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FRENCH - Moseley family > Histoire de France > Flashcards

Histoire de France Flashcards

1
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le galet

A

Pebble

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tailler

L’art de tailler les pierres

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to cut or to carve;

stone knapping

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la tanière

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Den or retreat

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Le pair

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Peer, colleague

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Le front

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Forehead

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fuyant

Un front fuyant

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receding

Also shifty

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le menton

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Chin

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une musette

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sack

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livret militaire

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military record book

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apposer

“des affiches ont été apposées partout en France”

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to affix, to post

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s’apprêter

Des millions d’hommes s’apprêtent à revêtir l’uniforme…

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to ready oneself

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revêtir

Des millions d’hommes s’apprêtent à revêtir l’uniforme…

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to adorn

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garance

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madder dye, red

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la cible

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target

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la mitrailleuse

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machine gun

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enfouir

Ils sont enfouis sous dix millions de cadavres qui vont s’entasser au fil des combat…

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to bury

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la tuerie

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massacre

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la gueule

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mouth, also slang for face

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debout

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standing

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se faire tuer

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to get killed

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enjeu

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concern, issue

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le rang

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row, rank

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L’engrenage

“L’engrenage des alliances, des ultimatums, des mobilisations, entraîne les nations dans sa mécanique sanglante.”

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gears, the system

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faucher

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to reap

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subir

“Et les armées des autres belligérants subissent des saignées du même ordre.”

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to suffer

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s’entasser

“Mes affaires s’entassent dans le débarras : il faut absolument que je fasse du rangement.”

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to pile up, accumulate

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embraser

“l’incidie qui embrase l’Europe”

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to set alight

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une ânerie

“Une guerre entre Européens, c’est une guerre civile, la plus monumentale ânerie que le monde ait jamais faite!” (Général Lyautey, 1914)

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nonsense, stupid talk

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un clin

“un clin d’œil”

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a wink

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rôder

“Mais on sais que la guerre rôde, cherchant des proies.” (Max Gallo)

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to prowl

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marteler

le martel

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to pound, to hammer

hammer

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la voûte

“La voûte de cette crypte est superbe.”

“Paris est la clé de voûte de la Triple-Entente…” (Max Gallo)

voûté

“Avec l’âge, le vieil homme était complètement voûté.”

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arch; vaulted;

adj: also round shouldered

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ébranler

ébranlé

“Le regime est ébranlé par ses défaites de 1905…” (Max Gallo)

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to disturb, to shaken

shaken

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la tenaille

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pincers

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broyer

“…l’Allemagne…craignait qu’en cas de conflit la tenaille France-Russie ne broie l’Allemagne entre deux fronts.”

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to grind, to crush

36
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sangloter

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to cry, to weep

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cuirassé

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battleship

38
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éperon

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spurs

39
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la cicatrice

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scar

40
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côtoyer

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rub shoulders with

41
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le chantre

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an apologist, eulogist, defender, champion

also a bard

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vibrer

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to vibrate, resonate,

thrill, tremble

43
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parcourir

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to wander, travel, pass

44
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la ruelle

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backstreet

45
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mouiller

1) La pluie, ça mouille !
2) Ses ennemis ont voulu le mouiller dans cette histoire de trafic.
3) “Un navire de guerre allemand - le Panther - veut mouiller devant Agadir.” (Gallo, 1914)

se mouiller

4) Je me suis mouillée pour la défendre dans cette affaire.

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to wet, dampen

to implicate

to moor

to stick ones neck out

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emprunter

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to borrow

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lancinant

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shooting, throbbing, nagging

48
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la cloche

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bell

49
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la rave

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turnip

…or ‘a rave’ as in English

50
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la boue

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mud

51
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le surmenage

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overwork

52
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le mépris

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contempt, disdain, scorn

53
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frémissant

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trembling, quivering, bubbling

54
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palabrer

le palabre

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to waffle on, to palaver

palaver;

long debate;

55
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la loupe

A

magnifying glass

56
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effleurer

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to brush or to touch (lightly)

57
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rauque

Il fume beaucoup et sa voix est rauque.

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hoarse, husky, rough

(think of raucous)

58
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hardi

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bold, courageous

59
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dépeigner

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to mess up/tousle hair

60
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gêné

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self conscious/shy/ timide

61
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la bêtise

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idiocy, (stupid) mistake

62
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pouffer

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snort, snigger

63
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chucoter / murmurer

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whisper

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écolier

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school boy/girl

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Fichtre!

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Golly! Gosh!

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aléa(s)

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danger, hazard

67
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songer (à)

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dream (about), think (about)

68
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façon de ponctuelle

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ad hoc basis

69
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le calećon

A

boxer shorts

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ôter

Doit-il ôter son chapeau?

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to remove

71
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riquiqui

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tiny, weenie

72
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le crassier

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slag heap

73
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la gamelle

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(tin) dish/bowl

74
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fourner

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to line, stuff, fill, also to shove

75
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aboutir

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to succeed, to turn out well (in the end)

76
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le carreau de mine

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pit head (at a mine)

77
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exiger

j’exige que tu aies au moins une moyenne de 14

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to require, necessitate, to demand

78
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un brasero

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brazier

79
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la croix gammée

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swastika

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81
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traquer

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to track or to hunt

82
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éventrer

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to disembowel, to gut

83
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une crue

La crue du fleuve est dangereuse.

A

a rise in waters, a flood

84
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envergure

L’envergure de l’aigle est de plus de 2 mètres

C’est un économiste d’envergure internationale.

Ce projet manque un peu d’envergure.

A

scale, span, stature

FRENCH - Moseley family (46 decks)

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