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Deck 2 Flashcards

1
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une cornemuse

A

bagpipe

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une pépite

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nugget

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éparse (adj)

A

scattered
disorganized

en désordre
dispersé

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4
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un feulement

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growl

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5
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un point de rupture

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breaking point

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funeste (adj)

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fatal

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un avis de recherche

A

wanted poster

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8
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basculer

A

to tip over

renverser

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9
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bousculer

A

bump into

shake up

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10
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squatter

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to squat

occupy lodging illicitly

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une calotte

A 
skullcap 
ceiling vault  (ie cap of a space)

calotte glacière = icecap

slap (informal)

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12
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calotter

A

to don a calotte

to slap   (inf)
steal       (inf)
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13
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la paresse

A

laziness
indifference
sluggishness

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14
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les salopettes (fp)

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overalls

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15
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un/une funambule

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tightrope walker

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16
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un soubassement

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crawl space

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17
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un holster

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holster

étui (handgun, knife)
fonte (long gun, eg on a saddle)

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18
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le matériel de pointe

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necessary equipment??

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19
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un fossoyeur

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gravedigger

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20
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l’avènement

A

accession
rise to power

ascension
arrivée au pouvoir

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21
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se tapir

A

to hide

se cacher
se blottir

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22
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phare (adj)

A

key
seminal
climactic

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23
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muré (adj)

A

walled off

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24
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l’aigreur (f)

A

sourness
heartburn

avec aigre

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effarant (adj)

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incredible

incroyable

effarer = to alarm

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26
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piquer un fard

A

to turn beet red

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27
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un serrurier

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locksmith

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28
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un zone d’ombre

A

grey area

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29
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une lande

A

moor

area of shrubs, thickets, copses of trees

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30
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une dépendance

A

dependence
link
outbuildings (on a farm)

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31
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un concentré

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concentrate (result of evaporation)

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32
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un banc de développé-couché

A

shoulder press bench (gym)

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33
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répertorier

A

to inventory

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34
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un noyer

A

walnut

walnut tree

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35
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un ballot

A

ballot
vote

packet of merchandise

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36
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à sa sauce

A

to his liking

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37
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une résille

la résille

A

net
hairnet

lead for stained glass windows

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38
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anarchique (adj)

A

where there is anarchy

39
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un pacsé

une pacsée

A

partner in a PACS (common law?)

40
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marteau (adj)

A

cracked (informal)

41
Q

un rouge-gorge

A

robin

42
Q

tout droit sorti de…

A

straight out of…

43
Q

le décoffrage

A

?

44
Q

le troène

A

privet (hedge plant)

45
Q

pulluler

A

to proliferate

be numerous

46
Q

la mainmise

A

preponderance
dominant

prépondérance

47
Q

au petit bonheur…

A

on the chance that…

48
Q

l’eugénisme (m)

A

eugenics

49
Q

la trisomie 21

A

Down’s syndrome

mongolisme

50
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le séquençage (du gène)

A

sequencing

51
Q

un verrou

A

bolt (of a lock)

52
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la prétention

A

pretentiousness

53
Q

un rafiot, rafiau

A

makeshift boat

54
Q

détraquer

A

damage beyond functioning

abimer

55
Q

renvoyer

A

to send back
reject, send away
return to (earlier event)

56
Q

imbriquer

A

to overlap
be jumbled together

se chevaucher

57
Q

une expérience

A

experience
experiment

expérimenter

58
Q

un merdier

A

disorder
confusion
bloody mess

59
Q

un passage à gué («gai»)

A

ford

60
Q

une otite

A

inflammation of the ear

61
Q

une jaunisse

A

jaundice

62
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un puériculteur

une puéricultrice

A

pediatric nurse

63
Q

avoir pignon sur rue

A

to be well-established

64
Q

faire chou blanc

A

draw a blank

65
Q

en plein dedans

A

??

66
Q

le taf

A

work to do

to do list

67
Q

une taffe

A

drag (on a cigarette)

bouffée

68
Q

un usurpateur

une usurpatrice

A

usurper

imposter

69
Q

pas que du bien

A

??

70
Q

mater

A 
spy on   (informal)
oogle
71
Q

dans des donjons

A

??

72
Q

correspondant (adj)

A

corresponding

73
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rancarder/rencarder (informal)

A

to set up a rendezvous

74
Q

la sape

A

destruction

saper = destroy foundations of a building (military)
also: (informal) to dress up to the nines

75
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un branchage

A

mass of branches

76
Q

un écrou

A

nut (as in nut and bolt)

77
Q

branlant (adj)

A

lacking stability

rickety

78
Q

la tommette

A

hexagonal floor tile

79
Q

assoiffé de sang (adj)

A

bloodthirsty

80
Q

calquer

se calquer

A

to copy
trace

to model oneself on

81
Q

taillader

A

to slash

82
Q

un expérimentateur

une expérimentatrice

A

experimenter

83
Q

l’agencement (m)

A

arrangement
layout
harmonious organization of an ensemble

84
Q

une pelleteuse

A

mechanical digger

85
Q

le délire

A

madness

delirium

86
Q

un coche

A

coach

stage coach

87
Q

paramètrable (adj)

A

??

88
Q

sans que

A

without

89
Q

une plaine

A

plane (geometry)
plain (geography)
flat

90
Q

un maillage

A

grid
network
mesh size

91
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étriqué (adj)

A

skimpy

92
Q

le dégradé

A

progressive attenuation of a colour

93
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touiller

A

to stir (eg coffee)

Luca (3 decks)

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