Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Ponte, spécialiste reconnu

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Bigwig, big shot, hotshot

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Planche a gâteau

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Cookie sheet

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Strate, couche, feuille, pellicule

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Sheet

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4
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Drap

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Sheet

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5
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Préparé, amorcé

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Primed

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6
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Bâche

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Tarpaulin, tarp

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7
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Principalement, surtout

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Chiefly

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8
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Complexité

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Intricacy

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9
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Peu de, maigre, à peine

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Scant

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Imperturbable, sans honte, nullement déconcerté

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Unabashed

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11
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Agrafer

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To staple

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12
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Aliment de base, denrée de base

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Staple

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13
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Céder, se radoucir

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To relent

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14
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Incessant, continuel, implacable

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Relentless

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15
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Se pavaner, fanfaronner, se vanter

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To swagger

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16
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Gratter (stringed instrument)

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To strum

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17
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Ne rien avoir à voir avec

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To be a far cry from

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18
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Incendie

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Blaze

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19
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Une pression (us: a beer)

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A draft, a draught

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20
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coup de tonnerre

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Thunderbolt, thunder

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21
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Au milieu de

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Amid

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22
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Fané, flétri

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Withered

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23
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Éruption (disease), déclenchement, explosion, débordement ( violence)

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Outbreak

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24
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Jeune arbre

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Sapling

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Empiler
To stack
26
En désaccord, en conflit
At odds
27
Farce , tour, canular
Prank, hoax
28
Berner
To hoax
29
Rapiécer, raccommoder, corriger
To patch
30
Rafistoler
To patch up
31
Être en voie de guérison
To be on the mend
32
Bourde
Slip-up
33
Brisé , bouleversé
Shattered
34
Se vanter (de)
To boast (of)
35
Homogène, intégré, sans couture
Seamless
36
Tordre
To wrench
37
Bonbon au caramel
Taffy
38
Recharge
Refill
39
Indiscret, personne qui écoute aux portes
Eavesdropper
40
Entrer en collision, se heurter
To collide
41
Chatière
Cat flap
42
Coureur de jupon
Alley cat, womaniser
43
Écoutille, trappe
Hatch
44
Éclore
To hatch (out)
45
Éparpillé, parsemé
Scattered
46
Effrayant, qui donne des frissons, qui fait froid dans le dos
Chilling
47
Enveloppé de mystère
Shrouded in mystery
48
Flagrant, monstrueux, volontairement nuisible
Egregious
49
Se hisser ( à bord )
To clamber (aboard)
50
Agacer, irriter
To irk
51
Leurrer, attirer par la ruse, tromper
To lure
52
Troublant, perturbant
Unsettling
53
Accusé, coupable
Culprit
54
Contourner
To circumvent
55
Sécheresse
Drought
56
Manque, disette
Drought
57
Peu profond, superficiel
Shallow
58
Remorqueur
Towboat, tugboat
59
Pas moins de
As many as
60
Fainéant, tire-au-flanc
Slouch, lazy worker
61
Habile
No slouch
62
Sans se dégonfler
No slouch
63
Être avachi, avoir le dos voûté
To slouch
64
Précédent, antérieur
Prior, previous
65
Chiffre
Digit
66
La fait de sucer son pouce
Digit-sucking
67
Accalmie
Lull
68
Berceuse
Lullaby
69
Sans embêtement
Hassle free, trouble free
70
Kilométrage
Mileage, car mileage
71
Consommation de carburant
Mileage, Gas mileage
72
Attaché, enchaîné
Tethered
73
Monstre, géant
Behemoth
74
Centre de tri
Sorting office
75
Authentique
Bona-fide
76
Interprétation
Rendition
77
Enquêtes
Vetting
78
Engagement financier
Incurring
79
Biture express, défonce par l'alcool
Binge-drinking
80
Engloutir, siffler, s'enfiler (to drink greedily)
To guzzle
81
Gâter
To spoil, to overindulge
82
Faire des excès
To overindulge
83
Se gaver, s'empiffrer
To gorge
84
S'évanouir, tomber dans les pommes
To pass out
85
Se pencher, être penché
To lean over
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Appuyer, adosser, pencher
To lean (against)
87
Prise de bec
Spat
88
Mondain
Socialite
89
Rossignol
Nightingale
90
Faire la grimace, faire la moue, pincer les lèvres
To pucker up
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Ride, pli
Wrinkle
92
iota
Smidge
93
Interdire l'entrée, exclure
To shut out
94
Diligence
Drag
95
Trainer (sur le sol)
To drag
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Se marrer
To have a blast
97
Artichaut
Artichoke
98
Couche-culotte, lange
Diaper
99
Seller (horse)
To saddle
100
Pan coupé
Cutaway (guitar)
101
Caisse de résonance
Hollow-body
102
Rosace
Sound hole
103
Sillet de chevalet
Saddle
104
Sillet de tête
Nut
105
Table d'harmonie
Top board
106
Touche (guitar)
Fingerboard
107
Planche
Board
108
Cheviller, tête (guitar)
Headstock
109
Manche (guitar)
Neck
110
Mécaniques, clés (guitar)
Tuners
111
Oisif, inoccupé
Idle
112
Tuer le temps
To idle
113
Tache
Stain
114
Arracher
To rip off
115
Tomber goutte à goutte, ruisseler, goutter
To drip
116
Archet
Bow
117
Expurger, sensurer
To bowlderize
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S'abaisser à
To stoop to
119
C'est glissant
it´s slippery
120
Le DVD est coincé dans la fente du lecteur
The DVD got stuck in the disk slot
121
Tranche horaire, créneau horaire, plage horaire
Time slot, slot
122
Salope
Slut, bitch, tart, whore
123
Régler l'allure, déterminer un rythme, réguler la vitesse
To pace
124
Déclencher, susciter, créer des étincelles
To spark
125
La mafia, la pègre | La populace
The mob
126
Nauséabond, fétide, infect | Déloyal
Foul
127
Convive | Café restaurant
Diner
128
Régler l'allure, déterminer un rythme, réguler la vitesse
To pace
129
Déclencher, susciter, créer des étincelles
To spark
130
La mafia, la pègre | La populace
The mob
131
Nauséabond, fétide, infect | Déloyal
Foul
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Convive | Café restaurant
Diner
133
Trompeusement
Deceptively
134
En peluche
Cuddly
135
Méchant, mauvais | Simple, piètre
Mean
136
Récupérer, faire les poubelles
To scavenge
137
Charognard, pilleur
Scavenger
138
Peste
Plague
139
Rusé
Foxy, sly, cunning (pej.), tricky
140
Sables mouvants
Quicksand
141
Crise de colère
Tantrum
142
Accès de colère, de rage
Temper tantrum
143
Tu as intérêt à gagner
You better win
144
Jaloux
Jealous
145
Bercer
To cradle