Chapter 13 Flashcards

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Quelque chose qui se distingue, qui sort du lot

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A standout

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Remarquable, qui sort du lot, exceptionnel, extraordinaire

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Standout

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Se démarquer, se détacher, trancher, ressortir

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To stand out

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Betterave

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Beet root, beet

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Grosse moto, gros cube

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Hog

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Goinfre

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Hog

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Monopoliser, accaparer

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To hog

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Scélérat, vaurien

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Miscreant

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Païen

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Pagan, heathen

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Gingembre confit

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Stem ginger

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Endiguer, enrayer, juguler, ralentir

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To stem the tide of

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Balance, mouchard

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Snitch

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Cafter

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To snitch on

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Spongieux

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Squishy

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Nain (offensive)

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Midget

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Locaux, bâtiment

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Premises

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Parodie, pastiche

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Travesty

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Envahi par les mauvaises herbes

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Weedy

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Intellectuel, cérébral

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Highbrow

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Moignon

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Stump

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Concert, engagement

Boulot

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Gig (slang)

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Cachet (four meanings)

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Seal, stamp
Tablet, pill
Fee (artist)
Charm

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Dingue, farfelu, fou-fou, fofolle

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Wacky

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Plein d’esprit, spirituel, amusant, drôle (clever humour)

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Witty

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Factice, faux (fake, not real)
Dummy
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Mannequin (for displaying clothes in the stores)
Model, mannequin, dummy
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Farfelu, loufoque, extravagant
Screwball (old fashioned ?)
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Bouffonnerie, farce
Slapstick
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Prétentieux
Pretentious, vain, snooty
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Auto-dépréciation, auto-dérision
Self-depracating
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Supporter
To put up
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Se vanter (de, que)
To brag (that, about)
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Provoquer, causer
To bring on
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Vas-y (challenge)
Bring it on
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Colportage
Hawking
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Engouement, mode
Fad
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Dernière lubie
Latest fad
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Objet de famille, héritage
Heirloom
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Familier
Colloquial
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Radin (colloquial and pejorative)
Cheap, Cheapskate, skinflint
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Une trotte, un bout, un bout de chemin
A hike
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Marcher longtemps
To hike
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Maladroit, empoté | Lourd, inconvenant
Clumsy
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Tordu
Wrung
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Mauvaise personne
A wrong'un
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Entreprendre
To undertake
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Échouer
To strand
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Rive, rivage (shore)
Strand
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Banquise
Floe, ice floe
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Juger, estimer, considérer
To deem
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Livre relié, livre cartonné (book with stiff cover)
Hardcover
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Planter la tente
To stake the tent
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Poteau électrique, téléphonique, pylône électrique
Utility pole
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Poteau, mât, perche, piquet
Pole
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Canne à pêche
Fishing pole
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Livre de poche
Paperback
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Situation désespérée, détresse
Plight
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Destinée manifeste
Manifest destinity
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Vers, aux alentours de
Circa
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Buse
Chicken hawk
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Faucon
Hawk, falcon
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Belliciste, va-t-en-guerre (comme un aigle)
Hawkish
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Colporteur
Hawker
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Fauconnier
Falconer
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Visser
To screw in, to screw down, to screw
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Revisser
To screw sth Back on (sth)
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Tiens-toi correctement.
Behave yourself.
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Légèreté, manque de sérieux
Levity
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Sérieux, grave, solennel
Solemn
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Protocole
Decorum
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Se détendre, se desserrer, décoincer
To loosen up
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Desserrer, détendre, assouplir
To loosen
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Susceptible, vexé, froissé
Huffy
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Révélation, divulgation
Disclosure
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Être ensemble, sortir ensemble
To go steady (with)
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Caisse, boîte, cajeot
Crate
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Travailler au noir
To moonlight
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Internat, pensionnat
Boarding, boarding school
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Filiale
Subsidiary, affiliate, branch
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Passer, faire un tour
To come over, to pay à visit
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Menuisier
Joiner
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Quelqu'un qui aime rencontrer du monde
Joiner
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Trier, ranger
To sort out
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Nommer, fournir (une tâche)
To appoint
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Fouineur
Busybody
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C'est ça !
Some hope !
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Décliner une invitation
To turn down an invitation
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Reclus, solitaire
Recluse
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Fais comme tu veux !
Suit yourself!
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Bon gré, mal gré | Fatalement
Willy-nilly
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Proue d'un navire
Ship´s bow
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Poupe
Stern
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Strict, sévère, austère
Stern
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Non intentionnel
Unintended
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Pagaie
Paddle
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Calomnie, diffamation
Slander
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Infâme
Infamous
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Tristement célèbre
Infamous
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Calomnier, diffamer
To slander
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Crêpage de chignons
Cat fight
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Combat aérien
Dog fight
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Corrida
Bull fight
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Émoustillant
Titillating
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Torride, érotique
Steamy
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Humide, embué
Steamy
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Très content, ravi, aux anges
Thrilled
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Cartonner, se vendre comme des petits pains
To fly off the shelves
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Sentier, chemin, passerelle
Walkway
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Cambrousse, au milieu de nulle part
The boonies
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Pénible, lourd
Onerous
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Altruiste, désintéressé
Selfless
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Emprunt soldé
Loan discharged
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Rembourser un crédit
To pay back a loan
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Subventionner
To subsidise
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Ça, tu peux le dire. | Ça, c'est vrai.
You're telling me.
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J'ai une dette envers toi.
I'm indebted to you.
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Enfin libre
Free at last, free at last
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Assigner, citer à comparaître
To subpoena
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Bombe à retardement
Time bomb
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Réanimation par Massage cardiaque
CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation)
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Qui fout les jetons
Creepy