Chapter 1 Flashcards

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1
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sheet

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le drap

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usual

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coutumier

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strange

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insolite

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squid

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le calamar

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to sting

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piquer

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biting for wind

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aigre

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to powder

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poudrer

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drizzle

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le crachin

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compelling

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impérieux

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immediately

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aussitôt

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since

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puisque

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genius

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le génie

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wick of a candle

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la mèche

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sound

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le son

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dismissal

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non-lieu

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nurse

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infirmière

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sparkling; fizzy

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pétillant

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bouncing

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bondissant

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19
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coolness

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fraîcheur

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tired

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recru

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disenchanted

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désabusé

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predictable

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prévisible

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suitable

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convenable

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24
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to fake

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feindre

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wonder

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émerveillement

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motionless

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immobile

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27
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to be lying

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gésir

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28
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a hair

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une chevelure

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29
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goddess

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une déesse

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30
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the rippling

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le clapotis

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trolley; carriage

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un chariot

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steel

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un acier

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staged

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une mise en scène

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34
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bow

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une révérence

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intimate

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intime

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strolling

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une déambulation

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thoroughly

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minutieusement

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provided that

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pour peu que

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to recall

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évoquer

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a draft

A

une ébauche

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crackle

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crépiter

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to weld

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souder

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to rise

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s’élever

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immeasurable

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incommensurables

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pit; chasm

A

un gouffre

46
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to very on; to brush against

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frôler

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cradle

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le berceau

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to tinker; diy

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bricoler

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to struggle; to cause pain

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peiner

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to elate

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exalter

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wisely

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sagement

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case

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le dossier

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icon

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icône

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tombstone

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une pierre tombale

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finish

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la finition

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discovery

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la découverte

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in corner

A

en coin

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dimple

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la fossette

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hollow

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creusé

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to dig

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creuser

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at the corner of

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au coin de

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to tighten

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serrer

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slightly

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légèrement

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to constrain; to compel

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contraindre

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expression; appearance; pencil lead

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une mine

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to invite; suggest

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convier

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publican

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un bistrot

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to spit

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cracher

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fly

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une mouche

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talkative

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bavard

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go through one by one

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énumérer

72
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to set free; deliver

A

délivrer

73
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impatience

A

une hâte

74
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packaging

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une emballage

75
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scrap

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une brine

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sketch

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un croquis

77
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to sink

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sombrer

78
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spark

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une étincelle

79
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to succeed; to reach

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parvenir

80
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cunning

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futé

81
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to nail

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clouer

82
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beak

A

le bec

83
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to strike

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terrasser

84
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to retreat

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reculer