L'Etranger vocab Flashcards

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1
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A quoi bon…?

A

What is the point of….?

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de toute façon

A

in any case

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le récit

A

account

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prise de conscience

A

moment of becoming aware of something

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le cercueil

A

coffin

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le corbilliard

A

hearse (funeral vehicle)

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le cortege funerbre

A

funeral procession

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deceder

A

to pass away

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le deces

A

death

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10
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le/la defunt

A

deceased

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le deuil

A

mourning

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l’enterpreneur des pompes funebres

A

undertaker

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13
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être en deuil

A

to be in mourning

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14
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les obseques

A

funeral

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15
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porter le deuil

A

to wear mourning

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16
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la veillée funèbre

A

wake

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17
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l’accuse

A

defendant (accused party)

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18
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l’assassinat

A

murder

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19
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l’aveu

A

confession

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20
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l’avocat

A

lawyer

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21
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les circonstances attenuantes

A

diminished responsibility

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22
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le criminel endurci

A

hardened criminal

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l’enquete

A

inquiry, investigation

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24
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faire appel

A

to appeal

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25
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la grace

A

pardon

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26
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le greffier

A

court clerk

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27
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l’incarceration

A

imprisonment

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inculper

A

to charge

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29
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l’incupation

A

indictement (charge of serious crime)

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l’interrogatoire

A

questioning

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31
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le meurtre

A

murder

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32
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plaider la légitime defense

A

to plead self-defence

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33
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se pourvoir

A

to appeal

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34
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la preuve

A

evidence, proof

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35
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le proces

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trial

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36
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le temoin

A

witness

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37
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adosse

A

with one’s back to something

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38
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l’affaire de meours

A

vice case

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39
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avoir le trac

A

to have stagefright

40
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la baie

A

bay window

41
Q

le bat-flanc

A

bench

42
Q

les bas

A

stockage

43
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se borner a

A

to limit oneself to

44
Q

claudiquer

A

to limp slightly

45
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en connaissance de cause

A

in full knowledge of

46
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crier a plein gosier

A

to cry out loud

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48
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en nage

A

dripping with sweat

49
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etre convenue de quelque chose

A

to have arranged something

50
Q

la croute

A

scab

51
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de justesse

A

only just, narrowly

52
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depouiller

A

to dispossess

53
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etre dispose a faire quelque chose

A

to be in the mood to do something

54
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ecrase

A

run over

55
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empetre

A

tangled up

56
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engloutir

A

to gobble up

57
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fouiller

A

to rummage through

58
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les frais

A

costs

59
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hors de souffle

A

breathless

60
Q

la friture

A

dried fish

61
Q

l’issue

A

escape route

62
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la jaquette

A

morning coat

63
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le milieu

A

underground world

64
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les meours

A

morals, decency

65
Q

l’ordonnateur

A

funeral director

66
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la passe

A

channel (water)

67
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la plaque

A

blemish

68
Q

la prise de bec

A

row, argument

69
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raccrocher

A

to hang up

70
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le remue-menage

A

agitation

71
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rester interdit

A

to stand there speechless

72
Q

rire a perdre haleine

A

to laugh so much you become breathless

73
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le sarrau

A

overall

74
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le taquet

A

slap

75
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tire-bouchonner

A

to twist around

76
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la trainee

A

trail

77
Q

la veille

A

the day before

78
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vif

A

quick-tempered

79
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la baie

A

bay

80
Q

le caillou

A

pebble, stone

81
Q

l’ecume

A

foam

82
Q

le flot

A

tide

83
Q

la lame

A

wave

84
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la vague

A

wave

85
Q

la chaleur

A

heat

86
Q

la chaleur accablante

A

oppressive heat

87
Q

la challeur etouffante

A

stifling heat

88
Q

ensoleille

A

sunny

89
Q

il faut un soleil de plomb

A

the sun is blazing down

90
Q

inonde de soleil

A

sun-drenched

91
Q

prendre un bain de soleil

A

to sunbathe

92
Q

se faire bronzer

A

to sunbathe

93
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rayonner

A

to beam

94
Q

le temps est lourd

A

it’s close (of the weather)

95
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