Feb2023a Flashcards by Andy Brewer | Brainscape

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fouet à œufs

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egg whisk

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de plein fouet

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full-force, head-on

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décalage horaire

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time difference

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apesanteur

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weightlessness

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abreuver

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to water (an animal)
to soak, to irrigate
syn: accabler- to shower, to heap

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s’abreuver

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to drink

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abreuver qqn de

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to overwhelm s.o. with

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veille

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eve of
to watch over, to look after

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se dépêtrer de

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to extricate oneself from

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fourré

A

thicket

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enregistrement

A

registration
recording
checking in

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enregistrement des bagages

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luggage check-in

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escamoter

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to cause to disappear
to retract, to fold away

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entreprendre

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to undertake, to start, to embark on

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le sas

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syn: crible- sieve
enclosure (in a canal lock)
airlock

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dru(e)

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thick, dense, bushy
heavy

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avoir la barbe drue

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to have a thick beard

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une pluie drue

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heavy rain

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atavique

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atavistic = a genetic trait inherited from ancestors

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acquis

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acquired
established, accepted

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tenir pour acquis

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to take for granted

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le rein

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kidney

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les reins

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back, kidneys

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avoir mal aux reins

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to have a backache

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le détroit

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strait
ie. le détroit de Gebraltar

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décaler

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to move forward or back ( a time, date)
to move, to shift ( an object)

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fausser

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to falsify, to distort
syn: déformer
to bend out of shape

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la célérité

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syn: vitesse
speed, swiftness

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flotter

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to float
to fly, to flutter, to drift
to fluctuate

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englober

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to include

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engloutir

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to gobble up, to devour
to engulf, to swallow up
to squander

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gênant

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syn: embarrassant - embarrassing, awkward
cumbersome, in the way
syn: ennuyeux - annoying, intrusive

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fauves

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big cats

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mousse

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moss
froth, foam, lather

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dominer

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to dominate
syn: maîtriser - to master, to control
to out class, to surpass
to tower over

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encaisser

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to cash (a check), to collect (money)
fam: to take, to tolerate

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encaisser un coup

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to take a beating

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je ne peux pas l’encaisser

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I can’t take it

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une encaisse

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cash in hand

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bigarrée

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multicolored

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coquette

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stylish

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escouade

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syn: escadron - squad
gang, group

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embryon

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embryo

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tâter

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syn: palper - to feel
to sound out

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La nacre

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mother-of-pearl

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tâter le terrain

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to check out the lay of the land

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écœurer

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to nauseate

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happer

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to seize, to snatch

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être happé par

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to be hit by (a car, train etc)

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bête

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stupid
animal

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aux aguets

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on the lookout

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bête à bon Dieu
la coccinelle

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ladybug

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c’est tout bête

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there’s nothing to it

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agrumes

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citrus fruits

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le soubresaut

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jolt, start

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entraver

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to shackle, to fetter
syn: gêner - to hold up, to hinder

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en revanche

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on the other hand

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la revanche

A

revenge
return match (in sports)

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asperger

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to spray, to sprinkle, to splash

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fulgurante

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syn: éblouissant - dazzling
shooting, searing, intense

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bourrue

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gruff

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être cueilli à froid

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to be caught off guard

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refluer

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to ebb, to flow back
to surge back (of crowds etc)

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épingle

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pin

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épingle de sûreté

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safety pin

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coiffer

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to top, to cover
to head

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pillard

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looter

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le pillage

A

looting, pillaging

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le jarret

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back of the knee, hamstring
hock (of an animal)
shank(in cooking)

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répérer

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to mark
to locate, to pinpoint
to spot, to catch sight of

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morne

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syn: sombre - dismal, gloomy
glum, sullen

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enfilade

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row, succession

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la gâchette

A

trigger

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se méfier

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to be careful, to beware

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méfiez-vous dans cette rue

A

be careful on this street

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se pencher

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to hunch over, to bend down

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pencher sur

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to look into, to examine

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pencher

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syn: incliner
1. to tilt, to tip
2. to slant, to lean

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pencher pour

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to incline towards, to favor

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relais

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relay

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la toupie

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top (toy)

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bercer

A

to rock (a baby)
to sooth, to lull

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se bercer

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to rock, to swing
to delude oneself

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méduser

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to dumbfound, stupefy

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s’empourprer

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to turn crimson

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la lacune

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gap, lacuna ( a missing part, space)

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la cravache

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whip, crop

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empiète sur

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to encroach upon, to infringe on

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rêveur

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dreamy

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lippue

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thick-lipped

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baliser

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to mark with beacons or signs

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piste

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track, trail

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désamorcer

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to defuse

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le crochet

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hook

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faire un crochet

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to make a detour

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tourner rond

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to run smoothly, to go well

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ça ne tourne pas rond

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something is not quite right

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résigner

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to relinquish, to resign

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par-dessus le marché

A

to top it all off