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,
Thus far
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Membre du personnel
Staffer
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Fouiner, fureter
To snoop around
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Responsable, superviseur, chef d'équipe
Overseer
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Engin | Machin, truc, bidule
Contraption
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Balourd, maladroit, empoté
Clumsy, klutzy (us)
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Il faut avouer que, il faut reconnaître que, il est vrai que, j'avoue que
Admittedly
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Rembourré, capitonné, matelassé
Padded
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Planer au-dessus de, faire du surplace au-dessus de
To hover over
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Voltiger, planer, flotter (dans l'air)
To hover
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Rôder, tourner autour
To hover
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Dorloter, choyer, gâter, chouchouter
To cosset
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De travers
Awry
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Dominer
To overbear
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Faire le mur
To sneak out
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S'esquiver discrètement, sortir sur la pointe des pieds
To sneak out of
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Forgeron, maréchal ferrant
Smith
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Évaluer, jauger, estimer, expertiser
To assess
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Orfèvre
Goldsmith, silversmith
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Surmonter, s'en sortir
To cope
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Chaudronnier
Coppersmith
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Saper, miner
To undermine
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Serrurier
Locksmith
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Examiner, lire attentivement, étudier de près
To pore over
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Horloger
Clocksmith
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Palpitant, excitant
Thrilling
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Armurier
Gunsmith
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Étouffer
To smother
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Bord du trottoir
Curb (uk) kerb (us)
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Prénom
First name, Christian name, given name, forename
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Nom et prénom
Full name
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Prénom composé
Hyphenated first name
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Patientez, soyez indulgent
Bear with me
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Cartes à jouer : carreau, cœur, trèfle, pique.
Playing cards : diamond, heart, club, spade
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Trèfle (plant)
Clover, trefoil
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Trèfle (Irish emblem)
Shamrock
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Dernièrement
Lately
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Et du même genre, type, acabit, et de la même sorte, espèce
And the like
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Céder le passage
To yield
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Céder la parole
To yield
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Alliage
Alloy
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Souder
To solder
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Soudure
Solder
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Motte de terre
Clod
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Balourd, lourdeau, bourrin
Clod
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Lourdaud, rustre | Godillot, gros soulier, écrase merde
Clodhopper
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Faucille
Sickle
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Écœurant
Sickly sweet
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Mielleux
Sickly
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Mièvre | Cucul
Sickly sweet
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Exercer (l'autorité)
To wield
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Aboutissement, fait de tourner la page
Closure
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Passer au peigne fin, ratisser, fouiller
To comb
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Décombres, gravats
Rubble
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Nez qui coule
Runny nose
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Omelette baveuse
Runny omelette (uk), omelet (us)
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Étaler qqchose
To smear on, over something
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Imbroglio, embrouillamini, confusion, enchevêtrement
Entanglement
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Tenir quelqu'un pour responsable
To hold accountable
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Traversin, polochon
Bolster
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Renforcer
To bolster
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Remonter le moral
To bolster
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Reculer, se dérober
To recoil
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Prendre d'assaut
To storm
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Gagner (to earn)
To gross
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Écœurer, dégoûter
To gross out
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Échanger...contre...
To swap...for...
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Abruti, crétin
Jackass
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Extraire, récupérer
To retrieve
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Saccage (doing things in anger)
Rampage
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Se déchaîner | Tout saccager, tout détruire sur son passage
To rampage
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Fixer avec des piquets | Cheviller
To peg
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Mât de chapiteau | Piquet de tente
Tent pole
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Arnaquer, escroquer
To scam
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Agité, nerveux
Twitchy
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Daim, chevreuil
Buck
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Cerf, biche
Deer