Français-27 Flashcards
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outrance
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excess, outrageousness
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crispations
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twitching, tensing, contracting; tensing, state of tension
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tenailles
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pliers; pincers
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faucon
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falcon, hawk; hawk (war)
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noeud
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knot; bow; junction, node;
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fendre
se fendre
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split, chop, cleave
crack, be split
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âprement
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closely, bitterly
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concevoir
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design, design, come up with; understand, appreciate;
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tomber dans en guet-apens
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fall into a trap
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moine
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monk, hermit,
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cotoyer
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rub shoulders with; mix with; stand alongside [sth]
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boucler
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be curly, curl; close off cordon off; complete, settle, put an end to
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paysage
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landscape, scenery; view, panorama, overview
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feux d’artifices
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fireworks
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raquette
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racket (tennis), snowshoe;
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évoluer
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progress, develop; change, evolve; play, perform;
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lecteur
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reader ( one who loves to read); i.e. a DVD;
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maison d’édition
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publishing house
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au détail
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retail
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ludique
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fun, playful, play
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soupape
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valve, plug
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tambour
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drum (musical); revolving (door)
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flouer
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swindle
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démarcheur
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door-to-door sales rep, door-to-door sales
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contrer
block (ie a punch), counter (plans)
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fuyant
sits-on-a fence, evasive; elusive; receding; weak
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pudiquement
modestly, decorously, discreetly
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déchiffrer
decipher, decode, sight- read
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brio
brilliance, verve, panache
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battre
se battre
bat
beat, hit, defeat
fight each other, fight one another
(slang) a joint (pot); pétard
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confession
confession, admission; faith, denomination
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grâce
grace, charm; gracefulness; pardon, mercy
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reposante
relaxing
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rèciproque
mutual, reciprocal; vice versa
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engelures
chilblain-an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or hands) to cold
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haut-de-gamme
| gamme
top of the range, high end, premium service, upscale
| scale, range
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salement
messily
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apostats
apostate: someone whose beliefs have changed and who no longer belongs to a religious or political group
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septentrionale
northern
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décrire
describe,
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steppe
steppe
one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia;
arid land with xerophilous vegetation found usually in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil
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talonné
| talonner
followed
| spur; followon [sbs] heels; hound; torment
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loufoque
zany, madcap; wild, bizarre, crazy
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clos
| clore
enclosed plot; enclosed, closed
| close off, fence off
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arpenter
survey, stride along, stride across
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comédienne
actor
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à la fois
| bien de fois
both, at the same time, at once
| many times over
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emmerdeur
nuisance, pain in the neck/ass
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trousse
pencil case (school); bag, case (makeup)
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filou
crook, imp, rascal
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obscurantisme
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obscurantisme: opposition to the spread of knowledge : a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public;
a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness
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rigolard
| pour rigoler
grinning
| for fun, for the fun of it
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rapt
kidnappng, abduction
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pratique courante
| courant
common practice
| common, commonplace; everyday, ordinary; current
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assainissement
clean-up, cleanup operation, purification, sanitation; stabilization
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veston
jacket
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assimilé
| assimiler
assimilated, understood; equivalent; absorbed; integrated
| assimilate, integrate, digest
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supercherie
fraud, confidence trick
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monnayer
make money out of; give [sb] change for; sell, trade
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dégâts
damage; injury; harm
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prendre fin
| toucher à sa fin
expire, end
| come to an end, near the end, draw to a close
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biais
crooked (as a picture), askew, aslant, not straight/level
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tancer
scold, reprove, admonish
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abrogation
repeal, abrogation
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atteindre
get to, reach; attain, achieve, meet; harm, touch, affect
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fronde
revolt; sling-shot
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fougère (plante de sous-bois)
fern
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empiéter
impinge, encroach upon,
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atterrer
| atterrées
dismay, appal
| dismayed, distressed
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excentré
way out of the center
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auditeurs
listeners; audience; auditor
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dédommager
compensate, indemnify; pay [sb] damages for [sth]
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fédérer
unite, group, federate
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numérique
numerical; digital, digital technology
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parapher
initial, signed
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compagne
partner, companion
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lettonne
Latvian
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embourgeoisement
gentrification
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congé
leave, take time off, vacation; notice, resignation
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résiliation
cancellation, termination
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étayer
support, hold up, prop up
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lenteur
slowness
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fioul
heating oil, fuel oil
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feuille de route.
roadmap
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piétiner
stamp (as, one's feet); get nowhere, make no headway
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hantise
obsessive fear; obsession
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trajet
journey, flight, ride
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superficie
area, surface area; outward appearance
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provenance
| en provenance de
origin, source
| from, coming from
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recrue
recruit, recruitement
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Romand
inhabitant of French speaking Switzerland
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Alémanique
a group of dialects spoken in Switzerland, Germany and Austria
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rivalités
| rivaliser
rivalry, competion
| rival, compete
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touareg
Tuareg (African group)
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dessus
au-dessus de
au-dessus de la moyenne
top, back (the back); upstairs, on it (ie, sat on it)
above, over, higher than
above average
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dessous
underneath, on the bottom, below, downstairs; underware, undies
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navigateur (navigatrice)
seafarer, sailor, navigator; browser (internet)
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nageuse, nageur
swimmer
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dépassement
overtaking, passing; overcharging, overspending, overspend
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vertement
vivaciously
