Le Cercle Des 17 tomb 2 Flashcards
1
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de débile
A
- weak, feeble
2. fam: stupid, idiotic
2
Q
ça vas décoiffer
A
fam: it takes your breath away
3
Q
décoiffer qqn
A
to mess up s.o.’s hair
4
Q
tabasser
A
fam: to beat up, to clobber
5
Q
des soucoupes
A
saucers
6
Q
le piège
A
- the trap, snare
2. snag, pitfall
7
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angoisser
A
to anguish
8
Q
embrayer
A
to engage the clutch
9
Q
embrayer sur
A
fam: to get going on, to lavish oneself into
10
Q
le guetteur
A
lookout
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ironiser
A
to seal ironically, to be ironic
12
Q
galérer
A
- to have a hard time
2. (travailler): to slave away
13
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bourrer
A
to fill, to stuff, to cram
to be filling
14
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se bourrer
A
to stuff oneself
15
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chômer
A
to be unemployed , to be idle
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Q
chouré
A
stolen
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Q
un mouchard
A
- (de police) informer
2. (en prison) snitch
18
Q
moucher
A
- to wipe the nose of a child
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se moucher
A
to blow one’s nose
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Q
une planque
A
- fam: hideout
2. easy job
21
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le charabia
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fam: gibberish, gobbledygook
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une sangle
A
strap, cinch
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Q
un plombage
A
(tooth) filling
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Q
le loupiote
A
kid, little boy
25
la loupiote
small lamp
26
la loupiotte
kid, little girl
27
a crépité
to crackle, to sputter, to patter
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berlue
to be seeing things, to delude oneself
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rutilant
gleaming
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patibulaire
sinister-looking
31
semer
1. to sow, to seed
2. répandre: to strew, to scatter
3. fam: to lose, to shake off (persuers)
32
un fourgon
van, freight car
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épave
wreck (of a ship)
34
épave flottante
flotsam
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râler
1. to groan
| 2. fam: to moan, to grumble
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un aimant
a magnet
37
bobine
1. spool, reel
| 2. electric coil
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un rencard
a date
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je te revaudrai ça
I owe you
40
sbires
henchmen
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maousse
massive
42
aiguille
needle
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toiser
to look (a person) up and down
44
entonnoir
to strike up a song, to start singing
45
l’accoudoir
armrest
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se ratatiner
1. to dry up, to shrivel
| 2. to become wizened
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se dévouer
1. to devote oneself to
| 2. to sacrifice oneself
48
le jeton
token, counter
49
affréter
to charter
50
vols affrétés
chartered flights
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bidule
thing-amajig
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hais
hate
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la tignasse
mop, shock(of hair)
54
rageur
1. furieux
| 2. coléreux, bad tempered
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guet(s)-apens
une embuscade
| ambush
56
liseuse
1. (vest): bed jacket
2. book cover
3. small reading lamp
57
un appât
bait, lure
58
l’appât
to take the bait
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appâter
1. to bait
| 2. to lure, to entice
60
entretenir
1. to look after
| 2. to maintain
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apprêter
1. to finish, to size, to dress
| 2. préparer: to prepare
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glousser
1. to cluck
| 2. to chuckle, to chortle
63
glouglouter
1. fam: to gargle
| 2. to gobble (turkey sound)
64
lésiner
to skimp on, to be stingy with
65
congédier
to dismiss
66
fourvoyer
to lead astray
67
se fourvoyer
to make an error, to go astray
68
Se fourvoyer dans
to stray into, to get involved in
69
abattez - le
cut it out, knock it off
70
abattoir
slaughter house
71
assommer
1. to stun, to knock out
| 2. to bore stiff
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une escale
1. port of call
| 2. stop over
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la mallette
briefcase
74
logiciels
software
75
siège social
head office
76
apeuré
frightened
77
un atèle
spider monkey
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octroyer qch à qn
to grant sb sth
| ie. pardon, favor, time
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une attelle
splint
80
les entraves
hindrance, restriction
81
délégué
delegate, representative
82
giclée
spurt, squirt
83
enfreindre
to infringe, to break
84
estomper
to blur, to dim
85
s’estomper
to fade away, to diminish
86
la civière
stretcher
87
béton
cement
88
le racloir
gratter, scraper
89
rabique
rabies
90
déballer
to unpack
91
chacun son truc
to each his own
92
déménager
moved
93
s’enlacer
to hug each other
94
ils sont dans le pétrin
they are having difficulties
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débarrasser
to get rid of
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colis
package
97
ma parole
my man/ buddy, mec
98
ça me démange
it itches me
99
virer
to get fired
100
vient de rompre
just broke up
101
Atlantide
Atlantis
102
rappelle l’orage
remembers the thunderstorm
103
ont l’air abattus
seemed depressed
104
emmener
1. to take
| 2. to carry, to transport ( person or animal)
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écrouler
to collapse, to fail, to fold
