Chapter summaries Flashcards

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with one’s back to something

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adossé(e)

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2
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vice case

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l’affaire (f) de mœurs

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3
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to have stagefright

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avoir le trac

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4
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(large) bay window

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la baie (vitrée)

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5
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toilet pot

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le baquet d’aisances

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6
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bench

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le bat-flanc

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7
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fairground stall

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la baraque foraine

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8
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stockings

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les bas (m)

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9
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blue overalls

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le bleu de chauffe

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10
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to limit oneself to

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se borner à

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11
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staifwell

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la cage d’escalier

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12
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straw hat

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le canotier

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13
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to limp slightly

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claudiquer

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14
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wing colar

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col cassé

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15
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receipt of a ship’s cargo

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le connaissement

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16
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in full knowledge of

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en connaissance de cause

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17
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to cry out loud

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crier à plein gosier

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18
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level

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d’aplomb

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19
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dripping with sweat

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en nage

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20
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to have arranged something

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être convenu(e) de qqch

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21
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to creak

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craquer

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22
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scab

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la croûte

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23
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short trousers

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la culotte

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24
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only just, narrowly

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de justesse

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to dispossess
dépouiller
26
to be in the mood to do something
être disposé(e) à faire qqch
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to bob
dodeliner
28
fees
des droits (m)
29
run over
écrasé(e)
30
tangled up
empêtré(e)
31
flannel, wool-based fabric
la flanelle
32
heinous crime
le forfait
33
to gobble up, to wolf down
engloutir
34
to rummage through
fouiller
35
cots
les frais (m)
36
breathless
hors de souffle
37
receipt from a pawn shop
l'indication (f) du Mont de Piété
38
dried fish
la friture
39
escape route
l'issue (f)
40
morning coat
la jaquette
41
black-rimmed glasses
les lunettes (f) cerclées de noir
42
arm (of a garment)
la manche
43
pimp
le maquereau
44
Moorish woman
la Mauresque
45
wick
la mèche
46
underground world
le milieu
47
morals, propriety, decency (vice squad)
les mœurs (f)
48
to make the face look like ripe fruit
murir
49
funeral director
l'ordonnateur (m)
50
channel (water)
la passé
51
shutter
la persienne
52
blotch, blemish
la plaque
53
row, argument
la prise de bec
54
stink bug, shield bug (insect)
la punaise
55
to hang up
raccrocher
56
commotion, agitation
le remue-ménage
57
to stand there speechless, dumbfounded
rested interdit
58
to laugh so much you become breathless
rire à perdre haleine
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smock, overall
le sarrau
60
slap
le taquer
61
waxed tablecloth
la toile cirée
62
to twist around
tire-bouchonner
63
trail
la trainée
64
the day before
la veille
65
vivacious, quick-tempered
vif (vivre)