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Jan2023a Flashcards

1
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tardive (fe)

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late

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repas tardif

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late meal

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la coulisse

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  1. groove, slot
  2. slide (of a trombone)
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coulisses

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backstage, wings of a theater

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une ébauche

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outline, rough draft, sketch

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le carillon

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bell, chime

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le mode d’emploi

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user manual

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montant

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  1. upright, post
  2. total, sum
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uni

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plain, solid color

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une tenue

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an outfit

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abîmer

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to damage

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débarrasser

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to get rid of

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le maillon

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link, (in a chain)

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14
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tâtons

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to feel (with hands)

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avancer à tâtons

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to feel one’s way (along)

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le tatou

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armadillo

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hébété (ahuri)

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dazed, stupefied

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hébéter

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to daze, to stupefy

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un intégriste

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fundamentalist

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survolté

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boosted (of an electrical circuit)

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21
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hilare

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merry, mirthful

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éconduire

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to reject, to dismiss

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décontracté

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casual

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créateur

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designer

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compétence

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skills

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égoïste

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selfish

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27
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peignoir

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bathrobe, dressing gown

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douillet

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  1. cozy
  2. over sensitive
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le cilice

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chemise, ceinture de crin ou d’étoffe rude portée par pénitence

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Sénéchal (aux)

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Sous l’Ancien Régime - Officier du roi

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concordent

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conforming, corresponding

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voûte

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vault, arch

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voûte du palais

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roof of the mouth

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34
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érafler

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to graze, to scratch

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démissionner

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to quit

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36
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soulager

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to relieve

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37
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anodine

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insignificant, harmless

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38
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une verrue

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a wart

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39
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quelque chose qui cloche ?

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is something wrong

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40
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clocher

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(fam) to go wrong

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41
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abriter

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to shelter, to protect

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42
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embusqué(e)

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to lie in ambush

43
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éméché(e)

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tipsy
syn: pompette
Il était rentré pompette

44
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la herse

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harrow
1. Farm tool to level the plowed field
2. Jesus going to hell to free the righteous

45
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un char

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  1. cart, wagon
  2. chariot
46
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brebis

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  1. ewe
  2. flock (religion)
47
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brebis galeuses

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black sheep

48
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la mescaline

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substance (alcaloïde) qui provoque des hallucinations

49
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l’évêque

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bishop

50
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un orage

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a thunderstorm

51
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la foudre

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lightning

52
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nourricière

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  1. père nourricier - père adoptif
  2. Qui nourrit, procure la nourriture : la terre nourricière
  3. Qui contribue à la nutrition
53
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le feutre

A

felt

54
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stylo feutre

A

felt tip pen

55
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le faisceau(x)

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  1. beam (of light)
  2. bundle
56
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la curé

A

pastor, parish priest

57
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une paillasse

A

straw mattress

58
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péché

A

sin

59
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le mouchard

A

informer, stool pigeon

60
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élancée

A

slender

61
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le galbe

A

curve, shapeliness

62
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semonce

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reprimand

63
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coup de semonce

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warning shot

64
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la fourberie

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deceit

65
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fourbe

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deceitful

66
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un docker

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longshoreman, stevedore

67
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enfuir

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to escape, to run away

68
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racornir

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to toughen, to harden

69
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se racornir

A

to become hardened

70
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se ratatiner

A

to shrivel up

71
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quolibet

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gibe, jeer

72
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le maître

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  1. master, key
  2. master, expert
73
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dérisoire

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  1. ridiculous, laughable
  2. trivial, pathetic
74
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la foi

A

faith, trust, confidence

75
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digne de foi

A

reliable, trustworthy

76
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bonne foi

A

sincerity, honesty

77
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en goguette

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émoustillé, légèrement ivre
éméché

78
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déjouer

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to thwart, to outsmart

79
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embuer

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to mist up, to fog up

80
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repérer

A

situer avec précision
Découvrir qqch
reconnaître qqn

81
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déboires

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  1. disappointments
  2. difficulties
82
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atout

A
  1. trump (card)
  2. avantage, asset
83
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âtre

A

hearth

84
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de bure

A

grossière étoffe de laine brune

85
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appâter

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  1. to bait
  2. to lure, to entice
86
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d’autres chats à fouetter

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fouetter- 1. to whip, to lash
2. to whisk
crème fouettée - whipped cream
Other cats to fry

87
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la fougère

A

fern, bracken

88
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l’étui

A

case (glasses)
holster (gun)

89
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la bâche

A

tarpaulin (tarp)

90
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en cavale

A

on the run

91
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l’hilarité

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hilarity = boisterous
mirth = cheerfulness

92
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le sceau

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seal, stamp

93
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bouder

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to avoid, to be cool towards
to sulk, to pout

94
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en boudant

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sulking, pouting

95
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brumeux

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misty, foggy, hazy

96
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guinguette

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Café featuring music and dancing

97
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guingois

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askew

98
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être de guingois

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to be lopsided

99
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chaîne de montage

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assembly line

100
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le montage

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  1. assembly
  2. mounting, setting (jewelry)
  3. editing (of film)
101
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le laiton

A

brass

102
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la plinthe

A

baseboard

103
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émoustiller

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  1. to exhilarate
  2. to arrouse, to titillate
104
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ahuri

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  1. amazed, dumbfounded
  2. dazed, stupefied

French Vocab 2022 (10 decks)

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