Français-23 Flashcards
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égrener
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shuck, shell, seed; list, say one by one
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chapelet
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rosary, beads
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fric
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dough (money), moolah
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fac
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faculty
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ras-le-bol
en avoir ras le bol
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gloominess, bleakness, despair
to be really fed up with; be sick and tired of
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maintien
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upkeep, maintenance; upholding; bearing, deportment;
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soutien-gorge
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bra
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ensevelir
s’ensevelir
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bury
bury one self away, hide oneself away
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secousses
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tremor; jolt, shake-up
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précoce
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early, mature beyond one’s years; precocious
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organismes publics
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government agencies
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particulier
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particular, specific; private individual; own (as in: my own car), personal
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amenuiser
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thin down; whittle down, diminish, lower
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stylo-bille
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ball point pen
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surgir
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appear suddenly; emerge, loom, show up
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escadrille
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squadron
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chef-lieu
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administrative center
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impitoyablement
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ruthlessly, pitiless, merciless
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conforter
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reinforce, strengthen; reassure, bolster; comfort
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comptabiliser
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account for; keep a record of
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treillis
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trellis, mesh; canvas
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fouiller
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search, rummage through, body search, excavate
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enjamber
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step over, cross over; span
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ruisseau
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stream
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clous
des clous
être dans les clous
crosswalk; nail; climax, highlight
nothing doing; no way
be right on course; be where we expected to be
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épingle
| sortir son épingle de jeu
pin; hairpin
| emerge unscathed; play your cards right; hold your own
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endiguer
dyke, dyke up; contain, restrain
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bannir
banish; ostracize, bar, ban, exclude
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préjuger de
préjuger
préjugé
anticipate, foresee, predict
jump to conclusions
prejudice, bias
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cuvette
basin, bowl
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amont
en amont de qch
en amont
uphill
upstream part of [sth]
beforehand, in advance, ahead of time
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UMP
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
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exsangue
worn out; pale, bloodless
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virer
pay by bank transfer; throw out; fire (employment); tack, turn
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babord
port, port side
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asséner
deal [sth] to, hammer [sth]
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subventionner
subsidise
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s'envoler
fly away
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trône
throne
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exemplaire
copy, example, specimen
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prétention
ambition, aim, objective; hope; flamboyance; requirements
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anéantir
annihiliate, destroy, wipe out; devestate
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réseau
grid, network
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coutumier
customary, traditional; accustomed
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éclairer
light up, illuminate; enlighten
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HLM (Habitation á Loyer Modéré)
housing project
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départager
decide between, separate, split
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postulant
candidate
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émouvoir
| s'émouvoir
move (emotionally), stir, touch, affect
| be moved, be touched, be affected
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devancer
get ahead of, get in front of, pre-empt, precede
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aventurer
| aventurés
risk, chance
| safa, adventures
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cahute
hut, shack
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vague
unclear, vague, fuzzy; wave (ocean)
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digues
dyke, seawall, embankment; barrier
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fouetter
| fouet
whip, flog, lash; beat against; whip up
| whip, lash
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éclosion
hatching, blooming
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affolement
panic, spinning
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boussole
| perdre le boussole
compass; barometer, indicator, guide
| lose your marbles; go gaga
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limogeage
dismissal, firing
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étreindre
| s'étreindre
embrace, hug, clasp
| embrace each other, hug each other
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dans l'ensemble
overall
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argile
clay, malleable
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bouc
billy goat; goatee
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pommette
cheekbone
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saillante
prominent, projecting, protruding
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malhonnête
dishonest, indecent, disobedient
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élan
run-up, momentum, impetus, (sexual) urge, desire,
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ribambelle
flock, bevy; ton, heap
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notaires
notary, lawyer, attorney
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prud'homme
labor court
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paritaire
equal
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tonitruante
blaring; booming, thundering
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irréductibles
unsolvable, unsimplifiable; hardliner, resolute person
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fondre
| se fondre
melt, dissolve
| merge, mingle
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requis
required, stated, requested; labor conscript;
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requérir
apply for, call for, necessitate, require
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nonchalance
nonchalance, indolence
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dissimulation
concealment, hiding, cover up
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séquelles
consequences, after-effect; legacy
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dilettante
dabbler, amateur, dilettante
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preuve
proof, evidence
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tournevis
| vis
screwdriver
| screw
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voiture-bélier<>
| bélier
ramming car/vehicle<>
| ram (the animal); battering ram; Aries (astrological sign)
84
contraignant
constraining; restrictive
85
abréger
| s'abréger
shorten, abbreviate, abridge, summarize; make [sth] go quickly
be shortened, be abbreviated
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gaieté
| gaieté de coeur
gaiety, cheerfulness; playfulness; joyfulness
| gladly, willlingly, happily
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atterrer
| atterré
appal, dismay
| dismayed, distressed
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lampiste
maintenance man, underling
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entrave
hinder, hamper
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manne
godsend
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sorcellerie
sorcery, witchcraft, magic
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priver
take away [sth] from [sb]; deprive,
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cran
notch, hole, rung
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désespérément
desperately
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pare-balle
bullet proof, backstop
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poitrine
chest, bust, bosom
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pan
section, part; side, face (ie of a mountain)
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affaisser
| s'affaisser
lower;
| subside, cave in, sink, slump
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chavirer
capsize, sway,
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asperger
| s'asperger
spray
| spray yourself; spray each other
