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Le Temps Est Assassin > Deck 2 > Flashcards

Deck 2 Flashcards

1
Q

un blaireau

A

badger

shaving brush

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2
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rien que pour

A

just for

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3
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indéniablement

A

undeniably

indéniable = undeniable

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4
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la rature

A

crossing-out

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5
Q

un transat

A

deck chair

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6
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le marigot

A

marshland

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7
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un string

A

G-string

thong

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8
Q

le cache-sexe

A

front part of underwear

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9
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une épuisette

A

small fishing net

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10
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survivre à un accident

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to survive an accident

note: vi

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11
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une courroie

une courroie de transmission

A

belt
pulley belt

drive belt

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12
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clos (adj)

A

closed
finished

note: related verb is clore

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13
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clean (adj)

A

honest
sober
off of drugs

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14
Q

une crémaillère

la crémaillère de direction

A

rack (eg in a fireplace)
trammel

steering arm

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15
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une biellette

A

small connecting rod

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16
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baratiner

A

jabber

spin a story

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17
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une pinède

A

pine forest

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18
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être mal barré

A

to be screwed

be in big trouble

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19
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rattraper

A

to catch up with

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20
Q

déborder

A

to be over the top
excessive
overwhelming

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21
Q

un agrume

A

citrus fruit

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22
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la renommée

A

celebrity
fame
recognition

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23
Q

une corrida

A

bullfight

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24
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évaluer

A 
to evaluate 
to number  (eg. to estimate the size of a crowd)
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25
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ringard (adj)

A

dated

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26
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un fuseau

le fuseau horaire

A 
spindle 
ski pants  (secured under the feet)

time zone

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27
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fuseau (adj)

A

slender

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28
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inquiéter de qqc

A

to worry about st/sb

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29
Q

brouter

A

to graze

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30
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décrire

A

to describe

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31
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une crispation

A

tensing

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32
Q

le dépucelage

A

losing of virginity

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33
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à ce qu’il parait

A

so it seemed

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34
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un riad

A

traditional Maroccan home with garden courtyard

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35
Q

BTP

A

Bâtiments et Travaux Publics

36
Q

couler à pic

A

go straight down

37
Q

une nasse

A

conical fishing net

38
Q

un litchi

A

lychee

39
Q

apprivoiser

A

to tame

40
Q

une biche

A

doe (female cerf)

41
Q

un radeau

A

raft

42
Q

un chamallow

A

marshmallow

43
Q

gondoler

A

to crinkle

44
Q

un mobile home

A

mobile home

trailer

45
Q

en quasi continu

A

almost constantly

46
Q

débander

A

to remove a bandage

to go limp (vulgar slang)

47
Q

un jet de dés

A

throw of the dice

48
Q

glander

A

to bum around

49
Q

la colo

A

summer camp

50
Q

un soutif

A

bra

51
Q

un lotissement

A

housing estate

52
Q

douanier

A

customs officer

53
Q

une pensée

A

thought

pansy (flower)

54
Q

un bain-marie

A

double boiler

55
Q

un hammam

A

sauna

steam bath

56
Q

la feignasse

A

laziness

57
Q

mollasson (adj)

A

squishy

spineless

58
Q

une liquette

A

shirt

59
Q

un grimoire

A

book of magic spells

60
Q

retomber

A

to fall again
fall back
subside

61
Q

une phoque

A

seal

62
Q

sale (adj)

A

dirty

note: salé = salty

63
Q

une langouste

A

spiny lobster

64
Q

une cigale de mer

A

slipper lobster

65
Q

un oursin

A

sea urchin

66
Q

à la limite

A

ultimately

in a pinch

67
Q

intangible (adj)

A

not physical
untouchable
imponderable

68
Q

fainéant (adj)

A

lazy

69
Q

siffloter

A

to whistle to oneself

70
Q

un lopin

A

patch of land

71
Q

d’antan (adj phrase)

A

of old

72
Q

pantalon d’eph

A

bellbottoms

flared

73
Q

veuf (adj)

A

widowed

74
Q

gauler

se faire gauler

A

to knock walnuts out of a tree

to get caught

75
Q

illico

A

straight away

sur le champ

76
Q

la voûte plantaire

A

arch of the foot

instep

77
Q

un aperçu

A

insight

glimpse

78
Q

mettre en commun

A

to pool
combine
share

79
Q

une dissuasion

A

deterrent

80
Q

se retourner le baton

A

to backfire

avoir l’effet inverse

pétarader (car)

81
Q

une perche

A

perch (fish)

pole
beanpole

82
Q

tanguer

A

to pitch

be unsteady

83
Q

l’argentique

A

traditional silver-based photography

84
Q

caser

A

stow

marry off

85
Q

naïade

A

nymph

cloudy

86
Q

pour le coup

A

for once

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