dodgy
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Créneau
Slot, parking space
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Criard(e)
Shrill, garish
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Croquer
To crunch
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Décalage
Interval, discrepancy, lag
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écervelé
Ditsy
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Dorloter
To pamper
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ébréché
Chipped (as in a plate)
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Effondrement
Collapse, or dejection
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égratigner
To scratch, scrape, OR to have a go at (someone)
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Embouteillage
Traffic jam, gridlock
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Embrayage (n.)
Clutch (pedal)
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émoustiller
To excite, exhilarate, turn on
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Enquiquiner
To bore, bug
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Entrechoquer
To knock or bang together
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Envenimer
To poison, infect, to make worse
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épatant
Splendid
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éraflure
A scratch, scrape
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Essaim
Swarm
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Estomper
To smooth over, to blur
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Farouche
Fierce, wild, savage
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Fougueux
Fiery, spirited, impetuous
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Fouiller
To search (through)
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Foutu
Screwed up
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Fredonner
To hum
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Fricoter
To stew, to cook up
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Friperie
Secondhand clothes store
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Fripouille
Rascal
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Futé
Sharp, smart, clever
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Gâchis
Waste, mess
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Garce
Bitch
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Girouette
Weather vane
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Grue
Crane (mechanical), OR hooker (slang)
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Maladif
Puny, sickly, OR obsessive
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Mariol
Smart alec, wise guy
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Mesquin
Petty, stingy
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Mousser
To bubble, to foam, OR to rile somebody up
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Nase
Screwy, OR kaput
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Navré
Sorry (sympathetic)
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Nigaud
Simple, simple-minded
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Passade
Fling (romantic)
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Peloter
To grope
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Pelotonner
To wind up into a ball
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Pétasse
Tart
## Footnote
Example sentence: She was called a pétasse behind her back.
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Avoir la pétasse
To be scared stiff
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Pétrin
Jam (as in, 'to be in a jam')
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Piger
To get, to understand
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Plaquer
To pin down, to tackle
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Renfrogné
Sullen
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Riquiqui
Tiny, OR shabby
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Sapristi
"Heavens!"
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Satané
Blasted, dreadful
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Soûler
To make dizzy, OR to get someone drunk
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Ronfler
Snore
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Routard(e)
Backpacker
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Se maquer
To shack with, to be taken (relationship)
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Tarabuster
To pester, to bother
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Tordant
Hilarious
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Traîner
To loiter, to dawdle
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Tripoter
To fiddle with, to root around
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Tuyauter
To tip off
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Abracadabrant
Bewildering
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Abriter
To shelter, to accommodate
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Anéantir
To annihilate, to wipe out, to be overcome by
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Baratiner (quelqu'un)
To shoot one's mouth off to somebody
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Boucan
Din, racket
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Cafarder
To snitch, OR to feel down
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Calepin
Notebook
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Casier
Compartment, locker
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Censé
Supposed to, expected to
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Cloîtrer
To shut away
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Couillonnade
Damn stupid thing to say/do
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Crever
To burst, to puncture, OR to kick the bucket
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Déraper
To skid, OR to go wrong
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En-cas
A
105
one's mouth off to somebody
Boucan
## Footnote
Din, racket
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To snitch, OR to feel down
Cafarder
## Footnote
To snitch, OR to feel down
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Notebook
Calepin
## Footnote
Notebook
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Compartment, locker
Casier
## Footnote
Compartment, locker
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Supposed to, expected to
Censé
## Footnote
Supposed to, expected to
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To shut away
Cloîtrer
## Footnote
To shut away
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Damn stupid thing to say/do
Couillonnade
## Footnote
Damn stupid thing to say/do
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To burst, to puncture, OR to kick the bucket
Crever
## Footnote
To burst, to puncture, OR to kick the bucket
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To skid, OR to go wrong
Déraper
## Footnote
To skid, OR to go wrong
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A snack, something to eat
En-cas
## Footnote
A snack, something to eat
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To rely/count on something
Escompter (quelqu'un)
## Footnote
To rely/count on something
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Crack, chapped
Gerçure (Avoir des gerçures aux...)
## Footnote
Crack, chapped
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To hail
Grêler
## Footnote
To hail
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To scribble, to doodle
Gribouiller
## Footnote
To scribble, to doodle
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To cure, to heal, to recover
Guérir
## Footnote
To cure, to heal, to recover
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To be united against
être ligué contre
## Footnote
To be united against
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Wall-to-wall carpet
Moquette
## Footnote
Wall-to-wall carpet
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Slack, give
Mou
## Footnote
Slack, give
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To inform on, to tell tales about
Moucharder
## Footnote
To inform on, to tell tales about
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Booby trap
Objet piégé
## Footnote
Booby trap
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Empreinte digitale
Fingerprint
## Footnote
No additional information
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Fric
Cash, money
## Footnote
No additional information
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Léguer
To bequeath, to leave something to somebody, to hand down
## Footnote
No additional information
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Méfiant(e)
Distrustful, suspicious
## Footnote
No additional information
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Môme
Kid
## Footnote
No additional information
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Mordiller
To nibble
## Footnote
No additional information
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Troc
Barter (system)
## Footnote
No additional information
