Le Cercle Des 17 tomb 2b Flashcards
1
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les sous-fifres
A
underlings
2
Q
escadron
A
- (military) company
3
Q
escadron de la mort
A
death squad
4
Q
éventrer
A
- to disembowel
- to gore
- to tear open
5
Q
un essaim
A
ribambelle: swarm
6
Q
ribambelle
A
essaim: flock, swarm, multitude
7
Q
le scrutin
A
- ballot, voting
2. polling, polls
8
Q
la dentelle
A
lace
9
Q
entrave
A
shackle, hindrance
10
Q
sans entraves
A
unfettered
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Q
dépouiller
A
- to strip (off)
- to dispossess
- to peruse
12
Q
poilant
A
hilarious, killingly funny
13
Q
le périple
A
the journey
14
Q
gerbe
A
- sheaf (of wheat)
- bunch (of flowers, etc)
- spray, burst (of water, fireworks, etc)
15
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ligoter
A
to tie up
16
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vigie
A
- lookout
2. crow’s nest, lookout post
17
Q
du gaz lacrymogène
lacrymo
A
tear gas
18
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morte de trouille
A
scared to death
19
Q
le bétail
A
livestock, cattle
20
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avoir de l’abattant
A
flap, leaf (of furniture)
21
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la roupiller
A
to snooze, to sleep
22
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ambulante
A
traveling (musician, comedian, salesman,etc)
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Q
étouffer
A
- réprimer: to stifle, to suppress
- asphyxie : to suffocate, to smother
- to muffle
24
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un abattoir
A
slaughterhouse
25
entonnoir
1. funnel
| 2. crater
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un vestiaire
1. cloakroom
2. locker room
3. locker
27
monte-charge
freight elevator
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la buée
steam, mist, condensation
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de l’embouchure
1. mouth of a river
| 2. mouthpiece
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une guérite
1. sentry box
| 2. France: workman’s hut
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les braconniers
the poachers
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une mallette
briefcase
33
un bosquet
a grove
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percute
hits (crashes into)
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en contrebas
below
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borgne
one-eyed
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dégager
1. to release, to free
| 2. to clear
38
hache
ax
39
choper
attraper: to get, to catch
40
se faire choper
to be nabbed
41
déconner
1. to talk nonsense
2. to mess around
3. to be on the blink
42
gênant
bothersome
43
agaçant
annoying
44
déballer
unpack
45
empirer
aggraver: to worsen, to make worse, to deteriorate
46
vantard
boastful
47
débarrasser
to clear out, to clear
48
quenottes
baby talk
49
nerfs
nerves
50
futé
cunning, crafty
51
une mitrailleuse
a machine gun
52
déchiqueter
to tear into pieces
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trimer
to slave away
54
bourreaux
1. executioner, hangman
| 2. torturer, tormentor
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bourreau de travail
workaholic
56
des capuches
hoods
57
en tôle
sheet metal
58
luire
1. to shine, to gleam, to glisten
| 2. to glow, to glimmer
59
l’espoir luit
there’s a glimmer of hope
60
le pente
slope
61
en pente
sloping
62
Le castor
beaver
63
la griffe
claw, talon
64
coup de griffe
scratch
65
griffer
to scratch, to claw
66
le griffonnage
scrawl, scribble
67
relâcher
to slacken, to loosen, to relax
to sag, to release, to liberate
68
noircir
to blacken, to darken, to sully , to besmirch,
to scribble on (paper)
69
débiter
to retail, to sell (com), to cut up (bois)
to recite, to utter
70
le bercail
sheepfold
71
emparer
to take possession of, to lay hands on, to secure, to seize
72
le mollet
calf
73
poireauté
1. (fam) attendre debout sans se déplacer
2. Ça fait deux heures que je poireaute devant sa porte
74
gnangnan
sappy
75
supplier
to bag
76
casanière
to be a homebody
77
contourné
to outline, to go round, to distord, to evade
78
foutu(e)
1. mauvais -il a un foutu caractère
sym: sacré , sale
2. perdu ruiné ou condamné - c’est un type foutu
79
rappliquer
(fam) venir, arriver :ils ont rappliqué à l’improviste
