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Le Droit au Pardon > Deck 1 > Flashcards

Deck 1 Flashcards

1
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le postillon (“posteon”)

A

spit
drop of saliva

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2
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débattre

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to discuss
negotiate

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3
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se débattre

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to struggle

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4
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persifler

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to mock

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5
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une lacune

A

gap
hole (empty space)

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6
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un rustre (adj, nom m and f)

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uncouth
boor

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7
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pallier (vt)

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to compensate for

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8
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la fainéantise

A

laziness

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9
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gauchir
se gauchir

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to warp
bend

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10
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une remise

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storage shed

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11
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un butoir

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buffer
stop

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12
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une santiag

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cowboy boot

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13
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une mélopée

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chant

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14
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un lustre

A

chandelier

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15
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s’aviser que

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to realize that

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16
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s’aviser de faire

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to dare (to do something)

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17
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avoir pour consigne de

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to have orders to

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18
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avenant (adj)

A

pleasant
likeable

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19
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rappliquer

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to turn up (appear)
come back

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20
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apporter à manger et à boire

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to bring something to eat and drink

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21
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les constantes

A

constants
vital signs

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22
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le chiendent

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couch grass

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23
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le chevreuil

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venison

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24
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un ange passa

A

there was a lull in the conversation

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25
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emmailloter

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to swaddle

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26
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peine perdue

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lost cause
futile
waste of time

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27
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empêtrer

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to get bogged down

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28
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le fond de l’air est frais

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there’s a nip in the air

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29
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une gamelle

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tin dish

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30
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jucher

A

to perch

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31
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des mondanités (fp)

A

social events
small things of daily life

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32
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le tournis

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vertigo

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33
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ombrageux

A

tetchy
skittish (horse)
distrustful

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34
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un passage à niveau

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level crossing

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35
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la mansuétude

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indulgence

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36
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radié du barreau

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to be disbarred

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37
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avachir

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to wear out
deplete of dynamism
deprive

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38
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un tout-venant

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all and sundry

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39
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vitupérer

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to strongly afix blame
go on the attack

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40
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mettre quelqu’un en charpie

A

to tear sb to shreds

en charpie = in shreds

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41
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ne connaître que trop qqc

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to know something only too well

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42
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fluet (adj)

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frail
slight

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43
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chétif (adj)

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scrawny

44
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un sommier

A

bed frame
part that supports the mattress

45
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au beau fixe

A

looking good
rosy

46
Q

la foutaise

A

nonsense

syn: la baliverne, la bêtise

47
Q

prévenir

A

to tell
call
warn

48
Q

une goulée
une lampée

A

gulp

49
Q

engueuler

A

to scold

50
Q

la louange

A

praise

51
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une cata

A

disaster

52
Q

fichu les pétoches

A

to scare to death

53
Q

fichu (adj)

A

ruined
shot
bloody

un fichu: shawl

54
Q

une trotte

A

long walk
a stretch

55
Q

saborder

A

to scuttle

56
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débile (adj)

A

moronic
idiotic

57
Q

d’apparat

A

ceremonial

58
Q

érafler

A

scratch
graze

59
Q

cuver sa cuite

A

sleep off a bender

60
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au vif

A

lively

61
Q

vouer

A

to nurse a feeling for

62
Q

une gâchette

A

trigger

63
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maladif (adj)

A

unhealthy
pathological

64
Q

timoré (adj)

A

fearful
timorous

65
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ceindre

A

to put around one’s waist or head

note: ceinture

66
Q

tasser

A

to press down

67
Q

se tasser

A

to shrink
die down

68
Q

répliquer

A

to retort
replicate

69
Q

foncière (adj)

A

related to land

70
Q

la gnôle

A

hooch

71
Q

un alambic

A

still (for distillation)

72
Q

le tord-boyaux

A

rot gut (alcohol)

73
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les jeux de société

A

board games

74
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un cornouiller

A

dogwood

75
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une charogne

A

rotting carcass
bastard

76
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la pêche

A

peach
fishing

77
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une rade

A

natural harbour

78
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un gratte-papier

A

pencil pusher

79
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cadastrer

A

to register with the land registry

80
Q

un greffier

A

court clerk

81
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une fournée

A

batch

note: from “what goes into an oven together”

82
Q

encourir

A

to incur

83
Q

vaillamment

A

valiantly

84
Q

éploré (adj)

A

grief-stricken

85
Q

envoyer bouler

A

to send packing

86
Q

le capharnaüm (ph = f)

A

shambles

87
Q

un demeuré (adj et nom m et f)

A

half-wit

88
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désœuvré (adj)

A

inactive
at loose ends

89
Q

sentencieux (adj)

A

sententious
pompous

90
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l’afflux (m)

A

massive flow

91
Q

un boulet

A

cannonball

92
Q

pétrir

A

to mix
make

93
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être pétri

A

to be arrogant

94
Q

la lie

A

lees (eg in vine making)
the most vile part

95
Q

embringuer (vt)

A

to drag (into)

96
Q

vivoter

A

to struggle along

97
Q

une entente

A

understanding
accord

98
Q

un précepteur
une préceptrice

A

private tutor

99
Q

la baisse

A

lowering

100
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un décompte

A

discount
detailed accounting

101
Q

une sono

A

sound system

102
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une sépulture

A

grave
burial site

103
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lie-de-vin (adj invariable)

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wine coloured

104
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finaud (adj, nom m and f)

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cunning
crafty

105
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fourbe (adj)

A

deceitful

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