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Français-38 Flashcards

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incitation

A

incitement, encouragement, promoting

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calé

être calé à qch

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tough, quite a job; thawed

be good at [sth]

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plaisanterie

plaisanter

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funny comment, joke, banter;

joke around, tease, mess around

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goutte d’eau

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drop of water

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c’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

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that’s the last straw

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cracher

cracher su

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spit

sput on; turn your nose up at

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omerta

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code of silence

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graveleux

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coarse, smutty, salacious

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engendrer

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conceive, create; engender; beget

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terreau

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compost; furtile ground,

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savourer

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savor, enjoy, relish

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évincer

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oust, depose; topple, disinherit

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fomenteur de trouble

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agitator, firebrand, trouble maker

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débolonner

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unbolt; oust

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pourchasser

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hunt down, pursue, hound; do battle with

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opiniâtre

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persistent, unrelenting, obstinate, stubborn

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attraper

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catch, capture

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scintillant

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sparkling, twinkling, glittering

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jaillir

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spring, gush, spurt, sprout; suddenly come to mind,

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pupille

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pupil (eye), lens; ward, orphan

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éblouir

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dazzle, bedazzle, overwhelm

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oubli

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oversight; memory lapse; forgetfullness; oblivion

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souder

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weld, solder; knit, mend; bring together; bond

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cicatrice

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scar

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immiscer

A

involve; interfere, meddle

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séropositif

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HIV-positive person

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encaisser

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box, pack; pay in, bank; enclose; put up with

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moquerie

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teasing, mocking

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arroser

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water (plants), sprinkle, spray, hose

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asperger

s’asperger

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spray

spray/splash yourself

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profaner

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profane, desecrate, violate

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32
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déese

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goddess

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33
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glousser

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giggle

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matinal

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morning

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curer

se curer

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scrape [sth] out; scrape [sth] clean

pick (ie nose)

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persiennes

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shutters

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millénaire

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millenium, thousand years; ancient

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graver

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carve, engrave, etch; burn (a cd)

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39
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nasse

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fishing trap, lobster pot

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gastronomique

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gastronomic

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mouvementée

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délirant

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limogeage

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superseding; dismissal

44
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affolant

A

worrying, frightening

45
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putsch

A

coup d’état,

46
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refouler

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retreat, push back, suppress

47
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retombées

A

consequences, aftermath, fallout

48
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abasourdi

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stunned, taken aback

49
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régie

A

public company; management, stage management;

control-room

50
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exigu

A

cramped; confined

51
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éparpiller

s’éparpiller

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scatter, divide, share, spread

spread yourself

52
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capote

A

condom; soft-top from a convertible

53
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capote

A

condom; soft-top from a convertible

54
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imprévue

A

unforeseen

55
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ruisseau

ru

A

stream

rivulet

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soubresaut

A

convulsion, spasm

57
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gaze

pansement

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gauze

dressing (gauze), band-aid

58
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mise à mal

A

undermined

59
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bourrer

se bourrer

A

stuff, fill

get: drunk; slosshed; wasted; smashed; pissed

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froncer

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frown; gather (ie a skirt)

61
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foncer

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darken; have drive; hurry

62
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éreintant

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exhausting; back breaking

63
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ovationner

A

give [sb] a standing ovation

64
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colistier

A

running-mate

65
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enrouer;

rauque

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make [sth] hoarse;

hoarse

66
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surpoids

A

over weight

67
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caritatif

A

charitable

68
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douteux

A

doubtful; unlikely; dubious

69
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séduisante;

attirant

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attractive, charming; enticing, tempting;

attractive, alluring

70
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immuable

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unchangeable, immutable

71
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chouette

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owl; nice (“neat”); great

72
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non marqué;

banalisé

A

unmarked paper money;

unmarked police car

73
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gringalet

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weakling, wimp, puny

74
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plaie

75
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flanc

A

side, flank

76
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patte

A

leg (human), paw (cat, dog), hoof (cow); dish cloth

77
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débiter

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cut (meat), slice; make [sth], put [sth] out (ie manufacture)

78
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dépecer

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cut sth up, carve sth up, chop sth up; rip sth apart

79
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costaud

A

strong, tough

80
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vestiaire

A

cloak room, locker, locker room

81
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crépuscule

A

twilight, dusk

82
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falot

A

colorless, bland; lantern; military court

83
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échiquier

A

chessboard; exchequer

84
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à la sauvette

vendeur à la sauvette

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in a rush; secretly; illegally

street vender

85
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portuaire

86
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heure de pointe

87
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rétribution

A

remuneration; pay, wage

88
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franchir le pas

A

take the plunge; go for it

89
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recrudescence

A

increase; outbreak, resurgence

90
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braconnage

A

poaching (of animals)

91
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faune

A

fauna (wildlife)

92
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collé

colle

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stuck, glued

glue, adhesive, paste

93
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sillonner

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travel, roam, traverse

94
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rayure

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stripe, band; scratch, scrape, scuffmark

95
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portière

A

door, car door

96
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embrasure

A

door frame, window frame

97
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nonchalamment

A

casually, nonchalantly

98
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boutoir

A

snout; hoof knife

99
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effroyable

A

dreadful, frightful, appalling

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