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Le Cadavre dans la Rolls > Deck 1 > Flashcards

Deck 1 Flashcards

1
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un spot

A

spot, as in English

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2
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le bas-côté

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shoulder (of road)

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3
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un hayon

A

hatchback vehicle

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4
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rital (adj)

A

wop (offensive slang)

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5
Q

à égalité

A

tied

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6
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une remorqueuse

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tug boat, towing vehicle

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7
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s’attaquer à

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to get to work

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8
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un usurier

A

usurer

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9
Q

tronquer

A

to truncate

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10
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la voûte plantaire

A

arch of foot

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11
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un chantier

A

construction site

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12
Q

flasque (adj)

A

flabby

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13
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les revers (mp)

A

reverse side, lapels

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14
Q

récidiver

A

to reoffend

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15
Q

rutiler

A

to gleam

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16
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a divagation

A

rambling, musing

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17
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peureusement

A

fearfully

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18
Q

en grand

A

wide

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19
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délester

A

to remove ballast, steal

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20
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la lâcheté

A

cowardice

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21
Q

un jupon

A

petticoat (underwear)

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22
Q

un navet

A

rubbishy film

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23
Q

racoleur (adj)

A

eye-catching

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24
Q

scénario

A

scenario, script

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25
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un petit futé

A

cunning little devil

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26
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trimbaler

A

to lug around a burden (also fig)

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27
Q

une bastonnade

A

beating with a stick (or similar)

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28
Q

en enfilade

A

in a row

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29
Q

une avancée

A

advance of money, overhang

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30
Q

tirer sa révérence

A

to take one’s leave of sb (à sb)

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31
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mordant (adj)

A

biting, caustic

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32
Q

avoir mal tourné

A

to go badly

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33
Q

visionner

A

to view

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34
Q

un comédien

A

actor (not a comedian)

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35
Q

un plan

A

plane, plan, scene (eg. in a film)

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36
Q

le tintouin

A

din, both

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37
Q

parer

A

to parry an attack, to embellish

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38
Q

regarder à la dépense

A

pinch pennies

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39
Q

paresseusement

A

lazily

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40
Q

un fanion

A

flag, notification

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41
Q

un marsouin

A

porpoise

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42
Q

déplacé

A

out of place

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43
Q

un flambeur

A

big spender

44
Q

un speech

A

sermon (anglicism)

45
Q

un laïus

A

speech

46
Q

l’alignement

A

alignment, row

47
Q

caler

A

to wedge, fix in position

48
Q

une donne

A

deal (cards)

49
Q

agrémenter

A

to liven up

50
Q

une flopée de

A

bunch of, ton of

51
Q

un paravent

A

windscreen, protective barrier

52
Q

maquer

A

to shack up with sb

53
Q

un rital

A

wop, mafia

54
Q

affoler

A

to panic sb, put in disarray

55
Q

malvenu

A

out of place

56
Q

une nebuleuse

A

nebula

57
Q

nébuleux (adj)

A

nebulous

58
Q

une toge

A

toga

59
Q

depuis

A

since then (no more needed)

60
Q

se faire une belle jambe

A

to make oneself look good

61
Q

une porte à tambour

A

revolving door

62
Q

déshabillé (adj)

A

revealing

63
Q

la résille

A

netting (stockings, fishnet, hairnet etc)

64
Q

un entonnoir

A

funnel, crater

65
Q

faire voir

A

to show

66
Q

un plumard

A

bed (slang)

67
Q

vous vous foutez de moi

A

you’re screwing with me

68
Q

coriace (adj)

A

tough

69
Q

une fournaise

A

furnace

70
Q

en tenue

A

in uniform

71
Q

passer un savon à qc

A

to give sb a telling off

72
Q

singer

A

to imitate

73
Q

faire un saut à

A

to visit, check out

74
Q

la rigolade

A

joke, laughable situation

75
Q

chagriner qqn

A

to bother sb

76
Q

le faîte

A

top of a construction

77
Q

râpeux (adj)

A

rough, abrasive

78
Q

provocant (adj)

A

provocative

79
Q

épanoui (adj)

A

in full bloom

80
Q

une frangine

A

sister (slang)

81
Q

la casse

A

breakage

82
Q

sectionner

A

to cut

83
Q

peiner qqn

A

to sadden sb

84
Q

peiner à qqc

A

to struggle with st

85
Q

un stick

A

tube (eg of lip balm)

86
Q

une salle d’interrogatoire

A

interrogation room

87
Q

embarquer

A

to load, to arrest (by the police)

88
Q

redevable (adj)

A

to be indebted

89
Q

fureter

A

to rummage

90
Q

chercher des crosses

A

to look for trouble

91
Q

un catogan

A

ponytail, pigtail

92
Q

une rebuffade

A

rebugg

93
Q

un putain de

A

fucking

94
Q

les dispositions

A

arrangements

95
Q

un préfet

A

prefect

96
Q

la tacktique

A

tactics

97
Q

inciter à qc

A

to incite st

98
Q

antipathique

A

unpleasant

99
Q

la pègre

A

underworld

100
Q

les tracas (mp) (s is mute)

A

problems

101
Q

enjouié (adj)

A

cheerful

102
Q

une striure

A

striation

103
Q

une inculpation

A

charge, accusation

104
Q

dénoncer

A

to denounce

105
Q

inintéressant (adj)

A

uninteresting

106
Q

la blachisserie

A

laundry, money laundering

107
Q

les coudées franches

A

free rein, carte blanche

Le Cadavre dans la Rolls (2 decks)

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