deck 1 Flashcards by Ken Wodlinger | Brainscape

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besogner

A

to toil
control sexually

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cueillir

A

to pick (eg. apples)

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la poisse

A

bad luck

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affecter à

A

assigned to

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ravir

A

to delight
abduct, rob

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aiguiller

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to direct, point to
switch a train onto a different track

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sis (adj)

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situated (limited to law or administration)

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cavaler

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to rush about
be a womanizer

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scinder

A

to split

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un godillot

A

clodhopper
army boot

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en pâture

jeter en pâture

A

to pasture

to throw to the wolves
throw under the bus

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revendiquer

A

to demand
claim

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une resucée

A

rehash

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les tripe (fp)

A

innards
intestines

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un finaud (adj and nom)
une finaude

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cunning

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mesquin (adj)

A

mean-spirited

syn: parcimonieux

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moins de…..que

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less to…..than

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une mélancolie

A

melancholy

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pâtir

A

to suffer as a result of

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l’occase (f)

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second-hand

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une tourte

A

meat pie

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une jauge

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guage

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un vaurien
une vaurienne

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rascal
lout

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un vaurien
une vaurienne

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lout

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rôtir

A

to roast

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en aparté

A

as an aside
conspiratorially

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la perpète

A

to get life (in prison)

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engoncé (adj)

A

to feel restricted by one’s clothing

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une loque

A

pile of rags
human wreck

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gigoter

A

to wriggle

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clos (adj)

A

closed (from verb clore)

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le merisier

A

cherry wood

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magistral (adj)

A

given by a master, professor

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sis (adj)

A

situated

syn: situé

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faire du surplace

A

to be stuck
not able to progree

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foirer

A

to be a complete disaster
fail completely

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impeccable (adj)

A

impeccable
perfect

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déconner

A

to kid around
do stupid things

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prétendument

A

supposedly

syn: soi-disant

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une pelote

A

ball (of wool, string…)

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en bardeau

A

shingled
clapboard

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un chaland
une chalande

A

regular customer

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désinvolte (adj)

A

offhand

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l’outrage (m)

A

indignation
scandal

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repiquer

A

to transplant
bite again
recopy
retouch

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rogatoire (adj)

A

legal

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un trouduc

A

asshole

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un faussaire

A

forger

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un tâcheron

A

hack

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un portier

A

porter
goalkeeper

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tailler un pipe

A

do a blow job

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une causette

A

chat

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un pontet

A

trigger guard
bridge

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la litote

A

understatement
to say more by saying less

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l’hyperbole (f)

A

exageration

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l’hyperbole (f)

A

exageration

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dégueuler

A

to vomit

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la prestance

A

presence
stature

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un soulèvement

A

uprising

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décalquer

A

to trace