Jan2023b Flashcards

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1
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désherber

A

to weed

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désherbage à faire

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weeding to do

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croise

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bumps into

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la dalle

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  1. paving stone, flagstone
  2. slab (stone or concrete)
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le peuplier

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poplar (tree)

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un malle

A

trunk (for traveling)

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foirer

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(fam): rater, échouer lamentablement, to flop

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pédé

A

homosexuel (homme et garçon)

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la barbiche

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  1. goatee
  2. beard (of a goat)
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androgyne

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androgynous

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zébré(e)

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striped, streaked

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taule

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(fam) prison

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faire du taule

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to do time

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trouer

A

to make a hole in, to pierce

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pécher

A

to sin

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la stèle

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monument,
monolithe qui porte une inscription, des ornements sculptés
Une stèle funéraire

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le moine

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monk

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le mugissement

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  1. lowing, bellowing, mooing
  2. howling (of the wind), roar (of the sea)
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le buit

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box (plant), boxwood

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en émoi

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  1. in a state, all agog
  2. commotion, turmoil
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lueur

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faint light, glimmer, gleam

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bûcher (verb)

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(fam) to plod away at
to keep working
syn: bosser

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bûcher (noun)

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  1. stake, pyre
  2. woodshed
    bonfire ?
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la mélopée

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chant, mélodie monotone et mélancolique

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un échiquier

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a chessboard

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léguer

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  1. to bequeath
  2. to pass on
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une moue

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pout

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28
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faire la moue

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to pout

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29
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créanciers

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creditors

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le bouc

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  1. goat, Billy goat
  2. goatee
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31
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le bouc émissaire

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scapegoat

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32
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pantois

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stunned
flabbergasted

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hurluberlu

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oddball, crank

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34
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farfelue

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hare-brained, wacky

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35
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l’embrayage

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clutch (of an automobile)

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caler

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  1. to wedge, to prop up
  2. to fill up (one’s stomach)
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blindée - adj.

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armored

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38
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le blindé (noun)

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armored vehicle

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39
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la succursale

A

annexe of a company

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démêler

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to disentangle, to untangle

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éconduire

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to reject, to dismiss

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aléatoire

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  1. uncertain, risky
  2. random
43
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la guérite

A
  1. sentry box
  2. Fr. workmen’s hut
44
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flouer

A

voler qqn en le trompant

45
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vacillant

A
  1. unsteady, shaky
  2. flickering
46
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un habitacle

A

a cockpit

47
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ankyloser

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to stiffen (up)
guindé

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revêtement

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  1. coating, covering, facing
  2. surface (of a road)
49
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vivant

A

experience

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barbelé (adj)

A

barbed

51
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le barbelé (noun)

A

barbed wire

52
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navrer

A

to upset, to distress

53
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être navré de

A

to be sorry about

54
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une quinte de toux

A

a coughing fit

55
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déborder

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  1. to overflow
  2. to jut out from, to extend beyond
  3. to overwhelm
56
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bagage de cabine

A

carry-on

57
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licence

A

degree

58
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inscription

A

registration

59
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une attestation

A

a certificate

60
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de porte d’embarquement

A

departure gate

61
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voie

A

lane

62
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gazole

A

diesel

63
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receler

A

to receive (stolen goods)
to conceal (a criminal)

64
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quatrain

A

strophe de quatre vers
le premier quatrain d’un sonnet

65
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sustenter

A

se nourrir = se restaurer = to have something to eat

66
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érudit (e)

A

scholar

67
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tulle

A

tissu léger, formé d’un réseau de mailles ronde ou polygonales

68
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la maille

A
  1. stitch (in knitting)
  2. mesh
  3. link (in a chain)
69
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le mail

A

mall, promenade

70
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grassouillet(te)

A

(syn) potelé
pudgy, plump

71
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bélier

A

ram, battering ram

72
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bluffer

A

to bluff

73
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érudits

A

learned

74
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se déboîta

A

to dislocate (one’s shoulder, etc)

75
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bosser

A

(fam): to work, to slave away

76
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la marotte

A

craze, fad

77
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la nef

A

nave - central open space of a church

78
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émoustiller

A
  1. to exhilarate
  2. to arrouse, to titillate
79
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la pèlerin

A

pilgrim

80
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énergumène

A

Madman, lunatic, person possessed
syn: agité, fanatique

81
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olibrius

A

syn: original
phénomène forcené
Homme qui se fait fâcheusement remarquer par sa conduite, ses propos bizarres

82
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penaud

A

sheepish

83
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la cale

A
  1. wedge, chock
  2. hold (of a ship)
84
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cale sèche

A

dry dock

85
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calé

A

brainy

86
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espiègle

A

mischievous, impish

87
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le commissariat

A

police station

88
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un rouage

A

cogwheel

89
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fuite

A

flight, escape

90
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maugréer

A

to grumble
syn: grogner

91
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la toge

A

gown, robe (of a judge)
toga

92
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parsemer

A

to sprinkle

93
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détritus

A

waste, garbage, litter

94
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bougre

A

fam: guy, fellow

95
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ligoter

A

to tie up
syn: garrotter

96
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vriller

A

to bore into, to pierce

97
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pilier

A

syn: soutien
pillar, column

98
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quinquagénaire

A

Person in his or her 50s

99
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émissaire

A

outlet