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Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Ça fait longtemps que…

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It’s been ages since…

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Saleté, ordure, crasse

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Skank

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Ça fait un bail que…

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It’s been yonks since…

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Là-bas

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Yon, yonde

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De ce côté la

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Thither

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Ça et là

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Hither and thither

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Écharpe, foulard

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Scarf

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Lancer, jeter, balancer (informal)

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To chuck

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Jeter à la poubelle, balancer, bazarder, foutre en l’air

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To chuck (out)

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Dégobiller, gerber, vomir

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To chuck (up)

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Larguer, plaquer, balancer

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To chuck

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Mandrin (perceuse)

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Chuck

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Andouille, crétin (familiar, slang)

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Knucklehead

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Farce, blague

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Prank

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Insistant

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Pushy

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Exigeant, autoritaire, directif

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Pushy

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Ballonné (suffering from flatulence)

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Gassy

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Pétrole brut

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Crude oil

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Bavard, volubile

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Gassy

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Jeter un œil, jeter un coup d’œil

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To peep (out, into)

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Voyeur

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Peeping Tom

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Dévier, se déporter

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To veer off

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Dévier, virer de bord, tourner, changer de direction

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To veer

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Déconcerté

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Stumped

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Jusqu’à maintenant, jusqu’ici,

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Thus far

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Membre du personnel

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Staffer

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Fouiner, fureter

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To snoop around

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Responsable, superviseur, chef d’équipe

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Overseer

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Engin

Machin, truc, bidule

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Contraption

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Balourd, maladroit, empoté

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Clumsy, klutzy (us)

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Il faut avouer que, il faut reconnaître que, il est vrai que, j’avoue que

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Admittedly

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Rembourré, capitonné, matelassé

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Padded

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Planer au-dessus de, faire du surplace au-dessus de

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To hover over

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Voltiger, planer, flotter (dans l’air)

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To hover

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Rôder, tourner autour

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To hover

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Dorloter, choyer, gâter, chouchouter

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To cosset

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De travers

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Awry

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Dominer

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To overbear

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Faire le mur

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To sneak out

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S’esquiver discrètement, sortir sur la pointe des pieds

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To sneak out of

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Forgeron, maréchal ferrant

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Smith

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Évaluer, jauger, estimer, expertiser

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To assess

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Orfèvre

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Goldsmith, silversmith

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Surmonter, s’en sortir

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To cope

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Chaudronnier

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Coppersmith

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Saper, miner

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To undermine

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Serrurier

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Locksmith

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Examiner, lire attentivement, étudier de près

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To pore over

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Horloger

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Clocksmith

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Palpitant, excitant

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Thrilling

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Armurier

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Gunsmith

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Étouffer

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To smother

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Bord du trottoir

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Curb (uk) kerb (us)

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Prénom

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First name, Christian name, given name, forename

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Nom et prénom

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Full name

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Prénom composé

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Hyphenated first name

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Patientez, soyez indulgent

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Bear with me

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Cartes à jouer : carreau, cœur, trèfle, pique.

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Playing cards : diamond, heart, club, spade

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Trèfle (plant)

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Clover, trefoil

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Trèfle (Irish emblem)

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Shamrock

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Dernièrement

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Lately

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Et du même genre, type, acabit, et de la même sorte, espèce

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And the like

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Céder le passage

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To yield

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Céder la parole

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To yield

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Alliage

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Alloy

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Souder

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To solder

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Soudure

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Solder

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Motte de terre

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Clod

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Balourd, lourdeau, bourrin

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Clod

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Lourdaud, rustre

Godillot, gros soulier, écrase merde

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Clodhopper

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Faucille

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Sickle

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Écœurant

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Sickly sweet

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Mielleux

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Sickly

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Mièvre

Cucul

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Sickly sweet

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Exercer (l’autorité)

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To wield

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Aboutissement, fait de tourner la page

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Closure

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Passer au peigne fin, ratisser, fouiller

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To comb

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Décombres, gravats

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Rubble

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Nez qui coule

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Runny nose

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Omelette baveuse

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Runny omelette (uk), omelet (us)

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Étaler qqchose

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To smear on, over something

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Imbroglio, embrouillamini, confusion, enchevêtrement

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Entanglement

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Tenir quelqu’un pour responsable

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To hold accountable

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Traversin, polochon

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Bolster

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Renforcer

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To bolster

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Remonter le moral

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To bolster

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Reculer, se dérober

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To recoil

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Prendre d’assaut

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To storm

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Gagner (to earn)

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To gross

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Écœurer, dégoûter

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To gross out

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Échanger…contre…

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To swap…for…

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Abruti, crétin

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Jackass

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Extraire, récupérer

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To retrieve

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Saccage (doing things in anger)

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Rampage

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Se déchaîner

Tout saccager, tout détruire sur son passage

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To rampage

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Fixer avec des piquets

Cheviller

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To peg

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Mât de chapiteau

Piquet de tente

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Tent pole

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Arnaquer, escroquer

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To scam

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Agité, nerveux

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Twitchy

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Daim, chevreuil

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Buck

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Cerf, biche

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