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Jan2023c Flashcards

1
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le frêne

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ash (tree or wood)

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en entamer

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  1. to cut into, to make inroads into
  2. to start, to initiate
  3. to damage
    to shake, to undermine
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le bitume

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blacktop, asphalt

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voiture banalisée

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unmarked car

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(adj) enceinte

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pregnant

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(noun) l’enceinte

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  1. surrounding wall, fence
  2. (espace) interior, enclosure
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dans l’enceinte du tribunal

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inside the courtroom

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enceinte acoustique

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speaker

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une gerbe

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  1. sheaf (of wheat)
  2. bunch (of flowers)
  3. spray, burst (of water, sparks, etc)
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la calandre

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radiator grill (of an automobile)

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le blindage

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armor (plating)

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12
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ragaillardi

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(syn: revigorer)
to perk up

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la carrosserie

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  1. body (of a car)
  2. (automobile) bodywork
  3. bodyshop
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méninges

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(fam) brains

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15
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se creuser les méninges

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to rack one’s brains

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16
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un tertre

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(syn): monticule
hillock, mound

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17
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verdoyant

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green, verdant

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18
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guindé

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stiff, affected, prim

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trapu(e)

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stocky, squat

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le prêtre

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priest

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enjeu(x)

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  1. issue. ie les enjeux politique
  2. stake. : son emploi est à l’enjeu
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sournoise

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sly or sneaky person

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façonner

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  1. to shape, to fashion
  2. to manufacture, to make
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asservir

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  1. to enslave
  2. to control
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pécheur (eruse)

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sinner

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béquille

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crutch, kickstand

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un tuyau

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a pipe, tube, conduite

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28
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tuyau d’arrosage

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garden hose

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29
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se effondrer

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to sink, to collapse

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30
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le filigrane

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watermark

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31
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lire en filigrane

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to read between the lines

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32
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s’acharner

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to preserve, to persist

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33
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acharner sur

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to persecute, to hound

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34
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forcené

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frantic, frenzied

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35
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un poignard

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a dagger

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36
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la lichette

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(fam) : sliver, smidgen

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37
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pudibonderie

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prudishness

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38
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renseignements

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  1. information
  2. intelligence
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39
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bureau des renseignements

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information center

40
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agence de renseignements

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intelligence agency

41
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mérovingienne

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Relatif à la famille qui régna sur la Gaule franque de Clovis à l’élection de Pépin le Bref: de cette époque. Les rois mérovingiens

42
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banni

A

exile

43
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une kyrielle

A

whole series, long list

44
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une kyrielle de plaintes

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a string of complaints

45
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amorcer

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  1. to begin
  2. (syn) appâter: to bait, to entice
  3. to prime
  4. to boot ( a computer)
46
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flou (adj)

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  1. blurred, fuzzy
  2. loose, soft
  3. vague, hazy (of ideas, etc)
47
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flou (noun)

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  1. (syn): imprécision - vagueness
  2. fuzziness (of focus, outline, etc)
48
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enjamber

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  1. to step over
  2. to span, to straddle
49
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un épaulement

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  1. retaining wall
  2. escarpment
50
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un éperon

A

spur

51
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la molette

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petite roue étoilée en acier à l’extrémité de l’éperon

52
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le mollet

A

calf

53
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un écrin

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case, box

54
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désincarné

A

disembodied

55
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boiter

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  1. to limp
  2. to wobble
56
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la boiterie

A

limp

57
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fulgurante

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(syn): éblouissante
1. dazzling
2. shooting, searing, intense

58
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cotonneuse

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fleecy, fluffy

59
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la claudication

A

lameness

60
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un omoplate

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shoulder blade, scapula

61
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la babiole

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bauble, trinket

62
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un arachide

A

peanut

63
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grenier

A

attic, loft

64
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grenier à foin

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hayloft

65
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grouiller de

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to swarm with, to teem with

66
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se grouiller

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fam: to hurry, to get a move on

67
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navré

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upset

68
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lamper

A

to gulp down

69
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jubé

A

Tribune transversale élevée entre la nef et le chœur, dans certains églises

70
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une étoffe

A

tissue

71
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grossière

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  1. coarse, rough
  2. crude, vulgar
  3. flagrant, glaring (of an error, etc)
72
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reconnaissant

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grateful

73
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coupable

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guilty

74
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la travée

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  1. row (of seats)
  2. span (of a bridge)
75
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un estampe

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engraving, print

76
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estamper

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  1. to stamp
  2. fam: to swindle, to rip off
77
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rocambolesque

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incredible, extraordinary

78
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éscrasante

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crushing, overwhelming

79
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soustraire

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  1. to subtract
  2. to remove, to take away, to steal
  3. to shield, to hide (a person)
80
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embarras

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  1. syn: difficulté - difficulty, trouble
  2. syn: géne - embarrassment
  3. awkward situation, predicament
81
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un serment

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  1. oath
  2. vow, promise
82
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prêter serment

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to take an oath

83
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buté(e)

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obstinate, stubborn

84
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la mire

A

sight

85
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la ligne de mire

A

line of sight

86
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point de mire

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target, focal point

87
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être le point de mire

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to be the focal point of attention

88
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mirifique

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amazing, fabulous

89
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flancher

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  1. fam: to flinch, to waver
  2. to fail, to give out
90
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le dédommagement

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syn: demnité - compensation

91
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repartir

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  1. to leave again
  2. to start again
92
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repartir à zéro

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to rebound
to start over

93
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répartir

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to divide up, to distribute

94
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se répartir

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to divide, to split

95
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acharné

A

relentless

French Vocab 2022 (10 decks)

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