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Deck 1 Flashcards

1
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un clapier

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rabbit hutch

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en deça

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on this side

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vielle d’un mois (accorder avec nom)

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one month old

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tels quels

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as they are

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laxiste (adj and nom m/f)

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lax

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une balafre

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scar

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7
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à votre sauce

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as you wish

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8
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un bide (slang)

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stomach

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9
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un barnum

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shelter

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10
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yeux dans le vague

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starring into space

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11
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un migraineux

une migraineuse

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migraine sufferer

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12
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en rapport avec

A

connected to

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13
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mettre sur les dents

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to be on high alert

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14
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se traiter de qqc

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to be called st

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15
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plaindre (vt)

se plaindre

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to pity

to feel self pity
to complain

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16
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une sarbacane

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blowpipe

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17
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un raid

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raid

expedition

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18
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le tangage

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pitching (motion)

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19
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un abaque

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graph

abacus

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20
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aller de main morte

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to not pull punches

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21
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un écouvillon

A

brush (bottles, cannon)

swab (medicine)

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22
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faisandé (adj)

A

gamey
tainted
corrupt

note faisander = to hang game

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23
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un sigle

A

initials (of several words)

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24
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avenant (adj)

A

pleasant

aimable

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25
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lâchement

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cowardly

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26
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le polichinelle

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Punch (as in Punch and Judy)

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27
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fâcheux (adj)

A

unfortunate
regrettable
distressing

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28
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d’ores

A

already

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corsé (adj)

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difficult
arduous

spicy

corser = to add spice to enliven flavour

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30
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galèrer

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to stuggle

have a hard time

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31
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en voie de…

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this way to…

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32
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un totem

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totem

symbol

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33
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le liège

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cork

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34
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une pince

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pliers
pincers (eg crab)
dart (sewing)

à pince (informal) = on foot

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35
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les mousseux (mp)

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sparkling wine

bubbly

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36
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le tralala

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odds and ends

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37
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à l’envers

A

upside down
back to front
inside out
wrong

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38
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cafter

A

to tell on

rat out

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39
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de côté

A

aside

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40
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un moulage

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casting

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41
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parer

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to decorate
embellish

embellir

parry (avoid a blow)

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42
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parier

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to bet

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43
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calquer

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to trace (eg with tracing paper)

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44
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l’engrenage (m)

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gears

spiral (eg spiral out of control)

45
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l’épi (m)

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tuft
ear (eg. of corn)
groin

garer en épi = to park at an angle

46
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la feutrine

A

fine felt fabric

baize (pool table covering)

47
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une péniche

A

barge

48
Q

relater

A

to recount

report in detail

49
Q

une trottinette

A

scooter

50
Q

acculer

A

constrain

force sb into doing st

51
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heureusement d’ailleurs

A

happily so

that’s a good thing

52
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pour peu que (+subj)

A

if
in the case that
on the off chance that

53
Q

un rapt (nom et adj)

A

kidnapping

absorbed (as rapt attention)

absorbé

54
Q

en amont

A

upstream, uphill
before

en aval = downstream, downhill

55
Q

un rouleau compresseur

A

steamroller

56
Q

les confettis (mp) (uncountable)

A

confetti

57
Q

coltiner

A

to lug (informal)

58
Q

d’un

de deux

A

firstly

secondly

59
Q

l’acide chlorhydrique (m)

A

HCl

60
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dégotter

dégoter

A

to find (informal)

dénicher
trouver

61
Q

un fût

A

trunk (of a tree)

cask (for brewing, aging spirits)

62
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rien de réjouissant

A

no joy

no success

63
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un compte à rebours

A

count down

64
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une décharge

A

discharge (eg firearm)
garbage dump
tip

65
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sourdre

A

to well up
seep out
squirt out

66
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ondoyer

A

to baptize (vt)

to sway  (vi)
flutter
67
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le crachat

A

spit

68
Q

narguer

A

to taunt

69
Q

pervertir

A

to corrupt

70
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à son bord

A

inside (a vehicle)

aboard

71
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un serrage

A

handshake

72
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un phasme

A

stick insect

73
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en flag

A

in the act

red-handed

74
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un phoque

A

seal

75
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une brocante

A

flea market

76
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une crue

en crue

A

rise in water level

in flood
in spate
under water

77
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chambouler

A

to turn upside down

upset

78
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être simple

A

be easy
straightforward
good

79
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rafler la mise

A

take the prize

win the bet

80
Q

borner

A

to mark out the boundaries of st

limit

81
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tilter

A

to get it (informal)

piger

82
Q

chelou (adj)

A

dodgy

83
Q

la came

A

cam (as in camshaft)
drugs

setup??

84
Q

une cuve

A

vat

85
Q

cuver

A 
to sleep it off  (cuver son vin)
calm down  (cuver sa colère)

to ferment

86
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débecter

A

to disgust?

87
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fédérer

A

to federate

form an association

88
Q

une hargne

A

aggression

89
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stigmatiser

A

to stigmatize

90
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extrapoler

A

to extrapolate

91
Q

le bataclan (informal)

A

stuff
junk
baggage

92
Q

la tourbe

A

peat

93
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rescaper (vt)

A

to save (from harm)

94
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un emballement

A

fad
racing
over-excitation

95
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mettre tout à plat

A

put everything on the table

lay it all out

96
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féru (adj)

A

passionate
keen

passionné

97
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sournois (adj)

A

sly

crafty

98
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une plaie

A

wound
plague

pain (informal)
problem

99
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paumer

A

to lose

perdre

100
Q

la buée

A

condensation

101
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morfler

A

get hit
take blows
be in big trouble

102
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un open space

A

open space

103
Q

décliner

A

to decline
declinate

enumerate
itemize

104
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buter

A

to kill (informal)

105
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effilocher

A

to shred

106
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une barbaque

A

?

107
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une pitchenette

A

?

108
Q

un délice

A

delight

Luca (3 decks)

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