Chapter 18 Flashcards

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Trier, classer

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To sort, to put in order

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Se débarrasser de, jeter, éliminer

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To dispose of, to get rid of

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Noyau (fruit)

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Pit

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Carrière (rock, ore)

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Pit, open pit, quarry

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Extraire

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To quarry, to excavate

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Puit de mine, fosse, trou

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Pit

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Gibier, proie

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Quarry

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Déchiqueter, déchirer, mettre en lambeaux, broyer

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To shred

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Lambeau, petit morceau

Soupçon, once, un peu

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A shred

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Pas la moindre preuve

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Not a shred of evidence

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Un peu d’espoir

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A shred of hope

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Vive querelle, propos vifs

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Heated argument

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De façon purement hypothétique

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For the sake of argument

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Dispute, querelle, débat

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Argument

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Flageller, fouetter

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To flog

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Fourguer, refourguer (UK slang)

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To flog

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Matraquer, rabâcher (publicise) (UK slang)

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To flog

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Prendre le pouvoir

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To takeover

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Foncer sur, filer tout droit vers

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To make a beeline for

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Rayon fruits et légume

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Produce department

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Rechuter de temps en temps

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To fall off the wagon now and then

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D’ici là

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Between now and then

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Subrepticement

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Surreptitiously

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Badiner, plaisanter

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To banter

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Privé de, dépourvu de
Bereft
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Perdu, démuni, endeuillé
Bereft
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Lutrin
Lectern
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Tirer vers le bas, saper, entacher
To drag down
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Variateur de lumière
Dimmer
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Feu de position (US, cars)
Dimmer, low beam
30
Moins intelligent, moins finaud, plus bouché, plus bête
Dimmer
31
Plus faible (light), plus sombre (room)
Dimmer
32
Engouement, phénomène de mode
Craze
33
Occire
To slay
34
Influencer, impressionner
To sway
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Chanceler, se balancer
To sway
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Se précipiter
To hustle
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Se prostituer
To hustle
38
Arnaquer, rouler
To hustle
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Bousculer, pousser
To hustle
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Activité, animation, tohu-bohu
Hustle
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Sans préparation, au pied levé (adv) | Improvisé, spontané (adj)
Off the cuff
42
Envie de voyager
Wanderlust
43
Autonome (libre, non amarré)
Untethered
44
Enterprise, effort
Endeavour
45
Afficher un air déterminé
to set (one’s) jaw square
46
Ragoût, civet, pot-au-feu
Stew
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Couvercle
Lid
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Paupière
Eyelid
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Se disputer à propos de
To quarrel over
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Peser
To weigh, to weigh out
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Laisser des traces, des séquelles, peser lourd, avoir des conséquences négatives
To take a toll
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Vieille fille (dated)
Spinster
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En chasse, qui rôde
On the prowl
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Éducation obligatoire
Compulsory education
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Absentéisme
Truancy
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Absentéiste
Truant
57
L'armée
The military
58
Se prélasser
To bask
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Fourguer, refourguer, refiler
To palm off
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Se délecter
To bask
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Se tenir prêt à
To brace oneself to
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Plein d'entrain, turbulent, tumultueux, houleux, agité
Boisterous
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Étang
Pond
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Mare aux nénuphars
Lily pond
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Nénuphar
Pond lily
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Mare
Pond, dew pond
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Quai
Wharf, pier
68
Rat d'égout (surmulot)
Wharf rat
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Voyou, malfrat, brute
Thug
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Horrible, nul, mauvais
Godawful (slang), terrible, very bad
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Le marié
The groom
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Bafouiller, bredouiller
To fumble for words
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Cortège
Pageant
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Spectacle, reconstitution historique
Pageant
75
Concours de beauté
Beauty pageant
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Écharpe (en diagonale)
Sash
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Étayer
To underpin
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Être sur le point de faire
To be poised to do
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Petit coup de coude
Nudge
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Marginal, inadapté
Misfit
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Monstrueux, grotesque
Grotesque
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Posthume
Posthumous
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Crotte de nez
Booger
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Tendu (rope, emotional or muscle)
Taut
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Tenir la corde tendue.
To pull the cord taut.
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Pivot, point d'appui, point d'équilibre
Fulcrum
86
Balançoire à bascule
Seesaw, teeter-totter
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Osciller | Faire du yoyo
To seesaw
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Se casser, se barrer
To bail
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Charger
To burden, to load
90
Peser (fig)
To burden
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Accabler
To burden
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Héler un taxi
To flag a cab
93
Fléchir, faiblir, ralentir
To flag
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Signaler (avec des drapeaux, avec une marque, avec des signaux)
To flag
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Jour de la Marmotte (02/02)
The Groundhog Day
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Marmotte d'Amérique
Woodchuck, groundhog
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S'élever à, équivaloir à, revenir à
To add up to
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À l'œil nu
To the unaided eye
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Essaim, colonie, nuée
Swarm
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Foncer sur, venir sur
To bear down on
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Appuyer avec force | Peser sur
To bear down on
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Groseille a maquereau
Gooseberry
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Pas de l'oie
Goosestep
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Chair de poule
Goosebumps
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Dos d'âne, ralentisseur
Speed bump, speed ramp
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Homonyme
Namesake, homonym
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Croisement entre races
Miscegenation
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Dégradation, fléau
Blight
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Un tas de
A slew of
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Résultat
Outcome
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Systématiquement, avec constance, constamment
Consistently
112
Apparemment, de toute évidence
Seemingly
113
Tuer le temps
To idle
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Tourner au ralenti (motor)
To idle
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Musarder, flemmarder, flâner, fénéanter
To idle
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Risée
Laughingstock
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Erreur flagrante
Egregious mistake
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En termes élogieux
In glowing terms
119
Lumineux, rayonnant
Glowing
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Fléau (litt. et fig.)
Scourge
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Fumer un joint
To toke
122
Fléau (litt. et fig.)
Scourge
123
Une once de
An ounce of
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Se ranger (sur le côté) (vehicle)
To pull over
125
Panier repas
Brown-bag lunch
126
Volage, inconstant, capricieux, changeant (person, weather)
Fickle
127
Effiloché (fabric)
Frayed
128
Stressé, tendu, à bout de nerfs
Frayed
129
Veillée funéraire
Wake
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Lancer (une plaisanterie)
To crack
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Dorénavant
Henceforth
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Pauvre type (slang, pejorative)
Dork