Deck 2 Flashcards

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un garnement

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brat

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gâter

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to spoil
ruin

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une camériste

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chambermaid
lady-in-waiting

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expédier (vt)

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to send
dispatch
deal with

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un édile

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government official responsible for procurement

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charrier

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to carry

note: une charrette = wheelbarrow

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la lavasse

C’est de la lavasse.

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wishy-washy
bland

It tastes like dishwater.

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10
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salement

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badly

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11
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trinquer

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to clink glasses
to pay a price (suffer)

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12
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le cheminement

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slow progression

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14
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la foutaise

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nonsense

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tout son soûl (adv exp)

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as much as one wants

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16
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s’assagir

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to quieten down

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17
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s’enticher de

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to become infatuated with

syn: s’engouer de

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19
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une plate-bande

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flower bed
someone’s territory (fig)

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20
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un écheveau

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tangle

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21
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avachir

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to mollify

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22
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libre cours

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free rein

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23
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brimer (vt)

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to bully

syn: faire subir des brimades à qqn

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24
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la brimade

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bullying

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le fiel
venom bile
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accrocheur
catchy
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cafouiller
to get flustered function badly
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la frousse
fear
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un livre de bord
logbook
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une saynète
playlet sketch
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indécrottable (adj)
incorrigible
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la bénéfice du doute
benefit of the doubt
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d’appoint
extra additional
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mutique (adj
mute tight-lipped
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instruire
instruct
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n’être pour rien dans
to be not involved in
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être au parfum
to be informed be on the ball
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potasser
to cram (study) bone up
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passablement
rather somewhat
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appesantir s’appesantir
to slow down strengthen to dwell on
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un silence de plomb
deafening silence
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une ruée
rush (as in ver l’or) scramble
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relativiser (vt)
to put into perspective make sense of
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batifoler
to flirt lark about syn: flirter
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intarissable
inexhaustible
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déblatérer contra/sur
to rant on against/about syn: critiquer, dénigrer
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l’assentiment (m)
accord assent
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pester
to curse
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à tout jamais
forever
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déchoir de
to strip sb of bring down
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grenouiller
to engage in shady dealings
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tressaillir
to quiver startle
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accuser le coup
to stagger under the blow
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un pli
fold letter
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parfaire
to complete
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effréné (adj)
frantic
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le dépit
bitter disappointment
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la morgue
morgue arrogance
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une bourde
blunder
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grand temps
high time
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sentir un peu le soufre
seemed a bit off
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démêler
unravel sort out
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tomber des nues
to be dumbfounded
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lèse-majesté
the insulting of a monarch
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v
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une zibeline
sable
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protocolaire (adj)
formal
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dégoter dégotter
to find syn: dénicher
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convenablement
properly
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se biler
to worry fret
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pétrir
to knead syn: malaxer
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une fourrière
pound
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le terreau
compost
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aucunement
in no way
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entrechoquer
to clatter
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au juste
exactly
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à souhait
to perfection as you wish
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ne pas disconvenir de qqc
to not deny something
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par bonheur par malheur
fortunately unfortunately
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un plumitifs
penpusher
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dérisoire (adj)
pathetic trivial
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une pierre deux coups
two blows with one stone
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indicible (adj)
unspeakable
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emballant (adj)
delightful
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être dans les petits souliers
to be embarrassed
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une pétasse
tart loose woman
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un crible
screen sieve
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un malaise (note: masculine)
unhappiness
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