Chapter 1 Flashcards by Lottie S

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Ethnic group

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Une ethnie

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To squabble over any little thing

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Se chamailler a tout bout de champ

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Contours, winding course of a river

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L’anfractuosité

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To prove you belong/to identify yourself

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Montrer patte blanche

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A makeshift boat

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Une embarcation de fortune

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A village

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Un patelin

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Lost

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Paumé

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Without missing a beat

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Du tac au tac

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Bribe

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Un pot-de-vin

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Cheap and cheerful café

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Un boui-boui

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To set alight

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Embraser

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Doctor

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Un toubib

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Bishop

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Une primus

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Tin roofing

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Un toit de tôle

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The coming and going

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Le va-et-vient

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Rush

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Une bousculade

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To fall into the trap

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Tomber dans le panneau

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Treat, sweet, candy

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Une friandise

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Toothpick

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Une cure-dents

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Single file

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En file indienne

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Without batting an eyelid

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Sans ciller

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A wasteland

A

Un terrain vague

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To scarper

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Détaler

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Avoir le béguin

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To have a crush

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Scrap

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La baston

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Currency (type of currency)

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Balles

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Stunned

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Médusé

Q

A god-botherer

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Une grenouille de bénitier

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To flit around

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Papilloner

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Empty handed, unsuccessful

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Bredouille

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Heavy rain

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La drachm

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To pull yourself together, to get a grip

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Se ressaisir

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Prey

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Un gibier

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To be out of your depth

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Perdre pied

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Mass grave

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Un charner

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To feel cramped

A

Se sentir à l’étroit

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Hedge

A

Un haie

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To be lurking

A

Être tapi

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