Le Circle des 17 tomb 1b Flashcards

1
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guilleret(te)

A

sprightly, lively, smart

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2
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la réglisse

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licorice

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3
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le rouleau

A

roll; rolling-pin; coil; scroll

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4
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au bout de son rouleau

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at one’s wits end

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5
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le gabarit

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model, template, gauge

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6
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la gâche

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staple

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7
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couiner

A

pousser de petits cris; pleurer

Syn: piailler, grincer

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couiner

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pousser de petits cris; pleurer

Syn: piailler, grincer

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9
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dare-dare

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promptement = en toute hâte, précipitamment, vite
Accourir dare-dare

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obséder

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to obsess, to beset; to importune

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rondouillard

A

qui a de l’embonpoint
= grassouillet; rond; rondelet

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12
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un embonpoint

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stoutness, plumpness

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13
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une décapotable

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qui peut être décapoté

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14
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voiture décapotable

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convertible

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15
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le caïd

A

personnage très important dans son milieu
(fam) = manitou, pointe

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16
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coquard

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black-eye

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17
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le plafonnier

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ceiling-light

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18
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signet

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bookmark

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19
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marqueur de livre

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book marker

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20
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mordiller

A

to nibble

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21
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faites-moi-chier

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piss me off

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22
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frimer

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chercher à se faire remarquer

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23
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un émule

A

emulator; rival, competitor

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24
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la barrière

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barrier, obstacle, turnpike, gate

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25
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déglutition

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swallowing

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26
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embrouiller

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to tangle up; to embroil, to mix up, to meddle, to confuse

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27
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avouer

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to admit

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28
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pris un râteau

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got shot down (for a date)

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29
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une anguille

A

eel

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30
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vanner

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to winnow, (to blow something away until you get what you want )
separating grain from chaf 

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31
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l’ai-je vanné

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did I winnow it

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32
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éphèbe

A

dans la Grèce antique: jeune garçon
Syn: adonis

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33
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tu m’as roulé

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you tricked me

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34
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la tare

A

defect, blemish, taint

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35
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prenant(e)

A

engaging, captivating

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36
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une sarbacane

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blow gun

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37
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fait des pompes

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does push-ups

38
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fente

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crack, fissure, split, slit, gap

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les borborygmes

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bruit produit par le déplacement des gaz dans l’intestin ou l’estomac
syn: gargouillement

40
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la trouille

A

pop: funk; (usa) scare

41
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le chevrotement

A

quivering

42
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chevroter

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to kid, to bleat, to quiver, to tremble

43
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fagoté(e)

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dowdy, frompish (fam)

44
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articulations

A

joints

45
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navré

A

heart-broken; grieved; sorry

46
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le fiston

A

(fam): fils

47
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flippante

A

creepy, scary

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le calvaire

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calvary; wayside cross; cross

49
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buter

A

to abut, to butt, to knock against, to trip, (pop) to bono off

50
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flancher

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to flinch, to give in, to break down (auto)

51
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une fugue

A

escapade

52
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le jeu en valait la chandelle

A

the game was worth the candle

53
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le jeu en valait la chandelle

A

the game was worth the candle

54
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Il s’est mis à faire les cent pas

A

he started pacing back and forth

55
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pencher

A

to tilt, to slope, to incline, to bend, to lean

56
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ça m’a mis en rogne

A

It pissed me off

57
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raclure

A

scrapings, scrapers

58
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nasillarde

A

nasal, sniffling

59
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soufflé

A

(fam): amazed, puffed (pâté)

60
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pétillante

A

crackling, sparkling, fizzing (eau)

61
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claquer

A

to smack; to clap (mains), to snap (doigts), to crackle (fouet), to slam (porte)

62
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le chiendent

A

twitch; snag, rub (fam)

63
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brailler

A

to bawl, to squall

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le goret

A

young pig, piglet, (fig) dirty pig

65
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bousculer

A

to jostle, to hustle, to upset, to knock over

66
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schlinguer

A

(fam): puer;
ça schlingue, ici.

67
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un autrui

A

others, other people

68
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le poulailler

A

hen house, chicken-roost, poultry cart
gallery, cheap seats, (am) peanut gallery

69
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embrouiller

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to tangle up, to embroil; to mix up, to muddle, to confuse

70
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le flingue

A

pistolet ou revolver

71
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cartonner

A

to bind in boards, to put in stiff covers

72
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rallier

A

to rally; to rejoin

73
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pioncer

A

(fam) dormir; dormir profondément

74
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époustoufler

A

fam: jeter (qqn) dans l’étonnement, la surprise admirative
Syn: épater, étonner

75
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le poirier

A

handstand

76
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il a fait le poirier sur le guidon

A

he did a handstand on the handlebars

77
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trahir

A

to betray, to deceive

78
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repérer

A

to mark, to locate

79
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trifouiller

A

to fumble about , to meddle with

80
Q

en titubant

A

staggering

81
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tituber

A

to stagger; to totter, (am) to weave

82
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le flou

A

(noun) softness, haziness
(adj) soft; fluffy (cheveux)

83
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navré

A

sorry, heartbroken

84
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un maton

A

(fam); gardien de prison

85
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racheter

A

to repurchase, to buy back, to redeem, to ransom, to compensate, to make up for, to atone for

86
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le cobaye

A

guinea-pig

87
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le fretin

A

fry

88
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entrave

A

fetter; shackle; impediment

89
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apeuré

A

scared, frightened, timid

90
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gouffre

A

gulf, abyss, chasm