Francais-8 Flashcards
1
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enchevêtrement
A
jumble, muddle, mess, tangle
2
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kermesse
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charity fair, street party
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édicter
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enact, decree
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complot
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plot, scheme
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noyau
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stone, kernel, nucleus, core
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concordant
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in agreement
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cheville ouvriere
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king pin
8
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communément
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usually, commonly
9
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corneille (also: corbeau)
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crow (the bird)
10
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fiche d’inscription
fiche de renseignement
A
enrollment form, registration form
fact sheet
11
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reporter
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reporter (n)
postpone, put off, transfer
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tremplin
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spring board, diving board
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décerner
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award, attribute
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destituer
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depose, dismiss
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innombrable
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countless, innumerable
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férié
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public holiday
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stocker
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stock up on, hoard
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fluo
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flourescent, bright
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relayer
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take over from, relieve, replace
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revanche
en revanche
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revenge
on the other hand
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faisceau
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beam, ray
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foncer
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darken
have drive, plow into, hurry up, charge into
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juguler
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stem, halt, check
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rubrique
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section, column, heading
25
villégiture
vacation
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patricien
noble
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repaire
lair, den, hideout
28
prédilection
| domaine de prédilection
partiality, preference
| area of specialization
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rejouir
| se rejouir
delight, please
| be delighted, be glad
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damer
| damer le pion à qqn
ram down, pack down
| outwit somebody
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tant
| en tant que
so much, so many, so much the better, never mind, too bad
| in the capacity of
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bouffer
se bouffer
bouffi
eat, stuff yourself, pig out; bite someone's head off
| be at each other's throats
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munir
| se munir
equip, furnish, provide
| summon up, gather
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tribune
platform, grandstand
| opinion page
35
inlassablement
tirelessly, indefatigably
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déboucher
unblock, open
| come out at, come down to
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auprès
close, near to
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dont
| donc
of which, of whom, whose
| therefore, so, so then
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ralliement
rallier
se rallier
unity, rallying
assemble, unite, rejoin
join up with, support
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au large
off shore
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nauseábond
putrid, foul, foul smelling
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abreuvoir
abreuver
s'abreuver
trough, drinking trough
water, shower
drink, get soaked
43
dissous
| dissoudre
dissolved
| dissolve, wind up
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pénible
| pénibilité
hard, tiresome, difficult; annoying, nuisance
| hardness
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réfectoire
refectory, canteen
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aménagé
| aménager
fitted out, equipped, refitted
| convert, rearrange, fix up
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délaisser
neglect, abandon, give up, neglect
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désespoir
distress, despair
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abattre
slaughter, shoot [sb] down
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estrade
stage, platform, dais
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afficher
s'afficher
affiche
make public, publish, post; make clear, flaunt, put up, stick up
be seen, appear, show off
poster, bill
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à bord
on board
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purger
flush out, bleed, serve (a sentence)
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buter
antagonize, get sb's back up, have difficulty with
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séquestrer
confine, sequestre
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réclusion
imprisonment, seclusion, solitude
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sursaut
start, jolt, burst, jerk
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fusil
gun, shotgun
extortionate
change sides, change one's stance
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couvre-feu
curfew
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décimer
decimate, slaughter, annihilate, wipe out
| reduce by a tenth
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rang
line, row, rank,
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néant
nothingness, void, none, nil
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linceul
shroud, sheet, blanket
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pierre angulaire
corner stone
65
écrasant
overwhelming, crushing, breathtaking, compelling
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atteler
| s'atteler
harness
| get down to
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joug
yoke (ie for water buffulo)
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meurtrir
bruise, wound
69
exprimer
| s'exprimer
express (one's self), reveal, show
| express yourself,
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embellir
| embellie
make more beautiful, embellish, adorn
| bright spot
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omettre
omit, leave out, miss out
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égarer
| s'égarer
misplace, mislay
| lose your place, get lost
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agiter
agitate, shake, perturbe, debate, discuss
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goupillon
bottle-brush
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pétarader
back-fire
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poussière
dust
| or so, about (it costs about.....)
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vacarme
racket, din, row
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califourchon
astride, straddling
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nantais
inhabitant of Nantes
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cierge
altar candle,
81
terre-plein
traffic island, median strip
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assaut
assault, attack
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pépin
mishap, glitch, snag
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soutane
cassack
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bardé
covered in, bedecked with
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stigmate
scar, mark, stigma
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poilu
hairy, shaggy;
| a French infrantryman of WW1
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pilosité
hairiness
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revêtement
| revêtement de sol
coating, surfacing, protective coating
| tiled floor, floor covering, tiling
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embuscade
ambush
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verouiller
lock, bolt, cordon off, close off
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quadriller
divide into squares, lock down
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mitrailler
| mitraillettes
machine gun, spray with bullets(:)
| machine gun, tommy gun
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épisodiquement
occassionally
95
louange
praise
96
bémol
flat (in music), drawback, snag, fly in the oinment
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sentencieux
sententious, solemn
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jumeau
twin
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étendue
stretch, area, extent
