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Chapter 1.3 - Un Ovni ... Flashcards

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épuiser

[ > 6 ]

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to exhaust, to wear out, to tire out, to spend (l’argent)
[ lasser , anéantir, accabler, submerger, écraser ]
[ > exténuer - to exhaust, to tire out ]

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mobile [mɔbil]

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m. motive (d’un crime)

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enquête [ɑ̃kɛt]

[ > 1 ]

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f. investigation, inquiry, survey

> une étude [study, paper, office]

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glande

[ != 1 ]

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f. gland (Drüse)

[ != un gland - acorn ]

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wedding ring

[ > 4 ]

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( + alliance, pact, union )
une alliance

> > un cercle, une bague, un anneau
[ > un pacte ]

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maquiller [makije]

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to make up (le visage), to falsify, to fake

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côte

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f. coast (-line), slope, incline, hill, rib, chop (Kotelett [de porc, d’agneau, de veau])

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judicieux (f judicieuse) [ʒydisjø, øz]

[ > 10 ]

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judicious (klug, umsichtig), shrewd, astute

> malin, maligne
> pointu,e
> habile - skilfull, clever, cunning
> savant,e - learned, scholary, skilfull, clever
> adroit,e - skilfull, clever
> astucieux
> rusé,e
> futé,e
> perspicace - perceptive, sharp
> mariol,le
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publicitaire (adj.)

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advertising, promotional

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écrasant (f écrasante) [ekrazɑ̃, ɑ̃t]

[ > 3 ]

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crushing, overwhelming, unbearable
[ > accabler - to overwhelm, to exhaust ]
[ > anéantir, submerger ]

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soulever

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to lift, to raise up, to jack up, to heave, to stir up, to arouse

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sachet

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m. (small) bag, packet, sachet (Beutel, Päckchen)

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bise

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f. north wind, kiss

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plaisanterie [plɛzɑ̃tri]

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f. joke, hoax (une blague)

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prendre le relais (de quelqu’un)

[ > 1 ]

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to take over (from sb.)

[ > relayer - to relay, to take over from, to relieve ]

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lors de

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during, at the time of (lorsque = when)

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I’m sick of it (2)

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I’m fed up with
> j’en ai ras-le-bol
> j’en ai marre

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toile [twal]

[ > 2 ]

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f. canvas, (plain) fabric, cloth, painting, web (une toile d’araignée)
[ > une étoffe, un tissu ]

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pallier [palje]

[ > 7 ]

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to alleviate / to mitigate [ > remédier à ]
[ > apaiser ]
[ > soulager - to relieve, to soothe, to ease ]
[ > bercer, adoucir]
[ > alléger - to lighten, to reduce, to relieve, to soothe ]
[ > atténuer - to ease, to alleviate, to reduce ]

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to make the effort to (3)

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to bother to, to take the trouble to

> se donner la peine de faire
faire l’effort de faire qc
se donner beaucoup de mal

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instead of

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au lieu de, à la place de

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minable

[ > 2 ]

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shabby, tacky, dingy (düster, dunkel), rotten, lousy, petty
[ = miteux,se ]
[ > pacotille - cheap, tacky ]

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bathtub

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f. une baignoire [bɛɲwar]

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omnivore

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omnivorous (omnivor, allfressend)

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coupure [kupyr]

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f. cut, break, (la finance) note, bill

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bosquet

[ > 2 ]

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m. coppice / copse (Gehölz)
[ > le bois - wood, thicket, grove, copse, coppice, frame ]
[ > le bocage - thicket, grove, copse, coppice ]

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amas

[ > 2 ]

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m. heap, pile, mass
> une pile
> un tas - heap, pile

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déplorer

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(regretter) to deplore (bedauern), to lament (beklagen, bejammern), to mourn for

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rapporter

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to report, to bring / put / take back, to return, to retrieve, to yield a profit

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annoying
[ > 5 ]
[ != 1 ]

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[bothersome] gênant, ennuyeux
[very irritating] énervant, agaçant, fâcheux

[ != fâché - angry ]

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bedhead

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m. le chevet (d’un lit)

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abattre

[ > 1 ]

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to cut down, to fell (un arbre), to knock down (un mur), to bring down, to shoot (down), to slaughter
[ != rabattre - to turn down, to pull down, to decrease, to reduce]

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déposition [depozisjɔ̃]

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f. testimony, statement (le témoignage), evidence, deposition (Ablagerung, Entthronung [d’un roi])
[ > la disposition ]

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ôter

[ > 2 ]

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to take off / away, to remove
[ > retirer - to withdraw, to pick up, to collect, to remove, to take off/away ]

enlever ]

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exigu (f exiguë) [ɛgzigy]

[ > 2 ]

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very small / narrow, tiny
> étroit,e - tight, narrow, limited
> infime - tiny

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écraser

[ > 3 ]

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to crush, to squash, to step on the gas, to outdo (dominer), to run over (un piéton)

[ > accabler - to overwhelm, to exhaust ]
[ > anéantir ]
[ > submerger - to submerge, to flood, to overwhelm, to swamp ]

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anonymat [anɔnima]

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m. anonimity

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I’d rather

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we might as well

> tant qu’à faire quelque chose

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basculer

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to topple, to fall / tip over, to switch to

40
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collant

[ > 3 ]

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m. [bas] (pair of) tights, pantyhose
> coller
> un bas
> une colle

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tailleur [tajɶr]

[ > 4 ]

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m. tailor, (lady's) suit
> un costard
> un costume 
> un ensemble 
> un complet
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poste

[ > 5 ]

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m. television, radio, extension, job, position, station, item (finance), shift

> un décalage - gap, difference, discrepancy, shift, displacement
un changement, un virage
un infléchissement- change of course, shift
un revirement - shift, change, reversal

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de guingois [gɛ̃gwa]

[ > 1 ]

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lop-sided (l’affiche est de guingois [Poster])

> crapuleux - crooked (malhonnête)

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valeur

[ > 1 ]

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f. value, worth, merit, denomination (Wert, Benennung, Kategorie, Klasse, Sekte), valour (Tapferkeit), bravery
[ > l’intrépidité ]

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fissurer

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to crack, to fissure (spalten, rissig werden)

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to flirt

[ > 2 ]

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to flirt, to frolic (scherzen, herumtoben, herumtollen)
batifoler

> draguer, flirter

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éventrer [evɑ̃tre]

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to disembowel, to break open, to tear open, to rip open / apart

48
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cacahuète [kakawɛt]

[ > peanut butter]

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f. peanut

> la beurre d’arachide

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écarté (f écartée) [ekarte]

[ > 8 ]

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isolated, remote (noun: un écart)

> marginaliser
> isoler
> exiler
> expulser
> bannir
> éloigner
> un ostracisme
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gêner

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to bother, to be in the way of, to embarrass

51
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néanmoins [neɑ̃mwɛ̃]
[ > 3 ]
[ une phrase ]

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nevertheless, nontheless

> il n’en reste pas moins que - the fact remains however that
par contre - nevertheless, on the other hand, on the contrary
cependant - however, nevertheless, yet
toutefois - however, nevertheless

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manager

[ > 2 ]

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m. /f. gérant, gérante [ʒerɑ̃, ɑ̃t]

> gérer, mener

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en dépit de

[ > 1 ]

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despite, in spite of (malgré)

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