February Flashcards
1
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to tackle (figuratively), to hitch (a horse to something)
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atteler
2
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a shake-up
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un chamboulement
3
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to lose one’s mind, to be losing it (exp)
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perdre la boule
4
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the outskirts, the vicinity, the edge
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les abords
5
Q
a trough or watering hole
A
un abreuvoir
6
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to patch, to patch up
A
rapiécer
7
Q
to relax/ease/loosen/liberalize, to loosen up
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s’assouplir
8
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to fumble / get flustered, to cock up
A
cafouiller
9
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a crest / patch / badge
A
un écusson
10
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starch (dietary), cornstarch
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la fécule
11
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hinges (on a door)
A
les gonds, les charnières
12
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a gateway, footbridge
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une passerelle
13
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to tangle
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emmêler
14
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to raise a red flag, to set off a warning (exp)
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mettre la puce à l’oreille
15
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to compensate for, to offset
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compenser
16
Q
to question or detain
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interpeller
17
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cradle or birthplace
A
le berceau
18
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fond of, partial to
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friand(e) de
19
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to rustle (like leaves)
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bruire
20
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it looks (like), it’s like sthg
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on dirait (que)
21
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acting like a dick, oafish
A
relou
22
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a rowboat
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une chaloupe
23
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to water or drench
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abreuver
24
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to throw in the towel (exp)
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jeter l’éponge
25
he's getting on my nerves (exp)
il me court sur le haricot
26
to have a big head (exp)
avoir les chevilles qui enflent
27
to be around, associate with, or rub shoulders with
côtoyer
28
a skiff or small boat
un esquif
29
a swarm / a hive
un essaim
30
shady / fishy / suspicious
louche
31
It's crazy/bad weather
it fait un temps de chien
32
to blow a fuse, to go mental (exp)
péter un plomb
33
integral
intégrante
34
jaded
blasé(e)
35
slit / opening in a castle wall to shoot through
une meurtrière
36
to outbid, overbid, raise the stakes
surenchérir
37
to split hairs (exp)
couper les cheveux en quatre
38
wax (n)
la cire
39
to dodge
esquiver
40
to eat like a pig, to eat for two
manger comme quatre
41
a boat
une barque
42
to rob or to point
braquer
43
in custody (by the police)
en garde à vue
44
a shanty / hovel
une masure
45
to rhyme
rimer
46
to hasten, to hurry
s'empresser, se presser
47
mixed race
métis(se)
48
ills, evils (problems)
les maux
49
to grow bold, become bolder
s'enhardir
50
overnight, all of a sudden (exp)
du jour au lendemain
51
bleak / dreary / dismal
morne
52
a heap / mound
un monceau
53
to sweet talk or bullshit someone
baratiner
54
to alienate
(s') aliéner
55
a pettiness
une mesquinerie
56
a badger
un blaireau
57
shameless
éhonté
58
a seal (on an envelope)
un sceau
59
a footlocker / trunk
une malle
60
an anvil
un enclume
61
a chime
un carillon
62
to flush out, to root out
débusquer
63
to recite
déclamer, réciter
64
what a bore
quel raseur
65
to cart, to "take the piss"
charrier
66
in bold, bold-face, bold-type
en gras
67
others, other people, another person
autrui
68
"once and for all"
une bonne fois pour toutes
69
perceptive, insightful
perspicace
70
meander / meandering
un / en méandre
71
the damage
le(s) dégât(s)
72
a latch
un loquet
73
a watercraft / vessel, generic boat
une embarcation
74
to crack, to crack up
craquer
75
to unfold
déplier
76
to put the cart before the horse (exp)
