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Chat s’en va et chat revient Flashcards

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1
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j’arpente le terrain

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I survey the terrain

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humant l’air

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sniffing the air

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foulard

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scarf, silk handkerchief

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la rédaction

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editing; essay, composition

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tomber en syncope

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to faint

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griller

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to grill, to roast, to broil, to scorch, to burn

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crétin

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idiot, blockhead

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la poutre

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beam, girder, truss

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des quolibets

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quibble, gibe

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une cavalcade

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procession, pageant

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frotter

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to rub; to scrub; to polish; to strike (allumette)

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la mélopée

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chant, mélodie monotone et mélancolique

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pâquerette

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daisy

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courbaturer

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to tire out; to stiffen

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se voiler

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to veil; to conceal, to dim, to obscure, to blur, to cloud

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s’est désisté

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to withdraw, to desist (from)

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bouder

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to sulk, to be cool towards

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c’est un esprit buté

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he’s an obstinate creature

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tracasser

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to worry, to fuss, to fidget

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le tracas

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bother, worry, annoyance, turmoil

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le cartable

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satchel; drawing portfolio

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trempé

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soaked

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se pelotonner

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to coil oneself up; to snuggle

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rabrouer

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to snub

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diptère

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nom des insectes à métamorphoses complète : (œuf, larve, nymphe, insecte) à deux ailes - la mouche et le moustique

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gonfle

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to swell

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le lombric

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ver de terre - des lombrics

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pour faire le guignol

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to play the clown

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le gravier

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gravel, grit

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la rotule

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patella, knee-cap

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épousseter

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to dust, to brush down

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couette

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comforter

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une échine

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backbone

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s’échiner

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to tire oneself out

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sidéré

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thunderstruck, flabbergasted
syn: éberlué

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estomper

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to stump, to soften, to blur

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le mulot

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field-mouse

38
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il se fait écraser

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he was run over

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éberlué

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flabbergasted, thunderstruck
syn: sidéré

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rapprocher

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to bring together, to reconcile

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tir

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shooting, firing

42
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câline

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to fondle, to caress

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dérive

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leeway, to drift

44
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la cohue

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crush, throng, press

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une allégresse

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liveliness, cheerfulness, joy

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cellier

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cellar; store room

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le pavillon

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pavilion, tent, canopy, detatched building, cottage

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andouille

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pigs small intestines cooked for food ie: chitterlings; (pop.) fool, boob, ninny, sap

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un andouiller

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antler

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rocailleux

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rocky; flinty, rough, harsh

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bosser

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travailler (fam) boulonner

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avoir la bosse de

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to have a gift for

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un pouf

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un siège bas, gros coussin capitonné posé à même le sol

54
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sautoir

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longue chaîne ou long collier qui se porte la poitrine
un sautoir de perles

55
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d’une espèce de chantage

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a kind of blackmail

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je hume

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I smell, I sniff

57
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épater

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to flatten

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épaté(e)

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amazed, flat (nez)

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une netteté

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cleanness, cleanliness, distinctness (image)

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la venelle

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petite rue étroite
syn: ruelle

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un saule

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willow (tree)

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le flaire

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scent, sense of smell

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flairer

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to smell, to scent, to detect

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proie glapissante

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yelping prey

65
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qu’elle fugue

A

escapade

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polochon

A

duffel bag

French Vocab 2024 (6 decks)

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