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Le Cercle Des 17 tomb 2 Flashcards

1
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de débile

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  1. weak, feeble

2. fam: stupid, idiotic

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ça vas décoiffer

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fam: it takes your breath away

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décoiffer qqn

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to mess up s.o.’s hair

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tabasser

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fam: to beat up, to clobber

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des soucoupes

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saucers

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le piège

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  1. the trap, snare

2. snag, pitfall

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angoisser

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to anguish

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embrayer

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to engage the clutch

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embrayer sur

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fam: to get going on, to lavish oneself into

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le guetteur

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lookout

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ironiser

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to seal ironically, to be ironic

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galérer

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  1. to have a hard time

2. (travailler): to slave away

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bourrer

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to fill, to stuff, to cram

to be filling

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se bourrer

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to stuff oneself

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chômer

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to be unemployed , to be idle

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chouré

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stolen

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un mouchard

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  1. (de police) informer

2. (en prison) snitch

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moucher

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  1. to wipe the nose of a child
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se moucher

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to blow one’s nose

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une planque

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  1. fam: hideout

2. easy job

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le charabia

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fam: gibberish, gobbledygook

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une sangle

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strap, cinch

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un plombage

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(tooth) filling

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le loupiote

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kid, little boy

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la loupiote

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small lamp

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la loupiotte

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kid, little girl

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a crépité

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to crackle, to sputter, to patter

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berlue

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to be seeing things, to delude oneself

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rutilant

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gleaming

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patibulaire

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sinister-looking

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semer

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  1. to sow, to seed
  2. répandre: to strew, to scatter
  3. fam: to lose, to shake off (persuers)
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un fourgon

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van, freight car

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épave

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wreck (of a ship)

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épave flottante

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flotsam

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râler

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  1. to groan

2. fam: to moan, to grumble

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un aimant

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a magnet

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bobine

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  1. spool, reel

2. electric coil

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un rencard

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a date

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39
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je te revaudrai ça

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I owe you

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sbires

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henchmen

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maousse

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massive

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aiguille

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needle

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toiser

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to look (a person) up and down

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entonnoir

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to strike up a song, to start singing

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l’accoudoir

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armrest

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se ratatiner

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  1. to dry up, to shrivel

2. to become wizened

47
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se dévouer

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  1. to devote oneself to

2. to sacrifice oneself

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le jeton

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token, counter

49
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affréter

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to charter

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vols affrétés

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chartered flights

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bidule

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thing-amajig

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hais

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hate

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la tignasse

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mop, shock(of hair)

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rageur

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  1. furieux

2. coléreux, bad tempered

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guet(s)-apens

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une embuscade

ambush

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liseuse

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  1. (vest): bed jacket
  2. book cover
  3. small reading lamp
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un appât

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bait, lure

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l’appât

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to take the bait

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appâter

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  1. to bait

2. to lure, to entice

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entretenir

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  1. to look after

2. to maintain

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apprêter

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  1. to finish, to size, to dress

2. préparer: to prepare

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glousser

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  1. to cluck

2. to chuckle, to chortle

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glouglouter

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  1. fam: to gargle

2. to gobble (turkey sound)

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lésiner

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to skimp on, to be stingy with

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congédier

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to dismiss

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fourvoyer

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to lead astray

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se fourvoyer

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to make an error, to go astray

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Se fourvoyer dans

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to stray into, to get involved in

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abattez - le

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cut it out, knock it off

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abattoir

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slaughter house

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assommer

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  1. to stun, to knock out

2. to bore stiff

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une escale

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  1. port of call

2. stop over

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la mallette

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briefcase

74
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logiciels

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software

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siège social

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head office

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apeuré

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frightened

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un atèle

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spider monkey

78
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octroyer qch à qn

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to grant sb sth

ie. pardon, favor, time

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une attelle

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splint

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les entraves

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hindrance, restriction

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délégué

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delegate, representative

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giclée

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spurt, squirt

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enfreindre

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to infringe, to break

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estomper

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to blur, to dim

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s’estomper

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to fade away, to diminish

86
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la civière

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stretcher

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béton

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cement

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le racloir

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gratter, scraper

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rabique

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rabies

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déballer

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to unpack

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chacun son truc

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to each his own

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déménager

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moved

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s’enlacer

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to hug each other

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ils sont dans le pétrin

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they are having difficulties

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débarrasser

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to get rid of

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colis

A

package

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ma parole

A

my man/ buddy, mec

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ça me démange

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it itches me

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virer

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to get fired

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vient de rompre

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just broke up

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Atlantide

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Atlantis

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rappelle l’orage

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remembers the thunderstorm

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ont l’air abattus

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seemed depressed

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emmener

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  1. to take

2. to carry, to transport ( person or animal)

105
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écrouler

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to collapse, to fail, to fold

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