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Le Temps Est Assassin > Deck 3 > Flashcards

Deck 3 Flashcards

1
Q

une étreinte

A

embrace

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une paillote

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grass hut

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3
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y avait de quoi

A

there was plenty

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4
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prix de gros

A

wholesale price

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5
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le fisque

A

taxman

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6
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lacustre (adj)

A

to do with lakes

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7
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le regretté

A

late lamented

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8
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inclassable

A

unclassifiable

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9
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déguster

A

to savour

taste

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10
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toucher à qqc

A

to touch st

harm st

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11
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une entorse

A

sprain

twisting of the truth

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12
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un amant

A

lover

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13
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l’agglo (f)

A

chipboard
agglomerate
concrete block

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14
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baver

A

to drool

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15
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les nichons

A

boobs

tits

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16
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le gril

A

grill

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17
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essaimer

A

to swarm

spread

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18
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la trachée

A

trachea

windpipe

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19
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asséner

A

to deal a blow

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20
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se planter

A

to mess up

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21
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le stufatu

A

a Corsican stew

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22
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un if

A

yew tree

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23
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une baudruche

A

rubber skin

wimp (familiar)

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24
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sans se soucier de

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regardless of

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25
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délaver

A

to water down

saturate

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26
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sévir contra

A

clamp down

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27
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à moins de

A

within

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28
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un mûrier

A

mulberry tree

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29
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un ravier

A

small dish for hors-d’œuvres

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30
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la rousseur

A

redness

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31
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guilleret (adj)

A

perky

joyeux
fringant

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32
Q

en remettre une couche

A

repeat

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33
Q

dénoyauter

A

to pit

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34
Q

se bidonner

A

to laugh

fall about

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35
Q

calfeutrer

A

to block out the cold (with felt or wool)

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36
Q

hermétiquement

A

hermetically

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37
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la farandole

A

lively provincial dance

38
Q

headshot

A

shot to the head

39
Q

un sablier

A

hourglass

40
Q

un skipper

A

skipper (boat)

41
Q

une balayette

A

short-handled brush

42
Q

gâterie

A

treat

43
Q

un crapaud

A

toad

44
Q

une trompe

A

trunk (of elephant)

45
Q

la solennité

A

solemnity

46
Q

solennellement

A

solemnly

47
Q

une garrigue

A

scrubland

48
Q

la glaire

A

egg white
mucus
phlegm

49
Q

un fourré

A

thicket

50
Q

les cistes

A

rock rose (plant)

51
Q

la mire

A

aim of a weapon

mud
mire

52
Q

le genévrier

A

juniper

53
Q

un caniveau

A

gutter

54
Q

la dépit

A

bitter disappointment

55
Q

une garrigue

A

scrubland

56
Q

effarer

A

to alarm

57
Q

je m’en fous

je ne m’en fous pas

A

I don ‘t care

I do care
I’m not insensitive to it

58
Q

une chaloupe

A

longboat (rowed or with motor)

59
Q

manigancer

A

to scheme

comploter

60
Q

un dénivelé

A

difference in altitude

61
Q

une buvette

A

refreshment concession

62
Q

une vigie

A

lookout

lookout post

63
Q

froussard (adj)

A

cowardly

64
Q

un ourlet

A

hem

65
Q

le brocciu

A

Corsican cheese

66
Q

caser

A

to put (often into a confined space)

marry off (familiar)

67
Q

bidon (adj invariable)

A

bogus

faux

68
Q

gratouiller

A

to scratch lightly

69
Q

roucouler

A

to croon

70
Q

échancrer

A

to cut away

71
Q

échancré

A

open-necked (shirt)

open at the arms (dress)

72
Q

indéfectible (adj)

A

unfailing
enduring

solide

73
Q

s’en vouloir

s’en vouloir de qqc

A

to feel rancor towards sb
to feel regret about st

Note: in this expression past participle is invariable

74
Q

la criste-marine

A

rock samphire (Mediterranean coastal plant)

75
Q

frigorifier

A

to freeze

76
Q

acculé (adj)

A

cornered

acculer = to push back

77
Q

effilé (adj)

A

long and thin
sharpened

effiler = to sharpen, pick apart thread by thread (vt)
= to thin out (vi)

78
Q

farceur (adj, nom m and f (euse))

A

joker (n)

mischievous (adj)

79
Q

tenir à qqc/qqn

A

to care about st/sb

80
Q

la cour de récré

A

playground

81
Q

n’importe quoi

n’importe quoi!

A

anything

give me a break!

82
Q

le laiton

A

brass

83
Q

une patère

A

peg

84
Q

louper

A

to miss
flunk

manquer

85
Q

l’iode (m)

A

iodine

86
Q

le mazout

A

fuel oil

87
Q

la fiente

A

droppings

88
Q

y foutre le bordel

A

turn things upside down

create havoc

89
Q

un prud’homme

A

member of a tribunal

90
Q

un cachalot

A

sperm whale

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