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Le Cercle Des 17 tomb 2b Flashcards

1
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les sous-fifres

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underlings

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escadron

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  1. (military) company
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escadron de la mort

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death squad

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éventrer

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  1. to disembowel
  2. to gore
  3. to tear open
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un essaim

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ribambelle: swarm

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ribambelle

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essaim: flock, swarm, multitude

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le scrutin

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  1. ballot, voting

2. polling, polls

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la dentelle

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lace

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entrave

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shackle, hindrance

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sans entraves

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unfettered

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dépouiller

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  1. to strip (off)
  2. to dispossess
  3. to peruse
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poilant

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hilarious, killingly funny

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le périple

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the journey

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gerbe

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  1. sheaf (of wheat)
  2. bunch (of flowers, etc)
  3. spray, burst (of water, fireworks, etc)
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ligoter

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to tie up

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vigie

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  1. lookout

2. crow’s nest, lookout post

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du gaz lacrymogène

lacrymo

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tear gas

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morte de trouille

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scared to death

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le bétail

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livestock, cattle

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avoir de l’abattant

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flap, leaf (of furniture)

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la roupiller

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to snooze, to sleep

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ambulante

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traveling (musician, comedian, salesman,etc)

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étouffer

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  1. réprimer: to stifle, to suppress
  2. asphyxie : to suffocate, to smother
  3. to muffle
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un abattoir

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slaughterhouse

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entonnoir

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  1. funnel

2. crater

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un vestiaire

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  1. cloakroom
  2. locker room
  3. locker
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monte-charge

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freight elevator

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la buée

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steam, mist, condensation

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de l’embouchure

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  1. mouth of a river

2. mouthpiece

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une guérite

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  1. sentry box

2. France: workman’s hut

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les braconniers

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the poachers

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une mallette

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briefcase

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un bosquet

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a grove

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percute

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hits (crashes into)

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en contrebas

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below

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borgne

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one-eyed

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dégager

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  1. to release, to free

2. to clear

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hache

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ax

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choper

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attraper: to get, to catch

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se faire choper

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to be nabbed

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déconner

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  1. to talk nonsense
  2. to mess around
  3. to be on the blink
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gênant

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bothersome

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agaçant

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annoying

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déballer

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unpack

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empirer

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aggraver: to worsen, to make worse, to deteriorate

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vantard

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boastful

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débarrasser

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to clear out, to clear

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quenottes

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baby talk

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nerfs

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nerves

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futé

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cunning, crafty

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une mitrailleuse

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a machine gun

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déchiqueter

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to tear into pieces

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trimer

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to slave away

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bourreaux

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  1. executioner, hangman

2. torturer, tormentor

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bourreau de travail

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workaholic

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des capuches

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hoods

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en tôle

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sheet metal

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luire

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  1. to shine, to gleam, to glisten

2. to glow, to glimmer

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l’espoir luit

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there’s a glimmer of hope

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le pente

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slope

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en pente

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sloping

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Le castor

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beaver

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la griffe

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claw, talon

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coup de griffe

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scratch

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griffer

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to scratch, to claw

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le griffonnage

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scrawl, scribble

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relâcher

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to slacken, to loosen, to relax
to sag, to release, to liberate

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noircir

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to blacken, to darken, to sully , to besmirch,
to scribble on (paper)

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débiter

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to retail, to sell (com), to cut up (bois)
to recite, to utter

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le bercail

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sheepfold

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emparer

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to take possession of, to lay hands on, to secure, to seize

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le mollet

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calf

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poireauté

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  1. (fam) attendre debout sans se déplacer
  2. Ça fait deux heures que je poireaute devant sa porte
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gnangnan

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sappy

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supplier

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to bag

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casanière

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to be a homebody

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contourné

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to outline, to go round, to distord, to evade

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foutu(e)

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  1. mauvais -il a un foutu caractère
    sym: sacré , sale
  2. perdu ruiné ou condamné - c’est un type foutu
79
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rappliquer

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(fam) venir, arriver :ils ont rappliqué à l’improviste

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