Dubliners Flashcards by Lisa Korrigane | Brainscape

Q

to laddle

A

servir à la louche

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to patter

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tapoter

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to patter about

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trottiner

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tawny

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couleur fauve

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unseemly

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inconvenant

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to toil

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travailler dur / peiner

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banister-rail

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rampe d’escalier

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to beckon

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faire signe

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to suffuse

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se répandre / baigner

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truculent

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agressif

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to grope

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tâtonner

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to grope for

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chercher à tâtons

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stem

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tige

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shrewdy

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avec perspicacité

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grate

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râpe / grille de foyer

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to mope

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broyer du noir

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idler

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paresseux

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hayloft

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grenier à foin

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to caper

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gambader

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to waive

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renoncer, déroger

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jest

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plaisanterie

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unkempt

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en désordre, négligé

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wretched

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misérable

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miching

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cacher (to lurk out of sight)

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to slant

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pencher, s’incliner

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to clamber

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grimper, se hisser (avec mains et pieds, difficilement)

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to bulge

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bomber

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sultry

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étouffant / sensuel

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musty

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moisi, renfermé

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sedulous

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avec attention, assidu (diligent with application)

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squalid

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sordide

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huckster

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colporteur ( or agressive persuasive person)

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jaded

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fatigué, blasé

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pertly

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effronté / insolent

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josser

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idiot ou présenté comme idiot

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lest

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de peur de, de crainte que

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paltry

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dérisoire, piètre

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to straggle

A

to wander

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glowed

A

rougeoyer

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window sash

A

chassis

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jostled

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bousculé

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throng

A

foule (crowd)

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sodden

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détrempé, trempé (soggy)

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curtly

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sèchement, brusquement

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misgive

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appréhender

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garroulous

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loquace, bavard

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pawnbroker

A

prêteur sur gages

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to girdle

A

encercler, ceinture

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to pervade

A

s’infiltrer, se répandre

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ware

A

poterie, marchandise

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squabble

A

dispute

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to squander

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gaspiller

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to strut

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se pavaner

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to muse

A

méditer (ponder)

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to clump

A

marcher lourdement

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trimly

A

soigné, bien tenu