Dec2022a Flashcards

1
Q

To snuggle up, to cuddle, to nestle

A

se blottir
Se pelotonner

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2
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blackness, darkness

A

noirceur

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3
Q

cockroach

A

le cafard
cancrelot

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4
Q

to soak

A

tremper

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5
Q

ground hog, woodchuck

A

la marmotte

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6
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chipmunk

A

le tamia

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7
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to tell, to relate

A

conter

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8
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washer, (round) slice
(Can) hockey puck

A

une rondelle

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9
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pack (wolves)

A

meute

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10
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job, task

A

la besogne

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11
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shower, storm

A

une averse

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12
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sudden shower

A

la giboulée

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13
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to shake, to move off

A

ébranler

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14
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to overwhelm

A

accabler

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15
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load, burden, responsibility

A

un fardeau

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16
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lost, stray, distraught

A

égaré

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17
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to claim, to reclaim (land)

A

défricher

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18
Q

plot of land

A

un lopin

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19
Q

to grow

A

croître

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20
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to shrivel, to wither, to fade

A

flétrir

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21
Q

halibut

A

le flétan

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22
Q

leg of lamb

A

gigot

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23
Q

droppings, dung

A

la crotte

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24
Q

muddy

A

crotté

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25
Q

wax

A

la cire

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26
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to wax, polish

A

cirer

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27
Q

woodworking, carpentry

A

menuisière

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28
Q

mailman

A

un facteur

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29
Q

bulletin board

A

un babillard

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30
Q

hot air balloon

A

une montgolfière

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31
Q

a slide

A

un toboggan, une glissoire (Can)

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32
Q

a birdbath

A

une vasque

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33
Q

a vulture

A

un vautour

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34
Q

shutters, flap of an airplane

A

les volets

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35
Q

lair, den

A

une tanière

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36
Q

hateful, odious

A

odieuse (exécrable)

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37
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to appease, to satisfy, to satiate

A

assouvir

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38
Q

to break

A

briser

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39
Q

oars

A

rames

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40
Q

to devour

A

dévorer

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41
Q

unhealthy

A

malsain

42
Q

shopping basket

A

panier à provisions

43
Q

lettuce spinner

A

panier à salade

44
Q

spendthrift

A

dépensier
(fam) panier percé

45
Q

weak, frail, flimsy

A

frêle

46
Q

skiff (small boat)

A

esquif

47
Q

rudder, helm

A

le gouvernail

48
Q

compass

A

la boussole

49
Q

villain, rogue

A

scélérat

50
Q
  1. handle
  2. cove
A

une anse

51
Q

jailer

A

le geôlier

52
Q
  1. truce
  2. respite
A

trêve

53
Q

lethargic, sluggish

A

la torpeur

54
Q

bereavement, mourning

A

deuil
prononce doy

55
Q

to be in mourning

A

porter le deuil

56
Q

to dazzle, to stun, to amaze

A

éblouir

57
Q

mean, petty

A

mesquin

58
Q

buds

A

bourgeons

59
Q

notch

A

une encoche

60
Q

kid, youngster, brat

A

môme (gosse)

61
Q

weak feeble
(fam) stupid, idiot

A

débile

62
Q

dowel, stud

A

le goujon

63
Q

to stamp one’s feet

A

en trépigner

64
Q

to hold back

A

retenir

65
Q

gust (of wind)
burst (of gunfire)

A

rafale

66
Q

to threaten

A

menacer

67
Q

it looks like rain

A

la pluie menace

68
Q

contempt, scorn

A

méprise

69
Q

this dammed rain

A

cette maudite pluie

70
Q

cattails

A

la massette (Fr)
la quenouilles (Can)

71
Q

moose

A

un orignal

72
Q

abalone

A

un ormeau

73
Q

to plow
to furrow

A

labourer

74
Q

to knock down
to cut down

A

abattre

75
Q

pomegranate

A

la grenade

76
Q

lobster

A

homard

77
Q

to hum

A

fredonner

78
Q

tomcat

A

un matou

79
Q

parakeet

A

une perruche

80
Q

rodent

A

le rongeur

81
Q

catfish

A

poisson-chat

82
Q

shoelace

A

lacet

83
Q

sharp bend, curve (road)

A

en lacet

84
Q

a winding road

A

un route en lacets

85
Q

to bow, to bend, to sag

A

ployer

86
Q

seahorse

A

hippocampe

87
Q

mermaid

A

sirène

88
Q

sea urchin

A

un oursin

89
Q

seaweed

A

une algue

90
Q

seagull

A

la mouette

91
Q

sea lion

A

une otarie

92
Q

berries

A

de baies

93
Q

the day before

A

la veille

94
Q

idleness

A

l’oisiveté

95
Q

eulogy

A

ses éloges

96
Q

praise

A

louange

97
Q

stubbornness , obstinacy

A

entêtement

98
Q

stubborn person

A

entêté

99
Q

terror, horror

A

épouvante

100
Q

tombstone

A

pierre tombale

101
Q

homme mal élevé

A

un rustre