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Erik Orsenna Flashcards

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Grovelling n

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Courbette f

Arrête tes courbettes, tu n’obtiendras rien de lui.

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Empty stomach, have had nothing to eat

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Jeun, á jeun.
Quand il est á jeun, ses mains tremblent.
With an empty stomach…

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Lose yr temper, get angry

Get worked up

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S’énerver

Énerver annoy, get on sb nerves

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Tense adj

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Crispant

L’attente de résultats est toujours une situation un peu crispante

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Spick and span, neat and tidy, neat

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Propret -te

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Impress v

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Épater

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Life boat

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Canot de sauvetage m

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Call a spade a spade

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Appeler un chat un chat

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Be in the way, be a nuisance

Congested, blocked, jammed

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Encombrer

Encombré

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Lemon sole

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Limande-sole f

Limande fam flatchested

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Common sense n

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Jugeote f

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Shower (rain)

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Ondée f

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Dark skinned, swarthy, tanned

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Basané

And darkie m

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Hut, beach hut, straw hut

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Paillote f

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Tear gas

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Gaz lacrymogènes m

Grenade lacrymogène f

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Immature upstart youngster

Rather young

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Jeunot -te

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hit on, come on to, make a move on vtr

(UK) chat up vtr

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Draguer

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Chirp cheep Twitter n

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Gazouillis m

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Blister

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Cloque f

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(generally) forgetfulness, memory lapse n over sight

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Oubli m

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Rights and responsibilities

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Droits et devoirs

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Trap ambush

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Traquenard m

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Gobbledygook gibberish double Dutch

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Charabia m

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Chopper

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Hélico m

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Force-fées

Stuff fill feed

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Gaver

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Aviary

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Volière f

And birdcage mad house zoo

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Fussy house proud
Fanatic
Mental

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Maniaque
C’est un maniaque de la propreté
He’s obsessive ab cleanliness

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Help aid assistance

Rescue squad emergency service

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Secours m

Au secours de qqn to the rescue of someone

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Hold back swallow fig

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Ravaler

Tears fex

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Jubilation

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Liesse f

Be jubilant être en liesse

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Cork

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Liège m

Pour fermer les bouteilles de vin, on préfère les bouchons en liège.

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Hustle and bustle pandemonium

Disorder confusion

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Tohu-bohu m

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33
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Unwavering resolute

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Inébranlable

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Swift immediate

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Fulgurant adj

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35
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Intoxicate fascinate

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Griser

Se griser get drunk

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Clumsy ungainly

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Lourdaud

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Incredibly amazingly

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Bigrement

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38
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Dog fam

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Cabot m

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Darkness obscurity

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Ténèbres nfpl

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Daisy

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Pâquerette f

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Spleen

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Rate f

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Panic lose ur head

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S’affoler

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Soften (the rain softened the soul fex)

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Ramollir

Se ramollir Go soft in ur head Lose ur marbles

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Beer a pint inf

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Mousse f

And foam etc

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metamorphosis, transformation, reinvention n

(with emphasis on development/maturing) coming of age n

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Stainless steel

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Spirit. Ghost phantom

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Revenant m

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Middle management

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Cadres mpl moyens

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Bonus premium

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vi (slang) throw a spanner in the works

(slang) bring the house down

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casser la baraque

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Earnings sl

Pill tablet

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Cacheton nmpl

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Be cross, irritated

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Avoir les nerfs

Avoir les nerfs à vif be at yr wits end

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Pile heap

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Monceau f ( fex de vaisselle)

54
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Continence
Toilet training
Cleanliness

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La propreté

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Lose control

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Perdre pied

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Mnemonic strategies

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Mnémotechnique

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Bruise

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Hématome m

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high point - piece de resistance - the best of the best - summit - acme - height - the last word

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Son-in-law

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Pedantically

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catch vtr
(impact) hit, clip vtr
(grip physically) grab, grip, seize, grasp vtr

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happer vtr

Il est mort happé par une rame de métro.

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(à la plus forte raison) all the more so, even more so expr

with all the more reason expr

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A fortiori

63
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Title, heading

Entitled

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Intitulé

L’auteur a intitulé son livre “Le secret des chevaliers”.

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Competitive adj

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Concurrentiel

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be about to do [sth] v
prepare to do [sth] v expr
get ready to do [sth] v expr

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S’apprêter à faire qqc

Apprêter get ready

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Pain, drag
Tile
Biscuit

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Tuile f

Il a manqué son train, la tuile! …..what a drag!

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Worry your self sick

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se faire du mouron familier (s’inquiéter) worry yourself

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Unsophisticated Rough worn

Rustique

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Seedy shabby moth eaten down at heel

Pitiful

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Miteux -euse

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Regular regular customer

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Body fullness (wine)
Curve roundness
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Gobe birth to bring into the world

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Bandit robber rascal

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Dishonest deceitful

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Rock roll keel over capsize

76
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River

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Fleuve m leads to the sea
Rivière f leads to another body of water
Les rivières se jettent dans les fleuves.

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Ambush trap

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Guet-apens m

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Paddy field

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Rizière f

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Water lily

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Nénuphar m

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Beg for

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Have common sense

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Avoir de la jugeote

Jugeote n f sense

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Temporary brief

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Grumpy

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Style manner

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Veine f

Avoir de la veine loc v (avoir de la chance) be lucky vi + adj

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My lucky day

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Mon jour de veine

86
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Shade

Resentment

87
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Hostility

Aggressiveness

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Hargne m

Avec hargne

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Word of mouth

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Bouche-à-oreille

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Pronto snap snap

Immediately

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Unhealthily

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Maladivement

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Feather duster

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Strait

Strait de Gibraltar

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Détroit m

détroit de Gibraltar

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Ripple

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Ride f

And wrinkle

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Hum v

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Chantonner

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Stutter stammer

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Stupid

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Sot -te
Il a si peu de jugement, il est bien sot.
He has so little judgement; he is really stupid.

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Gold bar

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Lingot d’or m

Lingots bullion

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Raincoat fam

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Lantern paper/Chinese

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Be tense

Be irritated

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Se crisper

Crisper tense contract get on someone’s nerves

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Genuine reality

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Réel adj mm

Reality

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Print engraving

103
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Chefs hat

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