mettre la charrue avant les bœufs
77
lush, in leafy surroundings
verdoyant
78
balding / thinning
dégarni
79
dread, fear
l'effroi (m)
80
to untangle or unravel
démêler
81
a neigh, whinnying (horse)
un hennissement
82
to be adjacent to, to adjoin
jouxter
83
a hut
une hutte
84
to sizzle / hiss
grésiller
85
to shine / wax / polish
cirer
86
to come up against, to be confronted by
se heurter à
87
a profusion / abundance / an overrun
un foisonnement
88
cigarette butt, a roach
un mégot
89
to gossip or blab
jaser
90
a swamp, marsh, bog
un marécage, un marais
91
to shrivel up
se ratatiner
92
a sheath or scabbard
un fourreau
93
a chicken / sissy / coward
une poule mouillée
94
curvature
la courbure
95
an eagle
un aigle
96
to be worried sick (exp)
se faire un sang d'encre
97
brazen, cheeky
effronté
98
to buzz, hum, or drone
bourdonner
99
appalled, aghast
atterré
100
mortar
le mortier
101
to sit around doing nothing, to daydream
buller
102
when pigs fly (exp)
quand les poules auront des dents
103
sickly
maladif
104
to christen or "break in"
étrenner
105
to conclude, to close (a debate)
(chercher) à clore
106
novel, unprecedented
inédit
107
it's nothing to write home about (exp)
ça casse pas trois pattes à un canard
108
straw (like in a field)
la paille
109
to come to blows (fighting)
en venir aux mains
110
to hurl abuse at each other
s'invectiver
111
fallen, cast down, deposed, stripped
déchu
112
Small door on a castle or fortified wall to sneak through
une poterne
113
to have your cake and eat it too (exp)
avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
114
to squirm
frétiller
115
to clash, collide, do battle
s'affronter
116
to line, garnish, top with
garnir (de)
117
formally
formellement
118
to put away or clean up (eating), to put it the oven
enfourner
119
to wrack one's brains (exp)
se creuser la tête
120
to coax, placate, appease
amadouer
121
a tail (of a thing, like a plane) or fletching
un empennage
122
asbestos
l'amiante (f)
123
sober
sobre
124
to pick your teeth (like flossing)
se curer les dents
125
stunted, rickety
rachitique
126
an abortion
un avortement
127
a strange/funny guy
un zigoto / un drôle de zigoto
128
i don't care at all (exp)
rien à cirer, j'en ai rien à cirer
129
at the very least
tout au moins
130
out of breath, winded
essoufflé
131
tinder (for a fire)
l'amadou (m)
132
to imprison
écrouer
133
a hut or shack
une cahute
134
a safeguard or railing
un garde-fou
135
"speak of the devil" (exp)
parle du loup, parlant du loup
136
to go bananas (a person or a situation)
devenir chèvre
137
a canoe
une pirogue
138
to build, hatch
échafauder
139
an oven or drying stove
une étuve
140
to tattle on, to snitch on
moucharder, cafarder
141
to feel, to try, to have "a taste" of something
tâter
142
to knock out, stun, bludgeon
assommer
143
fragmented
fragmenté, morcelé
144
a decoy
un leurre
145
a brawl
une rixe
146
childbirth, labor (in birthing)
l'accouchement (m)
147
to dawdle / to dilly dally
lambiner
148
depleted, impoverished
appauvri
149
says, "this coming from"
dixit
150
a vest
un gilet, un veston
151
to slaughter
abattre
152
to rumble (like thunder)
gronder (also to scold, berate)
153
an attic
un grenier
154
to purr, to drone
ronronner
155
to wield / wave / brandish
brandir
156
the depopulation
la désertification
157
to go to shit, shit hitting the fan
partir en couille
158
you can't judge a book by its cover (exp)
l'habit ne fait pas le moine
159
a shrub or shrubbery
un arbrisseau
160
crutches
les béquilles (f)
161
a job that is really easy, a cakewalk
une sinécure
162
recovering from
récupérer de, (se) remettre de
163
a break in (forced entry)
l'effraction / avec effraction
164
ripe, mature
mûr(e)
165
tedious, tiresome
fastidieux, assommant
166
a stretcher or gurney
une civière
167
the livestock
le bétail
168
arched or vaulted (ceiling)
en voûte
169
rural policeman / game warden
un garde champêtre
170
to crumple / to ruffle
froisser
171
to clump (together)
agglutiner (ensemble)
172
ramparts, walls, fortifications
les remparts
173
to be groggy or out for the count (exp)
être dans le cirage
174
a straw hat
un canotier
175
slender
gracile, élancé
176
nonsense / baloney / poppycock
les balivernes
177
a jug
une cruche
178
demented, crazy
dément
179
hearth / fireplace
un âtre
180
to elevate
surélever
181
a court appearance
une comparution
182
a fallback position
une position de repli
183
a curve
une courbe
184
to flinch / waver / lose heart
flancher
185
a gambling den
un tripot
186
a sketch
un croquis
187
to steal / filch / pinch
chiper
188
a "head of hair" / a mop (hair)
une tignasse
189
to taunt
narguer
190
to hatch a plan/plot
tramer un complot
191
a diamond (shape) / a rhombus
un losange
192
jolt, blip, upheavals, convulsions
un (des) soubresaut(s)
193
piece of nonsense, poppycock
une faribole
194
a beetle
un scarabée
195
a miscarriage
une fausse couche
196
a callus
un cal, un callus
197
flourishing, prosperous, thriving
florissant
198
a swig, a drink
une lampée
199
to swarm
fourmiller
200
a steady stream, a steady flow
un flot continu
